Who Built The Pyramids- Anthony Andino

In the passage “Who Built the Pyramids” a steel worker named Mike was interviewed. During the interview Mike expresses his disdain for his job even went as far as to compare himself to a “mule”. He is unhappy also because he believes he receives no recognition for his work as a steel worker. He thinks that all the work he does shows no final product, or that he will never be able to have anything to show his children what his labor has produced. I think if Mike could change something about his work, it would his entire job. He talks about instead of being a steel worker he would want to own a bookstore mixed with a tavern. This would be in an effort to bring together the blue collar world of the every day laborers and the white collar existence of those who went off to college and work in offices. He wants to bridge the gap between the two in my opinion and allow them to learn from each others experiences so that they could have better interactions in the work place. Mike also says he want his son to be “an effete snob”. He says this even after using the term to describe a person from his job he had a negative interaction with, because he wants his son to be smarter than he is and be able to live a productive life free of the shackles of the steel factory. He even goes as far as to say “if my kid wants to work in a factory, I am gonna kick the hell out of him” and he goes on to talk about it would be a pointless for him to struggle if his son didn’t learn from it and strive to achieve better.