Britain During the Industrial Revolution
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The immense grandfather clock had startled me out of deep thought, yet I did not move a muscle. I let my motionless body lie there in the chair, continuing to staring at the fire. My mind traveled through what we had learned in my history class today. I was lost and confused. London is known to be the amazing city of Britain. The city with outstanding sites, great people to meet, and as we all know a place that people love to go shopping. London is the type of place people would never expect to undergo such a historically horrifying time, a time known as the Industrial Revolution. The revolution first took place in Britain. (Nardo 8). Knowing the history and the effects of the revolution on Britain, I wished of some way that I could travel to London in the 1700’s and make a difference.
Would it be difficult to build a time travel machine? One which would take me to any date and place I wanted? All a person needs is to find some hefty bolts and screws, put it together with some technical wires and one would be set right? What would be even easier is if a strange green alien creature could come down and hand me a secret time machine. Then I would be able to go back in time and help make a difference in people’s lives, specifically in the children’s. However, I know that nothing would be able to take me back in time, not even a green alien, or so I thought.
I took a few minutes to stand back on my feet. As soon as I did I plopped right back down on the cold tiles. I lifted my head up to see a hideous purple creature standing in front of me. The alien had one eye and antennas with three arms and a leg. I honestly did not know how to respond to the fact that I had an alien creature in my living room. I had tried talking to the creature. All it did was point to a sign that said, “Janelle, open this door and I will take you anywhere you want to go.” I thought I was going insane. When I looked back to ask how the machine worked or if I could actually is it, the alien had vanished.
I spent the next six hours pushing buttons and figuring...