‘Ashes of Roses’ Review
Ashes of Roses is the name of the book I read for my lit circle group. If you were Irish living in the year of 1911, would you be able to deal with moving from your safe home of Limerick, Ireland to the “Golden Paved” streets of New York? That is what we discover in this book about Rose Nolan and her family trying to make a living in America. People called it the Land of opportunity. Rose Nolan is sixteen years old, Irish, and wants to start a new life. I highly recommend this book to both girls and boys.
Firstly, this book does not revolve around what gender you are. It is strictly about a young girl and her family trying to make a better life for themselves, but of course many problems occur. It teaches you all that you should be thankful for that we have today. Some of the problems you here about in this book may not seem like a big deal now, but in 1911 they were. Ashes of Roses teaches you that we should be grateful for all of the new technology and information today that would have made life back then so much easier for everyone. Not just because they would be smarter, but because there could be quicker ways to solve problems, like a fire, which occurs in a story
This book also teaches you history. In this story you learn about one of the biggest and most traumatizing factory fires in history. About 146 workers died that day. This is also a way that the knowledge we have today would help us. Like with fire trucks. They did not have fire trucks back then like we have today. Maybe that would have helped save more lives that day. Ashes of Roses is based on a real event that happened at one point in time, and it was a very interesting to learn about.
A surprising thing this book teaches is you is that you can’t believe everything you hear. Rose Nolan and her family went there expecting it to be this land of opportunity with the streets paved of gold. It was far from that. People tried to steal their luggage, they were very rude, and the streets were not paved with gold. They were quite disappointed and completely miserable. It was absurd how much people exaggerated. Utterly absurd.
Do they end up staying? Or do they go back? If you were them what would you do? Just try to think about what it was like in 1911, especially if you were girl. Men did not really respect you, and took you for granted. Aren’t you glad that some people finally stood up and we ended up were we are today? Again, I do highly recommend this book to both boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 14.
Ashes of Roses is the name of the book I read for my lit circle group. If you were Irish living in the year of 1911, would you be able to deal with moving from your safe home of Limerick, Ireland to the “Golden Paved” streets of New York? That is what we discover in this book about Rose Nolan and her family trying to make a living in America. People called it the Land of opportunity. Rose Nolan is sixteen years old, Irish, and wants to start a new life. I highly recommend this book to both girls and boys.
Firstly, this book does not revolve around what gender you are. It is strictly about a young girl and her family trying to make a better life for themselves, but of course many problems occur. It teaches you all that you should be thankful for that we have today. Some of the problems you here about in this book may not seem like a big deal now, but in 1911 they were. Ashes of Roses teaches you that we should be grateful for all of the new technology and information today that would have made life back then so much easier for everyone. Not just because they would be smarter, but because there could be quicker ways to solve problems, like a fire, which occurs in a story
This book also teaches you history. In this story you learn about one of the biggest and most traumatizing factory fires in history. About 146 workers died that day. This is also a way that the knowledge we have today would help us. Like with fire trucks. They did not have fire trucks back then like we have today. Maybe that would have helped save more lives that day. Ashes of Roses is based on a real event that happened at one point in time, and it was a very interesting to learn about.
A surprising thing this book teaches is you is that you can’t believe everything you hear. Rose Nolan and her family went there expecting it to be this land of opportunity with the streets paved of gold. It was far from that. People tried to steal their luggage, they were very rude, and the streets were not paved with gold. They were quite disappointed and completely miserable. It was absurd how much people exaggerated. Utterly absurd.
Do they end up staying? Or do they go back? If you were them what would you do? Just try to think about what it was like in 1911, especially if you were girl. Men did not really respect you, and took you for granted. Aren’t you glad that some people finally stood up and we ended up were we are today? Again, I do highly recommend this book to both boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 14.
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