Because of his impoverished upbringing in New York and the lanes of Limerick, his father's abandonement of their family, and the stigma attached to his eye and dental problems, Frank McCourt's tone rightfully is often resentful, and occasionally angry or vengeful. These emotions come through in him most often in the book when he is drunk, or emotionally upset.
McCourt's tone is also confused, towards the beginning of the book. The book starts off with him as an eight-teen year old boy arriving in New York, and from there finding his way in the world. Naturally, having just arrived in an unfamiliar country and not being sure of how things work, McCourt would be confused, as anybody else would be. Throughout the book, however, his tone becomes more and more confidant and adult, and less and less angry and childish.
Another emotion McCourt "experiences", a little too frequently perhaps, is love. He is often chasing after women, and Alberta "Mike" Small, one of his girlfriends, figures prominently in his life. When he gets frustrated with women, it will show in his tone. He might start describing things with added use of swearing, or repeating things like he does when he's angry.
He also experiences a sort of fatherly love with Horace, the black man he works with at Port Warehouses. This comes through differently as well, as he speaks fondly of Horace, even saying that he wishes he'd had Horace for a father.
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