Social Studies - Life in London in 1850's - First Draft

For one of our migration tasks, we had to do creative writing on London in the 1850s which was a bad place full of pollution and people who had migrated to New Zealand from there. 

This long piece of writing was just an idea to draft to help me think of ideas for my actual piece of writing.

Writing - First Draft

"This place isn't going to last as long is it?" Robert said to himself. Robert wondered the streets of London trying to think of another place to settle. However, even if Robert found another place to settle he wouldn't be able to purchase a ride to another land.

Robert was a factory worker, he would do various types of jobs to get paid as much as possible. Robert was also a gentleman but his gentle-ness wouldn't last forever. Robert had a family of 3, his wife and daughter which were really precious to him. He would work and work to get paid and use the money to keep his family alive. However a day after work he saw a poster that promoted a paradise that was very far away. Robert didn't want to share this to his shut-in family because he knew he wouldn't have enough time to get tickets for his wife and daughter. This was when Robert started having evil thoughts about ditching his family just for paradise. Robert started making excuses about not getting paid but in reality, he had been hiding the money somewhere else. When Robert believed he had enough he told his family he would work longer but he sneaked out to the docks. The docks were noisy and cramped with people in the middle of the day. Robert pushed through people trying to leave as soon as possible without delay, however when Robert approached one of the crew members they said the prices of tickets that he couldn't afford. Robert was socked as he believed weeks of saving couldn't afford a single ticket The crew members said they won't go any lower than $200 dollars, but they did say there was a cheaper option, the steerage.

Robert boarded the ship giving all his savings to the crew member, he then also started having regrets of forsaking his family. Mixed emotions of fear and joy started affecting Robert, he tried suppressing these emotions by looking at the ocean or talking to others. Weeks have passed and not everyone was enjoying it as some have fallen and some have been crying in loneliness. Robert didn't know what to do than believing he's going to be fine and happy when he reaches paradise, New Zealand. Another few weeks have passed and more people have fallen ill and the fallen ill victim's conditions have gotten worse, but Robert distanced himself from people and tried forgetting about his family. After the few courses of months the crew members announced they would be arriving soon, everyone started having their hopes up again but for Robert, he started having regrets again on why he left his family.

The ships have reached their destination and everybody got off board. Robert looked at people going on their own ways but Robert didn't know what to do as he had no money and smelt horrible. Robert went around exploring for a way for money but he couldn't due to how he smelled o instead he went to shops begging for money or to clean himself. No one agreed to help him, Robert wandered the streets for a place to sleep in the night and what filled Robert's head was why he left his family just for himself. Days have passed and Robert didn't have the energy to walk, another few days have passed and Robert started having hallucinations at food and company. A week and a half have passed Robert no longer had any thoughts and felled asleep forever.