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In Sidewalk, Mitchell Duneier strives to humanize the homeless. He references them throughout the entire book as the “unhoused”. This is his way of valuing their stories and not treating them as objects as the rest of the world has come to do. In his review of Sidewalk, Phillip Manning articulates this by stating, “Duneier succeeds in one of his goals: to humanize a marginalized group that in different ways, at different times, and by different groups has been either ignored or legally sanctioned.” (Manning 2001) The homeless are also referred to as public characters many times throughout the text. He justifies that a public character can be anyone who is in the public eye and has an influence on people’s actions or thoughts.

As is true with most forms of creative expression, art is inherently subjective; the written medium is no exception to this rule. Despite this subjectivity, certain aspects of writing hold objective worth. Literary merit refers to the characteristics which determine higher quality writing and, by doing so, serves as a differentiator meant to apply objectivity to a traditionally subjective topic. Such an approach can be extended to distinguish the value of two popular short stories, "The Most Dangerous Game" and "Hunters in the Snow." Whereas Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" delivers a formulaic example of consumer-driven commercial fiction, American author Tobias Wolff provides a stunning illustration of precisely how literary merit manifests itself in the written form with his short story, "Hunters in the Snow." By comparing the character relationships, story progression, and moral statements of the two pieces, it becomes apparent that "Hunters in the Snow" is a far superior representation of literary fiction than "The Most Dangerous Game."

The general statement made by author Kristin Lewis in her work, “I was Homeless,” is that it is difficult to get out of homelessness. More specifically, Lewis uses Kevin Liu’s story to depict the hardships faced by those who become homeless. Lewis also mentions the many different ways people end up being homeless and the programs that can help them. She writes, ”Experiencing a crisis is just one part of the picture of homelessness. Ultimately, the number one cause of homelessness is a lack of affordable housing…” In this passage, Lewis is suggesting that the lack of affordable housing causes many to be in static homelessness. She uses Kevin’s story as an example, writing about how his family was unjustly thrown out of their home and couldn’t

The novel shows us the many difficulties that the homeless must go through during their daily lives. The novel teaches us how the homeless make sacrifices and struggle to survive, which many people don’t

The article “Camping for Their Lives” by Scott Bransford, where Bransford tells the things homeless people have to go through and the things the government does to push them down. Bransford shows the reader that homeless people will take anything given to them and make it into whatever they can to make it last as long as it can. A few points Bransford makes is the label society gives the homeless people, the fact that the economy is only getting worse, and lastly, there is a way that anything can get better for the homeless. Bransford seems to be slightly bias about the situations these people go through.

Eviction effects many people throughout the nation, however, it is most prevalent in Milwaukee. One of the reasons this book is so compelling and is important to read is because of its ability to show the disparity between people. Desmond writes each sentence carefully. Instead of stating direct facts, he connects it to the emotions that humans feel; he discusses subject matters that are able to be understood and reacted upon, such as the emotions that carry an immense amount of weight. “It was the look of someone realizing that her family would be homeless in a matter of hours. It was something like denial giving way to the surrealism of the scene: the speed and violence of it all.” This shows that the act of eviction cuts deep into the resilience of people; it is able to be sympathised with by everyone because each person has been in a situation where they have been stripped of something. This portrayal of emotional loss is shown in many of the families and individuals’ stories; one of which is about a father. Lamar Smith is a war veteran and a father of two with amputations to both legs due to frostbite due to being homeless during the winters. This particular part in the book shows the devastation that stems from poverty. It is important to understand that this wealth divide is created within these living conditions and

Upon reading the title to the reading “Camping for Their Lives” by Scott Bransford, A lot of images come to mind as they do for many people. Whether it be family outings, military experience or just plain adventure. Scott Bransford takes a good long look at camping in a different way. The author’s topic is about tent cities and their homeless populations. He argues the struggles that they have with little or no help from the government and highlights a location in Central Valley California. The author structures the article well starting off with an example of a married couple that does not have enough money to sign a lease or take out a mortgage. He then goes into the day to day life and difficulties that are accustomed with living as a homeless person. He mentions statistics and the government’s temporary remedies to deal with the homeless population and the complications when imposing restrictions. The author goes into depth about the lack of jobs within the areas but does not go deep into the addictions, the crime networks that operate out of the areas nor the filth associated with enabling these tent cities to pop up.

One of the needs or concerns that the homeless person on G street faced is the lack of sleeping arrangement. Therefore, lead them to sleeping in an unsafe environment but also under bad weather. Since the tents are not protected them from the rain. It’s a concern because they have to go roaming the streets wondering if they have a safe place to sleep.  It seems that their basic need is not met since that they lack sleeping arrangements. Even though they lack sleeping arrangements, they have shown strength in their current circumstances. Such as, how strong they struggle to go through every day to survive. No one really knows what it’s like to struggle, really struggle to survive in an environment that they are currently are in. They know what it’s like to go hungry and sleep in a dangerous environment. Where the homeless people come from they could have learned not to care, get their hopes up, but instead they don’t by surviving every day in a harsh environment but also from the societies’ perception on them. Homelessness is real.

The number of homeless citizens continues to grow throughout the country as well as the number of police officers being pushed to work the cities. Homeless seek refuge in places like shelters while the police correspondingly are trying to help clear the streets of the homeless. Many times shelters are maxed out with the amount of homeless utilizing these facilities and therefore are left trying to seek other options, whereas the police are forced to try and get the homeless out of sight out of mind on the public. As the police push for the homeless to find somewhere new to live each day the

Our text illustrates that there are various populations within the homeless community. These people are homeless for different reasons, whether its voluntary or involuntarily. Runaways and Victims of

Homelessness has been a consistent concern since the colonization of the United States and the separation from England. However, despite the desire for new beginnings once arriving in the States, old circumstances remained and an adoption of previous solutions was implemented. The term used for those homeless has transitioned throughout the decades; however, the beginning expression used was vagrants (Levinson & Ross, 2007). This term was given due to the connotation of being “…wanderers without a home, but also likely to participate in criminal activity” (Levinson & Ross, p. 1, 2007). Though this terminology is not as prevalent today, the negative association between homelessness and crime still exists.

A homeless person is one who lacks a permanent place to live. This person is therefore forced to live on the streets, in abandoned buildings, in cars, and some lucky ones get to live in shelters where they are safe from the dangers of the night and also from the harsh elements. These people find themselves in such a situation because they cannot afford to pay for a place to live. This can be caused by a variety of reasons. Economic factors is one of them, where one is unable to get enough money to pay for their house either because they don’t have a job or the money they get at the end of the month is insufficient. There is also the issue of high cost of housing which renders a permanent place to live way out of their reach. They

Depression is the fourth leading cause of disease burden worldwide and is expected to show a rising trend over the next 20 years. Depression is associated with a marked personal, social and economic morbidity, loss of functioning and productivity, and creates significant demands on service providers in terms of workload. Although pharmacological and psychological interventions are both effective for major depression, antidepressant drugs remain the mainstay of treatment. During the last 20 years, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have progressively become the most commonly prescribed antidepressants. Sertraline, one of the first SSRIs introduced in the market, is a potent and specific inhibitor of serotonin uptake into the presynaptic

The third character is the old man. What we know of him is that he is deaf and passes every night getting drunk at the café. It is believed by the waiters that he has plenty of money. After all, he can afford to sit and get drunk every night. Even when he is drunk, he is incredibly neat. “This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk.” He is filled with despair, which may be the reason that he tried to hang himself the week before. He is taken care of by his niece, since she was the one who saved him when he tried to kill himself. He may have been married at one time. He has no real desire to go home, since he waits until the waiters cut him off before he leaves.

The desire to rule can rule over people. In The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare the desire for political power alters the character of Macbeth. After battle, Macbeth shows his loyalty to King Duncan by saying, “...our duties/ Are to your throne and state children and servants,” (1.4.24-25). Macbeth’s personality leads him to be respectful and faithful to the throne. Macbeth’s loyal personality shifts as he gains a desire for political power. Macbeth’s change in personality starts with his murder of Macbeth, but we see that his original personality still causes him to have guilt. His subconscious punishes him when Macbeth hears whispers that “Glamis has murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor/ Shall sleep no more.” (2.2.40-41). Macbeth’s