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Life in the Iron Mills
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"Life in the Iron Mills" is a short story written in 1861 by Rebecca Harding Davis. Originally published in The Atlantic Monthly, it is an early example of American realist fiction and is considered an important work in class and labor studies.The story is told by an anonymous narrator about a former occupant of the house she lives in: Hugh Wolfe, a Welsh immigrant employed as a "puddler" at a Virginia Steel Mill in the 1830s, for grueling hours at little pay. Despite his circumstances, Hugh has the soul of an artist and spends his rest hours carving figures from slag at the mill. One night his talent is noticed by a group of higher-class men visiting the mill, and events begin unfolding that might change his life . . . for better or for worse.The work examines themes of class oppression, morality, personal agency, and religion. | |
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Oblivious to Love: Hugh is described as being unable to recognize love, even when Deborah declares her adoration of him in prison. | |
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Eccentric Artist | |
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Eccentric Artist: Hugh is regarded as different by the other mill workers, who derogatorily call him "Molly Wolfe" and consider him unfit for the hard work they do. | |
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Better to Die than Be Killed | |
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Better to Die than Be Killed: Hugh cuts his wrists in jail, preferring to die quickly and at his own hand rather than be slowly worn down by years of prison life. | |
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Nightmarish Factory | |
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Nightmarish Factory: The Steel Mill is described as a nigh infernal environment, slowly killing all its workers. | |
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Hope Spot: Happens twice to Hugh. First, his latent dream of becoming a free man and an artist is encouraged by Doctor May, only to be bitterly crushed when the Doctor refuses to help him achieve it. Then, Deborah reveals that she has stolen money from one of the visiting men—enough for them to leave the mill and become who they want to be. Hugh agonizes over whether to return it but ultimately decides not to, again nurturing his dream of self-determination. But then he is arrested for theft. | |
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Short Story | |
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Short Story: The story is about an hour and a half, read aloud. | |
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Steel Mill | |
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Steel Mill: The setting of the story, where Hugh works as a puddler turning pig iron into wrought iron in hellish conditions. | |
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