Second Prose, Context of "He Defies You Still: Memoirs of a Sissy."

The second prose, "He Defies You Still: The Memoirs of a Sissy", a man describes being tormented and teased in school because he was not like all the other little boys. He too had a very dark secret. He did not like girls but he did not want to admit that he liked boys. Denying it from even himself. Being gay was not accepted in his small Catholic school and even the priest found it his duty to point the troubled boy in the right direction by explaining to him that he could become a priest and live a life of chastity. At the end of the prose the man declares, “ No history faces you this morning. You’re a faggot. No history- a faggot.” In the end the truth is satisfying. His lesson learned was accept yourself for who you are no matter what others may think of you.