Some kids dream of a family

n "Looking for work" we are given a boys personal experience of trying to create the perfect family. He shares with us what he did in a day to try and achieve the ideal family."What we really miss about the 50's" we are told fact upon fact of why the 50's wasn't the ideal time for families and how there are other things that stand out more. Both readings can be easily taken as literal contexts but I tried to do some critical thinking and go deeper into the meanings.


"Looking for work" was more entertaining and a lot easier read. I enjoyed his personal experiences he shared and also to I was able to get a little incite of how life was back then in his circumstances. In this type of story it seems easier to just think of the story literally and not do any critical thinking. As I did ponder the story I came to the conclusion that this young boy and developed a dream based on what was taught by the TV. After he had developed this dream he went out to achieve. He started by trying to change his family, and also by earning money. I am assuming that he had this dream because he thought that it would bring him happiness, but throughout the story we see that he found happiness in many different forms. One ways was swimming. He had his eyes set on his goal, to earn money to help out his family, but he ends up spending it when they went swimming. While swimming he had a great time, he achieve his dream but just in a different form than what he was looking. Next he wants this perfect dinner with his family, and even though he isn't able to have the dinner he sees on TV he is able to still have a great time with his family. It is funny to me to see that he was in a way living his dream, just unable to see it, and if he doesn't start to notice it he may just miss it.

"What we really miss about the 1950's" was not the funniest read ever, but she did make her stance very clear. I think her writing could be taken on a more literal/analytical basis because she gave many facts and statements and basically said this is how it is, but I found myself on more of a interpretive/rhetorical level of thinking because her essay lead me to ask more questions and taking the time to ponder what she was saying. I took it that she was trying to say that although the 50's is a well remembered era because of the family, it actually didn't have the best family relationships and there are many other reasons why the 50's should be remembered.