Blog Post 4- Amazing Grace Reflection
In the Amazing Grace, Kozol attempts to vividly depict the miserable conditions of the poorest of the poor in the South Bronx. His purpose I believe is to tell the reader about the personal stories of these people who go through hurdles just to survive to the next day in the seemingly war-like neighborhoods where anyone you know could be killed at the drop of a hat. The view of south Bronx by the rest of New York seems to be as if the people living there are treated less than human, setting up dumps of burning hospital waste in a neighborhood and illegal dumping occurring there by the other people in New York. “But when we come off the bridge into the Bronx, he opens his window, spits in the street, then rolls the window shut and locks his door. “All this is scum here. No one works. Look at this.” I ask him where he lives. “I live in Queens, in a nice section””. In that little section of the chapter, it best exemplifies how the rest of New York views the poor in south Bronx...