Essays on Angela's Ashes

Angela’s Ashes and The Street both deal with the theme of struggling for survival. Unlike other survival themed works these specifically focus on poor people in urban settings. McCourt and Petry both use characters, events, and settings to develop this theme in their stories. The...

In Angela’s Ashes, by Frank McCourt, and The Street, by Ann Petry, both authors center around how facing the challenges of harsh environments can require perseverance. The excerpts from Angela’s Ashes and The Street both give a glimpse into the life of an impoverished person....

While reading Angelas Ashes in my junior year of high school I thought about how life must have been for other families with low incomes during the Great Depression. Although Angelas Ashes takes place mainly in Ireland during the Potato Famine, I believe that what...

The education in 1940s Ireland was not the best in my opinion. Children in the hospital were not allowed to read any books that were for personal pleasure or even socialize with other people. I think that interaction with other humans is important. Technology was...

“Angela’s Ashes” and “The Street” are both descriptive short stories that use vivid imagery to paint a picture in your mind. The use of similes and adjectives put you in the midst of the stories and help you better understand the characters and plots. Both...

Angela’s Ashes is an absorbing memoir by Frank McCourt, a book that details his early childhood in Brooklyn, New York. However, it tends to focus more on his life in Limerick, Ireland through various anecdotes concerning the author’s young life. McCourt presents the novel as...

The Traditional Housewife Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, portrays the lives of impoverished and wealthy mothers. It shows the struggle that many mothers went through no matter their economic status. Frank’s mother being from the low end of the spectrum has many difficulties, such as taking...

Angela’s Ashes Angela’s Ashes is a novel which is memoir by author Frank McCourt, and tells the story of his childhood in Brooklyn and Ireland. This novel has won the Pulitzer’s Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1996. After reading the plot summary of Angela’s...