Gary Soto Swot Analysis

My Mother’s Strength

Unlike Gary Soto in “Looking for work.” I didn’t look to the television to imitate what my idea of a family was. My family included my mother, my brother and my sister and that was enough for me. I never really focused on not having a dad around; it wasn’t as important as having our mom, who was always there for us. Many people believe that to be a productive family there needs to be two parents in the household. However, I know different. My mother was both parents and did just fine as a single mother raising and supporting three kids all by herself. Mom was the nurse that made me feel better whenever I got sick. She was teacher, because she taught me to read and to write. She cared and loved me but also punished
The majority were on welfare. Mom would always say to me, “You are not where you come from but you can use where you came from to better your life.” I used my surroundings as the motivation I needed to become a better person. I didn’t want to be like my neighbors. To be different, I had to act different. So that just what I did. I attended school and got good grades. I was hardly outside with the bad kids from the neighborhood. I never got into trouble with the police. To me, my block was nothing like the
I think about the many obstacles she’d faced and I use her strength to tell myself that if she’d survived could do it and survive thaen so will I. Life is not easy!y. Something can and will always go wrong. Just like my mom; I have also been faced with tough similar situations. I’ve lost my job, and was almost evicted. Problems have ways of coming one after another. My daughter got sick, my car got towedlled and my lights were shut off because of non-payment all on the same day. I felt so bad I was just ready to give up but I thought about my mother’s