Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball?
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Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball?
The poet says, “I would not intrude on him” because he wants the boy to learn from the experience of loss. This will teach the boy that loss is also an important part of life, hence the poet does not intervene in the boy’s natural process of learning. He also doesn’t offer the boy money to buy another ball because the lesson of loss learnt from this experience would become worthless and wouldn’t teach the little one to learn the lesson of responsibility from this situation.
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴛ sᴀʏs, “ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴᴛʀᴜᴅᴇ ᴏɴ ʜɪᴍ” ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʏ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ʟᴏss. ᴛʜɪs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟᴏss ɪs ᴀʟsᴏ ᴀɴ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ʟɪғᴇ, ʜᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴛ ᴅᴏᴇs ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴇɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʏ’s ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ᴏғ ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ. ʜᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ ᴏғғᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʏ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴛᴏ ʙᴜʏ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʙᴀʟʟ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇssᴏɴ ᴏғ ʟᴏss ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜɪs ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴛʜʟᴇss ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇssᴏɴ ᴏғ ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜɪs sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.