Blog Post #4

1) "Other nights when I have hair on my head and no money i can walk around Manhattan. I don't mind that one bit because the streets are always lively as any film at the Sixty-eighth Street Playhouse. There's always a fire engine screaming around a corner or an ambulance or a police car and sometimes they come screaming together and you know there's a fire. People always watch for the fire engine to slow down and that tells you what block to go to and where to look for smoke and flames. If someone is at a window ready to jump that makes it more exciting. The ambulance will wait with flashing lights and cops will tell everyone move back." pg 51
Although this quote is early on in the book it is significant beacuse it shows the reader how Frank looks at New York. It gives us insight into what his daily life consists of and how he ets enjoyment out of it.

2) I think Frank would fare well enough in our world today. He has proven that he is very adaptable to different situations. From living in Ireland to living in New York to being drafted into the war and serving in Germany. I think the new techonolgical developments would baffle him and make him confused, but eventually he would catch on. He has lived a life of enormous pressure that I don't think that I would be able to handle. He would do very well in my shoes because my only job is to go to school and he would probably love that.

Blog Post #3

             The book I am reading, 'Tis, directly relates to Frank's earlier book, Angela's Ashes. It takes place in NYC, where he was born and spent the first 3 to 4 years of his life. This book relates to movies about immigrants coming to America and being awed by New York City. Although Frank is orignally from New York he has a completely new perspective on it now. He is living in a different area and has to work to support himself as well as his mother and brothes back in Ireland. This book relates further to "Angela's Ashes" because by the end of that book he is working to support himself and supporting his family. His father has not been in the picture for a long time now. I think Frank is trying to show the relationship he has with his family and even though it is difficult for him to get by. Another theme that is apparent in "Angela's Ashes" and "'Tis" the idea of always being subordinate to someone. In Ireland Frank is not able to think and speak freely because people are always there to yell at him. In America he realizes that he has always had to answer to someone and when he moves out of his appartment, owner by Mrs. Austin, he is completely free. "'Tis" shares many of the same themes with "Angela's Ashes".

Blog Post #2

Through much of the story so far Frank's boss, Mr. Carey has played apart. Some readers may dislike him, but I like him because he tells Frank how it really is in America. He tells Frank that if he doesn't do his job correctly he will be fired. "The last guy on this job was fired for talking to college girls". If Mr. Carey found $100 on the ground he would probably take it because its America, finders keepers losers weepers. This is a photo of the Biltmore Hotel where Frank first started working in New York City. It also is the place where he gets his first taste of the "classless" American society.

Blog Post #1

         I chose to read 'Tis by Frank McCourt for a few reasons. In class we just read Angela's Ashes a prequel to 'Tis. I really enjoyed Angela's Ashes because I had never read a memoir before or anything about a poor Irish childhood. at the end of that book I wanted to read more about Frank's life and lucky for my he wrote 'Tis. Mr. Costello recommended I read this book because I couldn't find a book that I wanted to read. I have started 'Tis and it has been very enjoyable so far and I don't think that it will get boring. Even just from reading Angela's Ashes I want to read more memoirs.