In this essay by Scott Russles I find myself aligning with many aspects that he talks about. I came from a small town where all the men worked on farms. In our town we hardly had any "business" type people, but we still understood that there are different jobs out there that we could choose from. When Russles talks about many people not understanding the way he grew up or the way the "men" in his life were, I understand that feeling one hundred percent. Even today when I tell people where I am from they have no idea, and when I try to explain they never fully understand until they havce seen it with their own eyes.

i also believe that there is some flaws to this essay. He talks about how both men and women have a difficult time in their lives. Well he never really goes on to talk about what problems that the women faces as well. If he were to talk about both aspects the readers could get a better feeling of how both sexes feel. Not only men work in the factories and assembly lines anymore. Women also have those jobs. WHen he talks about how hard men have it when they are working all wekk at their job, and then on their "free time" still complete small jobs around the house, women also do that. While they are not working at their jobs it is basically their duty to keep the house clean and to take care of the children.

Russles does a good job of portraying the ways he feels about his small community growing up and makes the reader feel the way he feels.