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"‘Tis is the ending that Angela's Ashes required and the reader learns that some of Frank's parent's problems have come home to roost. Despite his ability to succeed in America, Frank finds himself trapped in dysfunctional relationships and making several alcohol-induced blunders. Frank's observations/experiences about America/Education in the 50's, 60's, and into the 70's seem very fresh through his Irish eyes (2 holes in the snow they may be). With this, ‘Tis takes on a more historical/documentary feel rather than a personal memoir. My wife felt that Frank whined a bit in ‘Tis and I'd agree that some of the later chapters about his teaching experiences contain some unnecessary tangents. You are left with Frank McCourt's bitter/sweet feelings on the death of Angela in New York and finally Malachy Sr. in Belfast."
James P. Crowley, Resident Scholar
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"The scenes, feelings, emotions were all very descriptive and the events were described with great interest.
Once I started reading 'Tis, I could not stop reading until the end."
Al Hewitt, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- teacher
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- Irish
Gender/Class story?
- immigrant story
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Kind of living:
- general poverty story
Family, hate
Yes
Struggle with:
- Father
- Wife
Family, love
Yes
Special relationship with
- mother
If this is a culture clash:
- visiting a different culture
- minority culture living in majority area
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
How sensitive is this person?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
- physically sick
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- deluded
- eccentric
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 (a good amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- Ireland
- Germany
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- sewers/subways
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
- thoughtful
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- puns
- eccentric personalities
- Dry-cynical
- slapstick
- satire
- sarcastic/sardonic
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- impregnation/reproduction
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- actual description of hetero sex
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
- love/sex
- decency
- selfishness
- capitalism
- war
- wicked men
- wicked women
- dying
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
- story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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