Childhood In The Middle East

Childhood is a luxury many children do not have; the depressing reality of life can be shown clearly with an untitled photograph of a boy holding a small child for comfort while sitting in a large pile of garbage. The lack of parents, the tattered clothes hanging on their small bodies, and the hopeless look in the children’s eyes demonstrate the brokenness and distress in the heart-wrenching photograph.

The idea that the children have no parents may be supported by the lack of care to their outer appearance and that they are in the slums of perhaps Middle Eastern Asia. The complexion of the young people and the shape of their eyes insinuate that they are from Middle Eastern Asia. The younger child holds something small and white, tightly as

The boys’ clothes are tattered, dirty, and are too large for their small frames; neither of them have shoes, while the younger boy has no pants. These things show the lack of attention the children are receiving. Unbothered by the waste, they sit comfortably, perhaps because they often sit there, live there, or live in similar conditions. The garbage, lack of cleanliness, clothes, and care in the photograph suggests the little people are in the slums of a country of Middle Eastern Asia. The absence of parents to care for them, provide for their needs, and make a home for them may be why they have tattered clothes and sit in a pile of garbage likely in the slums of Middle Eastern Asia. The children lack the care and nurturing of a parent, but the children still have each other to hold and care

The great emotions the young boys carry on their faces are absent of the joyful, smiling eyes many children have. The older boy has the smaller boy pulled in an embrace close to his chest, his arm, pulling him closely by the child’s neck. Perhaps the older child is trying to comfort the younger or maybe the older child is seeking comfort from the young child. The older boy reveals the emotions of longing, perhaps for a better future, and responsibility, which gives the impression he may be caring for himself and the smaller boy. These feelings are some that may be seen on a parent rather than a small child. The older boy hugs the younger as though the boy is the only person he has, his face portraying emotions of fear and intense worry. His small head, showing immense fatigue, rests on his companion. Maybe, because of the look of longing and sadness, the older boy wishes that someone would hold him and comfort him just as he is with the young boy. His face filled with hopelessness, perhaps about their future or the situation they are in The younger child squats awkwardly on the ground, allowing the other boy to hold him, his arm around the boys’ in a returning embrace. The young boy’s cheeks puffed up, perhaps filled with food. The intense feelings the older child has can be why he is seeking comfort from the younger child who seems oblivious of the responsibility plaguing the