Monaghan, Father of Buck
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Monaghan, Father of Buck
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Monaghan, Father of Buck
Parent:
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Production
Specific Job:
Sewage Engineer
First Mentioned:
Origin:
Ireland
Biography:
An immigrant to the U.S., Monaghan's father brags about his "Shanty Irish" origins, but at the time of the story, he is a self-made millionaire who began his rise to wealth by collecting refuse and finally by building municipal sewage systems. Monaghan quotes him: "When you're with your fine friends, the fathers and mothers and sisters of them you met at Yale, ye might just remind them that every man is the slave of his own refuse and so your old dad they would be sending around to the forty-story back doors of their kitchens is the king of them all" (415).
Note:
Monaghan's father calls himself "Shanty-Irish" but at the time of "Ad Astra," he has become a very wealthy man, and has, therefore, made the change from lower class to upper class.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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