Quote #1: That same year Alberta and I bought the Brownstone house where we' be tenants on the Parlor floor.
Significance #1: For once in Franks life it works the way he wanted to since he already started a Family. I thought that Alberta left him for good but it turns out that in the end they got married had a child and bought a house.
Character Judgment #1: I think that Frank is really getting all of his desires and most of problems are gone he hasn't had a drink in a while. I think that Frank is really tring now because he has something to work for, now that he he has a family everything will be changed for him.
Question #1: Do you think Frank will go back to drinking if he has any more problems?
Quote #2: In January 1985 my brother Alphie called to say there was sad news from our cousins in Belfast, that our father Malachy McCourt had died early that morning at the Royal Victoria Hospital. I didn't know why Alphie used the word sad .
Significance #2: I guess Frank doesn't really card about his father since his dad left him at a young age. This probably reminds him about the sad and bad memories he had in Limerick.
Character Judgment #1: I wonder if Frank would tell the truth about his dad at the funeral because mainly only his mom and brothers know about his the life his dad lead. I think it not okay for Frank to hide his feelings about his father and let them out.
Question #2: What do you think Frank will do at his father's funeral?
Monday, March 9, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Tis #5 by Frank McCourt
Quote #1: I print my name on the blackboard, Mr. McCourt. A girl from the back of the room calls out, Mister, you got a girlfriend? They all laugh again and I blush again.
Significance #1: It been a couple days since Frank started to teach there and he still hasn't got his kids under control. I wonder if he will ever lay down the law because so far it seems that the students are running the classroom. They are still blurting stuff out and making comments and they still don't get in trouble.
Character Judgment #1: I still don't blame Frank for not being a strict teacher because after all he is teaching kids that are pretty close to his age and if not maybe some are his age. I think this job would be hard because he still thinks that he isn't that great and that almost everyone in America is better than him.
Question #1: How long do you think Frank will last with this teaching job?
Quote #2: Th old-timers in the teachers cafeteria say the classroom is a battle ground, that teachers are warriors bringing the light to these darn kids who don't want to learn anything, who just want to sit on their bottoms and talk about movies and car and what they are going to do Saturday night. That's the way this country is, we offer free education and no one one wants it.
Significance #2: I think the older teachers might get to Frank about how these kids might never change. I think they are trying to get Frank to leave because the old-timers may wan the school to themselves and they might not like new people. I think that Frank will be okay since he is used to be treated poorly.
Character Judgment #2: I think that Frank might not give up on these kids and possibly turn the school around. I think that being young and a teacher might give him an advantage because he is around the students ages and he can relate to them.
Question #2: Do you think Frank might turn the school around?
Significance #1: It been a couple days since Frank started to teach there and he still hasn't got his kids under control. I wonder if he will ever lay down the law because so far it seems that the students are running the classroom. They are still blurting stuff out and making comments and they still don't get in trouble.
Character Judgment #1: I still don't blame Frank for not being a strict teacher because after all he is teaching kids that are pretty close to his age and if not maybe some are his age. I think this job would be hard because he still thinks that he isn't that great and that almost everyone in America is better than him.
Question #1: How long do you think Frank will last with this teaching job?
Quote #2: Th old-timers in the teachers cafeteria say the classroom is a battle ground, that teachers are warriors bringing the light to these darn kids who don't want to learn anything, who just want to sit on their bottoms and talk about movies and car and what they are going to do Saturday night. That's the way this country is, we offer free education and no one one wants it.
Significance #2: I think the older teachers might get to Frank about how these kids might never change. I think they are trying to get Frank to leave because the old-timers may wan the school to themselves and they might not like new people. I think that Frank will be okay since he is used to be treated poorly.
Character Judgment #2: I think that Frank might not give up on these kids and possibly turn the school around. I think that being young and a teacher might give him an advantage because he is around the students ages and he can relate to them.
Question #2: Do you think Frank might turn the school around?
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Tis #4 by Frank McCourt
Quote #1: Some times she's invited to cocktails parties. She takes me along and when I get there I'm confused with the way people stand nose to nose chatting and eating little bits of stale bread and crackers, no one singing or telling a story the way they did in Limerick, till they start loking at their watches and saying, Are you hungry? Wanna go get something to eat? and out they drift and thats what they call a party.
Significance #1: It's been a while since Frank first got to America and he's still confused about what people do in America like the party. I think Frank tries to compare and contrast the thing in America and the thing in Limerick.
Personal connection #1: I sometimes feel like Frank at some parties I've been to because all some people do is talk and when you want to play something people look at you like if you were from a different planet. That's why i don't tag along to my brother's friend party.
Question #1: do you think people might hurt Frank for being friends with Horace?
Quote #2: If my mother were here she'd be puzzled. She'd wonder why women complain. Lord above she'd say they have everything. They're warm and clean well fed and they complain about everything. My mother and the women in the slums of Limerick rarely had anything and they hardly complain. They said it was the will of god.
Significance #2: Frank is still annoyed with the fact that the decent people of America have a lot of thing and yet they complain more than the poor. Frank is still looking for a place that is nice in
America with people who are generous and hardly complain which is hard to find in the present.
Character Judgment #2: Since Frank is talkng about his mom I wonder if he has found a permanent job to sustain his family back in Limerick. I don't think he go back on his word but Malachy draft in the air force won't last forever and Frank can't just let the army keep sustaing his mom.
Question #2: what do you think Frank will do in Tiverton?
Significance #1: It's been a while since Frank first got to America and he's still confused about what people do in America like the party. I think Frank tries to compare and contrast the thing in America and the thing in Limerick.
Personal connection #1: I sometimes feel like Frank at some parties I've been to because all some people do is talk and when you want to play something people look at you like if you were from a different planet. That's why i don't tag along to my brother's friend party.
Question #1: do you think people might hurt Frank for being friends with Horace?
Quote #2: If my mother were here she'd be puzzled. She'd wonder why women complain. Lord above she'd say they have everything. They're warm and clean well fed and they complain about everything. My mother and the women in the slums of Limerick rarely had anything and they hardly complain. They said it was the will of god.
Significance #2: Frank is still annoyed with the fact that the decent people of America have a lot of thing and yet they complain more than the poor. Frank is still looking for a place that is nice in
America with people who are generous and hardly complain which is hard to find in the present.
Character Judgment #2: Since Frank is talkng about his mom I wonder if he has found a permanent job to sustain his family back in Limerick. I don't think he go back on his word but Malachy draft in the air force won't last forever and Frank can't just let the army keep sustaing his mom.
Question #2: what do you think Frank will do in Tiverton?
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