Hardtimes
Hard Times
In ‘Hard Times' Dickens writes about a strict educational system where children learn facts and only facts but I do not believe that Dickens favours this type of education because in the text it reads "and swept with their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels then and there arranged in order ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured in to them until they we're full to the brim" this does not imply the thing in question is children more like a jug. It's even like these children are being force-fed.
The titles of the chapters really say a lot about Dickens view of education because he is describing the chapter but with a lot of irony about it, almost criticising it and the style of education.
Dickens invented these names to describe what he thought of the characters. Mr Gradgrind, Dickens uses this invented name to imply that he grinds facts into the Children. The name fits the personality. the same with Mr M'choakumchild. The name implies he......
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