In "Serving in Florida", Barbara Ehrenreich (a journalist) decides to take some low wage jobs to see if she could live on these wages. She writes an account of some of the things she has to go through on a day to day basis with these jobs.
I was surprised at some of her experiences. They were somewhat astonishing to me. It is amazing what some people have to go through just to make ends meet. i think it would be beneficial for anyone who is thinking about going to college to read the essay because it gives a good description of what is is like to try and survive in our society working a low wage job, even having to pick up a second one to try and make ends meet. I am sure that many dropouts don't realize just how hard it is until they are actually faced with it and experience it firsthand.
This reading makes me want to continue my education so that i can increase my chances of landing a higher paying job so that i won't have to work two jobs hopefully. This will give me more time with my family and other responsibilities.
In response to question # 7 i think the relationship of barbara and her co-workers is different than that of the guy and the homeless man in the poem because her experience was shaped by her actually being one of them as opposed to the man looking down from up above on the homeless man.
q. #1 to experience it for herself, and not just observe. i think she was trying to learn exactly what it takes from that perspective. As a reader i can learn from her experiences. Her experience was more effective because she was in the action.
(the opening description of jerry's) she uses descriptive words to try and make a pathos appeal.
(description of the customers) she further uses pathos appeal. it was difficult for her.
(George's story) this complicates things for her. she wants to help him because he is accused to stealing. Once again pathos appeal is being used.
(description of trailer # 46) she describes it as being really small and not a very good environment.
(footnotes) surprising statistics that make you feel for those people. Pathos appeal
#3 it was interesting that she would do something like that. It must have been a big change for her and probably opened her eyes to a world that until then she had not experienced. i think she was very successful in her essay because she has been on both sides and can therefore compare and contrast them.
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true man! Its tough working those dang low wage jobs. and you pretty much have to have two of them to be able to live. I was pretty shocked too with the drama and garbage that goes on in them.
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