# Father Schwartz — Short Fiction character guide

> Father Schwartz in Short Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The boy—Father Schwartz, Father

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Who they are

A priest who struggles with his faith and worldly temptations.

## Relationships

### [Rudolph Miller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/rudolph_miller)

_psychological_

Father Schwartz is a priest who becomes psychologically obsessed with the young Rudolph, projecting his own spiritual crisis onto the boy.

### [Rudolph Miller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/rudolph_miller)

_psychological_

Father Schwartz is a priest who becomes psychologically obsessed with the young Rudolph, projecting his own spiritual crisis onto the boy.

### [Rudolph Miller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/rudolph_miller)

_psychological_

Father Schwartz is a priest who becomes psychologically obsessed with the young Rudolph, projecting his own spiritual crisis onto the boy.

## In the story

### [Absolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/absolution)

The troubled priest who hears Rudolph's confession and is on the brink of a mental collapse.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/i)

A priest with cold, watery eyes who weeps at night, tormented by his inability to attain mystical union with God and disturbed by the sensuous distractions of the world.

### [II: “On Saturday, Three Days Ago.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/ii-on-saturday-three-days-ago)

The priest hearing confessions, including Rudolph's.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iv)

Father Schwartz hears Rudolph's confession and administers communion, unaware of Rudolph's inner turmoil.

### [V: “Sagitta Volante in Dei”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/v-sagitta-volante-in-dei)

The priest hearing Rudolph's confession; he speaks disjointedly about glittering parties and amusement parks, then collapses in despair.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/ii)

Doctor Bacon, the headmaster, who reprimands Basil for poor marks and denies his New York trip request.

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