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Angela's Ashes - Coggle Diagram

- - - - boundries are moved with age
      - Succes can be dirty
      - When is a sin really harmful?
      - think for your own, fill your mind!
  - - - Eating the meal aunt aggie made for the protestant!
    - - Why can't we ask questions?
      - Why can't I be a man?
    - - Why did Teresa go to hell?
      - Why did Angela lose 3 children?
      - Why is god good when all of Ireland is suffering?
- - - - A clear build-up in time, one chapter follows the other in the storyline
- - - - Mostly poor lanes, in some cases the richer parts (streets)
      - River Shannon plays a big part
        
        Makes people sick and is being yelled at a lot
        
        Is loved and admired at other times, like up in the castle watching over all of Ireland
  - - - America is big and upcoming
        
        The land of opportunity
      - A lot of talk about the Great Famine, a fresh memory!
      - Independance is cherished and men who served are now the working class.
- - - - An Irishman registered as a work-seeker, after the Irish independence, the Irish had to deal with the great famine which lead Ireland to great poverty, resulting in a lot of the Irish to be 'on the dole'
    - - The Irish people living in the lanes do not have much luxury. this is again a referrance to the poverty of Ireland in the early 20th century. the only comfort an irishman/woman has is a cigarette, eventhough they know it'll kill them in the end.
    - - Symbolize all Angela's losses, including her children.
  - - - Irishmen tend to be heavy drinkers, this shows through the whole story
    - - This again and again shows that eventhough the Irish were poor and addicted to the pint, they were still as proud as they could be of the independence of their great Iredland
    - - The pride of the Irish would stand in their way to survival many times, they often were too proud to beg or carry, eventhough they were starving.
- - - - Really evolves into the person he is at the end of the memoir. You can notice the increase of maturity as the book proceeds in his way of seeing things.
        His personality develops more and more, influenced by his experiences in school, jobs, church and for example the hospital. He eventually becomes a person who is brave enough to make his own choices, and who has decided that staying in line does is not always rewarded.
    - - Very caring mother, who believes that having children and raising them is what her life's about. halfway through Angela finds herself not being able to make up for the repetitive failure to provide by her husband. This results in illness and Angela changing for good. Angela's affair with Laman is unthinkable in the first chapters of the memoir, but this is the person she became, purely because of the despair in her life.
    - - Caring, but just not able to be the man we wants to be.
        appears to find himself in different phases during the story:
        
        one where he is more sober, and up early to prepare the fire and make some tea
        
        another where he seems to have a relapse after a good period. the drinking starts again and he doesn't have attention for his family as much.
  - - - Very stable person. The odd one out due to him being dropped on the head as a kid. Doesn't mind to give shelter to whoever seeks it, but not very keen on sharing his food etc. moderately caring/loving
    - - Always there to help/care for her family
        But is also very judgy and not always very understanding.
        Really seems to be the one that holds the whole family together.
    - - Very harsh person. Can't have children and is visibly annoyed by her sister Angela having so many. this anger is also frequently projected on Angela's children.
    - - Alphie is not very broadly discussed in the memoir.
        Michael and Malachy seem to look up to their brother a lot. They are dreamers, and always manage to find something positive or laughable while they're in a miserable situation.
    - - Seems to be a very nice person. does not judge Angela's children, instead is very caring for them whenever he's in their lives. Strange thing is that he's not present in the kid's lives most of the time, even if they could use his help a lot more often.
- - - - Plays a great role during complete story. the McCourt family experiences and suffers from poverty everyday. but the problem of poverty all over Ireland is very much visible throughout the memoir.
    - - Is being discussed a lot throughout the memoir. probably also because most adults have actively experienced or even participated in the war to make Ireland a republic.
    - - Alcohol is used by almost all adults in the memoir, but also very much abused by nearly all adult men.
    - - War between protestant and catholic faith is named a lot throughout the memoir. Their faith has great influence on the lives of the people of Limerick.
  - - - not getting accepted into church or higher education because of his lack of class.