Angela's Ashes

The book “Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt is a memoir told by a boy named Francis. The book starts off with Francis as a three year old. This little boy had to go through many things in his life. He has had to go through things that not many three year olds have gone through. He was the first of five children. He was always expected to act more mature than his age. He has had to go through poverty. His father was a drunkie and he always drank all of the work wages. He almost never brought money home. Francis was a very strong kid.

Francis was a strong kid, he went through many hard things yet he still succeeded in life. He was expected to act older than his age and he still went through with it. He was very smart. Since he was the oldest of five children he was always left to take care of them. The memoir states, “Malachy and I take them to the playground”. This shows that not only him but even his younger brother is expected to act older than his age. They have to take their two baby brothers to the playground and care for them. They have to give them food and change their diapers. At this time Francis is four and his younger brother Malachy is three. Changing diapers and taking care of two babies are very big responsibilities for those ages.

Francis was also a very strong kid because he went through poverty yet again, he still succeeded. Sometimes, he, his mother, and siblings were left with no food at all. They were left like this because their father would drink all of the money and there would be none left for them. The memoir states, “She sits at the kitchen table talking to herself, What am I going to do? till it’s late and Dad rolls up the stairs singing Roddy McCorley.” This shows that, that night the father didn’t come home until the middle of the night singing and drunk. He didn’t bring home any money. The memoir also states, “I wish I had something to eat but there’s nothing in the icebox but cabbage leaves floating in the melted ice.” Poor Francis was left with nothing to eat.

In conclusion, Francis was a really strong kid and he went through many hard things in his life. Even though there were so many obstacles in his life he still succeeded. He always looked at the bright side of things.

Summer Reading Book Response

The book, "Money Hungry", by Sharon G. Flake is about a girl named Raspberry that lives in the projects with her mom. Raspberry has had to go through many hard things in her life. She knows what she needs and she's a very clever girl. Raspberry is very money hungry and she would do anything to get her hands on money. She thinks that money is the solution to everything.

Raspberry is very money hungry and thinks that money is the solution to everything. She thinks this because she used to live in the streets. She has had to go through so many things in her life and she is only thirteen years old. She knows that with money she would be able to have a normal life. Have a normal house and be happy like a normal person. That is why she would do anything to get her hands on some money. Raspberry also wants her mother to be happy. For example, in the the book she says "So every night, when we lived in the van she [her mother] would sit in the driver's seat, look up at the stars, and tell me how things was gonna be. ' One day', she'd say, 'we gonna have our own place. With a family room, and a fire place'." Raspberry wanted her mom to be happy and get what she wanted. She knew that the more money she raised then the more she could give to her mom and live a better life. Raspberry is also money hungry because, she was once told something from and old man. She was told, "Money won't never do you wrong" . When she was told this she would never get it out of her head. She would try even harder to make more money.

In conclusion, the book "Money Hungry", by Sharon G. Flake is about Rasberry and her obssesiveness towards money. She has many motives to make money but she just over reacts whenever she has a chance to make money. She has had lots of hard things in her life but she never gave up.