There is a lot of positive functions poverty and the poor have on society. The existence of poverty makes sure that "dirty work" is done. “Dirty work” is classified as dangerous‚ physically dirty‚ temporary‚ undignified‚ a dead-end‚ underpaid‚ and menial jobs. In America‚ poverty functions to provide low-wage labor pools that makes people‚ willing or unwilling‚ to perform dirty work at lowest costs allowed. The poor subsidize tons of activities that benefit the wealthy. They have supported the consumption
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Did you know that the majority of the majority of the women who were accused of witchcraft were married to rich men? And that they were accused by single‚ poor women? In Salem‚ during the summer of 1692‚ 20 people were murdered due to accusations of performing witchcraft. I believe that single‚ poor women were jealous of the married‚ rich women‚ so they accused them of witchcraft. They knew that is there was any suspicion the women would be put to death‚ and then their rich husbands would be single
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aid just because they think that the financial support given by rich countries has had little effect on the poor countries. However‚ I doubt whether the cause-effect thinking can hold water. It is mainly because the positive and dramatic effects‚ in most of the cases‚ on poor countries as well as the local people should be approved. It is easily caught of international news that some poor countries can build up a new dam or power plant that can be used to solve the problem of local water shortage
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metaphor‚ the use of logos‚ and the discovery of food bank‚ Hardin uses these key points as his argument. With regards to the population of the poor‚ Hardin uses a lifeboat for better understanding of the situation. “Metaphorically each nation can be seen as a lifeboat‚ full of comparatively rich people. In the ocean outside each lifeboat swim the poor of the world‚ who would like to get in or at least share some of the wealth” (415). This metaphor explains to the people that there are people out
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The increase in the number of population in poor countries is much higher than in rich countries over a given period of time. This means that while the population of poor countries is expanding massively‚ the proportion of rich countries consistently diminishes. Hardin presents the idea of "The Tragedy of The Commons’’ and clarifies it as a negative impact
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The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison JEFFREY H. REIMAN American University or the same criminal behavior‚ the poor are more likely to be arrested; if arrested‚ they are more likely to be charged; if charged‚ more likely to be convicted; if convicted‚ more likely to be sentenced to prison; and if sentenced‚ more likely to be given longer prison terms than members of the middle and upper classes.1 In other words‚ the image of the criminal population one sees in our nation’s jails and prisons
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provision must have the greatest positive impact on the paupers’ lives and there be a shift in ideas of ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor. One turning point in provision for the poor was the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act which overthrew the 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law. However‚ arguably it is still not the turning point of the century because negative ideas about the poor persisted as Harris stresses - pauperism was still viewed as ‘primarily a voluntary condition’ . So‚ instead
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In the Middle Ages‚ the poor peasants went hungry many times while the royalty ate well. Fifty percent of the people were poor as the rest was royalty. The poor cooked all there food themselves. The poor people would eat mainly barley. Sometimes they turned their barley into bread and sometimes into pancakes orpizzas. They also make barley porridge or they would make soup out of barley. The poor people didn’t have enough food because they didn’t have all lot money. The poor hunted for some of their
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terror and supernatural tales‚ but the use of Gothic in poetry also has enhanced the images within works of poetry such as "The Poor Singing Dame" and "The Lady of Shallot". While the longer stories can elaborate upon the defining characteristics of the genre‚ the poet can create the same chilling fantasies with limited words as seen in the Gothic style poems. "The Poor Singing Dame" is told in story format by an observing narrator. The narrator uses a rhyme scheme that is ABCBDEDE‚ therefore the
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Reading 2 In Defense of the Poor Image by Hito Steyerl According to the article‚ “In defense of the Poor Image”‚ author Hito Steyerl describes about the poor images. On the first paragraph‚ Steyerl says‚ “The poor image is a copy in motion. Its quality is bad‚ its resolution substandard. As it accelerates‚ it deteriorates. It is a ghost of an image‚ a preview‚ a thumbnail‚ an errant idea‚ an itinerant image distributed for free‚ squeezed through slow digital connections‚ compressed‚ reproduced‚
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