Ehrenreich Key West Rhetorical Analysis

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Thesis: I believe that Ehrenreich’s thesis is that no matter how hard you work or how chipper you act, it is nearly impossible to make a living for oneself in minimum wage conditions such as those of her coworkers. Narration: Narration is present on page 765 where through the narrator we are told Gail’s story about how her husband died and her what has led up to her current situation. Report: Paragraph 2 is an example of report writing where she details the types of housing in the area and the possible houses she can afford because she is being illustrative and informational about the topic of real estate in Key West. Analysis: The section on pages 771-772 is an analysis because she is breaking down the housing situations of her coworkers based upon her prediction of their salaries. She analyzes their situations compared to her coworker’s behavior at work. Argument: A problem as well as a solution arises on page 770 when the meeting takes place in the …show more content…

I believe what makes her argument so persuasive, is the fact that she gets so many diverse perspectives from her many characters in the story. Ehrenreich’s existence is not only difficult, but everyone around her also has a very difficult existence as well. The reader understands the hardships of the characters through narrative, understands the difficulty of the job market through analysis, understands the inability to find a stable residence, through report, and understands the difficulty of the work-related issues that -staff of the diner faces through argument. Altogether these rhetorical strategies come work in harmony to enhance the connection between the characters in the story and the readers through differing perspectives, as well as the persuasive appeals of pathos, ethos, and

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