Summary of Guterson's Enclosed. Encyclopedic. Endured. One Week at the Mall of America

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"'We egg each other on,'" explained Kathleen, calmly puffing on a cigarette. `It's like, sort of, an addiction'"(para 10).
After this conversation, Guterson's feelings toward the mall start to show a little more of his ideology on the Mall of America. "At the Mall of America--an extreme example--we discover ourselves thoroughly lost among strangers in a marketplace intentionally designed to serve no community needs"(para 17). While exploring the mall and trying to get as much information as possible, Guterson encountered Rick Doering, the man who manages the mall's monthly waste. He explained how the mall lies about being eco friendly and doesn't recycle as much as they claim. He also explained how their workers were developmentally disabled adults and how they were paid, " when I asked about their pay, he flinched and grimaced, then deflected me toward another supervisor, who said that wages were based on daily productivity. Did this mean that they made less than minimum ...

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