Analytical Essay of "Maid in L.A."
...ful and do not recognize their employer’s intelligence. Once again, this is a strong premise that is backed by case evidence given through a testimony of an interviewed nanny/housekeeper. This causes readers to sympathize with the nanny/housekeepers. Nanny/ housekeepers receive low pay; in fact, they received less than minimum wage in most cases. This is a strong premise because it is a fact derived form a survey questionnaire. Claiming that cleaning big houses was physically impossible, the author weakens her argument because this is only an opinion. Another weak statement is given when the author describes the nanny/ housekeepers defrosted food as being over a decade old. This is an unwarranted assumption that has no evidence to back it up. This statement reader may question the author’s credibility. The food, as described by Sotelo, was indeed scarce and limited. Sotelo redeemed herself with this well-built, evidentiary premise, causing readers to agree that it is unfortunate that these nanny/housekeepers do not even have the simple luxury of enjoying good food. The article contains more case evidence such as the statement that being ignored devastated one nanny socially. This premise helps to tug at the reader, get him or her emotionally involved, and, in turn, strengthens the argument. Sotelo further claims that live-in nannies could never feel at home. Again, this premise is backed by case evidence. There is a strong, personal testimony that depicts this premise given by a live-in nanny. The author describes how live-in nannies have no time off from the job and feel confined, trapped, and imprisoned. This is a strong descriptive premise that is derived from evidence given during an interview. In another premise, the author claims that the nanny/housekeepers lose a lot of sleep. This is a warranted assumption because Sotelo goes on to describe how the live-in nannies are always on-call with the children. These two statements support each other and strengthen the argument. In the premise that states that isolation makes many live-in nannies sad, lonely, and depressed, we see a believable, factual judgment that provides strength. It is a warranted assumption that live-in nanny/ housekeepers have no privacy because it is evident that the live-in nanny/housekeepers spend most of their time with the children. In both live-in and live- out cases, the author describes the mothers as being negligent and the nanny/housekeepers spend more time with the children. This is a factual opinion that gives the argument more power. The child rearing values of Latina and Caribbean nannies, as depicted by Sotelo, differ from those of their employers. This is a factual premise strongly supported by case evidence. Another premise given by the author is that some nannies “need to be ‘octopuses’ with busy arms expended simultaneously in all directions” (p.125). This is an example of loaded language and it sways the reader into supporting the conclusion that the nanny jobs are not of what Latina immigrants dream. The author argues that...