Father Jack
- Just got back from a missionary in Africa for 25 years
- Abandoned his Roman Catholic religion for the African religion- he doesn't realise
- Brought shame to the family- they don't mention this
- Kate tries too steer him back to the Catholic religion
- Sick with malaria
- Mentally confused- mixes up names
- Has trouble remembering English words
- Represents paganism
- Frequently refers to local spiritual practises in Uganda
- Was Michael's 'hero' in pictures
- Wireless and Father jacks return- linked to change
- Michael's shock at Jack's appearance 'shrunken and jaundiced'
- Scarcely any trace of an Irish accent
- Caesura, breaks in speech show his disjointed mind
- His mother didn't love him 'And mothers face...showed nothing'
- Has memories of his sisters
- Is now an 'Irish outcast'
- Was once hugely admired and respected by the village and his sisters
- 'Translated' in African
- Has a deep love for the African people
- He is in disgrace having 'gone native'
- Causes Kate to lose her job-shame on the family
- Creates a 'structured beat whose rhythum gives him pleasure'
- His dance is a 'shuffle'
- His singing is 'imcomprehensible and almost inaudiable
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