In this essay I am going to begin with an analysis and interpretation of Jason Kennedy’s short story “The Sandwich Factory”. To put the story into perspective the essay will include a discussion of the picture, “Relativity” by M.C. Escher, and the text “Nice work” by David Lodge.
The short story, “The Sandwich Factory” by Jason Kennedy from 2007 is about a man who takes a low-paid job at a sandwich factory. At the factory he experiences meaninglessness and unhappiness, and that gives the reader a picture of how the man’s life is, and about his unsatisfying job.
The story takes place at a sandwich factory in 1994. The employees are treated as if they were robots or slaves and they are controlled by managers who run the factory. The managers do not treat the employees properly as the workers are rated and marked from poor to excellent depending on their abilities and work effort, but this is barely always the case. “Someone always has to be rated excellent; he always chooses whoever had the best legs.” The manager would also lock the employees in the factory if they are behind schedule or if there is a larger order than usual. This creates a bad atmosphere where employees feel trapped like animals and unhappy – putting pressure on them and forcing them to work long hours and faster. “There were three ways to respond to being locked in. Firstly no response, keep working at the same rate. Or start working faster so that the work would finish sooner and the doors would reopen (…).” So you would as a reader get a negative outlook on the factory due to the narrator’s point of view.
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