Francis Marion

Although he learned cobbling skills well enough, the world as seen by the sailors was too much a lure for the 13 year old the Fulstow lad. He knew of dangers however, as it was common for seaman to descend on Fulstow, press-ganging men into the navy. Fulstow was a prime target due to its proximity to Great Grimsby and known toughness of its men. He knew also that, in choosing to runaway from his master shoemaker, Robinson would become a wanted apprentice. There would be a public announcement…

Spotlight – Sociologial Theories 1 “When the Boston Globe’s tenacious “Spotlight” team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world” (Road, n.d.). Spotlight is a movie based on real-life events that occurred in 2001and it shows the viewers the obstacles that these…

Growing Up Too Fast Some children have to grow up too rapidly. What I mean is that some people’s families might not be there, with them, so they have to do everything by themselves. Children whe live in the “hood” are usually the people who grow up too quickly . I say this because they have to be tougher to survive, their parents aren't there, or they aren't with them when the children need them. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the greasers have to grow up too fast. They do this because…

Mental health issues are common among homeless people, and number of homeless people is increasing in Chicago. An analysis by the CCH estimates that 125,848 Chicagoans were homeless in the course of the 2014-15 (Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 2015). According to the Health Care for the Homeless, approximately 39% or about one third of homeless people go through mental diagnosis, but “lack of documentation, lack of transportation, and difficulty adhering to treatment regimens prevent many…

564,708 people in the U.S. are homeless (“Homelessness Statistics,” n.d.). According to a (recent report), over half a million people were living on the streets, in cars, in homeless shelters, or in subsidized transitional housing during a one-night national survey last January. Of that number, 206,286 were people in families, 358,422 were individuals, and a quarter of the entire group were children (“Homelessness Statistics,” n.d.).The phenomenon of homelessness is one of the phenomena…

HNH - Helping Newark’s Homeless Proposal Why are people homeless? There are many reasons why people became homeless. Some due to their actions, some out of their control. Some have fallen victim to unaffordable health issues, poverty, domestic violence, addiction disorders, and mental illness. Some have had their homes foreclosed due to declining work opportunities and declining public assistance. Though the shamefulness should not be levied on the homeless themselves, it should be on us,…

Homelessness has been depicted as people living on the streets. When someone thinks of homeless people, they think of middle aged drunks on the streets. Homelessness isn’t just people on the streets; it's also people staying from one place to another because they don’t have a secure home. Homeless people are labeled as lazy drunks who do not want to better themselves. It isn’t always the case. Many do want to better themselves but struggle to do so. That is the case for some homeless youth. Many…

In Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson, Woodson portrays the American Dream in different ways. She showed how people were given a life and it was up to them to decide what they did with it. She was able to take you to Brooklyn NY and portray a world from the beginning of the book where her main character August ,and her childhood girl friends thought of Brooklyn as a place where they could believe they were beautiful, talented, and brilliant . But little did these girls know know…

A.M. Grandchildren Life changes happen mostly based on the choices made by a certain individual. Whether or not it happens to be toward other people or if it has something to do with things out of our control. Many things that have happened are not necessarily for the best. Those who do not work are given money to survive by the government. Although on the other hand we have veterans in the streets homeless and without food. The society I grew up in is worse than the one my grandparents grew up…

Over one million people will be visiting the city of San Francisco in early February for Super Bowl 50. The authorities say they are not removing the homeless because of the Super Bowl, there reasoning is the El Nino storm. In an article on Quora titled ¨San Francisco, CA: Why are there so many homeless people in San Francisco?¨ by Brad Stroh states the facts of why San Francisco has so many homeless people there.The first reason is that San Francisco was a disembarkation spot for the Korean…