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Hide and Seek Children often cause suffering upon one another, as we can see in Vernon Scannel’s poem Hide and Seek. The poems tell of young children enjoying an innocent game of hide and seek. As the poem is written in the first person, the writer becomes the little boy who has found a prime spot in which to hide. He thinks he has his friends fooled but come the end of the poem, …

…suffering is an essential part of childhood, as there is a lot to be learned from the pain of past experiences. The more we learn about mankind, the better our quality of life and happiness can become. Experience is essential for adult life; painful, suffering experience is better remembered. We control our own intentions and actions; we can make our life improve if we evaluate our past encounters. As Aristotle said, ‘Happiness depends on ourselves’.