Experiences and Adventures as a Hoboe

In the novel, The Road by Jack London, London writes about his experiences and adventures as one of the hoboes. London shows throughout the book about how the American system is unjust to the hoboes. One of the examples is when London is in the courthouse in Niagara Falls. Another example of London's view on the American system is when London gets to be a hall-man in the jail cell. In the chapter "Hoboes that …

…All of the policemen in the different states treated them with no respect, even when the hoboes are starving on the streets. Even the people of the states treated them, as if they were nothing. London shows throughout the book about how the American system is unjust to the hoboes. London wants to get a point across with this book, which is that the hoboes should be put into shelters rather than thrown in jail.