Is the setting of the story the main cause of Frank's troubles? Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt, is a story of a young boy and his family's struggle with poverty. The major conflict in the story is that Frank wants to go to America but doesn't have the money to do so. The setting is in Limerick, Ireland and is a poverty-stricken town. In Angela's Ashes, the setting in Limerick forbids Frank to go to …showed first 75 words of 540 total…

…showed last 75 words of 540 total…I'll be stuck in Limerick till I'm an old man of twenty-five." (319) This shows how much Frank wants to leave Limerick. Every bit of money that he gets to keep for himself he saves to go to America. Therefore, the setting is the cause of Frank's troubles. The lack of jobs in Limerick leads to their lack of money, which forces Frank to stay in Ireland instead of going to America and fulfilling his dream.