You

You are both the reader of the novel and the reader of the self-help book the novel is meant to represent. You come from an impoverished background in a rural village. You have the desire to devote your life to escaping your childhood and becoming filthy rich in rising Asia. You move with your father to the city where you gain an education, work various odd jobs, and fall in love with the pretty girl. You force yourself to stay focused on money after she leaves, and you begin working for yourself as a bottled-water magnate. You grow in confidence, wealth, stature, and power. You make important friends and become everything you always wanted to be. You even marry and have a son, though the marriage falls apart due to your indifference. Your son, though loved, chooses to live in America. You long for the pretty girl, but...