![]() It shows the extent to which the righteous suffer through many trials and temptations and the extent to which the State will go to pour scorn on the church as well as those who believe in God. ![]() This is a mockery not only to the priest but also to religion at large. In jail, the sinfulness of the world is replica of the copulating couple (Greene 115). In the eyes of the priest, the world is like a jail, where the righteous are surrounded by sinfulness and hopelessness. While the jail is just a simple structure where the powerful earthy authorities use to incarcerate the righteous, it also symbolizes the entire world. The Mexican government puts the priest in jail for his unwavering faith and belief in God. ![]() The priest spends a night of moral, emotional and physical torment in jail. Throughout the novel, Greene uses images to depict the brutal rejection and opposition to the church and anything that is associated with it. Therefore religion will survive the State’s persecution and the people will still have faith in God. ![]() Regardless of the government power and attempts to eliminate the church, the peasants still cling to their faith in God as they seek a higher authority for spiritual nourishment. The state’s persecution of the church is seen through the suffering of the priest who has to overcome great challenges posed by the socialist State and the fascist Red Shirts, who violates the church through such acts as forcing the priest to marry. ![]()
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