Analysis Of Flesh And Blood So Cheap By Albert Marrin

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In the early 1900’s, were there legitimate ways to prevent fires like we do today? Albert Marrin’s non-fiction story, “Flesh And Blood So Cheap” uses both explicit and implicit evidence and examples in his excerpt to convey his theme that The Triangle Fire that took place in 1911 was caused by many unsafe practices and standards, which led to 146 deaths in the large fire. Fortunately, this fire prompted people to want to work for reforms to improve safety standards which we still use to this day.

The first kind of evidence Albert Marrin uses in his story to convey his theme is implicit evidence. In paragraph one it says, “We will never know for sure what started the Triangle Fire. Most Likely, a cutter flicked a hot ash or tossed a live cigarette

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