About once a year my family and I volunteer at a soup kitchen to serve the poor. In the novel the main character Ian, has to volunteer at a soup kitchen called The Club in order to pass civics. The description in the novel is very accurate to what the environment is really like. Everyone standing outside in a line, looking at the ground not making eye contact, some being talkative while others keep to themselves. I think it was a powerful experience for the main character Ian and I to have because it opened both our eyes to how the minority lives and just how grateful we both are. I feel we both walked into the soup kitchen not wanting to be there and judging the people who ate there. Those opinions changed for both of us. During their meal,
