Behind The Beautiful Forevers By Annawadi Summary

The city of Mumbai has seen much growth in the past years. A string of elegant hotels have been set up for travelers and high-class business men. An ever growing, top of the line airport has been built for those coming in and out of the country. From the outside, Mumbai seems to have taken a liking to being internationally integrated with the rest of world, otherwise known as globalization. This is not the case, however; as seen in Katherine Boo’s novel Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. This novel is set in a slum right next to the Mumbai International Airport called

During the film, the subject of poverty was actively depicted. Even though this issue has raised great concerns for India in the past, statistics show that this problem has gradually decreased. In 1978 the percentage of people living on less than $2

In Anzia Yezierska's short story "The lost beautifulness," the protagonist Hanneh Hayyeh scrimps and saves to be able to paint her apartment white to make it look respectable for her son Ady when he comes home from fighting World War I. Hayyeh wants some kind of hope to cling to in her desperate immigrant's life. Although the dialect of the characters is Russian-Jewish and the setting is in an early 20th century urban environment, the idea of immigrant aspirations and the conflict between rich and poor is a common theme in American literature.

It is also a multilayered exploration of the world of her protagonist. This novel reflects the socio-economic inequality that prevails in India through the eyes of one family. It also brings into notice the emotional wreckage which is result of the collapsing of dreams. The novel Tell Me A Story throws light on a middle class young girl Rani who is forced by social conditions to leave her home and move to big city in search of freedom and survival. Bajwa divides the novel into two parts. The first part of the novel focuses on the city of Amritsar, where members of middle class of society struggle to meet basic needs of life. They try their best to maintain their household, but they fail and it brings terrible havoc on the members of the family. The second part of novel is totally different in comparison with first one. It represents another type of world which is alien in nature to Rani. It deals with Delhi based high class society where people are arrogant in nature and spend money on useless activities. They do not bother about the miserable conditions of lower classes of society and indulge themselves in an illusory type of

Chapter three of Eyal Press’ Beautiful Souls follows Avner Wishnitzer, an Israeli combat soldier serving in the occupied territories during the Second Intifada. In the 6-Day War of 1967, Israel captured the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and has since kept the land under an Israeli military occupation. In 1987 to 1991, a Palestinian uprising involving resistance and civil disobedience, known as the First Intifada, occurred in the occupied territories. Consequently, Israel deployed many soldiers into the occupied territories, and an estimated 1,674 people were killed in total. The Second Intifada, a much more violent Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories, transpired from 2000 until 2005. In response, Israel enacted Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale military operation, in 2002 to stop the terrorist attacks and suicide bombings of the Second Intifada. An approximate 4,426 people were killed in the Second Intifada. Avner Wishnitzer’s public refusal to serve in the occupied territories was worth getting kicked out of Sayeret Matkal and being disgraced by Israeli society because it made people question the occupation and the treatment towards Palestinians. Even if Avner had been my father, I would have condoned his choices because I could create my own reputation in the military. Additionally, the current controversy over the Israeli occupation legitimizes his stance and actions for many Israeli citizens.

Evidently, her life exemplifies the overcoming of poverty and how it really is possible as long as you stick to education and persevere through life.

Roberts organizes his book based on certain themes, such as culture and day-to-day life, paying special attention to the pre- and post-War periods so as to emphasize the evolution of the slum throughout the period of time covered. He divides it into chapters that cover specific aspects of society and day-to-day life in order to accentuate certain points. His writing style is a unique and well-chosen blend of personal reminiscences and historical research. Much of his writing, including his own experiences, is presented in a very matter-of-fact way. The impact this style has on the reader is great because he is able to state such horrors so bluntly, as only someone who was truly there can. Occasionally, however, his emotions break through, as is evident in his explanation of his parents' separation and subsequent death on page 238. Lastly, the work is scholarly and concise, as Roberts chooses to get straight to the point and elaborate on it rather than saying the same thing in many different ways.

While it may be easier to persuade yourself that Boo’s published stories are works of fiction, her writings of the slums that surround the luxury hotels of Mumbai’s airport are very, very real. Katherine Boo’s book “Behind the Beautiful Forevers – Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” does not attempt to solve problems or be an expert on social policy; instead, Boo provides the reader with an objective window into the battles between extremities of wealth and poverty. “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” then, exposes the paucity and corruption prevalent within India.

Using the little knowledge that he acquired through a series of unfortunate experiences in his life, he ultimately won the game show. However, despite the meticulous amount of details that were incorporated in both pieces of work, Behind the Beautiful Forevers’ detailed descriptions are a more accurate portrayal of life in the slums of Mumbai. The book detailed description of the characters’ experience on women and children’s hardship, brutality and corruption while still trying to becoming successful despite the odds made the book more realistic than the movie Slumdog Millionaire.

Katherine Boo, a staff writer at The New Yorker and former reporter and editor at The Washington Post, has worked for over two decades “reporting within poor communities, considering how societies distribute opportunity and how individuals get out of poverty” (Boo 257). In November 2007, she and her husband, an Indian citizen, moved from the United States to India to study a group of slum dwellers in Annawadi, Mumbai (Boo 249). While studying this group of individuals in India from 2007 to 2011, Boo’s goal was to learn why the individuals within this slum have not banded together against a common enemy in order to gain upward mobility. She illustrates several common issues of developing nations including: corruption, education, the mismanagement of foreign aid, and the possibility for social mobility in her book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers. In this literary work, Boo accurately portrays the acts of corruption and as well as how corruption has entered the sphere of education, which is typically an individual’s only avenue to social mobility and success in that area. She argues that instead of rising up against a higher power, the individuals within the slum fight against one another to get a leg up on their competition, even if it keeps them in the same social class.

2b) Oppression is explored through narrative point of view. Adichie uses the point of view of Kambili to show the audience how oppressed the country is not only in the Achike household but the whole of

Thousands of individuals are living in poverty. Why is it that this worldwide dilemma is still rising in rapid numbers till this day? Is it because of a lack of authoritative power, or a lack of one’s self control to do good? Despite the unknown cause, it has managed to drastically affect the lives of many. Poverty is like a curse, one that is wrongfully placed, difficult to get out of, and resistant to many forms of help.

Poverty has been on the top our list of contemporary issues for numerous of years and continues to rise across the world today. There are multiple reasons as to why poverty begins and quickly evolves into hunger and eventually leads to death. It is a social problem that pertains to every aspect of society, disease, dependency and many other factors that are keyed in. For some people, it’s not an option nor by choice. In some cases, people are born into poverty and or on different levels of poverty. Today, children are living the highest percentage rate of poverty and is the highest than it has ever been in the past years. If you look closely to the following photograph, “Language of Love” taken by, Thomas Tham also known by Mio Cade, he demonstrates true meaning of poverty by using bright vibrant colors and emphasis the main purpose of the art. The photographer captures your full attention as well as your internal emotions as you read the photo feeling hopeless and sadness. The siblings are living the reality of scarcity as they rest their heads on the concrete of the stairs. The love for each other is all they have in this world and they struggle to survive without food and shelter, it’s what ties your emotions into this photograph. Visualizing the art of work inspires you to reach out and help these young children. The photograph strongly demonstrates the struggle of poverty and the life of children around the world that are fighting this battle every

One day, my family and I were travelling in our expensive car, fully covered from head to toe in woolens as it was the winter season. The heater in the car was on and I was nicely sipping my warm coffee, headphones in my ears and a book in my hand. As we passed by a village, I saw a slum area. The people were barely clothed and small children were running around naked. They had no proper shelter-only thatched roofs and plastic put together made a 10x10 feet house approximately, if you would call it a house, in which a total of around 12 people lived. I felt very sad looking at their situation. They were so poor, so helpless. Then, questions arose in my mind- why they are so poor. How far is it appropriate to blame these poor people for their own predicament? Have they been lazy, made poor decisions, and been solely responsible for their plight? What about their governments? Why do I have so much and they don’t even have money to clothe themselves? To find the answer to my questions, I decided to investigate ‘Poverty’ and things related to it.

She attempts to portray the women in the article as a strong person who deals with her hardships by pushing herself to the edge. The woman in the article argues that, “can you be silent too.” She challenges that the reader would not be silent after seeing her perspective. However she is so overwhelmed with her problems and crushed without hope that now she wants to receive assistance in the form of cash from the wealthy people. She expresses anger when asking “can you be silent too?” because she is resentful about how poverty is wrecking her life. She suggests that receiving assistance could be the ultimate solution to this augmenting global issue. But I would disagree to this because eventually the poor would become dependent on the help they receive and they would take this for granted. They will have a tendency to spend on short-term comfort, rather than long-term needs, which will increase this dependency on help. Soon they will be unworthy of any labor because they know that even though if they don’t work for it, the money would still keep rolling