The Port

In the fisrt chapter of The Power and the Glory, we where intorduced to a man known as Mr. Tench. They dont specify a lot about the man or the man´s life, but personally I have the doubt of why he is living in Mexico. We can see he´s occupation is to be a dentist. "Oh´, Mr. Tench said, yes your teeth. The man had none: that was why he could´nt talk clearly. Mr. Tench had removed them all." Pg 8 "Mr, Tench´s father had been a dentist too - his first memory was finding a discarded cast in a wastpaper basket - the rough toothless gaping mouth of clay, like something dug up in Dorset." Pg 12 By this quotation , we are able to discover a little of Mr. Tenchs´ past and family members. We can also deduce, that Mr. Tench is from England. "At home - I mean in England - it was generally the Laughing Cavalier - I dont know why - or else a Tudor rose." Pg 13 We can also see that before coming to Mexico Mr. Tench liked to write, and wasnt a dentist, but writing didnt give him enough money. "Oh, I gave up writing before I came here. What was the use? I could´nt send any money." Pg 15 In this page we can also see that he married once, but he never had a good relationship with he´s wife, and he´s wife´s mother. " It would´nt surprise me if my wife had married again. Her mother would like it - the old sour bitch: she never cared for me." Pg 15

In this chapter, I didn´t understand very well what was going on, and why was he going to leave to Vera Cruz, but we get to know a little about Mr. Tench, and his lifestyle.