Aside from the girl, there were also other people with a major impact on the boy's maturing process.
Another one of the characters who aided the boy in the development of his maturity, was his uncle. The boy's uncle is a symbol of the boy's father figure. The boy's uncle always seems to be stressed with the difficulties of his life. He shows that he is stressed by the way that he comes home late and forgets things. When the uncle forgets that the boy wants to go to the bazaar, he does not sound like he cares about what the boy wants to do, but yet, he also is perceived to be very humble about these things. He exemplifies that he does not really care about what the boy wants when the boy tries to tell his uncle that he wants to go to the bazaar. All that the uncle does is get off of the topic and he begins to ask questions about "The Arab's Farewell to His Steed." The boy does not get angry though; he just walks away which shows he has developed maturity. By coming home late to take the boy to the bazaar, the uncle again shows how he does not care about what the boy wants to do. Again, the boy is not perceived to be angry at this point. He is only described as not smiling. By acting that way, the boy sounds as though he is learning to cope with the various stresses of becoming an adult. As the boy gets older, he will not want to be like his uncle, and therefore, he will have matured in that sense. Other than the boy's uncle, who is essential in the development of the boy, there is yet another character that is also just as important.
The priest also makes an impression on the development of the boy. Now, the priest has already died in the back drawing room of the boy's house, but some of his possessions remain, such as some books which the boy enjoys reading. The boy seems that he is trying to follow in the footsteps of the priest in that he enjoys reading the book that has yellow pages the best.