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    Ms. Reisch Class #1 Date -12/23/16 ‘Should Lyddie sign the Petition? In the novel Lyddie, the main character Lydia Worthen or Lyddie, she experiences many troubles and many obstacles. Lyddies' family has faced a bear in their home in Chapter One of Lydia. That is quiet a trouble, A bear in the house may have been a large trouble, but Lyides’ | yy J mother sent Lyddie and her brother Charies to go and work to pay off debts. Lyddie was sent to ine a a local tavern to work on call. Lyddie went to visit her brother and when she returned to work ak she was fired. Lyddie decide to go south from Vermont to Massachusetts to start working at the ve mills. Lyddie has received a lot of help through the process make more money, but the Way. conditions aren't as great. Some people think Lyddie shouldn't sign the petition because she needs to save money to support her family and to buy the farm. This is a good idea but Lyddie is a young lady and she has to work in very harsh conditions like the ones in the work place. People also think that she shouldn't sign because she would get blacklisted. Lyddie should sign the petition because she would work less hours with the same wages, work has sped up and increased but wages haven't and she is working 13 to 14 hour days in bad air conditions and work loads. dovit Spea. to Vead sn Lyddie has to work a lot of hours with a very large work toas(Yo0) ay think Lyddie is making much for the amount of work she does, but that’s not the case-Lyddie gets paid by the ‘amount of mills she operates, not by the amount she makes. Betsy reminds Amelia and tells Lyddie her past of working at the mills and how the work is now. "I could do a thirteen hour day to spare, But in those days | had a hundred thirty spipdfés to tend. Now I've twice that many ata speed that would make the devil curse” (Paterson 91). This should be a reason for Lyddie to sign the petition because Betsy work the same hour for many years and the work has increased not a little bit, it has doubled. Working a thirteen hour day is exhasting, but if Lyddie signs the petition, she can make a change so the women can work ten hour days. "Time is more precious than money, Lyddie gir. If only | had two more free hours of an evening..."(Paterson 91} Betsy is telling Lyddie that working a ten hour day would be better, but Lyddie thinks they will get paid Jess. Betsy says "Time Is more precious that money." The message Betsy is trying to bring fo Lyddie is that if they work less hours, it wouldn't matter how much they get payed as long a they get rest. Referring to the last quote Betsy says that time is worth more than their wages but now we are going to look at a quote of when Betsy and Amelia were having an argument. Betsy says she is going to mg¥e to Ohio. The text states, “I'm worn out, Amelia, We're all worn out."(Paterson 91). Betsy was describing the conditions of work and started arguing with Amelia saying that the amount of work done makes them tried. After the amount of work that has doubled makes the workers tried making the thirteen hour day feel longer. In this paragraph, have only seen parts that speak of work loads and hours that many of the women face. Bet ‘works long hours with double the work load and is worn out as well as everyone that works there. Lyddie also has more things happen to her during her work, showing that working conditions are very harsh for a thirteen hour day. Lyddie should sign the petition because the working conditions are very harsh to work a thirteen hour day. Many of the conditions of the work place were very harsh. Lyddie worked very hdd in bad conditions for thirteen hours six days a week. At a point of the book, many workers {got sick, but so did her sister Rachel. "Silly cough’...*All the girls have them.” (Paterson 140). Lyddie was telling this to Rachel and Rachel didn't even work at the mills, but all the workers had to cough which shows the conditions are harsh. Not only the conditions of the work place but the people there. Lyddie had a fever and was very vulnerable and Mr. Mardsen mistreated her. "She tried to pull back from him*..."He was bringing his strange little mouth closer and closer to her fiery face.”..."she raised her booted foot and stomped her heel down with all her might." (Paterson 129). As much as the work place conditions are bad, the condition of ged yon treatment is bad to the workers. Lyddie was sick, she was tried and once she realized what was ° & going on she defended herself and she could do more like defend herself by signing the petition. ‘The working conditions of the work piace and its workers are harsh as well. Lyddie had a very high fever and caused her to be very tried like in the quote before. The text states, "She was too tried now at night to copy out a page of Oliver to paste fo her loom. It hardly mattered when she had time to study it?” (Paterson 98). Lyddie was very thUS before she got sick and when the Conditions of the air were thick and hot. Lyddie has a lot of work and isn't able to get things done during the evening and if she signs the petition, she will only have to work ten hours and have three more hours of rest. Lyddie does a lot to support her family like working in harsher conditions. She works for a fong time and works with high heat and mistreatment just to support her family and should sign the petition. In the book Lyddie, Lyddie has faced many challenges that cause sickness and {tiedness to support her family. She has a lot of working to do without out of time to get a lot of rest. Lyddie should sign the petition because she would work less hours with the same wages, work has sped up and increased but wages haven't and she is working 13 to 14 hour days in oad air conditions and work loads. Lyddie supports herself out in many ways and she would be able to work less hours if she would sign the petition she would be helping herself when she is taking care of herself and her sister. Lyddie has supported a lot of people in her life and she can support herself and get herself to sign the petition. If you support her it might change her decision. This is how Lyddie gets treated and how she works and the kind of conditions she works in. cRITERIA 3 Essays at this level 2 Essays at this level 1 Eseays at this level ° Essays at this level Content and Analysis: the extent to which the essay conveys complex ideas and support analysis of topies or texts w2 Rio purpose Demonstrate insightful follows from the task and purpose Demonstrate grade-appropriate Analysts of the text(s) Incroduce e topic na ‘manner that does not logically follow from the task and purpase Demonstrate litt understanding ofthe rext(s) Demonstrate alack of comprehension of the text(s) or task Command of Evidence: "The extent to which the essay presents evidence from the provided texts to support analysis and reflection wa R19 the topic with examples from the texts) Sustain the use of relevant evidence, with some lack of variety Partially develops the topic withthe use of some textual evidence, some of which may be relevant Ise relevant evidence inconsistently Demonstrate an attemptto use evidence, but on minimal, occasional ‘evidence which is invalid or or provide: that is completely Irrelevant Coherence, Organization, and Style: the extent to ‘which the essay logical organizes complex ideas, concepts, and information using Formal styleand precise language wa Ls ie meaning Establish and maintain formal tye, using grade-appropriate, stylistically sophisticated Tanguage and domain specific vocabulary with = notable sense of voles Provide a concluding statement or section that {is compeliing and follows clearly from the topic and Information presented and maintain formal style using precise language and domain specific vocabulary Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the Exhibitsome attempt at ‘maintain a formal style, with inconsistent use of language and domain specifi vocabulary Provide a concluding statement or section that follows generally from the topic and sing language imprecise or inappropriate for the text(s) and task Providea concluding statement or section that is logical or unrelated tothe topic and information presented Exhibit no evidence of organization Use language that is predominantly Incoherent or copled

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