The Coming of the Railway" from Dombey and Son
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Pages: 3
(approximately 235 words/page)
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Dickens' piece "The Coming of the Railway" from Dombey and Son was very powerful in
illustrating the impact of the Industrial Revolution. The visuals come as shock from the
past two weeks with the Romantics look at nature and the beauty of the English
landscape, and have brought us back to Blake's "London". Well, such is the bane of
progress. To begin, the piece starts off by describing the emergence of a new railroad in
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…in the landscape in the city and even the countryside. Basically, from this piece and the two others, I surmised that Dickens was upset with the harsh changes that had occurred in nature and in society, for the advancements in technology have created a dark, gray, and industrial looking world while devaluing the life on the men, women and children forced to work under harsh conditions for little wages all for the sake of industry.
…in the landscape in the city and even the countryside. Basically, from this piece and the two others, I surmised that Dickens was upset with the harsh changes that had occurred in nature and in society, for the advancements in technology have created a dark, gray, and industrial looking world while devaluing the life on the men, women and children forced to work under harsh conditions for little wages all for the sake of industry.
