Amazing Grace Jonathan Kozol Summary
We just finished reading “Amazing Grace” by Jonathan Kozol. Kozol went to the South Bronx and met a little boy named Cliffie. Kozol was taken by Cliffie on a walk in the neighborhood. He learnt that this city is harsh. There are lots of meanings in this story, this story shows that everyone struggles with something in their life right now. Everyone struggles, therefore sometimes people are sad and stressed. In Amazing Grace Cliffie was telling to Kozol how once he gave homeless man his pizza, kozol asked “Did your parents get mad at you?. This is a weird question in my opinion because I think people need to help people who are hungry. When kozol and Cliffie were walking around the neighborhood they saw, “dozens of whom are standing just
outside the gateway to St. Ann's, waiting for a food pantry to open”.
Another struggle that was in “Amazing Grace” was how people are addicted to drugs. While Cliffie was taking Kozol on the walk around the neighborhood they saw “The children play near the bears or on the jungle gym while their mothers wait for clean needles”. People can’t stop doing drugs because they are addicted. Therefore, those who don’t stop taking drugs can be hurt. The last struggle I saw was how illegal dumpers dump lots of things in the South Bronx, those things can cause to make pollution to make the sick and also people could get asthma, because they are breathing in the pollution. This is probably why Cliffie has asthma. Overall, struggles effect's all lives, therefore people can have hard and challenging times. There is not only one or two struggles in your whole life, but sometimes you can have a challenge or struggle every day.
outside the gateway to St. Ann's, waiting for a food pantry to open”.
Another struggle that was in “Amazing Grace” was how people are addicted to drugs. While Cliffie was taking Kozol on the walk around the neighborhood they saw “The children play near the bears or on the jungle gym while their mothers wait for clean needles”. People can’t stop doing drugs because they are addicted. Therefore, those who don’t stop taking drugs can be hurt. The last struggle I saw was how illegal dumpers dump lots of things in the South Bronx, those things can cause to make pollution to make the sick and also people could get asthma, because they are breathing in the pollution. This is probably why Cliffie has asthma. Overall, struggles effect's all lives, therefore people can have hard and challenging times. There is not only one or two struggles in your whole life, but sometimes you can have a challenge or struggle every day.