Katherine Paterson's Lyddie

In Katherine Paterson's Novel Lyddie, The fundamental character goes to Lowell to work in the processing plant. They need to work fourteen hours and there is clean and build up noticeable all around, which is making the specialists wiped out. Before she left, she was at a homestead and they came up short on sustenance, so her mother and sister went to her close relative’s house. Lyddie was let go from being a house manager, so she went to Lowell to work there. Since the working conditions were unforgiving and the working hours were longer they have a request of to sign, for the individuals who want to sign. Lyddie needs to settle on a hard choice regardless, of whether to sign it or not. A few people may think Lyddie made be absurd on the …show more content…
One reason she should not sign it because she needs the money to pay her debt. In chapter 9 it states that Lyddie wants to gather her family before they die. ‘She must earn all the money to pay what they owed, so she could gather her family back on the farm. I say that this means she wants to gather before she loses them because she was very emotional when she was informed that Charles was happy with his new family.” Gather her family while she still has family to gather.” This demonstrates that Lyddie has no choice but to not to sign the petition so she won’t be blacklisted and lose her job.
Another Valid reason Lyddie should not sign the petition is she will have no where to go. On page 92 it states that “You’d be Blacklisted no corporation would hire you.” This means that if Lyddie did sign the petition she wouldn’t have anywhere to go or live. All though, if she did sign the petition she would have more free time to do whatever she would want to do.
Even though there are many reasons why Lyddie should and should not sign the Petition, Should Not is the best decision. Lyddie will have an absence of pay. She will likewise be out of a place to remain. Which points that not signing the petition is the best choice for