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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Matt Z. Marx and Marxist Theory-Final Paper December 19‚ 2003 Rowbotham‚ Hartmann*‚ and Ehrenreich each draw on Marx to construct a new socialist-feminist approach to social analysis and political change. What aspect or aspects of Marx’s thought does each find to be most useful? Show how their choices about what to take from Marx shape the political implications of their theories. Whose use of Marx makes the most sense for contemporary feminism(or‚ if you wish‚ another contemporary social
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low-wage work force. During a previous visit to the Portland area‚ she noted that opportunities were plentiful in the world of employment. She begins her stay at a Motel 6 from which she will organize her quest for a job and a stable place to live. Ehrenreich accepts several interviews for prospective housing only to find disappointment. In the moments prior to concluding her search in defeat‚ she locates a fairly cute cottage that includes basic amenities‚ a reasonable security deposit‚ and at a cost
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receives this title of the working class as their social status‚ it is very difficult to come back up on top. This is illustrated in Ehrenreich’s “Serving in Florida.” Once Ehrenreich immersed herself in the flurry of her routine of work‚ sleep‚ and eat‚ she realized that there was little to no room for advancement in society (Ehrenreich‚ p. 290-303). This is because of what one calls subsistent wages‚ meaning that what one is paid is only enough for survival; the individual MUST work so that they may
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went through. In Into the Wild‚ McCandless really went into the wild and experienced everything‚ but Ehrenreich didn’t live a poor life. If she had done that it would have made for a much more interesting book.” I agree with my classmate on this comment because while I did learn about some struggles that low wage workers have to go through‚ I didn’t learn what
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men. The essay explains how women need to toughen up‚ and start taking credit for their accomplishments. This essay was very effective because Ehrenreich was both sarcastic‚ and serious. As I stated earlier‚ Ehrenreich talked about how women need to start taking credit for their accomplishments which was a key part of the text. On page 258‚ Ehrenreich says‚ “ By putting herself down‚ a woman avoids feeling brazenly powerful and potentially “selfish” ; she also does the traditional lady’s work
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It is not easy to change your social situation in this world. Usually‚ people stay in the same social class they were born into. The rich stay rich. The citizens in the middle class stay in the middle class. We consider this system we have created “common sense.” That should not be the way our world works. The mentality of the world should be: If one works hard in life‚ they should be given the opportunity to move up in life. In the world we live in‚ that is not the case‚ and society is the main
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Society questions if the American Dream is available to everyone. The ideal American Dream is for every American citizen to have an equal opportunity for wealth and prosperity. Settlers have come to America looking for gold and land‚ so they labor to gain their fortunes. America also industrializes and grows due to the workers labor for wealth and land. More jobs are formed through industrialization for people to gain their American Dreams. However‚ society still questions if everyone is given an
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Ehrenreich also writes about her nephew and the hardship that he and his family faced when his mother-in-law had a heart attack and was not able to provide for her disabled child and two grandchildren. The mother-in-law could no longer make her mortgage on
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