Injustice In Anna Quindlen's Homeless

Injustice is among us throughout the daily things that occur in life, form work to school and at home. Something will always be out of place when trying to find the peace of something. In the book A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, injustice is imminent in the poor Islamic nation of Iran. The Soviets and the radical groups later made matters even worse. The understanding of justice is pivotal to the understanding of justice.

Homeless written by Anna Quindlen is an essay describing the problem of homelessness in New York City. Quindlen writes about a homeless woman named Ann that she had met at a bus terminal. Quindlen was in the process of writing a story about homeless people and was very interested in Ann’s situation. Ann on the other hand did not believe she was homeless and showed Quindlen a picture of a yellow house she kept in her tote that had no exact location. Quindlen understood that Ann was trying to teach her that no matter where you are in life, you are your own home and that today we really don’t think that way. We think of home as our possessions and not as a place with memories and that many people don’t understand what it’s like to have their own

In The Street, Ann Petry describes the life of Lutie Johnson, a single mother who lives in a poverty-stricken area in Harlem, New York. Petry details all of Lutie’s problems, along with the diverse individuals she encounters and their issues as well. Being that the particular area the story is set in a lower-class area, the issue of injustice arises. Lutie, as well as the other characters, face some sort of injustice living on “the street.” Petry’s powerful novel was written to explain the injustices people like Lutie face in the real world, and how these injustices impact their lives.

Furthermore, Lynch’s column details the reasons why homeless individuals become homeless, while Quindlen’s only discusses why some homeless people refuse to reside a shelter. Both arguments hold their own level of importance; however, exploring the grounds of which homelessness is placed upon an individual far exceeds the other.

“And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quicklime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is a failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath” (Steinbeck 349). John Steinbeck, the author of The Grapes of Wrath, portrays the migrant’s resentment of the California land owners and their way of life and illustrates that the vagrants from Oklahoma are yearning for labor, provisions, and human decency. Similarly in To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee elucidates the concept that people should be treated with inclusive human dignity and be affected by good aspects rather than deleterious

John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, a universal, timeless tale of everyday people and their struggle, has impacted the American consciousness and ethical standard since its publication in 1939. Steinbeck’s writing utilizes common, everyday, but deliberate word choice, made thought provoking and pervasive by syntactical arrangement. This effective aspect of Steinbeck’s language, sentence structure, gets the reader thinking about various common themes—such as man’s inhumanity to fellow man, altruism, group vs. individual, gender roles, and family dynamics—in ways in which he or she has not previously experienced. This characteristic of his work, how his unsophisticated structure catalyzes new, innovative approaches by the public to societal difficulties is

“And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quicklime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is a failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath” (Steinbeck 349). John Steinbeck, the author of The Grapes of Wrath, portrays the migrant’s resentment of the California land owners and their way of life and illustrates that the vagrants from Oklahoma are yearning for labor, provisions, and human decency. Similarly in To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee elucidates the concept that people should be treated with inclusive human dignity and be affected by good aspects rather than deleterious

Taking a stand on injustice is important because laws could prevent someone from doing what is right, governments could be doing wrong to it’s people causing them to suffer, and a government could take away what rightfully belongs to someone. Although there were some problems that came out of the victories, the people overcame it and in the end, changed the world they lived in for the better. Just because a law or a government allows something, it does not make it right. Similarly, if it says something is forbidden, it does not mean it should

Justice is neither automatic nor inevitable; the attainment of justice typically entails the sacrifice and suffering of those attempting to achieve it. In essence justice is an ideal, which the majority of individuals universally attempt to realize or uphold, however due to the avarice or agendas, which serve the interests of minorities, this ideal is sometimes subverted. Those performing the miscarriage of justice can become unscrupulous in their methods of maintaining this standard of injustice in efforts of self-preservation. This often results in the suffering of those carrying out their quest for justice. This idea, and the concept that the miscarriage of justice can have long lasting and far reaching effects which can never be fully

According to a study of Mental Disorders among the Homeless, there are around 740,000 individual’s homeless in the United States alone at any given night. Homelessness is everywhere, yet it is unseen. And yet at the same time American’s everywhere often take what they have for granted, especially the roof over their heads. Anna Quindlen discusses these issues in her article “Homeless”. She writes about a woman she met at a bus terminal one day. The woman‘s bag and raincoat were covered in grime, her name was Ann, and she was homeless. Suddenly, it is then when Quindlen writes that to her, the world’s worse problem is how many people are living without homes. She often emphasizes throughout her essay how home is more than just a simply a house- it’s a place woven with memories, a place of certainty. “That is everything”, she writes. Quindlen also goes on to write that our home is something we’ve been taking for granted in recent days, and stresses that the homeless should be viewed as a collection of individuals with no homes, instead of blemish on society. I agree with Quindlen. Society often view the homeless as a collection of “crazy” people who are there of their own mistakes. Instead of shaming those who are forced to live on the streets, we should be trying to better understand why these people are homeless.

Have you ever thought about why people stand up for what they believe in? You have heard about people standing up, but have you ever thought Why? This essay will be about one’s moral conscience must be addressed and a balance between individual and state must be realized to preserve society. The most efficient way of winning an argument is through non-violence.

America is primarily known as a country that is prideful for its freedom and equality. As a matter of fact, it comes to no surprise that members of the U.S. proudly display their patriotism through the means of clothing, accessories, and miscellaneous merchandise. However, the nation is filled to the brim with dark tales and twisted stories of past events that continue to split its people into boundaries. Discrimination, war, and slavery are all factors that have the potential to divide a society and create barriers that separate a population against their own kind.

Justice isn’t being served to all walks of life today, just as it wasn’t yesterday, the day before that, or a five decades ago. This ideology of equality and a perfect utopia is flawless in theory but is never quite able to be obtained. Throughout the decades, humanitarians such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela and Susan B. Anthony have stepped up to the plate and reached out to world in hopes of initiating changes to come. Though outstanding alterations have been made, society is still witnesses unfair treatment of specific racial and religious groups and individuals of different genders, sexuality and economic status. If inspected even closer, one could even defend the conclusion that in today’s day and age, society’s tolerance

¨Homeless¨ is about Anna Quindlen doing a story on homeless people but meets a woman named Ann; who claims she is not homeless. Ann ends up showing Quindlen a photograph of a yellow house. Quindlen soon understands that a home can not just be replaced by a shelter but a home is where the heart is. We are reminded that the homeless are not just people without homes but they are just rootless.

Next we should contemplate the question of who is to decide what actions are just vs. unjust. In today's society the most significant proponent of justice would be our criminal justice system. This system produces just as much justice as it does injustice. Many people would argue with about this point. We are supposed to trust the people and the system we have chosen to represent our society. They are responsible for keeping society safe and for punishing those who do harm. Yet in recent years we