Le Guine

I thought the piece was extemely weird.  I just didn't really understand it that well and I thought it was interesting but kind of creepy.  I have no idea why they would keep a child locked up in a cellar and barely feed him.  It just makes no sense.  It just shows the ignorance of some people today.  They put the kid in the cellar because they didn't know what else to do with him, but it just seems dumb because they didn't want to deal with the problem they just shove it in the corner.  This is how some people deal with their problems today and it just shows in this story through a metaphor that people are very ignorant.