Summary Of Lyddie By Katherine Paterson

The book “Lyddie” was made by Katherine Patterson. The book “Lyddie” is about a girl named Lyddie and her family. In Lyddie’s life she has to overcome struggles and obstacles. One main struggle is that Lyddie’s father had left to go find riches and left dept for Lyddie and her family to deal with. So Lyddie’s mother thinks the end is near so she leaves to go live with Aunt Clarissa with Lyddie’s 2 sisters while her and Charlie take care of the farm. But Lyddie’s mom decides to hire Lyddie and Charlie at the Cutler’s Tavern and the Baker’s mill and Lyddie has a choice to either sign a petition or not to.

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where rich food and wine in abundance, an obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not, and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. The hospitality was as cold as the ices.

Have you ever been betrayed by your parents, and then realizing they did that to help you? Mattie. M. Worthen, Lyddie’s mother, didn’t come out in the book that often. However, she had a big impact on Lyddie. This all started in the exposition (beggining). First, the bear came in the house and wrecked everything. The mother was panicking and thought it was the end of the world. Moreover, she said that the bear was the devil. The mother had some mental problems after she fell off the horse while she was preganant. Although, the mother had some negative things about her, she had some positive effects to Lyddie.

The author implied that the long hours made her clearly mentally and physically exhausted from hearing about the petitions, the many tragedies of her family, and feeling the harsh work on her body. In chapter 19, page 149 it states, “How much longer could Diana last? How much longer could any of them last?” This represents how all of them were so overworked Lyddie was beginning to question they’re health and their time left. So concluding this portion of why Lyddie should sign the petition, Lyddie should sign because increased and harsh hours have an overall poor affect on the

In Katherine Paterson’s novel Lyddie, the main character faces several difficult decisions as she tries to take care of her family after her father disappears from their small mountain farm in Vermont. When there is not enough food, her mother and younger sisters go to an uncle’s house while Lyddie and her brother Charlie spend a winter alone on the farm trying to keep it so the family can come home one day. In the spring, Lyddie and Charlie have to leave also. He is apprenticed to a miller, and she takes a job at a local tavern. Eventually, however, she starts thinking about going south to Lowell, Massachusetts, to work in the textile mills. Some would say that this is a foolish move for Lyddie because it takes her far away from the home and

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Making decisions can be very hard for a person, there can be multiple consequences. The fictional novel Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson is about a young independent girl named Lyddie. Lyddie left her family behind with her brother Charlie. The both of them are out trying to help their family with money. Lyddie left her job to become a factory girl. Her friend Dina Goss is circulating a petition for better working conditions . Lyddie is confused about signing the petition or not. While some people believe that Lyddie should sign the petition for better working conditions, she shouldn't because she would make less money and she could lose a lot.

“After supper she stumbled upstairs” (100). Lyddie works so hard after supper she goes upstairs to her room. She’s so tired she can’t even make it upstairs, so she stumbles her way up the obstacle. “She had been coughing a dry, painful cough through the night that kept both Betsy and Amelia awake, though not Lyddie” (89). Lyddie is sick and she has an awful cough that keeps workers awake which isn’t good because they will get extremely overtired with staying up all night and working really hard all day. “They could not keep up the pace” (89). The boss sped-up the machines and none of the girls could keep up the pace the machines were going. If Lyddie signs he petition, things can get better. There is a chance things can get out of hand but with all the girls getting sick and overworked, things may just get

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The story "Lyddie by Katherine Paterson is about a young girl that is only 13 years old and is working a hazorudous job she used to live in Massachusetts but her famelys farm goes into debt so she leaves them and starts working, when Lyddie begins to know how hard and unjust the job is she wants to sign the pettion but she knows what could happen if she does, which is she will probably get black listed ,and never have a chance to work again One of the reasons why i thik Lyddie should 'not' sign the pettition is because she needs the money so she could pay the debt that her family ows as it says in chapter 12 pg 88, '' She must earn the money,so she could gather her family together back to the farm.''

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3. Rachel’s arrival changed Lyddie’s attitude toward Brigid because Brigid’s weakness reminded Lyddie of Rachel. After Rachel arrived Lyddie started to transition back to her motherly, protective state of mind, causing her to have more sympathy towards others. 4. Lyddie’s state of mind is slowing changing

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