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    The story First Confessions is about a young boy named Jackie . In this story Jackie has to go to his first ever Christan Confession and is told he looks as though he has sinned a lot because of his age. Jackie messes up and confesses to planning to kill Nora and his grandmother‚ but the priest forgives him. After his walk with the father he is sent away with only three Hail Mary’s‚ to which his sister first objects to then accepts. The short story entertains the idea of religious acceptance‚ family

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    The Importance of Setting Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. Three examples of this importance can be explained through “To Build a Fire” by Jack London and “The Cask of the Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. The settings used in these stories set the reader’s mood. A good writer’s depiction of setting puts the reader right into the story. “To Build a Fire” by Jack London takes place on

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    Fear In the short story‚ “First Confession‚” by Frank O’Connor‚ a young boy named Jackie finds himself having to conquer his fear of giving his first confession. He realizes by the end that he really had nothing to be afraid of and it was a silly fear. Jackie‚ scared to death of confession‚ tries to fake an illness to avoid it‚ ends up surprising the priest when he does go‚ and learns that ultimately‚ perception is scarier than reality. Although it doesn’t seem like it at first‚ the reader and

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    1302 Professor Robin Russell 4/12/13 Critical Essay #1 “First Confession” At the beginning of the story‚ O’Connor‚ in the short story‚ “First Confession”‚ may use the all-knowing or omniscient point of view. He describes to choose any act of the character and any thought of the character‚ and he tells the goodness and the bad side of the character. Instead the story is written in first person point of view. The narrator in this story is also the main character‚ or protagonist. This way the

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    First Confession Literary Analysis According to Dictionary.com‚ confession is an “acknowledgement or disclosure of sins.” In the short storyFirst Confession” by Frank O’Connor‚ the main character‚ Jackie‚ demonstrates that confession is not an easy thing to do through his age-defying actions and characteristics. Jackie displays characteristics such as childishness and limitations as a child through his way of handling situations. He shows lack of knowledge and inexperience by the way he

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    Learning plays an essential role in life. We learn something new everyday. In Frank O’Connor’s short story‚ “The First Confession”‚ Jackie‚ the main character‚ learns a lesson he won’t ever forget. After Jackie’s first confession‚ he was confident that he was not a sinner‚ and Nora‚ his sister‚ was wrong. While others focused on Jackie’s wrong doings; they weren’t focusing on their own wrong actions. Lack of knowledge can bring people into a whole different reality; ignorance can blind them from

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    Journal 3 First Confession By Frank O’Connor I’m very attracted with the first person in this story named Jackie. This is a story about Jackie’s experience of his first confession. Jackie always thought the terrible things about confession like the angry priest‚ a lot of sins he made‚ the sinner who would burned the furniture‚ etc‚ but the fact that he passed the first confession successfully. I think Jackie have the same bewilderment with me about first confession. I don’t have background knowledge

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    FIRST PARAGRAPHS First paragraphs are fundamental to the story and need to "hook" the reader in. If the first paragraph doesn’t grab you‚ then why would you read further? The first paragraph is where you are introduced to the tone of the story and sets the stage by introducing the main character(s) and giving information to entice us to continue reading. Three stories that have strong first paragraphs that draw us in and help us understand the character and story are: "A Sick Call" by Morley

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    The Importance of Setting

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    The Importance of Setting Two short stories from the text Portable Literature: Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing show readers the importance of setting. “A Worn Path” is a short story that was written in 1940 by Eudora Welty‚ and it takes its place in Mississippi. “Hills Like White Elephants” is a title of short story that was written in 1927 by Ernest Hemingway‚ and it takes its place in Barcelona‚ Spain. The setting of each story helps readers to understand a theme or underlying idea. The story‚ “A

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    in “First Confession” with the group. This will ensure that everyone is familiar with the story. Jackie is a seven-year Catholic boy who must make his first confession before he can take his first communion. He is embarrassed by his grandmother who has just moved in with his parents because she drinks porter beer and eats her potatoes with her fingers‚ and favors his sister Norma. Jackie is prepared for his first confession by Mrs. Ryan. Jackie is afraid to make his first confession because

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