Who is Brother Josephus from No Telephone to Heaven and what is their importance? No_Telephone_to_Heaven English & Literature Brother Josephus | No Telephone to Heaven

The Roman Catholic Brother Josephus is, on some level, a positive counterpoint to the negative portrayal of Christianity throughout the book and specifically embodied in the characters of Charles, Evelyn and Paul. His compassion for Christopher, albeit misguided and somewhat unusually expressed, is nevertheless an important component in developing his (Christopher's) sense of self-preservation and identity. It must be noted, however, that Josephus' compassion, and Christopher's reaction to it, ultimately become corrupted by what the novel portrays as Christopher's inevitable, inherent male-oriented tendency to violence.