If you don't involve yourself in the solution, it doesn't mean that you are part of the problem. Lots of people are ignorant and don't put themselves in situations in where they don't have to deal with a problem. I think it depends on what you do and who you are as a person. The police are supposed to help solve problems, because that is their job. Teaches also put themselves in a position to problem solve, that is also in their job description. People of authority usually are the ones who are part of the solution. Although in bad cases people like the police can often use their power to become part of the problem. Sometimes a people who don't have as much authority decide to be a prat of the solution. But anyone who wishes to be part of the solution could end up being a part of the problem. I think the answer to the question "If you aren't part of the solution, are you part of the problem?" would depend on yourself and what your views are.
In the book Sold by Patricia McCormick the police are prat of the problem. "'Is that man a goonda?' I ask Shahanna. 'He's worse,' she says. 'He's a policeman.' I don't understand. 'Plicemen are supposed to stop people like Mumtzafrom selling girls,' she says. 'But she gives this one money each week and he looks the other way.' I don't understande this city. It's full of so many bad people. Even the people who are supposed to be good."(159) This shows that sometimes the people taht are supposed to help the solution, abuse their power and becomepart of the problem. It is scary to think that the people we are supposed to trust and help us, can betray and work against the things that are supposed to be good. Its hard to belive that someone who is payed to support the helpless, doesn't do their job just for selfish and gredy puroses. I think this is why Lakshmi refuses the white man's offer to save her, becasue she lost her sense of trust.
It is really interesting,Zoe, that in Sold the people at Happy house believe the police are bad. If i were in their situation i might think the same thing because, lets face it, if anyone comes into the place you are living and terrorizes the place knocking down food and posters, you're going to think that they are good people. Also, Mumtaz tells the girls that the police are horrible, they must be terrible for her because they are trying to shut down her evil operation. Though in the end McCormick shows how the police can be good, when they save Lakshmi and the others.
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