In “Mr. Green” religion was a problematic thing. It caused a sort of rift between the main character’s parents and her grandfather. Her grandfather was strongly against her mother’s Catholicism, and he tried to change his granddaughter’s views. The fact that he went behind his daughters back to try and carry his belief onto his granddaughter showed just how strong his own belief was.
Your father is doing a terrible thing. If he must be Catholic, that’s one thing. But he has left the spirits of his ancestors to wander for eternity in loneliness.”
The grandfather attempts to change his granddaughter’s perspective, and when the granddaughter wants to help her grandfather and honor him when he’s gone, he shuts her down because she is a girl. Her eagerness to help her grandfather suddenly turns to tears.
‘You are a girl’ he said. ‘So it’s not possible for you to do it alone. Only a son can oversee the worship of his ancestors.’”
The descriptive voice of the author really helps to paint the picture of the story; you can really feel what is happening when it is happening. That helped me really place myself in the story and connect to it.