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to the religion he's trying to reject.
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That conflation is part of what makes it impossible for Haze to
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escape the question of redemption, even if he wants to answer it in a
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way that's at odds with how, for example,
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his grandfather, the preacher, would answer it.
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This is why he's continually mistaken for a preacher,
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no matter what he does.
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Remember he goes in to the prostitute's house,
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Mrs. Watts's, and he's got a hat on, and the hat just makes him look like
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a preacher.
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There's nothing he can do.
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He says, "I'm not a preacher," and she says, "That's okay if