Compare And Contrast Hand To Mouth And Breakfast At Sally's

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After reading excerpts from both Hand to Mouth and Breakfast at Sally’s, I believe that Hand to Mouth’s description of life at the bottom of America is more accurate than Breakfast at Sally’s description. LeMieux, the author and narrator of Breakfast at Sally’s, describes one day during his time living in poverty. He spends money driving a man named C around Bremerton, Washington and spends even more money eating at a Chinese restaurant. During this excerpt from LeMieux’s book, both C and LeMieux are poor, yet they had a nice, comfortable day with extra Mai Tai’s and lots of money spent on gas. The fact that these two men had money to spend on eating out and driving makes LeMieux’s description of poverty less believable and accurate.

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