The missionary, Elder Allen, grew up spiritually in the film. Of course, Latter-day Saints would see that differently. Elder Allen's experience was a growing up that really mattered, because it was the story of a young man finding his relationship with God. I don't know. I'm peculiar in this.
Adulthood is kind of a disappointment in many ways.
There's a change that happens when people go through puberty. You look at people differently. You look at the world differently and it's a shame. You lose something pure. I think a lot of the rest of our lives are an attempt to regain the innocent period that we once had.