In the sweet hereafter and the following poem, what does the newborn symbolize? "every death is magic from the enemy to be avenged" by brooks haxton when fever burned the last light out of my daughter's eyes, i swore to find and kill the ones to blame. men must mount the long boat in the dark with spears. at dawn, where the flowering spicebush hid my scent, i crouched. a young wife, newborn slung across her chest, came first for spring water. she stooped. my god, for vengeance, spoke her secret name inside my ear. her god stepped back with no scream, his right hand at his mouth, the knuckles clenched between the pointed teeth. death is not evil. innocence of childhood the continuing cycle of life and death the children that will never be born

The book “The Sweet Hereafter “ written by Russell Banks is the story of the bus accident in which 14 children lost their lives. When innocent lives are lost who is to blame?

The poem  "Every Death Is Magic from the Enemy to Be Avenged" written by Brooks Haxton speaks of the loss of a child to an illness. The mother wants to avenge the death but who is to blame?

Question: In The Sweet Hereafter and the following poem, what does the newborn symbolize?

B. Innocence of childhood

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.