Without going to school, it results in having no degree, which limits the amount of job opportunities those children have in the future. When children face poverty they may have to help provide for their families by working so they cannot attend a full day of school or school at all.

The main cause of poverty recurring is no education, which leads to no job opportunities. Getting an education is important because it can open up doors towards all sorts of careers "Education is the key to ‘Breaking the Cycle’ as the impoverished children can be motivated to better themselves so that they can obtain a secondary education and then find a job with livable wages” (Vien).

When people who are struggling decide to be comfortable with their living situations and not attempt to get an education, it limits their chances of breaking out of poverty.

Rex grew up in a home with parents who were alcoholics, he then became an alcoholic after he became a father of his own. He may not have grew up in poverty but because he was influenced in becoming an alcoholic, that is a factor of why he is poor.

Jeannette did the almost impossible, of breaking the cycle of poverty from her dad and her mom for her future life and family. Jeannette did this by wanting to move to New York to get a proper education and job. She started this goal by, "I told Lori about my escape fund, the seventy five dollars I have saved" (Walls 223). Jeanette made an escape fund to move to New York, and once she made it to New York she was successful with her career as a journalist.

An example of this is when Rex was chasing Rose Mary, his wife, with his car, "I was afraid he might smash her with the car, but instead he got out and dragged her back, legs flailing, and threw her into the car" (Walls 43). After this event occurred, Rex made up with Rose Mary and acted like nothing had ever happened.

Overall, it is not diagnosed that Rex had bipolar disorder but we can assume that he does by the way he acted and spoke.