I'm not so sure the O'Higgins brothers come off badly. They may have been dishonest, by upper-class English standards, but they obviously are leaders in the Irish community, and take care of the people in the Rookery. It's Rafe and Mick that the neighbors go to, to solve the problem of the rotting corpse, and they *do* take care of it. They also help Lord John corner and deal with Adams at the end, as well as rescuing Percy from the prison for him. I think they come off as fairly heroic, although definitely constrained by their ethnicity and social class. -- LJG Discussion board

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Date Posted: 13:04:22 12/01/07 Sat
Author: maddiej
Subject: I'm not so sure the O'Higgins brothers come off badly. They may have been dishonest, by upper-class English standards, but they obviously are leaders in the Irish community, and take care of the people in the Rookery. It's Rafe and Mick that the neighbors go to, to solve the problem of the rotting corpse, and they *do* take care of it. They also help Lord John corner and deal with Adams at the end, as well as rescuing Percy from the prison for him. I think they come off as fairly heroic, although definitely constrained by their ethnicity and social class.
In reply to: Jane 's message, "Being nearly 100% Irish myself I was a little hurt by the way we were portrayed. The way the Irish section of town was described as if it were one of the center circles of hell and the family holding on to the corpse so they could keep collecting money for an extended drunk. Even the soldiers under John's command, the O'Higgins brothers, were thieves and plotters, makes it out to appear there isn't an honest Irishman to be found, till Father Kenneth in F.C. (because even the Priest that was mentioned in BOTB we're to assume helped the O'Higgins to find a body to use to replace Percy) It wouldn't bother me so much if so MANY people didn't hold on to those old stereotypes of us as intemperate, anything for a buck, religious fanatics. I shouldn't be so sensitive I know, this was a funny bit, but I do hope if there are more Irishmen portrayed in the next book at least one is a decent human being." on 06:40:57 12/01/07 Sat

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