“I say to him. Why can’t you go to England, Dad, so we can have electricity and a wireless and Mam can stand at the door and tell the
world what we’re having at dinnertime?” McCourt, 1996: 218 Frank has suggested his father to go to England like other people
because Frank wants to get the same changes like his neighbours get. Frank implies that by going to England can be the opportunity for them to
have the more modern life by having the electricity and wireless. Frank and his family can also have a great dinner and show their dinner menu to
his neighbours. England is a land of opportunity for Frank for getting the better life.
England that provides jobs in their munitions factories and recruits the Irishmen shows that England is the independent country that is one of
Occident characteristics They can build their economic field without depending to other country. They are even still role the economic of
Ireland by provide jobs for them.
c. The Wealthy Country
England is not only known as the place where many job are available for Irish people. England is also known as the country where the people
live in moderate circumstances. As Frank was nursed in hospital because of the disease he has, Frank always spent his time by reading books or
magazines. “Seamus likes me to tell him what Im reading. He says that story
about Mr. Ernest Bliss is a made-up story because no one in his right mind would have to go to a doctor over having too much money and
not eating his egg though you never know. It might be like that in
England. Youd never find the likes of that in Ireland. If you didnt eat your egg here youd be carted off to the lunatic asylum or
reported to the bishop. I cant wait to go home and tell Malachy about this man who wont eat his egg. Malachy will fall down on the
floor laughing because such a thing could never happen. Hell say Im making it up but when I tell him this story is about an
Englishman hell understand.
”McCourt, 1996: 201 One of book he read told about an English man who are very rich
namely Mr. Ernest Bliss. The story told that he is sick and must go to doctor because of having too much money. When he is nursed in hospital,
he also refuse to eat his eggs that is dished by manservant. Frank’s friend,
Seamus, whom Frank tell the story to did not believe to the story Because he never found that such man in Ireland where people refuse to eat eggs.
The story is also seemly a fiction story. But, Frank accepts the story when he knows that Mr. Ernest is an English man. He believes that England is a
country where the people are not desperate for having the great food like eggs. It is not like in Ireland where eggs is very valuable. It seemly there is
even a law in Ireland that will punish them who does not eat their eggs. From the explanation above, it can seen that England is strong in
their economic field. The strength of England can represent the strenght of Occident country where according to Frank, people that lives in there will
never worry about the lack off food.
3. America as The Occident
America is a country which is dreamed by Frank as the main character of this novel. He was born in America, but he has to returned to Ireland
