Charles Dickens' Hard Times
The book "Hard Times" was written in 1854. It was written in weekly
instalments in a magazine called Household Words. This is like a
normal soap but was weekly. The magazine was owned by Charles Dickens
as he was a journalist. The book was written at the time of the
Industrial Revolution. This was when factories were being built near
major towns and cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham.
The Industrial Revolution was a time when there were big improvements
in transport as there was vast expansion in the production of iron.
The factories were in the towns so people from the countryside came to
the towns for work and a house. They moved because their own mills
weren't making enough items of clothing etc whereas the factories
could mass produce. However, there weren't enough houses so many were
hastily built. This meant they had no fresh water, no sewers and no
toilets. This led to a poor quality of living where people got water
from communal water pipes and put their waste in a big "pile" which
was cleaned by a "waste disposal man". The poor quality of living was
added to by the huge smoke clouds which hung over the cities. This
"smog" made it hard to breathe and was so bad seeing things became
harder.
The book starts when Dickens introduces the characters; the first two
chapters are short yet are scene-setters. Dickens explains that;
Mr Gradgrind - a politician and schools owner,
Mr McChoakumchild - a new teacher and
Another man - we are not told who the man is or why he is present, are
in a classroom full of children. Dickens describes Mr Gradgrind as
being a square man and Mr McChoakumchild as a school teacher who was
fresh for the factory which "mak...
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...r those concerned. This is alike real life
where people we meet can be different, alien like or how might we say
normal.
In "Hard Times" Dickens' does write realistically in a sense. However,
in the first two chapters he writes in a more exaggerated way to
arouse interest in the book. As this was written in weekly instalments
he would have wanted to excite his readers with interesting first
chapters so that they continue to buy the magazine. I think that after
the first couple of chapter when Dickens' has an interested audience
he starts to write in a more realistic fashion. In conclusion, life
didn't turn out the way that was expected by many characters in "Hard
Times." Those who strived to have perfect children didn't. And those
who were looked down on proved to be essential characters in finding
that there was more to life than what they were taught.
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