In my idea,comparison basically is not good act because actually first comparison has done by evil .he was the one who compared himself with Adams.God has created us by different capacities which are unique.so comparison is not easy act because we are not in a position to compare people. the other thing is that alyhough some people are physically similar to each other .this does not mean the same functional capacities because our behavior arise of our inner capacities that are influenced by purificaton,refining,nurture and training.
so I think comparison can be done by a person who is aware of potential and actual capacities.
In my opinion Molana is one of those people who could reach to this مقام عرفانی by the use of purification,refining,nurture and training.
Nicholson has used simple in some parts of story to show that this event is alive and can happen to all of us all the times.(this is exactly تکرار تاریخ which was said by philosiphers).
The way of writing, speaking is very important because we have two kinds of translation
معنی گرایانه و تحت اللفظی and each of them has special fans. the تحت اللفظی group believes in keeping the meaning same as original text (word by word)
but the second group believes in transferring concepts (مفاهیم برداشت شده )without considering the words.So Nicholson used the best way for transferring the information by the use of these methods).