This short wants to be a vapid cheerleader of the idea that Nature is stronger than Nurture. The rich couple took in a poor lad, but alas! Despite the advantages of his surroundings, he's not any good any way. But since they've reared him for 15 years or more, it actually shows that THEIR spoiling of the boy made him act irresponsible, NOT his "nature".
Incidentally, it also drives home the "Undeserving poor" myth: the poor are poor because of their innate nature, not because of their surroundings. This has proven to be nonsense by history, in America alone, the Irish, Italians, Asians, have proven that, when not confronted with huge barriers of discrimination, they can thrive. If they had been innately doomed to fail, they wouldn't be as successful as they are now.
Incidentally, it also drives home the "Undeserving poor" myth: the poor are poor because of their innate nature, not because of their surroundings. This has proven to be nonsense by history, in America alone, the Irish, Italians, Asians, have proven that, when not confronted with huge barriers of discrimination, they can thrive. If they had been innately doomed to fail, they wouldn't be as successful as they are now.