Sophistication
Anderson's sophistication is an attemp to capture a pure or perfect love. George Willard is a village boy who's mother has recently died and because of this he has begun to see the world from a more uncertain and sophisticated stance. He is lonely. Helen White is the daughter of a banker and her mother is against her being with George. But after a walk through the fair grounds they know they are ment to be. It is predictable and overly poetic.  Anderson stresses that words are unimportant and it is the silence that brings George and Helen together. Throughout their stroll, George and Helen are caught in this kind of dazed spell as they quietly ponder life. I found it rather sappy, but to each their own.