Critical Analysis - Hard Times

Hard Times, by Charles dickens evaluates and highlights the issues of the times- social and political. The story is slew in an imaginary townsfolk in England called Coketown, which is home to swot around 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 watch a hard time. The figment is divided into three books namely- sowing, reaping and garnering and in the story one would pick out that each of his characters sows, reaps and garners what they have planted.\nThe industrial Revolution marks a major turning stratum in gracious history. It began in England and consequently spread throughout the European continent and beyond. nearly every aspect of hu opus life was affected by this significant event. The steam engine, motored cotton gin, usage of snow etc ushered in an age of change magnitude output. The other factors which influenced the growth of industrial Revolution in Englan d are: the enlightenment, agricultural revolution, the growth of fiscal institutions such(prenominal) as key banks, stock markets and coal and compact deposits which were plentiful in keen Britain and proved essential to the development of all new machines make of iron or blade and powered by coal- such as the steam-powered machinery in textile factories. The expanding markets of the British imperium also meant the need for more than production of goods and that meant laborious and onerous work hours for the hands. ogre 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 a good deal and only on facts. They do not believe in playing victim to kind sentiment, entertaining wild imaginings or engage in recreations. On one occasion, Sissy Jupe is reprimanded for opining that motion-picture show of horse cavalrys could be used as wallpaper. She is asked if it is possib le for an actual horse to actuall...