Homeless Men In Dr. Myrick's Extreme Measures

Rhetorical Analysis Paper Staff Writer Kevin Fagan for The San Francisco Chronicle, in his article "Homeless, Mike Dick was 51, Looked 66," defines the dramatic, life altering, effects of older homeless people living in San Francisco, CA. Fagan acknowledges the rising problem of homelessness and uses Mike Dick a homeless man as the face of what it looks like for so many. He describes the effects of homelessness to his Chronicle readers, but offers a ray of hope to some that is face with this horrible problem daily. Fagan investigates the rising problem of homelessness in America. Particularly in San Francisco where he works and lives.

After digging his camera back up from burying it in the desert, Chris McCandless found that it did not work anymore. Therefore he stopped taking so many pictures and keeping a journal. He sent a letter to Jan Burres, explaining that he spent about two months in Oregon. He also complained about the fog and rainy weather. In September he passed through California again and arrived in Bullhead City, Arizona. Although Bullhead City was not a particularly appealing city, McCandless grew fond of it anyway. He felt a connection with the scattered residents and the desert landscape. He got a job at a McDonalds and even opened a saving account at a local bank. The two assistant managers at the McDonalds had polar opposite opinions of him: one thought he was a good worker and the other thought he was too slow.

The assignment that really inspired me was writing about the video, From Homeless to Howard, where we learned about peoples perception, and stereotypes. I would like to say that watching the video with James Ward was amazing, he’s 19 and his perception of the world is a lot different from those who had never been homeless or had to carry adult duties at such a young age. During the video, I tried to imagine what my life would have been like if I were homeless and so young. I know that my perception of the world would be a lot different. The things that I complain about now, wouldn’t be my biggest issue. Surviving while homeless would be my concern.

When you see the homeless what do you think about? Do you see them and feel disgust or are you someone who wonders how and why they are where they are, or maybe, you are one of the few who want to help and who are able to. In the U.S., more than 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year and that number is growing. They are families with little children, people who are trying to escape domestic violence, people with mental illness, veterans who have served our country, and many more. From what I read in Jonathan Kozol’s “Untouchables” city officials in various places are only coming up with short term solutions, that aren’t helping the homeless. City officials are just trying to get rid of the homeless from their cities or area. I think it’s time that more individuals and groups, really gets involved and figure out a way to help those who are already homeless, and stop future people from becoming homeless. We have to come up with ways to help the homeless readjust and get back into the world.

The margins of society (people on the edge of the society) refer to a philosophical rather than physical location. Essentially those who are considered in the margins of society are those people who live outside socially accepted norms. These might include the impoverished, people in the penal system, the homeless, the incurably mentally ill, or certain racial groups.

In the article, “The Homeless Brother I Cannot Save”, by the author Ashley Womble in the Anthology, Reading and Writing for the 21st Century First edition, accessed on October of 2017, Ashley Womble who is the author and character in the article, tells her story based on her personal life and point of view. The author does an exceptional job in illustrating the communications barriers she deals with regarding her brother Jay, who has a mental illness with schizophrenic symptoms, and his rapid progression of the disease. The story takes place in the streets of New York in the year 2009, which introduces Jay and his actions regarding his diagnosed mental illness, that is later explained to readers that he leaves to become homeless avoiding his mental health distortion and personally letting it progress. Womble effectively demonstrates the difficulty of accepting her brother's health decline and not being able to aid or convince him to seek medical attention and for her brother's sudden disappearance. Although Ashley is not diagnosed physically with a mental disorder, she shows similarities of minor mental illness symptoms as she constantly wonders her thoughts and actions regarding her brothers well being and state of mind. Jay who is twenty is a legal adult of his own health decision making and which he refuses treatment and runs away. For Ashley, it pushed her even more insane to witness and accept her brother decline in compression, due to the lack of medical attention. Womble efficaciously does well on demonstrating her own mental well being, and her brothers own difficulty in society and being homeless and how it changed her life seeing her brother like that. Womble quotes “ But the more I pushed him to get help, the more my own sanity escaped me (91).

A piece of the text that has more meaning than what one might initially think is Draper’s inclusion of homeless people. Though brief, Draper mentioned how after a recent hurricane a significant amount of the homeless population was no longer around. This inclusion did several things. The first thing it did was remind the readers that there is a huge problem with hurricanes everywhere. This problem is that certain demographics are frequently disregarded when it comes to protection against dangerous storms. This leads to a higher death toll in vulnerable populations such as the elderly and homeless population. So, this was Draper’s way of calling attention to a fact that is often overlooked. By including this piece of text Draper adds a different

Homelessness has always been a controversial and complicated issue to understand; but, recent natural disasters, an economic recession, and conflicts among various nations have given homelessness a whole new dimension.

In America, we all try to ignore the biggest problem in our country, which is

In the 1997 film Extreme Measures a young British doctor, Guy Luthan, who is serving a residency in a New York hospital, is faced with some difficult moral and professional dilemmas. This film used Dr. Luthan's dilemmas, which dealt with these sensitive issues of doing what is right regardless of the consequences involved, as well as questions involving scientific advancement and experimentation. How far can medicine go in the name of progress or helping humanity? Dr. Luthan discovers that homeless people were being used as guinea pigs in experimental research for the good of humanity.

One of the major issues nationally is people who are becoming homeless and the fact that one third of the homeless population have served this country, which is around 195,000 veterans. Thats more than the death count of the Vietnam war. Most homeless people are male about three percent are women, most are single and come from disadvantaged backgrounds. It's a major issue, this is America there should not be thousands of people across this nation that are homeless especially our veterans. They gave their life to this country; I think in return we could at least keep them in a home somewhere. It wouldn't be so bad if their was actually enough shelters to occupy all of the people that are homeless but the ratio to

Homelessness affects millions of Americans each year, with approximately one third of this population suffering from severe mental disorders. In Las Cruces we have a number of homeless people that have a mental disorder. Las Cruces does not provide the homeless mentally ill with sufficient services. it is necessary to provide them with support, protection, treatment, and rehabilitation.

Every New Yorker has the right to a safe and affordable place to live in. New York’s shortage of affordable housing has reached a crisis point. Poor and elderly people throughout New York City are at a greater risk of homelessness and forced low-income residents do not have food or medical care to stay in their homes. A sinful structure of homelessness in New York City is New York’s shortage of affordable housing. Millions of New Yorkers are desperate to find affordable housing and tens of thousands are forced to live either in dirty shelters or on the streets. Recent data indicates that nearly 60,000 people, including more than 23,000 children, stay in the city’s main homeless shelter system (Guelpa). A small amount of poor renter households received a housing subsidy from the local government. Little assistance is being provided which means that most poor families and individuals that seek assistance

The homeless stand down was an eye-opener experience for me. I had the opportunity to interact with several individuals, and one family. Initially I conducted some interviews with them to help complete the questionnaire; and the remainder of the time, I escorted the individuals and helped them choose items that were necessary for them. As I talked to each of them, I realized that the present state of these individuals were a product of the current economic situations. According to the National Homeless Coalition (2009), work factors are one of the many reasons why individuals are homeless. One of the individuals that I spoke to informed me that he was working a regular nine to five job at a construction site, but now due to the

I hear them get closer and closer as the porch creaks every step to the door. My heart feels like its pounding through my chest, and sweat is pouring off my face as I sprint in a panic. I hear the key turning and the door opening just as I jump out the window.