How Does Social Class Affect Margaret Hale

The book by Gaskell was originally published in 1984. The classical became a movie series hosted by BBC in 2004. The society that was displayed in the movie depict the time of crisis and greed between the social classes. Gaskell implicate Elizabeth as an abnormal upperclass that always has a positive vibe about her. Unlike the other upper class, she loved to be around the poor people. When she moved to Milton, things were drastically different in a way that Milton is full of poverty. However, Margaret took this onto a different approach and never really complained about it. North and South consists of 2 main groups , though filled with middle class, the gap between high and low are so large that you always mistaken them for the lower class.
In fact, she did change the most out of all characters in the story. It’s quite difficult to have a grasp towards Margaret’s attitude in the story. It seemed that she didn’t change in terms of personality about the world. She had a very optimistic thoughts throughout the story. She grew up happy in Helstone which was a total opposite of Milton. When she moved to Milton , she changed her perspective of the lavish life that her fellows had. It seems that she hated the boring life of a noble and decided to live on the edge. This doesn’t surprise us because Margaret was always kind even to the lower class, the difference is that she now prefered to be with them rather than living with her own cousin Elizabeth. When both her parents died, she fell to the hands of Mr. Bale’s care as his goddaughter. She then visited Helstone and found that the people are very different to her discontent. She decided to move back to Milton. Mr. Bale told her that he intended to go to spend his last years in South America. As a result, she inherited most of Mr. Bale’s money. Which later will be used to rebuild Thornton’s mill as a sign for love toward him. Nicholas Higgins was the leader of the labor union. He was in fact the main rebel in the story. To no surprise he changed a lot to the things that happened. When he held a strike for higher wage, he failed to attain his position as a worker while other workers had
Hale was one of the only character that didn’t change in the story. As Margaret’s father, he always loved his family. He was a teacher in philosophy and was a mentor to Thornton. He didn’t get pay much as a teacher due to lack of educational interest in Milton. After his wife died, he felt great stress which was hardly shown in the movie. He received an invitation to a reunion from Mr. Bale and was worried of Margaret living in Milton on her own. Margaret told him not to worry and when Mr. Hale left Milton, that was the last time Margaret had ever seen him. Mr. Hale died in his sleep during his vacation. Mr. Hale had always had respect for all the lower class although himself was considered in the higher. He believed that although Milton may not be