After you read the passage from Angela’s ashes and the street, write an essay in which you identify a theme that is similar in both passages and analyze how each author uses the characters, events, and settings in the passage to develop a theme. 

For your literary analysis essay: 

1. Read the passage from Angela’s ashes and the street.

2. Identify a theme that is in both passages.

3. Analyze how McCourt and Petry both use characters, events, and settings to develop theme in their stories.