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14 years old

works in a factory with bad conditions

abandons education to help his mother

mother is a widow

father died in a factory accident

talk about it when the fire starts

mother works in another part of the factory for low income

poor

worries that without his job he won't be able to support his mother

so he keeps his head down and doesn't cause any trouble

doesn't like how loud and crazy the factory is

works 14 hour days

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1810

Chicago, Illinois

lives in a small apartment

he likes to climb up the side of the building on a pipe for fun because now he has no school or time because of work

Textile factory

https://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2002_p7/ak_p7/childlabor.html

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Joseph climbs down his apartment

Because it's the only fun he has anymore now that he had to quit school

and he likes the quiet, solitude in contrast to the loud, bustling factory everyday

walks to factory with his mother

Joseph works in a factory with a harsh overseer

screams and swears at children

typically keeps his head down

a small child is "weighted" for being late by a few minutes even though he lives var away and has to walk to the factory

makes Joseph feel guilty for not stopping working to help

makes him uncomfortable and can't stop thinking about it

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safety measures are ignored

children are getting hurt

treated very poorly

punished by having to enter the factory naked

verbally abused

Joseph decides he can't just do nothing

helps them in secret and encourages his younger workers by bringing them clothes that he steals from his mother's part of the factory from the previous day

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Fire breaks out mother is blamed for missing clothes

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Fire breaks out mother is blamed for missing clothes

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mr charles fires his mother for missing her minimum

Fire breaks out because of lack of safety measures

flashback to dad dying

overseer flees without alerting the children

most of the older children climb down slowly but the smaller children aren't strong enough to carry themselves

Joseph climbs down to find his mother but climbs back up to save the remaining children

5 of them left

one of them was the weighted child and another was the child who was punished by having to come into work naked

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Joseph climbs back inside the building to save the children but because there are no fire escape he has to climb down the side of the building with them

he knows how to do it because he has climbed his own apartment building for fun

carries his lunch on his back which is sort of similar to children just a lot lighter

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Children are saved and awareness and raised

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Children are saved and awareness and raised

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Joseph saves all 5 children

however, now they have no place to work

factory overseer is harassed by children's right protesters

newspapers report the incident and blame him

people are aware of how awful the conditions are

protests start and reforms are made