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Think About It by Frank Conroy

Introduction

I am presenting my children with a gift. They will never see the inside of a Catholic school or a Catholic Church. Their nightmares will be free of nuns, priests, fire, and crucified gods. I am raising them as nothing at all. They are free to make their own peace with the universe.

Discussion

A great deal of time is covered in the thirty pages. The story opens on a frightening note when the central character in the novel, Sean at age six, and his sister go to visit their insane father. He end up dangling Sean ...