Sydney Blixt Post #4

If you aren't part of the solution to a problem, you are part of the problem. The main issue in a lot of problems is that there is no body coming forward and trying to stop them. For example, the huge sexual assault scandal at Penn State, there was one assistant coach who didn't come forward about what was going on, the problem may have been stopped if he and others who knew about these attacks came forward to the police.

In Sold,by Patricia McCormick, Mumtaz pays off the police to keep her Happiness House a secret and by them turning there backs and walking a way from the dozens of suffering girls right before their eyes, they are contributing to the problem. Also, people like the young tea vendor boy, he accepts money and orders form Mumtaz and the girls to buy them novelties like soda and magazines, even liquor in some cases. He could be telling somebody about the horrible things being done in theses places. Although, he does risk beatings and abuse from his boss if he did decide to tell somebody or stop bringing the girls things as a sort of silent protest. But in a way he is helping, by bringing them things that make them a fraction of happy for a few minutes while their tea cup is still warm, and the words in their magazines are still fresh. This shows how controversial this idea is, sometimes it may seem like it is helping people by not trying to stop a problem, like the case of the tea boy that wants to help the girls by bringing them things that make them happy, and other times it is extremely clear that not being part of the solution contributes to the problem, like the police letting Mumtaz pay them off.