The Power and the Glory
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Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2 Part 1, Chapter 3 Part 1, Chapter 4 Part 2, Chapter 1 Part 2, Chapter 2 Part 2, Chapter 3 Part 2, Chapter 4 Part 3, Chapter 1 Part 3, Chapter 2 Part 3, Chapter 3 Part 3, Chapter 4 Part 4, Chapter 1
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All Themes The Complexity of Religious Figures Ideology and Reactionary Ideas The Nature of Sin Government vs. Religion Duty, Sacrifice, and Persecution
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All Characters The Whisky Priest/The Stranger The Lieutenant The Mestizo Luis Coral Fellows
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All Symbols Alcohol
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The Power and the Glory

by

Graham Greene
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In The Power and the Glory, alcohol symbolizes the complexity of the whisky priest’s vocation as a Catholic priest. The whisky priest is a vessel for God according to his belief system—but, of…

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