<span>Reality can be inexplicably cruel and unfair. </span>
This lines would reveal the obedience among members of each family. It might show how everybody should respect their place and not try to step up the family. Respect and submission could be portrayed here, by the use of questions, it seems that one is questioning the other on the place he has and if he is willing to challenge it.
Jubilant is to <span>despondent</span>