Blog Assignment 2

“Distancing the Homeless” by Johnathan Kozal was a very interesting research paper. It can be found in the novel for this course. I have never given any thoughts to why people are homeless. This particular paper is designed to help people to notice the obvious. It gives a reason why people are homeless and ways to prevent it. It also talks about the percentage of people living in low-income houses. It covers the government decreases in money over the years for funding for these houses. The writer uses details to support the way he feels about how homeless people are being ignored. He cites cases from different states that support his argument. The writer feels that instead of the people becoming homeless the government should provide them with a special institution for the mentally ill. In my opinion the author wants us to know as his readers his view on the situation with the homeless people. The author is trying to persuade his readers to help the homeless. The author provides us with factual information about the percent of the mental illness with no place to go. It is obvious people like that need help, but they are not getting any. It may seem to the homeless that there is nowhere else to turn.

This student was working on a research paper for a class assignment. The issues that are discussed in this paper, however; could be for someone who is helps with nonprofit organizations. This particular paper could be directed toward anyone who is willing to help the homeless feel like they are part in today society and can get the help they need to survive. In the paper I felt like the writer was trying to ask a question and that is, “How can the mentally ill homeless patients do anything rather than to be homeless with a government system that ignores them?” The writer uses his research and factual information about the government to persuade everyone to think helping the mentally challenged homeless people is the right thing to do. Some more important factors would be the tone of the writer within this essay.

The tone that is portrayed throughout the paper demonstrates a very serious tone. The writer is not stating general information about the topic. Even though he could because everywhere in the world there is homeless people with nowhere to go or nothing to eat. Based on the paper itself I think it is safe to conclude that this person cares about people regardless of their status. It is like he is using his knowledge to speak for homeless people that think their words does not matter. He was also speaking for those who could not speak for themselves. After having discussed the importance of the author work I will began to discuss my opinion on ways to improve the assignment.

Honestly, I have read all the previous assignment this one I found very informal. I think that the writer did a good job in giving this information. The only thing I would do to make this a better paper is talk about more ways to help the homeless. The main reason this particular paper was interesting is because it helps to open one’s eyes about what is around the world. There a people everywhere that need help and it is not only the government that looks over them , but some citizen as well.