Let me ask you something - when you pass homeless people on the streets, what do you do? Do you keep your eyes forward, while increasing your pace? Do you try to walk the other way, or look to the other side ? Or do you ignore their burning presence?
Ok, now let’s bring it back home - what about your grandparents? How do you see them? Do you lock yourself in your room, to avoid having to listen to your grandparents, retell the same old stories? Or do you try to pretend that you’re too busy to see them?
Now these two subjects might seem odd to talk about together - however, the comparison of the short story, ‘The Park’ by Jack Newton and the Samu Social poster image, highlights the issue of marginalisation within society. These two texts …show more content…
How does society view grandparents? People who are old and frail, therefore unable to function on their own? Are they just old people in the background of our lives? Being older does not reduce their value as a human and, thus their need of companionship is still there.The short story, ‘The Park’ reveals this issue through the narration of a grandfather. He tells the story as he observes the activities that surround his grandson’s football game. His unique perspective gives the audience insight into the lives of grandparents during games and life in general - an insight that is often unknown and not thought …show more content…
While we do recognise the marginalisation of the elderly, it is clear that our perception of the homeless has even more significant effects. Our avoidance attitude robs the homeless of their ability to seek help. Their situation is between life and death - there is possibility of them starve or freeze to death in cold winter. Does this image portray a safe and healthy environment? I don’t think so. Look at his surroundings - it is isolated, cold and near garbage. This represents society’s perspective of homeless people. We see little value in them and prefer to keep them hidden
Ok, now let’s bring it back home - what about your grandparents? How do you see them? Do you lock yourself in your room, to avoid having to listen to your grandparents, retell the same old stories? Or do you try to pretend that you’re too busy to see them?
Now these two subjects might seem odd to talk about together - however, the comparison of the short story, ‘The Park’ by Jack Newton and the Samu Social poster image, highlights the issue of marginalisation within society. These two texts …show more content…
How does society view grandparents? People who are old and frail, therefore unable to function on their own? Are they just old people in the background of our lives? Being older does not reduce their value as a human and, thus their need of companionship is still there.The short story, ‘The Park’ reveals this issue through the narration of a grandfather. He tells the story as he observes the activities that surround his grandson’s football game. His unique perspective gives the audience insight into the lives of grandparents during games and life in general - an insight that is often unknown and not thought …show more content…
While we do recognise the marginalisation of the elderly, it is clear that our perception of the homeless has even more significant effects. Our avoidance attitude robs the homeless of their ability to seek help. Their situation is between life and death - there is possibility of them starve or freeze to death in cold winter. Does this image portray a safe and healthy environment? I don’t think so. Look at his surroundings - it is isolated, cold and near garbage. This represents society’s perspective of homeless people. We see little value in them and prefer to keep them hidden