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Relating Themes in O’Connor’s “First Confession”
Frank O’Connor’s “First Confession” is a simple story expressive of Frank O’Connor’s views of life in Ireland. The entire short story can be related to different periods of O’Connor’s life. It is a story of a little boy who is about to make his first confession. When he finally d ....
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.... also a battler: he just fought on a more adult scale. For example, he fought an extra year in the civil war in Ireland to free Ulster. While still in his in his teens, O’Connor joined the Irish Republican Army and fought in the civil war from 1919 to 1921. A treaty was signed that ended English occupation in Ireland, yet O’Connor continued to fight to include Ulster in the free state (“O’Donovan,” Contemporary).
Catholicism also plays a major role in “First Confession” and in O’Connor’s life. The story is a good example of how the often-harsh Ir ....
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