I have a question !

John is the main character and the protagonist of the story. He becomes a priest after his father takes him and goes to the Dead Places to make John touch the metal. Throughout the story, John has shown courage and ambition in his character. He was also so determined to get to the Place of Gods. Because of his determination and bravery, he successfully arrived in the Place of Gods and brought back to his village ample knowledge about the place they thought to be sacred. John has the courage to venture into the unknown. It is John through John that tribal custom is actually tested.

The unknown on the side of the boundaries may be truly dangerous in a threatening sense, but they also may be dangerous in the sense of creating instability among a functioning society. The thematic underpinning here is that very often the only way to move forward is by risking entry into the abyss of the unknown and that such a risk can only be undertaken by those afraid neither of negative nor positive consequences of change.