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zb1113 's review for:
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
8.5-9
Each character is presented with such empathy and care. No character is given the moral high ground, but many of them are given the low ground, and for many reasons (even despite their self-reflection). Some beautiful writing here too, reminiscent of McCarthy's Crossing (the part where the ex-priest speaks of his past). Brings up the questions continually - how can I best help others? what are my moral obligations? am I just serving my own interests, even through beneficence?
Clocks/time (the differences between the past and present, the stillness of time, stopping time, 'protecting'/lionizing the past), purpose (how much of it you choose vs what 'chooses you'), worthiness and duty (inflated self importance, comparing own presence to God's, Pride), vices (drinking, lying, pride, etc) and their control over you, nihilism vs religion (corrupted), fear (of pain, death, continued purposelessness, loss of status, responsibility - children/wife), love vs control, trust/faith (in spite of evidence/past, 'belief in God makes cowards'), despair vs hope (fighting against hopelessness/complacency), childhood purity/innocence corrupted by time/sinful world (similar to preserving something precious in the past/your own past self), finding beauty in sin (132).
Each character is presented with such empathy and care. No character is given the moral high ground, but many of them are given the low ground, and for many reasons (even despite their self-reflection). Some beautiful writing here too, reminiscent of McCarthy's Crossing (the part where the ex-priest speaks of his past). Brings up the questions continually - how can I best help others? what are my moral obligations? am I just serving my own interests, even through beneficence?
Clocks/time (the differences between the past and present, the stillness of time, stopping time, 'protecting'/lionizing the past), purpose (how much of it you choose vs what 'chooses you'), worthiness and duty (inflated self importance, comparing own presence to God's, Pride), vices (drinking, lying, pride, etc) and their control over you, nihilism vs religion (corrupted), fear (of pain, death, continued purposelessness, loss of status, responsibility - children/wife), love vs control, trust/faith (in spite of evidence/past, 'belief in God makes cowards'), despair vs hope (fighting against hopelessness/complacency), childhood purity/innocence corrupted by time/sinful world (similar to preserving something precious in the past/your own past self), finding beauty in sin (132).