Marius and Danny mirror each other but in different context. Marius torments Will and brings a bad influence through drugs to the children of Moosonee. Danny torments Annie and is a part of the same drug trafficking business but in the south. There is evidence that proves that Marius was not always the poor influence that he is, “We are all born …show more content…
And we can maintain the innocence of children if that is what we choose,”(65). The excerpt that Lisette reads solidifies one of the themes in the book: the innocence of children. The purity of children is also portrayed well through Will’s speech: “Down Sesame Street, the children squatted in the dust with blackfly haloes around their heads… The children own the streets here, and that’s a good thing, no?” (97) Boyden’s word choice of using the word “haloes” to describe the shape of the blackflies is key as the word halo is not affiliated with blackflies normally. Boyden chooses the word halo to emphasize the purity of the children because the word halo is used synonymously with angels who are considered the purest of the pure.