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Post by isabelleballard on Aug 10, 2011 7:08:55 GMT -5
Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed gave a firsthand account of the struggle of a blue collar worker in the modern United States. As the cost of living rises in the United States, it is harder for working class people to make ends meet, “I started this project—it took, on average nationwide, an hourly wage of $8.89 to afford a one-bedroom apartment, and the Preamble Center for Public Policy was estimating that the odds against a typical welfare recipient's landing a job at such a "living wage" were about 97 to 1.” While reading the book, I found it hard to agree with Ehrenreich. It was not fair for her to talk about her own struggle when she was just conducting an experiment. That was not her actual life. Many people actually live their entire lives in poverty and also have to support their families. After she was finished writing the book, she could just go back to living her life. I am sure that she had good intentions, but I just did not like the author very much. While she was working in the restaurants she also had sort of a superior attitude. It was like she believed herself better than everyone she worked with. She talked about the people like they were all stupid.
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