David Malachy 'Angela's Ashes'

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Opinions can differ from one another when it comes to reading the book and watching the movie. Opinions tend to stay the same when it comes to similarities and differences from the book and the movie. Malachy Sr., the father of Frank, Malachy Jr., Eugene, Oliver, Michael, Alphie, and Margaret, and the husband of Angela, has changed from the book and the movie. Many people would say that he was not a very good dad. Many people would say he did not work hard at all. A few details here and there can change a lot about a character from the book to the movie. There are many similarities and differences you can see about Malachy. In the book “Angela’s Ashes” Frank describes Malachy Sr. has a worthless dad and has many details into why he thinks …show more content…

In the movie the details do not make him seem as bad as the book does. In the movie they do not show him in the Pub a lot, but when they do show him, it is not for very long. In the movie he uses a calm voice when he is talking to the children and Angela. In the movie, it did not show Malachy looking for a job very often. Malachy makes it seem like he cares more for his children and wife than he really does. The book gave details of Frank holding the babies and caring for them, instead of Malachy. Since Malachy could not keep a job and since he would spend all of his wages before he could even make it home, Frank got a job. Frank had to support the family in the movie. Frank almost lost his eyesight working so hard and so much since his father would not provide for the family. Malachy goes to England to work. Every day the boys would check to see if he sent any money for them to buy food, but he never sent any because he continued to drink until he spent all of his wages. For Christmas in the movie he came back to visit, but still did not bring any money back. He constantly put himself before his family. On the positive side of Malachy, he did come back from England in the movie. He was more of a father in the movie than he was in the book, but he was still a worthless father in the

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