Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Angelas ashes essays

Angelas ashes essays 1. I selected this novel because my mother said it would be a great book to read. She said it gave me a good aspect that my great grandparents went through. 2. The Characters, the setting and the title were very important because it added to the effect to what the times and the theme of the whole novel were like. The characters brought good support because with out the characters support then the whole book would just be about Frank, and Im sure that would be boring. The setting brings a great background for the story to come to life, the poverty of Ireland; its an interesting subject. The Title explained how Angela had to somewhat die on the inside to keep her self-going all the time. 3. His vocabulary was all right and really wrote with an Irish accent, it was like kind of like last years novel. 4. I didnt like the type of human nature because it was harsh the way they treated their students...but it kept them on their toes. For example, they hit them with whips and slapped them. Or when frank slapped his mother when he was drunk. It wasnt right. 5. Today, we have shelters for this kind of problems and in this country we give the poor hot food and medicine if they need it. 6. The plot is Frank and how he grew up, his family life and how it affected his life afterwards. A couple reasons being, his father would most times come home drunk also sometimes he spent a lot of his time playing and spending time with his kids. He was a good father when he was sober. So in turn he knows now what good aspects of being a good father are as well. 7. A Quote that supports number three is on page 11, paragraph two. ...When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while... it describes he Irish catholic background of family. It also describes how interesting his life is by being poor, and if it were any...