Angela's Ashes

The perspective of the author changes throughout the novel as Frank comes of age. Early he is naive and immature but as he grows older he becomes more aware of things going on around him. The style of the novel doesn’t change but the context and perception of events do. Early in Frankie’s life he is very innocent and immature. He doesn’t like to hear his father tell the Cuchulain story to …

…the Catholic church, something which he has never questioned before. All these events help illustrate how Frank’s point of view change throughout his childhood. The method which McCourt displays this is very effective because its a very gradual change throughout the novel. There isn’t one moment where Frank all of a sudden becomes aware of his situation, he progressively learns as he grows and because of this it helped to enhance the novel.