The narrator attacks the two upperclassmen who warned him not to get too close to David's plaster statue. He believes in socialism, but he also believes that a mentally ill man once killed someone here, spilled red paint on the ground, and then the police arrested him. The narrator tells the story of how he came to be in class, and how the teachers warned him to stay away from the plaster statue because it was a symbol of socialism. The teacher warned him that it was dangerous, but the narrator did not believe it. He tells the teacher that he believes in the rule of law, patriotism, dedication, friendship, and socialism. He also tells the