Often jobs such as plumber, mechanic, construction worker is portrayed as a menial jobs, a job for a season, or unimportant. Except with out these jobs life would flow as simply. Steve Olson explains the importance of hard working men and women in his essay “My Turn”. Olson shows his perceiving by the use of contradicting thoughts, relating experiences, and metabasis. Mr Olson tries persuade that blue-collar guys(BCG) are important and need to be recognized for the important work that they do.
Olson is blue-collar guy thus he understands how hard all the BCG’s are work. They often tend to do extraordinary and difficult work everyday with little to no praise. Having a different perspective in life Olson feels allowance to slander white-collar …show more content…
He wants to tell a inform the readers how BCG’s are normal hard working men and women. “I have seen men on the job hand-nail 20 square of shingles (that’s 6,480 nails) or more a day, day after day” (Olson 1). When Olson delivers an exact number on the amount of nails that they hand-nail daily helps put in perspective of our lives. The statement of “day after day” (Olson 1) is then repeated to further state that the work that BGC’s do is constant, and not simply a chore for the day. Olson further shows the life of BGCs by giving examples of what they have done on their weekends off from work. What they has a wide range of activities like renovating their house, hunting, skydiving, or playing football in january. Here he is trying to show that these workers have a full life, they not only work hard all week but they also work and play hard all weekend. As the readers are more able to relate to Mr. Olsons accounts and experiences they are more likely to support his …show more content…
Olson's writing we are lead to believe that his desires for recognition is selfish by the way that he talks about other working groups. Although by the end of reading his writings, shine a different light. While reading the final few paragraphs it is easier to relate to what he is wanting from his reader. He wants them to have a better understanding of his desires for all BCG’s to be proud of the work they do and to have more respect for themselves. Even though we may not desire to obtain work in the same field as the BCG’s, we may still be able to show them more respect for the important services that they
Olson is blue-collar guy thus he understands how hard all the BCG’s are work. They often tend to do extraordinary and difficult work everyday with little to no praise. Having a different perspective in life Olson feels allowance to slander white-collar …show more content…
He wants to tell a inform the readers how BCG’s are normal hard working men and women. “I have seen men on the job hand-nail 20 square of shingles (that’s 6,480 nails) or more a day, day after day” (Olson 1). When Olson delivers an exact number on the amount of nails that they hand-nail daily helps put in perspective of our lives. The statement of “day after day” (Olson 1) is then repeated to further state that the work that BGC’s do is constant, and not simply a chore for the day. Olson further shows the life of BGCs by giving examples of what they have done on their weekends off from work. What they has a wide range of activities like renovating their house, hunting, skydiving, or playing football in january. Here he is trying to show that these workers have a full life, they not only work hard all week but they also work and play hard all weekend. As the readers are more able to relate to Mr. Olsons accounts and experiences they are more likely to support his …show more content…
Olson's writing we are lead to believe that his desires for recognition is selfish by the way that he talks about other working groups. Although by the end of reading his writings, shine a different light. While reading the final few paragraphs it is easier to relate to what he is wanting from his reader. He wants them to have a better understanding of his desires for all BCG’s to be proud of the work they do and to have more respect for themselves. Even though we may not desire to obtain work in the same field as the BCG’s, we may still be able to show them more respect for the important services that they