Down and Out in Paris and London

Main Ideas

• Exploration of poverty and social inequality in Paris and London.
• The author's personal experience living in poverty and working low-wage jobs.
• Critique of capitalist society and its injustices.
• Examination of the lives of the homeless and the working poor.
• The impact of poverty on human dignity and morality.
• Comparison of living conditions in two major European cities.
• Issues of social isolation and alienation of the poor.