Late Post: Week 7, Feb 19

The documents of chapter 17 show images depicting the Industrial Revolution. They show the technology that was developed during that time, such as trains and factories, but it also depicts how the people are feeling during these times. For example, there is a picture a family in train, with a little girl pointing out the window to what looks like a developed city. Samuel Smiles wrote "It brought the country nearer to the town and the town to the country..." What he means is that trains could now take people from one place to the next without having to take a horse and buggy, or even just a horse. The train was a magnificent invention because it helped people go from point A to point B and it is still around and used a lot today. One picture that really bothered me was the picture of women and children working in factories. Child labor bothers me to the core. I think it is just sick that people made children work. I understand that factory owners wanted all the working hands they could get, but did it have to be children?? It is just so wrong and I'm so glad that things have changed today.