Social Structure

            Social Structure is really an important to an community as a whole. For this particular assignment i have observed an homeless person around my neighbor. I observed that individual's behavior few times that i haven't paid close attention before. but it was very obvious that if a home person standing in corner of the subway station its mean he wants money. so i gave him few dollars , in a process i started to talk to him where usually people bypass them more then they wanted to talk. My conversation lead to asking few question about that homeless person. Sometimes people dislike them or hate because of what they wearing but to me i find it very important because, even thought he/she is homeless, that person is part of society. i asked him about his personal life,but the most important part of is that he belongs in a society.Often  people excludes the often because they either not belong in that neighbor or maybe they not normal like rest of the people who goes to work and earn their livings. i have known that, the homeless person background was Irish decedents .He also an ex veteran , he does have kids but surprisingly he is homeless. but importantly i observed him during the school days, Where he was in the same spot as always. On Monday when i got off from work in morning i came home and getting ready for school, on my way out i saw him standing in the corner of subway. the following day i saw him there as well same spot. i asked that person how he is doing, he actually replied politely, i brought him a cup of coffee and gave him money and a walked away.
       
          The thing is that if that same homeless person were somewhere in city, Front of official building standing there so people can give him money, He would get rejected right away because we know that higher class people would not allow that to happen loitering in a zone where no particular people should be hanging out. or that place could be fully guarded by security guard knowing that its an official build for rich people. often these people in city don't takes homeless person lightly because they believe he/she is an outcast. The wealthy people might treat them differently because they know they can get away with anything or that matter they are not properly clean to be near us. Often white collar people might think homeless person don't have any rights or wrong importantly we know that the homeless people are everywhere but there are some places they cannot be hanging out begging for money. I live in Brooklyn so they are everywhere and i almost see few of them very often .

        One thing i realized is that my observant was really polite, Because there are some homeless person begs for money really negative ways, cussing , yelling or that matter not asking nicely for money.i realized that my observant was really a cool person because he was begging for money but he knows how to ask. what he said was can you offer me some change "please". that tells a lot because from that, we know he is a respectable person, asking nicely for money, but what i did was , not give him money the second time to see the differences .The next day i also happen to see him there standing at same spot begging for money.He noticed me coming, but he didn't hesitate to ask for money even tho he knows i gave him money before and i would give him now. i realized the way he asked for money, because i really have respect for these people even them a lot of people consider them as outcasts. i realized "please" the way he asked for money so i gave him a dollar, i didn't buy him coffee this time to see what he says about it. he didn't say anything . as i walk away  and i told him "have a nice day", he replied " you too" . it occurs to me that even though he does not have his family with him to support him , i believe he is part of a social hierarchy because where i live there are no separate who can belong here or not, all kind of people are accepted here because here, there are no rich people, or rich office buildings to separated that individual from begging for money . But he is regular person just like any other and he is a part of social structure, but one difference is that majority of have a houses to settle in, families to look after and love, but in this case that home person all alone trying to survive.