Other characters in the book are: the halfcast, the lieutenant, Padre Jose, his servant, his daughter, the Fellows family at the banana station

What is the significance about the relationship of the protagonist to the other characters in the book

In order to give a clear significance of the relationship of the main character and the other characters, I think it’s necessary to indicate a short summary and the main theme of the story.

In the state of Tabasco, Mexico, where religion has been outlawed, all priests have been prosecuted or executed, except the “whiskey-priest”. He is the only well-known Roman Catholic in the country left.

Several times he has been able to escape out of the country, but somehow every time he is stopped by something in himself. He keeps travelling through the country for six years, doing his job, his mission: say Mass, baptize children and hear confessions in spite of all the enemies and treacheries among the population. Finally he is arrested and executed.

The main theme is about the struggle of the priest against his religion, his God and himself, being a coward, an alcoholic, a father an

The excerpt is about the end of the book when the priest is in prison and he is trying to confess all his sins to himself. He comes to the conclusion that his life has been miserable. He is full of guilt about having wasted his life and not having been a saint for the people.

Like I mentioned before, this ending could be predicted because of the whole tone of the book and the efforts of the lieutenant (the authorities) to free the country of religion. He summarizes his life and comes to the conclusion that he has been a failure and useless. He fights with himself on one hand accepting that he is a human being with several weaknesses, and on the other hand that he hasn’t been a saint for the people who relied on him. With these thoughts the priest has grown in stature, because he has lost his pride and sees himself as only a common criminal. His chase and his inevitable capture should be stuff from which martyrs are made, but the priest knows that he doesn’t measure up to the martyrs of the past.

d definitely not a saint. Constantly he has got feelings of guilt about his shortcomings and mistakes against his religion. The other secondary characters are developed in a few short scenes. To me they are all very recognizable and put down very sharply by the writer. Those characters often bring out the central conflict of the priest and the lieutenant through parallels and contrasts. Some characters are very outspoken pious believers such as the woman in prison, Luis’ mother and his little sisters and several villagers. They despise the so-called sinners in the world like Padre Jose, the half-caste, James Calver, and the priest himself. It’s clear that Greene sympathizes very

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