Essay 6 – “This is life…” Reading “Angela’s Ashes” was very emotional. One would not believe how people lived in Ireland some years ago. And I’m sure that wasn’t the only place in the world where people were struggling like that. Frank Mc Court, the oldest child who tried to take care of his brothers the best way he knew, tells the story. He didn’t have an easy life. This poor child tried to do anything for him and his siblings to survive.
Looking at people I know and comparing their life to Mc Court’s lives, well I think that most of them wouldn’t even know what to do, how to do it, to survive. My main point: how is it that some people have everything they need to live and others have nothing and still find a way to make things work, not on a high level, but still. How is it possible that Frank McCourt and his brothers survived? In my eyes they went through a lot. How anyone would be able to do it now? I can’t see that happening. I don’t know if I could. Although, I’m sure that there are people living this way.
The McCourt family moved from New York to Ireland to look for a better way of living, to forget about their dead children, to try to have a regular life. Well, it didn’t work out. The father of the family was to caught up with drinking, instead of giving the money for the needs of the family, which would be just simple – food. When the father left to England to look for a job and never sent any money to his starving family Frank felt obligated to look after everyone. His sick mother spent all time in bed, not showing any interest in her kids. Only when she was well, she would go to the dispensary to beg for money for food or cloths for the kids. That was a really difficult time for the children. Living on bread and tea was their daily routine and they were lucky if they even had that much. Frank the oldest of the McCourt’s kids was trying to find a way to feed his hungry brothers Malachy, Michael and Alphie and the sick mother.
The Essay on Foster children and family resilience
Foster children refer to minors or young people who have been removed from their custodial adults or birth parents by governmental authority. These children are placed under the care of another family either through voluntary placement by a parent of the child or by the relevant governmental authority if the birth parent has failed to provide for the child. Family resilience on the other hand, is ...
I can’t even imagine what those kids had to experience. That was just too sad and too devastating. Even the mother’s family wasn’t wiling to help them. Blaming their father for everything that happened to the family, just because he was from the North. How cruel the life could be? I’m sure that they know it and they appreciate it now. There are a lot of details in the story, Frank’s thoughts, and his life. Thinking about it today we may say, “thank you, we don’t have to go through it.” Our lives are different and just thinking about those kids then, makes me feel sad. As I said before, there are a lot of people I know who wouldn’t even think that something like this could happen. I’m sure that the McCourts were not alone, that there were more families living the same way.
While reading this memoir by Frank Mc Court, I was really into their live. It seemed impossible to me that kids can take care of themselves, that they can come up with ideas how to do it and manage to do it. This story is one of the best I read and one of the most touching. What I could compare with this are the stories of the families during World War 2, for example “The Girl in the Red Coat” by Roma Ligocka. Where the author describes her childhood in Krakow during German occupation. She experienced lack of food, never ending hiding from occupants and looking for a place to stay. This book is really worth reading. I think that some people wouldn’t even be able to read “Angela’s Ashes”.
You really must be resistant to some things, to the sadness of life, poorness, careless parents and hungry children. Sometimes during reading this memoir I had tears in my eyes. It was very touching. This story can possibly help us realize that we don’t live in a perfect world, never did and never will. Well, I know it is a strong statement to say, but this is what I think..
The Essay on Television Depiction Of Family Life
Over the past 50 years, the traditional structure of the family has evolved tremendously. The role of each member has changed in many ways. This creates an entirely different chemistry within the family. In the 1950s, the traditional family was composed of a father, mother, and the children that they created within the marriage. The father was usually the disciplinarian and financial provider for ...
