Alienation in the Butcher Boy
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The theme of the differences in class in the Irish town
- Mrs. Nugent and the theft of Philip's comic books by Francie
- Francie desire to be a part of the Nugent family
- The fakeness of Mrs. Connolly and her friends
- His friendship with Joe Purcell
- Conclusion
- Works cited
Abstract
In the butcher boy, Patrick McCabe paints a picture of the perfectly dysfunctional family in The Bradys, who are shown in stark contrast to the perfectly normal family, the Nugents. From the start, Francie Brady's family was the epitome of unstable. Francie's father was an alcoholic who abused his wife, and she ended up going to a mental institution after a suicide attempt. The hero of the family, Uncle Alo, turned out to just be another phony whose stories were fabricated. Francie had no proper influences in his upbringing to tell him what was right and wrong, which left him to basically take care of himself. Francie wanted to be proud and honor his parents, but at the same time, the only reason he became alienated within the community was because of his family.
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