That's an interesting way to look at it. But you seem to be neglecting the emotional angle, and his (somewhat vicarious) connection to the boy. He wanted to kno

That's an interesting way to look at it. But you seem to be neglecting the emotional angle, and his (somewhat vicarious) connection to the boy. He wanted to know if anything that he imagined was grounded in reality. I agree that the article is a bit confusing. What was he really thinking? But I got the feeling the author was just as confused. At any rate, I learned some things, and it was pleasantly written, so not a waste of time.