Presently, out in the bitter cold many poor families are struggling
to make ends meet. The winter cold is relentless and has lead sufferers to take
extreme actions. On the last two days of the frost dock laborers and a handful
of other sufferers raided bakers’ shops (Household
Words Vol XI, 194). While some people have resorted to extreme actions
others sit patiently for winter’s end. Poverty stricken children often will go
throughout the day with their minds full of wonder with one question in their
mind: ‘will I get to eat today’? Although upon receiving news that there will
be nothing to eat for supper, the children dismiss it, as if eating so little
were natural.
The woes continue for the poor families. The poor families are not
only cold and hungry, but they also struggle with illness. For with little food
to eat and such trying times, the smallest injury can become a folly much more
severe. One reports, one of many children had fallen with an infant; this misstep
usually causes discolored skin for a normal infant but, with this malnourished
infant the afflicted area became swollen (Household
Words Vol XI, 194). With many children and little to no means to support
them, many families struggle with this position. Many people struggle when
winter comes around, for many different reasons but, the poverty stricken
families suffer from this the most.
Michael Uhl
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