This blog post is in response to the first blog prompt listed on the rubric. Chapter one of Angela's Ashes. When I first skimmed through the book, I was assuming that the person writing it, or the point of view was a female. I was shocked and almost appalled that after reading a few pages the book is really from the perspective of a young boy named Frank. Judging by the length of the book, I think that it is going to be boring. I do however enjoy the way in which the narrator describes each member of his family, and how he is ashamed of his own heritage. It is almost as if he shuns his family for being the race and class that they are. The book then begins to introduce the mother, Angela, who I assume is the main topic of this book, and her journey from Ireland to America. I like how the book is very narrative, as well as descriptive, I feel as if I hear Frank's voice when I really get into reading.
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