Short Story First Confessions

The story First Confessions is about a young boy named Jackie . In this story Jackie has to go to his first ever Christan Confession and is told he looks as though he has sinned a lot because of his age. Jackie messes up and confesses to planning to kill Nora and his grandmother, but the priest forgives him. After his walk with the father he is sent away with only three Hail Mary's, to which his sister first objects to then accepts. The short story entertains the idea of religious acceptance, family acceptance, and self acceptance.

Even after Jackie tells the priest of his horrofying thoughts, the priest doesn't reject him. Jackie isn't rejected at all even after he messes up his confession by kneeling on a shelf instead of the floor. The priest simpily laughs and tells him he has thought the same sometimes and knows why he's out for his sister, after waching her hit him. While this might not be the very theme of the story, it is a good lesson. No one should be afraid of getting rejected by their religion for dark thoughts, everyone has them now and again.
Jackie tried to stab his sister with a butterknife and failed, but after the priest forgave him so did she. Jackie's family might not be the best person, but aside from all of that they still love each other. Families should always accept each other for who their members are, no one can choose their