Patti Smith's Short Essay 'Sticky Fingers'

When you were a child did you ever wanted something at a supermarket and you asked your mom to buy but she said no ? but you just take it anyways. In the short essay “Sticky Fingers” by Patti Smith there is a kid named Patrica who is eleven years old. Patrica has gone to the market with her mother and she wanted a book but her mother said no. Later in the week Patricas mother asked her to go to the store for her, while she was at the store getting supplies she had to debate weather to supplies for her mother or get that book that she wanted when she was with her mother. Patrica stole the book and bought the supplies. When Patrica walked out of the store with the stolen book and then she got caught. Although Patrica stole a book she felt that

When Patrica stole the book she stole, she felt sick and that was the morals speaking to her. We can infer that Patrica goes to church frequency and very religious. We know this when the store detective ask Patrica “Do you go to Church” (Smith 258) and Patrica respond with “Yes, twice a week.”(Smith 258). This shows that Patrica is very religious because a normal person who practices their religion once a week but Patrica practices her religion twice a week. The morals point of views is viewed as internally and a sickness that Patrica got felt. The religious point of view is external where is where something is predicted but she knows the difference between the thought of morals and faith with their God. Patrica feels a strong connection with her faith and there God. I have the personal experience of this similar situation where I get confused between the faith and morals. When I was a child I have thought that stealing something I would feel good about it, and being satisfied that I finally get something that I wanted. I did not understand the topic between the two of morals and keeping your faith. Also when I was a child I was in the stronger faith my God but as I grew up I started losing my faith but where Patrica sees is that she is strong with her faith. The personal experience that Patrica and I had were different rather than similar