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Counterclaim Poor people suffer shame and discrimination because of their situation.

Refuting Evidence Refuting Evidence Refuting Evidence

“There was shame in going to “There was shame in wearing “There was shame in running
the Worthy Boys Annual the brown and orange and over to Mister Ben's at the end

Christmas Dinner for you and white plaid mackinaw' the of the day and asking for his

your kind, because everybody welfare gave to three rotten peaches, there was
knew what a worthy boy was. thousand boys. Why'd it has to shame in asking Mrs. Simmons

Why couldn't they just call it be the same for everybody so for a spoonful of sugar, there

the Boys Annual Dinner-why'd when you walked down the was shame in running out to
they have to give it a name?” street the people could see you meet the relief truck. I hated
were on relief?” that truck, full of food for you

and your kind. I ran into the
house and hid when it came”.

Commentary Commentary Commentary

In this part of the text, you can Dick says that rich people give This part of the text shows the
see how Dick feels about his poor people clothes to help crude reality that poor people

situation. He was ashamed to be them. But he just feels that it live every day, the must eat the

poor. He feels that this dinner was like a uniform to left overs of other people. They
for poor people wasn’t for help recognize who were poor and must ask for food to other

them or for make them feel avoid them. He hates it and people. They feel bad doing
happy. It was just for make rich when he throws it onto the those things, but they don’t have

people feel better with garbage his mother calls him other option because it is the
themselves. Charity was just for rat. It is also true in our society only thing that they know to do.

ashamed poor people. That because rich use to gap poor Sometimes poor people don’t

happens in our society, rich people in order to avoid them have access to education, and
people just do charity to give a or not to be mixed with them. they cannot succeed.

good impression of them not
really to help others.