In the article 2 Jobs at Sugar Factory, and a Lump in the Throat, the author chronicles the story of one particular Robert Shelton and his experience working at the Domino sugar factory. However, as one reads on, the story becomes less and less about Robert Shelton and more about the sugar factory and its history. Nowadays, it is slated to close, long after Domino moved out of the area. And yet, the factory remains important enough for the mayor to visit, and that is due to the contribution of the factory to the art world, housing a sugar statue depicting an African American slave woman as a tribute to the slaves that built the sugar trade in the 1800s.

It is worth noting however, that despite the factory’s importance to those who like art, the author acknowledges that it is merely another factory that is closing in the area to make way for new buildings, like many others before it. If nothing else, the fact that there is acknowledgment that at the end of the day the factory is merely a factory is important, indicating that even though culturally the building might have some significance, to the average person it is another building that will be replaced and nothing more. Even Robert Shelton realizes this at the end of the article, that short of being incredibly rich and or influential, nothing can stop the progress of time.