Analysis Of Ehrenreich's Nickel And Dimed

Nickel and Dimed was published in 2001 during the blow up of the internet. The book was spreading and a group of college freshmen were even assigned to read it. Ehrenreich even learned that a young man set out himself to try what she did but he started out in a homeless shelter and at the end, he had an apartment and thousands of dollars saved. He went on to write his own book and actually accuse Ehrenreich about her lack of motivation to succeed. She was even called “The Antichrist of North Carolina” and many people didn't seem so happy with her book and her mission. To some people, this book was an eye opener. A woman was under the impression that an “unskilled job” had at least been a $15 an hour job. Ehrenreich refers to lower class as
philanthropists in our society because they give up everything for their families. They have it hardest in life and they work everyday to make sure their kids grow up, have their own kids, and have the necessities to raise their own family. Low income families have a harder time getting by but some of the best minds come from people who live in horrible places. They came from nothing and made a life from themselves, which is what the point of this book is. Trying to make it by in America on nothing, living and raising a family from and with nothing. Ehrenreich says one day the lower class, the underappreciated, will rise up against the more, privileged, of those in society. She announced, that when that day comes the sky will not fall and we’ll be better off for it and, maybe then, more will be done for the underprivileged lower class men and women in America so future generations won't have as much stress with Getting by in America.