Summary Of Chronic Employment

In the early nineteenth century, especially after the Industrial Revolution, child labor drastically increased, which also caused the dramatic growth in child mortality rates. These children usually came from lower-class families and often worked in agriculture, home-based assembly operations, factories, mining, and etc. Children’s wages were very low and often had to work dangerous environments without any medical insurance provided by the employer. In the “Chronic Employment” essay, the author uses the appeal of pathos, satirical tone, and irony in order to portray the cruelty of child labor at the turn of the nineteenth century and argue against the social attitude that child labor was acceptable. The author utilizes an appeal to emotions