Malachy McCourt

To support this, the McCourts take confession very seriously,even over the smallest things, because they think hope in reality is lost and their only joy left is an eternity with God. At one of Frank’s confessions, he confesses, “I overslept. I nearly missed my first communion. My Grandmother says I have stunting up, North of Ireland, presbyterian hair. I threw up my communion breakfast.”(129) This quotation shows how willing the McCourts are willing to take confession, just to…

Angela’s Ashes is a memoir by Frank McCourt, published in 1996. It takes place briefly in New York and then moves on to Limerick during the 1930s and 1940s. Frank McCourt lives with his family in Brooklyn where his mother, Angela, struggles to feed the children and his father, Malachy, spends all his wages on alcohol. When Frank’s baby sister, Margaret, dies and Angela falls into depression the McCourts decide to return to Ireland where more problems await them. Growing up in Ireland,…

shame this semester and uncovered many instances of the effects of shame. Angela of Angela’s Ashes feel shame throughout much of the novel. She is ashamed that her husband, Malachy, won’t bring home money to support the family. She is ashamed that she lives in a house that is borderline unfit for human inhabitants. Frank McCourt suffers under the weight of shame as well. He is feel shame…

is to care for someone out of the pure goodness in one 's heart. These two aspects come into play in both, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Angela’s Ashes. “You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.” (208, McCourt). These small words from Mr. O’Halloran give the students advice that they’ve probably never heard before. Knowledge is wealth. He is pushing them to get an education and soak up all of the intelligence they possibly can. The kids don’t…