Final Essay Response to The Power and the Glory

As the progression through The Power and the Glory slowly occurs, escape begins to be a well-known issue and fact as each circumstance perceived by the priest is in need of liberation in order to move ahead. The issues he dealt with mentally certainly were not of those thoughts that could remain inside his head, but were of those to be forgotten and never enter his mind again. An act such as this to be portrayed is by far not an easy task for oneself to conquer, but when it came time for the priest to make decisions and with intact move forward, this route of escapism was the only way he could hold himself with composure. The priest had an abundant range of beliefs he was more than happy to pursue and announce without hesitation, and in order for those beliefs to become genuinely distributed he first and foremost needed to escape physically from the states in which outlawed religion. Secondly and most importantly, he needed to escape mentally from all the criticism and hectic times of which were avail continuously. Sure he created a respectable number of successes and attempts throughout his journey, but what was it that he escaped from which differentiated from what he abandoned? 

 

To my acknowledgement, the priest did not abandon the various towns he passed through as his long journey was pursued, but he escaped from them as he progressed. Though he escaped from the countless towns initially, his plan to forgo them suddenly changed when his decision to re-enter over the border came into play. This decision confused me and somehow makes you take into realization that he wanted to confess of his sins, and become a martyr. The priest could have easily refused to retreat sub-sequentially back to where religion was outlawed and to accompany the mestizo to hear the repent of the gringo's sins. He could have freely continued his journey and indeed abandon those towns he had once travelled through which were no longer considered safe locations on his part, but no, the priest made the decision to go back to where he had made the attempt to escape before. 

The priest knew he could not spend the rest of his commendable life trying to escape from those who were against his beliefs, his way of life. He knew he could no longer shamelessly run away from those who did not gain his undeniable respect and triumph. As the priest made an effort of repenting his own sins, he in dismay found he could not. Sure he withheld numerous sins of which were quite recognizable, but were any of those thought of as regrets? Profoundly not. His sins were what got him to that point, and without them he would not have become a martyr, which to not much a greater extent; a hero. The priest surly did abstain and take into realization a remarkable amount of power as this novel proceeded, and in doing so, glory was perceptibly condemned upon him without any range of doubt. The renowned aspect of the priest was that not only did he unknowingly discover glory in conclusion of this novel, but he acquired power within himself to take hold of the glory which had been placed upon him all along.