It follows aware of someone who he is, he can defend causes more battles to fight.
Words are like children often full of truth (as -House terrier and the "old" that meets in a much more convincing to small child)
Nobody needs a leader to know what to think. I think the author has the elegance to let us think that we should withdraw from this slice of life.
In short, read this story in the library then buy there (not to mention "the return to the land").