McCourt experienced the death of many of his family members, which were: his baby sister, Margaret and then his brother Oliver. Once Oliver died Eugene, his twin brother, was supposed to live on with life without having any memory, whatsoever, that his brother Oliver ever existed but the loss was too much to bare for Eugene and eventually “died anyway” (82). Having the loss of three family members must have been hard on Frank. Frank’s family always went for help at the St. Vincent de Paul Society because they always lacked money. The main reason why they lacked money was because his father, Malachy, would always waste the entire dole on alcohol.
This evidently shows that this was due to Elya’s curse. The curse was put on Elya and his descendants, meaning his children and his children’s children. As the generations went on, the bad luck never left, it stayed, being their constant bad luck. Stanley Yelnats has faced quite a lot of bad luck in his lifetime. However, it is evidently shown that it is his great great grandfather’s fault for many things that have gone wrong in his life.
Depending on the drinker, anxiety and depression can be elevated or become less intense. Throughout the book it is evident Frankie’s father is addicted to alcohol and hated due to his neglect of his family. Though he most obviously loves them, he is unable to put food on
When Billy Luckett, a 16 year old teenager leaves home to an abusive and toxic relationship with his father, he takes us on a journey in Steven Herrick’s The Simple Gift. His journey makes us reflect on the idea that the relationships between Billy, Caitlin, Old Bill and their family can be much more important and useful than material wealth. Herrick’s description about homeless people is used to show that even though they go through many hardships, they have love and support through their relationships. Billy’s relationship with his father is abusive and toxic, it isn’t normal. Billy’s father is an alcoholic, he neglects his son and shatters his dreams.
Markandaya argues that fear is overpowering on Rukmani’s family. “But in us there was nothing left –no joy, no call for joy. It had come too late.”(pg.77) In this quote, there is a drought that ruined the land therefore there will be no food to feed the family. Fear is overpowering in this statement because Rukami fears her family is going to starve without the land. Her family is livings life where they cannot control what could happen to them because they don’t have money to fix these problems nor do they have the power to stop them.
Many people experience challenging childhoods; however, people who grow up with an alcoholic father must endure a uniquely demanding upbringing. Families with a father who has a drinking problem often struggle financially, emotionally and psychologically. Often times, the eldest son in the family is forced to grow up quickly in order to assume the role of an adult male within the family. In “Angela’s Ashes,” a memoir written by Frank McCourt, and in “The Drunkard,” a short story written by Frank O’Connor, the authors write about essentially the same cautionary tale: Beware of the father who loves his pints. Both authors write about the great consequences that come along with having an alcoholic father.
This problem resulted in her financial dependence. Being so introverted even caused her to drop out of business college. She had embarrassed herself by getting sick during class and refused to go back. Without having any schooling she could not support herself and had to rely on her mother and brother. Tom worked at a meaningless warehouse job and giving up all his dreams of a better life to provide for her.
John Reed, Jane’s cruel cousin, mocks her poverty, which was consequently led by the death of her parents. He exclaims: she has “no money”, since “your father left you none”; in the 19th century the males would be the ultimate provider of the house, in addition, to an extremely class based society, a father who did not earn a good enough salary to leave after his death, would also direct children to defamation in the eyes of the public. Many children left parentless, who had no other connection to relatives, would alternatively conclude to begging on the streets. John Reed strongly despises Jane’s presence in his household due to her misfortunate social and financial status, regardless of her parents death driven away from her control, it is clear in his eyes she “ought to beg” to now survive. John Reed potentially has the ability to be labelled as cruel, for his vicious attack and un-required mockery of Jane’s financial state, but John Reed grew in such a society where it was known no different.
Also the lack of teacher & student relations has even ruined my generation we feel as though there’s no one to fight for us. Are neighborhood crisis is just as bad as our education crisis and that’s just as bad as our financial crisis. These are the top three issues we face. For some it’s hard to acknowledge experience and use it to humble themselves. Instead we look at the worst and allow it to worry us.
Moving to the small town of Pleasantville was definitely a struggle, especially because the kids of Northview High were “unfriendable.” My Papa’s AA meetings weren’t assisting with the living conditions at home: I still returned most nights to the sight of him passed out in a puddle of his own vomit. Days were long and nights were even longer; not to mention I never really felt my mother’s warm touch. She left us before I developed the ability to make memories so it’s just been us guys. I guess I seem to have simply disregarded all of it after so many years of disappointment. The hardships in my life were most of what shaped me into what I became that day.