I read Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. McCourt was a Pulitzer Prize winning author in
1997. He writes non-fiction based on his life. Angela's Ashes is an autobiography about his
childhood experiences. McCourt lived in Limerick, Ireland with his poor, immigrant family. He
moved 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 went
back 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 she
married a Protestant. The family goes through one tragedy after another. Angela has to get
welfare because her husband will not work. When Frank gets old enough he gets a job as a
telegram boy and a collections letter writer for the towns moneylender. At age 19 he became
afraid of being like his father because most men were alcoholics in Limerick. He moved to New
York City. The story develops mainly through flashback. It is written as if from memory. The only
dialogue is written from the authors memories. There are many plots intertwining around the story
The main character in Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt because the entire book is written
about what he remembers from his childhood. Frank McCourt is a small, scabby-kneed boy at the
beginning of the book. The book follows his progress into manhood. It explains the hardships of
depression era Ireland and the effects it has upon the shaping of the children there. Frank is a very
aware child. He always seems to sense things and feeling of the people around him. He grows and
changes throughout the whole book. He becomes more bitter toward the world and his father as
the book progresses. It is filled with his thoughts and feelings about his family and the town
around him. The town of Limerick itself is...