The Pinch of Poverty

S- The subject of the painting is poverty hits families hard. Families in poverty struggle to support themselves and struggle to smile and be content. 

N- The narrator is possibly bias because the message the artist is trying to get through shows that he has some type of connection with poverty whether he was poor or he is very charitable and sympathetic towards the poor and wants to get the less fortunate help. 

A- The audience the artist is targeting is the wealthy or middle-upper class because those people are most likely to help the poor families because of the available resources. 

P- The purpose of the painting is to help those that are less fortunate. The yellow, bright flowers represent the hope of tomorrow and the bright red draping the baby represents the hope of a future. The artist is trying to show poverty in a negative light hoping someone will help those who are struggling. 

The fact that the author wanted to show poverty in a negative light make his choices to include drab, unappealing clothing understandable. The dark clothing blend in with the dark rainy background showing that the poor are lost in the background and often forgotten. It is not a good feeling to be poor because not only are you struggling, but you are often just ignored. Also, the bars that the family is sitting in front of show the constraints of poverty. Poverty is not something that is easy to overcome. However, the inclusion of the bright flowers and red blanket represent this vision of hope of a better life the author has for the less fortunate.