Imagine having to run through the streets to keep warm in the February frost, while trying to get food for your mother who is sick above the bed, and your brothers are starving waiting for you to come back with bread. That is a prime example of poverty shown in one of these two stories. In "Angela's Ashes" by author Frank McCourt, poverty and perseverance is shown when he tries to find food for his family. Similarly, in "The Street", author Ann Petry describes poverty when looking for a place to live through a storm. In both Anglela's Ashes and The Street, the authors use characters, events, and setting to show the theme of overcoming struggles when dealing with poverty. In Angela's Ashes, it develops the theme of overcoming poverty by using