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

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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
child's dyeing mother even though he knows that he will miss his boat:

But the stranger got up as though unwillingly he had been summoned
to an occasion he couldn't pass by. He said sadly,

“It always seems to happen. Like this.”
“You'll have a job not to miss the boat.”
“I shall miss it,” he said. (P. 17)

This example displays that the whiskey priest is a good man and helps to
prove the whiskey priests statement false.

On the other hand, Greene displays the accuracy of the whiskey
priest's statement when he shows how much of an alcoholic the ...

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