The slum is like an independent state within the state, kind of like the Vatican but with God missing. It’s downright ironic, I sometimes think, because the slums are where people’s faith in God is the greatest. There aren’t very many people inside the slum who care what happens outside the slum, just like how most people who live outside the slum don’t care that the slum exists. It’s hard for some people who were born in the slum to advance and get anywhere in life. “Advancement” in the slum is becoming a gang leader, which often results in a short life.
