The children were not exposed to the outside world where in such places death was not taken lightly because it was not accepted as the norm. Even in larger, more connected urban centers there were places to go and people to talk to about how they were feeling. Children quickly realize that the teacher they were sent cares about their well-being and grieving process, while the previous three may not have paid as much attention to the topic. When the children and the teacher reach Yolande's grave, the teacher feels isolation in the literal sense: "We came to an isolated wooden hut among the saplings." the teacher saw how many children lived and realized how detached the children really are. The children, however, know that this is where Yolande lived and have accepted it because that is how most of them live. Evidently children suffer and accept death very differently due to isolation. The teacher observes the child “The child had a delicate, very emaciated face, with the serious expression that I had seen on the faces of most of the children here, as if the worries of adults had crushed them too soon”. The teacher immediately connects with the child and decides to ask the children to pick roses in order to do so