Why Should We Care In her expose‚ Nickel and Dime‚ Barbara Ehrenreich shares her experience of what it is like for unskilled women to be forced to be put into the labor market after the welfare reform that was going on in 1998. Ehrenreich wanted to capture her experience by retelling her method of “uncover journalism” in a chronological order type of presentation of events that took place during her endeavor. Her methodologies and actions were some what not orthodox in practice. This was not to
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In my opinion‚ I feel that the author of “Nickel and Dimed”‚ Barbara Ehrenreich‚ had ethical intentions when making the decision to investigate “poverty” by emerging herself in the “low-wage lifestyle”. The ethical concern‚ however‚ is with her approach. I feel that the way in which it was conducted could be viewed as degrading to those who do not have an alternative to this way of living. True‚ hopeless poverty does not have those “reassuring limits” that Ehrenreich had the ability
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work as a journalist and author‚ moved‚ and lived as a member of the working poor. She job searched‚ house or hotel searched‚ food searched‚ and friend searched. She worked multiple jobs in 3 different states‚ and in 2001‚ she published her book Nickel and Dimed‚ documenting her experiment and its results. Barbara hoped to show people what it is like to work in the low-wage workforce‚ honestly revealing the injustices‚ trials‚ and hardships. While Barbara did reveal these issues‚ she also started her
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The Low-Wage Worker wanting the American Dream By Jennifer Hodge October 8‚ 2013 In Nickel and Dimed‚ Barbara Ehrenreich takes some time out of her normal life and tries to experience life working as a low-wage worker. Ehrenreich begins with the goal‚ “to see whether she could match income to expenses‚ as the truly poor attempt to do every day.” (Ehrenreich 6) Ehrenreich salary is always low‚ and a few times along the way she has to ask for help. At the end of her journey‚ she has discovered
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While my American dream and Julia Alvarez’s dream in I Want to Be Miss America was to achieve the American dream by fitting in with our fellow peers. Barbara Ehrenreich in Nickel and Dimed shows that the American dream is for many others is to stay up financial with their fellow peers. These pieces all support that the the American dream is to keep up with your peers whether it’s appearance or financially. Many kids American dream my age was to be the president‚ an astronaut‚ or just an
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In her narrative‚ Nickel and Dimed‚ Barbara Ehrenreich explores the world of the low-wage working class. An upper-middle class biology Ph.D. and journalist‚ Ehrenreich temporarily uproots her life in a two year social and economic experiment to join the laborers of America. Her purpose is to get firsthand knowledge and answer the question‚ “How does anyone live on the wages available to the unskilled?” (Ehrenreich 1) Beginning her journey in Key West‚ Florida‚ Ehrenreich finds employment as a waitress
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America’s Working Poor Tens of millions of men and women in America struggle because they are stressed out about not making enough money even though they are working as hard as possible. In her book Nickel and Dimed‚ journalist‚ Barbara Ehrenreich writes about her research working as a minimum wage employee attempting to get by in Americas tough economy‚ she describes in depth the struggles that the minimum wage workers suffer through and she witnesses them first hand as she goes under cover and
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The book Nickel and Dimed was a refreshing easy read. With consideration to my workload for the semester I appreciated this small favor‚ however‚ nothing could have prepared me for the pages ahead. As I conceptualized this paper I was battling my criticisms and trying to keep an open mind. I ended my conceptualization feeling helpless and not knowing where to begin. Where better then the beginning? I was initially thrilled to read the things she was writing about serving in Florida. Not only
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Chapter One: Serving in Florida Dealing with jobs and school projects can be tremendously stressful and overwhelming but the only way you will be able to cope with this amount of stress is by staying calm and relaxed not by freaking out. I have never had a job before so I have never dealt with stress that a job can cause but I have had to deal with stress from school work. Projects and deadlines can cause many people to go insane but if you do not allow the stress to get to you then you can
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Whereas‚ In Nickel and Dimed on (not) getting by in America‚ which was our third book review an experiment of living the life of an average person on minimum wage conducted by Barbara Enrenreich. The reason as stated in the initial review was to see if Enrenreich‚”could match income to expenses‚ as the truly poor attempt to do every day “(Nickel and Dimed‚ 6). In chapter eight of the Doob text labeled under “Poor People Work” one of the factors listed that affected employment opportunities were
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