Social Issues Depicted in the Story
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Social Issues Depicted in the Story
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I agree. The reason is, prostitution is not the central theme of the story. There are other books which elaborate on this.gali wrote:I agree that those issues were depicted rather well. However, I think not enough emphasis was put on some of them (aka the prostitute issue).
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Home wrecker? The homeless woman wasn't at fault in that marriage. Yaser and Miriam are to blame as far as not taking care of their marriage. The hope at the end shows they got back on track.John Cand wrote:The social issue in this book that really got me was the homeless home-wrecker. I don't like that there are homeless people.
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I agree. The issue on single mothers is really heartbreaking. most of the time, this leads to lesser opportunities and lesser freedom on the part of the mother. I hope the States will do something about this.Yolimari wrote:I think one of the most significant social issues discussed in the book is single mothers and how the law doesn't favor them. It broke my heart how Nadia planned the trip with her son, but the law favored the father. That was extremely unfair and I think the authors wanted to show precisely how unfair it is.
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They did not give emphasis or strongly condemned the issue on prostitution, maybe because they do not want to be caught in a mess because prostitution is not a simple issue.Ssinghal wrote:The book described quite a lot of social issues that need to be urgently dealt with and resolved, like poverty, broken marriages, racial discrimination, stereotypes etc. However, I felt some issues were not very strongly condemned in the book. For example, prostitution was mentioned quite a few times in the book. However, I felt that the writers did not take a strong stand against prostitution, especially in cases where children are involved.
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I agree with Ssinghal. Since it was part of the story, they should have taken a strong stand about it, at least regarding the use of kids.Donnavila Marie01 wrote:They did not give emphasis or strongly condemned the issue on prostitution, maybe because they do not want to be caught in a mess because prostitution is not a simple issue.Ssinghal wrote:The book described quite a lot of social issues that need to be urgently dealt with and resolved, like poverty, broken marriages, racial discrimination, stereotypes etc. However, I felt some issues were not very strongly condemned in the book. For example, prostitution was mentioned quite a few times in the book. However, I felt that the writers did not take a strong stand against prostitution, especially in cases where children are involved.
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