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To learn more about the role of religion among the child coal breakers, the author of "The Bitter Cry of Children" asks a boy if he knows God. The boy says, "God? He must work in some other mine." That is one extreme effect that coal mining has on the life of a child. We saw the religion in the adult miners' last letters, but this boy is worked so much that he has no time for religious study and any family or acquaintances of his have taught him anything about God. He's not living in the greatest conditions to believe in an all-loving, all-powerful God. Apparently the role of religion was not consistent throughout different mining towns or the ages of miners. In the film, the religious men can believe that the union holds a higher hope for them from their lowly, oppressed state, such that they will be delivered from the tyrant's hand. It is good to take advantage of religion for Preacher boy to get his points across to the miners without having to rat anyone out. Besides, Danny tells the end of his Bible stories inaccurately just to make his point. -Whitney Holcomb | To learn more about the role of religion among the child coal breakers, the author of "The Bitter Cry of Children" asks a boy if he knows God. The boy says, "God? He must work in some other mine." That is one extreme effect that coal mining has on the life of a child. We saw the religion in the adult miners' last letters, but this boy is worked so much that he has no time for religious study and any family or acquaintances of his have taught him anything about God. He's not living in the greatest conditions to believe in an all-loving, all-powerful God. Apparently the role of religion was not consistent throughout different mining towns or the ages of miners. In the film, the religious men can believe that the union holds a higher hope for them from their lowly, oppressed state, such that they will be delivered from the tyrant's hand. It is good to take advantage of religion for Preacher boy to get his points across to the miners without having to rat anyone out. Besides, Danny tells the end of his Bible stories inaccurately just to make his point. -Whitney Holcomb | ||
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| + | Reading Eugene V. Deb's platform for socialism, it seems pretty clear why there was such a socialist movement in the early 20th century, evident by the kind of votes he received in 1912. Even after the red scare, the appeal of socialist ideals was still strong for many exploited workers, such as equality for all workers, regardless of race or ethnicity. The "class conflict" was evident in the movie too, in the form of the workers or the producers versus the non producers. That is what was ironic about the red scare - even though the people were afraid of communists, they themselves agreed with many socialist policies. ~Juliann | ||
== 3 Movie as primary source about makers/time/setting/genre == | == 3 Movie as primary source about makers/time/setting/genre == | ||
