The chapter opens with a soliloquy from the narrator, who tells the reader that he is now fifteen years old and that he has been "screwed" by his parents. He tells the audience that he and his father have been married for fifteen years and that his parents have had three children. He asks the audience to imagine what it would be like if he were a boy and his parents were married. The narrator tells us that he does not want to be a boy because his parents are not wealthy enough to support him. He also tells