The Pros And Cons Of The Industrial Revolution

Every morning, I wake up extremely early to get to the factory for work. Since I’m a young woman, I work in the textile part of the factory alongside other women, young and old. Pretty much everyone in this town works in the factory, and if they don’t, and if they’re a man, they probably work in the coal mine. Although we all work long hours for a very low pay, and the majority of the children don’t get a real education, all of our work is contributing to the improvement of machines and architecture, which is all very great for everyone. Yet, Overall, the Industrial Revolution has really changed everything for the worse, rather than changing for the better. For example, although most people, even children as young as six, have paying jobs so they can help take care of their families, we work in very poor conditions and get paid very low wages. We get very short breaks, the hot weather makes the factories and mines extremely hot, the
Even though most children can’t afford to go to school, but the ones who can have started to get a better education. Kids who can afford it are forced to go to school, which is a great thing because more people will have gotten an education. The government and wealthy people have started to fund schools, so they’ll have better materials and classrooms. There have also been amazing advancements in modern inventions. Medicine has improved greatly, and has saved many people from diseases, death from fatal wounds, and many other awful things. X-rays were also invented, so now we can see when someone has really broken a bone or not. Street lighting was greatly improved too, with the invention of the light bulb which makes work and living so much easier. Industrial production has gotten way better too, there is a lot of useful tools being made, like the steam engine and the power loom, which makes my job in the factory ten times