Who is the narrator, can she or he read minds, and, more importantly, can we trust her or him?
Third Person (Omnicient)
In each section, Greene tends to dwell in the head of just one character, but occasionally he gives us a sneak peek into the minds of multiple individuals. When, for example, the priest is seeking a place to hide from the Red Shirts who caught him with brandy, he begs for help from Padre José. Up to this point in the scene, the narrator has followed the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the priest. Here it switches momentarily to those of Padre José: "He [Padre José] tried to gather up his venom into spittle and shot it feebly at the other's face: it didn't even reach, but fell impotently through the air" (2.2.222). Granted, the priest wouldn't be stretching his imagination to conclude that being spit upon was not a sign of endearment, but as the narrator is telling us the former priest's intentions and referring to the whisky priest as "the other," we're clearly outside the priest's consciousness and somewhat inside Padre José's.