His story typifies gradual upward mobility : his father was a factory worker ; his elder son is studying at a university in neza and wants to become an engineer , and his younger son is studying to be a dance teacher .
The white carnation is preferred because I think it typifies some of the virtues of motherhood ; ...... whiteness stands for purity ; its lasting quality , faithfulness ; its fragrance , love ; its wide field of growth , charity ; its form , beauty ......