Chris's father who owns and operates a baby food factory in Pittsburgh. He insists Chris return to the family business after his military service, but after Chris moves back in, they share a philosophical conversation at a restaurant where he compares life to an ice cream parlor with 'vanilla' as a reliable fallback.
Father uses Terri to model traditional expectations.
Biological father-son relationship central to the narrative.
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