Angela's Ashes as well as The Catcher in the Rye both focus on the importance of coming of age. There are many different ideas and stereotypes that one might think of when going over this topic. The both of these novels have a very different look on what it is truly like to grow up and experience adulthood after the events that the characters have to go through. The location and culture of each book differs quite a lot, but both of the novels are threw the eyes of boys. The time span that the boys both have to go threw is also different. In J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden is going thru a difficult time in school. Holden is looking back at his experiences while he is narrating the story. Holden was 16 …show more content…
This story covers over the span of a decade of hardships and experiences. Frank first starts off his story by telling a little family history. His father name is Malachy and he is a Northern Irishman that loves his country, but loves to drink more, and he talk about his mother who was worn out all of her life and she was constantly struggling for her family to remain alive during not only the Depression but the second World War as well. Frank had many different siblings. When Frank was very young he lived in America. The family was broke and looked down upon in American. So the family moved back to Ireland hoping for a better chance. Oliver, Eugene, Margaret and Malachy were Frank's siblings at the time. The family was so poor that they lived in conditions not even fit for animals. The family had hardly any food and Angela's family was not supportive of her because she had to many children and married a man from the North. Every sibling expect for Malachy died during this time. Frank was very young when this happened, but it was still very traumatic for him, because he was the oldest child and of course loved his