I). Summary This story by Frank O'Connor focuses on a little seven year old boy that has conflicts within himself about going to his first confession. The main characters in the story are Jackie a seven-year old boy, an old woman named Ryan, and a priest. Jackie's grandmother comes to live with his family and she is quite different from any women Jackie has been around. She drinks beer, takes snuff, and walks around the …showed first 75 words of 584 total…

…showed last 75 words of 584 total…tells the priest everything that has been on his mind. He is very informal about the things that he tells the priest. He does not really understand the proper way to confess but he does great for his first time. I think that the priest's religion seems more appealing. The priest knows how to handle people very well. He understood that Jackie was probably nervous and he helped him through it very nicely. word count: 592