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    Ehrenreich Tones

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    Barbara Ehrenreich tones Using tone in writing is really important because it convey a message that the author want to express to the reader. The tone Barbara Ehrenreich uses in the book “Nickel and Dimed” is changing rapidly because she wants her reader to really see the realistic of what she has to face. She put herself into the life of a minimum wage circumstance to see if she can survive or not. She go to different location in the country but they all have the same point that the job she take

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    Television is a beautiful way to get creative. Barbara Ehrenreich disagrees. Her book “The worst years of our lives” explains the ugliness of too much Television. Therefore‚ Television is essential due to the fact that tv addresses important issues‚ helps stir one’s own thinking‚ and helps create a sense of individualism. Televisions address many important issues of our time. The only way we will truly understand our world is if we broadcast it universally. A mocumentary titled “A girl like her”

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    power of language could describe the varieties‚ and I may say the cruelties‚ in all the degradations of human form [in the factories]” – Parliamentary debate on Workers’ Conditions April 1879. To what extent does the language in Hard Times‚ Major Barbara and Thomas Hardy: The Complete Poems‚ degrade humanity and for what reason? The motives of Charles Dickens‚ Bernard Shaw and Thomas Hardy for presenting humanity as degraded‚ through their language‚ differ significantly. While the texts‚ which

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    kindness‚ the welfare and‚ Ehrenreich braveness to complete her project on the poor. Carolina‚ in my opinion‚ is a strong character in Ehrenreich’s book. Her kindness and determination captivate my attention. Carolina together with her husband make about $40.000 dollars a year and still she was kind to Ehrenreich. Carolina made homemade stew and gave to Ehrenreich. Her attitude shows kindness and solidarity. The welfare system in the United States is complex. Ehrenreich describes how the poor lives

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    The third and final location of Ehrenreich’s experiment is Minnesota. A state considered to be relatively liberal to the welfare poor‚ Ehrenreich desires to experience the compatibility of income and rent‚ a few moderate adventures‚ and a tranquil conclusion. Upon arriving in the Twin Cities area‚ she rents a vehicle and drives to a friend’s apartment that she will use for a few days free of monetary pay. Her only charge is to care for the friend’s cockatiel‚ which she agrees to do despite her phobia

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    Through the use of very detailed language in her paper‚ Ehrenreich was able to make the experiences she had while working as a waitress and housecleaner seem much more real and personal to the reader. Instead of describing how she felt while working as a waitress and housekeeper‚ she made the reader go through (almost) the same feeling by describing the situations she was put into. While expressing her emotions would have made the reader wonder what she was saying‚ describing the horrible situations

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    throughout the whole play‚ seeing negative effects in the relationships between Barbara and Den‚ Barbara and Verge‚ Den and Ron‚ Marj and Barbara and Marj and Verge. Lack of communication has negative effects through the relationships which causes conflict and frustration between the characters. The relationship between Barbara and Den is lacking communication on Barbara’s behalf. Den ties to reach out and please Barbara‚ but she is so caught up on her ‘new’ lifestyle he forgets about placing focus

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    watch TV? Is it the draw to live vicariously through the miraculously genius doctors on House? The lure towards the dangerous lives of FBI agents on Criminal Minds? The attraction towards something new‚ something we don’t have in our own lives? In Barbara Ehrenreich’s The Worst Years of our Lives‚ this is the question she asks. People on TV‚ she points out‚ are never seen watching TV themselves. Modern man has become a couch potato‚ part of a society that would rather watch a football game‚ faces full

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    twenty places I’ve applied calls me for an interview” (Ehrenreich‚ 249). She also emphasized the unrealistic salary provided for workers especially who are single mothers‚ “by taking $6 to $7 an hour‚ perhaps subtracting a dollar or two an hour for child care‚ multiplying it by 160 hours a month‚ and comparing the results to prevailing rents” (Ehrenreich‚ 247). The “Why me?” experiment found the effect of

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    Barbara Bergmann

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    Barbara Bergmann Barbara Bergmann is a forerunner in feminist economics with a passion for social policy and equality‚ especially relating to discrimination on account of race or sex. Barbara R. Bergmann writes on economic and social policy‚ with recent works on Social Security‚ child care‚ poverty‚ women’s place in the economy and the family‚ and the labor market problems of women and African Americans. She is Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Maryland and at American University

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