Bonnie Smith-Yackel in the essay ”My Mother Never Worked,” explains, using vivid descriptions, that although her mother worked extremely hard to provide for her family, the government did not recognize her work. The author supports her claim by illustrating the strenuous activities she completed each day, such as farming the land, cooking for her family, and sewing clothing from rags. Smith-Yackel purpose is to describe in order to prove enough through her mother did not have a “job” she did work all her life raising children, farming the land they owned, and sewing clothing for her family. The author establishes an informative tone to explain to the voters, or the people that can influence change, that even though her mother worked her
…show more content…
She says, “In the summer of 1930 my mother and her two eldest children reclaimed a 40 acre field from Canadian thistles, by chopping them all out with a hoe.” Not only did she learn to work the land herself, she also taught her children how to do the same.
The author describes how her mother cooked and cleaned the house while raising eight children and farming. She said, ”Every morning and every evening she milked cows, fed pigs and calves, cared for chickens, picked eggs, cooked meals, washed dishes, scrubbed floors, and tended and loved her children.” By using specific vocabulary to describe each of the tasks her mother completed each day, Smith-Yackel describes how her mother works the farm, and she comes home and cooks and cleans up after the meal and loves her children.
Smith-Yackel describes how her mother would stay up at night when it was dark and would sew clothing for herself and her children from other clothes. She stated,”In the winter she sewed night after night, endlessly, begging cast-off clothing from relatives, ripping apart coats, dresses, blouses, and trousers to remake them to fit her four daughters and son.” Smith-Yackel tells how her mother would get scraps of clothes from family and would cut them up and make different clothes from
She says, “In the summer of 1930 my mother and her two eldest children reclaimed a 40 acre field from Canadian thistles, by chopping them all out with a hoe.” Not only did she learn to work the land herself, she also taught her children how to do the same.
The author describes how her mother cooked and cleaned the house while raising eight children and farming. She said, ”Every morning and every evening she milked cows, fed pigs and calves, cared for chickens, picked eggs, cooked meals, washed dishes, scrubbed floors, and tended and loved her children.” By using specific vocabulary to describe each of the tasks her mother completed each day, Smith-Yackel describes how her mother works the farm, and she comes home and cooks and cleans up after the meal and loves her children.
Smith-Yackel describes how her mother would stay up at night when it was dark and would sew clothing for herself and her children from other clothes. She stated,”In the winter she sewed night after night, endlessly, begging cast-off clothing from relatives, ripping apart coats, dresses, blouses, and trousers to remake them to fit her four daughters and son.” Smith-Yackel tells how her mother would get scraps of clothes from family and would cut them up and make different clothes from