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Frank McCourt: The Irish Man Who Became the Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author

Frank McCourt: The Irish Man Who Became the Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author. By: Hannah Choi, Joseph Kim, Lisa Kim. Who is he?. born in Brooklyn, New York(1930)<-Irish Mother, three brothers Moved to Limerick(4yo)<-city in Ireland Educated as child Lived with mother’s old relatives

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Frank McCourt: The Irish Man Who Became the Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author

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  1. Frank McCourt: The Irish Man Who Became the Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author By: Hannah Choi, Joseph Kim, Lisa Kim

  2. Who is he? • born in Brooklyn, New York(1930)<-Irish • Mother, three brothers • Moved to Limerick(4yo)<-city in Ireland • Educated as child • Lived with mother’s old relatives • Quit school at age of 13 • 19: returned to America • Earned degree from New York University • Received masters degree in Brooklyn College in 1958

  3. Who is He? Part II • Became English teacher in Staten Island<-New York at McKee High School and Stuyvesant High School<--joined American Federation of Teachers • Continued teaching career for 30 years • Retired in 1987 • 1997 - Pulitzer Prize • 1996 - Angela’s Ashes • 1999 - ‘tis • 1996 - national Book Critics Circle Award

  4. Who is he? Part III • Father an alcoholic • Lived out of fear(school masters, churches, lives) • considers himself as an Irish Catholic • Religion(his point of view)<-downfall and main obstacle in the lives of the Iris

  5. Books • Angela’s Ashes (1996) • ‘Tis (1999) • Teacher Man (2005) • Angela and the Baby Jesus (2007) • My lucky Charms And Me (2008)

  6. Angela’s Ashes

  7. Angela’s Ashes Synopsis I • During 1930s – 40s • It takes place in Limerick, Ireland • World War II • About McCourt’s childhood and adolescence

  8. Angela’s Ashes Synopsis II • Moves back to Limerick, Ireland • His twin brothers, Michael and Alphie, are born • They die after a year later • His father wastes money on drinking alcohol • During World War II, the father finally gains employment in England • He does not send the money to the family often, so the family had to make money for themselves and not depending on Malachy

  9. Continue • At the age of 11, the father leaves the family • Angela asks help from the Church • Frank drops out of school at the age of thirteen and starts working in Post office • He starts to hate his father, his poverty and the church • In the end, at the age of nineteen, he moves back to New York, USA

  10. Works Cited • "Angela's Ashes: Introduction." Nonfiction Classics for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1998. eNotes.com. January 2006. 28 October 2008. <http://www.enotes.com/angelas-ashes/introduction>. • “Frank McCourt.” Answers.com. Wiki Anwers. 28 Oct. 2008 <http://www.answers.com/topic/frank-mccourt>.

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