Starvation

What would it be like to become so malnourished that you are forced to seek immediate medical attention? Matthew O’Brien brings this issue to light in his article, “Poverty is literally making people sick because they can’t afford food”. The article’s purpose is to expose us to the reality of poverty. He discusses how low-income people get hospitalized when their monthly welfare benefits run out. O’Brien introduces his point that states that the people at the low end of the income level become…

An american entrepreneur named Jim Rohn once said, "Take care of your body. It 's the only place you have to live." Many tend hide their feelings and fears from others. When family problems occur, it takes a tole on them. The can not control what happens to their family, and sometimes punish themselves for something that is not their fault. Some even punish themselves by making the decision to stop eating. Anorexia starts taking over their life. Some call anorexia a disorder while others call it…

Madness derived from greed results in isolation. Man’s desire to expand always results in his ultimate dissatisfaction with life. The material goods and land never seem to fill the greater void that the character struggles with. In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad uses his characters as a testament to this reality. The darkness within Kurtz is symbolic of the internal challenges that all men face within their lives. Within the novel, Kurtz serves as a figurehead aboard Nellie. His advanced…

GENDER INEQUALITY IN DROUGHTPRONE RAYALASEEMA REGION IN AP: A MACRO VIEW ABSTRACT Drought is a serious problem for the government as well as rural people. It is a period of serious economic disaster resulting in acute shortage of water, lack of fodder for livestock, decline in area under different crops, and unemployment. Against this background, the purpose of this study is to study the gender differences in terms of sex ratio, literacy status in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh. The…

“if we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.” – Buzz Aldrin. Imagine not being able to reach into your refrigerator and pull out a snack. Think about those mornings or nights you forget to eat and your stomach is growling the whole time until you eat. Now imagine not being able to suppress that feeling, imagine feeling that hunger day after day. This is real for a lot of people of the world’s population. Hunger is a term that can be defined by three meanings, first one is the…

Poverty is like a disease with no definitive cure. It is plaguing our earth and infecting millions of people worldwide. Poverty is affecting children’s education and changing their future. There are also two other big problems. In the documentary, “The Dust Bowl”, farmers and their families, from the 1930’s, have to try to brave through the huge storms of dust coming towards them and the hardships that follow. North Korea is a dangerous place to live in and escape from with a cruel dictator in…

The facts about child hunger in America “Not here. Not in America.” people say as the get questioned about hunger among children in their communities. But little did they know that the epidemic was a lot worse. That’s in Anna Quindlen’s essay “School’s out for summer” she addresses the problem of child hunger and gives facts that supports her claim. Anna Quindlen’s effective use of pathos and facts push her claim to a higher level. She states in her essay that, “Some kids just wander in a…

Malnourishment, It Exists If you had one dollar in your pocket where would you go buy food? Many people would respond with a cheeseburger from the dollar menu at McDonalds, or a piece of candy at the closest convenient store. What can you buy that is HEALTHY to eat with one dollar? Most people would not be able to come up with an answer. Everyone knows that world hunger is a problem, but many people don’t know that malnourishment goes along with hunger and it is just as much a problem as hunger…

CHAOS TO CAREER “I was on fire” (9). As strange as it seems, this is how Jeannette Walls began the story of her childhood, and a fire it was indeed. The Glass Castle is a riveting memoir that tells of Jeannette Walls’ unpredictable childhood. Her parents, or rather lack of true parents, pushed Jeannette to become the woman she is today. Years of poverty and moving gave her the drive to make her future the opposite of the life she had lived as a child. Jeannette became the woman she is today…

Gary Soto uses simile of further help visualize the actualities of the weather conditions that were experienced. Poets effectively use similes and are greatly used to create images in the readers’ minds. It made it easy to visualize the extent the drought had on Gary Soto’s community. In his poem he writes,“They passed the fields where the trees dried as thin as hat racks” Firstly, the simile is used to compare hat racks to dried trees. Normally, trees are seen as organisms that look alive and…