Friday, March 15, 2013

The Fanged Judas- Watch out guys...

I have been following the Whiskey Priest for a long way now. After deciding to turn south at his home village, against the suggestion of the occupants of the tiny settlement, the whiskey priest came to the village of La Candelaria. He inquired a man of mixed race, or a metizo, about the Police's whereabouts in an indirect way so that suspicion would not arise. The metizo's appearance was memorable; I remember the half-blood was missing all of his teeth except two upper yellow canines, making him seem like he had fangs like a snake. Afterwards, the Priest rode on. His eyes were set on the city of Carmen, the city of his birth and the resting place of his parents. As he crossed the river, however, the metizo ran to the bank of the river and waved for him to come back. Feeling something was awry, the Priest ignored the metizo and went on. However, only shortly later, the half-blood caught up with him! The fool swam the river! Anyways, right from the start, something about the metizo set off the alarm bells in the Priest's mind. He knew the man couldn't be trusted. The Priest, somehow, knew that this seemingly harmless man was going to betray him, likely to the Police. He somehow consciously knew the metizo's intents were of plans of betrayal to get the reward of seven hundred pesos , which, in reality, is not a lot of money, but in those times, one could not be picky, and had to take what he could get. The half-blood, no doubt, had evil plans in mind. And the Priest was very aware of it. "I know. I am in the presence of Judas," he told me.
Something that I found ironic about it all was this: the biblical Judas is connected to Satan, who is connected to serpentine creatures. And our half-blooded man had two fangs, almost like a snake would have! Although his appearance really had nothing to do at all with his intents, it is interesting to see how his appearance does connect indirectly with his fangs (I wonder if the author was making an indirect, discreet association. Question mark?).
Anyways, getting back on track (sorry for the tangent; it happens), every time the Priest tries to escape his betrayer's presence, Judas stops him. Whether it be when the Priest went outside to "relieve himself" and the fanged man grabs his ankle (there is a LOT of instances mentioning people grabbing each other's feet, which confuses me... but anyways...), or when the Priest steals out into the dark, looking for the mule and the saddle to escape, and the man grabs his ankle AGAIN, it is apparent that our fanged Judas was fully aware of the Whiskey Priest's "priestlyness". He simply would not allow the Priest to leave his helpless self alone. Out of pure human decency, the Priest puts the man's physical state before his own safety, and allows him to go on with him. But, being the wise man he is, once he reached the outskirts of Carmen, he parted with the sick man, leaving him heading into the city, completely paralyzed and very angry on his mule. Our Priest is very wise to have parted with this evil man, but the metizo will return. I have no doubt he will return.
The Fanged Judas is bad news- watch out guys. And yes, I just said watch out guys in my blog. Haters gonna hate. Come at me bro. Okay, I'm done now :P

3 comments:

  1. I like your analysis of the 'evil man' as having 'fangs like a snake.' There certainly is some kind of evil oozing from him. Grabbing his ankles? Is that where a snake would strike as one is walking unaware in the woods? Just a thought. Nice commentary.

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    1. Oh wow!! Good point! I had never thought of that! But, I believe you're right. Snakes DO strike at the ankles. Very good indeed.

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  2. COME AT ME BRO!AT THE ANKLES!
    Watch out guys, he's making internet references in his posts. IT'S GETTING INTENSE...
    Nice job catching the symbolism. I totally missed that.
    I think you're right on about satan, judas, snakes: all of the above. It seems like his role is through at this point, but hey. He might make a return appearance in section III.
    We shall see.

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