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Angela's Ashes Impact

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Parents impact on their children
A real parent is someone who puts their child before their own needs and wants. A child will learn more from who you are than what you teach them. In the novel Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, McCourt’s father presents a figure that he refuses to be. Malachy McCourt was an unfit, alcoholic father. Frank wanted to be a man, unlike his father, he wanted to be a better man than how he saw Malachy.
McCourt says, “I think my father is like the Holy Trinity with three people in him, the one in the morning with the paper, the one at night with the stories and prayers, and then the one who does the bad thing and comes home with the spell of whiskey and wants us to die for Ireland.” Malachy McCourt is a alcoholic …show more content…

A person either follows in their footsteps or becomes someone better. Malachy McCourt, impacted not only his life, but his wife's life, his children's lives, and every other person who was around him. Malachy being an alcoholic had no positive impact on their lives. The little money they received went to alcohol for Malachy. Almost every night Malachy would come home drunk, singing, making loud and obnoxious noises by falling over things, and paying the children to die for Ireland. Malachy being an alcoholic not only impacted on Frank McCourt's life, but all of the …show more content…

Frankie McCourt is a true leader, and shows true dedication to the standards he holds for himself. Frankie McCourt not only did better for himself, but he influenced his brothers lives and taught them more than what Malachy ever taught. Throughout the novel Frankie showed love, devotion, respect and honesty. Frankie was devoted to his family, and becoming a better person. Frankie’s brother’s looked up to him, and loved him dearly. When he moved out Malachy went to uncle Pa’s house to try and convince Frankie to come back to Laman’s house, when Frankie said no Malachy was almost in tears. The adventures the brothers took, the jokes that was said, was nothing compared to the love and protection they felt for one another. They were not only brothers, but best

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