For example, in addition to the train incident, there is the incident where the beautiful bowl of Pnin that Victor gave him slips from his hands while he washes it as he reads with an agonizing feeling of slow motion following his fall; however, Pnin manages to catch him at the last second. There's also the moment when Pnin is fired because he doesn't want to work under the narrator, but instead of being devastated at losing his job after 10 years of work, he leaves town in his car , leaving the narrator behind to wonder about his future. destination". Then the little sedan boldly passed in front of the truck in front and, finally free, set off on the shining road, which could be seen narrowing into a thread of gold in the soft mist where hill after hill embellished the distance , and where it was simply not possible to say what miracle could happen” (P. 143) may be that the narrator distorted the facts He granted Pnin a happy ending in each. times, not because he likes Pnin, but it continues to make him look even more pathetic and helpless. He is doing exactly what Pnin once said that "the history of man is history. of pain” (P. 126). When the narrator denies Pnin this pain as it happened, he denies him his dignity and his right to have his story. This is the sad ending that the narrator achieves. without warning the reader.