SH+Angela's+Ashes

ECQs: Week 5
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ECQs: Week 4
Frankie is preparing for his job as a telegram boy by washing his clothes. Aggie comes in and sees he is in his grandmas dress, and she buys new clothes for him. However, he finds that he cannot start the job because he is not old enough. On his first day, he visits Mrs. Colhessy and she tells him about her family. He talks about his kindness while working. The family moves into the grandma's house with Frankie. Frankie sleeps with Theresa Carmody, but she dies and Frankie feels guilty. He almost loses his job because Mr. Harrington is crazy. He begins a job as a threatening letter writer. Then, he takes a job in distributing and counting protestant papers, rather than becoming a full-fledged telegram boy, and because of this, the ladies at the post-office humiliate him. He begins the distribution job and those who work there with them are corrupted. While working this job, he reads the magazines he distributes. He drinks his first pint and when he returns home hits his mother for being with Laman. Finally, Mrs. Finucane dies and Frankie steals some money from her and can leave for America. He also gets rid of the ledger, so no one will ever have to worry about the money they owed. On the boat, he meets a priest, they stop, and party with some girls. In the end he is happy to be in America.
 * Summary:[[image:Telegram_boy.jpeg width="480" height="364" align="right"]]**
 * Setting: **
 * Frankie is living in his dead grandmother's house.- Pg. 306
 * Henry Street: In the post office, where Frankie works as a telegram boy- Pg. 310
 * The Carmody Street: where Theresa lives- Pg.323
 * Mrs. Finucane's house: where Frankie makes extra money writing threatening letters
 * O'Connell Street, Eason and Sons Ltd.: where Frankie gets a new job- Pg. 334
 * On the Irish Oak: a boat heading to America- Pg. 362[[image:Frankie_leaving.jpeg width="293" height="286" align="right"]]


 * Discussion: **
 * Does the title of the novel, //Angela's// Ashes, make sense now that the novel has ended?
 * Yes, Whenever Angela looks at the ashes it is in times of trouble. So, Frankie could be learning from these mistakes so that he leads a better life.
 * No, when Angela would look at the ashes, Frankie never made any connections to himself. So, it is hard to say that he grows strength and learns from her mistakes.
 * What changed Frankie into the man he is?
 * His mother's hopes
 * His father leaving
 * Living with Laman
 * Being Catholic and then rejecting the Church
 * Loving someone [[image:Frank_and_Theresa.jpg width="370" height="163" align="right"]]
 * How do any of the scenes where Frankie meets Theresa impact the story?
 * The scenes with Theresa show Frankie falling in love, which greatly impacts his life. Thorough his love and Theresa's death, Frankie's disbelief in the Catholic church grows, until he can not confess and will not go to mass.


 * Connections: **
 * Guiltover-doing what shouldn't have be done, for getting a friend in trouble
 * Living alone
 * Moving to a different country
 * End of religious belief
 * Growing older
 * Doing bad things- reading what one shouldn't read, stealing money and running
 * Adults finally taking responsibility- getting a job

Week Three:
Frankie gets confirmed to the Catholic Church, but he is so sick he does not care. He begins to bleed from many places, and he is taken to the hospital. He stays there for many weeks because he has typhoid and while there, he meets a girl who tells him poems and lends him books. However, she dies, and Frankie does not hear the end of her poem. He remains in the hospital for a little while longer thereafter. Once he returns home, he begins school but is placed in the same class again. Mr.O'dea asks Frankie to write a composition and it is so well done that he is transferred to the next class. Malachy goes to work in England and never sends money to the family. Frankie gets terrible conjunctivitis and has to stay at the fever hospital. He meets Seamus, a janitor from the other hospital, who tells him the sad ending to the poem. Frankie returns home and the family can hardly support themselves. So, they go to the Dispensary and the people granting money to others tell Angela that her husband is spending all their money sleeping with other women. Then Angela becomes so sick, she can not be a mother to the boys. Thusly, Frankie steals to feed them, but they become so raggedy, adults find out. The boys begin to live with Aunt Aggie and Angela goes to the hospital.
 * ECQs: Week 3**
 * Summary:[[image:Angela_and_boys.jpg width="429" height="233" align="right"]]**


 * Setting:**
 * St. Joseph's Church for confirmation- pg.167
 * Fever Hospital where Frankie stays to recover from the typhoid fever- pg.192
 * Leamy's School- pg. 204
 * The eye ward of the City Home Hospital because Frankie has conjunctivitis- pg.228
 * The dispensary- pg.233
 * Windmill Street where Aunt Aggie lives- pg.241[[image:Malachy.jpg width="304" height="257" align="right"]]


 * Discussion:**
 * Will the father return to his family from England?
 * Yes, he loves his family
 * No, he loves irresponsibility and being able to do whatever he would like to
 * What will happen to the boys if Angela dies?
 * The boys live alone with Frankie being their guardian
 * They live with their family in Limerick, Angela's family
 * They move to Northern Ireland to live with Malachy's family
 * They find their father and live with him in England
 * They return to America


 * Connections:**
 * The film The Fall- In a hospital a man tells a girl a story, the story ends sadly, the girl is more sick then the boy, was set in the early 1900s, the nurses are nuns
 * Sickness- being in the hospital, not being able to walk, mom gets really sick, being sick on birthday
 * Family members going away due to their jobs
 * Living family members, instead of just parents

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ECQs: Week 2
Angela has a miscarriage. Then Oliver dies. They move from that apartment because the memories of Oliver dwell upon them, and Eugene was always searching for Oliver or cry about wishing to see him. So, Frankie's family live near a school in their new apartment, which Malachy and Frankie begin to attend. Soon after, Eugene dies of pneumonia, but heart ache as well. Memories of Eugene are lodged into that home, and the family decides to move again. Their new home is an actual house; however, it neighbors the lavatory of the lane, sending horrendous smells into their home. Before long, the parents of Frankie have another child. This child was supposedly found on "the seventh step to Italy," but Angela and Malachy were the one's who actually had it. This child is named Micheal. Finally, Frankie prepares for his first communion and first confession. Frankie takes confesses about learning the word "piss," but it is not a big deal. He, then, takes communion and "God" is stuck in his mouth. Then he has a special breakfast, and he hurls. His grandmother takes him confession three times after and Frankie does not get to do the Collection. Frankie gets his first job. Frankie takes a dance class. An odd boy named Fintan befriends Frankie and Paddy Colhessy. He brings them to his house one day promising lunch, but eats in front of them without sharing. They are so hungry, they miss school, and steal apples and milk. Finally, Frankie decides he will not return, going to Paddy's, who lives deeply in poverty. In the morning, the mom finds Frankie, but Frankie does not get in trouble with his mom or the school because Paddy lives so poorly.
 * Summary of page 62 to 183:[[image:Angela's_Ashes1.jpg align="right"]] **

**Setting:** [[image:dancing.jpg align="right"]]

 * The family moves from Windmill Street to Hartstonge Street because memories of Eugene swallow the room and Angela can not stand it. Pg.-78
 * The setting changes from Hartstonge Street to Roden Lane because Angela is going crazy staying where Oliver died. Pg.-91
 * Leamy's National School where Frankie is preparing for his first communion and first confession. Pg.-113
 * Dance Class
 * Quay Street- where Paddy lives

**Discussion:** [[image:drawing.png width="334" height="225" align="right"]]

 * Do you think Eugene died mostly because of Oliver's death or pneumonia?
 * How did you feel when Oliver died?
 * Can one die of a broken heart
 * Can a child who is two years old be depressed
 * What is the theme?
 * A child's behavior is influenced by their parent's
 * A child's behavior is influenced by their surroundings
 * Living in poverty makes life hard to survive

**Connections:**[[image:http://archive.lifenews.com/16prg.jpg width="260" height="75" align="right"]]
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 * Family problems- alcoholics, death
 * Looking up to people
 * Having a big family or being around many people
 * Being a new kid in a different country or being new to school- moving often
 * Being a twin
 * How girls become mothers early- modern tv shows, like 16 and Pregnant, especially focus on this
 * Hate due to religion

** Summary up to page 61: **
Frankie lives a neglected and lonely life. He parents his three brothers. His father is an alcoholic, and his mother is distressed and cries all the time. They met at a speakeasy when Angela, Frankie's mom, had first moved to New York, they soon made Frankie, were forced into marriage, and then had Malachy and the twins, Eugene and Oliver. Then, Angela has a baby girl, causing Malachy, also the name of Frankie's dad, to quit drinking. Margaret, the baby, gladdens their lives; however, she soon dies. Angela becomes so depressed that she quits caring for Frankie and his brothers and their home becomes a pigsty. Additionally, Malachy gets drunk every day and in the middle of the night makes the boys swear their lives to Ireland. Finally, others learn about this situation and Angela's family members make them move back to Ireland. In Ireland, Frankie's family has no where to rest, are moved from one place to another, are with out food, and they are without money to support them. They stay at Malachy's parents house, then the police station, Angela's mom's house, and finally, find their own apartment. Nevertheless, there are not allowed any tranquility and fleas infest the bed, which they all shared to sleep in.

**Setting:**

 * The 1930's because it talks about the Great Depression and Roosevelt- Pg. 15 and 50
 * Begins in Ireland with descriptions of the lives of Frankie's parents- pg. 1
 * Key events, Margaret's death and Frankie's violent behavior, are set in New York- pg.36
 * Ends in Ireland where Frankie's family have moved and chaos continues to rule their lives- pg.47

**Questions so far:[[image:angelas_ashes-05.jpg width="424" height="340" align="right"]]**

 * What is the theme?
 * The hardships of life, death, how life is always changing
 * Why do the women who are related to Frankie seem so unreliable, discontent, and depressed?
 * Is it just the Irish women?
 * How do the songs make the story easier to understand and set the mood for //Ange////la's Ashes//?
 * Why did the author include them?


 * Connections:**
 * Depression over death
 * Hate due to religion

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