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    Serving in Florida is an essay written by Barbara Ehrenreich that is a first-hand experience by the author in the world of working minimum wage jobs. The author tried to balance two low paying jobs in order to make ends meet. Ehrenreich mainly uses pathos‚ or the emotional appeal‚ in her essay to persuade young adults to go to college and strive for high paying jobs and uses ethos‚ the ethical appeal as the secondary rhetorical appeal in her essay to convince her readers that she is indeed a credible

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    nation and have shown true bravery. In his inaugural address‚ President John F. Kennedy challenged his country with‚ “And so‚ my fellow Americans‚ ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.” One obvious way of serving America is joining one of the forces of the United States Military- Air Force‚ Army‚ Navy‚ and Coast Guard. Out of all four branches‚ the American armed forces has a rough estimate of 1‚420‚000 people‚ and that number grows all the time. When signing

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    laborer‚ serving to customers arriving in “human waves” (Ehrenreich 180). It is throughout her journey working for both Jerry’s and a factory known as Hearthside that she learns the difficulties faced with minimum wage and severe working conditions‚ and how the career you pursue and the environment that the career puts you in can change you. Through the usage of emotionally charged language‚ ethical and logical appeal‚ and varying sentence structure‚ Barbara Ehrenreich’s essay “Serving in Florida”

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    Both films‚ ‘The Magdalene Sisters’ (Peter Mullan‚ 2002) and ‘The Lives of Others’ (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck‚ 2006)‚ perform a public function of enabling their viewers to work through the legacy of traumatic Irish/ German history. Critically discuss the statement. As with much of national cinema and national culture both The Magdalene Sisters and The Lives of Others may act as a means of coming to terms with each respective country’s traumatic past. Ruth Barton’s comment “We may argue

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    APPARTS: # 161. Jacob Riis Describes How The Other Half Lives‚ 1890* Author: This document was written by Jacob A. Riis‚ an excerpt from his How the Other Half Lives. The author views that most people do not realize the tremendous amount of poverty surrounding them. They do not realize how the “other half” of the population; meaning the poor‚ manage to make it through a living. Riis wants to describe the living conditions of the lower class to create Americans an image of how the poor has many

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    In the essay “Serving in Florida‚” Barbara Ehrenreich records managers being the “class enemy” and how low level jobs are inadequate in terms of pay. She states that most managers and assistant managers were prior underdog employees of the restaurant business and they are only there to make the big bucks for corporations. Ehrenreich bemoans how managers are the “class enemy”; for instance‚ they never allow servers to take a one second break but the manager’s just sit down all the time and don’t do

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    Jacob Riis It was 1890‚ a difficult time in the still young America‚ when author Jacob Riis won international acclaim for this bestseller of that year‚ “How the Other Half Lives‚” an in-depth expose on the desperate and squalid conditions of New York City’s tenements and slums. Riis’ book provided impetus to a sanitary reform movement that began in the 1840s and ultimately culminated in New York State’s landmark Tenement House Act of 1901. Jacob August Riis‚ journalist‚ author‚ photographer

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    Review for test 2 Chapter 6 Read- Storing and Serving Food 6.9‚ 6.10‚ 6.12‚ 6.13‚ Combines utility with aesthetics and meaning. 6.9 “Three-Legged Ting with Cover” 6th Century‚ from China‚ simple shape‚ three legs‚ repeated circles‚ quatrefoil pattern‚ made of bronze‚ made for liquids such as “ritual wine” may have been placed next to deceased ancestors as a shrine for good blessings 6.10“Basket” 1890-1910‚ from the Promo tribe (California)‚ basket decorated with feathers shells over the

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    situational factors deal with the external causes of behaviour which can include the social setting and environment. Two common errors of attribution are the Fundamental attribution error (FAE) and Self-serving bias (SSB). Fundamental attribution error is a term used to refer to a bias to attribute other people’s behaviour to internal causes rather than external circumstances. If people behave kindly towards us with a warm gesture we immediately assume and conclude that they have a kind personality whilst

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    HNSC 1210 Nutrition for Health and Changing Lifestyles Assignment 1 (Section A and B) Late assignments can be submitted to the Human Ecology General Office (Room 209‚ Human Ecology Building). Assignments are considered late if they are not submitted in class on the due date. Policy for Late Assignments: 10% of the total marks will be subtracted for each day that the assignment is late (i.e. 10% for assignments submitted after 10:20 on October 10‚ 20% for assignments submitted

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