Summary Of Mestizo

know if the Mestizo was lying or telling the truth. “Oh no” , the priest said. “I don’t trust you.” (160)
When the priest got there he saw it was not a tramp but the Gringo did not want to confess his sins he wanted to use the priest so he could get out of the hut. This is interesting how the Gringo when he is dying he sends the mestizo for a priest so they can hear his sins, but he lied because he wanted a person to get him out of there this shows the limits of a criminal. “You take my gun, father. See what I mean? Under my arm.” “I haven’t any use for a gun.”(188) Since the Gringo knew that the priest was also running away, he asked him if he could help him get away but the priest refuses and the Gringo dies. The Lieutenant recognizes the priest
The Lieutenant hated the Church because it would take a lot of advantage of the poor people and surprisely the priest agreed.”The Church was poor, the priest was poor , therefore everyone should sell and give to the Church.”(193) They both agreed that the world was corrupt and full of sins. The Lieutenant takes the priest to the station and he goes to look for Padre Jose and asked him to come to the police station to listen to the confession of the priest who is going to be executed the next but he refuses. In this part it shows how Padre Jose cared about himself because he did not want to listen to the priests confession. Instead the priest did help when he was asked. The priest is getting ready and he keeps drinking the bottle of brandy that the Lieutenant gave to