Blog Post Week 7 Jebediah Pritchard

Everyone has, to some degree a connection to their Motherland. The Motherland for the characters in Angela's Ashes is The Republic of Ireland. The notion is introduced of leaving Ireland.Malachy senior reviews his lot in life and moves to England. He says that he will help his family, that he will send them money to improve their lives. This seems rather well, at least on two accounts. Angela has told Malachy that she shall have no more children. This brings about a discordance between the two of them, because not having any more children, in their society and their religious situation, means not having sex anymore. Therefore, to an extent, a physical distance between Angela and Malachy appears to be a good thing. Perhaps the move will ease tensions. The other way that moving to England would help the family would be the money that Malachy senior would send back to his family. There are a lot more opportunities for employment in England and in the capital than in Ireland. Though Malachy does not give the money to his family, he does not help his wife nor kids. It is all rather sickening. A better situation is wished by everyone.