Blog Post Week 6 Jebediah Pritchard

Blog Post Week 6 Jebediah Pritchard Reaction to Ashley B

Catholicism plays a central role in the lives of the characters in Angela's Ashes.
In class it has been mentioned several times that the Irish don't or may not have national
pride, and as it was dispelled in class, that was a not good thing , well maybe. Something
that is national and is deeply engrossed in their lives is their religion. Catholicism is central to
all aspects of their lives. The youths attend religious schools, the weekends are managed around
church. The a rite of Catholic passage is mentioned in the reading. That of the ingestion of the blood and body of Christ. To not pass this rite is a horror and to pass is a further step into
the vestments of the body of the Catholic faith. That one, Frank, in our example will become further closer to God, further Catholic.

What if someone was not Catholic, did not believe in its message. Of course many of the people did , just that they say that they did believe, it was not the thing to do to not be Catholic. This is anti intellectualism and generalized backwardness. When the parting of the Catholics and the Protestants occurred, one was to have the ability to be Christian as one wanted, well it is well established that one could only be the type of Christian that your country followed, and not until our times have atheistic moments be met with less horrible results by the followers of the Cross.

Reaction to Ashley B

The Dad is without a generally speaking proper stable job, and it is mentioned that he is not dumb and could maybe seek better vocation. Well maybe. The life events that Malachy finds himself in are hard. He is not weak nor deficient, our environment plays a strong role in our lives. Having many children, having children die, having dis concordance with your wife, having bad jobs, in as much as working rather hard for low pay, these events to not entertain good tidings. Such experiences that the husband faces, as reinforced by the other husbands doing the same, serve to lessen a man a wear away at his spirit. To call the father weak, that is to say that the vast majority would be weak, given the common lot and common problems of the Irish people at the time.