Poverty struck Ireland in 1845, affecting almost everyone living in the country in different ways. Many people at this time did not have much access to food or even money to live on. In chapter two of the novel "Transatlantic", McCann discusses the effects of poverty in Ireland. In the article “Great Famine” he explains how people were affected by famine and the export of goods. The novel presents different events that chronicle the tragedies of people living in poverty in 1845, but McCann did not delve into how it all started or what was really happening, which the article "Great Famine" does successfully . McCann described the effects of poverty in Ireland, which occurred in the late 1840s. Throughout the second chapter of "Transatlantic", we are presented with scenes that depict the horrible living conditions facing Ireland had to cope due to lack of food and money. The Irish had suffered from starvation because of this. One scene in the novel that highlighted the problem was when the main character, Frederick Douglass, was walking the streets of Ireland. The streets at first were clean and quiet, but as they moved on, the potholes deepened and soon staggering dirt presented itself. Piles of human waste were thrown into the gutters. At one particular point in the book, Douglas had seen a tribe of ragged boys jumping over the side of the car and in particular one boy had vivid marks along his neck and face. They were begging for money so they could eat something that day. Webb, the man in charge of Douglass, told him to watch his pockets when Douglas gave the child a penny. The fact that these children lived in the middle of paper...full of Ireland. They also experienced population growth, so many people became unemployed and hungry. The British knew that the problem in Ireland was because they were collecting crops and exporting them to Britain, but they were still reluctant to help. They implemented many new laws on all subjects, such as the Poor Law Extension Act, the Corn Law, the Wheat Law and many others. Ultimately, potato blight was cured and potatoes flourished again in Ireland after many years of famine. The Potato Famine of 1845 led to the deaths of many Irish people. In the novel he discusses the effects of poverty, in the article "Great Famine" he talks about starvation and the export of goods. After delving deeper into the poverty discussed in the book, the main reason Ireland was struggling with poverty and famine was due to the blight and its links to British exporters..