Nickel and Dimed Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 6 pages of analysis of Nickel and Dimed.

Nickel and Dimed Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 6 pages of analysis of Nickel and Dimed.
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Nickel and Dimed

Summary: Reviews Barbara Ehrenreich's, "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America." Details how Ehrenreich strives to change the way America perceives its working poor.
Barbara Ehrenreich's, "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America", is a book that strives to change the way America perceives its working poor. Incorporated is a journal of the time spent by the author, with her identity and Ph.D concealed, working in order to discover whether she could support a basic life style from earning minimum wage. This book brings to light general problems such as stress in the work place, lack of proper benefits, and how what was merely an experiment for Ehrenreich, is a real detriment for many others. Documented from 1998-2000, Ehrenreich finds cheap residencies and works various employment positions paying between $6-$7 an hour all while assessing her findings. In working as a waitress in Florida, a maid in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota, Ehrenreich soon discovers that even the "lowliest" of occupations require exhausting and strenuous efforts rewarded...

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