The way Richard is introduced at first is a child living a false world believing that everything he receives is good. He mentioned that he never learned shamed at home where it is assumed one would learn how to cope with it. While it is his innocence that shapes his way of thinking unfortunately to society he is just an ignorant fool who will never accomplish anything. A reasonable educator with enough humanity would have controlled the situation in a way that would not harm the child or disturb the classroom. The classroom as a whole played a role of inhumanity towards Richard simply by being quiet. It is clear that just because he is nice a boy that does not exclude him from also being inhumane. From the moment the wino stated of his inability