This chapter's epigraph comes from the opening lines of the novel, "You Are Like a Meteor Sparkling in That Dark Sky" . It's clear that this is a reference to the fact that the narrator's father is in the middle of a sexual encounter with his daughter-in-law . The scene is set in the dark sky, and the narrator is looking out at the stars. He's worried that his son is in love with another woman. He tells his son to be quiet, because his father is out of the loop