Struggle: Its teachings, how it can help us, and how it can hurt us.(there is at the bottom only one problem in the world...How does one break through? How does one get into the open? How does one burst the cocoon and become a butterfly?) -Thomas Mann
Definition: I believe struggle is something when you or someone is failing. When you struggle, you fail to progress or have trouble with it.
Definition: I believe struggle is something when you or someone is failing. When you struggle, you fail to progress or have trouble with it.
Struggle can be defined as something when you or someone is failing. When you struggle, you fail to progress or have trouble with it. Some may allege that struggle is beneficial. It teaches you to carry your own weight or depend on yourself. Others may think that struggle is cynical. It teaches those in struggle to not trust or depend on someone when in need of help. Much analysis has been carried on this topic. This essay will argue that regardless what some consider honest, struggle, specifically poverty and racism, is multidimensional and has implications that can harm us.
Struggles are multidimensional. We see this in Breaking Through, by Francisco Jimenez. For example, one of the struggles Francisco/Panchito experiences is undocumentation (See Figure 1). This struggle causes him to fear for himself and his family of being deported. Some examples from the text that provide evidence of his fear is when he says,” I lived in constant fear for 10 long years”(Jimenez, 11). This shows, that because he had crossed the border illegally, it made him fear for a long time affecting him in ways. Another piece of evidence is it says,” As I got older, my fear of being deported grew”(Jimenez, 9). This determines that because he had attended school more he was more likely to be deported. A final piece of supporting evidence is it states,” But what I feared most happened that same year”(Jimenez, 9). This explains that because he had been in a certain location he had been at a certain location he had been caught and deported. All in all, Fransisco has feared for his family and deportation throughout his troubled life showing how struggle is multidimensional.
Along the lines of struggle being multidimensional we can also evaluate its implications(See Figure 2). Once again, using Breaking Through Panchito/Francisco struggles with poverty. Poverty affects Panchito’s/Francisco health, education, treatment, and living conditions. There are examples from the book that show implications of poverty. One example that Francisco’s/ Panchito’s health was affected was in the book it states,” The doctor double-checked the list of diseases I had marked earlier.” (Pg.2) This shows that the doctor did not believe he had none of the diseases, because he was in poverty. An example that shows that poverty was in education, it reads, “Every year Roberto and I missed months of school to help Papa and Mama work in the fields.”(Pg.2) Because they were in poverty they had to leave school just to help out their parents in the field to earn money. On page 11, it states, “We were finally called in by the nurse after waiting several hours.” This explains that they were treated different because they were in poverty. A final example of implications of living conditions is that when they wanted to rent a motel room the only one they could afford was the one with a stained mattress that they all slept on. All in all, since Francisco/Panchito was in poverty he was treated differently in everything.
In addition, to Breaking Through, there are implications of poverty found in many other sources. Poverty affects living conditions such as, “Roof, foundation, or other structural defects that may expose the occupants to fire, burns, shock, accidents or other dangers to health or safety.”(Poor Living Conditions.com) Research states, “Seventy-eight percent of the non-poor live in homes their families own, compared to 41 percent of the poor and 24 percent of those living poor, single-parent families.”(www.Irle.berkeley.edu) This shows that because people live in poverty they have unsafe houses. A final example is it states,” Seventy-one percent of the expenditures of the families of poor* individuals is for food, shelter, utilities, and apparel, compared to 46 percent for families of the non-poor. The families in poverty spend less money on their homes causing to buy very unsafe homes. For those in poor, single-parent families, the share spent on these necessities is 80 percent.” In the end, the fault is poverty.
In what ways does poverty affect education? Poverty affects health in many ways; It states,” In the book, The Outsiders poverty affects one’s social relationship with the rich people and causes one to kill the other and when they run away an individual misses months of school.” This explains that because they were in poverty it caused a boy to kill another, then when they ran away it caused them to miss months of school. Another example in literature is when,” In the Hunger Games poverty affects education. How? “Because Katniss’s sister,Prim, does not go to school because she has to work to make money.” This explores that because Katniss was gone, Prim missed months of school to work to support the family. A final example is it states,” In the Hunger Games Rue, a tribute in the Hunger Games, she has to miss days of school to harvest fruits/vegetables.” This means that because they needed to miss school because they needed to harvest. Lastly, because of harvesting, work, and social class, children's and teenagers educations are greatly affected.
In addition, to implications to living conditions and education, there are implications in treatment. Research states, “Obama has vowed to make class warfare, specifically “income inequality,” the focus of the 2014 midterm campaign, declaring it the “defining challenge of our time.” When he didn’t mention is the inconvenient truth that income inequality has increased more during his presidency than that of any predecessor, though predictably his administration spokesman, Jay Carney, blamed Bush.”(https://patriotpost.us/alexander/22892) This means that president Obama, is trying to bring down the difference in income is trying to be lowered, but in his time as president it has greatly rised than before he started leading to people having to pay more. On the website, www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-40194-why-do-we-treat-poor-people-as-if-they-were-simply-invisible.html, published by The Athens News it states, “Why is it that public policy is to treat poor people as if they did not exist? For years, policy makers from both parties have ignored the suffering of poor families. To make matters worse, policies currently pursued by the governor are designed to push more poor people into the shadows.” This explores that because people are in poverty, we don’t just push them to the edge and act like they do not exist. A final piece of evidence why poverty affects treatment is it states, “Being poor in America can, quite literally, become a crime. Enrenreich recalls the story of a 62-year-old homeless Vietnam veteran in a wheelchair who was arrested while sleeping in a homeless shelter because he had an outstanding warrant. His warrant was for criminal trespassing due to the fact that he had been previously caught sleeping in the street. So, in fact they arrested him for being homeless.” (http://www.theguardian.com) This shows that because a man was in poverty, he was treated wrong and arrested just because he was sleeping on the streets. Lastly, because these people were in poverty, they were treated different greatly.
Adding on to poverty affecting living conditions, treatment, and education, health in poverty can affect one greatly by getting sick or even dying in some cases. On http://blog.oup.com/2013/11/poverty-public-health-united-states/, it states, “If you are poor, you are most likely to live in communities with hazardous outdoor and indoor air pollution. Your children are more likely to have elevated lead levels and resultant problems, such as lower IQ scores and reading levels, attention deficits and behavioral problems.” This affects people in poverty because the more the people are located in those areas because they don’t have homes, they will be exposed to hazardous outdoor and indoor air pollution which can be deadly. Another example is it states, “If you are poor you are less likely to have an adequate knowledge about threats to your health and to the health of your family members. It is less likely to know how to navigate or complex health care . You are less likely to receive medical care from providers who are sensitive to your needs.”(Wikipedia.org) This explores that those who are in poverty don’t get the knowledge how bad they are fatally hurt. In the article, Poverty and health in the United States, it says, “ When you are poor you are more likely to be obese. You don’t get enough of the healthy foods and you don’t get good nutrients. You are more likely to be addicted to cigarettes.” This means that you don’t get enough healthy food for your health and the addiction to cigarettes will lead to lung cancer. All in all, just because of poverty people are greatly impacted.
As you can see, this essay has shown the implications of poverty. Some may argue that poverty is good for you and that it teaches you to focus and work for yourself, poverty may help you depend on yourself. I oppose and believe that it damages peoples beliefs in other people if they need help dearly. Poverty affects ones education, health, living conditions, and treatment.
Poverty is not the only struggle that has negative implications; racism is just as damaging. Racism can be defined the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. In other words, racism is that one race is superior to the others and/or are unequal because the color of their race. For example, in the movie “42” a man named Jackie Robinson was abused mentally and physically because of his race and his appearance in the Major Leagues because no African American entered the White leagues.
In the movie,42, it explores the life story of Jackie Robinson showing examples of racism and its implications. In the movie,42, the other players and audience call him the “n” word, in addition the coach called him a “female dog” because he is a different race. The referee called him out when you could clearly see him pass it, after that the pitcher hits Jackie in the head because he was the first African American ball player in the Major League. All in all, Jackie Robinson was hurt mentally and physically because the implications of racism.
In the movie,42, it shows even more examples on racism. It shows that Jackie Robinson, famous for his appearance as the first Major league ball player was treated many different ways because of his race. They didn’t allow him to use the bathroom at the gas station because of his race. Another example is when In the game, the pitcher doesn’t let him hit the ball so he just throws unhittable balls because of his race. All in all, Jackie was treated differently because of his race.
In the book, Breaking Through, there are many eye-opening experiences that display implications of racism. On page 39, it says, “Are you Spanish?" Mrs. Dossen asked politely. "l detect a strong accent." "l am Mexican," I said proudly. "But born in Colton California," I quickly added."That's interesting," Mr. Dossen said after a short silence. His wife nodded her head and smiled uneasily.” This shows that because he was Mexican, the mom of Peggy, dislikes Panchito/Francisco leading to her breaking up and leaving Panchito/Francisco affecting his dating life. The implications that are affecting his race is on page 103, it reads, “They called me "chile stomper" or "tamale wrapper." This affects his self confidence in himself and his race because they hurt his confidence most likely leading to why he hardly says he is Mexican unless people ask him. A last way he is affected is with jobs it states, “The wall behind the stand was a sign: Goldish for .05.” This affected him by him not getting a real job because of his race he doesn’t get the same rights to some people.” All in all, he has been determined because of his race.
Not only has Jackie Robinson experienced racism and its implications, but it has happened to my uncle. My uncle was called mean names because of his race along with his friends. Also, they repeatedly called him this causing him to fail certain events. He felt that he sucked at most of the events since he failed, but it didn’t mean that. He kept failing because everytime he tried something, they yelled, screamed, and shrieked “Beaner” because of his race. When he was called beaner one last time his friends and himself got into a fight with the white kids, they won, and the white kids stopped bothering him. Just because of peoples race they don’t deserve to be name called or treated differently.
Why would you want stress to be your friend.? In the Ted Talk show, Kelly Mcgonial wants us to believe stress is our friend, I think otherwise. Kelly Mcgonial said, “If you think stress is good if you are stressed, you are most likely not to die. If you think stress is bad and you are in stress then you have a 43% most likely to die.” In addition she said, “If you believe stress is good it helps you believe that you are not alone through stress and on yourself.” Kelly said, “Oxytocin, a hormone, you release as feelings like hugging, but what they don’t understand is that it is stress hormone.” But I don’t believe stress is your friend. Stress has many sides to it, Kelly is not talking about non-related items like racism and poverty. Why do you want to have this stress hormone, it makes your desire for contact. Also, you might want to feel alone because it helps you believe in yourself. When you believe its good you might want to feel with someone, but you are not. All in all, Kelly thinks stress is your friend and it can help you.
I believe struggle, specifically targeting poverty and racism, is multidimensional and has implications that can hurt us. Poverty and racism have implications on education, treatment, living conditions, and health. Even though struggle is not our friend most of the time, struggle is multidimensional with implications
Struggles are multidimensional. We see this in Breaking Through, by Francisco Jimenez. For example, one of the struggles Francisco/Panchito experiences is undocumentation (See Figure 1). This struggle causes him to fear for himself and his family of being deported. Some examples from the text that provide evidence of his fear is when he says,” I lived in constant fear for 10 long years”(Jimenez, 11). This shows, that because he had crossed the border illegally, it made him fear for a long time affecting him in ways. Another piece of evidence is it says,” As I got older, my fear of being deported grew”(Jimenez, 9). This determines that because he had attended school more he was more likely to be deported. A final piece of supporting evidence is it states,” But what I feared most happened that same year”(Jimenez, 9). This explains that because he had been in a certain location he had been at a certain location he had been caught and deported. All in all, Fransisco has feared for his family and deportation throughout his troubled life showing how struggle is multidimensional.
Along the lines of struggle being multidimensional we can also evaluate its implications(See Figure 2). Once again, using Breaking Through Panchito/Francisco struggles with poverty. Poverty affects Panchito’s/Francisco health, education, treatment, and living conditions. There are examples from the book that show implications of poverty. One example that Francisco’s/ Panchito’s health was affected was in the book it states,” The doctor double-checked the list of diseases I had marked earlier.” (Pg.2) This shows that the doctor did not believe he had none of the diseases, because he was in poverty. An example that shows that poverty was in education, it reads, “Every year Roberto and I missed months of school to help Papa and Mama work in the fields.”(Pg.2) Because they were in poverty they had to leave school just to help out their parents in the field to earn money. On page 11, it states, “We were finally called in by the nurse after waiting several hours.” This explains that they were treated different because they were in poverty. A final example of implications of living conditions is that when they wanted to rent a motel room the only one they could afford was the one with a stained mattress that they all slept on. All in all, since Francisco/Panchito was in poverty he was treated differently in everything.
In addition, to Breaking Through, there are implications of poverty found in many other sources. Poverty affects living conditions such as, “Roof, foundation, or other structural defects that may expose the occupants to fire, burns, shock, accidents or other dangers to health or safety.”(Poor Living Conditions.com) Research states, “Seventy-eight percent of the non-poor live in homes their families own, compared to 41 percent of the poor and 24 percent of those living poor, single-parent families.”(www.Irle.berkeley.edu) This shows that because people live in poverty they have unsafe houses. A final example is it states,” Seventy-one percent of the expenditures of the families of poor* individuals is for food, shelter, utilities, and apparel, compared to 46 percent for families of the non-poor. The families in poverty spend less money on their homes causing to buy very unsafe homes. For those in poor, single-parent families, the share spent on these necessities is 80 percent.” In the end, the fault is poverty.
In what ways does poverty affect education? Poverty affects health in many ways; It states,” In the book, The Outsiders poverty affects one’s social relationship with the rich people and causes one to kill the other and when they run away an individual misses months of school.” This explains that because they were in poverty it caused a boy to kill another, then when they ran away it caused them to miss months of school. Another example in literature is when,” In the Hunger Games poverty affects education. How? “Because Katniss’s sister,Prim, does not go to school because she has to work to make money.” This explores that because Katniss was gone, Prim missed months of school to work to support the family. A final example is it states,” In the Hunger Games Rue, a tribute in the Hunger Games, she has to miss days of school to harvest fruits/vegetables.” This means that because they needed to miss school because they needed to harvest. Lastly, because of harvesting, work, and social class, children's and teenagers educations are greatly affected.
In addition, to implications to living conditions and education, there are implications in treatment. Research states, “Obama has vowed to make class warfare, specifically “income inequality,” the focus of the 2014 midterm campaign, declaring it the “defining challenge of our time.” When he didn’t mention is the inconvenient truth that income inequality has increased more during his presidency than that of any predecessor, though predictably his administration spokesman, Jay Carney, blamed Bush.”(https://patriotpost.us/alexander/22892) This means that president Obama, is trying to bring down the difference in income is trying to be lowered, but in his time as president it has greatly rised than before he started leading to people having to pay more. On the website, www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-40194-why-do-we-treat-poor-people-as-if-they-were-simply-invisible.html, published by The Athens News it states, “Why is it that public policy is to treat poor people as if they did not exist? For years, policy makers from both parties have ignored the suffering of poor families. To make matters worse, policies currently pursued by the governor are designed to push more poor people into the shadows.” This explores that because people are in poverty, we don’t just push them to the edge and act like they do not exist. A final piece of evidence why poverty affects treatment is it states, “Being poor in America can, quite literally, become a crime. Enrenreich recalls the story of a 62-year-old homeless Vietnam veteran in a wheelchair who was arrested while sleeping in a homeless shelter because he had an outstanding warrant. His warrant was for criminal trespassing due to the fact that he had been previously caught sleeping in the street. So, in fact they arrested him for being homeless.” (http://www.theguardian.com) This shows that because a man was in poverty, he was treated wrong and arrested just because he was sleeping on the streets. Lastly, because these people were in poverty, they were treated different greatly.
Adding on to poverty affecting living conditions, treatment, and education, health in poverty can affect one greatly by getting sick or even dying in some cases. On http://blog.oup.com/2013/11/poverty-public-health-united-states/, it states, “If you are poor, you are most likely to live in communities with hazardous outdoor and indoor air pollution. Your children are more likely to have elevated lead levels and resultant problems, such as lower IQ scores and reading levels, attention deficits and behavioral problems.” This affects people in poverty because the more the people are located in those areas because they don’t have homes, they will be exposed to hazardous outdoor and indoor air pollution which can be deadly. Another example is it states, “If you are poor you are less likely to have an adequate knowledge about threats to your health and to the health of your family members. It is less likely to know how to navigate or complex health care . You are less likely to receive medical care from providers who are sensitive to your needs.”(Wikipedia.org) This explores that those who are in poverty don’t get the knowledge how bad they are fatally hurt. In the article, Poverty and health in the United States, it says, “ When you are poor you are more likely to be obese. You don’t get enough of the healthy foods and you don’t get good nutrients. You are more likely to be addicted to cigarettes.” This means that you don’t get enough healthy food for your health and the addiction to cigarettes will lead to lung cancer. All in all, just because of poverty people are greatly impacted.
As you can see, this essay has shown the implications of poverty. Some may argue that poverty is good for you and that it teaches you to focus and work for yourself, poverty may help you depend on yourself. I oppose and believe that it damages peoples beliefs in other people if they need help dearly. Poverty affects ones education, health, living conditions, and treatment.
Poverty is not the only struggle that has negative implications; racism is just as damaging. Racism can be defined the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. In other words, racism is that one race is superior to the others and/or are unequal because the color of their race. For example, in the movie “42” a man named Jackie Robinson was abused mentally and physically because of his race and his appearance in the Major Leagues because no African American entered the White leagues.
In the movie,42, it explores the life story of Jackie Robinson showing examples of racism and its implications. In the movie,42, the other players and audience call him the “n” word, in addition the coach called him a “female dog” because he is a different race. The referee called him out when you could clearly see him pass it, after that the pitcher hits Jackie in the head because he was the first African American ball player in the Major League. All in all, Jackie Robinson was hurt mentally and physically because the implications of racism.
In the movie,42, it shows even more examples on racism. It shows that Jackie Robinson, famous for his appearance as the first Major league ball player was treated many different ways because of his race. They didn’t allow him to use the bathroom at the gas station because of his race. Another example is when In the game, the pitcher doesn’t let him hit the ball so he just throws unhittable balls because of his race. All in all, Jackie was treated differently because of his race.
In the book, Breaking Through, there are many eye-opening experiences that display implications of racism. On page 39, it says, “Are you Spanish?" Mrs. Dossen asked politely. "l detect a strong accent." "l am Mexican," I said proudly. "But born in Colton California," I quickly added."That's interesting," Mr. Dossen said after a short silence. His wife nodded her head and smiled uneasily.” This shows that because he was Mexican, the mom of Peggy, dislikes Panchito/Francisco leading to her breaking up and leaving Panchito/Francisco affecting his dating life. The implications that are affecting his race is on page 103, it reads, “They called me "chile stomper" or "tamale wrapper." This affects his self confidence in himself and his race because they hurt his confidence most likely leading to why he hardly says he is Mexican unless people ask him. A last way he is affected is with jobs it states, “The wall behind the stand was a sign: Goldish for .05.” This affected him by him not getting a real job because of his race he doesn’t get the same rights to some people.” All in all, he has been determined because of his race.
Not only has Jackie Robinson experienced racism and its implications, but it has happened to my uncle. My uncle was called mean names because of his race along with his friends. Also, they repeatedly called him this causing him to fail certain events. He felt that he sucked at most of the events since he failed, but it didn’t mean that. He kept failing because everytime he tried something, they yelled, screamed, and shrieked “Beaner” because of his race. When he was called beaner one last time his friends and himself got into a fight with the white kids, they won, and the white kids stopped bothering him. Just because of peoples race they don’t deserve to be name called or treated differently.
Why would you want stress to be your friend.? In the Ted Talk show, Kelly Mcgonial wants us to believe stress is our friend, I think otherwise. Kelly Mcgonial said, “If you think stress is good if you are stressed, you are most likely not to die. If you think stress is bad and you are in stress then you have a 43% most likely to die.” In addition she said, “If you believe stress is good it helps you believe that you are not alone through stress and on yourself.” Kelly said, “Oxytocin, a hormone, you release as feelings like hugging, but what they don’t understand is that it is stress hormone.” But I don’t believe stress is your friend. Stress has many sides to it, Kelly is not talking about non-related items like racism and poverty. Why do you want to have this stress hormone, it makes your desire for contact. Also, you might want to feel alone because it helps you believe in yourself. When you believe its good you might want to feel with someone, but you are not. All in all, Kelly thinks stress is your friend and it can help you.
I believe struggle, specifically targeting poverty and racism, is multidimensional and has implications that can hurt us. Poverty and racism have implications on education, treatment, living conditions, and health. Even though struggle is not our friend most of the time, struggle is multidimensional with implications