In this chapter, the narrator explains the concept of "living a proper life." It's a cliche, but it doesn't matter to him when he says it to himself. Instead, he says, he would live every day asking and answering himself what it means to live a "proper life." This is a "playground perfect" for his age, he explains. He wants to be respected by whom, and he wants to know if it's possible to earn money with money. The narrator says that he'll try to be straightforward with him, but that's for him to earn his money from, not based on trust or respect. He also says that it is troublesome to need other people for physical expenses to satisfy his needs.