Barbara Ehrenreich

“The Delusion of Positive Thinking,” author Barbara Ehrenreich says, “Happiness is, of course, a slippery thing to measure or define,” and in different culture, we have different ideas about happiness. In her essay, American think if they have positive thinking, they will feel happiness and have a better life. However, in reality, happiness is not only create from positive thinking. What is happiness? Some people think if they rich, they will feel happiness; some people think having a beautiful…

Dream. In Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich presents the struggles to get out of minimum wage making it impossible to reach the American Dream. Each…

The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream an article published in 2006 by a widely known author her name is Barbara Ehrenreich. The author if this article Barbara Ehrenreich is an investigating journalist who some of her journals were so impressive they made appearances in great articles like the New York Times. Barbara Ehrenreich is very interested in the working class that’s why the economic downturn of 2001 motivated the author to write this article. She wrote this article because she felt…

In the book, Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich, doesn’t talk much about the issue of mental health, but what she does say is “forced into a subordinate status within their social systems. They become depressed. And their behavior is anxious and withdrawn.” According to the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMH), 1 in 4 American adults, have some form of mental illness. Low-income workers will most likely not get any benefits or medical insurance; since most health insurance companies will…

The passage from Barbara Ehrenreich’s “The Worst Years of Our Lives” claims that the characters in TV shows don’t do the regular normalities we really do in life, which is watch TV. This point coincides with the idea of TV not portraying the real world, which is true. But because the events that could happen are overdramatized, it takes away the reality and truth of what could really happen in our everyday lives. That is the reason why I must disagree with her. Two of Ehrenreich’s assertions…

Toughen Up Barbara Ehrenreich’s short essay "What I’ve Learned from men" first emerged in Ms. Magazine, an American liberal feminist publication. In this essay Ehrenreich aims to convince her audience that women must raise from oppression, take credit for what they deserve, and most importantly, “toughen up.” “But now, at mid-life, I am willing to admit that there are some real and useful things to learn from men. Not from all men- in fact, we may have the most to learn from some of the men we…

reality”-Roopleen. This quote relates to both Ben Carson and Taylor Greene from The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver during their journey on accomplishing their goals. Gifted hands by Ben Carson is an aspiring story of how he started from Detroit and made his way to be an astounding pediatric neurosurgeon at John Hopkins by the age of thirty-three and never seemed to forget about his faith or family . The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver is a fresh coming of age story about Taylor Greene, who…

In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521 is a young man who struggles to find ways to show his true self because he lives in a society based on conformity. Ayn Rand uses the symbols of the light bulb, the Uncharted Forest, and his new name to demonstrate the conflict of individuality versus conformity in order to demonstrate the importance of individuality and self-discovery. Thus, through the use of these symbols, Ayn Rand is able to integrate the theme of individuality versus conformity…

society. Community presents itself as an interwoven network of various part and sub-parts, and every small action can create a ripple effect that may go unnoticed by those immediately surrounding it, but more clearly seen as the waves spread. In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, The Poisonwood Bible, a Baptist family is sent as missionaries to Africa. Readers are initially bombarded with the jarring difference between American life in the 1950’s to the lives of African villagers, but Kingsolver slowly…

Orleanna’s House of Guilt In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Poisonwood Bible, Nathan Price, the father to four daughters and husband to Orleanna Price, brings his family on a missionary trip to the Congo. Their daily routines of residing in the Congo require hard work for survival, whereas in Georgia, life necessities like water and food are easily given. Although the Price family has left their home in Georgia, it is Orleanna who believes that as long as she is able to care for her family, she…