Uprising

Historical Fiction

Uprising contains a fictionalized account of the Triangle Factory Fire. Lines 31-44 of the excerpt from Flesh & Blood So Cheap describe how the fire started. In lines 63-68 of Uprising, the author depicts the same event.

Authors reveal information about characters through text details such as dialogue, actions, internal thoughts, and interactions with other characters. In this section, Haddix reveals two different sides of the same character, Yetta.

The author uses third-person limited point of view in Uprising. This means readers are only allowed to see the interior thoughts of the primary character the author has chosen.

This section titled "Jane" is told from the point of view of the governess for the children of one of the Triangle factory owners, Mr. Blanck. A governess is a woman who is hired by families to educate and train the children. Shifting points of view from one character to another allows an author to explore more deeply a character who might have been mentioned only in passing in an earlier part of the story. It tells the same story from another perspective.