Many around the world consider themselves as poor and hope for a better life but why do the poor struggle to beat poverty? The instructive book “Poor People” by William T. Vollmann provides great insight on poverty, poor individuals and their perspectives on poverty. The author, William T. Vollmann travels around the globe interviewing poor individuals. Vollmann provides his interviewees with the opportunity to present their stories on life, poverty, and everyday difficulties a poor individual suffers. Throughout the book, the author raises eye-opening questions to his interviewees and the readers such as “Do you consider yourself poor?”(William T. Vollmann 6), “Why are you poor?”(Vollmann 11), “Why are some people poor and others rich?”(Vollmann
