Poverty is something no one wants to deal with. Poverty is not being able to stop worrying about money all the time, and when you don't know if you will have food to eat for dinner. I have never experienced poverty, and I have never really been involved with poverty, but I have seen what poverty is. The closest thing I have seen to poverty is the lives of some of my friends who live down the street. They live with their parents and grandmother in the same house. However, even they have food, water, a home, and two cars. When I was in Israel this summer, my family and I spent a day at a charity organization called Pantry Packers. We spent the entire time packing rice into small bags to be distributed to poor families across Israel. I realized that some families don't have even basic foods like rice and beans. It was then that I realized how fortunate I am to have everything I need in life and more.…show more content… Ruth and Walter have very different parenting strategies when it comes to Travis. The family is so poor, that Ruth won't even give Travis money that he needed for his class. She says: “Well, I ain’t got no fifty cents this morning…I don’t care what teacher say. I ain’t got it. Eat your breakfast, Travis” (Hansberry 18). Ruth is upfront with Travis about their situation, and does not shield him from their poverty. In contrast, Walter wants to make sure his son has everything he needs. When Walter asks him for 50 cents, he replies: “In fact, here’s another fifty cents…Buy yourself some fruit today – or take a taxicab to school or something!” (Hansberry
