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How did life change during the last century?
Life has changed drastically in the last one hundred years. Life in the early 1900s was extremely hard and filled with strenuous work and toil. If you were a average laborer or farm worker then you could expect to be stuck in the same job and same location or area for your whole life. ... At the beginning of the century some of the modern conveniences were just been invented and could only be afforded by the very rich. ... Changes within the last century were very dramatic and influenced society to a large degree. ... Families at the beginning of the century were usually large. ... Horses still played a major role in everyday life. ... Life for my grand mother had not changed much from when she was growing up. ... My father been the last born in 1958. ... She said that it was necessary in able to provide for the family and insure that they had a better life an a chance for a change. Her driving factor in the change from rural West Virginia to industrial Illinois was to make sure that none of her children were coal miners stuck in the same area with the same situation that she and my grand father had inured. ...
The experiences that my family went through while experiencing the changes within the last century were very important.
Approximate Word count = 1167
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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