Analysis Of Judith Levine's 'Argumentative Essay'
Hailey Robinson
ENG1100 (025)
4/30/2014
Argumentative assignment
Trustworthy
In chapter two, page thirty-eight Rye asked himself if poverty alone made people less trustworthy (Barcott 38). During Rye’s first conversation with a Kenyan business man about trust in Kibera, Rye felt the man’s discrimination towards the people of the country Rye was about to explore, but he had not realized that trusting people in poverty did not always end well, he had never experienced it. While Rye spends time in Kibera he was shown compassion while staying in people’s houses, although most impoverished countries would not open up their homes for a stranger. As Rye continues to lives in Kibera he begins to trust the people, make relationships, and …show more content…
In this article Levine interviewed ninety-five women on their opinions and lifestyles while living in poverty and raising children. Levine says she was shocked, “by how many women talked about their suspicions of others’ unreliability in almost every area of their lives” (Levine 2014). The upper class families have more reasons to trust others which give them better connections and opportunities in the long run. If people who are living in poverty do not trust their own class then society cannot expect upper class families to trust them either. It is a cycle and as harsh as society is on judging families in poverty it still shows that they do not trust them. Overall the general public is not comfortable with one another, being in a lower class just makes you a larger target for distrust. Also in the article, Levine writes about how the women were treated poorly by their welfare caseworkers and how they did not follow through on certain things. When welfare workers do not complete what they promise they will cause the women to retaliate which brings distrust in the welfare systems, all these issues spiral in to becoming problems with distrust between the classes. For example childcare, any woman is going to be protective over her children; upper class women have more money to find better childcare, while mothers living in poverty have childcare services that may be unreliable. This is unfair to the women in poverty because they do not have the freedom to do that, while their welfare caseworkers are not doing what they need to do, causing the mothers in poverty to waste their money paying for poor childcare when they do not need to. Every little bit counts for these lower income families and it is not as difficult for the higher income mothers to pay for
ENG1100 (025)
4/30/2014
Argumentative assignment
Trustworthy
In chapter two, page thirty-eight Rye asked himself if poverty alone made people less trustworthy (Barcott 38). During Rye’s first conversation with a Kenyan business man about trust in Kibera, Rye felt the man’s discrimination towards the people of the country Rye was about to explore, but he had not realized that trusting people in poverty did not always end well, he had never experienced it. While Rye spends time in Kibera he was shown compassion while staying in people’s houses, although most impoverished countries would not open up their homes for a stranger. As Rye continues to lives in Kibera he begins to trust the people, make relationships, and …show more content…
In this article Levine interviewed ninety-five women on their opinions and lifestyles while living in poverty and raising children. Levine says she was shocked, “by how many women talked about their suspicions of others’ unreliability in almost every area of their lives” (Levine 2014). The upper class families have more reasons to trust others which give them better connections and opportunities in the long run. If people who are living in poverty do not trust their own class then society cannot expect upper class families to trust them either. It is a cycle and as harsh as society is on judging families in poverty it still shows that they do not trust them. Overall the general public is not comfortable with one another, being in a lower class just makes you a larger target for distrust. Also in the article, Levine writes about how the women were treated poorly by their welfare caseworkers and how they did not follow through on certain things. When welfare workers do not complete what they promise they will cause the women to retaliate which brings distrust in the welfare systems, all these issues spiral in to becoming problems with distrust between the classes. For example childcare, any woman is going to be protective over her children; upper class women have more money to find better childcare, while mothers living in poverty have childcare services that may be unreliable. This is unfair to the women in poverty because they do not have the freedom to do that, while their welfare caseworkers are not doing what they need to do, causing the mothers in poverty to waste their money paying for poor childcare when they do not need to. Every little bit counts for these lower income families and it is not as difficult for the higher income mothers to pay for