hours in terrible conditions, the extreme pollution put into perspective how damaging it actually was to their health. In one scholarly journal about Life in the Iron-Mills, Jill Gatlin explains that, “She [Davis] portrays pollution not as a source of awe or a sign of wealth, nor as simply a nuisance or an annoyance, but rather as a lethal hazard to laborers”. Davis helps put into perspective how deadly the pollution can be when it is inhaled in large quantities all of the time. Life in the Iron-Mills helps bring awareness to all of the waste that is acquired through the pollution and shows that, for some, this is part of their daily lives. Due to industrialization, the manufacturing of goods increasingly grew and, therefore, there were people who were obtaining large quantities of money off of different products that were being produced. These people are known as the upper-class people and they have always looked down upon the working-class people. The working-class has always been perceived as being “dirty” and unhealthy. In the story, the working-class was seen as not being very healthy because they were the people who were always working to survive, while the upper-class people were able to live to work. The upper-class people were never seen wearing “dirty” clothes because they were able to afford a more comfortable lifestyle than the working-class people. This is still true in today’s social class outlook on society. One of the upper-class characters in the story is Mitchell. Mitchell didn’t see the working-class people as humans, let alone equals. He instead saw the working-class people more as objects. According to Wanlin Li, another scholarly journal writer, “The reaction of Mitchell reflects the usual way that upper class travelers or mental travelers reading picturesque travel narratives look at the lower class: they view them as aesthetic objects”. Most upper-class people think they are better than others no matter what, and ultimately, they end up stepping all over the working-class people. Because of this, the upper-class men see the mill workers more as objects than as humans during this beginning time of industrialization. This still happens in today’s society as well. Davis wrote this story because she wanted to see change in the world. She also wanted to create people who would stand up, demand change, and do something about the horrible conditions that mill workers had to endure during the