![]() ![]() These people has had different experiences and lived in a different environment unlike hers. First of all, she wasn’t really like them. ![]() I think her method of studying the people may have some flaws, some biases. As a journalist, she also had to restrain herself from pointing out her political views to her colleagues. To be able to do this properly, though, she had to fake her qualifications and disguise her motives from her fellow workers. Through this, the readers were able to have a glimpse into the lives of people she had worked with as a waitress at Florida, a healthcare aide at Maine and a salesperson of Wal-Mart at Minnesota. Those people whose wages were below the minimum wage and were so busy with work they were not able to pursue their own interests and who were also supporting dependents.Īs a whole, the author was able to document her experiences as she wrote in her journal her everyday experiences. ![]() ![]() The book was originally a compilation of her researches as she went undercover to write about people who had to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet. Barbara Ehrenreich’s book, Nickel and Dimed, was certainly a wonderful read and is verily able to open the reader’s eyes to a reality that is usually set aside by many. ![]()
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