“He says, Jasus Frankie you have the knack of it. That makes ,me so happy I want to jump up and drive and I want to drive a float for the rest of my life” (McCourt 258).
Mr. Hannan is the man Frankie helps deliver coal because he Mr. Hannan has a bad leg. When Mr. Hannan says this to Frankie he gives him something no one has ever given him before, satisfaction from doing well. His own father or mother has never rewarded him with any kind gratification for nothing anything right or well. This makes Frankie insanely happy, the happiest the reader has seen Frankie yet. This interaction of satisfaction marks where Frankie forms a better image of men in his life. He goes back to childish behavior of wanting to jump up and down but does not because having this job makes him want to be a man so he contains himself. By Frankie wanting to do this the rest of his life allows the reader to infer that he wants to be different from his father and hold a job. “I want the job. I want to bring …show more content…
In the beginning Frankie is fairly fond of Lamen, he allows him to make library runs for him and work for a bike. This is what eventually leads to the fight between the two, and Frankie going off by himself. This is when Frankie becomes a man making money for himself being telegram boy. Laman becomes significant because his actions are what pushed Frankie to become a man by himself, save to go to America, and becoming different from his father. When the family comes back together with the exception of Malacky senior, Frankie has become the man of the house earning money for the family. Frankie had achieved what he had always desired to do, being better than his father giving his family a better life. Frankie continues to save money to send them all to America, Angela wants to go back to America therefore Frankie wants to do all he can to make her