with the increasing prices in the market. My dad worked many jobs and his hard work payed off because he was given a chance to come to America. Now in India, in our neighbour, we are known as a rich family. In the book, The Working Poor, David K. Shipler argues that the working individuals in this book are neither helpless or powerful. Each one’s story is very unique, and they stand on different spectrums of the myth. The American Myth
only that but a higher class rank for the family. The only way to get to that point is by working hard and having little to no barriers. However the book “The Working Poor” by David K. Shipler shows, contrary in where the author describes the lives of people who are in or near poverty explaining their situation and how they got into poverty and can’t seem able to escape it. The reason for this is because the poor are being abused by public and private institutions and their
David K. Shipler. The Working Poor: Invisible In America. 2004. United States of America: Random house, 2005. In this book, The Working Poor: Invisible In America, David K. Shipler chose to provides significant experiences of the view that the poor are holding by an opponent society. For instance, real need would be the most influential way to address such imbalances. David K. Shipler also provided features of the working poor facing sheds when trying to get services form the society. The Working