In the text, we read about marlin, who was fed by food stamps, housed by the department of housing and urban development (hud), and moved through the education system into prison. marlin's life is a case study of the puzzle of whether
This shows the puzzle of whether poverty defines our society. We see a lot of people that grow up with nothing end up in the system, and there are thoughts that if these people were given better opportunities, this wouldn’t happen.
