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Chapter 11. What might the bathing process be a metaphor for?
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Children were bathed in scalding hot water, scrubbed with stiff-brittle brushes and harsh soap, It felt like they were trying to remove our skin. I think, in a sense, the nuns were trying to "whitewash" these children.