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Shame

Counterclaim People felt ashamed by getting discriminated because of their situation.

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“There was shame there. Now there was “There was shame in wearing the brown “There was shame in running over to
shame everywhere. It seemed like the and orange and white plaid mackinaw' Mister Ben's at the end of the day and
whole world had been inside that the welfare gave to three thousand boys. asking for his rotten peaches, there was
classroom, everyone had heard what the Why'd it have to be the same for shame in asking Mrs. Simmons for a
teacher had said, and everyone had turned everybody so when you walked down spoonful of sugar, there was shame in
around and felt sorry for me. There was the street the people could see you were running out to meet the relief truck. I
shame in going to the Worthy Boys on relief?” hated that truck, full of food for you and
Annual Christmas Dinner for you and your kind. I ran into the house and hid
your kind, because everybody knew what when it came.”
a worthy boy was. Why couldn't they just
call it the Boys Annual Dinner-why'd
they have to give it a name?”

Commentary Commentary Commentary

That dinner made Gregory feel Giving charity to poor people meant There are lots of poor people on
terrible. He was ashamed of being to Gregory that those clothes were streets asking for food or money.
poor. just to identify poor people from rich Gregory realized that poor people
Rich people could be right, but in our people, and this way avoiding them. were asking for food to rich people
society we thing that charity is just to and rich people made mockery of
see rich people “sharing” few things that.
with poor people just to be more
“important” people.

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