The Last Judgement by Karel Capek (Czechoslovakia)

I don't really want to think that in Czechoslovakia all guys are running around shooting people and cops so you can't really say what the literature says about the region of the world it's from. But maybe it's true that they are all running around with guns, who knows? Anyway what this literature also could say about the region it's from is that God in some way is your friend because he's saying he can't judge you and he feels sort of sympathetic for you?

The consequences of living a bad life to me is your not going to be able to re-incarnate, go to heaven's gates, or go where ever the good making decision people go. My opinion on the "Final Judgement" is that it is a weird story because I don't think that before you go on you go through a court system type thing. I do believe in karma because I've had it myself and it sucks but anyway yes I do believe in karma. Humans shouldn't be mean and inhumane to other humans because no matter what if someone says something about you and you say it doesn't bother you, it actually really does and it's hurting the other person. And people shouldn't be killing people over any circumstances because it's just wrong! You can't really expain why people shouldn't be mean to people because it's just a fact of life that no one should have to go through the pain of being hurt, loosing someone, or being killed.

-Wendy Marie

First Confession by: Frank O'Connor (Ireland)

What I think the literature says about the region its from is that first off is this guy who wrote the short story is trying to create comedy with religion... Also that they take confession really seriously and that they should always tell the priest everything in confession when committing a sin. Irish people take religion very seriously, they love their church, they are very committed with going to the services and helping people. It says that their religion is a very important part of their everyday lives and that you should be nice to your parents/ grandparents, cousins, siblings EVERYBODY!

I don't really go to church but I received my first Communion or however you spell it so I think I'm Catholic or Christian? The church I used to go to would have Sunday school and they created plays of all the things in the bible and then there was the actual mass. There was always these church fairs, weddings, games, and just alot going on in my church. During the service time the priest talks the WHOLE time for like 2 hours. The church's beliefs is I don't know anymore because I stopped going to church when my parents got divorced.

-Wendy Marie