This chapter opens with a soliloquy by Adorno, in which he tells the audience that he has come to tell the story of the Garden of Eden. He tells us that he was sent by the Emperor to the garden to tell it to the people of the land. He also tells us how he came to be in the garden, and how he has been working there ever since. He asks the audience to imagine what it would be like to be a citizen of the world, and to imagine how it would feel to live in the world of eden. He says that he would like to tell his story, but he does not know how. He wants to know how he could have become like iran, who has left the battlefield and gone into the garden of Eden, where he has not been able to find anyone to help him. He then asks