February 14, 2006

Today I read my blog from The Freedom Writer's Diary, which ensued a long conversation, approximately 30 minutes, about different forms of racism, the affects of racism, and different views and ideas about the affect of racism. When then drifted to The Power and the Glory, and we discussed the ending of the story, and how it creates a full-circle sense; it also created a sense of hope with the arrival of the new priest. The death of Coral was the next topic, and we dicussed the ambiguity in which Greene portrayed her death; if you didn't read between the lines, you might have missed the hint. Ms. Hillestad brought up the note given to the priest by the half-caste, and how on one side it talked about suicide contemplation. He was somewhat forced to go to the priest, because he couldn't deny a man his last rights. We discussed how teeth, at different levels of disintegration, represented the amount of evil in the person. The vultures in the story also represent death, as they are the continuously mentioned throughout the story. Then, Ms. Hillestad read a beautiful passage from the story, and how just that little hint about a match in the dark represented the always lingering and remaining hope. That was pretty much it, have a good morning, good day, and good night.
Zach Bradt. OUT.