In 2007 the financial crisis hit most of the world and also Britain. The discussion about the breach between the rich and the poor started to blush up again. Many people have a hard time supporting their families and themselves. Poverty has always been a central subject in any country and that is also the central subject in the autobiographic essay “Poverty is a state of mind”. The essay, written by Bernard Hare, reflects over poverty from his own experiences through life and poverty in general and he argues that poverty is in the mind. But is it?
Bernard Hare was born into poverty in a working neighbourhood in Leeds. His father was a coal miner and his mom was a part time shop worker. Even though his family very rarely had a larger amount of money and had trouble making anything going around, Bernard had a good time growing up and wasn’t bothered that the family had few coinage.
As a kid Bernard was a very frisky, energetic and curious and always had to explore more than others: “I had an inquisitive mind as a child and once wondered what would happen if I tied a washing line round my neck and jumped off the midden yard wall.” (L.60, p. 8) When he was young he was unaware of the situation the family was in and was very happy for his mom and dad. He was especially fund of his dad whom he also went to Leeds United games with, but as he grew up he got a bigger perspective on life and the world and started to take his inner frustrations out on other people: “In 1975, aged 16, I was one
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