Blog # 1: post due Sunday, Jan. 26 5pm, comment due Monday Jan. 27, 5 pm

Choose one:

(1) Choose one of the "debate" chapters -- "Masters and Men" (V. I, ch. 15) or "What Is A Strike?" (V. I, ch. 17), and consider the intention and effect of Gaskell's use of dialogue to establish different points of view on industrialism and the relationship between masters and workers. What beliefs and values does each speaker hold? How would  the Northern Star article change the debate?

(2) What's Margaret's role in the conflict between masters and workers?