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Compare And Contrast The Work You Are By Toni Morrison

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In "The Work You Do, the Person You Are" by Toni Morrison and "Drowning in Dishes, but Finding a Home" by Danial Adkison both share similarities and differences because of the hard work they do, their lives outside of work and how your work "defines" who you are. First, Morrison and Adkison started by hating their jobs and thinking, "I want to quit" since their jobs were too much work. However, they later realized that even through the most intricate work, you must push through, or else you will be at the bottom. With Adkison, he would always complain about washing dishes, which is why he never got a promotion, then understanding that working harder helped him get where he wanted to be and that doing the best/working the hardest makes the job easier. …show more content…

Secondly, Morrison and Adkison's life outside of work were very different. Morrison felt that her work was not her true home and did not define her as a person that only her natural home does, while Adkison felt like his true home was with his staff at Pizza Hut, that they were the family he never had. Morrison's dad told her, "you are not the work you do; you are the person you are," saying that her work isn't the person she is and that outside of work can only be the real her. Also, her work isn't for the people around her and can not define her as a person or her true home. On the contrary, Adkison felt that his job was his family and that the people who worked with him and his family at home were never as accurate of a family compared to his work family "our staff was like a second family." Even though his real family was his main priority, he felt that the staff made him who he

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