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especially in the child as the epitome of pure humankind,
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a kind of great hopefulness.
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This is not what McCarthy sees in humankind.
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This is not what the kid gives to us, even though we are told,
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a little later on, on page 4,
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the child's face is curiously untouched behind the scars,
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the eyes oddly innocent.
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What does that innocence mean?
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Is it, here, an innocence like Wordsworth's child,
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who can behold the rainbow with joy and a pure relation to the world and
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to a caring god?
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Is it that kind of innocence?