Week 7 Angela's Ashes Ashley Dillon

Right off the bat of today’s reading (Chapter 9) there is an example of religious prejudice. Frank’s mother says that she is through with having children. Frank’s dad says that if she was a good Catholic, she’d do her duty. This is just an example of religion versus reality. The McCourt’s’ really mustn’t have had so many children, but as a good catholic –well, you get the idea. At the end of the chapter, I really wasn’t surprised that Frank’s dad didn’t send the money in. if he didn’t do it in Ireland, where he could see his family starve, why would he in England? Asking for help at the dispensary was another example of prejudice against poverty. Angela wants her kids to look dirty so they would be more sympathetic towards her, which is what eventually causes her to get money even when their hopes looked glum. Then, Angela gets sick with pneumonia and the boys have to live with Aunt Aggie. That was horrible. She constantly looked down on them and had no regard for them whatsoever, especially for Frank, who so closely resembled his father-from-the-north. That whole entire part was extremely sad and full of example of prejudice against the poor. For example, Frank notices that the Jesuits are only nice to people who drive around in their cars and poke their little fingers up when drinking tea, i.e. rich people. They have no need for the poor. This is the first time Frank has blatantly said this. It has always been hinted but I think Frank is now finally realizing how the rest of the world treats him and others like him.