We should read stories to become our best self. Stories inspire us to become better and more like the characters we read about. Stories and characters help explain what we should and should not do/be like. We should care because stories have been passed down from generations so that way we can learn the morals hidden in them. All stories have an underlying moral that can greatly impact your life and help you look at the world in a new way
First of all, it implies that this is occurring in the future, but not extremely far like 10,000 years from now; it's a reasonable amount of time away. Second of all, because of the word "finally," we can infer that everyone in that society is equal and that the general consensus about the equality is good. Because the author uses the word "finally," it makes it seem like they've finally made it through a struggle to reach equality.
A. their youth lends itself to vigor and unity
A hunter in the woods is the rescuer.