{"id":52,"date":"2007-06-04T08:01:28","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T14:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/disciplinepunish\/2007\/06\/04\/owen-syllavan\/"},"modified":"2007-06-04T08:01:28","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T14:01:28","slug":"owen-syllavan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/disciplinepunish\/owen-syllavan\/","title":{"rendered":"owen syllavan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Guilt- Owen in no way denies that he is guilty of counterfeiting money, but seems to make a different conception of guilt than Esther or Patience.<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Although he seems himself as guilty in the sense that he did it, he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem particularly torn up or repentant.<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>The account of his life is a matter of fact record of what happened, what kind of money he reproduced, and how many times he escaped from jail.<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>If anything, there is a sort of pride in how tricky and clever he is, not any real shame. <span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>His final mention of the concept of guilt is perhaps the most interesting, as he refuses to incriminate any of his accomplices, for he will not \u00e2\u20ac\u0153be guilty of shedding their blood\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (147).<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Although naming his accomplices would be encouraged by the justice system, Owen is appealing to his own internal sense of guilt\u00e2\u20ac\u201done governed neither by the laws or religion, something that we saw for a brief moment when Patience Boston could not kill her child and did not know why.<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bravery- Any sort of refusal on the gallows seems to be witnessed as a form of bravery\u00e2\u20ac\u201dlike William Fly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refusal to pray and beg for mercy, Owen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refusal to name his accomplices or give any information about the money he made seems somewhat brave as well.<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>When asked for more information about the counterfeited money, he says that people must find that out for themselves, and so, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153died obstinate\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (149).<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>His only words about the money or his accomplices is a request that they burn any incriminating evidence so that they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t end up being hanged\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnot that they save their souls and change their evil ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Mercy-<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>For all his bravery and humor, Owen Sullivan gives himself away when he cries for mercy from God minutes before he dies, just as William Fly couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hide his shaking knees.<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>We must wonder, of course, if either of these things really happened or it is merely the author inserting his own religious commentary, proving that even the most \u00e2\u20ac\u0153brave\u00e2\u20ac\u009d prisoners are fearful of death and the afterlife.<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Owen cries out for God to have mercy on his soul, and then says the Lord\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prayer before dying, an odd ending to an account so devoid of any religious undertone.<span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><span>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guilt- Owen in no way denies that he is guilty of counterfeiting money, but seems to make a different conception of guilt than Esther or Patience.\u00c2\u00a0 Although he seems himself as guilty in the sense that he did it, he &hellip; 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