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.