Going Back Home In Frank McCourt?s Angela?s Ashes the reasons for which Angela and her future husband left Ireland for New York were simple. Angela was sent to New York by her mother because she said Angela was worthless and there was plenty of room in America for useless people. As for Malachy, Angela?s future husband, he escaped to New York from Ireland because he had a price put on his head …showed first 75 words of 341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 341 total…to Ireland. There were hardly any jobs and the ones that were available did not pay that much. The McCourts also did not get any help from the government, nor barely any help from their family that lived there. The McCourts left New York and only made their situation worse for themselves. They should have just stayed in New York so that their children could of had at least some chance of a decent life.