"Untouchable"

Untouchable brings up the issue of poverty around the world. In this book we see the story of Bakha who works hard and lives in an environment where he is considered an outcaste, meaning he is an outsider an untouchable. Most cultures have social hierarchies like the ones presented in the book. When a person falls below a certain level of poverty, the condition becomes so crushing that there is no way out without extreme help. For example Bakha’s father was a sweeper and when his father died Bakha would take over this job and it was passed down from generation to generation. In this environment disease and hunger become excruciating, we see this in Untouchable when we see that the lower class citizens have to wait by the well in order for a person from a higher class to have a noble heart and give them water because otherwise they would not get this opportunity. These people were considered to contaminate if they were touched or were touched. These conditions are present in many places around the world and if we do not help then these conditions will continue to be carried down to future generations.