An Analysis Of Katherine Patterson's Choosing

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Choosing can be difficult for a lot of people. Lyddie is a historical fiction novel by Katherine Patterson and follows the life of Lyddia Worthen, a farm girl in the 1800’s looking to support her family during the Industrial Revolution. Lyddie is boarded to a tavern, but soon decided to become a Lowell factory girl. She meets a girl named Diana that tries to convince Lyddie to sign a petition for workers’ rights.

Lyddie should not sign this petition Diana Goss is circulating because she would be blacklisted and dismissed and would not earn any more money. While some people believe that Lyddie should sign the petition because it would give her worker’s rights, she most likely would not be given this and be fired from her job and not earn

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