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4. Since the speaker is living during the Great Depression, he is living poorly with his dad earning money as a laborer. He complains the lack of respect for his dad. He doesn't understand why the life is so painful and desperate.

3. The woman is stressing out with the responsiblity as a mother. She lists bunch of chores that she has to do. But, interestingly, some of the listed chores are for males. She might had lost her husband and now has to deal with everything in a houes.