Unfairness and Inequality

        Unfairness and inequality is shown in different ways throughout books. Through books I have read, fairness and equality are factors left out. Often times in books racism, and hate crimes are shown to people who have different skin colors then us. In books, fairness and equality is shown very poorly.
       One way unfairness and inequality is shown poorly in books is by other characters picking on a kid who was a different skin color. in the book "Leverage" the main character see's people who are African American and Chinese get picked on but he just walks away from the scene. In these scenes the bully is mad at the kid for not doing his homework and calls him racist names. This is an example of inequality. The kids who are getting bullied did nothing wrong they were  just helping the bully out. This is one example of how unfairness and inequality is shown in books.
       Another way unfairness and inequality is shown throughout books is through the big kids of the school, and the "nobodies." In the same book, "Leverage," one of the main characters is on the football team. Him and his friends own the school social-wise. They get all of the girls, fame, and popularity. The other main character is a little puny kid on the gymnastics team. He notices the unfairness of how the big jocks in the school pick on the little guys. This is another way unfairness is shown throughout books. The little kids of the school get taken over by the big football players who work there butts off on the field, but not outside of it.
         Finally, the last way that unfairness and inequality is shown through books is by the mood of the book. Unfairness is shown in between the lines. In the book "Night John" the main problem is slavery. The author never says that what the master of the plantation is doing is horrible but hints it. He puts signals like long hours in the field, and whipping the slaves. Unfairness is shown in between the lines of books. A lot of the time the author makes the reader think about the problem being shown but not just saying it.
      Unfairness and inequality is shown throughout many books. It is shown between the lines however. Racism, and size difference make up the vast problem of inequality. I think that unfairness and inequality are a big thing shown in most books.

TRASH

Reading the World 

TRASH

One of my biggest pet peeves is seeing people leave their food on the floor after eating it. It is unfair, unkind, and just disrespectful. I hate seeing people throwing candy wrappers, and chip bags on the floor. I hate seeing people drop their empty water bottles in the middle of the block, and most of all, I hate seeing the dirty city streets.

One day, while I was playing soccer at Washington Park, I noticed a group of people sit down at an area nearby, and start eating lunch. The area before that was spotless, due to the sanitation worker who had just left the field. I couldn't help but keep glancing at them eating. They had chips, candy, water bottles, and a whole bunch of junk food. After about fifteen minutes or so, they got up and left. That area, that was spotless twenty minutes, was now filled with all different types of trash. It hurts me to see something like this happen. These people will now have workers pick up their trash for them, when all they had to do is walk twenty feet to a garbage can. This is very unfair, and unkind.

While walking back from camp one day in manhattan, I looked around at the streets surrounding me, and couldn't believe my eyes. There was trash everywhere! There were plastic bags, cardboard boxes, candy wrappers, and all other different types of trash. At the time, I couldn't  believe it because just that morning, these streets were fairly clean. Now they were filled with trash. I think this is very unfair and mean. People don't have the common courtesy to pick up their own trash, and they don't think about the people who do pick up their trash. Its not just the people who have to pick up after them that suffers, it's also the people who left the trash there. This trash is hurting our earth, and making the city streets filthy. This is unfair, and mean.

According to the book Its Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini, the author illustrates a clear picture of what the city streets look like according to the character. Vizzini says that there is trash everywhere and the streets were very dirty. I agree with this description. Other people need to recognize that littering is unacceptable. not only does it hurt us, but it hurts every person that has to walk around that banana peel that you threw on the ground, or that last bite of bagel that you couldn't finish. This is very unfair, and irresponsible. 

I believe that everyone has to clean up after themselves. It is unfair for others to clean what they ate. Also, I believe this is irresponsible. People have to clean up after themselves. They can't just throw all different wrappers on the floor and forget about it. Seeing people litter, and dirty city streets make me think, would I like living in a garbage-filled city?