English 12 Honors Kagefumi Mizoguchi Devine3rd Quarter ProjectAmerica; the land of opportunities. How many times have we heard this phrase in our lives? This is the promise land and here, you will be treated equally and will be guaranteed freedom and justice. Maybe it is so in legal terms. However if we look closely, there are many injustice going on that is not protected by our constitution. Perhaps the most obvious one is the difference between the rich and the poor or the haves and the have-nots. First line in the constitution states; all men are created equal. Is that so? I see a tremendous disadvantage being born to a family of poverty than being born to the wealthy family. Its not a just a matter of being able to be educated properly but a life or death situation. Money, just a thin piece of paper, is something that has become essential in our lives and also a thing people live and die for.Jack in the Pot is one very melancholic story. This story left me heart broken for a while. Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds get along together very well. They both care each other greatly, understands each other and everything seems to be what an ideal marriage is. Except for the fact that they are extremely poor. Mr. Edmunds explains their quality of living in this quote: We dont live human. I never see a paper cept when I pick one up on the subway. I aint had a cigarette in three years. We aint got a radio. We dont have no company. All the pleasure you get is a ten-cent movie one day a week. I dont even get that.One day, Mrs. Edmunds hit the jackpot of $55 at a 10-cent movie theater. Because it was an income that was not planned, she gets confused how to use the money. Around the same time, Mr. Johnson, a very kind janitor of the apartment, had a baby that caught pneumonia. He was also extremely poor and could not afford to treat the baby properly, and the baby eventually passes away. Mrs. Edmunds is heart broken by this story....
