deeper than most can fathom
Not an anti-climactic story about an evil man and a vulnerable child, but more about the invisible evil that is prejudice. Not racial prejudice, but personal prejudice. His mother wrongly warned the boy about the crazy man, and the boy translated his mother's fear into rudeness to a harmless old man. The last thing the boy did was sadden the man to tears, and before he could make things right, the man died.
I'm not right on the money, but i hope you can START to understand what the author is talking about.
And what the FUCK does fat-pie have to do with this?