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What Is Poverty Of The Company Man By Ellen Goodman

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No, these essays would not be entries beside each other in an encyclopedia, since they are not even come close to the concept. With “What Is Poverty?” I felt that Goodwin-Parker did a good job with definition poverty in her eyes. I am certain anyone that reads this essay will understand the subject because Goodwin-Parker has an easy to understand writing style and she is very detailed when she examples things. The Company Man by Ellen Goodman was not about pride as it was “a company man” a.k.a “workaholic”. I felt like it was about a hard working middle class man, who was blinded by wealth and power, I guess that could be considered pride. He sadly forget what was truly important, his family.
I do feel that both thoroughly defined their subjects.

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