My Father Jackie By Sherman Alexie Analysis

I come from a very Catholic family and I studied all my life in a school of Augustina’s nuns and in a university of priest Jesuit’s. From a young age they instilled a deep respect for the sacraments; for the preparation of my first communion and my confirmation, always the commandment of confession had priority. I remember that in order to confess, I had to stand in line and while I was waiting I was very nervous, thinking about what sins I had committed and how I should confess them to the priest. I became very identified with the character of the reading “Jackie” since he was afraid of the bad references of both his sister and Mrs. Ryan who prepared it for first communion, and as in history, We had at school a special nun who always instilled in us the fear of God and told us about the flames of hell where we were going if we failed to be good Christians kids. …show more content…
That was my first time I felt the effect of the alcohol in my mind and I knew that it feels to stop being in control under its effect when entering to class and to give the lesson in that state. My classmates who were sitting around me had to repeat the answers so that the teacher did not discover that I was under the influence of alcohol. This was my first confession of such a grave fault and thanks to God was not discovered by the nuns of the school and for which I received a penance similar to that of the character since I confessed the truth to the father who received my confession and understood that To my 10 years of age I had a deep curiosity about what for us at school was forbidden before having made the first