Will world hunger and poverty ever end or will it continue to expand? In the book of 40 Chances by Howard Buffett “Where Hunger Hides,” and the article “Number of Poor Students in Public Schools Rises,” by Motoko Rich are both comparable. These articles discuss the problems of hunger and poverty. In “Where Hunger Hides” Buffett mainly focuses on the number of poor people and where they get their food from. In “Number of Poor Students in Public Schools Rises,” Rich focuses on low income families living in poverty and children because they both discuss peoples living situation and how people depend on their next meal.
During the time when Buffett went to go visit Macon County, Illinois, he discovered that there are more homeless people than he anticipated. He was astonished at the amount of people living in poverty and suffering from hunger. Buffett mentions “I was amazed at the number of individuals seeking a meal that day,” (Buffett, 84). Buffett was in the soup kitchen and he was surprised at the number of people coming to the soup kitchen to eat. This can relate to the other article because children that have free or reduced price lunches depend on public school food.
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Back in 2000, there were only 38 percent of students with free or reduced price lunches. Students from low-income families most likely have different needs from middle and high-income families such as medical problems or behavioral issues. This can relate to the other article because poor individuals can’t afford food and other beneficial