... also left lasting impressions on me in many different ways. The books are The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Things They Carried by Tim O"Brien and Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. I happened to read all three of these books in the last few months, and all of them shocked me with their depth, meaning and significance to my life personally. I read ... book, Angela's Ashes, had a similar effect on me on a personal level. This book is about a family struggling with poverty in Ireland. My great-grandparents moved here from Ireland, and reading Frank's personal account made me just...

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