Living Conditions in Angela's Ashes

Abstract

This paper is focused on living condition and Ireland and their depiction in Angela's Ashes. The thesis includes biography of the writer, his significant works along with a short summary of the book. Living conditions are depicted from the point of view of housing, health, food, poverty, alcoholism, and unemployment. The last part of the thesis is devoted to the position of the book in Irish-American literature. This part further includes polemic on the fiction and reality, and on the gender of the book.