Frank McCourt

While poverty can affect a child’s life tremendously, it does not control the outcomes of a child’s life nor prevent the child from succeeding in the world. As demonstrated with the novel, Angela’s Ashes written by Frank McCourt who writes about the difficulties he endured as a child because of his poor social class status. Throughout the story, Frank gives bleak views of what is occurring, such as his family having to sleep at a police station, his family having…...

While poverty can effect a child’s life tremendously, it does not control the outcomes of a child’s life nor prevent the child from succeeding in the world. As demonstrated with the novel, Angela’s Ashes written by Frank McCourt who writes about the difficulties he endured as a child because of his poor social class status. Throughout the novel, Frank tells the story from his childhood perspective and gives bleak views of what is occurring, such as his family having to…...