meaning they have more respect‚ and are greatly appreciated for what they do‚ compared to Yackel ’s 1975 essay. Bonnie Smith-Yackel ’s essay makes a statement about how society values‚ and appreciates women and the way they work dating back to the 1920 ’s. Most things having to do with women working or anybody for that matter have changed for the better since then‚ but sadly some things still remain the same. Yackel begins her essay with a call to the Social Security office trying to recover a death
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III Mrs. Pilon October 21‚ 2011 In Bonnie Smith-Yackel’s personal essay “My Mother Never Worked”‚ Smith-Yackel presents us with a situation where she describes her mother as a hard working woman. She starts the essay in the present time with a phone call to a social security office. While on hold‚ the author reflects on how much her mother worked during her life‚ but after the operator returns‚ she informs Smith-Yackel that her mother never worked. I was surprised when the family did not get
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Jazmine Jones Eng. 1101 MW 12:50 My Mother Never Worked 4-16-11 Purpose and Audience 1. That she had a hard working mother that worked harder than people who did “work”. By exemplifying this‚ it shows the mother to have every right to social security benefits just like anyone else‚ because she indeed worked all her life. The thesis was never explicitly stated because there were enough details suggesting the purpose of this essay‚ therefore it was implied. 2. Yes‚ it could have. This essay
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Purpose and Audience 1. What point is the writer trying to make? Why do you suppose her thesis is never explicitly stated? The author’s whole (main) point of in the essay is to make the reader feel sympathy for her mother‚ because of the hardships she went through working on a farm while raising eight children‚ which leads us to believe she is deserving of the Social Security benefit check. Another point is general; even though‚ women does do so much work towards their home‚ they don’t get any
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Journal of Liberation magazine published in 1975‚ "My Mother Never Worked‚" Bonnie Smith-Yackel‚ author of several essays‚ book reviews and short stories in various magazines and newspapers‚ proclaims that society belittles women and the work they do. She does so by sharing a glimpse of the hard labor her mother did in her adult life‚ such as doing strenuous work on a farm with her husband‚ raising eight children and many more tasks as a mother‚ such as‚ keeping the house clean‚ sewing and cooking
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While retirement might have disadvantages for people‚ for others being a retired individual can have different advantages that a normal working person does not have. As mentioned in the essay My Mother Never Worked by Bonnie Smith-Yackel‚ Yackel mentions how her after retirement workers can receive a monthly income from social security benefits. Men and women are able to retire at the age of sixty five‚ but some decide to continue working for a few more years. People who retire have a better chance
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My Mother Never Worked In the essay "My Mother Never Worked‚" Bonnie Smith-Yackel recalls the time when she called Social Security to claim her mother’s death benefits. Social Security put’s Smith-Yackel on hold so they can check their records on her mother. While waiting‚ she remembers a lot of things her mother did‚ and the compassion her mother felt towards her husband and children. When Social Security returns to the phone‚ they tell Smith-Yackel that she could not receive her mother’s
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My Mother Never Worked In this essay the words that are significant to getting the authors point across would be Never Worked. The connatative meaning means that her mother never had a job were she received a monetary pay. The denotative meaning is that her mother‚ in fact worked very hard every day of her life‚ taking care of her children‚ home and farm. I like the title of the essay it shows the irony of what many people believe stay at home mothers do‚ and the actual hard work that they do. The
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My mother never went to college. Despite—or perhaps [because] of—her lack of collegiate experience‚ she was a powerful influence on my ever-present desire for academic distinction. For her children‚ anything besides “extraordinary” was simply not an option. The constant pressure meshed painfully well with America’s flawed education system‚ which—not unlike my well-intentioned mother—continually creates an unhealthy environment of apathy in the face of competition. For the duration of my traditional
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With advancing age and chronic illnesses‚ communications between elders and their caregivers may become strained or almost non-existent. Regardless of cognitive impairment‚ my personal caregiving commitment is to communicate‚ communicate‚ and communicate some more with elders in my life‚ including my beloved octogenarian mother to whom I am a full-time caregiver. There is always something to talk about unless caregivers choose otherwise. Clinically diagnosed Alzheimer’s‚ other dementias‚ Tourette’s
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