Barbara Ehrenreich Sept 7‚ 2010 English 101: Freshman Comp Did you ever think why our elders do not quite understand why we are so open to accepting others who are not exactly like us?‚ why they seem to say “why are you talking to that black person?‚ or my goodness gay men are a menace to society‚ it’s just wrong!”‚ well back in their day years ago it was wrong and Barbara Ehrenreich discusses this topic in her essay Teach Diversity- with a Smile. Barbara discusses
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individuals in the United States. The American Dream shows the unique promise America has given its residents and immigrants for years. Although Walt Whitman states that the American Dream is truly plausible. In truth‚ authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Barbara Ehrenreich strongly believe that the American Dream is surly just a myth. Many people have opposed to thinking that the American Dream is a myth. Opposers have come to believe that not only is it not a myth‚ it is truly plausible. In Whitman’s poem
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He started when his savings diminished and continued on as he found himself homeless. Through his journey Eighner clarifies on what is important to him and compares his life to someone of wealth. However‚ the story “Serving in Florida”‚ by Barbara Ehrenreich‚ tells the journey of a new restaurant employee who discovers her job wage is not enough to live. She is able to find an additional job as a server but is rushed with her time. She describes her hardship with being a server along with the other
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any help for the poor but yet they have to pay for everything they need and have. Although it may be true in some cases but I disagree with the statement. The reason why I disagree is because it all depends on the person’s situation. As for Barbara Ehrenreich she bases it on her co-workers life on how some struggle just get by without support. Unfortunately they are in a bad position where they are not able to receive support from others around them or simply because they’re not motivated enough
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The ‘American dream’ is a term coined by James Truslow in his 1932 book Epic of America‚ but it is a concept as old as America itself: anything is possible if only the individual is willing to work hard. The dream draws immigrants to our shores and borders every year and keeps millions of Americans content in the idea that their toiling will pave the way to success for them and for their children. However‚ for every rags-to-riches story‚ there are thousands of other hard-working people who cannot
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right here in the United States. Lacking money and basic necessities like food‚ shelter‚ clothes‚ education and healthcare are the goods necessary to live a decent life; however not everyone has access to these luxury. In Serving Florida‚ Barbara Ehrenreich goes undercover as a waitress and housekeeper in Key West Florida‚ and to live the life of a low socio-economic class. She discovers that it is not financially viable to live off just the minimum wage. She even had to get two jobs to survive
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Analysis on “Serving in Florida” In the essay‚ “Serving in Florida‚” by Barbara Ehrenreich‚ the author shares her experiences of how it is for an unskilled person to live on minimum wage in Florida. She wanted to see if she could maintain a lifestyle working low wage paying jobs the way millions of women were. By the authors use of ethos‚ pathos and logos‚ one can feel and understand the stress that many of these Americans have. There are three types of persuasion; ethos: the credibility that
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Although authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Matthew B. Crawford both obtain a higher degree from a university‚ both continue to work low-income jobs for different reasons. Ehrenreich believes minimum wage work is challenging in all aspects of the employment. She has the option to remove herself from this lifestyle but continues to stay in order to gain experience for her book "Nickel and Dimed". Crawford on the other hand finds a deeper appreciation for the working class‚ and even though he has an option
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The articles “Serving in Florida” by Barbara Ehrenreich‚ “Class in America” by Gregory Mantsios‚ and “Framing Class‚ Vicarious Living‚ and Conspicuous Consumptions” by Diana Kendall serve as ideal examples of how misleading society has grown to portray an unrealistic image that cannot be reached by all. The lack of preparation serves as one of the major obstacles for the working class to progress within our society. In “Serving in Florida” Barbara Ehrenreich discusses the struggles encountered
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In the essay “Serving in Florida‚” Barbara Ehrenreich records managers being the “class enemy” and how low level jobs are inadequate in terms of pay. She states that most managers and assistant managers were prior underdog employees of the restaurant business and they are only there to make the big bucks for corporations. Ehrenreich bemoans how managers are the “class enemy”; for instance‚ they never allow servers to take a one second break but the manager’s just sit down all the time and don’t do
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