Augustine’s Confessions is “‘a gift to those who learn to read him like a friend’.”(Villanova 14 Rev. Allan Fitzgerald) Instead of considering him as an unreachable saint, this way of reading the text allows the reader to better relate to Augustine. It permits a college student to recognize a more personal connection to Augustine. Confessions serves as an exceptional introduction to Villanova through its ability to present a myriad of thematic concepts and characteristics that coincide with principals that are crucial for a first-year student. Confessions showcases the values of Villanova University; hence a first year student is able to gain more exposure to these values from their incipient college career. Principles such as veritas, unitas, and caritas, also prominent in Confessions, are core values of Villanova. Through veritas, “the pursuit of truth”(Villanova 7), and unitas, community, Augustine was able to pursue his journey in “search for God, the ultimate Truth, not alone, but among friends, who are committed to the same journey”(64) and they would “share jokes…[and] teach and …show more content…
As a college student, this example showcases multiple attributes. Firstly, it is never too late to change a part of oneself. This may include anything from bad study habits to a lack of social life. Also, no matter how dire a situation may seem, there is always hope. In college this theme is prevalent through attempting to successfully handle class work, clubs, social life and future ambitions. It can be easy to lose hope in certain situations, but hope plays an integral role in overcoming them. For Augustine, he realized his hope after the child told him to “pick it up and read, pick it up and