Singer Solution To World Poverty Peter Singer Summary
Matt Magpantay
Comp 110-2
Professor Cathy Miller
October 14, 2011
Save the Poor, Condemn the Earth
Manila is a pollution-ridden metropolis. The dissipated smog, contributed by diesel run cars, masks the sky, forcing all sorts of chemicals down the lungs. Garbage is all around, and a seemingly abundant river has been filled to its deepest depths with it. Along with the putrid smells, come the pitiful sights of slums where there hundreds of thousands of people reside. They inhabit shanties comprised of pieces of scrap metal that serve as their roof and walls. In one of these slums, lives a nine-year-old girl named Angela. Everyday she walks through the bustling streets of Metro Manila waiting for cars to halt by the stoplights. She sells homemade necklaces made with the Sampaguita flower, and she also asks for donations to be put into her plastic cup that …show more content…
Singer starts out with a metaphor that centers on a woman in South America. The woman sells a child to an adoption agency thinking that the child has a better future there, but she soon finds out that the child will die because of her (Singer 60). She decides against returning the money and claiming the child again because she just used the money to purchase a new entertainment system (Singer 60). Singer uses this story for two reasons, to tug at those emotions that would inspire to donate money immediately and also to show the similarities between Americans and the woman. He claims that Americans are not giving enough because we spend too much money on luxuries (Singer 60). Singer then mentions that even the U.S. government will not meet the United Nations recommended target of 0.7 percent of gross national product (Singer 63). He is enraged by this fact, so proposes a way to be able to help those in
Comp 110-2
Professor Cathy Miller
October 14, 2011
Save the Poor, Condemn the Earth
Manila is a pollution-ridden metropolis. The dissipated smog, contributed by diesel run cars, masks the sky, forcing all sorts of chemicals down the lungs. Garbage is all around, and a seemingly abundant river has been filled to its deepest depths with it. Along with the putrid smells, come the pitiful sights of slums where there hundreds of thousands of people reside. They inhabit shanties comprised of pieces of scrap metal that serve as their roof and walls. In one of these slums, lives a nine-year-old girl named Angela. Everyday she walks through the bustling streets of Metro Manila waiting for cars to halt by the stoplights. She sells homemade necklaces made with the Sampaguita flower, and she also asks for donations to be put into her plastic cup that …show more content…
Singer starts out with a metaphor that centers on a woman in South America. The woman sells a child to an adoption agency thinking that the child has a better future there, but she soon finds out that the child will die because of her (Singer 60). She decides against returning the money and claiming the child again because she just used the money to purchase a new entertainment system (Singer 60). Singer uses this story for two reasons, to tug at those emotions that would inspire to donate money immediately and also to show the similarities between Americans and the woman. He claims that Americans are not giving enough because we spend too much money on luxuries (Singer 60). Singer then mentions that even the U.S. government will not meet the United Nations recommended target of 0.7 percent of gross national product (Singer 63). He is enraged by this fact, so proposes a way to be able to help those in