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I’m trying to decide if the editors were being sarcastic when they wrote, “Almira’s criticism [of the textile mills in Lowell] is perhaps more muted” than Amelia’s. “Muted” isn’t exactly the word I would use to describe what Almira writes. It’s obviously propaganda for the company, particularly since it was published in the company’s paper. Amelia’s account is much more unpleasant (and more in line with what I’ve read about 1840s working conditions), and makes me wonder if Almira got a nice little bonus for writing that the joys of working in Lowell far outweigh the disadvantages. --Taylor Brann | I’m trying to decide if the editors were being sarcastic when they wrote, “Almira’s criticism [of the textile mills in Lowell] is perhaps more muted” than Amelia’s. “Muted” isn’t exactly the word I would use to describe what Almira writes. It’s obviously propaganda for the company, particularly since it was published in the company’s paper. Amelia’s account is much more unpleasant (and more in line with what I’ve read about 1840s working conditions), and makes me wonder if Almira got a nice little bonus for writing that the joys of working in Lowell far outweigh the disadvantages. --Taylor Brann | ||
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| + | It seemed having been endowed with what I believe is an instinct of the human condition, the desire to seek what one does possess, I found "Almira" Weights Discontent a humbling look at discontent before the era of worker demands seeing results. Ellen had to come to grips with the harsh reality of life in Western Society. Once you give a days hard labor, you are entitled to satisfaction from that work if not leisure to follow. What Ellen came to discover is she was perhaps in the best case scenario in an industry that needed to see major reform to come. Is anyone else still dissatisfied with this reformed industrial system that exists even still today? - Adam Shlossman | ||
Agreed. Propaganda is what I thought of as well when reading this account, it seemed like a very brainwashed insistence that factory life was indeed better than the alternatives. Not sure I agree given the previous history lessons i've had about Lowell. | Agreed. Propaganda is what I thought of as well when reading this account, it seemed like a very brainwashed insistence that factory life was indeed better than the alternatives. Not sure I agree given the previous history lessons i've had about Lowell. | ||
