In the essay Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenriech seems to have a
very negative attitude toward her new job and the work she actually does for
the Maid’s service. I don’t think she necessarily
argued anything what so ever, but more or less just complained the whole time
about how awful her new job is. She goes
into detail about how poorly paid for the hard, fast paced work that the maid’s
do, which makes her argument somewhat effective. But the whole essay is geared so negatively that
it seems to draw away from the low waged, high work job, to a more gloomy essay
revolving around how sad or depressing her along with the other’s lives are. I think she should have explained her job and
position, and then explained more in depth of the hard work with low pay she is
receiving and how unfair it is.
In the essay of Blue Collar Brilliance, Rose has a more
positive attitude toward how his mother worked her waitress job. While Rose explains how his mother had a
handful of stressful task, dealing with the cook to addressing the customers
and catering to their every need, she is portrayed as a very positive upbeat
person. This essay seems to be more effective
to me, because of the tone the author uses, along with how he describes the
hard blue collar work without sounding sad and depressed like the Nickel and
Dimed essay seemed to do.
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