Life In Ireland In The 1930's

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Bill O'Connell

Ms. Weaver

World literature

March 30, 2015

Introduction.

Life in the 1930's anywhere was not as glorious as life today, but one country to focus on is Ireland. Not having good transportation, housing, and resources was a good source of death in a lot of places in that time period, but Ireland was especially important. Ireland was and is still considered a very poor country but today isn't as bad as then. Disease was a very big cause of death with the lack of medical supplies and affected young children the most. (Wilson) A story that would show Ireland's poverty would be Angela's ashes, the book I chose for this research project. It shows what life was really like in Ireland in the 1930's and how poverty …show more content…

It was more of a pride thing like some people have today. It was almost like how we have pride in our country and are proud to be here. They had the same aspect of living. (Wilson) In the decade of 1920's there was a big population drop due to the amount of deaths. From then on forward the population has been rising because of living conditions getting better and better ways to treat diseases. In 1996 the population of Ireland was just over 3.6 million people which was far better than before. …show more content…

Many other men had to go there to work because of World War Two. When Malachy was working in England be again had to go and work in poor working conditions. Even though he is pretty much living without anyone he knew he still drank away the money. As the family waits and worry's for the money they never get it. Everyday they would all go as a family to the local mail office to see if their dad has sent them money for food.

After all the worrying Malachy finally comes home from England, as the kids are playing in the alley. They couldn't even recognize him on a rainy and cold day. Whenever Malachy goes back to England Frank has to get a job to get money to provide for be family. He had to do this because they couldn't depend on Malachy bringing money as he drinks all of his money away.

A few months after Frank gets a job, the government kicks the family out of her house because they didn't have the money to pay for rent. Just like here in the United States many families rented in Limerick, the city in Ireland in which they lived in. The family had moved to Lamans house which was Franks cousin. Angela and Laman get along very well and Angela discusses her feelings with her and how she is worried about Malachy. As the story comes to a close Frank begins to have a passionate relationship with a new

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