Homelessness and Its Relevance in Stone Cold

Homelessness and Its Relevance in Stone Cold

The plot of "Stone Cold" shows how the homeless live.

The popular opinion of the homeless people is they are animals and

it's as if they don't exist. Many look at them as non-human. Their

long hair and scruffy clothes creates this impression some people are

afraid of homeless people because they think they will catch some kind

of

disease.

The homeless people are Link and Ginger in the novel. The story is

about two things dossers and murder, which in this story are both

linked but they are two sides of the story. Shelter is an old

ex-recruit who is better and twisted. Link is once a quite clever and

focused young man who was harassed by his stepfather so he gave up and

turned to the streets. People are afraid often that you can be too

nice to these kind of people, If you them more than they expect they

might follow you to your home and keep asking you.

The homeless face the problems of the weather, or often-other homeless

like in the story another homeless thieved Link of his watch

which was his father's most prized possession. People often get

intimidated walking passed because the homeless do not look honest as

their appearance is not like the lucky people that have a home.

The problems they create are they put tourists off, which make people

think that Britain have a weak governing authority. People would then

want the government to do more on the issue. Tourists come to Britain

for a holiday not to see people on the streets living this would make

the tourists feel sorry for the homeless and then the tourists that

care it would put them down and affect the holiday atmosphere.

There are charities that help, the most common one is the Salvation

Army. These charities can only provide help for a short time like

change of clothes and shelter for a night or two.

The homeless need help and people like us could help them get their