Introduction: This study is about the economic‚ political and socio- cultural conditions of the Urban Poor. Urban poor has become an interesting topic now days since it is very relevant to modern society. Poverty tends to be the greatest ill that plagues the Filipino as a society. The poor ranges from poor‚ very poor‚ and to the very‚ very poor. The topic URBAN POOR was selected from a group of topics given and then given emphasis by the author according to the relevance of this specific group
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Reader Response to “Girl” As I began reading “Girl‚” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ it seemed to be some sort of guide on how to live. It seemed to be repetitive and boring. I was not expecting for it to become one of the most intriguing stories I have ever read. It ended up being very easy to connect to‚ especially as a girl. I feel as if I am always being told how I need to act as a girl. How I need to be “ladylike” and how I need to learn to cook. For example‚ in the story it says “soak salt
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down from a mother to a daughter. Every mother has a wish for their daughter to be the best they can be. But at what point does instruction and wisdom become simply words that have been said one too many times? The short story “Girl‚” written by Jamaica Kincaid is presented to the reader as a list of instructions from a mother to a daughter on how to live life to the fullest‚ while still being a lady. The mother seems to be almost obsessive about her daughter’s future social status and is making
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‘Girl’ is an astonishing prose poem written by Jamaica Kincaid‚ this is one of the monologue that is easily imagined in a clear dramatic context. The irony of this prose poem come from the title given to it “Girl” because the girl only gets to speak two line through out the text and the rest is covered by the mother. The prose poem consists of single sentences about a mother advising her daughter about femininity‚ society‚ traditions and sexuality. Throughout the text‚ the use of single sentence
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Poverty in Pakistan A STUDY on poverty has brought Pakistan face to face with a reality that it will find hard to accept: every third Pakistani is caught in the ‘poor’ bracket i.e. some 58.7 million out of a total population of 180 million subsist below the poverty line. This includes more than half the population in the forever remote Balochistan‚ 33 per cent in Sindh‚ 32 per cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 19 per cent in Punjab. These are daunting figures. But they are much needed for planning
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jailed due to having no money or house & forced to work in a workplace where food‚ shelter & clothes where provided. Dicken’s makes the readers question themselves where money was the key to happiness? A Christmas carol Demonstrates all types of poverty such as ‚ health‚ money‚ happiness significantly highlighting these times in the Victorian Era‚ comparing also greed‚ illness & unemployment ‚ which caused a huge crisis leading to very low life expectancy‚ very bad economy & struggling citizens of
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Yeon Joo Seo Profrssor Hotinceanu English Culture Ⅱ December 9‚ 2014 Girl The short story “Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid is a story which a mother’s compassion represents the disempowerment‚ domestication of women in a patriarchal society and suppression of female sexuality. A first prominent theme is the disempowerment of women in society. Her mother reaffirm the collective ideas that persistently restricts the behavior of her daughter and clearly define the “proper” feminine persona. Also‚ the Carib
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The existence of poverty ensures that society’s dirty work will be done. Every society has such work: physically dirty or dangerous‚ temporary‚ dead-end and underpaid‚ undignified and menial jobs. Society can fill these jobs by paying higher wages than for clean work‚ the poor will do what it takes to feed their family and themselves the don’t have the luxury of taking time off to find a better paying job like the wealthy have a chance to wait for a better job. The poor takes whatever they can and
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teaching them better ways of farming as well as supporting their family and community. This support assists these people to break free from the cycle of poverty. One of the major keys of people breaking free from poverty is Education. According to Caritas there are 59 million primary school-age children who are unable to attend school because of poverty‚ poor health and conflict. These families are struggling to survive and thus education for their children is not of priority. Given half of the world’s
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POVERTY | | Submitted to:Sir ShahidHameedSubmitted By:Sadia Ali (0911244)ShafiaWasim (0911246)BBA 5-D | DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 11/17/2011 Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Measurement of Poverty 5 Determinants of poverty 9 Regional characteristics: 9 Community Characteristics: 10 Household and Individual characteristics: 10 Demographic characteristics: 10 Economic characteristics: 10 Social characteristics: 10 Economic Characteristics of Poverty Group
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