Analysis of Angela
I read Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. McCourt was a Pulitzer Prize winning author in1997. He writes non-fiction based on his life. Angela's Ashes is an autobiography about hischildhood experiences. McCourt lived in Limerick, Ireland with his poor, immigrant family. Hemoved to New York City at age 19. He worked as a high school English teacher for 45 years. In 1935 it was common for Irish families to come to America; instead the McCourts wentback to Ireland. The family contained 4 children of which the author was the oldest, the mom ,and the dad. Angela's family is not happy to see them because Angela was Catholic, but shemarried a Protestant. The family goes through one tragedy after another. Angela has to getwelfare because her husband will not work. When Frank gets old enough he gets a job as atelegram boy and a collections letter writer for the towns moneylender. At age 19 he becameafraid of being like his father because most men were alcoholics in Limerick. He moved to NewYork City. The story develops mainly through flashback. It is written as if from memory. The onlydialogue is written from the authors memories. There are many plots intertwining around the story
It also shows how hard people struggle in some cases to survive day to day life. He writes about themes relevant inany society. His message is important to all people and conveys powerful ideas concerning thegrowth of people through time as they grow old. Also he became an award winning author. Four of his six siblings die before the end of thebook. It is a hard town living indestitute times. The book follows his progress into manhood. The town is a poor community that has morepeople than it does jobs. Occasionally I had to re-read an entiresection to determine which character said which line in a conversation. Frank's mother, Angela is a good motherfor the time. A special-characteristic I noticedwas the actual flowing of the book. One weakness Ifound was the way in which the author writes the dialogue. All in all this is a good book, it brings the plight of humansuffering home and has some great morals that still stand as truth today. He always seems to sense things and feeling of the people around him. in Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt because the entire book is writtenabout what he remembers from his childhood.
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