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| + | The way this passage was written is what initially caught my eye and made me want to read more. Her letter almost seemed threatening, especially how she talked about dyed blood on the clothing and what not. Tillie Olsen begins with "I want you women up North to know how those dainty children's dresses you buy are dyed in blood." (P. 171) Throughout the passage, Olsen refers to three or four different factory workers and gives an insight into their lives. I think Olsen's feelings express much of the working class's feelings and concerns at the time. I'm sure it was hard for the people who labored over the clothes and other things that Northern people took for granted. They worked under such awful conditions, and barely made enough money to get by. The stories Olsen told of the seamstress, spinster, and embroiderers was a way for her to remind the women in the North who were taking things for granted. Olsen's point was to educate those who were more fortunate than Olsen herself and the other women; she wanted to enlighten them as to the real reason they had nice clothes and many luxuries. It was because of the laborious work Olsen and other women did, the work that barely helped them get by in life. Olsen wanted people to realize what the working class went through and how much harder their lives were. -- Alex M | ||
==Women in a Soup Line (photograph)== | ==Women in a Soup Line (photograph)== | ||
