'I die, I die!' the Mother said, 'My children die for lack of Bread.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Blake depicts a mother's despair over poverty and hunger. The quote highlights the human cost of economic neglect.
- In plain terms
- Poverty causes parents to watch their children suffer and die.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize the human cost of poverty and neglect.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you respond to suffering?
- What causes this desperation?
Another view
Individual circumstances vary and not all poverty is structural.
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