Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Quarter 2- Assignment 1 - Male London Factory Worker (Nick DiBiasio)
From working on a farm, to working in a factory, there has been a major role change in our society in the past decade. Due to innovations and new technologies, life on a farm changed to life in a factory. At first, people like me were getting very excited, not only were we not working in hot and humid conditions in the summer or working with swollen and sore hands but we were sitting down. At first, the industrial revolution was a good thing, hence it made things a lot more easier and simpler but in the long term it made life more exhausting. Not only were we getting paid almost nothing, but we had to work more than 16 hour shifts. Mill owners and business owners got so carried away with money and growth that they barely cared for us. Over time, technology advanced so much that machines took over people's jobs. Some people including my brother started breaking machinery. Many people didn't understand the conditions we were in, so we ended up creating labor unions in which we fought for better work conditions and most importantly, better pay. I just hope that the technology advancements slow down for a little because our society has to adjust to it.
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Herbert Spencer (Milan Toljan)
ReplyDeleteI strongly disagree with your opinion. The poor people of society are placed here to be a readily available workforce. They were born into their role and they should not be allowed to change it. The citizens who are born into wealthy families are born into a position of power and should be allowed to exercise it. If someone who were wealthy and never had to work a day in their lives suddenly lost that money and power they would not be able to survive as they have never had to. With business booming in our country right now there is no reason to slow production. I hope or economy continues to expand, and our country flourishes.
I agree with you my friend. At first I thought all of these inventions were well made and helpful in factories, but later on working with these machines everyday for 16 hours I got bored. With one day off a week, getting paid nothing, and not being able to put food on the table is rough way to live. Families that work in such factories are living in tenements which are filled with disease, and multiple families live in one room. This is really hard considering we used to work on a farm and being able to provide food by growing it for our family. I also agree on how new machines are being invented and taking up job space. I feel bad for the people who are loosing their jobs because they have no way to provide for their families. They should not have taken away our farm land, they should of given us a decision to leave or not. This Industrial revolution has negatively impacted my life and others.
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