Jackson
Jackson is a mill worker whose arm is destroyed while he tries to protect machinery.
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Spoiler-freeJackson is a mill worker whose arm is destroyed while he tries to protect machinery. The company defeats his compensation claim through superior lawyers and controlled testimony, leaving his family in poverty. He motivates Avis’s political awakening. The novel does not follow his later life, which reinforces how easily an individual worker disappears after serving as evidence in public argument.
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