Analysis Of Ehrenreich's Nickel And Dimed

The author, Ehrenreich, wrote the novel, Nickel and Dimed, in order to expose the unfair community that is to work with a minimum wage job. By journaling during this experiment, the reader is able to get a one on one experience on what it is to work inside a variety of minimum wage paying jobs. Not only can a person be expected a lower pay but as well as maltreatment by the bosses as “What you don't necessarily realize when you start selling your time by the hour is that what you're really selling is your life.” (Ehrenreich 187). As discussed in the novel, people who have no choice to partake in these jobs are dragged along. Whether living as a single mother or someone without college degrees it is impossible earning as much as to pay the basic

This takes away from the project’s real world factuality. She began with an amount she had previously earned when she could have instead gone out and started with a balance of zero such as others go through. As soon as she started, she also had the luxury of going back to a car to drive versus showing the reader the struggles of riding in public transportation or finding their way to work. She also conditioned that she would always go back to a place where she can rest while others are forced to find ends meet to find a home or place to sleep for the night. In addition, she could have made the novel more interesting if she would have explored what it is like to be homeless. This brings to the conclusion that the experiment would have been better off if she would of set no conditions. The majority of individuals who are part of the low-wage workforce do not have the opportunity of having accommodations like Ehrenreich did. Leaving these utilities out of her project,Ehrenreich would of given the reader a better insight to how difficult it is to live on minimum wage, as well as being in

Not only do they require most of the hard work but they also pay minimum if not, less. The people in this area are being treated unfairly considering the conditions they work in and the families that they might have. It could potentially open the eyes of everyone around the world to take appreciation for what these people do. Not only are they also human beings but work hard is not twice as hard as any regular employee at another job just to make ends meet. Companies need to be considerate to the different stories that these employers have entering the field. Nevertheless, what this experiment did should shows the ugly truth of not only minimum wage but as well as the consequence that comes with it,