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Monster Essays - The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Book report by Allen Rabinovich
It is the story-teller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding
for those who lie outside the boundaries of State Approval.
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One day I gave The Power and the Glory to... a native of Mexico who had lived
through the worst persecutions... She confessed that your descriptions were so
vivid, your priest so real, that she found herself praying for him at Mass. I
understand how she felt. Last year, on a trip through Mexico, I found myself
peering into mud huts, through village streets, and across impassible mountain
ranges, half-believing that I would glimps....
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