The priest sank down into the green chair and picked up a glossy missionary magazine. he turned the colored pages full of lepers
and pagans without looking at them. "you know i can't do that, leon. there should have been the last rites and a funeral mass at the very least." based on this excerpt, what can be inferred about father paul's feelings?
What is best to describe with Father Paul's feeling in this excerpt is that he is willing to try to go and understand Leon despite with his beliefs because he is willing to try to help him for even if both of them has their own beliefs and ways of doing things spiritually. Father Paul is willing to help Leon despite that.
I believe the answer is: environmental determinism
Environmental determinism refers to the study/way of thinking that assume the evironment that exist in a certain territory determine how the people who live near it behave. This type of view often used by supporter of colonialism to justify their act of occupying another region.
