This Boy's Life Analysis

First Confession and This Boy’s Life parallel within each other’s stories, for they both had this moment where each protagonist confessed a part of themselves within their own experiences. Jack within the story, This Boy’s life, had gone to this priest where he hadn’t given his sins trufully. A “sister” of his, had shared her confession where she had done wrong, only to later modified it slightly to pass as his own. This idea of out playing among this “confession” of his gives this thought of him not being true to himself, not seeing what he had done wrong so far. Which is what continues to play out throughout the story of his life. Whether he had been with his friends or out alone, he had this image of being this rebellious kid doing things his own …show more content…
Jack’s confession went off a little different where he had several things mentioned, where he even told how he “...said things about my friends when they’re not odds” (O’C-pg. 151). Bringing out how he notices what he had done among his friends but hadn’t done anything about it, not changing his ways or rather not realizing his mistakes right away. The contrast being how Jackie had seen his change rapidly while Jack took much longer only to be this new person as well later on. “...he was better off than I was, for he could confess his sins; while I would make a bad confession and then die in the night and be continually coming back and burning people’s furniture.” (O’C-pg. 151) Highlighting now Jackie’s characterization of fear of not doing the right thing that can relate to Jack’s and how he had this pressure surrounding him to act like a “man”. While Jackie “‘...really began to be frightened.’ in the darkness man a matter between God and me, and He had all the odds.” (O’C-pg. 151) Showing this Jackie’s uneasiness of going to this church to reveal who he really was to this bestriding figure. This person who had once brung anxiety soon enough turn up as someone who had been surprisingly effortless to conversate