In today's age, the ugliness of the world cannot be hidden from kids as it once was. Violence is introduced to them before they have the chance to know the difference between right and wrong. Their minds are corrupted before they have the chance to imagine for themselves. Sherry Simpson says that her conscience was clear at the age of ten. I don't think that children have the luxury of waiting until they are 10 year old, anymore.
Reality strikes their minds far too early.
Simpson declares that adults cannot even always deal with the hardships facing them in the wilderness. Many times the wilderness becomes so dark and complicated, not even a strong person is able to recover and escape from the vines, bushes, and trees. These poor people have the fate of death. Outsiders cannot help the person who is lost in the wilderness either. To be lost is to be disconnected from everything and everyone.