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Thomas Hardy was a poet from the late 1800s. His career was being an architect and poetry was just an activity he would do on the side. He then realized he had a passion for poetry and made it his career. As he grew up he went through occurrences which lead him to becoming an atheist. He wrote many poems about how people suffer and questions why God lets that happen. In his atheistic poetry, Thomas Hardy states how God should not be in people’s lives.

Thomas Hardy was a novelist and a poet. He was born on June 2, 1840 in Dorset, England. He died on January 11, 1928. His father was a builder, while his mother home schooled him until age eight and then he went to school. Hardy was very good at school but did not discover is passion for writing yet.

Thomas Hardy’s parents were Jemima Hardy and Thomas Hardy the first. Jemima had a miserable childhood and promised herself that she would raise her children to be happy. The two raised their children with happiness in all their lives. He had two sisters and one brother. Their names were Henry, Mary, and Kate. They were close siblings that loved their parents and family. His sister grew up to become teachers and his brother took over his father’s business of building homes.

When he turned sixteen he became an apprenticed for a local architect. They worked on Churches. In 1862, Hardy went to King’s College, London and studied architecture. He was very well at architecture and received prizes, including prizes for the Royal Instituted of British Architects and the Architectural Association. On the side, Hardy wrote for fun. He decided he really enjoyed it and was his passion and to make it his career.

Hardy had a way of making his poetry appealing to others. Thomas Hardy always uses i...

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