In "Angela's Ashes," by Frank McCourt, "The Sniper," by Liam O'Flaherty and "The Wind that Shakes the Barley," by Robert Dwyer Joyce, characters often face situations in which they must ... in the novel "Angela's Ashes," acts unethically in order to save himself. Frank confesses to a priest that he stole food from a drunk man. When the priest asks Frank why, Frank replies "I was hungry, Father... there was nothing in my belly"" (McCourt 184). It is clear that Frank is confessing his sins because he knows that his actions were bad. If ... he did not understand this, then Frank would not have ...

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