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    Nickel and Dimed Analysis

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    1 SOC 310 12/03/12 Nickel and Dimed Book Analysis Looking at whether or not individuals living in poverty are considered to be a minority group by our contemporary culture is an interesting scenario. I’m a social work major so of course I want to think‚ yes‚ individuals living poverty are most definitely an oppressed group in society. Minimum wage is nowhere near to what could be classified as a living wage‚ and these positions often have little room for career advancement within the company

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    Extension 1 English Assessment Task 2 Part 1: Written Report The Poisonwood Bible 1) Write a brief synopsis of the text. Identify the textual form‚ genre and provide the details of publication for your text. Barbara Kingsolver’s‚ The Poisonwood Bible‚ follows the lives of the Prices‚ a missionary family‚ who in 1959 leave their American lives for a small village in the Belgian Congo. Published in 1998‚ America‚ The Poisonwood Bible takes form as a fictitious historical‚ post-colonial text‚ denouncing

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    Nickel and Dimed

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    Introduction: Getting Ready Page 1: What is the significance of Lewis Lapham‚ other than the fact that he is the editor of Harper’s? Why was Barbara Ehrenreich so inspired by him and the lunch they shared together? Page 2: Is Ehrenreich wealthy‚ middle-class‚ or poor? If I was in Ehreneich’s shoes and was wealthy‚ I would be very curious to see how other people live. Page 3: The introduction to this book seems kind of ironic to me-while eating at an over-priced restaurant‚ Ehrenreich considers

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    America’s Working Poor Tens of millions of men and women in America struggle because they are stressed out about not making enough money even though they are working as hard as possible. In her book Nickel and Dimed‚ journalist‚ Barbara Ehrenreich writes about her research working as a minimum wage employee attempting to get by in Americas tough economy‚ she describes in depth the struggles that the minimum wage workers suffer through and she witnesses them first hand as she goes under cover and

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    Nickel And Dimed Summary

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    out of reach and impossible to obtain. I also believe that if you try and work hard enough you can accomplish anything. There will be tough times‚ but you have to go through this in order to get to the point that you want to be at. In the article Barbara Ehrenreich takes on a low wage job‚ something that a lot of people have to

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    Nickel and Dimed

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    NICKEL AND DIMED BOOK REPORT Barbara Ehrenreich is a journalist who wrote the book Nickel and Dimed. She goes undercover to see how it feels to work for $6 to $7 an hour. She leaves her regular life to explore the experiences of a minimum wage worker. Ehrenreich travels to Florida‚ Maine‚ and Minnesota‚ looking for jobs and places to live on a minimum wage salary. At one point in time‚ she had to work two jobs to makes ends meet. As she worked all these jobs‚ she discovered many problems in the

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    Nommo and the Bible

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    Nommo and the Bible A Comparison and Contrast of the Character Names in The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingslover writes a book entitled‚ The Poisonwood Bible that explore the effects one culture has on another. The four daughters; Rachel‚ Leah‚ Adah‚ and Ruth May‚ at birth are given names suitable and fitting to their personalities‚ as well as new Kikongo names which describe the girls’ attitudes towards the people in the Congo. A principal of the Congolese belief system‚ suggests that the girls

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    Cultural Misunderstanding

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    English 101 20 June 2012 A Cultural Misunderstanding Dr. Barbara Ehrenreich better known as a myth buster is best known for her non-fiction reportage‚ book reviews and social commentary. Her reviews‚ essays‚ op-eds‚ and feature articles have been widely published and have appeared in Harper ’s Magazine‚ The New York Times‚ Time Magazine‚ The Wall Street Journal‚ Life Magazine‚ The New Republic‚ and the New Statesman. Ms. Ehrenreich received her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in 1998

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    When the Price family is placed in a life or death situation‚ the daughters are forced to choose and bring their most valuable object with them. The Poisonwood Bible‚ written by Barbara Kingsolver‚ takes place in a small village named Kilanga during 1959. The family is in the Congo for a missionary mission to help the Congolese people and make the Congo a better place. When an ant invasion terrorizes the small village‚ the Price girls must make a quick decision on what to bring with them while the

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    What Makes a Community Prosper The word community is derived from the Latin prefix communitatus which is comprised of three elements Com meaning togetherness‚ Munis meaning exchange‚ and Tatus meaning intimate. Individuals --who are interdependent of each other-- may provide each other with sustenance‚ monetary aid‚ physical aid‚ guidance and other forms of facilitation that benefit their fellow community member. In a prosperous community‚ the only way for all members to achieve prosperity is if

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