The chapter opens with a description of the contents of the notebook, which contains a symbol and an address. The notebook's contents are described in great detail, and the reader learns that the address is within walking distance of the school. The chapter ends with a discussion of the significance of the symbols in the notebook. It is explained that the symbols are symbols that bring up memories of the orphanage in which the protagonist was a student. The protagonist explains that he was there until he was junior high, and that he had no idea how to lead a normal life until then. He wonders why the protagonist is such a "musclehead." The protagonist wonders if the protagonist's life at the orphanage must have been "a drag" because he did not know the "kind of life" he led up to that point. He also wonders if he was a musclehead because he was so concerned with getting a "whack in." He wonders if people are "naturally good at things over others," and wonders if this is why he is so muscle-headed.