I
understand the thoughts of the young Catholic boy about to receive his first
confession. Sin is very real and damnation is only a sin away. That is how Catholic religion was in my time.
The nuns and priests were infallible and
their word was law. For one of the boys,
Florence to claim that he never had sinned was blasphemous. “I don’t have any,”
Florence said softly.” (Anaya 3318). “Everybody has sins!” shouted Agnes.”
(Anaya 3318) The way that the story
moved alongside the Stations of the Cross was interesting to me. The
childish confessions of sins were benign but their actions against Tony were
vicious and not very Christ-like. They
all marched in for their confession like devote Catholics but just a few
moments ago were beating Tony who was by far the most forgiving and conscious
of his sins. Is the writer drawing a
parallel to Christ who was blameless but willing to suffer for the sins of others?
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