The priest stared down at his scuffed brown loafers and the worn hem of his cassock. "for a christian burial it was necessary." his voice was distant, and leon thought that his blue eyes looked tired. "it's o. k., father, we just want him to have plenty of water." the priest sank down into the green chair and picked up a glossy missionary magazine. he turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them. "you know i can't do that, leon. there should have been the last rites and a funeral mass at the very least." based on this excerpt, what can be inferred about father paul’s feelings?
a) he secretly feels frustrated that leon and the pueblo people hold on to their traditional beliefs.
b) he hopes to convince the pueblo people to convert from their traditional beliefs to christianity.
c) he is upset because he is unable to stand up to leon’s demands and manipulations.
d) he is discouraged because leon does not view the holy water as a holy symbol.

A) He secretly feels frustrated that Leon and the Pueblo people hold on to their traditional beliefs.

Explanation:

The correct answer is D. He is discouraged because Leon does not see holy water as a sacred symbol.

Leon thought that the father was very tired and that is why he wanted him to have plenty of water as a symbol of tiredness and not as a sacred symbol. The father said: "You know I can't do that, Leon. At least there should have been the Last Rites and a funeral mass," he is implying that holy water is expensive and therefore cannot bring much water to where is about to go.

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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