he can talk about with his mother and father. He imagines this angel speaking to him and comforting him by saying things like Fear not. Beyond Franks world of imagination and books were all of the male figures in his life. Franks father was never around much so he didnt receive any type of guidance from him. Frank said some where in the novel that his father was like two different people; the father in the morning filled with stories and the father who would come home drunk making the children promise to die for Ireland. Although he had the negative side that Frank had to see it was still turned out to be positive for Frank because it allowed him to learn to be the type of person he wanted to be. Even though no one could take the place of a true father, Franks Uncle Pa Keating came close. Since Uncle Pa Keating never had children of his own, he treated Frank like a son. He showed Frank affection and gave him things that Franks father never did. Frank looked up to Uncle Pa Keating because he brings home the wages, holds a steady job and can sit at the South pub and not come home drunk. He is everything Frank wants in a father and everything his father is not.Uncle Pa Keating shows Frank not only affection but also how the world works. He shows Frank that everything doesnt always have to be as serious as everyone says. Uncle Pa Keating gives Frank outlooks for his future. He tells him things like that if Frank takes the post office exam his mind will be dead by the time he is thirty and he encourages him to go to America and make something of himself. Most of all Uncle Pa Keating, unlike Franks father, is the type of person he does want to be. He doesnt give a fiddlers fart what the world says and thats the way Id like to be myself.(116)Mr. Hannon was another man that treated Frank like a son. Frank was able to learn responsibilities from him. He gave Frank confidence in himself by complimenting him and rewarding him for i...
