What might Book on Haiti represent?

Levi's book on Haiti is a symbol for his own privileged point of view in joining the Haitian cause. Levi gets the book from the massive, archaic library of the public school he attends. Yet, he reads the book and is genuinely emotionally taken by the plight of the country and its people. Nevertheless, it is impossible for Levi to ever separate himself from the well-off world he comes from.