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What surprised me about this passage was how dry her tone was. When talking about the death of her mother and father and the injuries some workers sustained, she seemed to give off almost no emotion. I can't tell whether this was simply the way she talked or, as Heather suggested, her words were translated, making them appear less emotional. One thing you can tell from this passage is just how strong of a person she was. Even when times were horrible, she kept on pushing forward. I thought it was very interesting when she said a fortune teller told her she would one day be very rich and happy, and that is the reason she kept working so hard. ---Grace C. | What surprised me about this passage was how dry her tone was. When talking about the death of her mother and father and the injuries some workers sustained, she seemed to give off almost no emotion. I can't tell whether this was simply the way she talked or, as Heather suggested, her words were translated, making them appear less emotional. One thing you can tell from this passage is just how strong of a person she was. Even when times were horrible, she kept on pushing forward. I thought it was very interesting when she said a fortune teller told her she would one day be very rich and happy, and that is the reason she kept working so hard. ---Grace C. | ||
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| + | Althoug Sadie's discussion of he job is interesting, it is her discussion of her life outside of her job that is mostpigant. In a search for normalcy nd a life outside of the sweatshop, she states that she forces herself to go out after wor instead ofgoing to sleep. She also spends a lot of money n clothes in order to appear as if she beongs in a higher class. She recognizes that through education and bettering herself she can achieve a better and different life. --Hannah W. | ||
