The town council in Dijon, France, stated: “In order to care for the poor begging creatures and poor children who go shrieking at night throughout this city, we will rent at the city's cost a barn or other place to put them for the night and to care for them as well as possible.” (Document 2). Although this response may at first seem sympathetic, a closer look at words such as “creatures” and “barn” imply that many of the poor during this time were treated like animals instead of human beings. Although the attitudes towards the poor varied during this time, these actions taken toward them were mostly negative. Various personages during this time period expressed a sympathetic and positive attitude towards the poor. One of them was Vincent de Paul, a Catholic
Ishmael finds himself doing things that he never expects himself to be doing. In this story he depicts external conflicts of his environment and how it creates internal conflicts within himself. Most of the conflicts in this story are considered to be internal and mental which are a direct result of the external conflicts that are involved with his environment. “I am pushing a rusty wheelbarrow in a town where the air smells of blood and burnt flesh” (Beah Chapter 2, p. 18) These external conflicts include life in poverty, running from the soldiers, and eventually becoming a soldier himself. Life in poverty is hard enough without having to worry about a civil war in your country, let alone around the corner from your village.
When they finally are able to move back into Angela’s hometown of Limerick they live in a house that is not much better than what they left in the United States. In fact, this house is considerably worse than their home in New York. They have to share a lavatory, which is located right in front of their house and leaves a nasty odor and sometimes overflows, with their neighbors. Being in Limerick, which is a part of southern Ireland, makes finding a job even more difficult because the southern Irish hate those from the North like Frank’s father. Not only does this make finding a job next to impossible it also gets him a great deal of disrespect from the community, especially from Angela’s sister and mother.
Mrs. Milgrom and Shepsel, Janina’s uncle hate Misha because he came from the streets. Mr. Milgrom gladly accepts Misha as part of their family. When food began to get harder and harder to find, Misha found a way to the city. He could squeeze through a drainage pipe in the giant wall. During the nights, he would leave the ghetto and steal food for his family.
The family, Peter Skrzynecki and his two parents, were in transit for over two years from 1949–51 (either physically travelling, or in a migrant hostel) before they were allowed to begin their new life in Australia. The book also expounds the ongoing hardships that Skrzynecki and his parents still suffer because of their journey to Australia. Immigrant Chronicle was one of the five prescribed "Physical Journeys" texts in the compulsory New South Wales HSC English syllabus, and is now a prescribed poetry text for "Area of Study: Belonging" for 2009–14. This core text is the main focus of the unit, and it requires students to find their own related text(s) and compare the texts in the form of an
RAW is a realistic story of a teenager named Brett Dalton who has been sentenced to three months at The Farm for a break and enters charge. Brett learns a lot about himself during his time at The Farm. While there he finds love, he makes some new friends and he also manages to gain some enemies. The idea that I have made present within the book is that the institution can only assist in change; it is the individual who must want to change for that change to occur. I have written this book in a way that makes an impact on the reader by the consequences of the actions Brett takes in the book and many teenagers in
These characters struggle to gain acceptance in the community and become outcasts in which they are forced to live alone. Crooks in a middle aged ex-stable buck who damaged his spine during work, this resulted in his “nick name”. He is also African American which automatically diminishes all rights and brings the threat of a public lynching. “Nigger, I could get you stung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny” was yelled by Curley’s wife. This point is further demonstrated by the hatred given off
But unfortunately, due to the erroneous decisions he had and by letting other people like Zeena, Hales, Mattie, the society, the climate or poverty make decisions for him, he ended up in an ironic life and lives with the consequences for the rest of his life. This teaches us that we should be able to vindicate our own decision without being dictated by others and be prepared for its consequences either it’s all good or all bad. Ethan’s home was defines as "one of those lonely New England farmhouses that make the landscape lonelier." (Wharton E. 10) Ethan gave up his studies so he can take care of his parents who are debilitating with illness and must settle for farming. Ethan "seemed a part of the mute melancholy landscape, an incarnation of its frozen woe, with all that was warm and sentient in him
Douglass’ narrative is a recount of the tough life on the plantations before his escape to New York. Douglas describes in this narrative the senseless acts of cruelty on the part of the masters as well as the debased lives of the slaves. In this book he also stated how his master forbade Mrs. Auld to teach him any further, because he felt that once Frederick Douglass learned to read, it would do him no good, but a great deal of harm, it would make him discontented and unhappy, it would forever unfit him to be a slave, and there would be no keeping him. This very much, somehow inspired Frederick Douglass to learn at whatever cost of trouble. Frederick Douglass would bring bread from his home and give an exchange for knowledge with the poor white boys, who was contribute to him being
They have to go looking for food by either; looking through dumpsters, beg for the food or scrape up some change, enough to buy a very small portion. It is harder to find clothes than to find food. Because of the hardships endured by these folks, cruelty and inhuman behavior flourish within the society. In the essay “Flavio’s Home”, Gordon Parks illustrates the effects of a young boy living in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. The young boy, Flavio, lived with seven siblings, his mom and his dad in a small disgusting shack.