The narrator tells us that he and his big sister were raised by a pair of parents who raised them the same way. They were both beautiful, but their bodies were different. The narrator feels that life isn't fair, because he was raised by his parents, and yet his body was different from his sister's. He even imagined himself living his entire life under the "gloomy halo" of his sister. But when the car accident happened, everything had changed. Her smile had lost its shine forever, and since then, the narrator has been working harder to help his family out. His mom also needed his help, and now she also needs his help too. He doesn't fear being compared to his sister anymore, but he also fears more than ever that she will die from the accident.