- Both are the mothers of the family.
- Both are always quick to blame their husbands.
- Each try especially hard to have their children's confidence and trust.
- Both feel they have been unable to maintain a close relationship with their oldest son.
- Both grow increasingly absent minded the older they get.
- Both try too hard to give their children good advice, because to the children, it only sounds like constant nagging.
- Both are a bit too nosey and protective of their children at times.
- Both have three children: one daughter and two sons.
- Both have never been divorced.
Differences:
My Mom:
- My mom has many friends in our community.
- My mom has never physically abused us, nor ever come close.
- My mom had her first child in 1983.
- My Mom has never had to deal with the aboandonment of her husband.
- My mom's paychecks are not our family's main source of income.
Pearl Tull:
- Pearl does not have any friends.
- Pearl would occasionally go on psychotic destructive rages, often involving physically abusing her children.
- Pearl had her first child in 1931.
- Pearl was changed forever by Beck's departure.
- Pearl had to work to support her entire family.