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As stated in global statics nearly 1/2 of the world’s population, which is more than 3 billion people, live on less than $2.50 a day and more than 1.3 billion live on less than $1.25 a day. Judy Gomez is a 17 year old teen who has already been swept into a life full of hard-work, inadequate opportunities, and the scuffle to survive within the country’s modern economic status. In a diminutive apartment building in New York, Gomez along with eight other family members, live together in close corridors attempting to apply each other’s skills to their preeminent ability in order to survive. Gomez can testify firsthand the struggles he endures on a daily basis in hopes of making enough money to get his family through the week, “Now I'm working 13-hour …show more content…
Walter Cunningham can be considered to be one of the others within the novel as he is living in complete poverty. It is mentioned within the book that Walter’s father has no money to pay Atticus back—instead he repays him with materialistic items. Walter is unable to scramble up enough money to buy himself his own meals let alone shoes. Poverty rips through and tares apart Walters’s life like a tornado coming through and wrecking all hopes of strength and growth, as he is unable to have a normal childhood like the rest of the children within school. Unlike Scout or Jem, Walter’s family does not make a substantial amount of money to help them survive which means Walter has to skip school most days in order to help his family out. Due to being at an economic disadvantage, Walter has to suffer which will ultimately set him up for failure at a young age as he is unable to earn an education. Another set of characters within the novel that can be considered the others would be the Ewell family. The Ewell family is looked down upon within the community and have gained the reputation of being a disgrace and yet appear to be impregnable to the viewpoints of those living in Maycomb. The Ewells live in poverty as their house is run down and they have garbage within the yard, the kids run around unrestricted and stay out of

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