There is at bottom only one problem in the world..
Struggle: Its teachings, how it can help us, how it can hurt us.
There is at bottom only one problem in the world....
How does one break through?
How does one get into the open?
How does one burst the cocoon and become a butterfly?
Struggle can be defined as making rigid efforts to get through something in life. Some may defend that struggle is constructive. It causes one to value things in life. Others doubt it and consider struggle as harmful. Much study has been administered on this topic. This essay will argue that regardless of what some believe struggle, specifically poverty and racism, is multidimensional and has implications that can impact us negatively.
Struggles are multidimensional. We perceive this in Breaking Through. For example, one of the struggles Panchito experiences is being undocumented (see figure 1). The aftereffects of Panchito’s struggles are fear and being deported. One example from the text that provides evidence of this situation is “ I fear being caught by the border patrol” (Jimenez, 2). Another example is “I lived in constant fear for 10 long years” (Jimenez, 1). Lastly the third one is that it was one of their people who turned them into the Border Patrol. This explains struggles being multidimensional.
Along the lines of struggle being multidimensional, we can also delve into its implications. Once again using Breaking Through Panchito struggles with poverty (see figure 2). Poverty affects Panchito’s education, health, treatment and living conditions. There are examples from the book that show the implications of poverty. One example of how poverty affects his education is “Every year Roberto and I missed months of school to help Mama and Papa work in the fields” (Jimenez, 2). This shows how living conditions is affected by poverty because they “Live in army tents and old garages” (Jimenez, 3) instead of houses. The third example is of treatment is from when the nurse thinks of Panchito as a dirty Mexican because he had a ringworm on his back. The last example is of health being affected because of poverty because Panchito’s dad had his back injured and can’t afford doctor or medication. These are the implications of poverty found in breaking through.
In addition to Breaking through, the implications of poverty are also found in various Internet sources. Poverty affects education and according to http://www.dosomething.org, 40 percent of children living in poverty aren’t prepared for primary school. “Children living in poverty have a higher number of absenteeism or leave school all together because they are more likely to have to work or care for family” (http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-education-and-poverty-america). In this example it argues that kids leaving school to work and help their families showing a reason of how poverty affects education. In “The impact on educational outcomes for children”, It explains the results of education caused by poverty, “Children from low incomes families often do not receive the stimulation and don’t learn the social skills required to prepare them for school”. The website, http://www.dosomething.org, also argues the implications of poverty in education and it is that dropout rates of 16 to 24 –year-old students who come from low incomes families incomes. All these pieces of evidence show us how a life in poverty affects kids, teenagers and adults in their education.
There are also poverty implications on living conditions. A sample proving this is from, nativeamericans.com.pine-ridge, “Next door there are twenty-three people living in a three bedroom house” when the united states promised a comfortable house. Also from the same source, “Despite these promises, hundreds of people on the Pine Ridge Reservation are homeless and thousands live in a crowded or substandard housing”. These two examples show how some people in poverty cant have the space and living condition they deserve; and they have to crowd in a house to have a ceiling where to spend the night. Also this happens because only with more people they will be able to afford rent. According to, http://www.cliffsnotes.com; “Middle and working class Hispanic families have not left their barrio, or urban Spanish speaking neighborhood, numbers”. This example shows that families can’t improve their living condition. The websites shown discuss poverty affecting the living conditions of people who live in it.
Furthermore, poverty also has implications on health. In www.worldhealthorganization.com it is stated “poverty creates ill-health because it forces people to live in environments that make them sick, without decent shelter, clean water or adequate sanitation. This example explains that people with not an appropriate living condition can have health problems. “ Many infants born into poverty have a low birth weight, which is associated with many preventable mental and physical disabilities. Not only are these poor infants more likely to be irritable or sickly, they are also more likely to die before their first birthday” (Brenda Ortiz, 2012). This last example describes the health consequences people in poverty may have.
Subsequently, this essay has shown struggle is multidimensional and impacts us. Some argue poverty may be good for life lessons. This may be true but I believe it’s not helpful in life. It has implications in living conditions, health, living conditions and treatment.
Poverty is not the only struggle that has negative implications; racism is just as damaging. Racism is discrimination and prejudice to someone of a different race, because you may believe your race is superior. In other words, this could mean stereotypes and mistreatment against someone because of their race.
If, we delve into Breaking Through we could clearly see the implications of racism. Initially, We see that Panchito stopped taking Taquitos or Mexican food to school because people would name call him, they would call him “Chile stomper” and “Tamale roller”. As well, we perceive how Panchito can’t be free to date anyone. We prove this by Peggy ignoring him because her parents found out he was Mexican and not Spanish. In addition, Panchito is afraid of singing in English because people would make fun of his accent; this shows Panchito’s talent not being appreciated. All in all Breaking Trough has examples of implications on racism.
The movie, 42, about the Jackie Robinson story shows examples of racism and its implications. We can perceive that the beliefs people back than had caused all the segregation, treatment and bullying. To start with, the strongest beliefs they had were racism being okay and only white people being able to play baseball. These beliefs caused, the pitcher from the 1st game to aim with the ball at his face. The implications this has is colored people having the risk to be beat-up, or be bullied which and many cases ends up in death or suicide. Also insults and name-calling can lead to the same path, something we can drag from Jackie’s story and often see today. Anger and frustration can eventually be another implication of bullying and beliefs. Jackie Robinson overcame racism and its implications; this is shown in the movie 42.
In continuation, we all now know that Robinson’s story is full of examples of racism and its implication; as well we know he broke through all of it. If we delve into his story we can clearly see the treatment he received was most of the times differently because of his race. Once, when Mrs. Robinson used the airport restroom, a lady who worked at that airport gave away their tickets because she saw her going into the public restroom. Also, the movie shows how Jackie was embarrassed to take a shower with his teammates because he knew how some would react but even though he did with out caring what others would think. Many people don’t have the courage to do this so they suffer the implications that can be being limited to do certain things. An example of segregation in his life is, black couldn’t use public restrooms because they were only for the white people; which has the implication of being inconvenient. Another is example, is the baby in the hospital being separated; the implication is that black babies may not receive the same medical care and treatment as others did. Jackie Robinsons is a leader and role model to me and many other people, because he survived racism and its implications.
Not only has J. Robinson experienced racism and is implications but it has happened to my family and me. Racism is not supposed to be okay but reality is it still occurs. To be honest, today when someone walks in a room there is judgment with out being known. Racism happens to me because of my race, culture and accent; but can happen to different people for different reasons. I have been stereotyped in many occasions and I have lived some implications of racism. Many times I feel excluded and like I don’t fit in. On occasions I’m afraid to read out loud, make a comment or express my opinion because I feel people will make fun of my accent. When im ask to do any of these things; I think over what I can say so im not judged. Once asking my classmates what they thought of me when they first saw me, one of them said that he thought I was dumb for being Mexican and not knowing English; but that now he realizes Mexican people can be really smart. Racism is everywhere around everybody, even though many people haven’t realize it yet.
In contrast to all I have shared about struggle being negative, Kelly McGonial provides an opposing perspective. She claims stress (struggle) is your friend. Kelly states that if you think of stress as healthy you can have less risk of dying. She argues the body reaction prepares you for the next challenge. Also she discusses about stress producing hormones, which make you be nice to those you love. Despite all this, I completely disagree with her. I disagree, because there are stresses like such as poverty and racism that has negatively implications in people’s life. Kelly McGonial states stress or struggle being your friend but I disagree.
Struggle, specifically poverty and racism, is multidimensional and has implications that can harm us. We have described and examined how poverty and racism affects Panchito and other people; it has implications in education, health, treatment and living conditions; it causes segregation and bulling or name-calling. Poverty and racism (struggle) has negative implications and is multidimensional.
To end with poverty and racism, we all have to work to make the 1st step, which is stop denying and accept racism and poverty are among us and that it does not benefit anybody!
Struggles are multidimensional. We perceive this in Breaking Through. For example, one of the struggles Panchito experiences is being undocumented (see figure 1). The aftereffects of Panchito’s struggles are fear and being deported. One example from the text that provides evidence of this situation is “ I fear being caught by the border patrol” (Jimenez, 2). Another example is “I lived in constant fear for 10 long years” (Jimenez, 1). Lastly the third one is that it was one of their people who turned them into the Border Patrol. This explains struggles being multidimensional.
Along the lines of struggle being multidimensional, we can also delve into its implications. Once again using Breaking Through Panchito struggles with poverty (see figure 2). Poverty affects Panchito’s education, health, treatment and living conditions. There are examples from the book that show the implications of poverty. One example of how poverty affects his education is “Every year Roberto and I missed months of school to help Mama and Papa work in the fields” (Jimenez, 2). This shows how living conditions is affected by poverty because they “Live in army tents and old garages” (Jimenez, 3) instead of houses. The third example is of treatment is from when the nurse thinks of Panchito as a dirty Mexican because he had a ringworm on his back. The last example is of health being affected because of poverty because Panchito’s dad had his back injured and can’t afford doctor or medication. These are the implications of poverty found in breaking through.
In addition to Breaking through, the implications of poverty are also found in various Internet sources. Poverty affects education and according to http://www.dosomething.org, 40 percent of children living in poverty aren’t prepared for primary school. “Children living in poverty have a higher number of absenteeism or leave school all together because they are more likely to have to work or care for family” (http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-education-and-poverty-america). In this example it argues that kids leaving school to work and help their families showing a reason of how poverty affects education. In “The impact on educational outcomes for children”, It explains the results of education caused by poverty, “Children from low incomes families often do not receive the stimulation and don’t learn the social skills required to prepare them for school”. The website, http://www.dosomething.org, also argues the implications of poverty in education and it is that dropout rates of 16 to 24 –year-old students who come from low incomes families incomes. All these pieces of evidence show us how a life in poverty affects kids, teenagers and adults in their education.
There are also poverty implications on living conditions. A sample proving this is from, nativeamericans.com.pine-ridge, “Next door there are twenty-three people living in a three bedroom house” when the united states promised a comfortable house. Also from the same source, “Despite these promises, hundreds of people on the Pine Ridge Reservation are homeless and thousands live in a crowded or substandard housing”. These two examples show how some people in poverty cant have the space and living condition they deserve; and they have to crowd in a house to have a ceiling where to spend the night. Also this happens because only with more people they will be able to afford rent. According to, http://www.cliffsnotes.com; “Middle and working class Hispanic families have not left their barrio, or urban Spanish speaking neighborhood, numbers”. This example shows that families can’t improve their living condition. The websites shown discuss poverty affecting the living conditions of people who live in it.
Furthermore, poverty also has implications on health. In www.worldhealthorganization.com it is stated “poverty creates ill-health because it forces people to live in environments that make them sick, without decent shelter, clean water or adequate sanitation. This example explains that people with not an appropriate living condition can have health problems. “ Many infants born into poverty have a low birth weight, which is associated with many preventable mental and physical disabilities. Not only are these poor infants more likely to be irritable or sickly, they are also more likely to die before their first birthday” (Brenda Ortiz, 2012). This last example describes the health consequences people in poverty may have.
Subsequently, this essay has shown struggle is multidimensional and impacts us. Some argue poverty may be good for life lessons. This may be true but I believe it’s not helpful in life. It has implications in living conditions, health, living conditions and treatment.
Poverty is not the only struggle that has negative implications; racism is just as damaging. Racism is discrimination and prejudice to someone of a different race, because you may believe your race is superior. In other words, this could mean stereotypes and mistreatment against someone because of their race.
If, we delve into Breaking Through we could clearly see the implications of racism. Initially, We see that Panchito stopped taking Taquitos or Mexican food to school because people would name call him, they would call him “Chile stomper” and “Tamale roller”. As well, we perceive how Panchito can’t be free to date anyone. We prove this by Peggy ignoring him because her parents found out he was Mexican and not Spanish. In addition, Panchito is afraid of singing in English because people would make fun of his accent; this shows Panchito’s talent not being appreciated. All in all Breaking Trough has examples of implications on racism.
The movie, 42, about the Jackie Robinson story shows examples of racism and its implications. We can perceive that the beliefs people back than had caused all the segregation, treatment and bullying. To start with, the strongest beliefs they had were racism being okay and only white people being able to play baseball. These beliefs caused, the pitcher from the 1st game to aim with the ball at his face. The implications this has is colored people having the risk to be beat-up, or be bullied which and many cases ends up in death or suicide. Also insults and name-calling can lead to the same path, something we can drag from Jackie’s story and often see today. Anger and frustration can eventually be another implication of bullying and beliefs. Jackie Robinson overcame racism and its implications; this is shown in the movie 42.
In continuation, we all now know that Robinson’s story is full of examples of racism and its implication; as well we know he broke through all of it. If we delve into his story we can clearly see the treatment he received was most of the times differently because of his race. Once, when Mrs. Robinson used the airport restroom, a lady who worked at that airport gave away their tickets because she saw her going into the public restroom. Also, the movie shows how Jackie was embarrassed to take a shower with his teammates because he knew how some would react but even though he did with out caring what others would think. Many people don’t have the courage to do this so they suffer the implications that can be being limited to do certain things. An example of segregation in his life is, black couldn’t use public restrooms because they were only for the white people; which has the implication of being inconvenient. Another is example, is the baby in the hospital being separated; the implication is that black babies may not receive the same medical care and treatment as others did. Jackie Robinsons is a leader and role model to me and many other people, because he survived racism and its implications.
Not only has J. Robinson experienced racism and is implications but it has happened to my family and me. Racism is not supposed to be okay but reality is it still occurs. To be honest, today when someone walks in a room there is judgment with out being known. Racism happens to me because of my race, culture and accent; but can happen to different people for different reasons. I have been stereotyped in many occasions and I have lived some implications of racism. Many times I feel excluded and like I don’t fit in. On occasions I’m afraid to read out loud, make a comment or express my opinion because I feel people will make fun of my accent. When im ask to do any of these things; I think over what I can say so im not judged. Once asking my classmates what they thought of me when they first saw me, one of them said that he thought I was dumb for being Mexican and not knowing English; but that now he realizes Mexican people can be really smart. Racism is everywhere around everybody, even though many people haven’t realize it yet.
In contrast to all I have shared about struggle being negative, Kelly McGonial provides an opposing perspective. She claims stress (struggle) is your friend. Kelly states that if you think of stress as healthy you can have less risk of dying. She argues the body reaction prepares you for the next challenge. Also she discusses about stress producing hormones, which make you be nice to those you love. Despite all this, I completely disagree with her. I disagree, because there are stresses like such as poverty and racism that has negatively implications in people’s life. Kelly McGonial states stress or struggle being your friend but I disagree.
Struggle, specifically poverty and racism, is multidimensional and has implications that can harm us. We have described and examined how poverty and racism affects Panchito and other people; it has implications in education, health, treatment and living conditions; it causes segregation and bulling or name-calling. Poverty and racism (struggle) has negative implications and is multidimensional.
To end with poverty and racism, we all have to work to make the 1st step, which is stop denying and accept racism and poverty are among us and that it does not benefit anybody!