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

The Journey of Self- issuey Brian Moores The Luck of pep Coffey When Ginger Coffey brought his family to Canada from Ireland, little did he know that he would attain partial derivative triumph by discovering himself and the refugee among the crippled 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 while materialism obstructed his vision. The importance of his family root Coffey to his homeland and to his moral values while he tested to discover himself as an immigrant.All the solid ground appeared hostile to Ginger Coffey when he tried to carve a niche for himself in this new country, for he felt insecure as a New Canadianand he was face with mid biography crises to boost. As a schoolboy, Coffey had been warned by old Father Cogley that boys who didnt substantiate like everyone else would sink in this world and the next, because that class of boy is ineffectual t o accept his God-given limitationshas no love of God in himis an ordinary, lazy pile up and his talk of finding adventures is only wanting an excuse to get past 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 dull jobs, no humiliating interviews, no turndowns no man was saddle with ungrateful daughters, there were unlimited funds to spendYou were free. (40) Indeed, Coffey was a wishful thinker 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 spiritedness (7) and he was unprepared to scale the steep ascent to a fortunate career. While hunting for a job, Ginger Coffey no... ...use she needs him its clear-sighted he and she will still care about each other when conjure and daydreams, fights and futureswhen all thats on the shelf and done with. (243)Mingling amongst the lame and the old, Ginger Coffey saw reflections 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 engraft materialism to have a negative impact on his life. touch 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.