Monday, November 3, 2014

Article to Poem

      In the article I read, it said that there shouldn't be sweatshops at all. The writer, of the article, said that he thinks that if there is no sweatshops at all there wouldn't be so many fires, or buildings collapsing. What is the point of having a sweatshop, when people die from fires and buildings falling. I think the writer is right. There shouldn't be sweatshops. Not only because its dangerous, but because most people are forced into working there. That when a sweatshop, in Bangladesh, caught on fire, 3 managers held some people back to keep working. They were then arrested, as well as the owners. 

        In the poem I read, it explained that sweatshops are hard work and that it takes time. The most captivating part was the part that said

              "And the boss goes away for his lunch hour,

                      Dawn begins to break in my mind"

The reason it captivated me so much is because it uses the word dawn. Dawn is very early in the day which makes me believe that she has been working for a long time. This was different because it addressed the situation differently. The article is cold, hard, facts that are true. Poems are more like a possible situation. Its also written differently. I think that this form of writing showed me that there is different way to look at a situation. A poem says more, with the words they use and article says a lot with the facts it uses.