Class 11 English Lesson 16: What is Poverty? : References beyond the text

 

References beyond the text

a.      Define a social problem (homelessness, unemployment, racism), imitating Parker’s style.

A Social Problem: Unemployment

Unemployment, the word itself, if it stays longer, would affect the cost of the economy. The entire individual who is not working in the referenced period falls under the category of unemployment. They might be anyone who is highly skilled or has no skills. When unemployment reaches above the expected rates, it subtle the growth and leads to social issues. With no money, there are no education, food resources, and basic elements for the survivor. Whether someone is homeless or has no job, this all head place to social issues.

In conclusion, unemployment is the major problem that creates disturbance, stress, and lowers down a growing economy. The personal and social concerns have been associated with poverty, population, lack of technologies, health risks, and slow expansion of the business. All these issues arise when unemployment exponentially grows within countries. This certainly remarks about the serious problems of housing and hopeless life. Unemployment causes harm to the economy, not in the sense of waste of resources, but also by building pressure on the community. 

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b.     Using adjectives to highlight the futility of the situation, write a short definition essay on growing up in Poverty.

Essay on Growing Up in Poverty

Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living. Poverty means that the income level from employment is so low that basic human needs can’t be met. Poverty-stricken people and families might go without proper housing, clean water, healthy food, and medical attention. Each nation may have its threshold that determines how many of its people are living in poverty.

Growing up in poverty is annoying and frustrating, and it never allows you to be happy. When one cannot manage the minimum requirements of life, like food, education, and health, life is a punishment. One’s creativity and natural talent can never come out. Rather, such a situation humiliates him, and he can never live a dignified human life.

Moreover, Disparity and inequality never let him be free and do something good in his life. Growing up in poverty is a frightening experience where one has to face various hardships and struggles. It provides him with a tiring and worrying experience where pain is always ready to welcome him.

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