The Dual Nature of the South Bronx as Portrayed by Jonathan

I am often curious as to my abilities to overcome my situations and problems, but I do not want them tried repeatedly. To that degree, I should think that I would not like to live in either community of the South Bronx; the wealthy area because of its ignorance, and the poor area because of its hardships. The South Bronx encompasses two sides of the spectrum, a fact embodied by the segregation throughout the area.

One slum is considered a dump for a richer area. Unwanted by the wealthy community, a waste incinerator is then located in Mott Haven. As Cliffie’s mother says:

[. . . . . . . . . . . . .] The point is that they put a lot of things

Cliffie, who is listening to this while leaning on his

Hunts Point Market. Drivers get their drugs there and their prostitutes."

The facilities in the South Bronx are terrible. Elevators remain dilapidated, sometimes even fatally so, but the city does not see itself at fault:

There is no question as to whether this is tragedy or injustice. I was born to where I am by some chance, and cannot upon all preponderance determine whether or not I am indeed qualified to hold my status, cannot predict whether I will become more or less worthy of that status, and I daresay the same applies to all.

to believe,” she writes, that the slaves owned by the Morris

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