Imagine seeing a family lost and not knowing what to do or where to go. They spend each night in the musky weather on a bench, which they call their bed. As many people wake up to the chattering noises each morning, they decide which public place will allow them to clean themselves up so they can face the day. When the households get hungry, they beg people for change to eat a cheap meal or search the nearest grubby garbage can. For the rest of the day many sit in the city, hoping people will notice them and want to help out. Knowing that they are not judged by who they are but what they are, they realize that most people in society don’t understand homelessness, and wonder if the circumstances in homelessness will ever change. This is a…show more content… The unforgettable memoir, The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls; the article, “Poverty in America Is Mainstream”; and the report, “Number Of Homeless Children In America Surges To All-Time High: Report” all describe people’s lives who live in…show more content… Jeannette Walls outlooks poverty as an impediment that make one stronger and more responsible. Particularly, she portrays, “but at least we had money. While I’d been bringing in a little extra cash for babysitting, Brian was cutting other people’s weeds, and Lori had a paper route, it didn’t add up much,” (Walls 196). Through Jeannette and her siblings’ life they have to help their parents make money for the essentials, such as food, water, clothes, and house payment. This makes the children more responsible and mature. They learn about the amount of everything families pay for and how hard working parents are. Jeannette Walls has a positive viewpoint of poverty; however, Mark R. Rank recognizes that the government provides little assistance in helping poor households (Rank 2 of 3). Even though the government issues food stamps for families that cannot pay for food, there are still many people who have nothing to eat. On the other hand, Jade Walker thinks poverty is troublesome for children. Notably, she reports that poverty is “potentially devastating effects on children’s education, emotional and social development, as well as on their parent’s heath, employment prospects and parenting abilities,” (Walker 2 of 5). Poverty affects many people and causes many problematic issues. In the three texts the writers all have different perspectives of poverty in
