Essay - Abstract Objective: Write a Three-page Book Review from a Geographical...

Abstract

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Write a three-page book review from a geographical perspective.

Methodology:

Select a book th*****t is relevant to the cultural aspect of geography.

Conclusion:

***** is a terrible be*****uty and no where is that more evident than in Frank McCourt's depiction of ***** slums of Limerick.

Report on:

McCourt, Frank. Angela's Ashes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.

McCourt, the eldest of eight children lit up the publishing world with his moving account of life at the beginning of ***** Depression in an Irish Catholic slum.

***** Ashes documents the story of ***** early life in the *****-era slums of Limerick, Ireland. Life in ***** is the backdrop for the entire book and is as critical to the story as are the characters.

An impoverished Limerick parallels McCourt's childhood as he endures near-starvation and poverty, wearing rags for diapers, scavenging bits of coal and stealing food. Limerick is depicted as a somber and bleak factory town, w*****re work is scarce. McCourt conjures up shades of Ir*****h ***** poverty among the row houses.

Irel***** is often called a terrible be*****uty and this book brings credence to that image. Limerick appears ***** be steeped in poverty and grime—far from the green roll*****g hills ***** valleys of the Irish countryside that ***** reminiscent of The Quiet Man.

***** writing style is a saving grace and he brings some lilting wit to the grim circumstances of his early childhood. Brought back ***** Brooklyn where he was born, to be raised in t***** ***** of limerick, McCourt adapted to ***** new life. Accord*****g to Tara Tosh in an article in the Ottawa Sun, "McCourt waves off *****y ill feelings those back home in Limerick, Ireland, may harbor against him for writing about his bleak childhood—a desperate existence fueled by tea, bread dipped in *****, snacks stolen from unconscious drunkards and a ferocious senses of Catholic guilt."

Limerick is presented as the quintessential city that struggles almost ***** if it was in the dark ages ***** *****'s early memories attest to that as he ***** barred from certain schools *****cause ***** his cl*****s, loses his siblings ***** sickness and his teeth fall out ***** malnutrition. Angela's Ashes chronicles ***** author's abi*****y to overcome terrible hardship and even ***** terrible odds to emerge triumphant.

The bleak reality of his ***** l*****e is further complicated by the *****tchedness of conditions in th***** depressed and poverty-ridden city. The city is really the backdrop that epi*****mizes what McCourt is go*****g through. He uses very vivid words to describe life in the row ho***** and in ***** streets. H***** mastery ***** language brings the ***** ***** ***** and makes us understand all ***** he saw and felt.

***** can ***** see his fa*****r walking t***** rainy, dirty streets, heading to the pub to drink away the family food money ***** you can feel the bone-biting cold in the cramped row house where his mo*****r sits. You can smell the stench of the toilet that is shared by the ***** street.