37 pages • 1 hour read
Jonathan KozolFire in the Ashes
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
Essay Topics
1.
Why do you think the city bureaucrats allowed the existence of a homeless shelter as horrific as the Martinique in the 1980s?
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On Page 5, Kozol mentions that the play Les Misérables, about the poor of Paris in the 19th century, opened in Manhattan not far from the Martinique. Why do you think he draws this parallel?
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