In his essay, Mike Rose focuses on three personal references to allow his reader to understand the purpose of his work “Blue Collar Brilliance”. To begin, Mike Rose introduces his mother, Rosie, who was a waitress at coffee shops and family restaurants. By allowing the reader to be familiar with
In the last paragraph, he touches on how the assembly line provided him with real-world perspective – this could inspire other students into going outside their comfort zones or perhaps taking a closer look at the world around them. However, the challenges he might experience with this goal might arise from the very trait he’s trying to warn against, indifference. Many people simply do not care, and while they understand that blue-collar work is hard, they do not need to understand it any further, nor do they believe that such an experience will bring them anything “useful” in the long run. This mentality could be traced to the stigma of blue-collar work in general, but whatever the reason, if the essay inspires only one person, that’s better than no one at
Since people are starting to favor a pancake systems more, the pyramid companies must figure out if they are doing good work or not. Howard Gardner describes his definition of good work in, “Good Work, Well Done: A Psychological Study.” Throughout Gardners essay he talks about how to achieve good work, along with giving an example of a journalist urging his boss that he does not want to write an article because of the facts not correlating with how the story has to be. However, the journalist boss denies his request of not writing the story because of the contract he had signed, but luckily found a new job. Good work is something every company strives for, and because a pyramid style has been used for centuries, in today’s world it is
She uses her appeals to ethos, logos and pathos to convey the relatable experiences that low waged workers have run across while working in similar positions. These struggles that she has seen as a low waged worker run in line with the struggles that she has seen among her coworkers. Ehrenreich developed her focus on the struggles of low wage workers by her use of comparisons, antanagoge, and parenthesis. Through these different rhetorical devices, Ehrenreich revealed the work environment and the various living situations of low waged workers. She revealed true struggles that come along with little salary through her own life or the lives of her coworkers.
Humor causes the audience to be more drawn to her narrative. Additionally, Ehrenreich establishes pathos by describing the inhumane working conditions in which many Americans must endure in order to survive. Employees are fearful of losing their jobs if they do not meet the certain demands of managers who unfairly exert control on them. This all can result the audience to feel empathic towards not only Ehrenreich, but others who are forced to work under these conditions. Ehrenreich’s narrative proves to be compelling and successfully is able to get the audience to recognize the hard work of low income individuals.
Socializing with other fellow workers and customers determines job-survival. Furthermore, the writer defined a good job as an ability to put employee 's best efforts and receive a fresh result; even an academic certificate cannot guarantee it. According to his experience in motor-repair, “The work is sometimes frustrating, but it is never irrational… I had made quite a bit more money. I also felt free and active, rather than confined and stultified”
Adam Davidson introduces Maddie, a young woman who embodies the insecurity of living near the edge of the economy. It is ignorant to ignore that robotic arms and machines are replacing people on the factory floor. People who work in factories live in constant fear of being replaced. Davidson analyzes what is happening to manufacturing in the U.S. and what the future holds for people who still make physical things for a living, and lack higher education. The author says that the myth is a lie because these people that struggle and are unlucky early in life do not have equal opportunity to be successful and move up the social ladder.
Through her story, she puts job stereotypes to rest and even glorifies them. Without passion, it would be very unlikely for people to accomplish tasks effectively. People would be unmotivated. Without pride, taking
Gregor, as the breadwinner and dominant male figure of his household, is committed to his job of traveling salesman. In fact, he awakes as a vermin and is immediately concerned about work. He even ventures to say, “The business worries are far worse than they are on the actual premise at home” (Kafka 77), when he has just turned into a beetle, illustrating just how important his position in the family’s social hierarchy is. He is the breadwinner, while the rest of his family is practically leeching off of his work. But, due
Dystopian Society- nothing is churning. In the book The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau she indicates that the City of Ember is a dystopian society. The job structure in Ember is a really uncommon way to work, and the lack of knowledge is gruesome, they know nothing! The resources are so low that people find it painstakingly hard to live. Mostly everyone is the same except Doon and Lina.
She encourages the members of her audience to be a mentor to someone who is different from them, and who does not have the same opportunities as them (Abdel-Magied, 9:56). Everyone has the tendency to gravitate towards those similar as themselves, she acknowledges (Abdel-Magied, 10:00). But by finding someone with a completely different background than you, you can create opportunities for them that were not there before. Many times we don’t even realize that others lack the opportunities that we have (Abdel-Magied, 10:35-10:45). By making the decision to look beyond your own bias and reach out to someone, you have the potential to create more opportunities for people, and in doing so you are helping the world by creating equal
A young, 27-year-old, co-founder of the frozen smoothie kit company PACK’D, Luke Johnstone, was named young entrepreneur of the year in 2016 (“From Freezing Shed to Frozen Drinks Rise of the Smoothie Operator” par. 1). Like the Woodstock entrepreneurs, Johnstone quit his job to start his business, but he was not lucky enough for his dream to happen in just a short nine months like the other four men, his took two years of living in a shed in the back of his parents garden (“From Freezing Shed to Frozen Drinks Rise of the Smoothie Operator” par. 4). Another young entrepreneur, like the Woodstock entrepreneurs, is high school sophomore, Natalie Abbott. Abbott turned her 4-H project into her business, The West Hill Honey Company, where she sells honey and lip balm(“Chi-Hi Student Wins State Business Award” par. 1). Although Abbott is younger than the Woodstock entrepreneurs, they are alike because she did not work alone, she had help of her mother and father, just as the four men had the help of each other (“Chi-Hi Student Wins State Business Award” par. 1).
He’s studies in human behavior and psyche, allowed him to analysis his own family who endured a life of blue-collar community. Rose was willing to expose his childhood life to express the complexity of such jobs, and also to clarify that those jobs contain much more than just the physical aspects of
Providing the example of Steve Jobs, the creator of Apple, she says the people who work under Jobs break their backs at factories, yet he never credits the workers’ efforts to his overall success. Tokumitsu points out that the DWYL mantra is narcissistic for those who are overpaid for less labor, while those tricked into believing they love their job are less valued for the overall
Her ideas fall short in assessing the individual needs of particular cities and structures and creating solutions because she often uses a one shoe-fits all approach which can be counter productive when striving for equity. Lastly, I feel that her personal voice is lost amongst the other social justice theorists she chooses to cite such as surveying key contemporary, often radical, theorists of
