The big night

Before you know it, the time has come.

You look in the mirror before you leave your apartment, scrutinizing yourself for flaws.

You're in a clean, crisp, light blue oxford shirt with a gunmetal gray tie, and fitted slacks. Your light, feathery hair is perfectly combed, and your face is smooth and blemish free. You feel like a young man ready to be inducted into something great.

When you arrive at the front door of the fraternity house, the pledge-master Shane advises you to go around back to the basement door. You find another brother waiting there who instructs you to turn around, then applies a blindfold to your eyes and walks you inside.