Summary of What is Poverty - Analytical - Blogger.
Jo Goodwin Parker’s essay, “What is Poverty? ” is about Parker who has personally experienced rural poverty. She explains her story from childhood to adulthood. Parker’s struggles are overwhelming; look at any sentence, the evidence of her daily struggle is there.Even the poor can dream. A dream of a time when there is money. Money for the right kinds of food, for worm medicine, for iron pills, for toothbrushes, for hand cream, for a hammer and nails and a bit of screening, for a shovel, for a bit of paint, for some sheeting, for needles and thread.In the article, Jo Goodwin Parker explains the meaning of poverty through the viewpoint of a poor woman. The woman represents poverty to expose its bitter, harsh and hidden aspects. However, I believe that her perceptions of poverty are trapped by her negative attitude towards the circumstances.
Jo Goodwin Parker’s essay, “ What is Poverty ?” is about Parker who has personally experienced rural poverty. She explains her story from childhood to adulthood. Parker’s struggles are overwhelming; look at any sentence, the evidence of her daily struggle is there.In the article 'What is Poverty?', Jo Goodwin Parker gives her ideas on what poverty is. First given as a speech, this article is written as an attack on human emotion. Her use of connotative language creates many harsh images of her experiences in a life of poverty.
J.G. Parker tries to explain poverty so that her audience, or those who oppose her thought of poverty, does not feel sympathetic or benevolent, but relatively understanding. She goes on using literary techniques, and emotions that grab hold of the reader’s heart, which is pathos.
