The Count of Monte Cristo and Poverty

The World Wide Issue of Poverty

Poverty is a huge issue. Too many people are suffereing from this. How can society

fix this issue? In The Count of Monte Cristo written by Alexander Dumas, poverty was also an

issue, it’s a horrible thing and nobody really knows what its like until they experince it.

In the novel, M. Dantes (Edmond’s father) died from starvation. Like the quote said,

“even a wondering dog finds someone to throw him a crust of bread.” This is why poverty

is an issue that can be easily solved in the U.S. If the nation had more shelters and food for poor

and people trying to give back, the poverty rate would be lower.

80% of people in the U.S are suffering from poverty.

people are dying because they dont have food to eat. What does that say anout America? How

can the nation make that percentage go down? The government is really the biggest hope. Maybe

in the future they will realize how many of their own people are suffering.

In the Count of Monte Cristo novel, Edmond Dantes was most impacted by poverty

because if his father was still alive when he came back from the Chateau D’if maybe he would

have more leaniant when it came to revenge. Even if M. Dantes lived a more oppulant life, he

still could have been taken from starvation. He could have starved himself because of the

loneliness and heart break. The effect of M. Dantes dieing from starvation was Edmond

becoming even more enraged and even more hungry for revenge.

Poverty can come in two forms, not eating because of greif or lonlieness, or not eating

because the person doesnt have the kind of reasources they need to be fed. Weather that be mon-

-ey or clean water to drink. In M. Dantes case, it was