Fast Food Fix

Xavier Markowitz

 The Gaza Strip(A 140 square mile area) is home to 1.7 million palestinians. Egypt and Israel are both blockading it from the outside world. There is something that these people really want; and that is fried chicken. With a four hour delivery time and a $27 price for for 12 pieces, this is not your average fast food restaurant. They are smuggling fried chicken out of Egypt, through an underground tunnel, and past guards so people can eat fried chicken. These people are seeing that they are being deprived of an everyday item and they are determined to get what they want.

The young man who arranges the deliveries says "It's our right to enjoy that taste the other people all over the world enjoy" This quote shows that these people see that they are not being treated fairly by Egypt and Israel. These people are very determined because the article says "The passage of goods and people into and out of Gaza is severely restricted". They are breaking very serious rules by importing fried chicken into Gaza. These people are being treated unfairly and they are doing something about it.

This relates to teenagers because although these people are rebelling against something small like fried chicken there is something more on the inside. These people have seen unfairness and they are trying to stop it by breaking the rules. By doing this they have shown their captors that they are determined to get what they want. I'm not saying that teenagers should break the rules, I'm saying that if someone is giving you a hard time or stopping you from doing something simple it is good to put things into perspective.