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  • Essay / The Legacy of "None" - 573

    The ninth paragraph of Barbara Ehrenreich's article "Cultural Baggage" is of great importance and is well used to connect many of the thoughts and ideas that the author brings to us presented. Before this paragraph, the author constructed her article around personal reflections and anecdotes to begin to define the central idea of ​​what she would later call the “personless race” (Ehrenreich 49). This idea of ​​“none” will be used to describe a certain type of person and how they should fit into our world. There is also a subtle defense of the idea that there is nothing wrong with not believing in God. A touch of irony is present at the beginning of this paragraph. Ehrenreich begins by telling us that his epiphany began “on the fumes of Manischewitz” (Ehrenreich 48). Manischewitz is proud to be the largest manufacturer of kosher foods and beverages in the United States, including wine (About Us). It is interesting that she opens a paragraph by telling us that she consumed alcohol while in a state of deliberation. It's also ironic because it describes non-religious types of people when they use...