Ehrenreich wrote the book “Nickel and Dimed” coming out of her experiences while being on assignment for Harper’s magazine‚ while trying to get the story of life as a low-wage income worker after welfare reform pass by president William Clinton. During her assignment she ran into many issues‚ like lack of basic necessities‚ poor working conditions‚ and having to work more then one job. Another set of pressing issues was the fact that in every city she moved to and tried to have a low-wage life in
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In the years 1998 to 2000‚ Barbara Ehrenreich writes about her experience working as an undercover writer and showing the difficulties that come with working a minimum wage job in her novel Nickeld and Dimed ; however‚ in today’s society we are given a much more difficult synopsis if one wants to live off of minimum wage. Compared to the piece by Ehrenreich‚ living in the United States in our current economic presence contains much higher costs of living‚ such as food‚ gasoline‚ and reasonable housing
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Maine: Pine Tree State In the night’s high tides I look out for boats that are out in the ocean with my oversized flashlight up on the highest point in the lighthouse. “Is anyone out there!?” I yell. I end up finding no response. All that I can hear is the waves crashing onto the rocks. But then for an inexplicable reason‚ everything feels slower‚ colder… It’s snowing! I think to myself. I run down the stairs of the lighthouse and What do I see? I see the snow piled on the grass like solid
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Nickel and Dimed After reading the book Nickel and Dimed I have come to realize how much work low wage workers actually do. I have worked in a fast food restaurant only once and it was hard work but I did not get a major feel for the field because I was not there for very long. Barbara Ehrenreich did a good job as far as showing people‚ or telling people how it is to work in the low wage field but it was hard for me to get a real perception of everything because I knew in the back of my mind that
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In “Scrubbing Up Dust”‚ Billie Jo sees a boy‚ Jim Martin‚ scrubbing dust. As she walks home‚ she realizes that her house is a mess and she thinks about what her mom would have done and how the job now falls to her since her mom is dead. In the poem there was a hyperbole declares that the cleaning is‚ “knuckle-breaking work” (110. Hesse) and her hands aren’t meant for that. There was a simile in the poem stating that her mom would “break that mud like the farmers break sod” (109). On page 110 there
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summarize the poem about a boy nervous about his first time with a girl. So they walk to a drugstore so he can’t treat her with something from there. The boy is very poor so he knows that the nickel may not be enough. So when she took a piece of chocolate that was more than a nickel. He gave the saleslady a nickel and an orange. While this was happening he preceded to look outside and notice all the small and grim details about December‚ he then eats the second orange
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Fishing was a very important part of Maine economy. Fishing is what brought in and kept the Europeans in Maine. During the 1620s a year round fishing group of 13 fishermen was supported by Damariscove. In 1632‚ Robert Trelawny developed a fishing and trading post which for about 10 years had around 6o fishermen on 3 year contracts. People preserved the fish by leaving them in the sun and adding salt. They did this instead of keeping them in barrels in boats. After this they found dry- curing. This
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In Gray‚ Maine ‚ a sudden drought takes toll on the local streams. Water levels are a foot lower than average‚ and the precipitation rate has been 8 to 9 inches lower than last year. This was quite a bit of water being absent from the Maine’s average main precipitation. Fortunately‚ there is a forecast of a substantial amount of rain. The amount of rain however‚ causes worries about flash flooding. Luckily‚ the amount of water should be small enough to be immersed by the vegetation. National Weather
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1. How has the catch of lobsters changed over the past 15 years in the state of Maine? Lobstering has dominated the fishing industry in Maine over the last 20 years. However‚ lobster population in the state has diminished as a result of overfishing. 2. What does Walter Day suggest needs to be done to keep the industry flourishing? “Just let us do what we’ve been doing‚ and otherwise let us alone.” 3. What are shorts? Lobsters that are too small. 4. What are eggers? females carrying masses
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Victoria Conrardy Mrs. Lord A.P. English 11 February 21‚ 2013 AP Book Project Part One Introduction 1. Title-Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is significant because Ehrenreich does explain how many do “survive” off of minimum wage which really is not much. 2. Author-Barbara Ehrenreich is seventy-one years of age and is a widely-read and award-winning columnist and essayist‚ and author of 21 books which include: Blood Rites; The Worst Years of Our Lives; and Fear of
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