Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Angela's Ashes

Frank's dad is pretty much an alcoholic. In his memoir, Frank writes about his memories of his dad spending the little earnings on liquor and cigarettes. Frank writes about how everyday would go throughout he week. He told of the different situations on each day depending on if money came home or a drunken father came home.
Although it is not funny to have a hard childhood filled with almost nothing, I think it is really funny about how he writes about his father. Frank writes that on days his father would come home smelling of whiskey, he would also be singing songs about dying for Ireland. These songs included two men, Rodney McCorley and Kevin Barry. That is too funny to me.
Anyway, this may sound stereotypical of me, but it seems to me that Irish people like to sing and drink. Frank's father sings and drinks a lot. His mom sings when she is happy about money being brought home.
Im starting to like this book. I cant wait to find out what happens next.

1 comment:

  1. 5/6 entries for 4/22/09

    I'm so glad that you enjoyed OWB--I'm putting on the reading list for this summer's AP class!

    If you don't continue to enjoy AA more and more, let me know. It sounds like you enjoy the Irish humor--and he is VERY Irish in his language! I loved this book, but there are pleny of others.

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