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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
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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: 8/1/2007 04:24:41 PM
Category: Book Reports
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