First Confession

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First Confession

• Frank OConnor

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_O'Connor
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Summary

• Jackies grandfather dies
• His grandmother comes to live with his family
• Ryan prepares his class for first confession
• Jackie dodges confession
• Nora takes Jackie to confession and torments him
  the whole way
• Jackie was very honest during confession
• The priest was very helpful

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Characters

• Nora
• Mean
• Suck Up
• Tormenting

• Grandmother
• Country
• Did what she please

• Jackie
• Honest
• Young

• Priest
• Relaxed
• Trustworthy
• Helpful

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Significance of the title

• First Confession
• The whole story is about Jackies first
  confession
• Importance of first confession

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Extras

• How is the story told?
• Who is the narrator?
• What perspective is used?
• What is the tone of the language?
• Is the narrator reliable?

Detached Autobiography
Jackie
First person
Nervous Anticipating
Yes No
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Opening Ending

• Opening
• Ending

Describes grandmother and her affect in the
house Describes Nora Tells about the preparation
for the first confession
Focuses on the confession with the Priest Focuses
on how the Priest walked Jackie out in the chapel
yard Focuses on Noras reaction to all of this
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Characters Transforming

• Nora
• Jackie

She went from tormenting Jackie and thinking that
she was always right to being in disbelief that
being honest and true is a good thing. She
learned that you dont need to fool others in
order to benefit.
He went from believing everything he heard and
being scared to feeling relieved after his
confession and more confident.
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Theme

• Things arent always what they seem
• A person cant believe everything that is told to
  them

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Allusion Symbols

• Burned handprints
• Darkness in Confessional

Hell Consequences of a bad confession
Symbolizes that he was alone with God
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Goal/Purpose

• Goal
• Purpose

Teaches people not to believe everything they
hear, until you experience things for yourself.
To show that you can be forgiven for your sins if
you confess and ask for it.