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The comparison in Living out

The play 'living out' written by Lisa Loomer is a mixture of humor with more serious personal and social apprehensions. The play 'Living Out' revolves around two modern women who are challenged by the disagreeing demands of careers and motherhood in life. Ana and Nancy from very different socioeconomic backgrounds experience the need to return to the work constraints and leaving the care of their children within the hands of others. Both women have their own personal reasons to do so, and both up to their caliber to create the best life for them and their family. They take risks to have it all, but not everything they risk is worth it. The women challenges at personal levels and had made tough decisions according to their understanding of life and its challenges. Their decisions may look wrong at some points, but the characters have justified their action with confrontations and circumstances that made them make the choices.( Perhaps make something about their risks into a thesis because your thesis seems a half-baked to me personally. It's not bad, but it should be supplemented with more substance.)

Ana is a mother of two, an illegal immigrant, and in search of employment. After three job interviews for a nanny, she learned that she has to disguise her identity to get hired. It can be justified with her dialogue that 'wealthy women insist on hiring experienced nannies who will devote themselves to their children yet have no families of their own.' Eventually, she ends up being selected as a nanny for Nancy's child. How strange is it that people prefer inexperienced people over experienced ones to take care of their children?

Ana faced opposition from her husband because of his stereotypic mind. As he says, "why do you got to work Ana? I work". Despite this, Ana convinced him to do the job by making a strong point that "we just got to save the money for the papers and bring Tomas back," and Nancy helped Ana with immigration papers and lends some loans. Nancy did not ask for the money, but Ana paid that with overtime because Ana did not want to feel ashamed in front of her employer about not being able to pay back. Ana doing show her efforts to make her family content and united as she said to her husband that "I promised to take him to the park to play soccer." Unfortunately, she is unaware of what she is trailing. Her efforts are no doubt unmatchable, but in the race of earning money, she is unable to give time to her own family as she missed the soccer game, saying that "I'm sorry I missed your soccer, mijo. But if I work hard — for a little while — sabes qué? I could bring your brother! I'll take you to soccer next week". Despite taking care of someone's child, another should prefer her own child because that is the moral responsibility of parents.( You are being too simplistic here. She has competing needs--two children with different situations)

Nancy wants to recommence her career as a lawyer but confronts the same problem Ana faced when communicated about the job with her spouse. Nancy did not want to deteriorate her career taking care of the baby as she said, "Then I will be on a Mommy track. I won't have a prayer in a hell of making a partner. And then what have the last sixteen years of my life been for?" Nancy being well educated can earn more money than her husband, and it was logically right. But this situation made her question herself, but she still managed to resume her profession.

Nancy's decision to employ a nanny for her daughter was another tough decision she had to make. Nancy, at the start, doubt her decision and felt guilty about leaving her newborn baby with a stranger but being a modern woman and with the "doing it all" slogan, she must make that decision. During her struggle as a new mother and a lawyer, Nancy faced many problems. Sometimes she had to go to meetings, and that sooner or later disturbed the routine of her with the family and the kid as her husband clarifies the situation by saying that "I took a five from the counter, Nancy. You were on the phone - You were working. You probably didn't even hear me say we were going to that Pan Asian place tonight to celebrate". Nancy is doing her best she can to earn money and make the life of herself and her family prosperous, but in the game of money and career, she forgets her initial obligation that is to take care of her child. Nancy looks more committed to her work than her family, which is morally wrong.( You are being too simplistic here. She has competing needs--two children with different situations Do you see the difference? If not, please email me)

Near the conclusion of the play, there is a situation which is quite frustrating and has created problems for both families. Ana committed with her son to go to the game, but due to the sudden change of plane of Nancy spoiled her program and led to a situation where Nancy came to know about the family of Ana. Ana broke her promise with her son to take care of someone's child. She is dividing her owns son's attention and time, which she feels guilty about. Her decision to stay with Nancy's daughter was right because Nancy asked for the favor by saying that "would you possibly do me a favor. Just one time? as a friend?" She cannot deny the fact that Nancy has really helped her with the immigration papers. Ana being an introvert, decided not to tell Nancy about the death of his son because she did not want to make Nancy guilty as Ana told Nancy on the phone when she asked, "And your son? We called the hospital, and they said he was no longer a patient, so he's doing better? And then Ana, upon realizing that Nancy doesn't know, replied, "Yes."

Lisa Loomer has written this beautiful play to tell the audience about how women struggle as a working mother and what problems they encounter in childcare. Living out is a lesson about the challenges that a mother must face, no matter how prosperous their lives become or wherever they go. Ana being poor and an immigrant faces the same problems Nancy faces despite being a rich and Native American woman. It is very common in America to hire a nanny to take care of children. Working parents cannot afford to stay all-time at home with the kid, but parents should spend maximum time with their children, especially in their early years. As Nancy told Ana that "Well, as I said in my note, we decided — we're just going to take care of Jenna ourselves — for now." Besides this, the play also tells us about how Americans and Immigrants lifestyle and the challenges they encounter(Humm... and maybe paid parental leave would be a solution? Why is this an individual rather than a society issue to solve?) being immigrant faced many problems. Her family is segregated due to migration, and finding a job while being a migrant was another obstacle she faced.

The play depicts the whole journey of Ana revolves around an effort to stay as a family with her second son, "Tomas." However, the challenges imposed by culture made it hard to accomplish this effort. (great analysis and use of a quote, THAT SHOULD BE CITED!)r incapability to work as a true passionate mother is shown by the statement that she said to her husband, "Sometimes, a mother is not a mother, Bobby". The author has tried her best to make the point clear that people do not share their privileges because of the space created by class differences, money, and nationality. Each of these aspects creates a difference in the life of people. Still, it multiplies when they combine, which is one of the primary challenges that the intersectionality of these concepts poses in people's lives.

Work Cited

Loomer, Lisa. Living Out. Dramatist's Play Service, 2005.