Quotes From Angela's Ashes

Franks revelation of Esteem
Growing up in Limerick, in his memoir Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt describes the continuing difficulties The McCourt’s face in 1930’s with World War II going into motion after in the early 1940s. Frankie goes through many changes as he progresses through his childhood. He is enrolled in Catholic school, with many rigorous Headmasters with a seemingly sole purpose of belittling the students. To get ready for confirmation Frank is forced to join the Confraternity, a brotherhood group that all the boys must join in preparation for confirmation. Frank becomes friends with Paddy clohessy and they get into many forms of mischief for a time. Through his younger years he falls ill of serious illnesses that complicates things

His alcoholic father only progresses this lifestyle through disregarding his family’s poverty. These moments in Frank’s life makes him ponder his environment and the way he affect those around him. Throughout his childhood, Frank is increasingly coerced in becoming a provider for his family, despite him being only a child, he must take on responsibilities that should only be required of an adult. He is doing this all while taking on the challenge of receiving acceptance as child of Limerick, the Catholic Church, and his own family. Through these hardships, Frank learns many things. He begins to see his environment for what it truly is, extreme poverty and hubris. He gains a longing for a life where he can go beyond his Physical and esteem desires. Maslow explains that all people have a need for a stable and firmly based high evaluation of themselves for self-esteem and for the esteem of others. Esteem plays a large role in growth and development. Without esteem this can create a destructive path for a person that can follow them in the future. Through Maslow’s lens, Frank’s father represents an example of this. An example that Frank wishes to