John Son Of The Priest Summary

The main character known as John, the son of a Priest. He seeks knowledge through the land of the gods despite the rules of the land. He is quite defiant for disobeying these laws for his own self-fulfillment. However, he still decides to go to the place of the gods under the impression that there is still demons and great magic there. He is honestly ignorant at the same time because he knows there is danger, but still chooses to go. John, son of the priest, is an Individual character who at first, feels afraid, then conquers his fears. He is simple minded when it comes to his determination. Throughout his journey, he kept up his fasting for numerous days. Due to this, it seem as if his physical appearance could have been viewed as drained. John as a character was eager to gather more knowledge in general, but he was already vastly intelligent because he was also cautious enough to never lose his state of mind. He boasted on how he can kill the dog who stared at him, but he was smart enough to predict that there would be other dogs who comes after him if he did.

Throughout this story, there is a repetition of the word “afraid”. He conquers his fear multiple times but was always afraid at first. One of the themes can be considered

John struggled to pursue his spirit’s desire in order to complete his journey to become a priest. He had to overcome many fears and his own hunger to fulfill his expedition. Perhaps the author wrote it as Human vs Self in order to show that humans can overcome their challenges in life with just a little determination, and a bit of risk taking involving ignorance. Stephen Vincent Benet further pushes conflict with the change of mind John has after learning about the men who’ve fallen, who aren’t gods, during the Great Burning. He no longer searches for metal in the Dead Places, but instead he searches for books, tools, art, writings left behind in the