"Household Words" - Barbara Kingsolver

Kingsolver did a great job with this piece and made great point that our society is very cruel when it comes to the way we treat "homeless" people. More people in the world, especially the United States, could benefit from reading this piece. Kingsolver allowed the audience a little perspective of life as a homeless person. The piece let me reflect on my own actions and actually made me feel like a jerk. Countless times have turned a homeless person away when all they asked for was me to spare some change. Even worse, I can admit to even being afraid of homeless people, always seeing them in such a negative light. Kingsolver made point that I feel most people never think of, how could such poverty exist in one of the richest nations in the world. This piece was very thought provoking and reflective for the audience to not only think of our actions but also to consider while we have all these notions attached to being homeless their is no true definition of what a home is.