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HARD TIMES (Plot (Thomas Gradgrindr is an educator who believes in facts,…
HARD TIMES
Plot
Thomas Gradgrindr is an educator who believes in facts
He founded a school where he teaches and he brings up to children (Louisa and Tom)
He marries his daughter to a rich banker but the marriage proves to be unhappy
Tom robs his employer but he is discovered and obliged to leave the country
At the end Gradgrindr gives up his materialistic philosophy
Setting
Coketown is a fictional city
It is a kind of magical and hellish place
Buildings are covered in soot which can represent both
productivity
depression
Structure
3 sections
Book Two: shows us the consequences of the education received by the man
Book Three: instability of the man
Book One: shows us the education of Grandgrindr
Characters
Mr Gradgrindr
educates his children and students according to his materialistic view of life
Mr Bounderby
treats his workers as emotionless objects
Analysis:
Coketown
