Charlie Chaplin - Modern times
“Modern Times” by Charlie Chaplin is set in the 1930s during the Great Depression era. The film's main concerns echo those of millions of people at the time where unemployment, poverty, and hunger were an enormous factor."Modern Times" begins with the Tramp working in a factory. He works in a factory, tightening bolts that pass by on a conveyor belt. One day he has a nervous breakdown from the stress of his job and creates chaos in the plant before being sent to prison. Released for good behavior, he goes not looking for trouble but is once more arrested for picking up the red construction flag and ending up as the apparent leader of the worker’s union. After having an enjoyable prison stay, he is released but finds life on the outside difficult. He tries to get thrown back in prison by taking the blame for an orphaned young woman who was caught stealing some bread. He befriends her, and the two wind up living together in a run-down shack. The tramp goes back to work at a factory as a mechanic's assistant. But the factory closes down because of a strike, and he is again incorrectly held for attacking a policeman in a riot. When he gets out of jail, the young girl has found a job in a ca
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Approximate Word count = 1092
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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