Sunday, February 6, 2011

Priest

The priest acts as a crude symbol of the misuse of religion. When he first hears of the pearl, his first thought leaps to superficial things, such as fixing his church, rather than what good it can do or the lives it could help save. He teaches the natives need to stay in their place and should not desire more, while he does those things himself. Teaching for...
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    The priest in Kino’s village was greedy and unreligious when he heard about Kino pearl. He suggested that Kino donate the pearl to the church. The real reason is that he wanted the pearl for himself, which was very selfish. This also goes against everything the priest has ever told the natives. Kino declines the selfish priests offer.
    M. Stafford

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  2. Austin WangFebruary 6, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    Once the natives believe in Christianity, the priest can use it against them. He can make things up from the Bible that were not there for personal gains like to get Kino to donate the pearl. The natives respected the priest and would take advice from him although Kino did not. Also, the priest, just like all the other non-natives, treat the natives as an inferior race which is not what priests are supposed to do.
    AUSTIN WANG

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  3. LeeFebruary 6, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    This is an instance which religion is used against a person. This happens many times around the world and this is a good depection on how heavily people rely and trust religion. The priest uses greed to try to get his way. He convinces the towns people to get the pearl from kino.

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  4. CaymanFebruary 6, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    The priest in this village uses religion as a business. He gets the people in the religious mood and then trys to get them to make offerings. He also makes people pay lots of money to get baptised or married. In the book, the priest trys to get kino to give some of they money that he is going to make back to the church because the pearl is supposably gift from god. The priest is a greedy old man.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    In the book, the priest is looking to make a profit, rather than actually helping people. He thinks about himself and what he could do with the money that people pay him when they get married or babtised. When he hears that Kino has a valuable pearl, he comes to Kino, hoping that he will profit from Kinos wish to get married.
    -Jack L.

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