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Essay Archive - The Night of the Hunter: The Preacher
The Night of the Hunter: The Preacher
When describing the preacher, John says, “His name is Harry Powell. But
the names of his fingers are E and V and O and L and E and T and A and H and
that story he tells about one hand being Hate and the other hand being Love is a
lie because they are both hate and to watch them moving scares me worse than
shadows, worse than the wind.”
This description shows the absolute essence of the preacher's character
in Davis Grubb's The Night of the Hunter. The preacher's real intentions are
the hate of the left hand, and he rationalizes his evil through the false facade
of ....
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