The Characters Frank McCourt, the narrator of Angela's Ashes, seems to be a very strange fellow. He spends much of his day dreaming about what it would be like to be rich and have a father who does not drink the dole money away every week. He plays with his little brothers and makes them laugh when they are too hungry to play anymore. Frank even steals food from the stores and people's doorsteps to …showed first 75 words of 1211 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1211 total…who is an alcoholic and brings home no money at all. One thing that is different between Frank and Pip is the benefactor issue. Pip was "adopted" by a rich man and given a gentleman's life in London. Frank had to work for all that he was given in life. Frank McCourt and Pip Pirrip are similar in the households that they were raised in, but are different in the ways that they achieved fortune.