Nickel and Dimed- Book Portfolio

I. Introduction
A. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, 2001
B. Barbara wonders if single mothers with Welfare, depend on what they can make at low-wage jobs if they will be able to survive financially. To answer this question, she decides to survive on low wages in three cities in America.
C. You never realize what you have until it's gone.
D. This theme is important because once you have something you don't realize what it actually is until it's gone. You begin to realize that you like it and it's what you want.

II. You never realize what you have until it's gone.
A. You never realize that you have until it's gone.
B. Barbara works at a hotel and doesn't get much money at all.
C. She tries to work at two different restaurants but still doesn't get much money at all.
D. She couldn't find any housing so she moves into a hotel and lives there.
E. If you have something good and then you let it go, you wish that you have what you had back.

III. You never realize what you have until it's gone.
A. Often times in history you don't value what you have until you don't have it anymore and it's gone.
B. They used to have so much oil in the past and they would just give it away and now you have to pay so much to get it.
C. In the past, everything was so easy to get and now you have to work for it and actually try to earn it.
D. In the past you used to have so many trout and now we don't have very many because they can't survive in the water pollution.
E. You also wish that you had something back no matter where you are or what year you are in it just always happens when you don't want it, and sometimes you can't get it back

IV. Conclusion
A. You never realize what you have until it's gone.
B. If you have something good and then you let it go, you wish that you have what you had back.
C. You also wish that you had something back no matter where you are or what year you are in it just always happens when you don't want it, and sometimes you can't get it back
D. Barbara did a good job of showing the theme but I think that she could of done it a different way.
E. You need to understand what this theme is because it's going to happen to us all the time and you want to rethink something before its gone and you can't get it back.


In the book Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich which was published in 2001, Barbara wonders if single mothers with Welfare, depend on what they can make at low-wage jobs if they will be able to survive financially. To answer this question, she decides to survive on low wages in three cities in America. The theme of this book is you never realize what you have until it's gone. This theme is important because once you have something you don't realize what it actually is until it's gone. You begin to realize that you like it and it's what you want.

Barbara works at a hotel and doesn't get much money at all. She tries to work at two different restaurants but still doesn't get much money at all. She couldn't find any housing so she moves into a hotel and lives there. She tried really hard to try and get a job but it wouldn't work and it was very hard for her. If you have something good and then you let it go, you wish that you have what you had back.

Often times in history you don't value what you have until you don't have it anymore and it's gone. They used to have so much oil in the past and they would just give it away and now you have to pay so much to get it. In the past, everything was so easy to get and now you have to work for it and actually try to earn it. In the past you used to have so many trout and now we don't have very many because they can't survive in the water pollution. You also wish that you had something back no matter where you are or what year you are in it just always happens when you don't want it, and sometimes you can't get it back

You never realize what you have until it's gone. If you have something good and then you let it go, you wish that you have what you had back. You also wish that you had something back no matter where you are or what year you are in it just always happens when you don't want it, and sometimes you can't get it back. Barbara did a good job of showing the theme but I think that she could of done it a different way. You need to understand what this theme is because it's going to happen to us all the time and you want to rethink something before its gone and you can't get it back.