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Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir

Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir . Frank McCourt. The Author. Born in Brooklyn, USA; grew up in Limerick, Ireland; moved back to USA when adult Taught writing at public high school in Stuyvesant, NYC Waited until he was in his 60s to write about his childhood

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Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir

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  1. Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir • Frank McCourt

  2. The Author • Born in Brooklyn, USA; grew up in Limerick, Ireland; moved back to USA when adult • Taught writing at public high school in Stuyvesant, NYC • Waited until he was in his 60s to write about his childhood • Speaks about troubled childhood with objectivity - not bitter

  3. The Story • Won a Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics’ Circle Award, spent 117 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list • Memoir (from Latin memoria) : autobiography about events, people and situations that shaped the author’s life • Dialect: English, Irish and American • POV: 1st person

  4. Tone: humorous, self-effacing (modest) • Tense: present - as though events are happening for the first time • Setting: Brooklyn, USA and Limerick, Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s • Protagonist: Frank McCourt (author)

  5. Themes • Class limitations: • People tend to judge and make assumptions about the lower-class • Those in lower-class strive to prove they are worthy • Is (or was) America a “classless” society?

  6. Hunger • Frank’s family never has enough to eat • Hunger becomes almost like a character in the story • Hunger is tied to feelings of self-worth, freedom, pride

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