Chapter Two: EasyLabor and Chapter Three: Another Day, Another Dollar

Ann, one of the workers at Crisis Ministries, wakes up all the men and attempts to get them out the door. Before the men have breakfast, they are required to clean the room where they slept the night before. The men, including Adam, leave early so that they do not have to clean. Adam then goes to a class that Crisis Ministries puts on and requires all it's guests to attend once during their stay there. He learns that doctors and psychiatrists come to make sure all the guests are healthy and "each guest [is] assigned to a social worker that help[s them] to identify what exactly had gone wrong in [their] lives and what type of plan [they] needed in order to return to a self-sufficient lifestyle" (Shephard 33). He realizes how the shelter actually is trying to help the men get back on their feet and that he needs to get a stable job soon. He wanders around town and goes into shops and restaurants where he fills out job application forms all afternoon. Exhausted, he comes back to the shelter that night and makes friends with some of the guests.The next day, he goes to a company called EasyLabor. EasyLabor employs anyone and everyone and gives them mindless, exhausting jobs that require no prior experience and pay right around minimum wage. His job for the day is at a construction  site. As he is working, he gets a job offer from a man there. The job is every Sunday all day doing manual labor. Adam accepts. The message Adam tries to convey in this chapter is that even if you have gone broke, with the help of a good guide, such as Crisis Ministries, and a strong work ethic, anyone can get back on his feet. It just takes hard work and dedication.

(Sorry these two chapters are in the same post! I didn't realize they were two separate chapters for some reason until after I had completed all of the project. Neither chapter was very long at all.)