"Next to another vacant lot, where someone has dumped a heap of auto tires and some rusted auto parts, he points to a hypodermic needle in the tangled grass and to the bright-colored caps of crack containers..."
This quote shows that to this young boy seeing crack containers and needles is normal and part of his every day life which is very sad. For many children it is not normal for them to walk up the street and see a needle laying on the ground and not be phased in any way by it. Most children would be confused and ask their parents what that needle is for but for this boy he already knew what it is for and he also knows what a big issue drugs are in his community.
"A small and wiry woman wearing blue jeans and a baseball cap, a former cocaine addict who now helps addicted women and their children, she tells me that more than 3.000 -homeless families have been relocated by the city in this neighborhood during the past few years, and she asks a question I will hear from many other people here during the months ahead. "Why do you want to put so many people with small children in a place with so much sickness? This is the last place in New York that they should put poor children. Clumping so many people, all with the same symptoms and same problems, in one crowded place with nothin' they can grow on? Our children start to mourn themselves before their time."
This quote shows how any men, women, and children are struggling and facing hard times while living in the South Bronx. Trying to help families especially ones with small children by putting them in this area is not going to help them or benefit them in any way. This area is filled with drugs, prostitutes, plants, and everything that a young child should never be exposed to in their life.
" A person who works in a real job at a place like Chemical Bank, she tells me, is a rare exception in the neighborhood. ' Almost no one here has jobs like that. Some are too sick. They live on SSI' maybe five or six in 25, she says, have some legitimate employment."
This quote shows that not many people in Motts Haven have a real job. Many people sell drugs or even rely on prostitution to make money which is VERY sad. With the number of people that have AIDS in this community prostitution should not be as popular as it is ut the people that are suffering from AIDS probably do not think twice before they go ahead and sleep with someone for money and pass the disease on to that person.
Points to share in class:
These issues are ongoing issues in our world that are continuing to be a problem every single day. Innocent children are becoming affected by these issues. In Motts Haven and communities like this I feel like the government should be doing lot more than they are to help turn these communities around and to also help the families that are living in them. I also feel like the police should be stepping up and doing more and I understand there is only so much they can do but I feel like what they are doing right now just is NOT enough.
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