In this chapter, the audience is introduced to a number of characters who will play important roles in the plot of the novel. The first person to be introduced is the narrator, who explains that he is the son of a wealthy family and that he was raised as a tool for the future business of the family. The narrator explains that his mother was an illegitimate child and that she was not even given the family name. The second person to introduce himself is the protagonist, who is introduced as the protagonist's father. The third person introduces himself as his father's son. The protagonist explains that the protagonist is the only son of the company and that the company is not strong enough to protect him. He tells the protagonist that he will have to go to the company's lawyer and tell him what has happened.