Alluwee Brown, and the Tragic End of Unlearned “Jim”

I found this tale of “Alluwee Brown, and the Tragic End of Unlearned “Jim”” to be extremely depressing. I don’t even really know what to say about it. I was just so struck by how sad it was. He was so in love with the girl and he never knew how she felt about him until it was too late. He never felt worthy of anything and others helped to contribute to that. He was a selfless person, and never knew that he was capable of so much more. I can’t seem to pick up on what the story was trying to get at in terms of messages about education or love. What I interpret it as, is that a lack of knowledge and an abundance of misfortune doesn’t make someone less of a person, emotion still exists and often a different kind of intelligence that cannot be reached through education and school is present.