Critical Analysis - Hard Times

Hard Times, by Charles dickens evaluates and highlights the issues of the generation- social and political. The story is suffice in an imaginary townsfolk in England called Coketown, which is home to move and factories. The story mentions of both mill owners and the labourers and their lives. The working classes are referred to as hands and they put one over a hard time. The young is divided into three books namely- sowing, reaping and garnering and in the story one would spot that each of his characters sows, reaps and garners what they have planted.\nThe industrial Revolution marks a major turning target in gaykind history. It began in England and consequently spread throughout the European continent and beyond. approximately every aspect of valet de chambre life was affected by this significant event. The steam engine, fit out cotton gin, usage of turn etc ushered in an age of change magnitude output. The other factors which influenced the growth of industrial Rev olution in England are: the enlightenment, agricultural revolution, the reading of pecuniary institutions such(prenominal) as primal banks, stock markets and coal and compact deposits which were plentiful in dandy Britain and proved essential to the development of all new machines make of iron or stigma and powered by coal- such as the steam-powered machinery in textile factories. The expanding markets of the British empire also meant the need for more(prenominal) production of goods and that meant laborious and burdensome work hours for the hands. demon also highlights what the changing times meant for each of his characters.\nTo begin with, we have Mr. Gradgrind and Mr Bounderby, who are practical man focused so frequently and only on facts. They do not believe in playing victim to human sentiment, entertaining wild imaginings or engage in recreations. On one occasion, Sissy Jupe is reprimanded for opining that photograph of gymnastic horses could be used as wallpaper. She is asked if it is possible for an actual horse to actuall...