Write a constructed response comparing "Serving in Florida: Excerpt from Nickle and Dimed" and "Life isn't fair – Deal with it". Identify each authors position and list 3 details they use to support their position. Which position do you agree with and why? Be sure to cite evidence from the text.

How does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality? the nurse’s willingness to take care of nora when nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work. the nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself. the fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever. the nurse’s assurance to nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.