In her narrative‚ Nickel and Dimed‚ Barbara Ehrenreich explores the world of the low-wage working class. An upper-middle class biology Ph.D. and journalist‚ Ehrenreich temporarily uproots her life in a two year social and economic experiment to join the laborers of America. Her purpose is to get firsthand knowledge and answer the question‚ “How does anyone live on the wages available to the unskilled?” (Ehrenreich 1) Beginning her journey in Key West‚ Florida‚ Ehrenreich finds employment as a waitress
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In Barbara Lazear Ascher’s essay called "On Compassion" is about how she is looking around at people at a bus stop and she starts to point out the flaws in everyone that is there. In the opening sentence she talks about how sloppy this one man is by saying he has "his buttonless shirt‚ with one sleeve missing‚ hangs outside the waist of his baggy trousers." She also says that everyone at the bus stop is just daydreaming and not paying attention on what they are doing. As it goes along the owner
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Option A: Observation: During the winter‚ you spread salt daily on your driveway to melt the snow. In the springtime‚ when the lawn begins to grow‚ you notice that there is no grass growing for about 3 inches from the driveway. Furthermore‚ the grass seems to be growing more slowly up to about 1 foot from the driveway. Question: Might grass growth be inhibited by salt? My hypothesis is that the grass growth is being inhibited by salt. An average winter season last approximately five or
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Characters: Characters play a major role in the novel The Bean Trees‚ however Taylor Greer or formally known as Missy Marietta plays the largest role in the novel. “... she entertained me with her vegetable-soup song‚ except that now there were people mixed in with the beans and potatoes...And me. I was the main ingredient‚”(Kingsolver 246). This quote describes Taylor to the point‚ because she is the main ingredient to many people’s lives. However‚ it also shows how Taylor may be somewhat
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Challenging society’s viewpoints about compassion‚ Barbara Lazear Ascher’s essay “On Compassion” calls to attention the act of giving to the homeless‚ and whether these actions are done out of true compassion or simple agitation. The various stories recalled within the essay are set in “The Empire State”‚ New York. As the essay begins‚ the author first writes about a homeless man who approaches a mother waiting a crosswalk with a stroller in hand. The man is distracted as he walks by the sight of
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Childhood Vaccinations According to Barbara Loe Fisher‚ since 1990‚ around fourteen thousand reports of hospitalizations‚ injuries‚ and deaths following vaccination are made to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting Systems (VAERS)‚ but‚ it is estimated that the actual number of vaccine-related health problems occurring in the U.S. every year can be more than one million. (“Parents Should Be Allowed to Opt Out of Vaccinating Their Children”‚ 536.) Barbara Loe Fisher and Steven P. Shelov both
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In the three essays that we were assigned to read have connections. In “Serving in Florida” by Barbara Ehrenreich‚ she decided to work in low paying jobs that pay minimum wage. An example of this is when it states “the multinational mélange of cooks; the dishwashers‚ who are all Czechs here” (364). This example relates to Diana Kendall when it states‚ “The working class and the working poor do not fare much better than the poor and homeless in media representations” (428). These quotes express how
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Cities reveals the unconcealable tendency toward violence and despair amongst the commons. In a suburb of Saint-Antoine‚ wine from a broken cask “stained many hands and faces” and a witty observer writes “BLOOD” on a wall with the wine (Dickens 32). Spilled wine reveals the dual symbolism of the spoiling a well-contained establishment‚ and as
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Summary: “How Smart Are Sheep?” How Smart Are Sheep by Barbara Drake is about the intelligence of sheep and the studies that have been conducted to prove that sheep can feel different emotions and recognize dogs and humans as their enemies. Evolution has re-wired the sheep brain to know to hate and stay away from humans and dogs. Brain activity research in sheep has shown that sheep see dogs and humans as more alike than comparing the human and the dog to themselves. Drake explains that “Of course
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The Importance of Water The water that we consume today is the same water since pre historical period .The importance of water has not changed; the only difference now is the purity and efficiency of it. Barbara Kingsolver‚ a famous American writer‚ explains the problems concerning water in her article‚ “Fresh Water.” Humans’ inclinations to excessively use natural assets have caused climate change and drought in many parts of the world‚ making it difficult for many people to access clean and fresh
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