Picture this, you walk along the streets of New York inhaling the city air when suddenly someone living in a box near some trash comes into your view. You immediately recognize that it’s a homeless person. The box says “Plese Giv Moni” and you know she has spelt the letters incorrectly, but still understands what she wants. You ask your mom for a nickel or dime to spare for the homeless woman and she replies with a ‘no’ and starts to walk faster. Unfortunately, this dilemma is portrayed throughout society. In the modern world, the homeless are seen as equals to trash, struggling to earn even a penny for survival. In the stories, “What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything” by Avi and “Homeless” by Anna Quindlen the characters all comprehend the
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Both texts show the true meaning of homelessness by different characters’ actions, words, and opinions. In the story “What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything” Willie doesn’t react in a defensive way like Mrs. Markham but gets interested and curious about the cure of happiness and asks the homeless man for guidance. “Homeless” by Anna Quindlen is really about a homeless woman expressing her inner feelings of what it really is like to be in that condition and has a deep understanding and connection with the meaning. She describes how stereotypical people judge homelessness and go in depth of how it feels to be the person living on the streets instead of a house where you can paint the wall any color your heart desires. To add on, both texts have some sort of symbolism that conveys their ideas. For example, in “What Does a Fish Have To Do With Anything” the cake is the cure to unhappiness and the fish in the cave represents how blind Mrs. Markham is in her apartment because she doesn’t have any compassion for the homeless man and doesn’t have an understanding of what living in that condition is like while Wille goes to him even though he is disobeying his mother’s strict instructions. As a result, he receives some wise wisdom and understands the cure to sorrow. In addition, the story “Homeless” displays a homeless woman’s desire for a home, which symbolizes the meaning of happiness. This difference clearly conveys how both characters in both texts have some type of cure to happiness may it be the cake or the home. To sum it up, both texts vividly present to the reader the impact of stereotypes on the
Both texts show the true meaning of homelessness by different characters’ actions, words, and opinions. In the story “What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything” Willie doesn’t react in a defensive way like Mrs. Markham but gets interested and curious about the cure of happiness and asks the homeless man for guidance. “Homeless” by Anna Quindlen is really about a homeless woman expressing her inner feelings of what it really is like to be in that condition and has a deep understanding and connection with the meaning. She describes how stereotypical people judge homelessness and go in depth of how it feels to be the person living on the streets instead of a house where you can paint the wall any color your heart desires. To add on, both texts have some sort of symbolism that conveys their ideas. For example, in “What Does a Fish Have To Do With Anything” the cake is the cure to unhappiness and the fish in the cave represents how blind Mrs. Markham is in her apartment because she doesn’t have any compassion for the homeless man and doesn’t have an understanding of what living in that condition is like while Wille goes to him even though he is disobeying his mother’s strict instructions. As a result, he receives some wise wisdom and understands the cure to sorrow. In addition, the story “Homeless” displays a homeless woman’s desire for a home, which symbolizes the meaning of happiness. This difference clearly conveys how both characters in both texts have some type of cure to happiness may it be the cake or the home. To sum it up, both texts vividly present to the reader the impact of stereotypes on the