The first man, that Robin asks about his kinsman, was gruff and unhelpful. Even though Robin asked the whereabouts of his kinsman in a polite way "Good evening to you honored sir, I pray you tell me whereabouts is the dwelling of my kinsman..." He received no answer from this man. Later in the story he meets with the same man again. At the second meeting Robin asserted himself differently and received an answer from the man. This time he was more confident "No, no, neighbor! No, no I am not the fool you take me for, nor do you pass till I have an answer to my question." This transformation in Robin shows that experience breeds change and that change is inevitable. This change in Robin can be paralleled to societies and governments. Drawing from change any sentient structure can learn that new measures are required in order to succeed.
When Robin found his kinsman it was under less than desirable circumstances. Robin was in severe shock; "His knees shook and his hair bristled with a mixture of pity and terror." The crowd that followed his kinsman was overwhelming when it grasped Robin into it's clutches his shouts of laughter where the loudest there. This illustrates that each generation must make up its own mind on protocol for handling the situations that come its way. Each government and society must make new policies and rules for the unexpected situations that occur. Also the physical similarities between Robin and his kinsman show that change does not have to be a completely new beginning, but a "younger" way of looking at the world for that day's society, government or individual.
At the very end Robin was getting ready to leave for his home in the country. But the man who had befriended him told Robin to stay a few days and make up his mind when he was ready. He had offered Robin a chance to make it on his own "you may rise in the world without the help of your kinsman." This depicts the way evolution takes place. One being must be able to survive with the experience of ancestors behind them, but be able to be a free thinker to evolve past the present. In other words to be able to think for ones self and further the development of the current society. Only through free thinking contemporaries will differences between generations occur. Therefore, evolution prevents the stagnation of society.
