What we need to ensure is the conflict between Pascal and Sophia and it is Sophia we would need to take care of more then Pascal in this context.

Threating or coaxing Pascal would be an act equivalent to nationalization of all the private assets
Leaving Andrea just to Sophia would be an act of accepting things as they become.
What we need is a way where we create an atmosphere of trust in which everyone has proportionate responsibility and authority which might make life a little simpler for all these children and people around.

Philosophically speaking ,I would look at this whole situation, as I would look at life itself . If all the kids had ‘books’ there would be no situation here . Just as in ‘LIFE ‘, if there were no inequalities or pairs of opposites ,there would be no such thing as ‘LIFE’ as we know it .

Quandary – by Robert Frost

Never have I been sad or glad
That there was such a thing as bad.
There had to be, I understood,
For there to have been any good.
It was by having been contrasted
That good and bad so long had lasted.
That’s why discrimination reigns.
That’s why we need a lot of brains
If only to discriminate
Twixt what to love and what to hate.
To quote the oracle of Delphi,
“Love thy neighbor as thyself.”, aye,
And hate him as thyself thou hatest?
There quandry is at its greatest.
We learned from the forbidden fruit
For brains there is no substitute.
“Unless it’s sweetbreads.”, you suggest
With innuendo I detest.
You drive me to confess in ink:
Once I was fool enough to think
That brains and sweetbreads were the same,
Till I was caught and put to shame
First by a butcher, then a cook,
Then by a scientific book.
But, ’twas by making sweetbreads do
I passed with such a high IQ.

-Robert Frost

Practically though , dealing with the situation as the administrator, I would think and act this way ….

Considering that there are only three kids in that age group in that place, its just a matter of time before they realize, that their social interaction with each other, their need to love and support each other, will outweigh their need to learn or get literate .

As time passes and they begin to interact, its likely that they will share all their resources. Pascal will realize, that it is not possible to buy the affection and friendship of Sofia and Andrea, until he shares his stuff with them …

… and then (like most people) will figure out ,probably the hard way, that all that he has , is meaningless , if he cannot find love …

In the meanwhile ,I will tactfully appeal to Pascal (since he is a child who is in an impressionable age) and try to gently get him to share his stuff with the others .

Bringing morality into the picture … I think the books need not stay with Pascal, Would I not be forgiven, if I devise a plan to use Pascal’s books without his knowledge, for the good of the other kids ,if he is beyond convincing, after a reasonable while ?

Now this is made easy, because books are a non- consumable resource, but if it is ‘food’ that Pascal has, then that is another topic altogether …

But as I clearly understand, the books stay with Pascal.

However, Sofia herself is quite able to help a very young Andrea. So, to begin with, I’ll suggest Sofia to manage without the books and try doing it herself, with some support from the administrator.

Andrea, ably helped by Sofia, can start growing up and they together will develop a social relationship.

In the meantime, Pascal will also be helped to get over his fresh memories of war and destruction, partly due to time and partly due to the social environment around him (Sofia, Andrea and Administrator).

Gradually, Pascal may be helped to calm down, start sharing his belongings, at least for his need of the social relationships and other factors of dependency.

Of course, this all may not happen overnight. But, the entire situation anticipates this to continue, enough time for this to happen.