Carl er splittet mellem ideen om, hvorvidt det er følelserne eller tankerne, der er det vigtigste. Han finder dog ud af, at det er følelserne, der kommer først, selvom dette nok er lige det modsatte af, hvad hans far mente
”Feeling came first and thought came after; that was the order of things. Was it the opposite of what his father taught? How had he lived so many years without knowing that feeling came first?”