Hard Times

of eight children. At the age of fifteen Charles Dickens was apprenticed as a law clerk in Doctor’s Commons. In 1836 through 1837 with Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens achieved immediate fame and became popular and was a well-respected writer of his time. Charles Dickens later became a reporter in Parliament. In 1855 he had begun a series of exhausting public readings. Charles Dickens was married to Catherine Hogarth and had ten children. During Dickens’s marriage he had a serial for Robert Seymour’s

the one who would nurture the bodies and minds of her children and husband. Dickens story takes a turn when he makes Mr. Gradgrind take on this role. Mrs. Gradgrind is barely mentioned but continues to have a strong message in her character. Through hard facts Gradgrind teaches both his students and children the same things and removes the burden of ideal femininity from his daughter, Louisa. Unfortunately, this leaves her unprepared for entering the world outside her own progressive family. She is

English and global history. A time that had industrialized the whole of England, revolutionized science, government, literature, machinery, and even art. However, despite these evolutionary and forever game changing events, the Industrial Revolution had a dark side. In order for the industrialization of England to be stable and maintained, human hands were required in factories, mills, and mines. From dawn till dusk, men, women, and children engaged in dangerous and hard labour and were paid far below

Industrial Revolution generated the perception that applying solely logic to everyday activities could maximize productivity and efficiency. Charles Dickens explores the dangers of neglecting emotions and imagination in his novel Hard Times. Dickens separates Hard Times into three books: Sowing, Reaping and Garnering in order to reveal the negative consequences of industrialization and forsaking imagination for facts through the events, settings, and characters in the novel. In Book the First: Sowing

women were expected to be innocent, loving, and interested in their husbands’ business or other affiliations. In Charles Dickens’ Hard Times, he portrays the Victorian society’s realistic and unrealistic views of an ideal Victorian woman in a maledominated world. Through the portrayal of his female characters, Dickens shows the lack of morality people had during this time period, as well as emphasizing how an ideal Victorian woman should act. Dickens’ example of an idealistic Victorian woman is Sissy

consequences. As a result, a balance needs to be met. When displaying too many hard core views, the mixture of a healthy mind and a healthy body disappears. Therefore, it is very important to obtain a balance with strict rules along with some imagination. When looking at facts, it is always one sided, but when using an imagination, the possibilities become endless and can be looked upon as positive. In the novel Hard Times, there are characters that display a strict view on facts rather than imagination

happiness. It gives the reader an impression of cosmic justice; everything will work out if you are a good person. This is comforting for a person who believes that they are a good person, regardless of whether or not they are in reality. For the Victorian time period, where people highly valued strong morals -- and which women were often considered the backbone for -- an ending with

Twi-hard was a term coined in the late 2000s when a word was needed to describe the die-hard fans of the newest book/ movie phenomenon Twilight. Most everyone today is familiar with the (in)famous fantasy book series that kindled every teenage girl’s interest in vampires—not the sun-hating Dracula kind, but bloodsuckers nonetheless. With the second book in the series, New Moon, came different lore concerning werewolves sparking an ongoing war between twi-hards about which of the supernatural creatures

definition of normalcy, there are undisputable aspects that every being needs to pursue a successful lifestyle. With modernizing industrialization, came a more noticeable discrepancy on what these aspects should be. In Charles Dickens’s 1854 novel, Hard Times, he explores these varying viewpoints while quite obviously taking a stand for one perspective. Throughout the novel, one can clearly see that there are two different models for raising a child. These models are through the guidance of Sleary’s

We are spoiled to be able to live in the United States in the 21st century where slavery has died, and everyone can be free. For a long time in early America, life for all was not this easy. Sure, our lives now might not necessarily be “easy,” but considering the tragedies and pain in Toni Morrison’s Beloved, we do not even know the definition of a “hard” life. Morrison’s style of writing uses many different ways to compel the reader to feel and believe the tragedies that Sethe and her children