rief, with all the races of South Africa. Jarvis has largely seen the natives as labor, a commodity rather than a set of individuals, but now he is introduced to them on a different basis, one further step in his education. The tragedy of his son's death brought forth a deeper awareness about the people and everything going on around him. He attained a greater level of moral reasoning. According to Kohlberg's stages Jarvis reaches, or he is in transition to reaching stage six, ethical principles. Very few people ever make it to the sixth stage, and when they do, they often live to better mankind. Their views of principles appeal to logical universality and consistency. They would sacrifice themselves for a cause other than family. Their obedience or disobedience to law is based on moral respect for justice. Jarvis becomes a man for other people. He first begins to do simple tasks for young children, like sending them milk. Later Jarvis builds a dam for the people. This is only the beginning of Jarvis greater change. Ultimately, he finds a trained expert in agriculture who can show the people how to help themselves. Jarvis does what he can and makes efforts to correct any injustice. James Jarvis, does undergo a dreadful suffering as result of his son's death. However, he begins to learn to understand his son whom he had not previously really known. Furthermore, he comes to a better understanding of himself, and of the entire country. As a result of this suffering and the deeper understanding, Jarvis becomes a reformed man, and he continues the work begun by his deceased son by contributing to projects intended to improve the state of the natives. He had attained a higher level of moral reasoning and progressed to Kohlberg's six stage of development. The significant change that came about in Jarvis happened as result of his son, it just goes to show that we as humans can always grow upon each other, no matter how ol...
