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Vallario's 10-5 Eng. 16 Assignment For Scribd Practice
Vallario's 10-5 Eng. 16 Assignment For Scribd Practice
Fall 2010
2 Response Essay # 1
3 Instructor: Vallario
5 workers go through in order to obtain and hold down minimum wage jobs. Why do you
6 think the government has the ability to regulate this wage and why do you think it is kept
7 at a low? How does the government provide for us? When does the government step in
9 In The Garden by Scott Hamilton, the documenter first gives his viewers
10 background information on the destruction caused by the Los Angeles riots in 1992. The
11 riots only lasted three days, but left devastation. The documentary focuses on how the
12 government stepped in, gave a poor population of South Central LA acres of land to grow
13 crop, and provide food for their families. This was their means of survival for almost a
14 decade until the government decided to take it away. The process of the government
16 The people who are losing their land recite The Pledge of Allegiance during this
17 documentary. Most of us had to place our right hand over our heart and memorize it in
18 elementary school. We never second-guessed this tradition. We just did it, and today the
19 words of The Pledge may very well be just words. Are these words meaningful? They
20 were written and recited for a reason, but do you believe that, “Justice for all” applies to
21 every individual? Is the way in which the government comes up with the amount for
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minimum wage fair? What happens when the government takes things away from us?
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What are the effects? How does it affect us? What is the government providing for us,
24 and what happens when the government takes these things or our rights away? The
25 government has the power and control to provide us with certain things. Why do they
26 choose to grant only special cases? Do you think there truly is justice for everyone?
27 Please, write an essay in MLA format, form a thesis by focusing on a specific theme I
28 mentioned above. Provide evidence from Nickel and Dimed, and The Garden and that
29 will support your thesis. You can use support from your own life experiences ONLY as
30 it pertains to this essay, examples can include: your experience with Medicaid,
32 First Draft is due on Monday, September 27th. The draft must be at least 3 pages in
33 length.