Work
             Work is a very important part in human and animal lives. People work
             for money to support themselves to live. Animals had to search for food to sustain them.
             I think people spend one-third of their lives working. Working is your everything, you
             get your clothes, food and shelter from working. However, different cultures have
             different definitions of work. Two essays, "My Mother Never Worked" by Donna
             Smith-Yackel and a small excerpt from Vicki Hearne's "What's Wrong with Animal
             Rights" give perspectives on work. Working is the synonym of happiness and
             In Yackel's essay, the author talks about the personal experience of her mother.
             She was a homemaker and helped her husband on the farm. She did a lot of things in her
             life. She had to take care of her eight children and had to work very hard on the farm.
             When her mother was old and paralyzed from the waist down, she continued working
             from her wheelchair, like barking bread, ironing clothes and writing letters. After she
             died, the social security office said she never worked. By law, a woman who does not
             work for wages outside the home is not entitled to social security benefits. So the author
             thought, was very unfair for her mother. Yackel's essay is furtherer than Hearne's essay.
             In Hearne's essay, the author says animals enjoy working. They do it not just for
             food, but for the satisfactions that come from work. The author thinks, happiness is not
             the same as leisure; it often comes from the opportunity to work. This also means if
             people don't work, life will be different because work educates us.
             In my own experience, I like to work outside. I think work could really bring us
             satisfactions. The first time I worked was in a jewelry company one summer. I was very
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