Analysis Of Flavio's Home By Gordon Parks

Flavio lived in a place full of poverty, the home was located on the outsides of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the shack had its walls beaten down, holes in them, and patched up. Flavio's family had to retrieve the water that they would use to clean the rice, then they would reuse it to wash the sisters feet, later they would put soap in the water and bathed the children. The siblings did not get along; they would constantly fight, but it would be when one child got a taste of food before anyone else. Flavio’s parents had to work a lot in order to have enough money for all of the children; therefore, they did not have enough

He adequately clarifies the message behind poverty by prosperously using pathos. The techniques that he uses to describe Flavio allows the readers to radiate sympathy and compassion, as well as his profound use of imagery which compels the reader to indulge and sink into their creative and imaginative side. For instance, as Parks and his team enter Flavio’s home, a shack with a rusted tin roof, the only furniture spotted was “a sagging bed and a broken baby’s crib” (Parks 2). By incorporating imagery, Parks draws a painting of Flavio’s home in the reader’s mind, allowing the readers to appreciate the small things in life. Moreover, due to the fact that Parks was once living in poverty, he is able to convince the readers, by using ethos, that poverty is a very complex

Paint a picture of poverty. What do you see and where does it take place? Is it in a city like New York? Maybe it is at the dried out lands in the continent of Africa. Now, imagine it a hundred times worse, with no proper housing, limited water and sewage system, and also lacking food and other general necessities. You would get a picture of Catacumba, a favela in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. Also, this is where Gordon Parks met a particular boy, who would later become a symbol of poverty. In his memoir “Flavio’s Home”, Gordon Parks delineates a vivid picture of poverty through his faithful encounter of one of its denizen, Flavio, and his life in the favela.

Wall’s use of rhetorical strategies, indicates that trying to get out of poverty is not an easy task. Wall’s also indicated that more often than not, their parents were more of a burden than showing any kind of support. With Wall’s incorporating these specific pieces of words, we see the internal frustration of what it is like to be trapped in poverty and how hard people have to work, only to get held back by their parents. In doing so, it highlights the realism in Wall’s memoir, that escaping poverty is not an easy task, physically and emotionally, while also convincing readers that it is possible. Jeannette’s point of view has strengthened my belief about poverty and its effects because I believed that poverty was solely based on being homeless and not having anything.

In “Flavio's Home”, Parks describes the terrible conditions that many families face in a favela called Catacumba, specifically focusing on one family when he encounters a boy named Flavio in the streets. Parks concedes that Flavio takes care of the family by cooking, cleaning, collecting water, and bathing his siblings while his parents are away. He observes Flavio's frequent cough throughout the day, his initial reaction is to flee, but he stays and makes the conscious decision to help Flavio. He concludes on helping the him after being informed that his father cannot take Flavio to the doctor, due to him refusing to take down his store. In the final part of this article, Flavio makes it to the doctor, where the doctorhe tells Parks that the boy is sitting on his deathbed, and will only live for roughly one more year. Parks explains that the doctors couldn't do anything to help with dozens of other patients,the same or worse, who can’t receive treatment. He concludes with telling Flavio that he will be okay, effectively making the reader feel sympathetic towards a boy who will never experience the life of a privileged child.

Walter's dream was to invest his father's ten thousand dollars to put toward a liquor store. But he knew that investing the money for himself would not provide the family with enough money to get out of the poor lifestyle they were living in. The Younger family and Walter, the son, are faced with racism everyday in the Chicago

#5. The central idea of this story is one does not have to settle for lower-class status, but can overcome poverty through hard work and sacrifice. The situational irony in this story, that I for one did not see coming, was sweet Aunt Bernie, who saw the positive in all situations, was actually the biggest perpetuator of the idea that one’s social class cannot change. Instead of teaching her nieces and nephew that hard work and sacrifice can improve your quality of life, she taught them to sacrifice a better quality life by seeing the good and making do in mediocrity. It is only through death that Aunt Bernie sees all the opportunities she missed out on and the danger she put herself in by not setting goals to

Parks talks about Flavio and his family, describing the everyday struggles of Flavio as he tries to grow up in Catacumba. Flavio’s siblings are viewed as rowdy and unable to get along. Parks also shows how impoverished the da Silva family is when he finds out Jose da Silva, the father, earns seventy-five cents regularly. Parks also describes how hostile the favelas are during the night, and how they are no place for a child to be nurtured in. Later in the passage Parks describes another side of Brazil when he goes to the hotel he stays in, which is much more fortunate than the favelas. To conclude, the reader finds out Flavio will not live long when he is taken to the doctor, where the doctor proceeds to tell Parks and the da Silva family the news. Parks then ends the article by telling Flavio everything will be okay, upon which Flavio replies with saying he’s more concerned for his sibling than his own well-being Leaving the reader feeling compassionate towards Flavio and his family.

Linda Tirado, author of Hand to Mouth Living in Bootstrap America, tells her story of what it’s like to be working poor in America, as well as what poverty is truly like on many levels. With a thought-provoking voice, Tirado discusses her journey from lower class, to sometimes middle class, to poor, and everything in between. Throughout the read, Tirado goes on to reveal why poor people make the decisions they do in a very powerful way.

Understanding that there is a big separation between rich and poor, Gordon Parks was in for a rude awakening in ‘Flavios Home’ when he came face to face with a family doing all they can to survive. Parks comes across a young fellow named Flavio da Silva who was struggling to carry water in a tin over his head and is immediately intrigued to learn more about him. Having an assignment over poverty, Parks took the chance to get better insight by following Flavio home. Recreating the environment and interactions he had creates an awareness that is able to give those not in nor around those in poverty to make a change. Parks goes beyond just going through the events by using descriptive words that allows readers to accompany him.

The father works at a shop downtown. The father is making seventy-five cents a day, on a good day. While they need care from a doctor, aside from the fact that they have no money. The doctor refuses to see Flavio who is deathly ill or any of the father's kids for that matter, due to the fact that his store is right in front of the hospital. At the end of the story the Jose Gallo, the reporter, slaps thing into perspective saying, “The Steak dinner I had would have fed the da Silvas for three days”. Flavio had no choice in growing up in poverty, he was just born into it. Flavio gets up in the morning knowing the situation has not changed and regardless does what needs to be done to provide for the family. Sometimes life doesn't give a choice, but the outcome is based on what is

Nelson Mandela once said, “Poverty is not natural it 's man-made.” This quote states that a person can overcome poverty if one has the desire to live a better life. In a novel called Poor People written by William T. Vollmann, the author travels around different countries and places to learn about poor people and to get a global perspective view. While interviewing different kinds of people, Vollmann would ask them one question: why are you poor? Looking at people 's answers Vollmann noticed that some of the people gave quite interesting answers. Vollmann went through a lot of situations where he just couldn 't imagine what life would be if he was ever to live like that. Another novel that has a similar poverty situation is called Let The Water Hold Me Down, written by Michael Spurgeon. Hank, the main character of the novel, experiences a tragic moment in his life. Losing his wife and daughter while drowning, this tragedy left him feeling like it’s all due to his miscarrying about them. His life becomes full of sorrow, and the only way out it was to go to Mexico to his friend’s place and restart his life over. In a new country of Mexico, this story takes place. Even though he had money, a house, and friends’ support, he still experienced lots of pressure trying to survive in Mexico. Poverty has different meanings in everyone 's lives but by reading these two novels, there are three similarities that can be made about people living in poverty.

I now know that there are many ideologies about people in poverty and that they are struggle with the inequality of society. In the personal response of the “Poverty in Canada” I really got to understand how people feel when they are below the income cut-off. Many people believe that people are on social assistance because they do not want to work, I know after reading this article that this is not true. There are a lot of stereotypes of people that are poor and after reading the causes of why many people are forced below the poverty line I will now look at them with a different perspective. I will not judge them because of the money they have, but I will look at them as being equal to the rest of society. I learned that people who go into that state of poverty are often out of it again within two years. These people just need a little bit of help and encouragement by those who afford to do so. That is why after reading this article I will do

The angst and concern of those in higher socioeconomic statuses are devoted to their appearance and prominence, while the lack of food and shelter cause complete desolation in the lives of lower socioeconomic statuses, also seen in where the character’s are born.

One day, my family and I were travelling in our expensive car, fully covered from head to toe in woolens as it was the winter season. The heater in the car was on and I was nicely sipping my warm coffee, headphones in my ears and a book in my hand. As we passed by a village, I saw a slum area. The people were barely clothed and small children were running around naked. They had no proper shelter-only thatched roofs and plastic put together made a 10x10 feet house approximately, if you would call it a house, in which a total of around 12 people lived. I felt very sad looking at their situation. They were so poor, so helpless. Then, questions arose in my mind- why they are so poor. How far is it appropriate to blame these poor people for their own predicament? Have they been lazy, made poor decisions, and been solely responsible for their plight? What about their governments? Why do I have so much and they don’t even have money to clothe themselves? To find the answer to my questions, I decided to investigate ‘Poverty’ and things related to it.