Angela’s Ashes Plot Thoughts by Antonio Segura Plot Thought #1 Narration “In the playground I tell Malachy about the dog who died in the street because someone drove a ball into his mouth. Malachy shakes his head. No uck ball. Car uck kill dog. He cries because his tongue hurts and he can barely talk and it’s terrible when you can’t talk. He won’t let me... I try to get the swing going myself but all I can do is move it back and forth and I’m angry” (McCourt 21-22). This is an example of how Frank McCourt uses the first person POV as his format for narration. This makes a lot of sense, since of course this is a memoir. Another interesting thing he does with his narration is that he ages it. In this part of the story, tell his mentality …show more content…
It’s Easter Sunday and you can have all the eggs you can hold. We have tea and boxty and boiled eggs and we fall asleep. I wake up in a bed with Malachy and the twins” (McCourt 49). In Angela’s Ashes, there’s a lot of importance in eggs. For one, it’s the reminder of when something good happens, they get to eat. Eggs are a sign of wealth, and prosperity. Whenever Malachy Sr. gets a job, or the dole is actually used to benefit the family, eggs usually pop up. The concept of having an egg a week is considered common in American society, but it’s almost unimaginable for the McCourts and Frank, and just out of reach. Eggs symbolize a financial stability and a rare indulgence for the McCourts. The life that Frank wants to give to his family and to his self, but simply …show more content…
All his life he wanted to do something better for his family, he wanted to help them be happy, to get them out of the mess their father got them into. Every chance Frank gets, he tries to get money for his family. He steals food for his brothers, and even lemonade for his mother when she gets sick. He devotes himself to get jobs to get money for his mother; he tries to take over the responsibility of being the man of the house. He basically just fills the shoes of his father, and almost all the money he earns goes to his family. In this aspect, when earlier in the story when he’s compared to his father in appearance, it really goes to show how much they’re different. He’s everything good about his father, but Frank takes the responsibility of actually helping his family, even as a young