The Box ManWhat is the first feeling that comes to mind? What is your first reaction upon meeting someone whose home is a mere box on the street? Should we feel sorry because we think he has somehow failed? And at what exactly has he failed?
Our emotions may betray us if we assume that he wants us to feel sorry for him in the first place. Consider the possibility that he has chosen this life and is perfectly content with what we consider to be a tragic life. Inconceivable?
New York essayist Barbara Lazear Ascher often writes about life on the streets, portraying both its difficulty and its unexpected grace. Read her essay "The Box Man" carefully and, in a well-written essay of your own, analyze how the rhetorical strategies that Ascher uses reveal her attitude toward the Box Man.
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