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A by the book detective puts his career in jeopardy when he allows an unorthodox priest to punish a recently apprehended serial killer. (23)
A priest -- who is supposed to be celibate -- has 2 daughters???And it is not in the job definition of a priest to execute revenge on God's behalf. ?Never has been. ?In the bad ol' days of the Dark Ages, the church pronounced sentence on spiritual matters, but it left the execution of the sentence uRead more
A priest — who is supposed to be celibate — has 2 daughters???
And it is not in the job definition of a priest to execute revenge on God’s behalf. ?Never has been. ?In the bad ol’ days of the Dark Ages, the church pronounced sentence on spiritual matters, but it left the execution of the sentence up to temporal authorities.
Also, on the merely mundane level, ?the story sets up the situation for then detective then passes the baton, the action of the plot, to the priest. ?Who is the protagonist here? ?Who owns the plot? Who will carry the baton across the finish line to the FADE OUT: ?
See lessAfter a near drowning makes him the target of an evil spirit, an avoidant teenager must endure hellish heat when a bushfire threatens to destroy his hideout. (27)
I'm quite familiar with the rite of passage scenario. ?I've studied it in anthropology and in drama. And I fail to see how the torment inflicted by the evil spirit constitutes a rite of passage for this teenager.What necessary change is he resisting?Where (finally and positively) is his passage goinRead more
I’m quite familiar with the rite of passage scenario. ?I’ve studied it in anthropology and in drama. And I fail to see how the torment inflicted by the evil spirit constitutes a rite of passage for this teenager.
What necessary change is he resisting?
Where (finally and positively) is his passage going to take him? ?From what to what?
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See lessAfter a near drowning makes him the target of an evil spirit, an avoidant teenager must endure hellish heat when a bushfire threatens to destroy his hideout. (27)
What incites the evil spirit to target the teen after he nearly drowns? ?I don't get the cause-and-effect relationship. ?Why does the evil spirit want to punish the teenager for surviving?
What incites the evil spirit to target the teen after he nearly drowns? ?I don’t get the cause-and-effect relationship. ?Why does the evil spirit want to punish the teenager for surviving?
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