Jonathan Kozol's book, Amazing Grace, analyzes the lives of the residents of the rundown South Bronx neighborhood of New York. Kozol spends time walking the streets with children, talking to parents, and discussing the terrible living conditions and safety concerns plaguing residents of New York's inner cities. In great detail, he describes the difficult lifestyles to which poverty-stricken families are forced; day after day. Illness, hunger, crime, and drugs are among the few daily problems faced by the characters in Kozol's book; however, many of these people continue to have a very religious and positive outlook on life. Jonathan Kozol's investigation into the lifestyle of these people shows the side of poverty that most of America's privileged classes cannot see. Kozol wants to persuade readers to sympathize with his book and think about the condition these people live in. The inequality issues mentioned are major factors that affect Kozol's main concerns: education issues, healthcare barriers, and the daily struggles of a child in the South Bronx. The small river that separates Washington Heights and Harlem from the South Bronx region constitutes "one of the largest concentrations of the racially segregated poor in our country" (Kozol 3). This segregation increases the problems of inequality by overcrowding inner cities that do not offer as many job opportunities Due to the inequalities in this area, children are not entitled to as many opportunities as other wealthy individuals are able to enjoy growing up in a society. separate Kozol seems to think that the chances of these South Bronx kids getting rich and leaving the area are... middle of paper...... dinner can become a luxury Soup kitchens sometimes become. overcrowded and unable to serve all those in need As a result, malnutrition is not uncommon among these disadvantaged families. Amazing Grace, allows the world outside of the South Bronx to understand a little of what it means to live a life without. resources. The district's inequality issues, health problems and educational gaps are some of Kozol's issues regarding the treatment of today's lower-class society. The presence of drugs, acts of prostitution and the disadvantages of life in the ghetto are not things that should be present in a child's daily life. Kozol's examination of the lives of people living in these slums makes it clear that these people deserve the same freedoms and comforts that other people belonging to the privileged classes take for granted..