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    tribute!’” These famous words from Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games have done nothing less than inspired a generation of readers with tales of wonderfully horrible‚ eerily realistic‚ soul-crushing‚ heart-pounding adventure. It is a story of rebellion‚ romance‚ and most importantly‚ of societal discord. The futuristic world of Panem is but one of many similar settings that has exploded into the literary market: the archetypal dystopian society. The Hunger Games‚ The Maze Runner‚ Uglies‚ Divergent‚ Matched

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    The Problem of Poverty

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    "Poverty is like heat; you cannot see it; so to know poverty you have to go through it." Adaboya‚ Ghana Poverty is a relative perception used to describe the people in a society that cannot afford the essentials that others take for granted. And whilst many Australians deal with payments of bills‚ people living in poverty have to make intricate choices‚ such as skipping a meal to pay for their child’s clothing‚ text books ECT. People living in poverty not only have low levels of income; they

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    Classism And Poverty

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    The issue of poverty is an ever-present one – classism shows itself through all of history‚ the uneven distribution of wealth rearing its head as soon as wealth became available in human civilization. It’s a tenacious condition‚ and often a hereditary one‚ latching itself onto those unlucky enough to fall into its trap and not letting go for generations‚ even after centuries. The institutional discrimination that so much of our country’s government and economy are built on must constantly be fed

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    It’s Your Money and I Need It Now! The Great Depression is known as one of the worst points in American history regarding unemployment and poverty; indeed‚ the crash of the Stock Market left a quarter of Americans without a job‚ which‚ in turn‚ prompted the government to step in and attempt to resolve the catastrophe. Franklin Delano Roosevelt came up with the idea of the two-part New Deal‚ which‚ among various societal benefits‚ provided monetary aid and opportunities to those who lost their jobs

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    Poverty in Canada.

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    Poverty is a reality in Canada today. Despite having one of the highest standards of living among all the developed nations‚ and despite being voted numerous times in recent years by the United Nations as the best country in the world in which to live‚ experts agree that poverty is prevalent in Canada today. Unfortunately‚ that is more or less where the agreement ends. Exactly how prevalent and how serious a problem poverty is in Canada is an open question that has been hotly debated for the last

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    Poverty in America

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    their consequences‚ that have made poverty a perpetuating cycle in not only their lives‚ but their children’s. Chiefly‚ bad decisions like‚ teen pregnancy‚ lack of education and complacency keeps poverty revolving‚ currently‚ and for future generations. The government does have an obligation to help the poor and needy in America‚ but as individuals‚ people have an obligation to help themselves in their own pursuit of happiness and success. To help end poverty‚ people should assess the issues

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    The Stigma of Poverty

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    The Stigma of Poverty Gina Pardue English W 131 Professor Brooks February 24‚ 2011 Writer’s Memo Poverty is real. People from all walks of life experience it. Those living in poverty are subject to not only the conditions of poverty‚ but to the stigma that parts of society places on the poor. Society tends to judge the poor and label them as being low-end citizens that choose to live in poverty. Those living in poverty are seen as ignorant and lazy. They are assumed

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    Faving Poverty

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    Facing Poverty with A Rich Girl’s Habit India Pasley Charlotte Walker ENG 090 October 27‚ 2013 “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habit”‚ is about a young woman named Kim‚ growing up in Queens‚ New York. Born in South Korea to a lifestyle of luxury with maids and a mansion but raised in New York due to the loss of her father’s millions overnight. Now faced with a mean look of poverty of trying to accustom with public transportation

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    POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES During the 1990s‚ the Philippines made significant progress in fighting poverty. According to the Family Income and Expenditure Survey of 1997‚ poverty incidence fell from 49.3% of total population in 1985 to 40.6% in 1994 and 36.8% in 1997. According to an ADB study conducted by Ernie Pernia and Arsenio Balisacan‚ however‚ the decline in poverty rates did nothing to improve the country’s notoriously inequitable income distribution. Despite the more-or-less sustained

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    done. Instead of working against one another why not help each other. You know what they say‚ two heads‚ are better than one. My book starts off with one of the main character’s Katniss Everdeen thinking about the hunger games she was in a year ago. For those who don’t know the hunger games is annual event which one boy and one girl from the ages from12-18 get selected from the

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