Angela’s Ashes Analysis
Sometimes people are born into deplorable situations. In Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, he describes his everyday life growing up and how it was hard for him as a child because of the situation he was born into. In this memoir, McCourt focuses on the fact that he grew up in poverty and how it was not the ideal living situation. However, poverty did not keep him from achieving his goal of moving to America to have a better life. Frank McCourt’s memoir, Angela’s Ashes, shows that people are born into unfortunate situations, such as poverty, and are able to turn their lives around.
Angela’s Ashes includes many themes throughout the novel. A major theme is poverty. Growing up, Frank’s family had very little to no money. Since they were so poor, they end up having to get the dole money from the government because they have no other choice. In Angela’s Ashes it says “She’s going to the …show more content…
Frank has a man vs. self conflict throughout the book because he does not have a great father figure in his life. This leaves him struggling to provide for his family at a young age by getting jobs at a young age. There is also a man vs. society conflict in Angela’s Ashes because they have little to no money. This is a great hindrance to him and his family because it makes them have a low status. Since they have little money, they tend to starve and steal food in order to survive. Which then is a man vs self conflict because they have to keep from starving even though it is very hard. Eventually the twins, Oliver and Eugene, die mostly of starvation and so does baby Margaret. Sickness is also a man vs. self conflict. Throughout the novel, Frank and his family are in and out of the hospital a lot. Due to their living situations, they are always cold and wet, making them more prone to sickness. Even though the McCourt family crossed many issues along the way, they usually found a way to fix
Sometimes people are born into deplorable situations. In Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, he describes his everyday life growing up and how it was hard for him as a child because of the situation he was born into. In this memoir, McCourt focuses on the fact that he grew up in poverty and how it was not the ideal living situation. However, poverty did not keep him from achieving his goal of moving to America to have a better life. Frank McCourt’s memoir, Angela’s Ashes, shows that people are born into unfortunate situations, such as poverty, and are able to turn their lives around.
Angela’s Ashes includes many themes throughout the novel. A major theme is poverty. Growing up, Frank’s family had very little to no money. Since they were so poor, they end up having to get the dole money from the government because they have no other choice. In Angela’s Ashes it says “She’s going to the …show more content…
Frank has a man vs. self conflict throughout the book because he does not have a great father figure in his life. This leaves him struggling to provide for his family at a young age by getting jobs at a young age. There is also a man vs. society conflict in Angela’s Ashes because they have little to no money. This is a great hindrance to him and his family because it makes them have a low status. Since they have little money, they tend to starve and steal food in order to survive. Which then is a man vs self conflict because they have to keep from starving even though it is very hard. Eventually the twins, Oliver and Eugene, die mostly of starvation and so does baby Margaret. Sickness is also a man vs. self conflict. Throughout the novel, Frank and his family are in and out of the hospital a lot. Due to their living situations, they are always cold and wet, making them more prone to sickness. Even though the McCourt family crossed many issues along the way, they usually found a way to fix