There were many great changes and innovations during the Victorian era. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, England was mostly a land of farms. Soon industrialization would transform it into a land of factories. Many of the innovations from this time period helped to make life slightly easier. Innovations like the motor car, replaced older transportation methods like horse carriages and also made transportations faster and more convenient. This and other innovations like electric lights and indoor toilets, were displayed at the Crystal Palace. The movie “David Copperfield” portrays how the industrial revolution created vast prosperity for England’s middle and upper class, but on the other hand, the lower class and children who were forced into child labor, suffered the downside of progress.
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By 1850, England prided itself with 18,000 cotton mills. Children often worked at the cotton mills, they gathered bits of cotton. This was a very dangerous task because they often had to crawl under the moving machinery to collect pieces of cotton. Children also worked in coal mines, their job was to move heavy containers of coal. Some children like David Copperfield who is the main character in Charles Dickens’s novel: David Copperfield, worked at wine bottling factories. Children were only paid a few cents a day and also had to endure frequent beatings and work on empty bellies. As the middle and upper class were becoming wealthy and prosperous, the working conditions for the lower class became more difficult. Workers had to endure up to 16 hours of hard work for very low wages. As if it weren't enough, they also had to work under cruel and dangerous conditions. Many blamed the poor, believing that they were responsible for their own failings. But on the other hand, David believed that it was a result of society’s
By 1850, England prided itself with 18,000 cotton mills. Children often worked at the cotton mills, they gathered bits of cotton. This was a very dangerous task because they often had to crawl under the moving machinery to collect pieces of cotton. Children also worked in coal mines, their job was to move heavy containers of coal. Some children like David Copperfield who is the main character in Charles Dickens’s novel: David Copperfield, worked at wine bottling factories. Children were only paid a few cents a day and also had to endure frequent beatings and work on empty bellies. As the middle and upper class were becoming wealthy and prosperous, the working conditions for the lower class became more difficult. Workers had to endure up to 16 hours of hard work for very low wages. As if it weren't enough, they also had to work under cruel and dangerous conditions. Many blamed the poor, believing that they were responsible for their own failings. But on the other hand, David believed that it was a result of society’s