Nickel And Dimed By Barbara Ehrenreich

The book Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting by in America, written by Barbara Ehrenreich is a book that relates the experience of how she survived living on poverty-level wages in America as a waitress, maid and a Wal-mart sales associate. Barbara left her comfortable surroundings as a journalist with a Ph.D in biology to work various "unskilled" and "under compensated" jobs in order to achieve, "the old-fashioned kind of journalism". In regards to leaving her comfortable lifestyles for a few months traveling through Florida to Maine and Minnesota, she discovered that people who are paid six to seven dollars an hour did not generate enough income for those who did not want to live

In the book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich a nonfiction she confronts the problem that the lower class is struggling to get by on the minimum wage offered.She also discusses the difficulties that the lower classes face for example overbearing and strict bosses,having problems with transportation to get to work, barely making rent,nearly no breaks, and having working two jobs back to back in order to provide for their families. She goes undercover as a worker in order to see what it would be like and she found out that the menial labor often overcame her and she would dream of her old life.

The situation Ehrenreich is describing is the reality of millions of Americans; they work multiple minimum wage jobs, and are paid “so meagerly that workers can’t save enough to move on.” In addition, Ehrenreich recalls the actions of the U.S. government in regards to assisting these Americans. The article opens with the contribution of President Lyndon B. Johnson on the “War on Poverty”, then the “attack on welfare” in the 90s, concluding with The Great Recession. While writing Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, Ehrenreich abandoned her comfortable life to live the life of a low-income American; she worked multiple entry level jobs including Wal-Mart, a maid service, and as a nursing home aide. Through these actions, Ehrenreich establishes her ethos. Because she’s lived the lifestyle she’s describing, she has the authority to speak on the topic. Ehrenreich concludes with her proposal to help the

Barbara Ehrenreich's intent in the book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America exhibited how minimum wage isn't enough for Americans to get by on and that there's no hope for the lower class. Her main objective was achieved by living out the life of the "working poor". During the three cases studies she worked many jobs that are worked by many that are simply striving to live day to day. The jobs she had didn't generate sufficient income to avoid or help her rise out of poverty, in fact the six to seven dollar jobs made survival considerably difficult. Enitially, she believe the jobs didn't require any skill but while on her journey she started to realize they were stressful and drained a lot of energy. In addition to that she

Macklemore’s latest single, “Kevin” voices the struggle lower class Americans go through with overusing prescription medication. Drug use and abuse has become a widespread issue within the United States. One of its most troubling aspects being the abuse of pharmaceutical and prescription drugs, painkillers raising the most concern. Drugs such as Oxycontin, Ambien, and Xanax are being prescribed by doctors and given to the public and then being misused, causing more harm than good. ADD SOURCE THAT EXPLAINS THE MANIFESTATION OF THIS. Barbara Ehrenreich, an American author and sociologist explores this very problem in her book, Nickel and Dimed. When talking about a worker’s use of medication, Ehrenreich claims that, “Unfortunately, the commercial tells us, we workers can exert the same kind of authority over our painkillers that our bosses exert over us. If Tylenol doesn’t want to work for more than four hours, you just fire its ass and switch to Aleve”(25). In other words, Ehrenreich is stating how the media is pushing drugs onto the working class and through the use of personification she illustrates how workers identify themselves with the medications they are taking. Employees will opt for the most efficient medication in order to be efficient

In Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, Ehrenreich goes undercover as a low-wage worker, when she is really a reporter for New York Times. In Barbara’s journey, it explains all of the hardships workers have with low-wage jobs and makes your think: Does the accumulation of money and power inevitably lead to a loss of spirituality? Ehrenreich states that workers work long and stressful hours for almost no pay whatsoever but many people believe that these certain jobs are too easy and SHOULD receive the low wages that they’re currently receiving. Do companies that give their workers low wages for the accumulation of money and power inevitably lead to a loss of their ethics and do it also lead to a loss of workers? I believe this

In the novel Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, the author goes on an experiment in which she moves to new towns and becomes a low-wage worker. In each town she has to find a place to live for the amount she can afford each month off of minimum wage jobs. She went undercover so she went into these jobs without showing her level of skills, college degrees, or writing skills she has. She spent a month in each town between the years of 1998 and 2000. Before starting her experiment she set rules for herself which were, “I had to take the highest-paying job that was offered me and do my best to hold it; I had to take the cheapest accommodations I could find, at least the cheapest that offered an acceptable level of safety and privacy”(Ehrenreich, Barbara (2010-04-01). Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (p. 4). Henry Holt and Co.. Kindle Edition). When she went on interviews and filled out applications she didn’t put any job experience down and described herself as “a divorced homemaker reentering the workforce after many years”

Authors use rhetoric by employing many different methods and styles, but they all have one goal in mind: To puesuade the audience. In “Scrach Beginnngs” by Adam Shepard and “Nickel and Dimed” by Barbara Ehrenreich, there are several instances in which both authors use rehoric to puesuade the audience to side with their side of the issue; Shepard, who believes that people can make it off minimum wage, and Ehrenreich, would believe that it is not possible to make it off minimum wage. The audience most suited would be college students or early college graduates because the main focus of both books is surviving on a low wage with minimal resources which some of these readers will most likely experience soon, if not already. Throughout both books, Shepard and Ehrenreich employ methods such as strong, descriptive imagery, explaining and describing motivating situations, and explaining past experience and qualifications which all include rhetoric which helps persuade the audience. Both authors also use these methods to connect directly with the audience which helps each of them get their point across most effectively.

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America written by Barbara Ehrenreich, is a book composed of Ehrenreich’s experiences working minimum wage in Florida, Maine, and Minnesota. Ehrenreich’s sheds light onto what it is like for most minimum wage workers and brings insight into what it truly is like trying to make it on $6-$7 hourly wage. Nickel and Dimed does a wonderful job of giving insight to the everyday lives of the working class and somewhat understanding their lives better. Before reading this book, I had my share of thoughts on the working class based on what I knew from growing up with family members and even my father being apart of the working class. This book reinforced a lot ideas that I had about the working class and opened my eyes into what it means to live above the poverty line.

The main idea of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich demonstrates the complications and the way on how minimum wage workers survived during 1996 in Florida, Maine, and in Minnesota when the welfare reform had an impact on minimum wage. Her goal was to experience how to settle for rent, food, and bills while working in minimum salary. The idea of this project came in mind when she discussed with Lewis Lapham, the editor of Harper’s, about future articles in magazines and then asked “How does anyone live on the wages available to the unskilled? How, in particular, we wondered, were the roughly four million women about to be booted into the labor market by welfare reform going to

less than they need to live on" ( 270.) A good percent of high school graduates move right on to college. They graduate college and then they usually move on to make a good amount of money to live a satisfying life. However, college is not made for everyone, and what would our world be with only professionals? I agree with Ehrenreich that the minimum wage is too low because, while people with open opportunities earn a better future for their families, many like my own, are fighting to get through on a daily basis due to our economy.

John Green is famous for being an acclaimed author and director, but after reading Paper towns, my respect for his writing has started to drop. If you didn’t look at the name of the story and the characters, you wouldn’t be able to tell any of John Green’s stories apart. They are EXACTLY the same. Same non-existent nerdy boy, who’s in love with the beautiful unobtainable popular girl. Same black/mexican “funny” best friend. Same quest to capture the girl’s heart or avenge for her death. Supposedly John Green is famous for his symbols or metaphors, but really? World’s largest collection of black santas? (43) Where the heck did he pull that out of? Is it supposed to be a metaphor for race or something because it honestly just sounds like he ran

The Curse of The Hopeless Diamond by Eileen Moushey was our Murder Mystery Dinner-Theatre this year on November 18, 2016. It was in the Warren High School Cafeteria and was directed by Mrs. Angie Erb-Gentile. The story followed the presentation night with Reginald, his wife Daphne, and his detectives Basil, Harry, Kelly, and Felicity. It was ‘hosted’ inside a museum which also showcased a few other works. During a malfunction with the lights, Reggie was stabbed in the knife, and we discovered later that the diamond was also replaced with a fake by the murderer. After the audience had tried their luck on becoming detectives for the night, trying to solve the case of Reginald Potter’s death, the final solution was revealed to them all.

The masterpiece of Doris Lessing “The Golden Notebook” is inspired by her own experiences and novelist personality.She wrote what she thinks, feels and experiences from a woman's point of view. She also thinks that a friend who holds separate books about politics, psychology, husband and work is absurd and it is not necessary to classify life in this way.However,the main character Anna Wulf who is a young writer,mother and politician writes four books that are yellow,black,red and blue.At the end of the novel, she doesn’t write these books anymore because of internal and external pressures.She is a mother who left her husband and lives with her child.She expresses the division within herself with these books. Each notebook focuses on a part of the author's personality.

Anna Akhmatova is from Russia. Akhmatova was born at Bolshoi Fontan, near the Black Sea port of Odessa.Her birth date is June 23, 1889. She lived in the time when the soviet revolution was happening.Russia influenced her to write about sad,love stories and relationships.Almost all of her family and friends have been killed or have been in jail.This shows how tough of a person Anna is.Her best friends and family have been in and out of her life.Knowing this Anna is very mentally tough.Anna was introduced to Amedeo Modigliani, at the time an unknown and struggling Italian painter. The encounter was perhaps one of the most extraordinary events of Akhmatova’s youth. Modigliani wrote her letters throughout the winter, and they met again when she