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 As a first-year student at UCLA, I have had many opportunities to work and earn volunteer hours at

 homeless shelters. Understanding a different perspective by getting to talk to the less fortunate people

 in the homeless shelter made me understand the idea of two cultures. The two cultures in this aspect

 would be understanding the problem of homelessness and doing something about it and not doing

 something about. 


  • Release, K. H. T. S. N. (2021, July 19). Bridge to home seeks financial support to fund permanent Santa Clarita homeless shelter . Hometown Station | KHTS FM 98.1 & AM 1220. Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/community-news/bridge-to-home-seeks-financial-support-to-fund-permanent-santa-clarita-homeless-shelter-384087



During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I had to write an essay in online school about

the homelessness problem on Skid Row. While writing this paper, it made me realize how few

programs there are to help homeless people get back to a normal life. I decided to take a literary

approach since I don't think of myself as a science-minded person. I did this by being an advocate for

these people.



  •         NBCUniversal News Group. (2021, April 22). Los Angeles County to appeal judge's order to shelter homeless people on Skid row. NBCNews.com. Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-judge-orders-los-angeles-shelter-homeless-people-skid-row-n1265005
Being able to understand someone's story is different from being able to act upon it. I think this is what 

distinguishes the two cultures in this situation. Taking a literary approach in this situation I believe 

would be the most effective. Being able to get the word around and express what these people are 

feeling is so crucial. Most of these people don't have the opportunity to share their story and advocate 

for themselves so I wish to do it for them. I agree with C.P. Snow when he states, "Much of it rests on 

misinterpretation which are dangerous" (Snow 6). This shows how a misinterpretation, specifically 

somebody's life story, can affect their life in a harmful way. That is why I hope to clear that 

misinterpretation and misinformation. 




A dangerous divide: The New York Academy of Sciences. nyas. (n.d.). Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://www.nyas.org/ebriefings/a-dangerous-divide/?tab=overview

NBCUniversal News Group. (2018, October 14). 'typhus zone': Rats and Trash Infest Los Angeles' skid row, fueling disease. NBCNews.com. Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/typhus-zone-rats-trash-infest-los-angeles-skid-row-fueling-n919856

NBCUniversal News Group. (2021, April 22). Los Angeles County to appeal judge's order to shelter homeless people on Skid row. NBCNews.com. Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-judge-orders-los-angeles-shelter-homeless-people-skid-row-n1265005

Snow, C. P. (1960). The two cultures and the Scientific Revolution. At the Univ. Press.

Vesna, V. (2022, February 10). Toward a third culture: Being in between. Leonardo. Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://www.academia.edu/71037110/Toward_a_Third_Culture_Being_In_Between


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