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Running head: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK
Introduction to social work
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2INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK
Homeless to Harvard is a very inspiring movie and it shows the journey of a young girl named
Liz Murray who never gave up in her life. This is evident from the fact that she has always been
able to take face all the challenges that life brought in front of her and fearlessly dealt with them.
One of her strengths is determination. Right from her childhood, she has been suffering through
many hardships. Her father and mother both were drug addicts. Childhood is a time when
children must be given a lot of care and attention from their parents but the total opposite
happened in the case of Liz. This is mainly because of the reason that her parents wasted all
money on drugs and did not make any savings for the future or the education of (Liz Gray et al.,
2017).
However, Liz was determined to educate herself and also become a well-established person in
life. She took a job only at the tender age of 8 to support her family and get some food as there
was no food in their house for supporting them. She knew that her mother is sick and wanted to
help her out by being a source of income but this went in vain. She lost her mother due to aids
and her father lost the house. She became homeless (McMillin, 2019). However, she was always
determined to attain school. Anyone else in her place would have broken down and given up
after facing so many obstacles, at such a tender age, like her. However, Liz was firmly
determined to be able to work hard and also get a formal school education.
Ephesians 4:32 ‘be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ
God forgave you’’
The above mentioned Biblical verse is relatable in this aspect. This is mainly because Liz has
always been sad. After all, her father could not provide for her or her elder sister. However, she
had this great quality of forgiving. Therefore it can be said that another most important strength