Many lessons come from experiences and authority figures in people's lives. Morrison and Adkison both learn big life lessons from big authorities in their lives. In both of their instances they both learned big life lessons from working. Although they are very similar there are some differences. While Morrison uses work to demonstrate support for her family, Adkison sets out to prove, through a series of vivid anecdotes, that even though he comes from such little it doesn't mean he can't be bigger than that. Morrison and Adkisons situations are very similar. They both have jobs that are helping them discover and learn new things such as responsibility and success and ect. In Morrisons essay “The Work You Do, the Person You Are” she states “Whatever the work is, do it well—not for the boss but for yourself.”Adkison states in his essay “The Work You Do, the Person You Are” that “At work, the path seemed clear: Work hard and do things right, and you will succeed.”. These quotes explain and prove that they learned part of the same lesson from working for someone who has high …show more content…
In Adkisons essay “Drowning in Dishes, but Finding a Home” Adkison states “Out of all the lessons I learned from that guy in the Pizza Hut tie, maybe the biggest is that any job can be the best job if you have the right boss.”. In Morrisons essay Morrisons dad states ““Listen. You don’t live there. You live here. With your people. Go to work. Get your money. And come on home.””. These quotes from their essays prove the differences in the lessons that they learned. Like for example Adkisons lesson that he learned was about how having a good boss can be a big part of having a good job but compared to Morrison her lesson was about how its okay to go to different places and that your work doesn't define you and how you do what you have to do and come home after and be with your