"Down And Out Paris And London"
Beginning of paper
The story of "Down And Out In Paris And London" deals with the
author's experience with tramps and the poverty stricken in Paris and
London in the 1920's. He lives with them on equal terms and suffers the
same hardships and tribulations.
Orwell shows great compassion for the plight of the ....
Middle of paper
.... most people think of tramps as
being dangerous. About that Orwell says:
"Quite apart from experience, one can say a priori that very few tramps are
dangerous, because if they were dangerous they would be treated accordingly.
A casual ward will often admit a hundred tramps in one night, and these
are handled by a staff of at most three porters. A hundred ruffians could
not be controlled by three unarmed men. Indeed, when one sees how ramps
let themselves be bullied by the work house of ....
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