A Priest in Jail

In the last pages read, I realized that there was a lot of symbolism hidden in this part of the book. The contrast between good and evil or better said, hollyness and unhollyness is very visible when the priest is locked up in jail. I think that they auther shows a comparison between, the example of life that religion teaches and the cruel realities that one can expirience in jail. Also the obsenities that the priest sees are mind blowing for a man of the church. Then the priest reveals he's identity to the inmates in jail. I found this interesting because he actually trusts in people that are evil sadistic maniacs but since the are in the same situation, I think that the priest considers to be part of their social outcast. Then we can see an unordinary sense of good and evil. There is a priest and a religious women in jail because of their belives but neither of them are what they seem. The priest hiding he's true identity and is going against everything he stands for. The women on the other hand doesn't really make sense and contradicts herself. So with this being said, I realized that the auther isn't showing us black and white anymore but is showing us the grey perspective of life.

The Fellows

As the story continues, new characters are introduced into the plot. First they describe Captain Fellows, who seems to be a nice and joyfull person. This is the first time that a person is shown to be trully happy in the story, or at least he seems this way as he sings while driving his boat. Also I thought that it was very weird when he says that the only place were he had been happier was in wartime France. This shows how Captain Fellows isn't a normal person. Then when he arrives home he talks to his wife who is the complete opposite of her husband. Mrs Fellows is a sad person and is constantly thinking about her old age and death. She hates the place were they live and she is always in a bad mood. Their daughter, Coral Fellows is very different to her parents. Unlike her numb mom and dad, she shows to have an independent way of thought and acts upon her believes. We can see this when she hides the outlaw priest in her house without the consent of her parents. She then demonstrates a certain affection towards the priest and even though she could get in big trouble, she offers him her place to hide in the future. As the priest took off she says that if they kill him she would never forgive the people responsible and she would be willing to avange his death. This is very weird because she had known the priest for a very short time and she wasn't even religious. In fact she sugested to the priest to give up his faith in order to save his life.