Homeless on Campus Homelessness is one of the social issues that have been a problem in America and other countries for many years. As years go on, it has gotten worse. Sometimes, people get the wrong definition of what homeless really means. The true definition of being homeless is not the lack of having a house and living on the streets. Homelessness is defined as what is known as a person or family who lacks housing or is forced to live on the streets or in a shelter.
Societies homeless are more than the title bestowed upon them. Lacking not only a home but also lacking societies’ approval and also lacking in their own self esteem that they become the ones cast off by the populace. That when one looks up poverty in the dictionary they might find that poverty is defined as, the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Which in Adam Shepard’s novel, Scratch Beginnings, he spends 70 days in Charleston’s homeless shelter where he meets a variety of people including your typical “homeless man” which by society is deemed to be described as unkempt and ragged. Although he also comes across men that he did not believe that they even existed in these types of
A gutless fucking wonder!’ When Blacky explains to his father about the storm, Bob insults him rather than swallow his pride and takes his son’s advice on board. The relationship that is shared between Blacky and his father has negatively impacted Blacky’s self-esteem so much that it has led to him not having faith in his own father and to expect no support. During the novel, the desertion that Bob shows toward his son leads Blacky to be more independent, and he learns to expect no support from his father, as he cannot rely on Bob to look after him. The grand final, and Dumby Red’s funeral are examples of when Gary seeks his father’s input,
Meursault chooses not to have any faith in the world or God, leading to his devilries. He never shows any interest in anything that happens to him, but rather just lets things happen. His lack of religious belief shows in his lack of morals. As the chaplain talks to Meursault, he is shocked to hear, “ ‘Have you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?’ ‘Yes,’ I said”(117).
These homeless people don’t want to help themselves. They rather live on the streets, beg for spare change and become not useful in our society. For these individuals being homeless is more of a lifestyle. Amazingly we would believe that these individuals would not be able to perform on a job due a physical inability, but it’s not; they choose not to. “These homeless prefer a life of no responsibility”.
A stigma is created clouding the issue. The homeless represent many sides of society. The truth is there are a tremendous amount of reasons why people become homeless. Woman who are victims of domestic violence leave their spouses and during the process end up on the street with no financial support and no where to
It’s not okay because it causes more money to be wasted towards people that shouldn’t be helped at all. The morals of these people who choose to be homeless are very questionable. Not only their morals, but their mental stability. Why would anyone in the right mind choose to be homeless? It makes no sense.
Many of these homeless individuals may have had a pre existing substance abuse problem and became homeless because family members were no longer willing to enable self-destructive behavior. In a case like this, the individual essentially chooses to be homeless instead of obtaining assistance for his or her substance abuse issues. Another example of using critical thinking to understand the cause of an issue can be made by trying to understand mental illness among the homeless population. An inference can be made that mentally ill individuals become homeless as a result of his or her inability to provide a stable environment for his or herself. This is based on the assumption that mentally ill individuals
In the essays, Bykofsky and Quindlen discusses the problems that individuals seek when the homeless surrounds the streets and deprive them from having a clean environment. In these
Willy’s reaction symbolizes his betrayal to his family, and his failure of the American dream. Willy never acknowledges his failures to others. Charley offers him a job, but he refuses because of personal pride. Accepting a job from Charley would establish personal failure. Even when asking for a raise, he lies to his boss and say’s his boys are doing well knowing they cannot provide for him.