Blog Assignment # 4

In Frank Mccourts memoir, Angela's Ashes, his sense of style is very descriptive and gives off an understanding of the persons character. This memoir is from the child's point of view but it touches more on how the child views the mother (Angela) and her emotions. The story is about a poor family who's living conditions are at its worst. As the family tries to deal with it the child starts to notice that the mother is becoming more & more livid and unhappy with her life and her husband.

In the beginning of the story, when the family first moved into their new home they found out the hidden secret of living in that house. They shared the lavatory with everyone else in there lane. Angela's reaction to this was the first sign of her unhappiness. " Mam comes back to her chair and her tea. We can't stay here, she says. That lavatory will kill us with all diseases."
The second sentence that shows a sign of Angela's emotions changing is when she says "Mam says, I don't know. It's your blood and tis a sad thing when a man can't even drive a nail straight." This is showing how tired she is becoming of her husband. He isn't the man she thought he was he looks weak and unable to provide for his family.
"Bed,bed,bed. What's the use of going to bed? If I go to bed I'll only have to get up again and I can't sleep in a place where there's a river sending poison to us in mist and fog." This sentence explains that she is getting tired of living the same life day after day. This story is a bit mind blowing because you would expect a wife to stand by her husband through the problems but you would expect the husband to try harder to prove his husbandly duties.