opportunity to search for jobs. There are so many factors in getting a job that requires money that it is too complicated for me to go into in just two pages‚ but the gist is that we need money to get a higher quality job. The whole point of Nickel and Dimed is to show the cycle that people are put in when they are situational forced to take the low income jobs that are impossible to work out of. The lack of power‚ or money in the capitalist state‚ creates a vacuum of opportunity to a large percentage
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With Americas recent unemployments‚ many citizens were left stranded. Helpless in such a currency dependant system‚ this would be a step back from the American Dream. For example‚ in Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed” Ehrenreich is facing financial hardships‚ where she is hardly scraping by in middle America. Even so with proper education and experience (Ehrenreich being so) she feels that working at a fast food chain is below her standards of work. Ehrenreich
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background‚ in the real situation is you have to work more in order to make enough money to survive. We all want to have a “good job” that can pay you well and also enjoyable at work‚ but what job is the best option you want to have? In the book “Nickel and Dimed”‚ the writer Barbara Ehrenreich argued that a minimum-wage worker trying to survive with minimum wage jobs‚ but the paycheck is not enough for them to balance the expense in the U.S. But with a degree you can to find a job with better financial
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(dynamic) or Calendar based (static) Ask Questions and find out – cont. What is the performance guaranty? 90 days‚ 30 days‚ less ??? What is their incentive to do a good job? Will they cover excessive service calls or will you be nickel and dimed? The bottom line – if it seems too good to be true‚ it usually is and you get what you pay for. The “Gotchas” Look out for – Obsolescence Overtime Service Calls Code Violations Safety Concerns – The “Shotgun” approach What to
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Cited: "About Barbara." Barbara Ehrenreich: Author of Nickel and Dimed. 2005. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. http://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/barbara_ehrenreich.html. Anyon‚ Jean. “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work.” Rereading America. Ed. Gary Colombo‚ Cullen‚ Lisle. New York: Bedford/ St. Martin’s. 2001. 169-
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In the novel Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich described her advantage of being white: “unlike many low-wage workers‚ I have the further advantages of being white and a native English speaker”(Ehrenreich 16). Because she is white and can speak English‚ she will have the
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For instance‚ there a quite a few successful people who became from nothing to something. For example‚ Sam Walton who became America’s richest man at $145 billion came from a poor family in a small town in Oklahoma. He slowly gained his success by selling the most randomest of things‚ but in an efficient way. He eventually‚ founded what is known as one of America’s largest supermarkets Wal-Mart earning millions of dollars (Packer). Furthermore‚ in today’s age opponents of the American Dream believe
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Trobe University in Melbourne‚ Australia. She has been the recipient various awards‚ including a Ford Foundation Award for Humanistic Perspectives on Contemporary Society (1982)‚ Sidney Hillman Award for journalism for the Harper ’s article "Nickel and Dimed"‚ which was published as a book (2000). In 1993 I was in Zagreb Croatia‚ I walked into a little café on the corner of what we call in the states a “Neighborhood”. When I sat down a waitress came over what I thought to take my order‚ but she
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Barbara Ehrenreich tones Using tone in writing is really important because it convey a message that the author want to express to the reader. The tone Barbara Ehrenreich uses in the book “Nickel and Dimed” is changing rapidly because she wants her reader to really see the realistic of what she has to face. She put herself into the life of a minimum wage circumstance to see if she can survive or not. She go to different location in the country but they all have the same point that the job she take
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References: Ehrenreich‚ B. (2001). Nickel and Dimed. New York: Owl Books Henry Holt and Company‚ LLC Messerli‚ J. (2007‚ December) A 20-Point Plan for Fixing America. Retrieved March 10‚ 2009 from http://www.balancedpolitics.org/editorial-point_plan.htm Sharp‚ A.‚ Register‚ P.‚ and Grimes
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