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An Analysis Of Grace's Hostile Tile
In 1910 Vermont, Grace Forcier must give up school in order to work in the mills. With help from their teacher, Grace’s friend Arthur Trottier, who is also working in the mill, write a letter to the National Child Labor Committee to tell them the problem of young children working. Lewis Hine arrives to photograph the kids in the mill. Waiting for the authorities to pass on the labor laws, Arthur cuts himself in the mill so that he can return to school. The teacher is fired eventually at the end; Grace has taken the teacher’s place as a substitute until a replacement.

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