“He had an altogether compelling personality, a disturbing, mysterious, magnetic power” (pg.150). This quote shows exactly what Latour admired in Martinez. This admiration is odd because Martinez is a man whose actions contrast with those that a man of the church is supposed to perform. Another side to this is that Latour sees some of Martinez’s qualities within himself and he hates that. In my life I have felt like Latour does in this situation. I find a person who is seen as having bad qualities and I see myself being that person. This makes me angry and I become more hostile to that person than I should be.

The next foil of Latour is his lifetime friend Father Joseph Vaillant. Father Joseph is the closest person in the book to Latour. He is faithful, intelligent and strong willed. The quality in Father Joseph that is most admired by Latour is that of determination. Cather describes Father Joseph through the eyes of Latour as: “…Real, persistent, with the driving power of a dozen men in his poorly built body” (pg.38). When Father Joseph believes that something is right and that people need his help he will follow what he believes withought hesitation while others, Latour himself included, will plan every aspect of an action before he does it. An example of this is when Vaillant decides to go to Colorado, but Latour thinks that he is being impulsive and that the trip is foolish (pg.246). In my own experience I find myself being in the same position as Vaillant, in that I when I get an idea in my mind that fits right nothing can stop me from reaching my goal. Another quality that La!

The third foil of Latour is Jacinto. Jacinto is Latour’s Indian guide on his journeys around New Mexico. The difference between Jacinto and the other two foils in this paper is Jacinto represents the Indian population to Latour. From his experiences with Jacinto, Latour makes profound statements on the nature of Indians: “ He was already convinced that neither white men nor the Mexicans in Santa Fe understoo

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