Comment in the setting-how does the author depict the people's surroundings?
The author depics the people's surroundings as gloomy and dismal. The landscape is described as " the fields were and foresaken". It appears to be a dull, dying environment that has a sort of hellish and dieseased feeling looming over it.
What are the people like in the extract?
The people of this story are joyless and unhappy. The environment affects the inhabitants and makes them hateful and frustrated. The characters work extremely hard but are in constant fear as most of the town's men work in the mines, which are very dangerous working conditions.
What is the message of the extract?
Through the grim and lifeless environment depicted the author is trying to show what life is like for the working class and how truly tiring their lives are. Another message exposed is the idea that sometimes the environment you live in can weigh and trap you down.
Place the story in it's context, in relation to the events.
The story was published at the beginning of WW1. This time was called the Great Unrest. England was just becoming mechanized and automated. The author is showing how the industrial age was taking over and communication was being lost.
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