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"Down And Out Paris And London" - College Essays

"Down And Out Paris And London"

The story of "Down And Out In Paris And London" deals with the author's
experience with tramps and the poverty stricken in Paris and London in the
1920's. He lives with them on equal terms and suffers the same hardships and
tribulations.
Orwell shows great compassion for the plight of the poor and feels that
society is very unfair in their criticism and judgment of the tramps and beggars
that roam the streets. He feels that these people are victims of their
circumstances. To be belligerent towards tramps is no fairer than to be that way
towards invalids and the handicapped, in that they are that way not because they
want to be, but because of their circumstances. In this essay ...

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accordingly. A
casual ward will often admit a hundred tramps in one night, and these are
handled by a staff of at most three porters. A hundred ruffians could not be
controlled by three unarmed men. Indeed, when one sees how ramps let themselves
be bullied by the work house officials, it is obvious that they are the most
docile, broken-spirited creatures imaginable. "(p. 204)

About the term "drunkard" Orwell disagrees also saying:

"Or take the idea that all tramps are drunkards -- an idea ridiculous on the
face of it. No doubt many tramps would drink if they got the chance, but in the
nature of things they cannot get the chance. At this moment a pale watery stuff
called beer is seven pence a pint in England. To be drunk on it would cost at
least half a crown, and a man who can command half a crown at all often is not a
tramp." (p. 204)

I am not sure that I necessarily agree with this… I do not believe that
all tramps are dangerous. I do believe that when one ...

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Added: 9/14/2006 09:28:01 AM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 905
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