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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.  T

Citizenship    In  societies  across the world, people may or may not have a choice to take part in their government. Also, the rights of the people living in their respective countries have varying rights and responsibilities to those living elsewhere across the world. These are some characteristics of one who has citizenship in  their country. Taking part and having a voice in your government is a key part of being a model  citizen and  seeing the injustices that your country is not doing anything to fix and taking it into your own hands through peaceful methods is one way to make a change. A major part of citizenship is taking an active role in your society to improve it.    Voicing out complaints about issues in the government and society and acting   against them are  what model citizens do. Possibly the most notable example of someone who stood against their societies’ problems is Martin Luther King Jr.. What King did for civil rights in my opinion went above and beyond