July‚ 2015 Nickel and Dimed Rhetorical Strategies and Notes Thesis: Ehrenreich’s personal use of varied rhetorical strategies allowed her to divulge the working conditions and struggles of the poverty-stricken class to the readers in order to provoke them to realize that something has to be done about poverty. First Body: What: Allusion Pg. 2‚ Logos Pg. 37. How & Effect: Ehrenreich uses these personal‚ rhetorical strategies based on her experiences as a low-wage worker in the poor working class. The
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In regards to gang violence‚ those engaging in violent acts are almost identical in socioeconomic and cultural factors to their victims. The true difference between victim and perpetrator is matter of choice. Like their victims‚ perpetrators face poverty‚ lack of opportunity‚ and oppression. However‚ perpetrators choose to accomplish their goals and attempt to regain control over their situation by instilling fear in community members.
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Recent events and documents state the emphasis on the importance of a basic education. The rate of illiteracy is growing at an alarming rate‚ and nothing is being done about it. Illiteracy is a big problem today because it is directly associated with poverty‚ crime‚ and costs the government more money than budgeted. Illiteracy affects everybody in America but especially the poor‚ in which already struggle to get by with everyday life. The rate of people that live in
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and put an end to a lot of things going on in this world and especially my community. If I had the power to change three things in the world or in my community they would be to recognize God more in our lives‚ stop the use of illegal drugs‚ and end poverty. The first step I believe to bettering our world would be to become closer with God. Individuals turn themselves away from God‚ putting him last at everything they do. Instead of seeking help to better themselves through God‚ individuals search
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wedding while Francie gets ready to leave for college. I feel that Betty Smith relates to many other early 1900 writers in America. She brings forward the realities and struggles of poverty that many other writers have written about. In almost every chapter and character‚ Smith addresses the hardship of poverty‚ which gives the reader a feeling of how life was in the early 1900s. I feel that Scott F. Fitzgerald’s writing in his book The Great Gatsby is similar to Betty Smith’s writing because
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People depend on each other in impoverished communities. They depend on words of acceptance and rejection in the sameness of daily routine; that the people and the things that were there yesterday will still be there tomorrow. They depend on love being the same drunken love so they always know what to expect; they depend on having to struggle for enough money to live to keep their dreams under control; they depend on nosey neighbours to keep them up with the gossip. They depend on everything being
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theme “ Things are rough all over.” is evident in the struggles Greasers and Socs face. However the Greasers face more struggles then Socs because‚ they live in poverty‚ plus they don’t have a great education‚ and even though the Socs get in trouble too‚ they get all the breaks. The most important difference is that the Greasers live in poverty‚ while the Socs are rich and have their perfect little home. Ponyboy says “We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class.”(Honton 3).This shows that the Greasers
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two topics are not new to me‚ but the severity and exposure I experienced of them while at Casa were. My background has caused me to experience some form of both poverty and injustice‚ but I am blessed and privileged because my form doesn’t compare to that some of Casa’s guest encountered. Some of the guests came from rural areas in poverty stricken areas‚ where some of the basic essentials such as water and a bed were hard to acquire; others had fled their country to escape prosecution or death for
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SOCIOLOGY 1A06 Professor Sandra Colavecchia Oct.21‚ 2014 ZHANG‚ XINHANG Assignment 1 Topic: the impact of poverty on people Part A&B (1) This article aims to study the topic of market wages and youth crime. Youth crime is widespread‚ it is caused by tons of factors. This research is to solve the question whether youth crime should be responsive to market wages. The primary result from this research is that youth crime should be responsive to market wages. The gap between wages
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children are less likely to be financially successful as adults if they live in neighbourhoods and attend schools with other low income children. As Statistics Canada reported‚ children who experience childhood poverty are less likely to graduate from high school‚ and very likely to be living in poverty when they’re adults. When one does not continue their education‚ finding a good-paying job is difficult in this competitive society. As a result‚ these children grow up to be more likely to be impoverished
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