Family Outline

Intro:

Claim- One reoccurring theme in the book is the falling apart of families, it shows many different examples of the challenges they face in their day to day lives.

Reason A: Families living in poverty do not get to spend as much time together as they would if they were more economically stable.

Nara and her husband. “So my husband and I have lots of trouble –arguments. He has no days off…. In Korea, we never argued…”(Shipler 92)

Reason B: Some families go the extreme and may become abusive in a sexual way.

 Caroline’s daughter and her ex-husband. "I noticed she was red, front to back. And this was not right" (Shipler 58).

Reason C: Also, some people may start to settle for less when it comes to picking a partner.

Christie and her baby daddies. “She was certain if the Housing Authority knew, she would be evicted, either because he was a convicted felon or because his earning power, meager though it was, would have lifted her beyond eligibility” (Shipler 41-42). “She got nothing from her daughter’s father, who was serving a long prison sentence for assault” (Shipler 42).

Reason D: Lastly, families may have to be apart from each other in order to make a living.

Claudio and his wife. “After a month the young couple learned in a phone call to Mexico that their fourteen-month-old daughter was ill, they had left her with his parents” (Shipler 101).

Conclusion:

Families are being torn apart due to not spending time with each other, abuse, not being smart, and from separation.