At his point in Grank McCourt's memoir, Angela's Ashes, Frank has befriended a neighborhood boy named Mikey. Frank is also involved in the Catholic Church and his First Communiun is about to take place. Mikey gets Frank excited by telling him the best things about the First Communiun day, "Mikey got over five shillings on his First Communiun day and ate so many sweets and buns he threw up in the Lyric Cinema" (McCourt 117). Although Mikey's life seems nice, at least to Frankie, his family is also having a hard time financially and his mother is a bit "crazy".
This chapter is finally humorous and nothing completely rough comes upon the McCourt family. Frankie is in school, he is making friends, and life just doesn't seem so bad. Although Frankie's new friend Mikey Mollow seems like the type of boy who could possibly "ruin" Frankie's innocence with his sexual expertise, "grown up talk", and fascinating stories Frank does not change. One day Frankie says, "Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I overslept. I nearly missed my first communiun"(McCourt 129). Frank confesses to the smallest of sins which demonstrates his eagerness to be good even when the world is confusing and full or despair.
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Its im happy to finally see a little good come to the sweet little boy! Its nice to see that he can be friends with someone you might be a bad influence but stay true to himself, if only it was that easy for all of us!
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