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HARD TIMES (1854) - Coggle Diagram
HARD TIMES (1854)
PLOT
Thomas Gradgrind, a school intendent, brings up his two children, Louisa and Tom, to believe in facts (reject imagination, enjoyment, feelings)
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his son, Tom,who is dishonest and selfish, steals money from Bounderby's bank
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THEMES
fact versus immagination
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creativity, immagination, and feelings = not important
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LANGUAGE
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METAPHORS
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little vessels ...ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim
SIMILES
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the piston of the steam engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness
NAME OF PLACES
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M'Choakchumchild school - Choak, as in choke
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