Somewhere For Everyone Summary

Jerry Burks

Joseph Spedaliere

LITR221

24 April 2016 The Troubling Cliché of Homelessness

In America the topic of homelessness is one that is rarely discussed. The ongoing issues faced by the less fortunate of society continues to be viewed as a public nuisance versus a problem that is in need of viable solutions. John Grisham’s “Somewhere for Everyone” and “Same Kind of Different as Me” written by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent explores the issues from various viewpoints. The two books are more of similarity than that of difference since they discuss similar themes Poverty and suffrage are key elements of both pieces of literature. A root cause for homelessness is financial stability so the theme of poverty prevalent for this discussion.

All throughout history homelessness has dependably been an issue. However, as of not long ago individual tensions are beginning to arise towards the homelessness. Grisham questions himself to why individuals are not taking care of this issue. Hundreds of years prior, it was known for the rich individuals to compose occasions such philanthropies to assist poor people. It has come to the heart of the matter were those of wealth request that the homeless are arrested for strolling around their neighborhoods since they fear something will be stolen from them. For Grisham homeless were just "homeless people and winos" until he met a lady and child and felt pity for them. Grisham then turned into a road legal advisor and now helps all the poor individuals win court cases. (Grisham,

The discernment that individuals used to order this gathering was as though they were simply eager. He was not privy to the truth of what was truly going ahead, being from a residential area where homelessness was nonexistent. Be that as it may, homelessness has existed unreasonably for a long period of time. Insufficiencies may clarify the steady ascent of homelessness as it has come too far back in the course of the most recent couple of decades. In the mid-1990s, the poor constituted 14.5 percent of the aggregate American populace – roughly 40 million residents, and America has seen the development of them as a "class" of vagrants going back to the mid-1970s. Grisham takes note of that "destitute" as a portrayal of extremely needy individuals was never utilized. Verifiably, vagrants were taken a gander at to be the individuals who had liquor issues, poor financial stability, and involved in criminal activity. As indicated by Steve Carlson, the five unmistakable times of vagrancy were the Colonial Period, Urbanization, Industrialization, The Great Depression, and The Contemporary Period that is A History of Homelessness in America. These ranges play a central point into why homelessness has existed. (Grisham,