ESSAY 1
Feeling Secure-Even
without a Home
When you walk
downtown in almost any large American city, you see many homeless people
(complex). They sit on with the
streets their shopping carts full of their meager belongings and often ask for
money(compound). Do they make you
nervous? Do they scare you? The truth is that most homeless people do not want
to be homeless, and they are afraid of the same things that you are(compound). Homeless people, like everyone else, need basically
three things to feel safe in their environment. (simple)
First,
and most importantly, homeless people need to feel physically safety.(simple) For you and
me, this feeling comes when we enter our apartment or house and lock the door
behind us(compound). For a homeless
person, this feeling is a luxury(simple).
They may go to a shelter at night, but sometimes the people in the shelter can
be dangerous, especially if they are mentally ill(compound). Then in the morning, they are kicked out of the shelter
and forced to roam the streets(compound).
For these reasons, a lot of homeless people claim a certain bench or street
corner as their own(compound). They
are trying to feel physically secure(simple).
Second, homeless
people need to have a dependable source of food(simple). This is such a basic need that most of us don’t
even think about it, but for homeless person, finding food can be a full-time
job(compound). There are places to
go for meals that are usually run by local governments or churches, but there
isn’t enough food for everyone to have three nutritionally balanced meals a day(compound). Getting one meal a day is
considered good for homeless person(simple).
Other food comes from scrounging through the garbage or begging on the streets(compound). It is difficult to feel
secure in your environment when you don’t know where your next meal is coming
from(complex).
Finally, to feel
safe, you need to know that if you get sick or injure yourself, you can get the
medical treatment you need(compound). In the United States, this is
becoming increasingly difficult even for people who have places to live but
don’t have a lot of money(compound).
It’s almost impossible for homeless person(simple).
It’s true that homeless people can usually go to an emergency room in a
hospital if they are gravely sick or injured, but some hospitals these days are
turning away anyone who doesn’t have health insurance(compound). If the sickness or injury is not severe, there are some