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Father Travis is the head of the reservation’s parish. He is known as an edgy priest—a former Marine who likes to shoot prairie dogs in his spare time. Father Travis curses liberally and tries to throttle Cappy when he confesses to having had sex with Zelia in the church. Father Travis was originally Bazil and Joe’s primary suspect as Geraldine’s rapist, but when Joe confronts him about it, Father Travis makes it very clear that he had nothing to do with the rape. Nonetheless, Joe, Cappy, Angus, and Zack spy on Father Travis at home, noticing that his genitals are scarred (an injury, it turns out, from an attack on a U.S. Embassy). After he catches them spying, Father Travis gives the boys advice on women and dating, and he seems to imply that he became a priest because of his genital injury. Father Travis, whose personality seems ill suited for priesthood, is a point of humor in the book, as his character seems to mock the perceived righteousness of Christian clergy.
Father Travis Quotes in The Round House
The The Round House quotes below are all either spoken by Father Travis or refer to Father Travis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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Every time there is an evil, much good comes of it— people in these circumstances choose to do an extra amount of good, show unusual love, become stronger in their devotion to Jesus… I have seen it in people who go their own ways, your traditionals, and never come to mass except for funerals… They come to the wakes. Even if they are so poor they have nothing, they give the last of their nothing to another human. We are never so poor that we cannot bless another human, are we? So it is that every evil, whether moral or material, results in good.
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Father Travis Quotes in The Round House
The The Round House quotes below are all either spoken by Father Travis or refer to Father Travis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 10
Quotes
Every time there is an evil, much good comes of it— people in these circumstances choose to do an extra amount of good, show unusual love, become stronger in their devotion to Jesus… I have seen it in people who go their own ways, your traditionals, and never come to mass except for funerals… They come to the wakes. Even if they are so poor they have nothing, they give the last of their nothing to another human. We are never so poor that we cannot bless another human, are we? So it is that every evil, whether moral or material, results in good.
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