I. Overview
 The Whisky Priest has woken in the home of a sister and brother by the name of Lehr who are Lutherans. The priest is on his way escaping to Las Casas; but before he leaves, he will say Mass, hear confessions, and baptize. While being in this new town, the Whisky Priest is astonished when given respect by the villagers in the form of genuflects, tipping of hats, and kissing of his hand. It was an odd experience for him since lately he’s been a “carrier of death” (Greene, 166). As luck had it, the priest runs into the half-caste yet again. However this time the mestizo is imploring the priests help for “an errand of mercy” (177). The fugitive Yankee was shot in the stomach and is dying, yet before he dies, he wants a last confession. The priest and the half-caste then journey to the dying fugitive. Upon arriving, the Whisky Priest is told by the Yankee that he doesn’t want a confession. After his death, the priest hears the familiar voice of the lieutenant; the mestizo has again turned his back on the priest. The Whisky Priest is told that he’ll be tried when they return back home. On the journey back home, the lieutenant and the priest converse over moral philosophy and the contradiction of the Church’s doctrines. When back home, the Whisky Priest is found guilty and will be executed. The Whisky Priest contemplates on his need for a confession; yet it’s hard for him to confess to a crime that he “loves the result” of (176). He wants his confession heard by Padre Jose who refuses. The last chapter brings about the update on Mr. and Mrs. Fellows, Mr. Tench, Jefe and his toothache, the Catholic family, and of course the vultures. The novel ends with the execution of the Whisky Priest, and little Luis changing his mind on the military action that’s taken against clergy, and soon is on the side of the priests.
II. Analysis:
 In part three, the Whisky Priest is confronted with the Yankee who’s dying and has refused confession; even after the priest had come all this way to give it to him. At that moment the Whisky Priest  realizes that he has the vaguest ideas of life; “it was sometimes a mistake for life to go on” (Greene, 169). “Words like peace, glory, love” (189) were unknown concepts to him. These three basic emotions are robbed from any Catholic within the novel, especially the Whisky Priest. Within the context for today’s reading, the Whisky Priest can’t seem to experience a moment of blissful peace. He’s always on his toes, ready to run to or escape from anything threatening. Upon arriving at the village of the Lehr’s, the priest is tackled by many villagers who desire confessions and baptisms, plus a Mass. The church-deprived needs of these people keep the Whisky Priest very busy, leaving him no time to plan or rest for his trip to Las Casas. After hearing all the penitents, the priest states that “unhappiness too can become a habit like piety. Perhaps it was his duty to break it, his duty to discover peace.” (173).  Although within this reading, the Whisky Priest is acknowledged with an awkward presence of respect, he by no means experiences glory. Mr. Lehr in a subtle way bashes his religion and in essence, his occupation: “It seems to me you people make a lot of fuss about inessentials” (163). These ‘inessentials’ are the roots of the Catholic church’s doctrine. The Whisky Priest is also blasphemed by the lieutenant as a danger and a corrupter of society; he refers to priests as “cunning” (194) and “superstitious” (197), and the whole acts of the Church as “trickery” and “fake” (193). Even the simple fact that the Whisky Priest dressed like a beggar illustrates his lack of glory. Love is finally starved from the Whisky Priest when he thinks back on his bastard daughter who doesn’t feel affection toward her father at all. Infact the only love that he should have felt for every soul in the world was instead “concentrated unjustly on the one child.” (208)
III. Questions:
1.  Why does the gringo refuse confession after initially asking for it?
2.  It is quoted: “It is astonishing the sense of innocence that goes with sin- only the hard and careful man and the saint are free from it.” Considering his the sin he loves (his daughter), does the Whisky Priest feel innocence?