By using explicit details, Albert Marrin expresses his opinion clearly and supports it. The title of the book, Flesh and Blood So Cheap, insists that human life wasn’t valued, while the subtitle, The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy, states the topic and shows the author’s belief that the Triangle Fire left a lasting impact on America. Also, the name of Chapter V is “Holocaust,” which means, “destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.” If the denotation did not make his thoughts clear enough, the word also carries an extremely negative connotation. In paragraph two, the author describes how the fire spread quickly. He writes, “Flames shot up, igniting the line of hanging paper patterns. ‘They began to fall on the layers of thin …show more content…
He demonstrates that faulty safety practices ignited and amplified the Triangle Fire. While those 146 deaths were avoidable, they left a legacy behind, as they served as a call to reforms in safety practices at workplaces. Those souls can rest in peace knowing their deaths weren’t