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Global Issue: Childhood Poverty and Hunger

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Global Issue: Childhood Poverty and Hunger

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Body of Work

For this project I decided to make a personal essay in the style of James Baldwin, the author we have been studying. This essay talks about how childhood poverty has had an impact on me as a person and why I see it as a hugely important global issue. It also talks about what is going on with this issue all over the world. The positive and negative aspects what has been going on regarding the global issue at hand. I researched about things like, how governments worldwide were handling this problem, and how have footballers have contributed to solving this issue. But what makes this essay a "personal essay" is the fact that I tell how the importance of solving childhood poverty has grown on me and different events and things I have done to help create a change. It shows my growth as a person, from a distracted kid to a concious teenager, aware of what is going on outside of the social bubble of what could be considered the "priveleged class" here in Lima, Peru. A quote I can really say I understand even though I am not poor is one by James Baldwin, "Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how expensive it is to be poor." A paradox that mixes to words that normally do not go together in a sentence to give a new meaning to what going through poverty is.

There are many things that inspired me to create this essay. The first thing was my past experiences. What made me become interested in this global issue. Since this was a personal essay I decided to include anecdotes along with quotes to tell a story. I included examples of things I had done like participating in diverse charities. Memories were a crucial factor when creating this essay, as it made it easier for me to just pour the words into the page as if I were telling this to a friend or family member. The telling of my growth in mindset about the view of society really gave me a new perspective about diverse global issues, including childhood poverty.

Football is one of my passions, and its also something that also insipired me to create this personal essay. The reason for this was because of the actions that the stars of the sport have taken towards helping children in need. The biggest example is Marcus Rashford, the main part in my chosen body of work. In the UTD Podcast interview he explains why he decided to start raising money and donating goods to poor families and children to be more specific. He stated that he was able to raise 20 million pounds to feed school children during the pandemic. He also tells that as a kid he had to go through the same thing as these children, and that if there was to be a pandemic when he was child it would have affected him a very negative way due to the position he was in. I also recalled the time when superstar Sergio Ramos came to Peru with UNICEF as an ambassador to give support to the large amount of families that were affected by the abundant landslides. Seeing the integrity of high figures like these, that use the influence they have to help people with less money and less resources and to also help provide support to easily solve different issues, really had an influence on me. The connection between this issue and the footballing world was an essential piece of inspiration for this personal essay.

As previously mentioned, this essay is based on the style of James Baldwin, as we have been studying some of his work in class. I decided to make a personal essay about my chosen topic, using the typical techniques and style of the afro-american activist. Later on I will explain what I included in my essay that relates it to the style of Baldwin.

This essay is meant for everyone who wants to know a little bit about me and at the same time want to know about my global issue. People that may find it interesting are for example the ones who know about football or those into politics. It may also appeal to british people, as it talks about a very relevant topic. I believe that if it were to published somewhere, it would be in the newspaper or in a magazine, maybe even in a website. Its purpose is more personal than anything. It is a way for me to express myself about something I havent really been able to talk about in recent months. Of course I consider as a way to "pour my heart out" but at the same time I believe it may have an influence on people who read it. It can help them develop a view on me as a person and also on childhood poverty, and even footballers as human beings. Even though i'd say it does not have a specific target audience, it can be seen differently by people. A personal essay about myself and my growth mixed with the praise to the actions of Marcus Rashford and a complaint to various governments, all coorelated to the same global issue. People that want to gain a little bit more knowledge about this problem could benefit from this essay as I provide a different point of view. One point of view which I think is quite difficult to find elsewhere.

As I decided to base my work on the style of James Baldwin, I evidently had to use his techniques. I began talking about this previously, but I am now going to go more in depth with the correlation of my stylstic choices compared to those of Baldwin. Something that is worthy of mention is that Baldwin is known for using eloquence and rhetorical force in his work, and typically relies on things like imagery and phrases.This is something I decided to apply in my essay to make it appealing to Baldwin's style. For example the mention of the "distracted kid at the top of the pyramid" is a way to describe the innocence of one at a young age. Then also the show of growth as a person is a representation of coming of age and maturity. A metaphor of how I started to become the person that I am now and what I may become in the future. What changes I will go through.

Baldwin has plenty of work that talks about the civil rights movement in the 1950's and that is very related to politics. The coorleation of this global issue and the political view from the government made me decide to introduce a little bit of politics into this essay, and its correlation with the suffering of plenty of children. Baldwin use to make his essays on things he was passionate about, especially about the civil right movements as he was an activist during that time and was on board with the ideas of Martin Luther King Jr. I too wrote about a topic I am passionate about, two of them in fact. Football and my global issue, childhood poverty. I talked about the way various governments are handling the issue of childhood poverty. Something I mentioned was the arguements between Marcus Rashford and the government, where Rashford bidded for the government to extend the time that free school meals were given to children. The government of course said no, which created a lot of controversy with the public in the United Kingdom. Expressing a political view in the work is something typical of Baldwin, I decided to apply it my work aswell.

While working on this essay I rembebered about Aristotle and the three pillars of persuasion. I thought it would be fantastic to apply one of them in the essay, so I went for two. The main one in the essay is pathos. I targeted mostly the emotions of the reader, with the goal of creating a sort of catharsis when he/she was reading. To this I decided to use anecdotes and stories of my past life. I also used adjectives to describe for example the feelings of someone or the significance of an issue. This would be transferred to the reader as this is one of the things I wanted to achieve through this essay. The other pillar I decided to go with is ethos, the use of a bigger figure like a famous person or someone with big influence. Luckily this was the case when talking about my inspiration text, and whole body of work. I decided to mention Marcus Rashford, a huge figure in England and the world, especially to football fans and the british public recently. This is something that my body of work uses a lot. Due to the fact that it is a podcast from a football club, so it is logical that the figures that would feature on it are former and current players. This way they attract listeners. That is what I wanted to do by including the name of the player, also of course I used it because he was one of my main inspirations to make this essay. Evidently I reflected the technique used by the UTD Podcast cast on my own creation so that I can show the reader something that they are familiar with.

In conclusion I would say that even though this project was very long and took a lot of hard work, it was an opportunity to express myself through something I am not used to doing. It also gave me the chance of discovering new things like podcasts and the depth and importance of James Baldwin in english literature. I am glad I was able to connect things I am interesed in and make them into a project for school. This has really helped me venture into the world of non-literary body of texts and encouraged me to discover even more. It has also helped me develop as student, and I am looking forward to what is to come in the course.

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The Impact of Childhood Poverty on my life

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For this project I decided to make a personal essay in the style of James Baldwin, the author we have been studying. This essay talks about how childhood poverty has had an impact on me as a person and why I see it as a hugely important global issue.

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Chosen BOW: The UTD Podcast hosted by Helen Evans, Sam Homewood and David May

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Chosen BOW: The UTD Podcast hosted by Helen Evans, Sam Homewood and David May

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The official UTD Podcast brings you exclusive stories and insights into life at the world's biggest football club.

Listen in as Helen Evans and Sam Homewood and ex-United defender David May talk to legends and current players, to bring you never-heard-before anecdotes from the dressing room, training ground and beyond. You can subscribe to our podcast via your usual provider.

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The official UTD Podcast brings you exclusive stories and insights into life at the world's biggest football club. Listen in as Helen Evans and Sam Homewood and ex-United defender David May talk to legends and current players, to bring you never-heard-before anecdotes from the dressing room, training ground and beyond.

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This episode really had a great impact because I was able to realize how footballers are able to use their huge influence for the better.

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In the latest episode of UTD Podcast, Marcus Rashford tells us how he has helped to raise around £20 million for charity in recent weeks, to feed schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to social distancing, the 22-year-old appears alongside another United Academy product in Paul Scholes in a 'from-home' version of our usual series, to be released at 17:00 BST this evening.

During an insightful, hour-long chat with Scholesy and the rest of the gang, Marcus explains how his involvement with FareShare, a charity which distributes food to kids who would otherwise go without free school meals due to closures through lockdown, has led to donations snowballing in recent weeks.

Supermarkets have now become involved in the scheme, the forward says, enabling the organisation to increase the amount of supplies it hands out to children.

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"Yeah, it's done a lot better than what we thought," Rashford admits in UTD Podcast. "It was a slow process at first and we set out to try and get to £100,000. A couple of days passed and we were way past that. A week passed, and the numbers just kept getting higher and higher.
"It got to the stage where we had a lot of donations, more than we expected, and we were actually struggling to deliver the food to people. "So that's where the bigger companies like Tesco, Co-op, Asda have come in and helped us with deliveries and that side of things, and their own large donations as well. So yeah, it's definitely a big positive.

"I think it's just around £20 million now. It's a big number. At first, the donations were going kind of slow. I put a bit of money in myself, it was at like £50,000, £60,000 and then, I just remember two days later, it was at £140,000 and something. "Then a few weeks after that, it was £6 million or £7 million when some of the bigger companies started coming in. Literally, just two or three days ago, it reached £20 million [in financial donations and the value of food donations]."

With lockdown in the UK having been extended by the government for at least three more weeks, Marcus knows there is still a lot of work to be done, with his own childhood experiences continuing to inspire him to help others.

"We don't know how long this is going to go on for," Marcus added. "If this would have happened 10 or 15 years ago, it definitely would have affected myself as a kid in the position I was in.
"It's just something I thought if there's a way to try and help people and kids especially, let's just try and do it."
ONE ON ONE

Our trio of hosts couldn't spent time with two of the most gifted players from United history, without asking them what it would have been like to have played with each other.

"It would have been a dream to play with someone like Paul," says Marcus. "The biggest thing for me is range of passing. Probably the closest thing to that was when Wazza (Wayne Rooney) was playing a bit deeper and it was just so enjoyable to play as a number nine in those games, when he was playing in that position

"It was similar with Carras (Michael Carrick) as well. As soon as they get the ball, they look forward and want to play forward, not only to feet but in behind a lot of the time. As a forward that's all you want. As long as someone is seeing the passes and trying to make them, that's what you thrive on."

As for Scholes, he says:"I would look for the same as any midfield player looks for - you look for a player who can come short, but more importantly a player with pace, like Marcus has with that speed and movement.

"You don't need to look and these players, sometimes, you don't need to talk to them either, it's just sometimes just a little look, when you are on the ball, with time and space, you see space over a centre-half. I know I can just dink it over a centre-half or over a full-back, and he's got the speed to fly past someone and the composure to score a goal as well."
You can listen to the full UTD Podcast featuring Marcus and Paul on Deezer and all your favourite podcast platforms from 17:00 BST. Visit the UTD Podcast hub for previous episodes.

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UTD Podcast: How Rashford raised £20m for charity

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Men's adidas Marcus Rashford White Manchester United 2020/21 Third Replica Player Jersey Men's adidas Bruno Fernandes White Manchester United 2020/21 Third Replica Player Jersey Men's adidas White Manchester United 2020/21 Third Replica Custom Jersey In the latest episode of UTD Podcast, Marcus Rashford tells us how he has helped to raise around £20 million for charity in recent weeks, to feed schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Blog Post on my Personal Inquiry Project (the early stages)

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Blog Post on my Personal Inquiry Project (the early stages)

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The body of work I have decided to use for my Inquiry Project is an interview with footballer Marcus Rashford on the Utd Podcast. I chose this body of work because it reflects one of my main interests, football/soccer. And one news that has been going around in the football world is that recently Marcus Rashford has been taking action for those children that really needed. This podcast interview talks about how he was able to raise money for charity in the UK during the COVID 19 pandemic.

My inspiration text for this post is one section of the podcast episode from the Utd Podcast featuring Paul Scholes and Marcus Rashford. In this section, Marcus Rashford talks about his involvement with a charity that sends food to kids who do not have access to it due to lockdown and the COVID 19 pandemic. He was able to help by making donations snowball in just a few weeks. He stated that at first they had the goal of raising approximatley 100,000 pounds, but then numbers started gradually rising and after a couple of days they were already way over the main goal. "It came to a point where there were so much donations that we had trouble delivering the food." After a short amount of weeks it started to reach the millions. Towards the end of april, donations had reached about 20 million GBP.

Something that is mentioned in this section of the podcast are the past experiences from Rashford's past experiences as a kid. He does not directly say the anecdote but he does say "if this would have happened 10 or 15 years ago, it definitley would have affected myself as a kid in the position I was in." This let me infer that he had a rough childhood and was living in poverty, this inspiring him to take action so that kids today do not have to go through what he had to go through during his childhood. Another thing that can be seen during this section is the affiliation to pathos. The tone in the voice of the United player makes it obvious that this is a serious topic for him, and that he is very invested in doing the best he can to achieve the goal. This is a very heartfelt part of the episode because not only is Rashford doing a positive action that helps those who need it, but it is also linked to his tough past which has inspired him to persuade this movement.

The target audience of this podcast is of course Manchester United and football fans in general. It could be said that the interest of these people is mainly attracted by the feature of not only current football star Marcus Rashford, but also former footballer and legend Paul Scholes. I believe that when Rashford talks about what he has been doing, he is influencing the viewers to also take action for those who really need help from others through the technique of hero images, as he is a someone that fans see as an idol nowadays.

This section of the episode really inspires me to become someone better and gives a better insight about footballers. That they are not only sportsment, but also people who can have a hugely positive effect on society, especailly nowadays that we are living through a global pandemic.

This episode features former United goalkeeper, Roy Carroll. He talks about his past life trying to fight against alcoholism and depression. He also explains the importance of encouraging others and talking about mental health more often.

This podcast episode features Manchester United Women vice-captain, Amy Turner. In this episode, she talks about the cultural foundations behind the women's team. She also mentions how to deal with rejection and gives advice to young players about "the pitfalls of football".

Just as number 2, this podcast also talks about mental health, but this time it features former United player Keith Gillespie. He talks about how mental health is important, especially for young men. He mentions ways of how practicing this can help countless men with issues in society.

United legend Eric Cantona is the one who features in this episode of the Utd Podcast. He talks about his successful time at the club and also the pride he has as he is still seen as an icon in Manchester. He also talks about how he helped younger players make it onto the first team.

This episode features former dutch player Robin Van Persie. The main focus of this episode is to talk about former and legendary club manager Alex Ferguson. He mentions the attributes and personalities of the Scottish manager, on and off the pitch. He also talks about how having a good mentality is key to being a professional athlete.

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The body of work I have decided to use for my Inquiry Project is an interview with footballer Marcus Rashford on the Utd Podcast. I chose this body of work because it reflects one of my main interests, football/soccer.

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My Creation - A personal essay, in the style of James Baldwin, talking about the importance of focusing on childhood poverty and how it has had an impact on me.

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My Creation - A personal essay, in the style of James Baldwin, talking about the importance of focusing on childhood poverty and how it has had an impact on me.