Lyddie Working In The Factory Essay

Choices are usually hard to make, but you have to take risk sometimes even tho there may be consequences. The fictional novel, by Katherine Paterson is about a 12 year old girl who was living with her mother and siblings on their farm but their farm had debts that had to get paid so Lyddies mother sent her to work in a tavern. Lyddie ended up leaving the tavern to working in the factory. The factory is loud dusty and has unsafe working conditions. Their is a petition going around that Lyddie can sign but she would work less hours and their may be a consequence that she can get blacklisted and never be able to work in the factory ever again. Factories pay more money and Lyddie is trying to pay off the debt for the farm. While some people believe that Lyddie should not sign the petition because she

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. Their was shuttles going at very fast rates through the machines, back and forth. “... Before she could think, she was on the floo, blood pouring through near her right temple…”(102) . The machines in the factory were unsafe and could injure someone at anytime. The factory has dusty air and the workers lungs are were getting worse when they breathed in the air. “ Her cough got no better. She asked for a transfer to the drawing room… the air was cleaner in the drawing room, there was much less work.”(112) In the factory, the air was polluted and unsafe for the workers the breath in.with all the dust and lint from the wool and material they used, the dust would go everywhere and it was affecting the workers lungs. Lyddie could sign the petition and have to worry about getting getting injured a lot less, her lungs wouldn’t get so sore as much so she wouldn’t get sick, she wouldn’t be so sore all the