Part 3: Chapter 2 (Page 182-190)

The priest decides to go back with the mestizo and confess the American, he also proves my judgement completely wrong. Unlike the other chapters of the novel, in this one he demonstrates he is a brave and a good man. When they were leaving the town, he gave his money to a school teacher. He knew the end was near and was brave enough to confront it and do a right thing. Then he walked fast and firm, he stopped to drink, but anyone would do that if they were walking towards death. Life gave the priest a chance to make things right and he takes it and makes up for all his mistakes with one simple act of bravery. When the Mestizo tells him that the American was shot and wanted to confess, the priest knew it was a tramp and that if he went he would never survive. But he decided that listening to the Americans confession was something he couldn't ignore so he went. He is a better person than I thought, he just hadn't been able to act properly because he was facing a very difficult situation.