Proletariat Writing

All of these had a strong voice. My favorite was probably "Citizen", because I felt like I was able to get further into the story. The condition of the proletariat has an interesting effect on the different characters, especially the doctor. Mitch was supposed to be "above" the proletariat- as a matter of fact, he really knew very little about their situations and concerns. But when he finally goes to the strike on the Fourth of July, a national day celebrating our independence and all that that stands for in the United States, he comes to understand a lot more about the people he's treating. He continuously asks himself, who are these people? Why do they have to strike? But a bigger question is, why shouldn't they be allowed to?
The police, the city, the mayor are all ignorant to the workers' perspective. Seeing them only as a mob that need be controlled, they injure fellow human beings and treat them like common criminals. All these people want are rights that are equal to that of their fellow man. Even the second doctor, who runs the hospital at which Mitch is treating the wounded, does not care for them. He sees them as perhaps animals, as vermin- they can recover themselves, there's no need for real healthcare. If they could heal themselves, why wouldn't they?
Later on, the newspaper gives a side of the story with a real spin, portraying the strikers as vicious and violent, and giving the police the title of "hero". Where is the heroism in oppression?
Mitch realizes that he sympathizes with the strikers and their families. Ultimately, I'd guess he becomes a better doctor because of it, because truly caring for one's patients (especially when working without remuneration) is the essence of a doctor's profession.
The story presents the doctor as a member of the professional class, who, at first, is ignorant. But once he is shown the cold, hard facts of what others must contend with, he is revealed as somewhat of a proletariat himself.