Character Analysis Of Blind Shaft

One Chinese worker was said to die for every mile of track laid down. The amount of Chinese workers killed in accidents equals at least fifty. These hardships caused by the railroad involved discrimination and unfair treatment towards the Chinese. However, Chinese immigrants aren’t the only railroad workers treated unfairly. Both the workers on the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific had to deal with harsh conditions

When asked to think of coal mining, what comes to mind? A mountain with a hole cut into the side of it with a set of railroad tracks disappearing into it? Maybe an old mine car or two full of some rocks or coal, with a pickaxe and shovel leaning against it. A few guys with hard hats covered in a black powder coming walking out of the mine pushing a car or two full of coal. The technology has advanced but the process is basically still the same as well as the outcome. Coal is retrieved from underground and taken to factories to be burnt to create electricity or to fuel the steel mills.

In the novel Hatchet, written by Gary Paulsen, the main character Brian is flying to his dad’s house and suddenly the pilot has a heart attack. Brian didn’t know how to fly the plane or didn’t know where he was going, but the plane crashed. Brian was stranded in the middle of nowhere. While he is stranded he displays quite a few character traits to the reader. The three that he shows the most I think is committed, courageous, and hard-working. These are the traits that Brian possesses in the novel and help him survive. There is many evidence to back up these traits that I choose for Brian.

He kills his friend Banquo because he threatens his chance to keep his kingship. After dong so he try’s to override his feeling but can not contain himself and his true feelings are expressed in a stroke of his madness:

In the film, “October Sky”, the main occupation during that era was to work at the coal mine; almost every man worked as a miner to obtain money to raise their family. The coal mine is a very dangerous place to work however: a large amount of dust in the coal mine can cause respiratory damage to the miners and the rocks and debris can kill the miners if it falls on them.

The laborers in the mines are being completely victimized in order to make money, clearly demonstrated by Disraeli’s words. Child labor abuse was not exclusive to coal mines however.

( ) Once the men arrived arrived in California with the thought of striking rich, it deteriorated as they lost connection with their families, difficult to earn money, and the rough environment to live in. ( ) Once the Chinese realized that mining was not easy they had difficulties to provide for their families back in China

3. Miners were sometimes brought up from the mines by hanging from rope, which could sometimes break and cause them to fall to their deaths. 4. Women who worked in the mines frequently suffered pelvic damage due to the baskets used to carry coal up from the mines, which could lead to death in childbirth later on. 5.

During the novel Denise Giardina expresses that there were approximately ten thousand coal miners who took arms against the companies who continually abused them but were detained by the companies with the help of hired thugs, corrupt law enforcement, and the United States army and by this detainment they suffered a

A documentary called "From the Ashes" speaks about the employees, and communities that are supported by coal mines. In the documentary the director of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, Mary Anne Hitt, goes on to describe a "life and death struggle" when mine layoffs occur. This means that the employees will lose their pensions, healthcare, and basically their livelihood. It was believed that the increase of miner layoffs was due to environmental regulations, but that was proven incorrect by the US Energy and Information Administration. One of the leading causes is the increased use of natural gases, and a statistical analysis over a 6 year time period proves that when natural gas usage increases, then coal usage

“Iron Road” has successfully shown why Chinese workers came to Canada in the 1880s as well as the challenges they confronted. Most of the film’s storyline occurs in China, where it uses the point of view of a Chinese peasant called Little Tiger, to display the daily struggles of the Chinese. The setting is full of war and destruction, thus destroying many farms resulting in famine and poverty. This has resulted in peasants having insufficient funds to support themselves and making them live in unsanitary living spaces. As a result, this gave the workers more reason to move to Canada as there was also better income and resources there. However, once they arrived in Canada, they discover that the conditions there weren’t as good as they thought. Although they had a better income than they did in China, there was a lot of discrimination, dangerous working conditions and horrible living spaces. There was worse pay for the Chinese workers and they had to do the most life-threatening jobs like working with explosives as well as working on the side of a cliff with no harnesses. Throughout the film, “Iron Road” has used the setting, characters and point of view of a Chinese peasant to show that there were horrible conditions and chaos in China, as well as the racism, dangerous working conditions and poor living space the peasants faced in Canada.

In China, workers’ living conditions was horrible because it is so cramped with people, even the bathroom was shared with 50 people that also working in the factory. Furthermore, both factories had cause pollution to the environment near it as the factory waste was thrown into the water and energy made from coal that cause black smoke to

I strongly believe that people should be educated about the December, 1907 3,000 coal mining deaths. In 2001 there were 42 coal mining deaths. All these deaths meant wives loosing husbands and sons. These deaths cause the lost of the bread winners in many house-holds; which, would later add to poverty and single parents.

John Sayles, the writer and director of Matewan, produces for the audience a true depiction of the West Virginian coal-mining community of 1920. At a surface-level viewing and examination of the film, many might be tempted to view the environment that is "created" as capitalist. After all, the workers do get paid for their services. However, upon a much deeper, more in-depth inspection one could argue that there is much evidence to

South Africa is world leading in mining. The discovery of minerals in this country has attractive many investors and has been the backbone of the country’s economy – leading to many benefits that the people of South Africa could take advantage of. However, not all the benefits are shared equally, and there is a lot of exploitation surrounding the mining sector. This essay will be discussing the issues surrounding the labour exploitation in the mines and the resulting consequences.