Frank begins to work at the post office when he was 14, earn less than full-time employees because he has part time. One of his clients is his old friend's MOM, Mrs. Clohessy. Her house, which used to be a pig-Sty, is now fully furnished and in tip-top condition. Mrs. Clohessy has received money from her husband and son struggling in England for war. She argues that if it were not for Hitler, she would be dead. (Meaning that her family had not gone to fight, she would have never gotten money and would be up a Creek). On payday, Frank spends his first pound (the only Dunks he has ever had) and takes Michael out on the town--eat candy and go to the movies. Frank then promises to save the rest of his future income toward a ticket to America. Although it is not part of his job, Frank help to get groceries and manage accounts for their customers who are sick and old. It begins as a happier time for Frank, who has been reunited with his family in Ab Sheenan House. Malachy comes home from Dublin music school and things are going well for a while. Frank meets a consumptive girl named Theresa, who they deliver. The two develop a relationship and soon to have sex. But Theresa disease soon takes and she dies--leaving Frank to believe that they were punished by God for marriage. Frank fasts and prays to God to have mercy on her soul. Frank would take an exam that would entitle him to have a full time job at the post office but Pa Keating advises him not to--says he would be living a miserable, meaningless lives by taking the job. Frank then leave the record to deliver Protestant newspapers in town.
Which of the characters in the book were advised to leave their homes? Did anyone, or was it purely the protagonist's decision to go?
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