The difference between link and the homeless is that link became homeless by himself because he wanted to but some people on the streets were forced to be on the streets. The reasons might be because of mainly money problems but they are also forced to be on the streets with different reasons and problems. The second difference is that link begs for money to spend it on food and uses to survive, but the homeless uses to buy drugs and alcohols to forget how bad the situations are. The homeless and link has a lot of difference.