Review Detail of Blindmonkeey in The Archaic Dragon Mage

new reader and curious why many novels similar in genre or style have to begin with setting up the most pathetic & arduous of beginnings? is this a competition on who can create the most abject difficulty for the protagonist? Can a person be considered interesting or successful only IF they have faced such impossible circumstances? sometimes it seems like the only actual antagonist to the mc is the horrendous beginnings. anyway just a few questions I'd been curious about.