In the novel North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, the rivalry between the workers and the masters of the factories begin from the unwillingness of both sides to communicated with each other, and therefore, resulting in their ignorance of the motives and views of the other and from that, the social divide becomes deeper, especially the upper classes looked down upon the lower classes and considered them worthless. However, this was also a period of …showed first 75 words of 1408 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1408 total…of the events and reality of the industrial north. North and South deals with opinions from all across society in England, yet the reader in the present must be aware that the class divisions are not solely through literature. Yet some literature (such as this novel) can help the reader understand and be aware of certain realities and therefore, can be seen as a provocation of people to get up and do something about it.