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Sweatshops Are A Poem By Nicholas D. Kristof Summary

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WHERE SWEATSHOPS ARE A DREAM The author, Nicholas D. Kristof, begins to inform readers president Barack Obama is concerned about labor standards in the first sentence; afterward, the author gives descriptive detail on a place named Phnom Penh “The miasma of toxic stink leaves you gasping, breezes batter you with filth, and even the rats look forlorn. Then the smoke parts and you come across a child ambling barefoot, searching for old plastic cups that recyclers will buy for five cents a pound. Many families actually live in shacks on this smoking garbage.” The author is trying to catch the reader attention and emotions, and he does a job well done by creating excellent imagery through his words. This place absolutely horrifying, but it is worse when the readers learn that people live in Phnom Penh. The author tells his audience Barack Obama means well when fighting against oppressive sweatshops, but it can have a negative effect towards some individuals. …show more content…

Pim Srey Rath, Vath Sam Oeun and her son, and Neuo Chanthou. Pim Srey Rath is nineteen-years-old and scavenges through the dump and one day wants to work in a factory. She states “I’d love to get a job in a factory. At least that work is in the shade. Here is where it’s hot. (6)” Vath Sam Oeun hopes her ten-year-old boy grows up in a factory job because she is afraid her son will die from being run over by garbage trucks. Her boy has never been to doctor or dentists and last bathed when he was two. Thirteen-year-old Neuo Chanthou makes less than one dollar a day scavenging in the dump. She has a sister who lost part of her hand when a garbage truck ran over her. She says “It’s dirty, hot, and smelly here. A factory would be better

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