A Monk Swimming

In Malachy Mccourt's short story "A monk Swimming", Malachy talks a lot about his past life. I like it when he talks about how he is always go to show us americans that irish people are better. I didn't really understand the book but from my point of view Malachy writes a lot of good details when he talks about what happens to him in his life. I like how every section when he is going to write about something else, he has this little journal he writes about what that section is going to be about. I like it when he goes around the world just to search for fathers. I'm not sure what exactly he's talking about but then when Malachy found this one last guy I'm pretty sure it was his father. This guy was a alcoholic. He was like Malachy's father, that is from my point of view. Malachy goes and searches for the father of his life. He writes about his search at the end of the book he says, "I tramped all over that field, and the field of the south of it, and to the north of it, and every other field, but never again did I find that well, and never again did i find the father who brought me there." If i were to rate this book out of five stars, I would rate it three.

Whirled Affairs

Malachy writes in a really good structure. I like one quote he wrote, which is "I didn't have anything to do with your mothers, so I"m not responsible for your plight. Find your f****** fathers and make them pay up and look after you." I heard this line before. It wasn't quite like this one but my freind's step dad told him to find his real dad so he could go live with him. This quote was really effective when I heard it. My freind got hurt and told me that he would never respect his step dad anymore. I also like how Malachy puts his people that he talks to into a dialogue. I think that he does a really good job when he seperates the dialogues and the paragraphs. He also uses different terms, such as says. He replaces it with sez for example, "Why don't you remove that picture altogether, and not be giving praticing collapse catholics palpitations in thier secret hearts?" "sez I". He uses sez as if it is says, but just in a different term. I also like how he tries to go and find his true father.

Reading Response 3

In this section I really like how he uses funny characteristics about a gay men. His name is Portman, which Malachy says, “one of the most vicious funny gay men I’d ever encountered.” I like this quote because I have a gay friend myself. He always does things that are stupid. This quote also remind me of him. It reminds me about him because He’s a bit vicious too, when you look at him he doesn’t look that vicious to other people, but is always vicious to my friends. Also when I read this section, I like how affective Malachy uses this F words. He was talking about how a man named Mr. Mitchum was drunk and he told the Mr. That he was needed to go on and speak, but he’s was drunk and said F off three virociously times. This relates to me because, whenever I go to my ritual shaman parties, people drink and get really crazy. One time I was talking to a guy that was drunk, or happened to be my uncle. He said for me to F off or he’ll pee on me and I just left and remembered that time for ever and really always make fun of hem now a days.

Reading Response 2

As I read further into Malachy McCourt’s memoir, A monk swimming, the most ports I like about this book is the strong quotes he says. There’s also something he talks about where he keeps saying how the English Crushed the Irish. He says this because Malachy is Irish. I like how he’s song goes. “ ‘Twas on a dreary New Year’s Day, As the shades of night came down A lorry load of volunteers Approached a border town. There were men from Dublin, and from Cork, Fermanagh and Tyrone, But the leader was a Limerick man, Sean South of Garryowen. As they moved along the street, Up to the barrack door, They scorned the danger they would meet The fate that lay in store. They were fightin’ fer old Ireland’s cause, To claim their very own, And the foremost of that gallant band, Was south of Garryowen. But the sergeant foiled their daring plan, He spied them through the door, Then the Sten guns and the rifles, A bail of death did pour, And when thet awful night was o’er, Two man lay cold as stone. There was on from near the Border, And one from Garryowen. No more he’ll hear the seagull cry, O’er the murmuring Sannon tide, For he fell beneath the Northern sky, Brave Hanlon at his side. He has gone to join that gallant band, Of Plunkett, Pearse, and Tone, A martyr for old Ireland, Sean South of Garryowen.” He sang about this song about how he had a childhood friend.

To The Manor Borne

In Malachy McCourt's memoir "A monk swimming", there are many passages that i like. For example, "The wide. almond eyes, dark changing and laughing. The exquisite nose, and the full-lipped mouth engorged with sensuality, glowing so ruby red that I thought,"If I ever get to put my lips to hers, I should not remove them 'til i die.". I like this passage because, sometimes in life I like to fantasize about girls or more like to say my girlfriend. I always think that if I was to marry the right girl for me, and that would my girlfriend be the one? This passage makes me think about myself. This passage makes me feel as if I were not the only one who fantasizes. I also like how Malachy writes about him and the fire island. This island was an island that girls on that island, all they want is to sleep with how many guys they could fit. I thought this passage ws funny because, when i started to read this book I wasn't expecting to read book about his sex life. This is really interesting about his memoir book too because, if you were to read about memoirs you should be able to read about some personal things too to make it more interesting. He also writes about his other two friends on how they were different. One was South African and the other is always talking about sex and his fantasies. This reminds me of me also because in my life i have friends who are like this too. This section of the memoir is really interesting I can't wait to go to the next section.

If I Were To Return

If I were to go back to my favorite place when I was little. I would feel feel different, I would because I think about how am I going to remember half my teachers names. When I go back to when I was little, i could understand why I enjoyed it back then. When I was little I was small, and now I am taller and bigger which makes me harder to go through places. I live four blocks away from this place. I can walk if I wanted to, but I feel weird going back to my grade school. Almost done with school, about to graduate, and I also think that I can't really be the same elementary school. I was small, and now I'm big, I just feel different the same as they were back then. My feelings would be like "what am I doing here?", and I would not really feel like I would still want to be there. These are some ways I would feel about my favorite spot back then if i were to return at this age.

Childhood in the park

When I was a child, I had many things that I remembered. One thing that i remember the most was when i was in the park. I remember when the weather was cold and icy. The sand was full of water, the water was frozen. It was cold and frigid, didn't feel like doing anything. This time of year was winter, snow white grounds, roof tops, I felt amazed on how much snow I saw. My feelings weren't the same as when it didn't snow yet. I felt as if I was in my own world with icy sand, cold swings, and the boogers on my nose frozen, which made me feel weird. I was at this park for two whole hours straight. When I noticed that I couldn't my fingers anymore, I knew that I had to go home. the moment when I was walking off the icy sand, I didn't feel like leaving at all. This made me feel better then usual, it was a beautiful park, white, and shiny metals surrounding the area. This was the best moment that I had when I was a child at the park. I felt as if I was in my own world...