1. Mr. Laird English 12A

2. Angela’s Ashes- Frank McCourt © 1996 Malachy McCourt Father N. Ireland- had to leave- price on his head Move to NYC Drank…. a lot

3. Angela Sheehan Mother Uncle Pat- Ab Sheehan-dropped on his head Moved to NYC Saw Malachy at bar = 9 months later Frankie was born & married to Malachy Forced to marry

4. Frankie Baptized. Malachy drunk & fought with priest Brother named Malachy

5. McCourt Family Four boys now (twins) & baby girl (Margaret) Dad has job = bring home money= eat Didn’t bring home money/ or self Drinks while family starves Mom & Frankie goes into bars looking for dad Loses job Frankie starts to attack brother for telling Cuchuluin story/ beats up Freddie Frankie steals bananas/ store owner gives them fruit Gives them to twins

6. McCourt Family Margaret died Dad goes to get “cigarettes” Leaves mom alone for two days Pregnant again Mrs. Leibowitz & Minnie MacAdorey feed McCourts Philomena & Delia- cursing- writes Mom’s mom Grandma Sheehan- sends money

7. II Go to Dad’s parents- eat/ sleep Can’t stay here Worse in Ireland- should have stayed in U.S Gave bus fair to Dublin- to get money from IRA Irish Republican Army

8. On bus to Dublin No record of dad’s service= no money Guard lets them sleep in jail and gives money to go to Mom’s parents Grandma, Uncle Pat, and Aunt Aggie gives money Fights w/ for two weekshusband Pa Keating Mattress has fleas Goes on the Dole (welfare) & gets help from St. Vincent de Paul Society (Quakers)

9. Mom takes kids to pick up coal off ground- dad has pride Oliver sick-to hospital-Grandma, Aunt Aggie, Uncle Pa takes care of boys Oliver dead- bury him- day later dad is at pubs all day Eugene keeps looking for Brother- lays in bed Goes to Leamy’s School Fights Masters hit them

10. Eugene still looks for Oliver Died six months later Family drinks/ mom has drugs Day of funeral- Dad goes to get dole, goes to pub, puts drinks on coffin Driver is drunk

11. III. Moves to Roden Lane 11 families- one lavatory- live next to lavatory-smell bad in summer Floods in winter- move upstairs (Italy)

12. Christmas time- pig’s head for dinner Day- pick up more coal Downstairs still a lake Brother- Michael- Angel from the 7 th step- talks to Angel St. Vincent de Paul comes Shoes fixed w/ big pieces of old bike tire- must go to school Dad- 1 st job in Limerick- never brings home wages- missed work on Sat.- lost job- back on dole

13. First Confession/ first communion Tell sins/ abolished The collection-get $ from neighbors Nora Molloy- Friend of mom’s Peter-husband- champion of pint drinker Mikey- son- reads a lot/ older Told Frankie story of Cuchulan pissing wife

14. Mr. Benson- teacher Question Quigley Paddy Clohessy- 7 oldest in class Gives raisin to Has first confession

15. Frankie late for 1 st communion Threw up Had to go to priest to see what to do Never made “The Collection” Mikey had “fit”- got Frankie in movie

16. V Mom’s family fighting Grandma rented room to Bill Galvin Frankie takes him dinner (eats it) Mom & Dad- false teeth- Malachy put them in & gets stuck Malachy goes to hospital Frankie has to get tonsils out

17. Frankie 7 years old Has to Irish Dance Skips and goes to the movies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Frankie 9 years old Dad still has no job Quigley wants Frankie to join Arch Confraternity Frankie tries to serve mass- not accepted

18. VI Mr. O’Neill teach in 4 th class Not supposed to teach Geometry

19. Mr. O’Neill gives away apple peels to the students Finton Slattery Curls hairs Likes to watch Frankie and Paddy in the bathroom Frankie and Paddy go back to eat/ no food eat applies & drink milk from cows; skip school Frankie spends night with Paddy (very poor) Paddy’s dad sick- knows Angela

20. VII Frankie 9 (Dad still drinks) Prays that Mickey Spellacy‘s sister will die during the school so they can go to the wake Mickey Spellacy dies & Frankie is glad Delivers papers with uncle pat-bad legs Reads to Mr. Timoney- in city home Made money but then lost both jobs- still tries to see Mr. Timoney Alphonsus (Alphie) new little brother

21. Dad’s dad gave $ for Alphie- dad drinks it away Frankie has to search pubs for dad Eats fish and chips from drunk Goes to confession

22. VIII Frank is 10- Confirmation soon with another “Collection” Quasimodo charges $ to have boys climb up to the spout to look at naked sisters Mikey goes up 1 st -yada yada yada-falls- needs Dr. Frank is sick (typhoid fever) after confirmation, goes to hospital Meets Patricia

23. Frank gets moved upstairs alone Patricia dies Seamus asks men in pubs to decipher poems About 22 weeks in hospital Learns to walk 5 th class again  write paper (funny/ witty)  put into 6 th class Frank loves his dad

24. Frank goes to eat Christmas dinner at hospital-eats alone-family eats pig head(again) IX Dad goes to England Supposed to make money $0.00 Frank has sores on eyes= back to hospital Sees Seamus & Mr. Timoney

25. Rumors about dad in England- drunk might get kicked out of England Family goes to dispensary-mom gets made fun of because of dad

26. X Mom is sick Frank steals bread and lemonade Then a box of goods Then coal with brothers Mom goes to hospital/ kids to Aunt Aggie Dad comes home- then leaves again Gives 1 check- no money Mom is out begging- Frank sees Very low

27. XI Frank cuts up mom’s dress for soccer team Finds out he was born about 5 months after wedding Peter “the champion of no pints at all” Frank works with Mr. Hannon delivering coal & turf (hurts his eyes) Makes money for his family Works more & more = hurts eyes more & more “Man” Can’t work= Mr. Hannon’s legs are too bad Lost yet another job

28. XII Christmas- dad comes home-late-drunk Family mad Goes again Frank wears same shirt day/ night Michael brings home dogs, old man (has lice) Frank listens to BBC outside neighbor Family late on rent Break walls & beams for fire Upstairs crashes in Landlord asks about missing room/ evicted

29. XII (continued) Lives with Laman Griffin (Angela's cousin) Sleeps in loft Mom empty chamber pot Frank at least 12 Grandma dead, Malachy joins Irish Army

30. Frank wants to use Lamon’s bike for weekend trip Must clean chamber pot/ go to lib. Reads about saints Likes to read Good at school- Mr O’ tells him to go to school with mom to Christian Brothers to continue school- then university Christian Brothers deny him 13 (almost 14) close to job as telegram boy

31. Mom sleeping with Lamon Guilty about “self-abuse”- must go to confession Lamon denies Frank bike and beats him Goes to Ab’s house

32. XIV School almost over Frank steals bread- long walk to country Kicked out of library- Chinese book- love and body Cleans clothes for new jobs- wears grandma's dress

33. New job- telegram boy- starts Monday Aunt buys him new clothes Makes first pound- feed Michael Makes tips Mom and brothers (including Malachy) live in grandma’s house Kicked off Dole- Frank no $ to save Carmody family- Theresa (consumption) & Frank have sex- often Theresa dies- Frank feels like he sent her to hell- very guilty.

34. XVI Mr. Harrington's wife dies- Frank has to escape Gets fired- drinking- steal ham Gets job back Frank writes letters for Mrs. to get $ Makes good $- saves for U.S Frank doesn’t take permanent exams- he’ll be stuck in Ireland Gets job with Mr. McCaffery-protestant paper