Monday, November 17, 2008
Father Fynn
While reading Doubt, I began to wonder how much of an influence suspicions of character have on decisions. However, in the case of Father Flynn, Sister Aloysius bases her accusations of wrong-doing about him on suspicions or "gut feelings". Many might say this is considered irrational and stupid, but if there was some information in Father Flynn's past that he had done this before, Sister Aloysius would be doing a great deed. Unfortunately, she'sd be just passing on the problem to someone else. Back during this time, the Sisters of the Church didn't have nearly the power or authority to openly confront a Father or even really consult a Monsignor. Really, with no physical or even any at all, the Sister was able to have a priest step down from his position. I'm still wondering what caused all of this to conspire; perhaps the Father did something at the beginning of his term at the school. It might even be a problem with men in general since she always seems to think that Monsignor is useless with everything especially with discipline. Well, that's all for now, more to come after class today.
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I'm confused by the supposition that she might have had "a problem with men in general" particularly when she discusses a previous Monsignor whom she thought very highly of and she clearly is concerned with the young men at the school.
I understand where you are coming from when you question as to how much influence the suspicions of some one's character has anything to do with whether or not it makes them more guilty or not. In addition, I believe the whole situation was made out of something so soft spoken into a huge suspicion that led to the Father stepping down. Do you think the play being called "Doubt" has anything to do with what you stated about suspicions of character? Do they really have anything REAL to judge whether or not he was guilty off of actions, or pre thought opinions of his character.
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