♡ Position of the Reader (IV. The past in a blind aspect, resource)
The reader can use the past as a resource, fuel, or bargaining chip. In order to give himself the strength to respond to other, more significant questions in his own philosophy, he ignores the past and the search of an answer to the question "who am I?" The reader neither invents nor critiques his story. Since the past is closely connected with self-identification, readers are often perceived from the outside as “dark horses” - you can communicate with them for many years, but you still don’t fully understand what kind of person he was. However, the reader himself does not understand this.
It is difficult for the reader to make use of his "baggage," to highlight useful experience, and to determine whether he has certain qualities. The reader is, in a sense, cut off from his past because it is not his book and he has no responsibility to add new chapters to it. At the same time, because the reader (consciously or unconsciously) sacrifices his past for something more significant and it is important to him that the sacrifice was not in vain, he interacts willingly with a friendly author, allowing him to use his qualities, skills, and acquaintances - this allows the reader's past to be more fully revealed in its true purpose.