Similarities Between 'Looking For Work And I Just Want To Be Average'
Parker Vest
10/18/13
English 1A
2:10pm - 3:30pm
Glimpses Into the Past
I always believed that I had the perfect family. My parents (and Santa) gave me everything that I ever wanted, my sister and I were best friends, and life was all about having fun. Of course, I was only five at the time. My life was like a sitcom on TV. Boy, how things have changed. The authors Gary Soto and Mike Rose give the reader a glimpse into their childhoods into their stories, “Looking For Work” and “I Just Want To Be Average”. They show us how they both changed their views on life at a crucial point in their lives. They show us their youthful days in their specific surroundings, how their character is shown by helping others, the motivation or lack of it that drives them, and how …show more content…
Classes were simple for him throughout high school. It was not really a challenge for Rose. He did not have that urge to do better, and his friends were not really helping, either. Rose would be worrying about fitting in with his friends socially and then school. He would help them pass their classes too. Rose ends up moving into college prep classes, where he is thrown into a fast-paced environment. It is hard for Rose at first because he was used to the lower Vocational Education classes. Both stories are alike in many ways. In “Looking for Work”, Gary is writing about his childhood. Gary Soto grew up “on the industrial side of Fresno, smack against a junkyard and the junkyard’s cross eyed German Shepard.” (26 Soto). Gary was a Mexican American in a poor section of Fresno. Similarly, Mike in “I Just Wanna Be Average”, also is talking about his life. “Rose, he bellowed on our first encounter; me geekly in line in my baggy shorts” (159 Rose). Rose was even dressed geeky in his childhood. Both writers are telling stories on their lives at a young
10/18/13
English 1A
2:10pm - 3:30pm
Glimpses Into the Past
I always believed that I had the perfect family. My parents (and Santa) gave me everything that I ever wanted, my sister and I were best friends, and life was all about having fun. Of course, I was only five at the time. My life was like a sitcom on TV. Boy, how things have changed. The authors Gary Soto and Mike Rose give the reader a glimpse into their childhoods into their stories, “Looking For Work” and “I Just Want To Be Average”. They show us how they both changed their views on life at a crucial point in their lives. They show us their youthful days in their specific surroundings, how their character is shown by helping others, the motivation or lack of it that drives them, and how …show more content…
Classes were simple for him throughout high school. It was not really a challenge for Rose. He did not have that urge to do better, and his friends were not really helping, either. Rose would be worrying about fitting in with his friends socially and then school. He would help them pass their classes too. Rose ends up moving into college prep classes, where he is thrown into a fast-paced environment. It is hard for Rose at first because he was used to the lower Vocational Education classes. Both stories are alike in many ways. In “Looking for Work”, Gary is writing about his childhood. Gary Soto grew up “on the industrial side of Fresno, smack against a junkyard and the junkyard’s cross eyed German Shepard.” (26 Soto). Gary was a Mexican American in a poor section of Fresno. Similarly, Mike in “I Just Wanna Be Average”, also is talking about his life. “Rose, he bellowed on our first encounter; me geekly in line in my baggy shorts” (159 Rose). Rose was even dressed geeky in his childhood. Both writers are telling stories on their lives at a young