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Bishop Jeane Marie Latour and Padre Antonio Jose Martinez are presented in the novel as physical and emotional polar opposites. The most notable difference between Bishop Latour and Padre Martinez is in their physical appearance. Latour is described as young priest, "his brow was open, generous, reflective, his features handsome and somewhat severe…everything showed him to be a man of gentle birth (19)." Martinez, on the other hand, is described as having "a high, narrow forehead…and full florid cheeks,—not blank areas of smooth flesh…but full of muscular activity, as quick to change with feeling as any of his features (140)." These descriptions distinguish both priests as distinctly different men. Latour is clearly a representation of innocence and purity, something that was lacking in the priests of this Mexican terrain during this period. This Mexican terrain was in dire need of a man such as bishop Latour since within it: "old mission Churches are in ruins….the few priests......

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