Next on the OC list is Jake's father Javad, or "joe."
His backstory is more or less explained previously so I'll expand a little more on it. Javad is the middle child of three brothers born in Iran. He spent his young adult years in the revolution and then fighting in the Iran-Iraq War, but after years of bloodshed and years after of increasing repression, Javad finally chose to leave the country with his infant son Jakub and start anew in the US after the death of his wife during childbirth, seeking opportunity in the New World.
He would settle in Arizona after a few years of wandering, adopting the name "Joe" for the sake of simplicity, and after 9/11, he leans heavily on the name and his "standard" appearance for the sake of not standing out. He rarely speaks about his past unless pressed, and even then, only in fragments. A stern but principled man, Joe works long hours in blue-collar roles while also generally conserving and reusing when possible.
While he looks angry most of the time, that's really just his natural face, in truth he's just not the most social guy and is quite open to talk with people if they prove to be respectful. He raised Jake to be a man of principal like himself who had a strong moral core and good virtue, but never really tried to instill his heritage into him, wanting desperately to start anew and look forward, never back. Of course this became tougher with time as Jake became a curious individual who sought to gain more knowledge, unlike Joe, who is quite conservative in more ways than one and generally content with the bare necessities, thinking the modern world goes a bit too fast and society a bit too competitive for his tastes...
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