angleas ashes

with close reference to the text you have studied discuss the central ideas which interest and engaged you.

The novel Angela?s Ashes by Frank Mc Court is about franks miserable childhood, after the death of his younger daughter frank and his family moved to Ireland, here this miserable life begins. ?Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood?

I believe Angela?s Ashes is good literature as this novel opened my mind up to new ideas.

Religion played an influencing role for people in the novel, Catholicism was more like law, it was a strict way of life.

There were so many affiliations to be accepted as a true Catholic, and to be accepted in society you had to be a true catholic. Frank was forced into religious group so that this family would fit in society. ?The Question says you have to join the confraternity so that your Mother an tell St Vincent de Paul Society and they?ll know you?re a good catholic?.

What interested me the most about Catholicism was it was heavy based on guilt. As Frank grows older more of his actions bring guilt; poverty created starvation and this caused stealing,

Angela along with other poorer people are made a mockery at the St Vincent de Paul, the men there enjoy making sure the poor know that they are getting a church handout. Not only is there prejudice against poor there is prejudice against Malachy as he is from the north, he cannot get jobs as easier as other because of this ??they hear the north of Ireland accent, the take a Limerickman instead?.

These paragraphs show why I think Angela?s is good literature, it has open my mind to those new ideas.

I think this adds to the miserable poverty life in Ireland, but impresses me how Frank doesn?t really take it hard on himself or the church, he just keeps doing his best at things and take it as it comes.

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Paddy Clohessy, Paul Society, St Vincent, Deny Frank, Angelas Ashes, Mc Court, , Holy Trinity, Irish Catholic, miserable childhood, st vincent de, vincent de paul, drinks money, miserable irish, mind ideas, true catholic, st vincent, prejudice poor, vincent de, de paul, matter difficult,