"We have all of us, one
human human heart"-
equality. Christian
teaching vs. Calvinism
(pre-destined/elite)
Lack of communication
Masters' stories differ from those of the 'hands'
They are exasperated as the
hands do not understand that the
price of cotton on the market has
dropped and as a result the
millowners are forced to cut their
spendings
Cruelty
At first, Thornton feels it
is the worker's own fault
that they are poor and
they deserve to live in
horrid conditions
He was once one of
them, and has made a
name for himself- Self
made man
ignorant in not seeing
that an element of luck
is involved, and that it
doesn't happen to
everybody
Poor working conditions and Wages
Thornton sets up a worker's cantine
Rebellion
Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and
justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy
arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly
used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on
behalf of others more helpless.” - Margaret