This stage of the book also explains why economic growth in the 1970's was losing steam. "One reason that the economic growth in the 1970's lost its power to reduce poverty was that many of the poor were without jobs. If one has no job, it makes no difference how much the economy grows, poverty remains." The government was able to make a stronger Labor Department to jump on this crisis and see to it that it could better train people to find new jobs and to help the people attain jobs that it did. ... The solutions will come as the book states "not because the stingy people have ...

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Jack, Piggy and Ralph play these roles throughout the book. ... A job that is very primitive. ... As Jack slowly digresses throughout the book, his id takes over his body. ... Unfortunately, by the end of the book, the id wins. ... The job of Chief is excellent for Ralph. ...

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Quickly, the audience sees that due to the father's drinking problem, the harsh living conditions, and the father's inability to maintain a job, three of the children die of starvation. ... When Frankie turned fifteen, in efforts to support his mother and siblings, he went out and got a job at a coal mine. ... At the end of the film, Frankie had stumbled upon the "book of dues", for the whole city of Limerick. Amongst this book, he found the names of his friends, family, and neighbors. ... In return for this favor, Frankie threw the book into the ocean, enabling all of his loved ...

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The most well known work of Durkheim was done around 1897 and dealt with suicide and society, which resulted in his book Suicide. The book looked at suicide in society and stated that society was the main factor of people committing suicide. ... The book clearly states what the interactionist theory studies situations like workers at their jobs, encounters at public places, or any behavior in small groups. ... Now those are the obvious facts, what about all the jobs and revenue that sporting events bring to the economy. ... Not only would we lose entertainment all these people would be los...

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A good education leads to a high-quality job, which leads to money and ends in society's views of happiness. ... Brooks goes on throughout the book explaining the sudden changes he witnessed when our society turned into Bobos. ... With my college degree I will hopefully be successful and happy with my job and life. ...

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The Slum written by Aluisio Azevedo is a book centered on a slum called Sao Romao, its inhabitants, and the people who live close by to this slum. ... Overall this book kept me reading, I found it entertaining, and I found it to be a good story. ... Already in the book I can see tension between race and ethnicity. ... There was always tension between the Brazilians and Portuguese in the book. ... She moved to Sao Romao when her husband got a job at Romao's quary. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This book serves as a warning, that if we are not careful, we are all in danger of being manipulated. ... It was an effective in depth example of peer pressure and conformity which I will demonstrate through examples from the book. The book takes place in the year 2025 where the new in thing is to get the barcode tattoo on your 17th birthday. ... The government forces people to conform by placing laws such as if you do not have the barcode you cannot get a job, use money, cross borders, receive medical attention or go to school. ... I would recommend this book to people who like Sci-Fi and dy...

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• Grade Level: High School

This whole book would have turned out different if Jack had thought more about the group than about himself. ... He could have also made sure the boys in the choir who were to keep the signal fire going did their job. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the book "All God's Children" author Fox Butterfield delivered his point of view and his theory on the Bosket family and the American tradition of violence. ... So the book starts off in South Carolina in the Edgefield County where the American Revolution just ended. ... Standing up for himself and showing signs of ignorance by not listening to his Landlord would make Pud lose his job as well as fighting back to the white man he worked for. ... When he was released back to the outside world he maintained two jobs working in an aerospace company as a computer programmer, as w...

• Word Count: 3198
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Jay MacLeod's book, Ain't No Makin" It, The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers come from the same economic background and are of similar age. ... Furthermore, most of their parents worked in low paying factory or service jobs. Often times they have a hard time holding onto their jobs. ... The Hallway Hangers have connections through family and friends who sometimes tip them off to a job in construction or some menial job. ... This is reflected in failures trying to find and secure a job later on in life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Or, "that's the oldest trick in the book," when it comes to jokes, that takes place in regular every day dialogue as well. ... Most likely, the woman could have a job, she could do more than just sit around the house and clean all of the time. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She finally ends up graduating with good grades, yet can still not find a job that pays higher than her job at the restaurant, so she takes on a second job as a grocery checkout person, still barely able to make ends meet for her family. ... Despite our own personal efforts, mobility through the classes is mainly based on a persons status, and overcoming the "labels", such as the ones discussed in Herbert Gans" book The War Against the Poor, that go with a persons status makes mobility extremely hard if not nearly impossible. ... Since WWII, there has been a large increase in h...

• Word Count: 1278
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book quotes that if your parents are poor and you are brought up in poverty more than likely the child is doomed to be poor also. ... These people even though they are as intelligent as white males they are still inferior when it comes to getting the job. Money talks if the white male and the Hispanic male went to the same school got the same degree and Hispanic had the higher GPA, more than likely the white male would still get the job and the Hispanic would be left to search for another job and yet again be beaten out by the white male. ... Also, the poor...

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• Grade Level: High School

Another example from the book of how discrimination against a minority living in a majority culture is how Theresa was fired form her domestic housework for the wealthy Anglos. ... After Theresa was caught, she was so ashamed that she did not want to continue her job. ... Because Theresa was Mexican, the Anglos automatically assumed that Theresa had a low level of education; therefore, she could only fulfill certain kind of jobs. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Characters are the central point in the novel and are the personality in the book. ... In the novel Speak characters play a critical role in helping the reader see the gender roles in the book. ... Furthermore, Speak has multiple themes in the book the main and more important theme however is mental health. ... Laurie Anderson does an excellent job at using symbols which allows the reader to greater understand Melinda's pain. Imagery helps the reader better understand the book because it creates a visual image for the reader. ...

• Word Count: 1774
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Teacher and Inequality Paper Incorporating "Tis by Frank McCourt Introduction The book "Tis by Frank McCourt describes how a young man was able to leave his home in Ireland, by way of the U.S. ... Description of the Issue of Inequality The issues of inequality are prevalent in this book. ... It is this concept that is pervasive throughout this book. ... When applied to this book, the hegemonic curriculum deals with what type of emphasis is placed on which subjects that are taught in school. ... Sociological Concept # 3 Hidden Curriculum/Gender Code These sociological concepts go hand...

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• Grade Level: High School

During my observations, I assumed all of the customers using EBT have minimum wage jobs or don't work enough hours to provide for their families. ... If both parents are working in full-time, minimum wage jobs, which pay $7.25 per hour, it is impossible for them to make ends meet. ... Black job applicants have been rejected simply because of their race. ... If institutional racism and white privilege did not exist, the difference between unemployment rates of blacks and whites would be significantly lowered, and more blacks would have jobs. ... Mankind created gender so the book of Genesi...

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• Grade Level: High School

All his hard work and earnest effort at mastering Greek and Latin come to nothing, and despite his great patience with Sue and devotion to her, he loses his job, his children and finally even his title as husband. ... Very often in the book he is compared to heroic figures such as Job; he has, like Job, the ability to bear great suffering. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

These theories become evident in the book from the start. ... In the first couple pages of the book, Sam says, "I am going to get away from American City, too many temptations." ... He had the means to do so, thereby meeting the criteria to act as a fence as described in the book as " a person [who] must be energetic, ingenious, capable of making sound decisions, quite personable. ... Sam can be seen exhibiting this criminal trait throughout the book, whether it be denying a crime or passing off a crime to be not much of anything. ... Chapter 2 As the book progresses, Sam's ties to t...

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• Grade Level: High School

Leaving a tight-knit patriarchal society, he took a job as an apprentice clerk in New York City hoping to earn his fortune in the nation's fastest growing seaport. ... The 35 pages of notes at the end of the book show how detailed and at the same time, wide array of informational sources used to write it. ... This book helped tie everything together using the knowledge we gained in class and a new specific perspective on the issue. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They way Mexican women were portrayed was that many worked endless jobs at a bra factory just to put food on the table. ... I was always taught not to judge a book by it's cover but this is what I was doing. ...

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This book by far reignited my interest for economics because he makes economics not only simple for everyone but he emphasised on how important it is to know economics. ... This is true for example the oil company; Schlumberger has recently cut 9,000 jobs due to low oil prices. ...

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McDonaldization seems to be the general idea in society today according to Ritzer. He seemed to key in strongly on the idea of rationalization that our society today is generally run on effrey, predatory, calculability or quantity rather then qualtiy as well as substitution of non human technology a...

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They find themselves buying the brand names in clothing, computers, and accessories adding this to their student fees and book costs. ... Whether satisfying a thirst for social standing in society or worrying about your grades and wondering if they will be high enough to achieve that high paying job. ... I would like to always make time for my family and God no matter how busy my schedule or demanding my job is. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

(Computer and Social courses) Like computer courses, to help people going forward in their job. ... • A monthly paper/ book with all kinds of activities or info about the going on's in the office. ...

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• Grade Level: High School