What does it mean to be fulfilled? To be fulfilled is to be satisfied, feel respected, and being able to use one's skills. In "Mike Lefevre, Steel Worker," by Studs Terkel, he portraits his unfullfilment in his job as a steelworker. He is on a job where he picks ups forty to fifty thousands pounds a day. He is unsatisfied because he feels that he is not being recognized for his hard work and effort. An example where he demonstrates his unsatisfaction is when he said, "I worked for a trucker one time. And I got this tiny satisfaction when I loaded a truck. In a steel mill, forget it" (Terkel 502). Here, he demonstrates his lack of satisfaction in steel working.
             He also feels that everyone has accomplishment to point to, but he has nothing that he can proudly point and say, "I did that." He has a job where he does the same routine every day, where there are no choices to choose from, and where he cannot be creative. He also resents that his supervisor is younger than him because he did go to college and he did not. I think that he feels that college is a way to escape from jobs where one is unrecognized or not respected. This is why he is putting an ambition into his children and encouraging them to go to college. He says, "I want my kid to be an effete snob. I want him to be able to quote Walt Whitman, to be proud of it" (Terkel 503). This shows that he wants an equal level of respect towards his children. One can also sense his feelings of unfufillment when he says that he feels like an old mule (Terkel 503). He is comparing himself to a mule known to have a lack of intelligence.
             I can say that my father can relate to Studs Terkel, in that he did not finish his high school career because he had a family to support. He brought my sister and me here, to America, to offer us a better life. Since he did not have an education, he wants us to go to college and have a career wh...