... He seems quite nave of the problems his parents are having. In the chapter The Family Outing' he knows something ahs happened when his mum gets out of the car away from their father in the pouring rain. However Paddy doesn't know what has happened because Roddy Doyle doesn't go into great detail ... Dickens does in David Copperfield, it doesn't have an obvious beginning, middle and end. The novel starts with Paddy talking to his friends as a young boy. He doesn't start the novel with Paddy looking back on his life from the day he was born as Charles Dickens does in David Copperfield. The ...

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• Grade Level: High School