Angela's Ashes Internal Conflict
Synopsis:
Angela's Ashes is about the struggle of Frank McCourt childhood through the Great Depression. Frank McCourt mother, Angela struggled to feed her family of sons while her husband Malachy spends all of the money on alcohol and he does not help his family that is going through starvation. Frank was forced to grow up and take the primary role of the family. The McCourt family went through a lot of things like death, family issues, poverty, finding a job and looking for food to eat. Frank McCourt dream was to go back to America and get out of Ireland.
Protagonist/Antagonist:
The protagonist in Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt, who is the narrator and author of Angela's Ashes. The antagonist of Angela's Ashes is Malachy McCourt Sr., …show more content…
The internal conflict is that Malachy uses all of the family income to continue to drink alcohol. The external conflict is the death of Angela, daughter and the death of her two sons, which was caused by Malachy drinking problems. If Malachy would not have become an alcoholic the McCourt family life would have be different from the way it was before.
Major Theme:
The major theme of Angela's Ashes is poverty. Poverty is a major theme of Angela's Ashes because poverty was what caused the McCourt family to not find peace. Poverty did not allow the family to have proper food so they were usually hungry. Malachy McCourt was the one that caused the McCourt family to become poor, because he would use the family income to buy alcohol.
Foreshadowing:
Some foreshadowing events in Angela's Ashes are that the death of Frank's baby sister and his mother's reaction foreshadows Eugene and Oliver's deaths they are Frank's twin brothers. The word ashes represent Angela's cigarette ashes that show her crumbling hopes with her situations and the weak and dark feel to the
Angela's Ashes is about the struggle of Frank McCourt childhood through the Great Depression. Frank McCourt mother, Angela struggled to feed her family of sons while her husband Malachy spends all of the money on alcohol and he does not help his family that is going through starvation. Frank was forced to grow up and take the primary role of the family. The McCourt family went through a lot of things like death, family issues, poverty, finding a job and looking for food to eat. Frank McCourt dream was to go back to America and get out of Ireland.
Protagonist/Antagonist:
The protagonist in Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt, who is the narrator and author of Angela's Ashes. The antagonist of Angela's Ashes is Malachy McCourt Sr., …show more content…
The internal conflict is that Malachy uses all of the family income to continue to drink alcohol. The external conflict is the death of Angela, daughter and the death of her two sons, which was caused by Malachy drinking problems. If Malachy would not have become an alcoholic the McCourt family life would have be different from the way it was before.
Major Theme:
The major theme of Angela's Ashes is poverty. Poverty is a major theme of Angela's Ashes because poverty was what caused the McCourt family to not find peace. Poverty did not allow the family to have proper food so they were usually hungry. Malachy McCourt was the one that caused the McCourt family to become poor, because he would use the family income to buy alcohol.
Foreshadowing:
Some foreshadowing events in Angela's Ashes are that the death of Frank's baby sister and his mother's reaction foreshadows Eugene and Oliver's deaths they are Frank's twin brothers. The word ashes represent Angela's cigarette ashes that show her crumbling hopes with her situations and the weak and dark feel to the