Tuesday, 24 October 2017

What were two ways that Lyddie's life at the factory differed from the farm in Lyddie?

Although the factory is larger
and nosier than the farm,is not happy in either place.  Still, she finds independence in the
factory by standing up for herself.

Lyddie left the farm to go
to the city for opportunity, but she had little choice.  Lyddie and her brother are isolated in
the cabin, but Lyddie is also isolated in the factory.  Although she is surrounded by people,
she has no one.  She has escaped one prison for another.

Both the factory and
the farm are dangerous, but the difference is that the danger at the farm comes from wild
animals like bears, and the danger at the factory is man-made, coming from unsafe working
conditions.

How can I even stand straight and look out
upon the world? I am doubled over into myself and, for all the weight, find only emptiness.  (ch
19, p. 148)

One of the main differences is that while
Lyddie was powerless on the farm and then powerless in the factory, in the factory she found a
way to take power by joining the workers rights movement and advocating for safer factory
conditions.  She was able to escape her prison, go to college, and have a
life.

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