Family Vs Urbanization

The term ‘Urban’ is defined differently in various countries in the world making it a challenge to compare one urban Centre to another (Moor & Warah, 2009). The varying definition of the term is slightly shadowed by the common characteristic that is distinct in all these regions referred to as urban. The rate of population in these regions globally is growing at an alarming rate. This results to an ever increasing percentage of the rate of urbanization annually, all over the world (9). Urban centers, cities and even suburbs can be referred as being cosmopolitan in terms of race, ethnicity and even religious convictions of people. However, they can be classified in various categories of social classes depending on their financial muscle; upper, …show more content…
The father was believed to be the head of the family and sole bread winner. The same movie voices the same idea of a father being the bread winner. Whether a rich or poor household; a father makes the largest contribution in family upkeep matters. Dependence is wholly on the father in poor households with the mother tasked with the role of taking care of the children. Being compassionate with other members of the family in time of challenges really plays a role in strengthening family ties. The instance of children pitying their parents for the hassles they go through trying to make ends meet is evidenced in Children of Heaven.
‘Be your brother’s keeper’ is a phrase practiced in most families. Looking after each other and helping parents to run home errands is also a norm. Siblings can help each other in ways that can never be imagined and taking turns to make sacrifices. Poverty can bring out the best in an individual. Resources are scarce so the little that is available is fairly shared. As seen in the movie, children can even share pairs of shoes without minding the fact that they are not fitting and keeping the parents in the dark about it because they do not want them to …show more content…
There are lot of movements by people and even various means of transports such as trains, vehicles and even airplanes. There are also numerous industries which emit smoke into the air. Fumes of dirty gases are also emitted by the various means of transport. The city has no vegetation or water bodies and therefore the air remains unclean with the smell of pungent fumes. Pools of dirty water and litters of rubbish are all over the place as seen in the Children of Heaven making the environment generally dirty and noisy with dirty sewers running across and cannot be compared to the