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An old friend of Angela McCourt’s, who lives in Limerick. Nora Molloy is close friends with Angela, and it’s suggested that they’ve bonded because of the similarities between their husbands, both of whom are alcoholics. Nora is also the mother of Mikey Molloy, an important influence on Frank McCourt’s development.
Nora Molloy Quotes in Angela’s Ashes
The Angela’s Ashes quotes below are all either spoken by Nora Molloy or refer to Nora Molloy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4 Quotes
The priest tells Mrs. Molloy not to worry. God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform and surely He has a special purpose for Mikey, fits and all. She says, Isn't it remarkable he can swally all kinds of sweets and buns but if he has to swally the body of Our Lord he goes into a fit? Isn't that remarkable? She worries Mikey might have the fit and die and go to hell if he has any class of a sin on his soul though everyone knows he's an angel out of heaven. Mikey tells her God is not going to afflict you with the fit and then boot you into hell on top of it. What kind of a God would do a thing like that?
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In this passage, Frank introduces us to Mikey Molloy, a young boy who's alienated from his peers because of his violent epileptic fits. Mikey is unable to take communion—a staple of Irish Catholic life—because of the supposed danger that he could have a fit and choke to death on the body of Christ. While technically Mikey's inability to take communion means that he's not a full Catholic, and therefore damned, Mikey insists that he'll be fine—surely no God would send him to hell for something he has no control over.Mikey is one of the most interesting characters in Angela's Ashes, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque
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Nora Molloy Character Timeline in Angela’s Ashes
The timeline below shows where the character Nora Molloy appears in Angela’s Ashes. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...walk to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, run by Mr. Quinlivan. Another woman there, Nora Molloy , threatens to ask the Quakers for help if the Society won't give her boots...
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Chapter 4
...reads a great deal, and also suffers from fits. Frank also knows that Mikey’s mother, Nora Molloy , is a friend of his mother’s. Nora sometimes goes to the local asylum to...
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