ir sins, but in pity for himself. He does not perform his tasks graciously but feels that they are a chore imposed on him. A priest’s duties are not to himself but to God and his neighbours. When the whisky priest prays, it is only for his daughter and no one else. The love that he should feel for every soul in the world is selfishly concentrated on the one child. The service of a priest is not only to the people but to all living things. As the whisky priest returns to the plantation of Captain Fellows, he discovers the abandoned house and the crippled dog. Filled with hunger, the whiskey priest greedily devours the meat, leaving the clean bone for the poor dog. Surely a servant of God will not let the poor beast go hungry? His lack of pity and compassion is quite disturbing to the reader. The whisky priest is only concerned about his own hunger and ignores that of the dog. Man was put on earth to care for the creatures that God had created but the whiskey priest disregards God’s creation. Sins are considered the frailties of man. One might believe that a priest, a holy man, has few weaknesses. In the case of the whisky priest, it is the opposite; he lives a life in mortal sin.Firstly, he is as the name implies a man who drinks in excess. It is not a sin in itself to drink, but the means by which he obtains it is wrong. The whisky priest takes the money of his followers to pay for his habit. He lacks the self-control to stop.Secondly, he commits one of the deadly sins; lust. He lusts for the woman named Maria. In his desire, the whisky priest breaks an integral law of the priesthood and commits the sin of fornication. To make matters worse, his action brings a child into the world for whom he cannot care for. The priest has less worth than that of the half-caste. The half-caste betrays the priest for money to survive where the whisky priest betrays God for lust. Thirdly, the whisky priest succumbs to the...
