Argument Essay
In the article “Charity means you don’t pick and choose” by Patricia O’hara, the author shows a contrast between the giving and the poor. The article explains how a little boy and his mother were stopped by a “homeless person” and how he asked for his “doggie bag” if the little boy wasn’t going to eat his left over food. The mother reacts by grasping her sons’ hand, which gives an impression that she feels vulnerable around a homeless person. This is contrasted when another group of people walked past and made an remark “It’d be better if they got a job,” which shows that second group of people have no respect for the homeless and judge them straight away.
The issues on homeless people in today’s society have the …show more content…
This portrays her as a contradictory person as she wants to give away offerings but not to the homeless people as they are in need also, which shows that she is judgmental as the other group of people when walking past the homeless person. The comment the mother makes on how she feels comfortable when offering to the “anonymous” relates to how the society tend to do the generic idea of giving away their things to charity and not knowing who their things are going to. On the other hand, when the homeless are seen on the streets and are in need for money, food or clothes the society turns a blind eye as they are seen as failures as they may be a “addict,” which relates to the mother and how she was reluctant on offering to the homeless …show more content…
An logical claim is made when the mother compares to a Hollywood movie “Trading places” as “lovable rogues” to reality of the homeless as often “suffering” or have a “addiction,” which they may be as many don’t have the money to help them to go to an retreat or rehab; therefore they find themselves either on the street on a shelter to seek for help but on the other hand, many homeless people caused themselves to get into that situation due to those “addictions” and if help was given they could carry on their addictions and continue the vicious
In the article “Charity means you don’t pick and choose” by Patricia O’hara, the author shows a contrast between the giving and the poor. The article explains how a little boy and his mother were stopped by a “homeless person” and how he asked for his “doggie bag” if the little boy wasn’t going to eat his left over food. The mother reacts by grasping her sons’ hand, which gives an impression that she feels vulnerable around a homeless person. This is contrasted when another group of people walked past and made an remark “It’d be better if they got a job,” which shows that second group of people have no respect for the homeless and judge them straight away.
The issues on homeless people in today’s society have the …show more content…
This portrays her as a contradictory person as she wants to give away offerings but not to the homeless people as they are in need also, which shows that she is judgmental as the other group of people when walking past the homeless person. The comment the mother makes on how she feels comfortable when offering to the “anonymous” relates to how the society tend to do the generic idea of giving away their things to charity and not knowing who their things are going to. On the other hand, when the homeless are seen on the streets and are in need for money, food or clothes the society turns a blind eye as they are seen as failures as they may be a “addict,” which relates to the mother and how she was reluctant on offering to the homeless …show more content…
An logical claim is made when the mother compares to a Hollywood movie “Trading places” as “lovable rogues” to reality of the homeless as often “suffering” or have a “addiction,” which they may be as many don’t have the money to help them to go to an retreat or rehab; therefore they find themselves either on the street on a shelter to seek for help but on the other hand, many homeless people caused themselves to get into that situation due to those “addictions” and if help was given they could carry on their addictions and continue the vicious