the secular authority’‘This meditation is deliberately juxtaposed with the violent action which follows it; reason is contrasted with the unreason and fanaticism of the assassins.’‘God is intimately bound up with reason and therefore with political pragmatism. His reason is constantly contrasted with the unreason of others : here, in the opening scene with the assassins ; later, with the fanatical Archbishop Krasnoy whose intended address reads like an incitement to political revolution and whose intemperate prose the controlled Cardinal Bem refers to as dreadful style ’.‘Bem is regarded as a traitor by the members of the fanatical Catholic group that is opposed to him because of his reason and pragmatism. This is why he is in some ways more at home with the security minister and especially with the prime minister. They, at least, speak the same language-the pragmatic language of political compromise’‘Furthermore, Bem is very clear sighted about the problems that can arise when politics and religion are mixed or confused.’ ‘In The Color of Blood, Moore uses the thriller genre more extensively than ever before.’‘But the from, accessible and relevant as well as thought-provoking, carries it’s own dangers : in September 1987, when The Color of Blood was published, who could have foreseen the cataclysmic changes that took place in so many Eastern European countries during 1989 ?’‘For Moore to explore the dilemma of an individual in such a context shows an author at the height of his powers and confidence.’(ch. 13 : Faith Versus Materialism- The Color of Blood)Section 4-Plot structure :The story takes place during 1987 in an unknown Eastern European country. The story is mostly about Cardinal Bem’s struggle to restore order in his country and equalise the powers between the Church and the Government. Instead of other main characters in the...
