In this chapter, Helmholtz Watson has been experimenting
with poetry that really actually shows true emotions. That's not really what he is
supposed to be doing, but he has been feeling unhappy with his work and he wants to
write "real" stuff.
So what he does is he writes this
poetry about wanting to be alone and how nice it would be to be alone. The students
complain at once and he gets in trouble. The reason for this is that you are not
supposed to want to be alone. Their whole society is based on always being with other
people and having fun. They do not want you off by yourself thinking because that could
cause trouble for the society.
So the principal won't
publish it because it has "bad" ideas in it -- ones that go against society's needs and
values.
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