Frank chose the title Angela's Ashes because most of the story takes place around what his mother, Angela. Angela had to go through many hardships in order to keep her children alive. First, She moved to Ireland with Malachy Senior to conceive and raise four children. Little did she know how Malachy Senior would act after they got married and moved to Ireland. Second she had to deal with Malachy not being able to keep a job, her families malnutrition, her children's death, and the embarrassment that came along with it all.
Angela had to take the pain of watching Malachy lose job after job, using all the money he received at the pub, watching her two twins Oliver and Eugene McCourt die of starvation, watching herself become a beggar, and watching her children walk down the streets being laughed at because of how poor they were. She continued to look after her sons and never gave up by taking steps forward to do anything she could in order to see her son's have a life. The sad part was, in the end all her children left her for America and her husband remained irresponsibe.
Angela had to take the pain of watching Malachy lose job after job, using all the money he received at the pub, watching her two twins Oliver and Eugene McCourt die of starvation, watching herself become a beggar, and watching her children walk down the streets being laughed at because of how poor they were. She continued to look after her sons and never gave up by taking steps forward to do anything she could in order to see her son's have a life. The sad part was, in the end all her children left her for America and her husband remained irresponsibe.
If I could change the title of the book I would call it The Freedom Of Writing because writing is what freed Frank from the probable fate that laid in front of him. He gave hope to his younger brother, Malachy Junior, and was on the track to be poor and helpless for the rest of his life. He overcame that and made a living through his education of reading and writing.
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