The Power and The GloryPart 2, ch.1&2

It may suound very courious, but I've just read chapeter 1 and chpater 2 of the second part, and my ocward decisin is, I',m going ro join both chapters becasyue they talk of a very important man in the novel and give hints to see more deep what is the priests personlaitie. The priest is a person who in chapter one, is not the example of what he should be. But then in chapter two, he looks desperate to find a bottle of wine to consagrate the next days mass. He only has fifteen pesos on his pocket and he is willing to spend it on the mass. This shows that he really cares for his people and religion. The sad part is that some "friends" (a beggar and the governors cousin) want a zip of his bottle, they end up drinking the hole bottle and the priest begins to cry and then he leaves. His emotions are really strong for the church.

A really interesting fact that I realized is that in chapter one, Greene in almost all the time he speaks as the narrator, and lets us, the reader, a lot of thoughts of the priest. In chapter two, the author makes a 360 degree change, he almost all the time speakes as conversations with other, and doenst lest us now any thoughts of the characters.

All along this chapter, we see new characters, which fomr me are really important and will appear next in the novel, this is the case of Brigida, his doughter and the Mestizo, a sorit of Judas to the priest.

The Power and the Glory IV

In this chapter, something that shocks me just as we star reading this, is the decision that Padre Jose makes on thr group burying the little girl. ALl the people in the funeral tell him to please performa a ceremony to this girl. But he is aware that he can't trust anybody on the town because then he'll be busted. This decision shows us a side of Padre Jose tha I never though of it, a coward man, a man who first puts his people and his religion first than everyhting. On the other hand Mr. Tench is writting a important letter to his fogotten wife, I think this is going to be a important aspect later on in the novel. Later on, we see that the author now focus on teaching children, we see how the mother of Coral reading to her the sotry of Juan, and the Coral asking her if she belives in God. This is a point where the characters are looking for glory, or at least Coral. She wants to know what is hermonther thinking about religion and Mrs. Fellows just starts looking for her housband, he tells Coral that wheteher you belive it or not, eht church brought alot of people together, believeng in one mighty and powerfull god. The "next" story is about the lieutenant that a little kid thorws him a rock and he gets an attitude towards him, showing him his gun. "Would you like to see my gun?." (pg.57) This for me is a irresponsabiliti, no matter if the lieutenant is his dad, you don't show or even less teach a kid youre gun or even aim. That will become ina huge porblem later on.

The Power and the Glory III

Chapter three, is a chapter where tons of ideas, thoughts, and description fo characters happen. We first see how Captain Fellows is a correct person, with the decision of taking the "stranger" out of his barn, and no t letting him hide in there, also not giving him anything to drink , or eat. His daughter, Coral, on the other hand, shows alot of tolerance and compassion to the priest. This is really important because the priest told her to pray for him and she asnwers "You see, I dont believe in God. I lost my faith when I was ten." (pg 41), but Coral shows all the virtues of chirstianity. The she teaches him to talk in Morse Code, so that whne he comes back the can communicate by a flahslight.

This chapter, opened a way to compare the tittle of the novel with the plot. I think it is that the stroy is "working" around the two priests and their lifes. Padre Jose wants only money, and he charges people when the get confessed, or to baptise a kid, meaning, he wants POWER! On the other hand, our "stranger" is a fugitive which has done nothing wrong, always trusting in Gods word, batpising people when he is fugitive for the police, and even conffesing people whithout asking for something in excahnge. But the most important aspect is the one that he says "...to choose pain like that - it's not possible. And its my duty not to be caught. You see, my bishop is no longer here." (pg 40), we see clearly that he belives in the glory of God, his will and decisons on him. For me this is the relationship on the tittle. Chapter has opened new ideas on my reading.