Theodore Dalrymple's 'What Is Poverty?'

Theodore Dalrymple’s “What is Poverty?” essay discusses the idea of poverty around the world and compares the poverty experienced in the third world countries and the first world countries concluding that poverty experienced by first world countries is not comparable to actual poverty in third world countries. He uses his life experiences to showcase the actual severe poverty experienced by the poor nations and what is known as poverty in third world nations. definition of poverty is a pretty broad topic to think about and Dalrymple proved that “poverty of soul” is having the many necessities of life without realizing that it could be a lot worse and taking these necessities for granted, Dalrymple explains the conditions of poverty he witnessed in the third world countries and how they try their best
Nevertheless, about 20% of world’s population live in extreme poverty without being able to afford all their needs (Global Issues). This fact is pretty fascinating in that all these people live in poverty, yet many in many examples in the essay “what is poverty?” poor people of England living off the welfare aid seem to not value enough the living standards they are given. In fact, more than 22% of England’s population receive public assistance but people attend collage are less likely to receive benefits (Global Issues). This is an insanely unjustified aspect of the welfare state where people getting education to become something useful in their community are less likely to get the help than drug addicts and other examples given in the