Homelessness
Homeless individuals are looked down upon, in several different ways. These four articles will discuss how a homeless person does not have the same rights as an average or upper class individuals may have. Such as, these unfortunate homeless individuals are not treated as regular human beings, they are accused for the position they [the homeless] stand on, targets by the upper class and are not taken seriously in any manner at all. All these points demonstrate how an unsheltered individual is appeared to be, are mentioned in the four articles written by, Connie Hargrave, Thomas O. Fleming, C.M. Pascale and Pat Capponi. Furthermore, social agencies that appear to help the homeless are actually making the lives of the homeless more miserable. According to Connie Hargrave (1998, p.1), a homeless person is an individual who once was among people who have jobs and savings. The society blames the people who are homeless for the reason that they pay for their consequences of the actions they [the homeless] have made, such as getting into drugs or alcohol. This explanation leads the social agencies to view the homeless as citizens who can be deceived by the pledges made. Connie Hargrave, a reporter interested in the increase of homeless inhabitants in Canada, states that over the past two decades homeless people are increasing more and more significantly on the streets of Canada (1998, p.1). She also explains that, individuals who are homeless and live in shelters are not being helped by these agencies. In actuality these organizations which provide such shelters exemplify the society how they [the social agencies] consider the image of the homeless. The shelters are not wonderful places for the homeless to live; the people have to “… sleep in a cot in a makeshift dormitory; to line up with strangers for a shower and have to undress in front of them; to be afraid to fall asleep while listening to coughing, crying, and angry muttering around you; to have to leave in the morning, no matter what the weather, even if you are sick” (1998, pp.3-4).