As John got older, he began to realize more and more that people seems to turn their backs and shy away from him due to his tongue hanging out in such a retarded position. No one wants to look at him and hence let alone wanna talk to him. Why did he only start to witness such a phenomenom only recently? Was it because he was too young to care back then?
And so in this way, as the potato koro people tries to shut him away from their community, john too feels disheartened and feels so very isolated and alone. His impression of the potato koro people starts to drop. This phenomenom of course would create an effect on him without himself knowing. John had become more and more self centred...as the things he sees becomes narrower and narrower...
But still, he kept his smile.