It is all about finding the calm in the chaos, a quote given by Donna Karan. Between this quote and the plot points in the story Pancakes, by Joan Bauer, their similarities are keen. In Pancakes, the main protagonist of the story, Jill, is always properly organized and wants things that are around her to have perfection, for fear that, the things around her will fall out of line.
Pancakes starts off in Jill’s room after she had woken up for her job. Jill was felt with disappointment knowing that her mother had left a note with six questions on her mirror indicating that she is to self-control or too sanitary. Jill disapproves of her mother’s statement and is reminded of why her ex boyfriend broke up with her. She then gets up for her shift at her job called, “Ye Old Pancake House.” While she was preparing for her job, Jill cleaned objects and cleared up anything that was wrong or seemed wrong around her. In this part of the story, Jill has a few similarities to a person who would have the same feelings or responsibilities. Jill has a feeling of disagreement
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When more and more people start to come into the Pancake House, Jill starts to get worried and stressed by the inexactness of the situation happening to her while she was attempting to serve everybody awaiting service. When the phone at the Pancake House rang, Jill found out about one waitress not coming to work because of her baby being sick, and the other waitress was stuck in traffic but was going to arrive late. Jill then accepts this and tries to attempt waitress the Pancake House by herself. As this goes on, Jill is more and more stressed out by this, and is felt with being imperfect which led to her downfall. This can also relate to someone in real life who would break down and have a downfall, in addition, to stress that applies more and