In almost all real-world situations, rhetoric is used to convince and manipulate the opinions of the target audience. Whether the objective is to create an emotional connection with the audience or create trust with a speaker or writer, rhetoric is used in almost all of these situations. In “Nickel and Dimmed” by Barbara Ehrenreich, Ehrenreich employs rhetoric to create logic and reasoning, to create an emotional connection with the audience, and to build trust with the audience in order to support the claim that it is basically impossible to live off of minimum wage. By using these rhetorical tools, the audience feels more connected to the story and they understand the Ehrenreich’s viewpoint, opinions and experiences more thoroughly.
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Since readers may be able to relate to some of the situations she faced throughout the story, they will either support or oppose how she handled some of the issues. Some of these instances include whenever Ehrenreich explains how hard it really is to “live off such small amounts of money (Ehrenreich 212)” and whenever she explains the wage breakdown in her housekeeping job: “The Maids charges $25 per person per hour and they get paid only $6.65 per hour (Ehrenreich 72).” By how hard it is to live off a small amount of money, Ehrenreich is demonstrating the difficulty that most minimum wage workers have on a daily basis. Secondly, by explaining the wage breakdown of The Maids, she explains the difference between what the companies make and what the workers make. In both of these instances, Ehrenreich is pushing for the audience too petty her because of her lack of money and wages; she what’s them to be angry at the companies and feel sad for her. This is the best way to connect to the audience because most people know how this feels to be low on money. By explaining this, she is supporting her claim; these small wages make it extremely difficult for a minimum wage worker to make it …show more content…
In “Nickel and Dimmed” by Barbara Ehrenreich, Ehrenreich uses strong rhetoric to create logic and reasoning, create an emotional connection, and to build trust with the audience. By creating logic and reasoning, readers are able to understand the significance of why Ehrenreich chose to pursue this experiment. Secondly, creating an emotional connection with the audience helps Ehrenreich connect to readers and help them better understand the difficulties of living with a low wage. Lastly, Ehrenreich uses trust to help the audience engage and believe in some of the actions and issues throughout the book. By employing all of the necessary rhetorical tools, Ehrenreich proved that it is extremely difficult to live while only making minimum
In today’s …show more content…
Since readers may be able to relate to some of the situations she faced throughout the story, they will either support or oppose how she handled some of the issues. Some of these instances include whenever Ehrenreich explains how hard it really is to “live off such small amounts of money (Ehrenreich 212)” and whenever she explains the wage breakdown in her housekeeping job: “The Maids charges $25 per person per hour and they get paid only $6.65 per hour (Ehrenreich 72).” By how hard it is to live off a small amount of money, Ehrenreich is demonstrating the difficulty that most minimum wage workers have on a daily basis. Secondly, by explaining the wage breakdown of The Maids, she explains the difference between what the companies make and what the workers make. In both of these instances, Ehrenreich is pushing for the audience too petty her because of her lack of money and wages; she what’s them to be angry at the companies and feel sad for her. This is the best way to connect to the audience because most people know how this feels to be low on money. By explaining this, she is supporting her claim; these small wages make it extremely difficult for a minimum wage worker to make it …show more content…
In “Nickel and Dimmed” by Barbara Ehrenreich, Ehrenreich uses strong rhetoric to create logic and reasoning, create an emotional connection, and to build trust with the audience. By creating logic and reasoning, readers are able to understand the significance of why Ehrenreich chose to pursue this experiment. Secondly, creating an emotional connection with the audience helps Ehrenreich connect to readers and help them better understand the difficulties of living with a low wage. Lastly, Ehrenreich uses trust to help the audience engage and believe in some of the actions and issues throughout the book. By employing all of the necessary rhetorical tools, Ehrenreich proved that it is extremely difficult to live while only making minimum