The unnamed protagonist works on the "slog farm [and] [h]e [is] underage" (Fassler 2) to provide for his mother financially, which further illustrates that his goal is to educate her and is not self-indulgent, showing that desire is not an obstacle, when sacrifice is a higher value for individuals in society. The boy's friend, Zamir, tells him that he might find fruit in a neighborhood where "people have money" (2), revealing that the rich are not constrained by their financial situation. Thus, desire and temptation are not prevalent in all social classes of a society. However, the protagonist discovers “a small, stubborn bush with a dozen purple berries” (3), which symbolizes his source of desire, suggesting that once an individual is conquered by temptation, desire is unstoppable. Summative sentence: The author suggests that temptation becomes a limitation for those who already suffer due to his use of setting in the short