In this chapter, the reader is introduced to the characters of the novel. The first person introduces the reader to the protagonist, who is also the protagonist's father. The protagonist explains that he is the son of the founder of the school and that his father is the founder's brother. He also explains that his mother is the mother of his father's first wife. He tells the protagonist that he was born on the same day as the founder, and that the protagonist was born in the same house as the protagonist. He asks the protagonist to tell him the story of his birth, and the protagonist tells him that he will tell the story to his father. He explains that the story is about a boy who was born with a cleft lip and a cleft palate, and who was raised in a poor family. His father was a doctor, and his mother was a