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ANGELA'S ASHES

ANGELA'S ASHES

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is, truly, an amazing novel!
Review: I'm 17 years old and I had to read this book for summer reading for school. It was one week 'till school started and I decided to read the book and not see the movie so I can feel good that I read it. I thought it was gonna be very boring (the reason to see the movie instead to get credit), but I was dead wrong! I found myself wanting to read it when I was out places, and I even stopped playing video games just to read it. It's a very good book and also sad and weird humor in it that will have you chuckling. I can't wait to see the movie. I recommend this book!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: My Friend, Frankie McCourt
Review: After having read this Frank McCourt's incredible story, I honestly feel like I know little Frankie, like he has confided in me. The careful, thorough (but not overdone) detailing in this memoir is superb.

The situation traces young Francis McCourt and his brothers living in poverish Ireland during the 1940's. Frank chronicles his entire childhood..the hunger, the loss of the his innocence, school, and the camraderie between the McCourt brothers. The brotherhood is incredibly amusing and the highlight of the book.

This book is great. The vividness that Frank uses to describe his own history is amazingly entertaining. If you appreciate character depth and human emotions, this a great book for you.

The most astounding aspect is how Mr. McCourt is able to describe himself prior to his loss of innocence and convey the innocence within the diatribe.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A life in Ireland
Review: The book talked about life in Ireland for the very poor. I enjoyed his memories with sadness and laughter.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Memoir that Touches Your Heart
Review: ANGELA'S ASHES covers author Frank McCourt's life as a child. He has vivid memories that start as early as the age of four or five.

McCourt is born in Brooklyn, New York. His father is an alcoholic and can't hold a job or support his family. They return to live in Ireland where his father eventually abandons the family. Some of McCourt's siblings die. He faces hunger, illness, death and homelessness. The family is so poor that they live without the basic necessities that many people take for granted. Yet, they are always kind to others (humans and animals) less fortunate. When McCourt is 19, he returns to New York City.

McCourt describes a lot of touching scenes, like the time his little brother, Michael, brings home a blind greyhound. Michael sacrifices his supper (bread) to the dog and lets it sleep in the bed that all the children share. Later they find the dog dead. His brother is so upset that their mother allows them to stay home from school so that they can have a funeral.

Chapter Four is my favorite chapter, where the author describes his experiences in an Irish school - the strict teachers, learning the catechism, his first communion, his first confession, his confirmation, giving his first collection, and watching movies starring James Cagney.

McCourt tells his remarkable story, many times with humor.

ANGELA'S ASHES is a reminder of the many children in this world who have to grow up in poverty. Some of those children survive and others don't. I'm glad that McCourt survived and has shared his touching story with us.

Fafa Demasio

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Of course you should read it
Review: Angela's Ashes reads like a novel. Yes, it really is all of those wonderful things that you've heard about it, but mostly it's entertaining and engaging. McCourt makes the sad and heartbreaking aspects palatable by tempering his narration with warmth and humor, but without diluting any of the harshness. Yes, you must read this book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Read
Review: This is an amazing story told through the eyes of a child. Frank McCourt uses his humor very wisely to portray the struggle of an immigrant Irish family. Children tell the best stories and that is exactly what the author accomplished. A life story told from a young boys point of view. I could not put this book down.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Angela's Ashes
Review: 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.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Angela's Ashes; Basis for cultural diversity
Review: 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.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Angela's Ashes: Basis for Cultural Diversity
Review: 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.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Ashes
Review: 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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