Has there ever been a time during life that a significant task has been completed; yet gone unnoticed? "My Mother Never Worked" by Donna Smith-Yackel and "On Fire" by Larry Brown are two narrative essays, when compared relate how differently society views these two very important roles. Both jobs have many rewards and differences, however society views a firefighter as having an occupation, whereas they see a stay-at-home mother as not employed. .
"My Mother Never Worked" was basically about the everyday life of a housewife in the early to mid 1900's. Our society generally takes for granted the tasks, responsibilities, and struggles a woman goes through being a stay-at-home wife. Whereas, in the essay "On Fire" the author receives a sense of gratuity for the job he is doing. The lead character, Larry Brown, explains his day-to-day tasks such as testing the pump on the truck, making sure the tuck is full of fuel, clean and full of water; you have to check that your clothes are all together, your lights and sirens because everything has to be ready to go. Likewise, Martha Smith endured strenuous work from raising, and feeding farm animals, taking care of eight children, milking cows, harvesting a garden and canning all of the goods, to making the clothing for herself, husband, and children, carpets, coats, and doing the laundry. Smith was a very noble woman, however all of her hard work was not considered to be a job, just a way of life. Larry Brown, on the other hand, always had to be prepared for anything. .
Smith and Brown both learned a lot through their lives doing their jobs. Brown had a lot to learn about fire fighting. He describes his basic training, learning every inch of a fire truck, every instrument and tool and how it works, how to prep the truck first thing when arriving to work and make sure everything is functioning properly, even first aid. Smith grew up in the city, and had to learn everything about farming, harvesting, and caring for her husband and eight children.
She married the Catholic Church and never got divorced. In the almost 70 years since Mother Teresa made her commitment, she never wavered. In his book, "Great Souls," journalist David Aikman describes how Mother Teresa never relied on worldly power. ... I was just doing my duty." ... Princess Diana was in the limelight doing her work, while Mother Teresa did her work while living a very simple life. ...
I admire my Mother so much, she is my role model, and I used to call her superwoman when I was younger. ... She is not just my mother she is more than that and I love her for it. ... My Mother always made sure that I valued myself, and that I should never let anyone walk over me. ... When I was sixteen my Mother was laid off from her job at the Casino, she was a cage shift manager she worked a lot of hours and made more than enough money to support the both of us. ... My Mother has so much ambition to be better and do better and even though she may not succeed she still gives it her all, she ...
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If she was never put into the play, the reader would lack detail what's going on in the play. ... If she never had told Polonius to eavesdrop on her and Hamlet's conversation, he wouldn't have been dead. ... Gertrude was selfish and fake in my perspective. ... Gertrude might of been a complicated work of art but she was in the play for a reason. ... My overview on Gertrude is that she remained exactly the same throughout the entire play....
My mother is my whole world. My mother mean so much to me and I wouldn't know what to do without her, my mother raised me and she took care of me throughout my whole life. I would do anything for my mother. ... Within those years that's she worked at Jursted, the amount of faces she had made smile is literally unimaginable. ... My mother best friends' mother had lung cancer. ...
My mother an angel in the sky. Since her departure in 2006, I recall memories of moments I shared with my loving mother. ... Anyone who had the opportunity of meeting my mom, felt like they obtain another mother. ... You name it and my mother had a recipe for it. ... Food never went to waste in our house. ...
When beauty does not work out the next thing was to try intelligence. ... Growing up I never lived in the best neighborhoods or go to the best schools. ... The story of Ni Kan and her mother lead to them both being very disappointed and Ni Kan never really achieved anything.Ni kan explains that "It was not the only disappointment my mother felt in me. ... Ni kan worked very hard to live up to her mother's expectations it was only after so many failed attempts that she gave up. I had done the opposite of Ni Kan and used my failures as a push to work harder. ...
She missed out on work to stay home and help with my aftercare. ... My mother's example has taught me to be a sweeter person. ... I'm sure I never had some chances for some good friendships because I would let my judgments get in my way. ... My mother's unconditional love has made me a better person. ... She is a superstar in my eyes and a great mother. ...
Being a father is never an easy task. As for Tom Garrison, a dynamic character in the play I Never Sang for My Father by Robert Anderson, his traumatic childhood memory of being abandoned has made it even more difficult for him to be a good father for his children. ... He even shoved his father off in the funeral of his mother and worked arduously to fend for his family. ... He told Gene that "it'd kill his mother " (Anderson 647). ... Tom Garrison is one of the most dynamic and complex characters in the play I Never Sang for My Father. ...
