Generally-speaking, Ehrenreich’s incorporation of the elements of fiction, some of which include figurative language, dialogue, narrative commentary, and description of people and settings, conspicuously serves as a major asset to the established arguments, concerning the lifestyles led by the so-called “wage slaves”. In further elaboration upon this reality, it is integral to note that they essentially portray unfortunate realities in a vivid, animate manner: an exemplification of the vast dividends that are yielded, thanks to such stylistic tactics. Evidence from the text that further bolsters this claim is shown when the author states, “My first morning at Jerry's, when the hypoglycemic shakes set in, I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. ‘Well, I don't understand how you can go so long …show more content…
Similarly, a dynamic portrayal of disparate settings is depicted when the author states, “The floor is slick with spills, forcing us to walk through the kitchen with tiny steps, like Susan McDougal in leg irons” (Ehrenreich 23). The textual evidence above conspicuously strives to better re-instate the unsanitary, dismal conditions that thrive in a customary low-wage workplace. While some may argue that the floor’s tarnished state illustrates a sheer anomaly in the otherwise less extreme trend of unsanitary conditions, it nonetheless characterizes the intricacies of the primary setting of the excerpt “Serving in Florida”. Evidence from the text that further bolsters this claim is shown when the author states, “In the few minutes I have between jobs, I pick up a spicy chicken sandwich at the Wendy's drive-through window, gobble it down in the car, and change from khaki slacks to black, from Hawaiian to rust-colored