I hav to admit, based off the title I wasn't very ecited to read this book, I thought it would be quite boring. Fortunately it wasn't quite as bad as I had originally suspected, even if it wasn't the most exciting book I've ever read.
I wonder if the author of this book grew up poor, or if she is just a very imaginative person. The amount of detail and description of just how bad things were for the poor in that time period is astounding.
When I think about it more, I don't think it's possible to just imagine all the little things that make up this book, the family relationships and how they were strained by poverty, the events to show the bad neighborhood, and the fact that the main character is also a writer make me believe that this is more of a autobiography rather than a fictional story.
It was interesting to see how hard it was for parents to send children to high-school in the book, when education is supposed to be free you would think that it would be easy to send children to school even if the parents are poor. Apparently this is not the case, poor people can't afford to lose the income from their children working and can't afford to send the children to school.
It's a sad thought that people have it this bad, it;s sadder that it's these people politicians today want to start taxing. When people go for days without food, lack basic comforts, and are in so much financial trouble that they can't afford free education, how can you justify taxing them? After reading this book I m forced to despise Republicans, anyone who would think that this is fair, or even humane, doesn't deserve my support. What's worse is the reason they propose taxing the poor is so that they can keep money in their own pockets and stop the tax rate from being returned to the level it was a couple years ago. I find it quite infuriating that people like this have power in our government, and I find it more infuriating that there isn't anything that can be done about it unless you're part of the upper class, and then most people wouldn't want to do anything about it.
Unfortunately now I have to eat lunch and then get ready for my college class, so I'll have to stop here for now, I may edit this post and add to it in the future if I can figure out how this blog site works.
Why don't you do a quick search on the author and see if you can't squelch your curiosity about her upbringing?
ReplyDeleteWhy can only the upper class make changes? Don't programs like welfare and medicare help the poor?
What is the time period of the story? Are things very different from today?
I find it funny that you blog about the strains of poverty and the inability of education, then say "unfortunately" you have to eat and go to college. Perhaps the point of reading this book was missed?