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Running head: “HELPING AND HATING THE HOMELESS”(PETER MARIN)
“Helping and Hating the Homeless”(Peter Marin)
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1. How our society is responsible for the creation and existence of homelessness
There are various acts which cause the existence of the homelessness. Factors like a
strong economy have led to an increased number of homelessness people in the world. One
of the factors which have caused the increasing number of homelessness is lack of enough
housing units for people who earn low incomes with the number of people requiring those
units is increasing. Another factor is low income and employment where some people cannot
secure job to help them provide for their needs forcing to go out into the streets where they
find life being cheap. War is also another cause of the homeless in our society, for example
Martin has given an example whereby he has stated that the soldiers who went to the
Vietnam war had returned to the country and instead of celebrating their victory, most of
them decided to join the street due to mental illness of what they had experienced while at
the war. Change in the law which results to the modernization of industries and shifting of
the trade balance which leads to most people opting to go into the streets to live there, since
life in the streets seems to be cheap for them.
2. What Peter Marin means by Marginality in his text
Marginality means being in the fringes meaning one is excluded from the social life and
they are restricted from participating in communal activities, rights, services, and respect.
People who are homeless as explained by Marin experience social exclusion in various fronts
since they are almost marginal to both the social, political and economic worlds of the
society. Hence according to Peter's text marginality is used to refer those who are excluded
from the social activities in America and the kind of life they are living.
3. Why the homeless arouse potent emotions like anger and fear
“HELPING AND HATING THE HOMELESS”(PETER MARIN)
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As we have read the text, we can see that the life of the homeless is not friendly at all. The
homeless live an uncomfortable life, and more so they spend most of their time living in the
street. The kind of life they live makes them develop power emotions, and they always get angry
so fast. Peter has given some reasons for what makes them develop such emotions so fas...
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