There have been a lot of interesting facts I have learned throughout this first week of class by lecture and the materials we have read. Starting off with \u201cThe Book of the Poor\u201d, I found it interesting that poor people will share with others whatever they find, such as food. I was also shocked that a lot of these homeless people are depressed and the fact that their depression got in the way of them obtaining a job. For example, there was one man in the book, who wouldn\u2019t even walk into the building to try and find work due to his depression. There was a quote that said, \u201cStill so many are lots poorer than we are; but yes, I am-we are poor\u201d. This made me think how everyone is poor in this world, even if you are rich because you are poor when you want something that you don\u2019t have. There are things that even rich people want but they can\u2019t have. Moving on to Ehrenreich\u2019s book, I personally didn\u2019t like all of the ways she went about through her experiment. For example, she stated \u201cI would always have a care. I just figured that a story about waiting for buses would not be very interesting to read.\u201d However, I don\u2019t agree with this, because waiting for ab us shows you that you don\u2019t have freedom as a homeless person. You don\u2019t have the option of being able to hop in your own care any time of the day and go where you want. I personally feel that Ehrenreich could write a lot about this experience. Yes it may be boring about waiting for the bus but here is a lot through the experience itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There have been a lot of interesting facts I have learned throughout this first week of class by lecture and the materials we have read. Starting off with \u201cThe Book of the Poor\u201d, I found it interesting that poor people will share with others whatever they find, such as food. I was also shocked that … Continue reading Homelessness<\/span>