... family to become homeless. According to the article America's Youngest Outcasts: A Report Card on Child Homelessness, some of the major causes of homelessness for children living in the United States include single parenting, lack of affordable housing, racial disparities, and the nation's high poverty rate (Bassuk, et ... family may be living in apartments or housing with mold, bug infestations, or just unsafe housing conditions for children. These unsafe housing conditions may include broken glass windows or holes in the floor. Because a child is starting to develop, living and breathi...

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... to illustrate this struggle, sets up a number of dichotomies and conflicts: between private and public, frivolity and necessity, the individual's need for expression and society's need for control. As she imagines what old world China was like, she paints a picture of a repressive, strictly ordered society in which people ... the villagers needed everyone to work together to provide food, however, it became a crime. The story of No-Name Woman serves as a backdrop for Kingston's own experience growing up as a Chinese-American, torn between the world of Chinese customs and traditions that...

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