Out of this Furnance
“History is based on facts; novels are grounded in the author’s imagination. Novels make interesting reading but are not particularly useful in studying history.” After reading this quote, I thought deeply about was this person was trying to say. There are not many novels out there that can give you a full sense history, but in this book it does. I have recently read Out of this Furnace by Thomas Bell and I believe it to be a real and true statement of what life was like in the mid 1880’s. This novel is about immigrants beginning a quest to start the American dream in the United States. It’s a new beginning. They wanted to make money, to start a family, and become somebody in this wealth of riches. During the 1880’s, there was a large number of immigrants came to the United States to make money. Most of these people must have been unhappy with their native homeland and decided to come over here. The problem with all of these people coming over was the fact that the owner’s of major companies could take advantage of all
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Approximate Word count = 712
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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