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Class Differences In America

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Class differences still exist today, but it is not how it used to be at the time of the Great Depression. Nowadays, there is equal opportunity for education and health. In the 1930th, there was a great class division between the rich and poor in America but still it was so much better compared to 1930th Ireland. McCourt’s purpose of going back to America was his idea of free opportunity. It was believed that America was the land of opportunity and we can see from “Angla’s Ashes” that it is, in fact, possible to reach what we would love to have. McCourt was told to go to America to have a better life by his teacher: “You must get out of this country, boys. Go to America, McCourt. Do you hear me?” (McCourt 338) he sees the capacity that McCourt
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