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cigarette smoking
italian
mirror
cigarette lighter
beating
dream
christmas
love
prologue
plot twist
brother sister relationship
bird
trust
dancing
father son relationship
new york city
false accusation
singing
homosexual
boy
crying
male female relationship
snow
flashback
dancer
girl
lie
tears
recording
church
prayer
confession
cat
despair
music teacher
african american
guilt
cover up
transistor radio
dutch angle
religion
god
ambiguous ending
student
storytelling
1960s
record player
prejudice
blindness
compassion
nose bleed
humiliation
embarrassment
forgiveness
bicycle
bench
christmas tree
gay
classroom
cross
bible
catholic
food
sermon
surrogate father
religious fanatic
hymn
basketball
fire escape
intercom
circumstantial evidence
children
wine
woman with glasses
school
pedophilia
organ
organist
tea
teacher
cigarette case
intolerance
hypocrisy
gossip
ballpoint pen
pulitzer prize source
power struggle
catholic church
altar boy
christian
black american
eating
irish accent
nun
liar
doubt
racial prejudice
reference to abraham lincoln
ambiguity
wind
janitor
pigeon
gift
semi autobiographical
toy
narcissism
candy
catholic priest
mass
pope
stairway
school uniform
ceremony
reputation
cossack
resignation
mouse
school locker
gym class
irish
chain of command
dressing
crow
shed
gymnasium
bishop
corporal punishment
abused child
creche
history teacher
catholic school
choir
feather
discipline
abuse of power
cleanliness
teasing
comb
religious statue
hypocrite
bonnet
argument
christmas carol
hug
crossing one's self
rosary
altar
authority
tolerance
closed mindedness
disciple
pedophile priest
stained glass window
class
caretaker
sleeplessness
mother superior
school children
monsignor
mortal sin
conservatism
45rpm record
accusation
adaptation directed by original author
based on a stage play
basketball foul shooting
certainty
changing a light bulb
christmas pageant
classroom discipline
communion wine
community building
cough drops
dance class
dance teacher
dining hall
dirty fingernails
ear piece
ethnic neighborhood
false witness
favoritism
feigned friendliness
fingernails
friendliness
fundamentalism vs progressivism
going blind
gristle
hair barrette
history class
homily
judgment
jumping to conclusion
light bulb blowout
magnet toy
male female power struggle
man boy relationship
martinet
mashed potatoes
nativity scene
new teacher
nun's habit
obedience
order of the sisters of charity
pagan
parish
penmanship
privacy
rectory
reference to ancient sparta
reference to eleanor roosevelt
reference to franklin d roosevelt
reference to frosty the snowman
reference to jfk assassination
reference to mussolini
reference to patrick henry
reference to st. michael
reference to the first noel
regimentation
rumor monger
sacistry
school bell
school principal
slap on the back of one's head
smelling alcohol on someone's breath
sneezing
surety
suspected homosexual
suspected paedophile
toy ballet dancer
virgin mary statue
year 1964
reference to john f. kennedy
saying goodbye
bad breath
undershirt
wheelbarrow
hit on the back of one's head
novice
circular staircase
bronx new york city
paranoia
one word title
mother son relationship
teacher student relationship
husband wife relationship
holy communion
telephone call
nightmare
surprise ending
title spoken by character
innocence
singer
song
rain
photograph
ritual
old woman
pedophile
priest
umbrella
death of father
suspicion
integration