1. First Confession
Frank O"Connor's "First Confession" is a short story contrasting hypocrisy and honesty in regard to religious faith, which upon reading might, with any luck, inspire a person to examine their own sincerity of faith or lack of it. ... A brief examination of these tools will show how they each contribute to the contrast itself as well as how a reading of "First Confession" might inspire a person to meditate on their own faith to discover if in fact it is of a hypocritical nature or purely honest. ... This effect creates a clearly dramatic point that hypocrisy exemplifies nothi...
- Word Count: 960
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: Undergraduate