History Worksheet Analysis Essay

History Worksheet
Since the beginning of his narration, we get a gloomy atmosphere which represents Dickens discontent. “volumes of dense smoke, blackening and obscuring everything” here he speaks of the terrible pollution that has infiltrated the town, blocking the view of everything. Afterwards, the quote “...ponderous wagons...laden with crushing iron rods…” appears, signifying the abuse that is done to the working class, forcing them to carry hefty objects and work heavy machinery for someone else's benefit. Later on he writes “...toward the great working town...”, a quote that is very connected to the one before and from that I can deduce the means that lower class are exploited for the benefit of the rich, something that is clearly against Dickens ideals for what it seems.
“Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger and reckless with misery”. In this excerpt, Dicken shows how
I think trade unions were prohibited because it was an early age of capitalism, and the thought of the workers having the power to speak up about their discontent was not adequate. The government implanted fear after using brutal force to break apart any trade unions left. today in our country, I do not think they have power anymore. In Neuquen there is almost always 1 protest a week, or at least a month, but not a lot of time goes by before it happens. And that is why it has lost the power it used to have. Now it’s just a bunch of people blocking a bridge while holding posters; people that might even have a valid point, but that are presenting their cause in a way that is no longer effective. In fact, the people that they do affect are those who have to live under these conditions and have to adapt their routines to them. And since no one tell them to stop, that it's over, trade unions keep doing it, and until someone puts the foot down it will keep on happening with perhaps a small headline in the newspaper to acknowledge it ever happened and eventually fading into