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UNCONTROLLABLE POVERTY Throughout history less fortunate people have been set apart or shunned from the general public In the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck this statement holds true Throughout the whole book all of the less fortunate people are treated like they arent even human This is not much different than how our society is now In the news article Major Cities Get Tough With Homeless by Angie Cannon Judy Appel said We are saying it is your fault that we have created a structure where there arent enough jobs and housing for you to lead a decent life Cannon 1 Appel is saying the same thing Steinbeck was saying in his book Many homeless people are homeless because they were forced to be that way and the general public doesnt realize it In the Grapes of Wrath and in the present time the general public has set the less fortunate apart from themselves without even realizing it Im seeing more apathy on the part of people I think people used to feel badly And now I think people feel bothered Thats a dangerous shift Cannon 1 What she means is that at one point in time we used to care for the homeless We used to try and help them out Now we dont care and we just want to get rid of them This is very similar to the situation in the Grapes of Wrath At first they wanted thousands of people to come and work but when they actually started coming the general public wanted to get rid of them And the men of the towns and of the soft suburban county gathered to defend themselves and the reassured themselves that they were good and the invaders were bad as a man must do before he fights They said these Okies are dirty and ignorant Theyre degenerate sexual maniacs These Okies are thieves Theyll steal anything Theyve got no
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