Angela's Ashes:
I am reading the book Angela's
Ashes in my English class. And so far it is personally just okay. It isn't one
of my favorites. I like books that I can actually pick for myself. This book
just doesn’t catch my attention as much as I would like it to. The first
chapter Frank the author (it is a memoir) talks about his life in Ireland and
how he has had to move from the United States back to Ireland. He talks about
how he also hates certain things about Ireland like for example, the poverty.
Frank and his family struggle for money due to the fact that Malachy Sr.
Frank's father uses all his money on alcohol. Angela keeps getting pregnant and
having more kids. But sadly they keep dying due to poor living conditions and
lack of food. Angela has already had five kids so far. And since birth control
wasn’t relevant back then she will continue to get pregnant. Angela’s family
tells her that she should leave Malachy, but she disagrees and stays with him. Also, about the pompous priest and the bullying
schoolmasters. The teachers there do not really like Frank as much. And
throughout the rest of chapter one he just talks about how his mom Angela and
his father Malachy met and had an abundant of kids. The style of notes you
could use for this novel would be outlines and three column notes.
