Father Flynn Innocent
Madi Landsberger
Mrs. Wenshau
Doubt
Innocent until proven guilty Everyone knows what it is like to be accused of something. In the play doubt written by John Patrick Shanley the reader questions whether or not one of the main characters Father Flynn is innocent or guilty. Father Flynn is accused of sexually harassing a student. The students name is Donald Muller; he is the only African American child at his school. I believe that Father Flynn is innocent. I believe he is innocent. There is plenty of evidence to back up Father Flynn’s innocence, and there is none to prove that he is guilty; therefore I believe he is innocent. Sister Aloysius seems to have it out for father Flynn before she even heard the accusations. Father Flynn unlike …show more content…
There is no solid evidence to back up sister Aloysius’s belief that father Flynn is guilty. “I have not done anything wrong. I care about that boy very much” -Father Flynn (Shanley, 55) Donald Muller is the only African American in his school, father Flynn recognizes that, he may need some guidance and a helping hand so he helps out. Donald gets caught with wine and Sister Aloysius tries to blame that on Flynn and I believe she is only accusing him of being guilty because she does not like him or what he does and she wants him gone. In the story Father Flynn does quite a few things that make the reader question his innocence, for example he leaves after Sister Aloysius’s calls the nun at the school father Flynn worked at previously. “I did not speak to the pastor, I spoke to one of the nuns” –Sister Aloysius (Shanley, 53) Sister Aloysius did not actually call one of the nuns nor a pastor because she believes if she lies and father Flynn falls for it and leaves then she will have been right, and if it doesn’t work then she is wrong. Sister Aloysius isn’t really giving father Flynn a fair shot because he also could have had a different secret he didn’t want to get out and that is why he left. I believe that Father Flynn is innocent because there is no solid evidence to prove that he is guilty. Flynn does do some things that
Mrs. Wenshau
Doubt
Innocent until proven guilty Everyone knows what it is like to be accused of something. In the play doubt written by John Patrick Shanley the reader questions whether or not one of the main characters Father Flynn is innocent or guilty. Father Flynn is accused of sexually harassing a student. The students name is Donald Muller; he is the only African American child at his school. I believe that Father Flynn is innocent. I believe he is innocent. There is plenty of evidence to back up Father Flynn’s innocence, and there is none to prove that he is guilty; therefore I believe he is innocent. Sister Aloysius seems to have it out for father Flynn before she even heard the accusations. Father Flynn unlike …show more content…
There is no solid evidence to back up sister Aloysius’s belief that father Flynn is guilty. “I have not done anything wrong. I care about that boy very much” -Father Flynn (Shanley, 55) Donald Muller is the only African American in his school, father Flynn recognizes that, he may need some guidance and a helping hand so he helps out. Donald gets caught with wine and Sister Aloysius tries to blame that on Flynn and I believe she is only accusing him of being guilty because she does not like him or what he does and she wants him gone. In the story Father Flynn does quite a few things that make the reader question his innocence, for example he leaves after Sister Aloysius’s calls the nun at the school father Flynn worked at previously. “I did not speak to the pastor, I spoke to one of the nuns” –Sister Aloysius (Shanley, 53) Sister Aloysius did not actually call one of the nuns nor a pastor because she believes if she lies and father Flynn falls for it and leaves then she will have been right, and if it doesn’t work then she is wrong. Sister Aloysius isn’t really giving father Flynn a fair shot because he also could have had a different secret he didn’t want to get out and that is why he left. I believe that Father Flynn is innocent because there is no solid evidence to prove that he is guilty. Flynn does do some things that