Out of the four stories in "A Contract with God", the one that shocked me the most was The Street Singer. It shocked me because he lives his life singing in the streets for money everyday just to waist the money he makes on alcohol when he could be using it to take care of his family. He then goes home at the end of the day drunk and beats his wife and child. Then when he finds someone who can help him have an actual career singing he seems very disconected and doesn't pay attention to anything the woman, Diva Marta Maria, is saying. When she asks if he'd ever heard of her he asks if she has something to eat. When she tells him about her singing career and about her husband he is too buisy eating. He seems to be in a different place the whole time. It's hard for me to understand how he could care so little when someone is trying to get him a better job so that he can get his life back on track.
       Not only do I feel bad for the Street Singer's family but I also feel bad for Diva Marta Maria. Her husband was drunk all the time and beat her just like the Street Singer does to his family. I think she knows that he is a drunk too, which I don't see how she couldn't because of how he is acting when he was at her house, but doesn't really care because she is lonely and just wants someone that she can take care of again.