hard times analysis
Chuan Phan
Mrs. Pokalo
Brit Literature
May 1, 2013 Hard Times Hard Times is the tenth novel, which wrote by Dickens. The novel described the English society and highlighting of the social and economic pressures during 1850s. It is appraise about injustice and lack of concern for others in England during the revolution of industrial. Industrial brought so many good things for people in the Coketown. Many factories built, people start to get some jobs. However, the process of industrialism divides society into three strata: the poor, the middling, and the well-off or the first class. And the nature of things, which dictate that as soon as a society get big is one of the largest cause of injustice and lack of concern for others in Hard Times. In Hard Times, the author suggest that nineteenth century England adoption of industrialization threatens to turn human being into an evil with ambition, greedy, and dictate. This suggestion comes forth largely though the actions of Bounderby. Bounderby can easily start yelling “ What the devil do you rub your father with nine oils for? Serve’ em right,” (p.31-32) at the maid’s face, when she complains about the bruise on her shoulder. The author considers him as a dictator or the well-off in Coketown, because he is the one, who support the education and control almost everything in that small town. He is interest in money and power more than anything in his life, but all that ambition come from his childhood’s poverty and suffering. We can see his pain when he said, “Don’t forget, I am Josiah Bonuderby of Coketown.” (p. 167) The statement generally prefer to the story of Bounderby hard childhood time. The author uses this story to impress the reader with a sense of Bounderby’s determination. He enables to rise from suffering beginnings to become the wealthiest owner in Coketown. But his determination becomes greedy, as the society gets bigger with the revolution of industrialization. His attitude represents the
Mrs. Pokalo
Brit Literature
May 1, 2013 Hard Times Hard Times is the tenth novel, which wrote by Dickens. The novel described the English society and highlighting of the social and economic pressures during 1850s. It is appraise about injustice and lack of concern for others in England during the revolution of industrial. Industrial brought so many good things for people in the Coketown. Many factories built, people start to get some jobs. However, the process of industrialism divides society into three strata: the poor, the middling, and the well-off or the first class. And the nature of things, which dictate that as soon as a society get big is one of the largest cause of injustice and lack of concern for others in Hard Times. In Hard Times, the author suggest that nineteenth century England adoption of industrialization threatens to turn human being into an evil with ambition, greedy, and dictate. This suggestion comes forth largely though the actions of Bounderby. Bounderby can easily start yelling “ What the devil do you rub your father with nine oils for? Serve’ em right,” (p.31-32) at the maid’s face, when she complains about the bruise on her shoulder. The author considers him as a dictator or the well-off in Coketown, because he is the one, who support the education and control almost everything in that small town. He is interest in money and power more than anything in his life, but all that ambition come from his childhood’s poverty and suffering. We can see his pain when he said, “Don’t forget, I am Josiah Bonuderby of Coketown.” (p. 167) The statement generally prefer to the story of Bounderby hard childhood time. The author uses this story to impress the reader with a sense of Bounderby’s determination. He enables to rise from suffering beginnings to become the wealthiest owner in Coketown. But his determination becomes greedy, as the society gets bigger with the revolution of industrialization. His attitude represents the