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By Joan Dash The book “We Shall Not Be Moved” is on the Women’s Factory Strike of 1909. The women were picketing for a better condition and more money. This book is a really fantastic book. It’s a book I recommend people to read. The theme of the story is very understandable. Here are three details about the theme. First, I noticed how the theme transformed from a theme of anger to a theme of resolving and dispute. Second, the theme is clearly about the Women’s Factory Strike of 1909. The story is about that because women went on strike in the year 1909. Lastly, the theme was just on one topic in a section, not scrambled. Like in a book it may go to a topic, then go to another topic, then go back to the first topic again. The book has a great plot to it. This book has a pretty interesting rising action, nice climax, and a very interesting falling action. Here’s about the rising and falling actions and climax. In the rising action, the story explains why the strike happens. It tells the condition of the shirtwaist girls. In the climax, I didn’t know if the factory women were going to get their demands. The women had a lot of demands like getting better wages, conditions and overtime pay. They only got part of them. The falling action was interesting. A Triangle building in Philadelphia burned. The fire proved the conditions of the factory workers. The setting of the story was specific. Here’s why I think that. A first detail is, the story says where the girls went in the Triangle fire. They went to the 9th floor if they couldn’t escape. Another detail is, in the story, the author tells the strike headquarters. The story says that the headquarters was Clinton Hall. A last detail is where the shirtwaist girls worked. They worked on the 8th floor of a building in N.Y.C. The characters were put together perfectly. Here’s three details on the characters. A first detail is the story shows how Clara Lemlich was after the strike. She was on the road to a nervous breakdown. A second detail is the story says Rose Schneiderman did afterward. The text says “Schneiderman had meetings with the first lady named Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor joined the League in 1922.” A last detail is the characters weren’t boring; they will always keep you interested. The characters were very intriguing. There are a lot of good reviews on this book. “We Shall Not Be Moved” is the right amount of pages for a 5th grader. Once again, it’s a book I recommend. As you can see, it was a really good book. Reviewed By Joseph Vulpis
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