Pantone-equality

This week in class, we read "Serving in Florida," by Barbara Ehrenreich. This piece was about how society often demoralizes people who work hard, by still manage to get nowhere. Society often ignores these people, and discourage the goals that they work towards. Ehrenreich demonstrates this inequality by attempting to understand the emotions and lifestyles that her coworkers abide by. Her attempt however, is inaccurate, due to the fact that she had a high-paying job to fall back on, meanwhile, her coworkers were stuck with that one job, and they had to live under difficult, and at times unhealthy situations. This is demonstrated by the fact that one of Ehrenreich's coworkers had tried to steal a bit of food form the restaurant-thus indicating his lack of food. He also got home late, and could only go to sleep after one-because that was when a bed was available. In another piece, "On Dumpster Diving," by Lars Eighner, this inequality was shown from a very different angle. Eighner, a former scavenger, described his lifestyle, and how the average American often took many things for granted, such as food. Both pieces reveal that society tends to ignore the struggles of hardworking people such as Ehrenreich's coworkers and Eighner. I found it interesting, how many people seem to get whatever they want without having to work for it, but those who do work hard, seem to struggle more, and have more problems in regard to living situations.

 After reading this piece, I thought of the color pantone. Pantone(pale pink) represents equality, which I felt was a lacking factor in both of these pieces, and society.