"A Waitress at Duval" Writing 1

At first glance the waitress seems jocundly pleased. Her hand positioning in combination with her apron gave me the impression that she was hard working. Yet her youthful disposition and the cracking of her smile made me feel that she was happy, and had somewhat of a sass about her. I made up an assumption that she works hard but this is the only life she really knows, so she manages to find pleasure in it? After examining Billy Collins' poem I have a very similar opinion of the waitress. Although I feel this is the waitress portrayed towards the later half of Collins' poem, or perhaps in the middle. She has more of a distinguishable personality than "every waitress | who has ever served [him]" but she is not in the ballroom quite yet. Maybe this is the  moment where she will strip her work attire and become part of his perception as a human being rather than a server. After all, I think Renoir's painting is supposed to humanize the waitress and give her a personality because as part of the working class she has certainly been overlooked on more than one occasion.