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Industrial revolution in britaine ssay
The Industrial Revolution In Britain ,its Effects And Consequences
Industrial revolution in britaine ssay
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In Katherine Patterson's novel Lyddie, the main character is facing a difficult decision to sign a petition to decrease the number of working hours and decrease the dangerous working conditions. On on hand, she thinks she should sign because of how it is affecting her and her friends, but on the other hand, she could get blacklisted for doing so. Lyddie is working in a mill with harsh working conditions. The air is polluted, humid, and on top of all that, the hours they spend in the crowded room with the looms is over fourteen hours each day. She traveled from her home at the farm, then to a tavern where after being fired, realized the best place to go was to Lowell, Massachusetts.
Lyddie’s working conditions in the factory are unsafe and dangerous. Even the factory building was unsafe. “... A girl had slipped on the icy staircase in the rush to dinner. ”(101) .The machines were very big and dangerous.
After the declaration of independence in 1776, different groups of people raised particular issues concerning their status in the society through petitions. This paper will consist in presenting three petitions written in the late eighteenth century. The first document is addressed to the authorities of the state of Pennsylvania in 1784 by the leaders of Philadelphia Jewish community concerning the religious aspect of the constitution. The second petition is addressed by enslaves African-Americans to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1777 about the status of slaves.
In her speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Florence Kelly descriptively vocalizes about chid labor. She talks about the horrible conditions young children face in the states. Kelly uses repetition to put emphasis on little girls working in textile mills, “while we sleep” is repeated 3 times this makes the audience feel guilty for enjoying life while little girls are working. Kelly also uses pathos, appealing to the emotion of her
She hasn 't seen her family in 2 years and is still working hard to collect money to get her cabin back, which is in debt. When Lyddie meets Diana Goss, who was a girl working with Lyddie in the factory, Diana introduces her to a petition, that could change her life for the better, or for the worse. Should Lyddie sign the petition for a happier, healthier life, but could get blacklisted, or should Lyddie suffer for a few more years to get the money she needs? Some people might state that she shouldn 't sign the petition because the job has decent pay and that Lyddie doesn 't mind and is only focusing on one goal- money. The right decision for Lyddie is to sign the petition, so that Lyddie doesn 't get into any dangerous situation, doesn 't get worn out from her job and has a decreased risk of getting sick.
I´m worn out Amelia, Were all worn out.(91)¨ Betsy pointed out how long the hours were at the factory and that everyone is tired and worn out. The petition would let the children working in the factories have reasonable hours. Brigid, a new worker at the factory, is being taught how to work the loom with the reluctant assistance of Lyddie. ¨Forget everything else but the loom.” ¨But I canna forget,¨ Brigid cried out.
A person may believe they are free, while others recognize they are not. In the novel Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson, the main character Lyddie Worthen is not free because of the long work hours. Lyddie is a 13-year-old girl who needs to pay her father's debt. She works at the mill where it is dangerous because the air is polluted and the machine can hear the workers. They work six days a week 12 hours each day, and get one day off that they have to go to church.
In Braddock the work day went from eight hours to twelve hours, and in Homestead workers had to agree to the mills terms to return to work. Kratcha did not like the strikes, but Andrej approved of them saying, “While you’re losing a dollar, Carnegie will be losing thousands… Take a penny from [the millionaires] and they will bleed” (40). Although many workers, mostly those in support or in unions, approved of the strikes, they still made it difficult for many workers to support themselves when they were receiving no pay due to a shutdown mill. With the strain that strikes put on low income workers, Unions made it difficult for laborers, like Kratcha, to earn a steady income,
An example is a quote from “Paradox and Dream”, "We fancy
One example of this is Mr. B. B. Underwood. Mr. B. B. Underwood is a somewhat racist man who is furious over Tom Robinson’s death. On page 275 it is quoted “He linked Tom’s death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children, and Maycomb thought he was trying to write an editorial poetical enough to be reprinted in The Montgomery Advertiser.” A another example of this is on page 174. Scout ends up making Mr. Cunningham question what he is doing when he is trying to kill Tom Robinson.
However, there were some points that the writers of the petition brought up that I am not sure I understood correctly. For example, when they stated, “This is not all; the injury to the Cloth is great, in so much that in Frizing, instead of leaving a nap upon the cloth, the wool is drawn out and the Cloth is left thread-bare”. What I interpreted this sentence to mean was that the machines did not do as great of a job as the skilled workers did. Although, after reading it over a few times I feel that it could also be discussing the process of creating the wool. Another point that I struggled to understand was in paragraph six when the petition stated, “Many more evils we could enumerate, but we would hope, that the sensible part of mankind, who are not biassed by interest, must see the dreadful tendancy of their continuance; a depopulation must be the consequence; trade being then lost, the landed interest will have no other satisfaction but that of being last devoured”.
Another example I came across when I was reading was on page 74 ,"I felt helpless. More than anything, I wanted to put my arm
The industrial revolution was a time of immense progress. It marked an era of technological advancements and a changing society, yet also a period smeared with unfair and unsafe working conditions. The history is filled with stories of people suffering, being injured, and even dying, all in the process of creating goods for the changing consumer culture. Thousands looked past the suffering, condoled themselves with the goods they purchased at economical prices all at the expense of the working class, a class that had no other choice than to work in the dark, dangerous factories to feed their family. While the consumer culture in this time could look past the anguish of those in the working class, progressives could not.
One is example is when Plath writes, “’Do you know what a poem is, Esther?’ ‘No, what?’ I said. ‘A piece of dust,’” (56). Writing is Esther’s passion and he mocks poetry by saying they’re not going to last.
An example can be seen in chapter six6 in through in Mrs. Hamilton’s treatment of her slaves. “The girls seldom passed her without her saying, ‘Move faster, you black gip!’ at the same time giving them a blow with the cowskin over the head or
