"Should I give money?"
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as a replacement for the radical local paper Manchester Observer, and was known as The Manchester Guardian until 1959. The article, "How do I ... help rough sleepers?" talks mostly about how winter is the worst time to be homeless and to not give money to homeless people. Winter is the worst time to be homeless because the snow will melt and since more than 2,700 people (in the UK) are sleeping covered by only a sleeping bag, blankets or cardboard and newspapers they will get wet and will not be suitable for sleeping. Giving money to homeless people is not a very good idea because they will use it to buy drugs and alcoholic beverages instead of food supplies or even clothing. It is always better to give them food or clothes than just money.
"How do I... help rough sleepers?"
"How do I... help rough sleepers?" talks about how most homeless live in winter in England and what to and not to give them. In "Stone Cold", the author describes what happens to Link, a boy who had a terrible life with his family so he decided to leave and become homeless. They are both very similar but they still have some differences. One reason is that most homeless people are homeless because they might not have enough money to get an accommodation while Link just decided to leave his family because he couldn't handle them anymore, also before he left they gave him some money unlike most homeless people. Another reason is that a great amount of homeless people beg for money to buy drugs and drink alcohol to take their minds of the situation that they're in while Link does it to get food and try to survive. The difference between Link and other homeless people is that he decided to leave his home and he didn't waste his money on drugs but on only equipment to survive.
Link wasn't forced to move out.
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