thy owners and not the larger population of mill workers who provide them with labor. In fact, the very structure of Coketown seems to produce unhappiness for the greatest numbers of people, primarily because it provides laborers with a wage that barely provides sustenance.
In this sense, large numbers of workers are exploited by a small number of wealthy owners. With few opportunities due to lack of education or income, the workers remain trapped in an unhappy existence characterized by soul crushing labor and desperation. We see Dickens suggests that education is one way that more numbers of people can be happy in Coketown. We see this expressed clearly in the relationship between Sissy and her father.
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