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Angela

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             However, an effective storyline that is not delivered well may just fall flat. In Angela's Ashes the storyline is further enhanced by McCourt's style of writing which is different from any other book I have read. He includes a lot of dialogue in his writing but uses little punctuation. His language is colloquial and his sentences short. All these devices give an effect as if McCourt is actually telling us the story. There is also an absence of sentimentality and he presents his story in a very direct and matter-of-fact way as is evident in the beginning two paragraphs where he writes, .
             "My father and mother should have stayed in New York When I look back at my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.".
             This directness challenges the reader and prevents reader complacency, which ensures that Mc. Court has an attentive audience. Such a distinctive style of writing certainly contributed to the success of the book. .
             Characters of a book are always important elements that can encourage certain responses from the reader. Mc. Court has painstakingly developed various facets of the characters to make us identify and relate to them on a more personal level. Dialogue is very important in shaping a character's personality and is used widely. Different accents of the different characters in the book make them seem more believable and create a better understanding of the characters. For example, all the Irish characters use "tis instead of is, "oul instead of foul and "fag" instead of cigarette. On the other hand, the American accent that is entirely different from the Irish is conveyed through the use of "pawty" instead of party and "Fawder" instead of Father. A character's physique also allows us to determine what a character is like.


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