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Mrs. Ryan and the Priest In Frank OConnors story First Confession, Mrs. Ryan and the priest are different. Mrs. Ryan and the priest access code Jackie differently and have different affects on him. Mrs. Ryan makes Jackie feel like a sinner in her approach to him. She teaches him how to examine his heart by ask himself a few questions, Did we take the name of the Lord, our God in worthless? Did we honor our father and mother? Did we love our neighbors as ourselves? Did we covet our neighbors goods?(614). This make Jackie feel like he is a sinner because he feels that he was not honoring his grandmother and feels that he coveted Noras penny she got every week from their grandmother. Mrs. Ryan affects Jackie by making him feel that confession is scary. after telling her story about the ma...