Slum

reality of the living conditions in India’s largest slum, Dharavi. Danny Boyles, Slumdog Millionaire, the 2008 drama, glosses over the issue of poverty and is represented in a fun, free spirit way. Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, Kevin McClouds Slumming it, filmed in 2009, delves deeply into the issue revealing the true nature of the affliction of poverty as being a hard, rough life. Which I believe is the more accurate version of the slum. The camera angles and shots help portray…

that drive to do what they can to have a better life. For many children born into the mega slum, that will be their reality for most if not all of their life. Each person in the slum has a duty to perform. If a person does not perform their duty, is hinders the lives…

be living in slum conditions characterized by high densities of low income residents (Phua & Ooi, 2007). City governments are unable to keep up with the needs of growing urban populations, and government corruption leads to further difficulty in addressing the low standards of living of the urban poor. The problem of slums has been…

have houses of maybe 2 rooms and are made out of bricks rather than scavenged materials. Benedita da Silva, an Afro-Brazilian woman and politician who grew up in favelas showed that the favelas could overcome the horrible conditions that many of the slums could be improved through activism by the…

these mega slums throughout the planet must find a way of income. All members of the family must contribute to their family’s occupations, and join them when they are of age. Some of the children in the film display a lot of future ambition. We witnessed in “The Harvest” that the children have given up hope, and gave into their parent’s occupation. Even the poorest members of society rely on factory waste and vast garbage sites to acquire revenue. A majority of the factories in these slums are…

How People of The Slums Are Betrayed India is one of the world’s largest countries undergoing poverty, where harsh circumstances promote slum villagers to involve themselves in unjust acts. The people fight daily against deadly diseases, and corruption. Many residents spend their day trying to figure out the best way to make a rupee and rise above poverty, utilizing any tactics in the hope of bettering their lives. Families compete against each other to get ahead socially and financially.…

Slums In my own words I would define a slum as a place where someone lives who does not have immediate access to running water or sanitation. A point I seen trending in all the slum presented in the videos were that the people represented were minorities. Minorities seem to have the underhand globally in the world, and I also seen that diseases were high. In the Kibera documentary, it stated that that 20 percent of kids pass away before age 5; HIV was a major issue here as well. Running water…

Other important codes that are similar to the book and novel are the Setting of the novel and the movie. The slum is a common place in which most of the action in the story happens this plays a vital role in uniting the plight of the lead characters. The slum is an important code as it is the factor that underrates the protagonist ability to win the quiz show it is a symbolic code. The slum stands as a symbol of poverty and ignorance it creates a myth as how the Inspector in the movie puts it…

Slum housing Housing is one from the essential human rights. As housing is the basis of security and stability for any individual. Everyone has a right to access to a secure, safe and habitable home without any worries. But unfortunately, a lot of people cannot afford formal housing. So they were forced to live in the poorest quality houses which are in slums. As a result, slum housing had spread in a lot of countries especially developing countries despite the obstacles of living in them.…

set in Brazil. The series is about people who are given the opportunity to move from the slums of Brazil to a place that everyone believes to be a much better place. These two believe that this place is only for the privileged and that they can become one of the privileged. They believe that this community is cleaner and people do not go hungry. They also believe they will not be poor like they are in the slum of Brazil. They get this opportunity at the age of twenty. They are chosen by going…