“The Hammer of God” by G.K Chesterton unleashes the confined attitudes of individuals who obtain a lack of discernment and clarity. At times of chaos and mystery the way the individuals think portrays how blind and ignorant people can be, based off of social status and assumptions compared to factual evidence. Very few people understand the true nature of human beings. Individuals in society tend to pass judgement on one another due to appearance and social hierarchy. However, “The Hammer of God” unfolds how the true measure of a man can't be revealed by his outward appearance or the title he carries. Instead, the true measure of a man is revealed by the inner desires of his heart.
Rev. H Wilfred Bonham, the curate of the short story, appeared to be an ordinary individual with no hidden agendas. He was a clean cut man who wore black buttoned up attire …show more content…
An individual acting as “ a curate was usually a young man just recently ordained, who assisted or sometimes performed the duties of a clergyman“ (). “The clergyman’s duties in the church included holding service on Sundays and hold Holy Communion at least three times a year. Midweek duties included baptisms, marriages and funerals and visiting the sick” (). Also, acting as a curate during medieval times in England, there was a book of prayer that was to be utilized by priests known as The Book of Common Prayer that served as a symbol for unity and worship within the church (). Despite living for his religion, Wilfred was said to have “a love of Gothic architecture rather than of God, and that his haunting of the church like a ghost was only another and purer turn of the almost morbid thirst for beauty” (Chesterton). Wilfred permitted his title in the church to take dominance over his life. Instead of taking on his calling for God, he allowed the casualties of his work in the church to give him an invincible sense of
Rev. H Wilfred Bonham, the curate of the short story, appeared to be an ordinary individual with no hidden agendas. He was a clean cut man who wore black buttoned up attire …show more content…
An individual acting as “ a curate was usually a young man just recently ordained, who assisted or sometimes performed the duties of a clergyman“ (). “The clergyman’s duties in the church included holding service on Sundays and hold Holy Communion at least three times a year. Midweek duties included baptisms, marriages and funerals and visiting the sick” (). Also, acting as a curate during medieval times in England, there was a book of prayer that was to be utilized by priests known as The Book of Common Prayer that served as a symbol for unity and worship within the church (). Despite living for his religion, Wilfred was said to have “a love of Gothic architecture rather than of God, and that his haunting of the church like a ghost was only another and purer turn of the almost morbid thirst for beauty” (Chesterton). Wilfred permitted his title in the church to take dominance over his life. Instead of taking on his calling for God, he allowed the casualties of his work in the church to give him an invincible sense of