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Story Of My Cotton Dress Analysis

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Even though the people running the factories made money because of child labor, It was unfair to youngsters because they could have gotten sick or injured and they didn't get to learn. Meanwhile, The people running the factories didn't have to work as hard.

Children had to work long hours for little to no pay. They have the chance of getting hurt,or get sick because of the conditions of the factory. They didn't get to learn even though everyone has a right to learn. In the story Mr. Coal's Story Mr. Coal mentions how the mine was “So damp that the child kept getting a new cold every day.” And in The Story of My Cotton Dress, The narrator says “I appreciate my dresses more since I know that from the very beginning,when the cotton is ripe in the hot sun,little boys and girls must pick it for my dresses, while their backs grow tired and their heads ache.”

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