Ashes
Frank McCourt basically tells us that ashes are an important symbol when he decides to include the word in the title of his memoir. Ashes come to symbolize many things here. No Smoking, PleaseEven...
The Weather
Weather—it's uncontrollable, unforgivable, and unstoppable. It seems like it's always raining in Ireland "from the Feast of the Circumcision to New Year's Eve" which largely describes the settin...
Food
In Angela's Ashes a meal isn't just a meal, it's the stuff dreams are made of. Hunger—serious, aching hunger—is a constant companion throughout the memoir. Many meals in the McCourt home consi...
The River Shannon
Malachy Sr. describes the River Shannon as the scourge that plagues the lives of all those who live in Limerick. He even blames it for taking away his twin sons and calls it a "killer river," but t...