Mothers are protective human beings. That is just how God made moms. Protective. Yet when their children get older, is it not ironic that the roles get switched. Children are all grown up and usually have to take care of their parents in their old age. In the case of a mother and daughter in the story, “New York Day Women”, there is the same stereotypical relationship of wanting to be protective and take care of each other, without the other one knowing of course. When out walking on her lunch break, the daughter is astonished to see her mom outside. She knows that her mom is terrified of the subway and she doesn’t like to be around people, but yet there she was. With a happy-go-lucky attitude, she took on Brooklyn like it was a walk in the
