Frank Mccourt Research Paper

Frank McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 19, 1930. He was the eldest of his seven siblings. His dad Malachy was an alcoholic who spent most of his time in pubs while his mom Angela was a housewife. McCourt experienced and witnessed grief at his early age. His sister Margaret, died a few weeks after she was born. McCourt’s dad was somehow improved from his selfish behavior when Margaret was alive, it’s shown on page 24-25 “ Mam tells Minnie MacAndorey, He’s in heaven over that child. He hasn’t touched a drop since she was born. I should’ve had a little girl a long time ago.”. The main cause for the family to flee from New York to Limerick was the Great Depression on top of Malachy’s (Frank’s dad) alcohol problem, the death of his little sister and his mother depression. As mentioned in the introduction the Great Depression in America made life difficult. Many people were out of

There’s no work and I wouldn’t be able to support….” “ Married is what you’re going to be, said Delia” (McCourt 7-8). When he was 19, McCourt moved back to America and joined the NYU after he served the American army in Germany during the Korean war.

Despite the fact that “Angla’s Ashes” is a true story which shows a very bitter and difficult childhood, it has humor that uplifts readers continue reading with a passion. In addition to “Angela’s Ashes,” McCourt wrote another memoir about his early years in New York called “Tis” on which he based his story on the difficulties that he encountered when he return back to America and his way to success and later about his thirty years teaching career which is called “Teacher Man” by which he showed how his teaching influence him to be a writer and story