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The Idealist Frank O’Connor  Early life O‘Connor’s early life was marked by his father‘s alcoholism酗酒, indebtness and ill-treatment of his mother. OConnors childhood was shaped in part by his mother, who supplied much of the familys income because his father was unable to keep steady employment due to his drunkenness. Irish nationalism In 1918 O‘Connor joined the First Brigade 队of the Irish Republican Army and served in combat during the Irish War of Independence. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and joined the Anti-Treaty IRA爱尔兰共和军 during the Irish Civil War, working in a small propaganda unit in Cork City. Frank OConnor Born: Apr 11, 1888 Died: Nov 22, 1959 Occupation: Director, Actor, Writer Active: 20s-40s Major Genres: Drama, Crime Career Highlights: The Wrong Man Penrod, Linda First Major Screen Credit: Everything for Sale (1921) He was one of twelve thousand Anti-Treaty combatants who were interned by the government of the new Irish Free State, OConnors imprisonment being in Gormanston, County Meath between 1922 and 1923. O‘Connor was perhaps Ireland’s most complete man of letters, best known for his varied and comprehensive short stories but also for his work as a literary critic, essayist, travel writer, translator and biographer.He was also a novelist, poet and dramatist. Glossary Flog Point-blank Barrack Suck up to Snivel Short of Flinch Guile Consternation Trail one’s coat truculently 鞭打 直截了当的 军营 巴结…… 抽泣，哭诉 只要没有 畏缩 诡计 惊慌失措 故意挑衅 好斗地 Glossary Blooming Nibble Evasion At sea Gaol Impudent Dawdle Mitch Washout Sample 十足的，讨厌的 啃，咬 借口 茫然 监牢 厚颜的 游荡 （方）逃学 被淘汰的东西 样品 ABSTRACT: In Ireland, a boy at school, tries to imitate the actions of the young men he reads about in books on English schools. Telling the truth and not tattling on friends is contrary to the usual practice and somehow it does not work out. The teacher and the students do not understand what the boy is trying to accomplish so he finally goes back to or