This story is often read as concerning the clash between expediency versus what is right. (Which might lead to the question of "just what is 'right'?") You may want to keep this in mind as you read and as you work on your journal. As with the previous entries, choose three passages that you find of interest or importance, type them in verbatim, provide a paraphrase, and then explain what you found to be of interest or importance in those passages. Keep in mind the broader contexts and the quote I read you from Reading Lolita in Tehran: "What we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth" (Nafisi 3) as you read and write. (The more you write here, the more prepared you will be when having to explain passages in the final.)