In The Chimney Sweeper (Innocence), the persona, a young boy chimney sweeper, expresses how and when he became a chimney sweeper. ... Tom's initially frightening dream, "That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all locked up in coffins of black... The boy accepts what the angel says. ... "A little black thing among the snow-(1), the young chimney sweeper, wonders where his parents are. " They are both gone up to the church to pray' -(4). ... "They clothed me in the clothes of death, And taught me to sing the notes of woe-(7-8), as they continue in their happy, joyf...

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• Grade Level: High School

" in which she is instantly punished for simply noting the obvious hypocrisy. ... Marjane's mum interrupts the group before they can attack they boy with nails between their knuckles, and gently tells Marjane, "It is not for you and me to do justice. ... In this short series of events, Marjane begins to learn how the complexity of viewing the world in black and white. ...

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