Martha Smith Yackel's Mother Should Stay At Home Analysis

719 Words3 Pages
Bonnie Smith Yackel's mother is deemed to be an unemployed person according to the government. However, not everyone in the social security office uses correct terminology. The person answering her in the SS office was rude enough to plainly state how her mother, Martha Smith never has worked. If I was the daughter I would be extremely offended at the statement that person just made. And she was and she goes on to explain her mother's life to the reader so she can prove this person wrong and justify her mother's long hardworking career on the farm. Despite the vast commitment her mother has to her family, farm, and lifestyle, Bonnie is denied death benefits only because she did not work at a desk job or any other work the government considers a legitimate job. The government needs to appreciate and reward more people like Martha Smith, a person who gives everything she has as service to her society. While it is quite difficult to define someone as a hardworking person, one cannot deny the amount of contribution a person serves to his or her country. Many people these days just get a regular job at some mediocre company just to get by. These people have no intention to help the environment they live in, nor the people who inhabit it. They work like this completely disregarding their surroundings and their…show more content…
A person as inspiring and motivating as her would only bring benefit to her environment. Unfortunately the majority of people who make up a society have the mindset of “every man for himself”. A person like Martha does not make up this majority at all, rather she looks at every situation in a positive manner and makes the best of it. Even when she lost the use of her legs, she did everything she could to be productive and help out the people around her. Martha’s social value is beyond beneficial, as her mental and physical mindset is to be taken as a model for every role of a

More about Martha Smith Yackel's Mother Should Stay At Home Analysis

Open Document