A Piece of Steak - Alejandro Partido A01270265

Your analysis must answer the following questions:
• What is the purpose of this book?
• What is the author trying to accomplish?
• What issues or problems are raised?
• What data, what experiences, what evidence is given in the story?
• How is this data or experiences organised?
• How is the author thinking about the world?
• Is his thinking justified as far as we can see from our perspective?



• How can we enter his perspective to appreciate what he has to say?


The purpose of the book is showing the misery and nature of poverty, the book try to tell us that someday everything will end, and it doesn't matter how many things we had in life, once it ends, we won't have anything. The author tries to tell people to make the best of their life while they can, since we don't know when everything will end. The main problem was that Tom King was getting older, and since he wasn't young enough to win fights, he didn't have any money to have a normal life. Boxing was all that he could do, and he would have a hard time finding a job that didn't include fighting with another man. The information given to us about King is interesting, the author wrote about King's prime time, and his not so young age. The author tells us about how hard was for him to get money, and if he didn't win, he couldn't be able to afford a ride back home. The author tries to tell the readers about how hard life is for some people. not everyone gets an easy life with luxuries. A lot of people in the world suffer everyday to get a penny, and they have to work hard enough to get it, the author explains it perfectly when he talks about King's life. The easiest way to enter his perspective is to think about ourselves as Tom King, having to fight for money, and struggling with life everyday, understanding his feelings and current situation.