The Power And The Glory: The Whiskey Priest A Saint?

Part I of Essay
? A saint can be defined as one of God's chosen, usually Christian people. A brave person can be defined as someone who has allot of courage. In the novel The Power And The Glory, the whiskey priest states that he isn't a saint and not even a brave man. Greene shows this w ....

Part II of Essay
.... priest his life, but he is willing to overlook this. This is best shown when he eventually forgives and even prays for the Mestizo who betrayed him: “The priest waved his hand; he bore no grudge because he expected nothing else of anything human...” (P. 198) This shows that that whiskey priest is a forgiving man and this indeed helps to validate that the whiskey priests statement is inaccurate. Graham Greene portrays to the reader that the whiskey priest thinks of others before himself. This is clearly evident when he goes to help the ch ....