Comparing The Wall's And Mccourt

The Wall’s and McCourt parents have totally opposite outlooks on their reality, both of which are the main factors in the happiness of their children. Although both Frankie and Jeannette wind up with successful lives, the journey to get to that point was completely different for the both of them. The Walls parents remained hopeful, as a result of their blindness to the situation before them. Since they can not see their reality, they had a constant positive attitude. They can easily convince themselves that everything would ultimately work out in the end. As each obstacle comes their way, they repeat the same inspirational, positive, sayings that constantly keep them going, such as “Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn …show more content…
But it lasts just long enough to enable her to continue having the life that she had always dreamed of, while still not resenting her past childhood. Malachy and Angela have an opposing view from the Walls. They see how horrible their life is and they attempt to make it better, but fail quite miserly many times. Since they see the reality of their situation so clearly, the element of hope is nowhere to be found for the McCourts. They would talk to Frankie and in nearly every conversation, they would bring up the fact that they were among poverty: “Your mind is your house and if you fill it with rubbish from the cinemas, it will rot in your head. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.” Frankie picks up this utter hopelessness, and rather than spending his days trying to make his current life happier, he does everything in his power to plot a getaway. Every ounce of drive that he had was never for his own happiness, but used as motivation to get out of Limerick. Another difference in the families parenting styles are the lessons that they teach their children. Rex and Rosemary turn every mistake that they make into a lesson for their