Working conditions for Lyddie are getting fast. The factory floor was busy to begin with, but now Lyddie is working four looms all by herself. The job was never particularly fun, but Lyddie found time to talk to other girls and study her page of Oliver Twist. With the factory's new speed though, Lyddie doesn't have time for either. Lyddie is simply too busy to notice anything other than her four looms.
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Working conditions for Lyddie are getting fast. The factory floor was busy to begin with, but now Lyddie is working four looms all by herself. The job was never particularly fun, but Lyddie found time to talk to other girls and study her page of Oliver Twist. With the factory's new speed though, Lyddie doesn't have time for either. Lyddie is simply too busy to notice anything other than her four looms.
Now she hardly noticed people anymore.
The cumulative effect on Lyddie is that she is exhausted . . . constantly. Lyddie is operating in an automated daze.
Nor did she notice that the taste of the meat was a bit off or the potatoes moldy.
Lyddie is so completely exhausted that she doesn't even notice moldy food. That's tired. Weekends are no help either. Lyddie is too exhausted to socialize with the girls in the house, and she can't even physically rouse herself to go to church. The only thing Lyddie now does on Sundays is sleep.
Lyddie's condition shows that the factories are not worried about the health of their employees. The girls are worked to the ragged edge, and the factory doesn't care. The girls are working more machines, for longer hours, with less food, and less rest. Lyddie likes to think that she is not a slave, but the narration on page 98 paints a different picture.
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