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Summary: Angela's Ashes
Comment: Angela's Ashes has given me a better look on poverty and how we should value the things that we
have. It would be a good book to use in senior english classes because it's so emotional and it
makes you realize how lucky you really have it.At first I thought of not even wanting to read
Angela's Ashes because it was too long, but once i started the first few chapters it had gotten too
interesting to just put down and quit.I would recommend this book to anyone just because it has a
good plot and the author just really showed me how awful he has had it to live in such poverty. It
really made me appreciate more of what I have.

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Summary: Angela's Ashes; Basis for cultural diversity
Comment: Having read this book for school, I realize that i would haver never picked it up to read out of my
own free will. But I am glad i have read it. It opened my eyes to how different lifestyles can be
between culture. The irish have suffered for so long, and I have had it so good and didnt even know
the difference. I have a warm home, clothes on my body, food in my belly, and then some. During this
time period in Ireland, children at the age of 5 or 6 could be working to help support their
families. American children at the age of 5 or 6 would just be strting school. I think this is a
great book for students at Walla Walla High School read as part of the Literature curriculum. This
book takes human emotion by the core and opens peoples eyes to all the different aspects of life.
It make people realize how much we take for granted and makes us appreciate what we are fortunate
enough to have.

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Summary: Angela's Ashes: Basis for Cultural Diversity
Comment: Having read this book, I realize i would never have picked it up and cchose to read it myselelf, But
I am glad i did. It opened my eyes to how different lifestyles can be between cultures. The Irish
have suffered for so long, and i have had so good and didn't even know it. I have a warm home,
clothes on my body, food in my belly and then some. During this time period in Ireland, children as
young as 5 or 6 could be working to help support their families whereas in America at the age of 5
or 6 children will only be starting school. I think it is a great book for seniors to read in the
World Literatue/ English class category. This book takes human emotion by the core and opens peoples
eyes to all the different aspects of life. It makes people realize how much we take for granted and
makes us appreciate what we are fortunate enough to have.

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Summary: Ashes
Comment: Angela's Ashes appeals to people of all ages, an aspect which I think has greatly affected its
popularity. When the story begins, Frankie McCourt is a young Irish-American boy traveling with his
family back to Ireland from New York City. He tells his tale of hunger in poverty stricken
Limerick, Ireland where fleas are always more plentiful than food, of never having shoes or winter
coats because his father would drink away any scarce money they could manage and of his pain in
dealing with the constant loss of siblings. However, though the tale is laiden with depressing
events, a happy tone comes through at times and you see that no matter how poor or sick the family
becomes, the family is still as strong and loving as ever. You hear Frankie mature in his
storytelling as the memories go on and as his voice is as strong and clear as any. This is a major
element to the book because it gives it a true life and character. At the start of the story Frank
is a very young child and you can tell it by how he uses language in the book. His words are
smaller and more simple and many times when talking to adults he will say that he "doesn't
understand what they meant" by something or guesses at what they mean and comes off very juvenile.
For instance the way he took his father seriously when he said that there was an angel on the
seventh step of their home. As the book then progresses you see Frank's words become more complex,
ideas more mature and his understanding of why things happen become more apparent. Also he seems to
understand the situation his family is in, namely their impoverishment. This was something that
early on in the book he is completely oblivious to.
I enjoyed this book and I think that
everyone should at least give it a try. It really made me realize how lucky I am to have a house
with a roof, a fridge full of food and clothes that haven't been patched up with tire scraps. I
think that after reading this I have a better appreciation for all I have and the family that will
always be there to support me.-NGonwa

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Summary: Angela's Ashes Review
Comment: In my High School Independent Literature class, I was given the assignment to read a multi-cultural
book and the book I chose was Angela�s Ashes, by Frank McCourt. I had heard many great things
about it and I had wanted to read it for a long time. After reading it, and reading a few of the
reviews, I agreed with every word that people said about it.
Angela�s Ashes is about
Frank McCourt�s life as a young boy growing up in a run down apartment in New York and living in
the poverty stricken society in Limerick, Ireland. Frank�s father was an extreme alcoholic and
would come home almost every night wreaking of different smells from the pub and having his boys
promise to die for Ireland. If that was not enough for young Frank to deal with, he also lost three
of his siblings to consumption. It was while living in Ireland Frank promised himself he�s move
back to America to create a better life for himself and his family.
The ideal audience for this
book is probably around the ages of fifteen years old and up. I feel that some of the actions taken
place in Frank�s book should not be read by young readers. For example, Frank would describe some
of the horrible things he witnessed or did himself which might influence younger children. Another
reason why this book is targeted more for the young adults is because of the language used. Even
when Frank was young, he would say cuss words that most adults would use. It wasn�t Frank�s
fault he began cussing at an early age, it was all he knew. He had grown up with the drinking,
smoking, and cussing all his life.
One of the most powerful literacy elements that Frank
McCourt used in his book was the technique of suspense. He continually used suspense to pull you
into his life story. Frank�s life was constantly filled with sorrow and pain and when his baby
sister died and he used suspense as a way to tell you the story behind his mother�s actions. You
never knew if Frank�s mother was going to get through the death of her daughter or not. Another
literacy element Frank used was imagery. Frank used imagery in his book to describe the �lanes of
Limerick.� Frank lived in a run down old house and he used imagery to describe the way the house
smelled, looked, and felt.
While reading this book, my emotions were going wild. I was
mad and in shock of how selfish Frank�s father was, yet at the same time I felt sorry for him. As
I mentioned before, alcoholism was a reoccurring theme in this book and from it I have learned the
true horrors behind it. Alcoholism is a disease that people cannot control. It takes time and
Frank�s father never took that time. Frank�s father spent his daily wages at the pub even before
Frank was born and the hassles of a busy day drove him to drink. When Margaret, Frank�s baby
sister, was born something inside of Frank�s father made him realize he needed to control his
drinking, but when she died, his drinking only got worse! It is because of his actions I have
learned that alcohol is never the way to get rid of your problems.
Over all, I really
enjoyed reading this book! If I were to give this book a rating, I would give it a five out of five.
It is hard to put excitement and tragedy all into one book, but Frank McCourt did it. I highly
recommend people read this book if they enjoy suspense mixed in with a little bit of comedy.

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