Kiss The Painting, Speak The Truth

This blog post is in response to blog prompt number 8.


" She drags me home by the ear and makes me kneel before the Pope. Swear, she says, swear to that Pope that you didn't look at Mona Dooley in her pelt.
I swear.
If you're lying you wont be in a state of grace for COnfirmation tomorrow and thats the worst kid of sacrilege.
I swear," (Page 190, Frank and his mother).

Throughout the novel, the McCourts have been very religious Catholics. But if you delve deeper into their actual faith, it seems as if it is the only hope they have. Most people who are in impoverish states have a trust in some type of force, a force that will back their hope with a promise. I think that this painting is very symbolic to their faith, not only because it is a painting of a Pope, but the way they treat it almost like a shrine for the Lord. This painting is mentioned several times in the book, all during times where honesty and trust are in question, I think it's been used to lie many times, and cover the truth.