Angela’s Ashes Comparative Commentary Essay

Although these dickens passages taken from the memoirs Angelas Ashes by straight-from-the-shoulder McCourt and Catcher in the Rye by J. D. S in allinger, be similar to each another(prenominal) in some aspects, such as mood, perceptions and attitudes towards death etc., their society, culture, and their ages make the contrast among their styles.In the passage from Catcher in the Rye, we see the 17-years-old Holden going to his crony exclusivelyies grave. From his com ments to the highest degree his brothers death, we fount to interpret his immature and irreverent character. I last its only his ashes and all thats in the cemetery, and his intelligencefulnesss in Heaven and all that crap On the other hand, upright want Frank McCourts, Holdens animosity, somberness and resentment is seen by his mood and tone. The 5-years-old bantam Frankie is already witness to his sister Margargonts death, and now he losts his little brother Oliver.In this scene, where Oliver is bur ied in the memorial park, Frankie tries to comprehend the things around him with his childlike curiosity and responses. I did not want to leave Oliver with them. I threw a rock at a jackdaw that waddled over toward Olivers grave. Nevertheless, although his age, Holdens inability to come to terms with his brothers death makes him angry and resentful. All the visitors could get in their cars and turn on their radios and all and then(prenominal) go somewhere nice for dinner party everybody except Allie. I couldnt stand it.There are some hints in the passages which suggest about the culture, societies and time the two memoirs took place. Holden says the visitors could get in their cars and turn on their radios and all and then go someplace nice for dinner, whereas Frankie says we rode to the hospital in a semi with a horse and My mother and aunty Aggie cried, Grandma looked angry, Dad, Uncle Pa Keating, and Uncle Pat Sheehan looked no-count but did not cry and I thought that if youre a misbegot you can cry only when you birth the black stuff that is called the pint. The carriage with a horse and the throng running like nuthouse over to their cars and turn on their radios show us that the scene from Angelas Ashes took place many years earlier Catcher in the Rye.Moreover, with Frankies childish comment about his family, the men in his family appear as drinkers this suggests about the Irish culture which all men are drinkers. The same comment also distinctly shows us the difference between women and men in their culture. We also see that the two characters families and societies are Christian, and believe in the brio after death. Holden says I live on its only his body and all thats in the cemetery, and his souls in Heaven and all that crap, but I couldnt stand it anyway.On the other hand Frankie explains, Dad said I shouldnt throw rocks at jackdaws, they mightiness be somebodys soul. I didnt know what a soul was but I didnt need him because I didnt care. Their perception towards pietism is the same they both believe in what is taught to them, but in both cases the characters lugubriousness and anger are much greater then their religion now, when they lost their brothers whom they sleep together and were connected so much. I propensity he wasnt there. You didnt know him. If youd known him, youd know what I mean. Oliver was dead and I dislike jackdaws.Both Frankie and Holden are alone with their thoughts and feelings they cannot make out them with anyone. Holden is too immature and powerless to impertinence his brothers death and Frankies parents wouldnt answer his question tag about death. The two narrative characters cannot converse about or express their sorrow, they fetch to keep it inside and divert it into anger and hate of other things or people around them. Id be a man someday and Id come with a travelling bag of rocks and Id leave the graveyard littered with dead jackdaws. All the visitors in the cemetery star ted running like hell over to their cars. Thats what nearly bevy me crazy. Hence the two characters need to reanimate theirselves by something else writing.