How is your relationship with you mother? A mother to daughter relationship is very important. In both passages the daughter admires their mother, but they don't want to become them. In passage A prose-poem by June Jordan and passage B an essay by Carol Saline, both daughter discuss their admiration for their mother, but do not want to becomes their mothers. In a prose-poem by June Jordan, a daughter tells how her mother's dream is to be an artist, but she becomes a nurse. The daughter is then afraid that she will make the same mistake. Jordan uses literary elements and techniques to show the daughters admiration for her mother but does not want to become her. One technique