Things to Think About Before You Read Angela's Ashes

Our group thought that people would benefit from learning a little about growing up in Ireland in the 1940's and learning about poverty before they read Angela's Ashes.

Poverty is a big part of this book and it would be very useful to learn a little bit about it so that you can understand what Frank is going through. His dad is always drinking their money and so they spend most of the book in poverty. This clip shows a little bit about poverty in Ireland. It is from YouTube and was done by "mrdogwalker2009." I think he did a good job of showing poverty so that you could get a feeling of it before reading Angela's Ashes. I like that it's from people who have experienced poverty, and that the images show a lot about poverty.

In order to understand the book, you should know what it was like to live in Ireland in the 1940's. Here is a good link that shows you about that. I chose this website because it was from people who lived in Ireland during that time period and i think it does a good job of telling you not just a view similar to Franks, but it also shows you different views of Ireland in the 1940's