hard times

A detailed Summary of hard times

Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, was a representation of his time.

Times were hard for children and adults alike. People who questioned

what they were taught, often went through struggles and "hard times."

Eventually, the people who were looked down were the ones who really

helped those in need. Throughout the book, there are many ironic

Thomas Gradgrind was a man built on the idea that facts and statistics

were the only truth in life and all that was needed to have a healthy and

productive life. The only truth to him was his very own vision of the

truth. Simple put, Thomas Gradgrind strived for perfection. He strived to

be perfect, which is what his philosophy was based on, and he strived to

make his children perfect and not to wonder. He raised his children

never to wonder, never to doubt facts and to never entertain any vice or

fancy. As soon as Gradgrind's children were old enough to absorb, he

was feeding giving more lessons than they could hold. His children were

brought up only knowing one way to live an

grown up to become a sycophantic, self-absorbed parasite. He had

him. Eventually, as Gradgrind's children became older, what they were

wondering intrigued them. Gradrgind had observed his children peeking

for him. Josiah Bounderby was a middle aged factory owner who was quite wealthy. Bounderby

family what it feels like to love and how it feels to care. A child who was scorned for being

on proved be essential characters in finding that there was more to life than what they were

no souls and no feelings. However, as Bounderby later is proved to be a fraud, it turns out that

turned out the exact opposite as hoped.

Approximate Word count = 701
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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