Living on the edge of survival Flashcards
What is Ellis Island?
Ellis Island was America’s largest and most active immigration station and used in 1800 century to mid 1900 century.
The 2 texts about separate family members and when should you break the law.
The requirements for being accepted:
- Age
- Health
- Education
- Nationality
- Work
- Income
- Future plans
- Relatives
- Quota
Who is Jacob Riis?
He was a photographer and photographed the poverty of immigrants in America.
His pictures mostly show the living situation of the immigrants, children sleeping in an alley and how crowded the flophouses were.
What is American Dreamers about?
The text is about DACA which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals that shields young illegal immigrants from deportation.
The girl in the text who is a illegal immigrant tells that she can follow her dream to be able to study at a university. She cant drive, fly, work or have health insurance.
DACA is not a option anymore because the election and Trump became president.
What is Nickled and Dimed about?
The book is written by Barbara Ehrenreich a journalist who tried to live lik the poorest American workers for a period of time.
She had 3 rules:
1) She could not use her any skills from her education or usaul work to find a job.
2) She should take the highest-paying job and hold it
3) She should take the cheapest accommodations for an acceptable level of safety and privacy.
What is the conclusion of Nickled and Dimed?
The conclusion of the experiment is that the expenses are too big compared to her income.
She could cut her rent expense and move into a flophouse but than she is breaking rule 3.
She only earn 2.5 dollars an hour when the low wage is 6-7 dollars an hour.
A positive thing the experiment showed is how the low wage workers helped each other.
Define Living on the edge of survival
to have a life with many dangers and risks, and if you fail you will tip over the edge.
How is My Boy Jack also about living on the edge of survival?
The parents of the victims are living on the edge of survival because they have lost their son, husband, father or brother. Their greif is so big that they just live to survival.
The young men because they are pressed by society to join the military and they risk their life in the war.
How is poverty living on the edge of survival?
When you are in poverty every single penny makes so much. You probably have a low wage job and can barely pay all your expenses. If a unexpected expense or lose your job.
Who lives on the edge of survival?
Immigrants, low wage workers, people with massive greif, people in war, criminals
