East St Louis

Life on the Mississippi
By Jonathan Kozol


Life on the Mississippi, by Jonathan Kozol can be analyzed by the functionalist theory of stratification in many ways. The theory states that the inequality of rewards motivates people to train for the most important jobs, such as lawyers and doctors. In the article Kozol writes about life in East St. Louis, Illinois, and the complete lack of services that it’s residents receive from the government. It is made apparent in the article that...