Mark Everyday Struggle Analysis

Mark and his Everyday Struggle Mark is thirteen years old and lives in Mexico. Mark lives with his parents, brother and sister in a very small house. Every day Mark has to do chores and look for things to sell. Mark tries his hardest to do things but it is dangerous for him to be out at certain times or drink certain water. But mark is lucky to be able to go to school and he loves learning. Mark and his family lived in a two bedroom house that was pretty decent until his father lost his job and the whole family lost so much money they had to move into the landfill and build their own house out of signs and other material. Mark’s house is very small, just big enough to fit two people side by side. Living in a dump or around too much trash can make you really sick, Mark’s family did not know that until some of the children next door used the wrong water and caught typhoid from polluted water. Being outside everyday digging through trash is not what kids want to do but Mark has to do that every day until he finds something he could sell to get food for the house. While Mark is out looking for trash he has to make sure he watches where he steps and be home before the sun sets and the mosquitoes come out. There is a lot of clean up to do around the house and Mark also has to help with that, at the end of the day Mark is exhausted but his mom always …show more content…
Mark tries his best in school to stay in school and learn so he can have a good future when he grows up. Mark’s school does not have the best food but he eats as much as he can before going home because his family can’t make a lot of food. Mark is a smart kid and thinks about everything like bringing water home from school for his family to drink from. Once school is over Mark has to walk back with his siblings and watch them until his parents get home from