Saturday, June 1, 2019

The Journey of Self-discovery Brian Moores The Luck of Ginger Coffey E

The Journey of Self-discovery Brian Moores The Luck of Ginger Coffey When Ginger Coffey brought his family to Canada from Ireland, little did he know that he would attain partial triumph by discovering himself and the refugee among the lame and the old. With the aid of those around him, Coffey pursued personal freedom and status in his adopted country. He stumbled through a journey of self-discovery bandage materialism obstructed his vision. The importance of his family rooted Coffey to his homeland and to his moral values while he tried to discover himself as an immigrant.All the world appeared uncongenial to Ginger Coffey when he tried to carve a niche for himself in this new country, for he felt insecure as a untested Canadianand he was faced with midlife crises to boost. As a school male child, Coffey had been warned by old Father Cogley that boys who didnt settle like everyone else would sink in this world and the next, because that class of boy is unable to accept his God-giv en limitationshas no love of God in himis an ordinary, lazy lump and his talk of finding adventures is only wanting an excuse to get forward and commit mortal sins. (The Luck of Ginger Coffey, 18) Coffey dreamed of a world in which all men had reached the top of the hill there were no heavy frolics, no humiliating interviews, no turndowns no man was saddled with ungrateful daughters, there were unlimited funds to spendYou were free. (40) Indeed, Coffey was a dreamer who longed for personal freedom.Having hopped from job to job because he detested being a glorified office boy, (13) Coffey could not face the misleading facts of a life (7) and he was unprepared to surpass the steep ascent to a successful career. While hunting for a job, Ginger Coffey no... ...use she needs him its knowing he and she will still care nigh each other when sex and daydreams, fights and futureswhen all thats on the shelf and done with. (243)Mingling amongst the lame and the old, Ginger Coffey saw refl ections of himself as a New Canadian everywhere. He had learned that life was the victory, and that going on was the victory. The little triumphs in life have liberated him. Coffey, in his adjustment period as an immigrant, has found materialism to have a negative impact on his life. Concerned with the welfare of his family, Coffey was able to discover his tender-most self. Certainly, the weak and the poor have acted as the best guides for Ginger Coffey who, through a tumultuous journey, found himself at last.Work CitedMoore, Brian. The Luck of Ginger Coffey. Boston and Toronto Atlantic-Little, Brown and Company, 1960.

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