Depression In Angela's Ashes By Frank Mccourt

The memoir Angela’s Ashes was written by Frank McCourt, in this book our narrator is Frank McCourt and he retells his life which is full struggles and problems and the main theme of his family’s life was depression. Frank was born in New York, U.S.A which was the same place where his parents meet and had their children, however from then everything went downhill his father picks up a drinking addiction and they begin to loose their money to his addiction, then Frank’s parents make a decision to travel back to their county (Ireland) where their financial state gets even worse and his family suffers a lot and they face a lot of difficulties with that decision, that Frank states was the worst one his family has ever made. The conflict between Malachy senior and his family over alcohol in Angela’s Ashes was developed through the actions and dialogue of the …show more content…
and his family is made clear in the memories of the young Frank McCourt, another example of that is when Frank sees his father in the pub with his friend and is sad to see him like this. Malachy Sr has set a very bad example on his kids because when Frank sees him like this he is very disgusted. This quote was said by the narrator Frank when he first saw his father drinking, “Uncle Pa Keating and Dad have the black stuff, too. They lift their glasses carefully and slowly drink.” (McCourt, 78) This shows the readers the negative effects that alcohol can have on your life and that Malachy has been nothing but a bad father and role model to his kids, it also creates a conflict between them because it is the first time that Frank sees his father drinking, and also we see that Frank sees for himself that his father thinks that spending his money on drinking rather than feeding his family brings him more value but in reality it is just short term happiness. In conclusion we can see that Malachy has let alcohol take over his life to the point where he spends his family’s money on