A Dentist? (The Power and the Glory pg.7-20).

The Power and the Glory began with Mr. Tench. He is an english man who lives in Mexico because he wanted to become rich by being a dentist. He then gets stuck in Mexico because of the money changes. Making him grumpy. He seems to be in a bad mood all the time. "Mr. Tench's father had been a dentist too." This quotation informs the reader that Mr. Tench is a dentist;however, he seems to be upset or worried about something. It says, " 'Home,' Mr. tench said, 'my home's here. Did you see what the peso stands at in Mexico City? Four to the dollar. Four. O God. Ora pro nobis.' 'Are you a Catholic?' " giving us the idea that he is afraid of the stranger being catholic. Why is Mr. Tench scared?

Predicting what will happen next, I realized Mr.Tench is hiding something. He is probably another person with a completely different personality. He probably is not a dentist nor anything that has to do with that profession. He acts as if he were really mad, in a bad mood, and treats the little child in a really poor way. This made me believe he is trying to hide his real identity by acting as a complete different person. What will happen to Mr.Tench? Is he really a dentist? Who is he?