Oh, My Literature Review on Angela's Ashes Not The DNA Binding Studies. Great!

I am not a good reviewer. The way I tell stories to other people using my gifted high pitch vocal sometimes confuses people, that I've to repeat again sometimes. I have scattered mind and energy. So I get restless at times. Are you boverred? Ha ha ha

Husna asked me if I am free, not in my cell culture lab, not doing anything,I would spare my time writing a review on of  our favourite writer, the late Frank Mc Court.

Frank's writing .

The way he wrote his story is different than in other book  I read before. He wrote exactly, how each people from different ethnics pronounce english words differently, and when you read them, you can get the picture as if you're communicating with a real italian or a real irish with strong brogue accent. More over, you're from different continent and never encounter these kind of nationalities.

In " 'Tis ", the second book he wrote after Angela Ashes, there's a few essay inside a story. It's as if there are layers of stories. These stories are short but they're the compliment of Angela's Ashes stories, you will understand the stories more when you read Angela's Ashes first.

Ha Ha Ha, you can find that in his book to express laughing. 

There's a song in a book, there's a poetry in a book, there's a story inside a story, there's a life in this book; Angela's Ashes.

On the book, Angela's Ashes ( and a few notes on 'Tis).

Frank's stories were not just a stories of childhood lived in poverty, where Protestants is not in good relationship with the Catholics, where most people lives in poor conditions, where faith in God is very important, where most children go to religious school, where the British was the master of Ireland,and  where some of them have to line up at the St. Vincent de Paul Society to get some docket to make sure they  be alive in the next day. 

In Angela's Ashes you could see , that his father is a loving and caring father, and a patriotic too. However, he got drinking problem and he got he's own ego. Her mom was a lovely woman, who loves to sing and a very couragous woman. She didn't mind to ask for charity for the sake of her kids and she is very patrotic too. 

Both of them came from different part of Ireland, with each family have their own sceptic perseptions towards others as Frank's father came from the northern part. 

As I read this book, I realized that Frank sometimes wish other people to be his father. If you continue reading in the second book, "'Tis" you will meet few people who have he respect them as his father be it african american or white.

Despite that Frank and his family lived in poverty in Limerick but still you could feel that there a love everywhere in that family and creative imaginations to live up their life. 

On  religion and language.

I always fancy Ireland since I was small even though I don't know why. Was it because I watched so many cartoon showing the green fella with top green hat? Hmm..still I don't know why.

Some readers find that there're similarities between  Irish and Malay. I wonder why, is it because it seems that the man loves to keep their feeling to themselves? For example, when you want to express that you love your mom and dad but too afraid to let it out. To express that feeling make you feel so shy. You just dunno how to show them you care and you love them. Hmm..

The thing that I could find the similarity is the language. When the British conquered a nation, don't you think , bit by bit our mother tongue or in the Malay case, Jawi is on the brink of extinction?

Besides the language factor, I think the similarities between these two nations are when it comes to the self esteem matter and religious value. From his story, he seemed to have a very self esteem but he built it up later in life. Some Malay have poor self esteem too, cause some of us always think others are more better than us. 

The Malays always put religion, Islam on top of everything. Religion first, then comes culture. If the culture is agaisnt Islamic teaching, then the culture will be abandoned. Jawi is the prove of the Islamization of the Malays. Same case with the Irish as Frank narrated in his stories.

On Politic

 

The songs of Kevin Barry, Cu Chulain, and Roddy McCorley (Rodaí Mac Corlaí) , the Irish heroes in that book make me stuck with the Dubliners. Throughout Angela's Ashes, you can find lyrics of Kevin Barry, Roddy McCorley and few Irish folk songs and poetry.

These songs are not jut a folk songs, they are a patrotic manifestations of Irish people towards Ireland.

Conclusion

At some point of  Angela's Ashes, you will cry and you will laugh. The first page of his book already made me laughed and I can't stop reading from the beginning hoping to find some laughters in his book. And yes, he never failed to do so.

It doesn't matter what others think about his book and his ideology,  whether he's a secular or not. It's his life story that matters, his motivation, the strive of him to overcome his own timidity.
"Do what ever you want to do. Get it out of your sistem, you'll be happy when you die cause you've done the thing you wanted to do the most"- this is some of his words that I remember (not the exact word ) when I read his interview on the last pages of " ' Tis" at Borders few days ago. (yes, I have short term memory).

Go and read and enjoy all of his writings.
excuse my english today, cause while I am writing this post, my mind is devided between Ames test and Angela's Ashes. By the way, Husna, I borrowed again both of his book from the library hehe.
ps:/ some of the pics above I googled last month, sorry no link. Will update the link later,insyaAllah. and excuse my english! (as always)

The Dubliners - Roddy Mccorley