The Hammer Of God Analysis

The Hammer of God is a well written story with multiple meanings. Since the story is not centered around a specific character, there are many sides to the story and different conclusions that can be drawn depending on how you look at the story. The character I focused on was the priest, Father Brown. Since the title of the story hints at its religious aspects, it was only right to venture into theology and draw conclusions about religious themes.
The title of the story is The Hammer of God. God is all-knowing just as the priest was in this story. While everyone else in the story was on a manhunt to find the killer the priest stayed to himself until he was alone with Rev. Bohun in the church. There, he revealed that he knew that he flung the hammer and hit his brother in the back of the head. This is how Father Brown separated himself from other characters in the story. In comparison to the blacksmith, they both kept their composure. However, The Blacksmith did what was expected of him and what most people would do and that is defend himself. The fact that Father Brown kept the secret to himself shows that he did not act in the way that most other people would act. The theme of the story is that what is done in

However, after doing some digging there are aspects of the story that relate to biblical beliefs and we discover those by analyzing the characters of the story. Since this story did not have a main protagonist, there was a wide range of people to choose from. The one that stuck out to me the most was the Reverend Brown because of this composure. The way he acted showed a lot about his personality and the kind of person he was. This is why he was the person to uncover the truth at the end of the story. As we all know, God is all knowing. This is show through this story through the characters. Every human will face judgment after death, and everything we do will be brought to the