In the film Modern Times attention is brought to how challenging and stressful being a factory can be. Although they are comical, it is emphasized how hard they work. There is even someone advertising the failed idea of a machine that feeds workers while they work so that they don't need a break! After Charlie Chaplin's character is given a break at the factory, his arms are still performing the movement required by his job on the assembly line. The comedy strikes as he walks around the factory twisting his arms as if he is working. From this, however, we see how rigorous the work is and can conclude that he has been working for a considerable period of time. Working so hard can lead to wanting a way out, to live without having to work. There is an incident where the character is arrested and put in prison. Although it seems disastrous at the time, Chaplin's character soon won't want to leave prison. He saves the police during a prison break and is transferred to a "high-end" cell and then released shortly after. Amusingly, he asks to stay, saying he likes the way he is treated. And why not, he doesn't have the stress of work and has meals and a roof over his head. After leaving prison he is told to look for a job, but instead his search is for a way back to prison. In a comical way, Chaplin manages to show how factory life during the Great Depression is a critical and stressful way to achieve a
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