Five Sources Rhetoric

1. Wikipedia-Women Rights Refrences:^ United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Introduction

2.Living The Legacy The Women's Rights Movement: http://www.legacy98.org/

3.Women's History in America: http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm

4.The Strengths of a women:http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/catalen/ACaterinaGranphics/AmazingStrengthsofwomanl.html

5.Women Rights are Human Rights:http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/isswom.htm

Right or Wrong? (The Power and The Glory p.161-183).

What does having money mean to the priest? The priest although he is a priest, is also human. Humans tend to have an ambition towards money because all of the advantages and luxuries it brings. However, a priest is not supposed to think that way. At least that is what I have learned in mass. At the beginning of the chapter the priest seems to be trapped on whether or not he needs money. It is obvious that he needs money to survive, but he is taking the money away from people who need it even more. He establishes that he will be charging one peso fifty per child that gets baptized. “ ‘On peso, father. We are very poor.’ ‘One peso fifty.’ A voice from years back said firmly into his ear: they don’t value what they don’t pay for. It was the old priest he had succeeded at Concepcion who had explained to him…” (p.167). In this quotation a poor woman is trying to convince the priest of lowering the price of the baptisms. I believe it is absurd the way he thinks about the stuff he needs, and he does not realize the people of that village needs that money even more!

Nevertheless, the priest then comes to his senses and gives all the money he receives to a schoolteacher. I think it is very important to notice that although this priest is a “whiskey priest” he is still trying to do what is best for the people and not for him. I find it really interesting that in the only village he is received with excitement and without fear, he immediately took advantage and began charging for his “services”. It is not fair that a priest thinks that way; he should be thanking everyone in the village for being so welcoming with him.

Selfish or not? (The Power and the Glory pg.140-159).

The priest, like every human has patience until one point. Throughout the story he has tried to help as much people as he can, and he has tried to give mass, and confess people. However, in this last chapter I was able to tell he was getting tired. After being caught, confused with another person, and released again, the priest seems to be, totally exhausted. It is very difficult to tell whether or not the priest is a good person, or a convenient person. In some chapters he helps people. In others he stays in people’s houses without caring if the police comes and kills them the next day.

“He thought: I have to get to shelter- a man’s first duty is to himself- even the Church taught that, in a way. The whole sky was blackening.” (p.155). This quotation shows how the priest tried to think about the woman (Indian) but he couldn’t. He had to think of himself because he was going to die if he kept getting wet. The priest like I said before sometimes thinks about himself only, but he also thinks about others. “ ‘vamos,’ the priest said, but the woman scraped the sugar with her sharp front teeth, paying no attention. He looked up at the sky and saw the evening star bottled out by black clouds. ‘Vamos.’ There was no shelter anywhere on this plateau.” (p.155). He tried so hard to convince the woman to go with him, but she would not go, in this case I support the priest’s decision in leaving her there.

It is very tough to be hiding all the time, and at the same time completing a priest’s duties. I do not always agree with the Priest’s behavior, but I do admire his way of escaping from every situation and at the same time achieving his duties as a priest. Is he a whiskey priest or not?

Priests and Activists Join Together to Condemn Priest

In this video you can see how a Priest is being condemned. People from Poland are asking the Vatican to take measures regarding father Tadeusz Rydzyk. It says, "As Polish Catholics, both lay and religious, we protest against the scornful and anti-Semitic remarks made by a representative of our Church. Such attitudes negate the Gospel of Love proclaimed by Jesus Christ. It also contradicts the teaching of our compatriot, the Pope John Paul II, who called the Jews "our elder brothers in faith", and described anti-Semitism as "a grave sin". We want to express our solidarity with all our Jewish brothers and sisters offended by the director of Radio Maryja, which advertises itself as "the Catholic voice in your home". As I was reading The Power and the Glory, I found this video to be related with the theme of the book because in both people are condemning priests. Although their reasons are totally different they both have the same goal: punish or accuse one specific priest. This is the link towards the video I am talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y_2Z51fdqw.

Loyalty (The Power and the Glory pg.60-80).

Loyalty has always been a problem between human beings. It is not something we find easily, and it is not something that is easy to keep. In The Power and the Glory we have seen how the Priest has hidden in all the villages and how people have helped him not to get caught. I do not think this has been fair. People are going to die because of this hiding priest. However, the people of the villages keep on helping him hide, and keep on covering his back. It is ridiculous that people have died because of one person who could have turned himself in and receive his “punishment”. “ ‘They are taking hostages now – from all the villages where they think you’ve been. And if people don’t tell…somebody is shot…and then they take another hostage. It happened in Concepcion.’ ” You can tell people are scared to bring them in their houses and letting him sleep there. However, they still believe in God so they do not know what to do. The Priest should have told them not to worry and he should have left. If he gets caught them he must accept his responsibility. I can tell people from those villages really believe in God and in religion because in every chapter you can tell people miss mass and confession. I think their loyalty towards their faith is what keeps them from turning in the priest. It is their loyalty towards God and towards helping people that convinces them to permit him to sleep at their houses.

It is very rare to find people with such loyalty, and I believe it is something to appreciate and be thankful of. I predict many people are going to get killed in The Power and the Glory and only until someone the Priest really cares for get killed, he is going to keep on hiding without caring how many people die because of him.

The Bystanders (The Power and the Glory pg.48-60).

“There were few people about; it was too hot. If only, he though, we had a proper photograph – he wanted to know the features of his enemy. A swarm of children had the plaza to themselves. They were playing some obscure and intricate game from bench to bench.”

It is amazing to see how many children get brainwashed and used during wars or revolutions. In this chapter of The Power and the Glory I have learned that people who live in poor areas are extremely naïve. What do I mean with poor areas? I mean places were children have to work instead of going to school. I mean places were grown ups boss children around all the time. Sadness, is the word I can use to describe what I feel when I read about children living in terrible conditions. Feeling this made me realize education is indispensable in life.

In The Power and the Glory the lieutenant is walking around a plaza and a bottle smashes at his feet. He then starts talking to these children who are playing around. He talks to them about how they are all in the same side, for they are not “gringos”. He then shows them his gun, and they all seem to be amazed and excited. “ ‘Did you throw that bottle?’ The heavy brown eyes stared sullenly back at him. ‘What were you doing?’ ‘It was a bomb.’ ‘Where you throwing it at me?’ ‘No.’ ‘What then?’ ‘A gringo.’ The lieutenant smiles- an awkward movement of the lips.” This quotation clearly explains how the lieutenant takes advantage of what had just happened and tries to brainwash the children. These situations happen every day. In Colombia, for example, the guerrilla finds little kids running around all day. Their job is to convince these kids that to fight for their rights and freedom is not a bad thing to do. Soon, these children get completely brainwashed and end up either killing other people or participating on the illicit drug organizations.

Every child in the world deserves a chance to be someone. They deserve a chance to learn. They deserve the opportunity to have a better future that the ones their parents might have. This can only happen throughout education. Hopefully, on the next couple of years everyone in the world learns to read and write, and hopefully everyone gets the chance to work and get to be better people.