instance‚ in order to pay only $500 dollars a month as opposed to $675 dollars in Key West‚ she had to move even further away from town‚ resulting in a commute that would take approximately forty-five minutes (Ehrenreich‚ 2001‚ p. 12). In Portland‚ Maine‚ Ehrenreich comes across the same dilemma when trying to find affordable housing located near town. She found that “the only low-rent options seem to be clustered in an area about a thirty-minute drive south” (Ehrenreich‚ 2001‚ p. 55). One can only
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Ed Fleming Rhetorical Analysis Paper English 102 Thurs Hybrid In Barbara Ehrenreich’s book "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by In America" we read about a middle aged journalist undertaking a social experiment of the greatest magnitude. The journalist is Ehrenreich herself and the experiment was to find out how a woman‚ recently removed from welfare‚ due to policy reform‚ would make it on a six or seven dollar an hour wage. The experiment itself started out as just a question in the
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A Final Thought on Nickel and Dimed In an age where the gap between the top one percent of the nation and the bottom nine ninety percent continues to grow‚ it becomes paramount for those that enjoy a life of privilege and opportunity to build and evoke a sense of empathy and understanding for those that struggle to get by on a daily basis. Barbara Ehrenreich’s‚ in her novel Nickel and Dimed‚ explores the struggle to achieve the American Dream‚ by placing herself in the shoes of a blue collar
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In Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed harsh living conditions can affect a person mentally‚ emotionally‚ and morally. Poverty is not a "in-between" lifestyle. The major reason why poverty is like this is because the government controls everything and puts limitations on the lower-class and does not provide a enough help economically. Also‚ if society continues to undermine the lower-class the world’s production will drop. Throughout Ehrenreich entire studies of living this lifestyle‚ she makes
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Name of Book: Nickel and Dimed Author: Barbara Ehrenreich Plot Summary: The author‚ Barbara Ehrenreich‚ works for the prestigious New Yorker magazine. One day over lunch with a famous editor discussing possible stories to write‚ she comments that the minimum wage is too low. She thinks someone used to more money should try to live on this pittance. The editor‚ Lewis Lapham‚ assigns her the story. This is not good news for Ehrenreich. Having spent her childhood with middle class struggling
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Summer Reading Project Nickel and Dimed Journal Before: Prepare to read list Title- I would believe " Nickel and Dimed" stands for the amount and or wage per hour one person receives at work. "Nickel and Dimed’’‚ might mean a low salary or wage‚ considering the fact that is change. I could only infer that it will be a low amount of money. Possible themes - I can infer that by reading the title‚ poverty would be one of many major themes of this book. Also by reading ’’On (not) getting
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short story in order to expose the dangers presented by Stalinism and Totalitarian Government. With this intention‚ the pigs on Animal Farm used the three modes of persuasion to manipulate the other animals on the farm. We begin with the mode of Pathos‚ Squealer in Chapter 5 uses fear to persuade the animals to do what he says. In one conversation he has with the animals he says‚ “One false step‚ and our enemies would be upon us. Surely comrades‚ you don’t want Jones back?”. In addition‚ at the
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go on and oppress on newspapers and censoring them from what is the truth. The photo I am going off of has appealed to me through ethos‚ logos; pathos because it has my rights in it that we have no democracy without press because without it I feel most of country is left in the dark about subjects in government. The political cartoon I am looking at as pathos in it because it shows that our rights as citizens of the United States of America is getting infringed upon by government organizations and
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26 April 2010 Nickel and Dimed – Book Report America encourages the value of self-reliance to achieving one’s goals and dreams. There is a common belief that poverty can be defeated with hard work and that the poor are simply too lazy to earn a better living. The idea of self-sufficiency is the cause of controversy for welfare programs. Poor single mothers were looked down upon for having the option to be unemployed and living solely off welfare. When President Clinton’s 1996 Welfare Reform was
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The advertisement campaign that I chose was TOMS shoes spec commercial “One for One”. This is a successful form of rhetoric by using Pathos‚ Logos‚ Ethos and some other elements. This ad is about whenever a TOMS consumer purchases a pair of shoes for themselves‚ they’re also help out a child in need because they know that they provided a pair of shoes for a less fortunate child. As we can see‚ TOMS focuses on people who have the inspiration of helping others. The target audience doesn’t have any
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