IND. READING- Left To Walk Alone, Prompt #14, Chapter #4

"The master says it's a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it's a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there's anyone in the world who would like us to live. My brothers are dead and my sister is dead and I wonder if they died for Ireland or the Faith. Dad says they were too young to die for anything. Mam says it was disease and starvation and him never having a job. Dad says, Och, Angela, puts on his cap and goes for a long walk"(McCourt, 56).

This quote has a major importance to the book because it is now clear Frank McCourt walks alone, he is almost left to care for himself at this young age. Frank further proves his quiet wellbeing and being an observer. Frank realizes that by his teacher and father glorifying death, causes him and his classmates to stop following their ambitions. 

Frank is also left to deal with his parents not getting along. His mother, Angela blames the loss of his brothers on Malachy, his father. She claims the reason they died was because Malanchy could not keep a steady job. This worries Frank because his father once again just walks out of the house and will not return for a couple hours. His father most likely will come home drunk, spend the money he earned working on beer instead of his family, and walk through the door singing drinking Irish folk songs.