Hunger is something that everyone has experienced; however when hunger leads to malnourishment it is problematic. Being hungry, can often be a personal trouble, then again it can also affect millions of individuals worldwide and become a public issue. According to C. Wright Mills his theory of the sociological imagination allows sociologist to experience the world from the perspective of other individual experience. It also makes it possible to view personal troubles as social issues. In the news article written in the New York Times by Rod Nordlan, discusses the staggering hunger crisis in Afghanistan. In the article several examples are illustrated of malnourished children and adults. Nordland states; “Fatima, less than a year old, who is
