Poetry & Assessment on sweatshops

     

  In my article called "Bangladesh Factory Owners Surrender In 2012 Fire That Killed 112" it talks about these poor people that got stuck in a factory that was on fire because their boss wouldn't let them get out! The argument in this article is obviously the way that these workers were being treated really bad. Not only did more than 112 people die but also these workers can barely live. The argument in this article is that the government is trying to do the right thing and put the managers that are responsible for the tragic death of 112 people in jail. I know this because in the articled it says, "As we reported soon after the deadly blaze in November 2012, three managers who allegedly prevented workers from fleeing the burning factory were arrested, but the owners had remained free." This shows me and makes me understand that these poor workers had to struggle with this without anybody defending them, luckily the government becomes the herp in this situation. I think this isn't right because no one deserves to die unfairly, many of these workers had a family, mothers with their children, where are their relatives going to go now? I hope this case gets into the hands of justice. 

          The argument in this poem is that this person feels so lost in their own thoughts. Her work is the only thing she wonders all day about. When will it be over? Never because she needs it and can't do anything about it. She's all trapped in her work. Just like in the poem it says "I get lost in the frightful tumult, My self is destroyed, I become a machine." This person feels so lost and hurt, she's worked so much that she started feeling like a machine, a robot. She doesn't feel like a human. The poem is different from the article because it expresses more of the person's feelings. How she's slowly dying inside. I wouldn't like to feel like this, just imagine doing the same job everyday, getting payed almost nothing and on top of it being treated horrible. Imagine having to do this for the rest of your life because you're either being threatened or because you just simply have no other choice since your family is so deep into poverty. I understood the poem better than the article because the article is more like the news, what happened, why, and what is the solution. The poem expresses feelings, it makes you wonder and just think for a minute how you would feel if your life was like that. Workers work for need, no one needs to take advantage of that.