Comparison of Angela’s Ashes to ‘Tis

Angela’s Ashes is the story of Frank McCourt as a boy, and his difficulties living in Ireland as a young boy during the time when food was scarce and people began to starve. As a poor boy, he lived in a dilapidated, unpaved lane of houses that regularly flooded and where he shared one outdoor toilet with his family and all of his neighbors. His brothers died and he has to continue to live on even though his parents are in need of help. His life begins to get better as he gets older, even though there were many hardships. In‘Tis, his life gets better as he seeks a new life in the land of opportunity and he is only nineteen at the beginning. Although he is clueless in America and lonely, unlike in Angela’s Ashes, he is able to find a job, and later, he becomes a teacher. His life grows and he gets married to a girl he meets in college. He become an effective teacher and eventually teaches from his own mind, and not from books, showing his independence. Both of the endings have the title of each other in the end, and they are both generally sad. Between both books, they are both very sad and Frank McCourt’s life was very unfortunate early on, but his life experiences gave him the ability to write like he did. Overall, Angela’s Ashes is a better book.