The Other Side of the Hedge

Beginning of the 20th century, when industrialism was climbing to its climax, most of the Western Europeans were happy and proud of their achievements brought by machines. However, machines were also the cause of forcing a lot of people who kept traditional techniques out of work because those people couldn't handle mass production. Beside economic progress, European countries had their societies more civilized and modern. That created a psychological gap in people who couldn't chase …showed first 75 words of 926 total…

…showed last 75 words of 926 total…in looking at story's symbols. No matter what time interval we live in, industrialism or space race, people are still always at the boundary of mind where we have to solve our inner struggle in order to move on. Forster's "The Other Side of the Hedge" is a helpful story to help its readers understand the conflict and prepare themselves for a greater change in life because again, mental struggles are hurter than physical pains.