Analysis Of Mr. Tench

One of the characters that reflects anger is Mr. Tench. He is anger with the society in which he lives and angry with his present, so he wishes his past could return again. That is clear from his talk with the priest. To illustrate, while he is in the ship, he starts to talk with the priest because he found that stranger can speak English. When he starts to recognize that man is a Catholic, he starts to warn him and tells him that they killed someone weeks ago. In addition, Mr. Tench is angry at his present and wishes he returns to his past. To clarify, he tells the priest about his past and how his family has left him and returned to England because of the persecution. His memories about them increase his anger because he "can't
The priest had an affair with a woman called Maria, so he had a young illegitimate daughter called Brigida. He met them during escaping after a long time of letting them alone. when he interred their village, Maria helped him to hide. She tells him that he is "a bad priest" (Greene 73) and all what he can do is to drink liquor. He does not deserve to be a martyr. She also tells him if he died a martyr, the church would be mocked and she "wouldn't want the church to be mocked…" (Greene74). In addition, his daughter Brigitte hates him because he is a bad father. He caused her a lot of pain and suffering because children in her school and people around her made fun of her because of her father. When he tried to get close to her, she angrily told him "Don't you touch me" (Greene 76). The priest's past is a past full of shame and sins, so he hates to remember it and when he does he gets
He baptized a girl by calling her a wrong name. when he went to a village that there was not any priest visited it form 5 years, they asked him to take their confession, baptize their children, and celebrate a mass for them. He firstly refuses, but then he agrees, but he asked them to pay him money though he should do that for free. While he was peptizing children, "the smell of brandy dried his mouth" (Greene 162). Even from the beginning of the novel, when he met Mr. Tench, he went with him to Tench's home. There, they found a boy asking for help because his mother was dying. The priest refuses at first to help her and give the excuse that he "could do no good" (Greene10), but then he goes and helps her. The priest suffered from passive anger, but he did not surrender to it, but he was doing his