"The Homeless And Their Children" by Jonathon Kozol In "The Homeless And Their Children," Jonathan Kozol describes the hardships that an illiterate woman and her four children must face everyday. The family lives in New York City, in the Martinique Hotel, on 6th Avenue and 32nd Street. This hotel houses over four hundred families that are homeless. In the essay, Kozol interviews a woman who he calls Laura. She has Kozol read a letter to …showed first 75 words of 698 total…

…showed last 75 words of 698 total…I couldn't read, I would definitely at least ask what they were about. The last thing that I took note of was that she talked of the father of one of her children. She said when he has a job, he brings her food, but I wondered why they don't live together. I believe that Kozol did a good job reporting the struggles that the family went through and I hope it did some good.