The Mule Driver And The Garrulous Bitch Analysis

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The Real Talk on Rex Beach It is important in life to realize the hard times people have had in previous years with living conditions, food, and shelter. The problems people had encountered were, children not having as much rules, being able to use chewing tobacco and them working very young working every day for their family to provide for them as well. Every family in the older times, has dealt with problems encountering troubles on the farm or troubles with scarce food sources. The article, “The Mule Driver and the Garrulous Mute” by Rex Ellingwood Beach explains the effects that can cause difficult living conditions to many people. A second article by Rex Ellingwood Beach as well, “Rex Ellingwood Beach’s Biography” focuses on the hard times that Rex had encountered when he was younger. Though there are multiple different articles about the topic of difficult times for people, these articles happen to be very well supported and are very well detailed, …show more content…
The purpose of their article is to show studies done that allow you to see the brutal and gruesome work that people had to do to make money and to provide for their family back then. Beach wants their readers to realize the problems that he had encountered when he was younger and the problems that his family had faced. Beach’s claim is that everyone had to work no matter what whether you were 7 or 67, Beach says, “Trouble began for Gelnister and Dextry, the owners of the Midas Mine, the moment they started from Seattle back to the frozen North.” Beach mentions many different times that have been proven and that are accepted among many universities. They use statistics from previous studies to support the claims from the article. Beach’s article is very credible as it presents multiple studies that help to prove their

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