"Hitting Budapest" by NoViolet Bulawayo

For starters, I read Hitting Budapest by NoViolet Bulawayo. To list a few, some of the primary features of this world (Budapest) would be the poverty difference. The children wandering down random streets looking for guava to eat because they have already eaten all that they can find. They spare nothing (aside from the few they throw at a house), compared to the woman who was taking their pictures and eating pizza. She threw away a perfectly good piece of pizza without thinking to offer it to the children. They woman and children clearly came from a different cultural background just form the way they treat each other. For the children, it's basically to fend and fight for yourself. To us, the woman's behavior would seem normal; taking pictures of strange children, throwing away food that we don't finish, being offended by someone who is offended by us. 

What are the world's ethos?
For the above story, i would have to say that the beliefs of the children differ from the beliefs of the older woman. The children believe that they have to steal to survive, which very well may be true. But they also think and hope that one day they wont have to. They will marry rich men and live in a nice place. The woman already has these things, supposedly. She seems to have a belief that its ok to take pictures of strange children on the street. Which to us (as mentioned before) would be a normal thing. Just going about our daily business, eating some food, taking pictures of things and people that intrigue us. 

What are the strategies used by the writer to convey the world?
The author paid attention to detail, for sure, to help convey the different worlds. They went into detail about how each character looked or was dressed, who had matted hair, who had clean feet, what the shoes of the dead woman looked like. They described the streets and the houses, the color and texture of the guavas, the pizza and all its funny looking toppings. Everything that the reader would need to feel like they were in the same world and setting as the characters. They gave insight on every single little detail about the characters and what they were doing and feeling. 

How are the characters connected to the world of the story?
For this answer, i'm going to base it entirely on the children. They are growing up practically on the street, having to fend for them selves, to steal food so they don't go hungry. They have to plan for the future of higher thefts, such as stealing valuables from peoples houses. They are having to make due with the crap hole of a world they are living in. A 10 year old getting pregnant by one of her family members...what kind of a life is that? They are growing up differently than the people around them, who have homes and food to waste.