Poverty In Angela's Ashes And The Street

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Did you know nearly half of the poplulation lives on less than two dollars and fifty cents a day? Poverty is not uncommon and is a part of "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt and "The Street" by Ann Petry. In both "Angela's Ashes" and "The Street", authors use characters, events, and setting details to prove the theme of persevering through poverty. In Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes" he develops the theme that poverty requires great perseverance by using the characters, events, and settings in the story. First, McCourt uses tenacious characters such as Frank that have experienced and overcame poverty. At one point Frank wonders " should I take the whole box?" (McCourt 9). This Detail shows that he is the type of person to go great length to

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