What is Poverty
... In the composition “What is Poverty? ... It is used by Jo Goodwin Parker to expose the everyday hardship that poverty imposes upon the unfortunate and the lack of “luxuries” the wealthy obtain. ‘…there is no money for iron pills, or better food, or worm medicine… for toothbrushes, for hand crème, for hammer and nails and a bit of screening, for a shovel, for a bit of paint, for some sheeting, for needles and thread…’ is a passage that describes what poverty stricken citizens have to do without and what they consider as “luxuries”. ... ‘Poverty is an acid that drips on pride until all pride is worn away.’ Is another imagery that depicts the humiliation of being poor by asking for help and constantly being turned down, sneering of others more fortunate than one’s self for the reason of one’s poverty, and the pain of witnessing the abuse one’s children receive from ‘nice’ children because they are poor.