Jackie And Nora Character Analysis

What goes on in a child’s head when preparing for their first confession? Well at the age of 7 it has to be the most traumatic experience according to Jackie. It has caused me great humor to read of his thoughts on what a young man’s first confession is all about. Jackie has four major obstacles that he has faced while preparing for his confession. He has to deal with his sister, grandmother, Ryan, and the priest. Each obstacle brings about different emotions all that ends with humor. I am a younger siblings so I can relate to what is happening between Nora and Jackie. Nora is an elder sister whom assumes the responsibility of being Jackie’s guardian when their mother is not around. Explaining the difference between Jackie and Nora, Jackie states “Now girls are supposed to be fastidious, but I was the on suffered most from this” (O’Connor 306). Jackie is saying that is sister is not very concerned or detailed about things such as himself. For Jackie to think of himself that way at age 7 brought amusement to their relationship. Jackie looked at this sister as a suck up, and she led on to be indignant which she was not and that is what made Jackie upset the most. So he thought he would show her by lashing out at her with a bread-knife. Jackie actually admits he tried his best to kill Nora only he missed.

Well in this case it was an old woman called Ryan who prepares the young men for confessions. Jackie explains Ryan as a, “Well-to-do, lived in a big house on Montenotte, wore a black cloak and bonnet “(O’Connor 306). Jackie is explaining that she has much more to do them coming to give him and his peers the talk of hell. The way he tells the story of the priest that is awaken one night by another fellow only to find his hand prints left on the burning wood for the bad confession produced great laughter because at the point he could only think of his