Appreciate Everthing

"'They're not sorry they still have their dam, or their good lives on the Frontier; they're sorry they've been made to feel gulity about how they got these wonderful things. Maybe that's not fair. Maybe some of them really do feel bad. Oh well, as far as I'm concerned they can be sorry as much as they like. I tell 'em, "Next time you eat cherries, remember who picked 'em. Next time you swig water, stop and wonder where it came from.'" (435.Adlington)

This quote made me wonder a lot about what we're not thankful for. The littlest things can always be appreciated. According to Luka, even the water we drink we should appreciate where it came from. With Luka the one screwing on bottles of water and suffering everyday by her boss at the factory, of course she would be grateful for everything she has now, because what she had before was nothing. All these factories making everything we have, we never consider thinking about the people who incorporated their times and hard working hands into it. But sometimes the government purposely hides certain information from the public, because it doesn't seem right with the conditions of the work place. In the book, the factory place was a place hidden from the public because of how bad the conditions were. Noticing now that the working place aren't exposed and told about, make us wonder what really goes on in those factories that the public doesn't know about? Why do we know so little about factory conditions? Especially clothing brand or shoe brand companies. They don't seem to show the public what their factories are like. This can also wonder how much corrupted work conditions are out there, hidden from public. As us, the consumers who purchase these items, should always consider what the effort was put into everything.