In this short scene, the protagonist is introduced as a "pored malenese" . He is a young man who has recently moved to the United States with his family. The protagonist's family has been receiving mysterious letters from someone named "Midele" , but the letters have always been returned to the original address of the family's house, which is unknown to the protagonist. When the protagonist tries to send a reply to the mysterious letters, the postal worker tells him that no one lives at the house where the letters are being sent.