interpretation of the short story “The Sandwich Factory” by Jason Kennedy. I will include a discussion of the text‚ “Nice work” by David Lodge and the picture‚ “Relativity” by M.C. Escher. I will end the assignment with a short essay about the description of Coketown in Charles Dickens’ novel “Hard Times”. A: The short story‚ “The Sandwich Factory” by Jason Kennedy from 2007 is about a man who takes a low-paid job at a sandwich factory in 1994. He experiences meaninglessness and unhappiness at the factory
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KWB 724: 19th CENTURY LITERATURE MAJOR ESSAY SCIENCE AND PROGRESS IN FRANKENSTEIN ANDHARD TIMES The 19th century was a time of massive change socially‚ politically and scientifically. This time saw the rise of Imperialism and of the Industrial Revolution in Britain‚ seeing massive changes in the way industry was run. Also during this time the literary movements of Romanticism and Victorianism emerged. Romanticism dealt with the issues of reality versus illusion‚ childhood and man versus nature.
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The novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens is a fictitious glimpse into the lives of various classes of English people that live in a town named Coketown during the Industrial Revolution. The general culture of Coketown is one of utilitarianism. The school there is run by a man ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature . This man‚ known as Thomas Gradgrind‚ is responsible for the extermination of anything fanciful and integration of everything pertinent and factual into the young‚ pliable
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the English industrial worker. Having traveled to Preston in late January to experience life in an industrial city then in the midst of a twenty-three-week textile strike and having read of labor conditions in Manchester (upon which he modelled his Coketown)‚ Dickens began writing his novel. Hard Times appeared in weekly installments in Household Words between April and August‚ a labor which left Dickens "three parts mad‚ and the fourth
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Bounderby wide admiration in Coketown‚ with the exception of Tom and Louisa Gradgrind and Mrs. Sparsit‚ who perceive him to be an insolent person. Tom mirrors Mr. Bounderby’s selfish and hypocritical personality‚ but blames the old man for his rigid upbringing. Louisa cannot admire Mr. Bounderby while he shamelessly objectifies her when pursuing her romantically. At the same time‚ Mrs. Sparsit values Mr. Bounderby’s ability to help her preserve her social rank in Coketown rather than his achievements
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practical Mr. Thomas Gradgrind of Charles Dickens’ unforgettable novel‚ Hard Times. Can anybody really define a horse? Cecilia Jupe‚ also known as Sissy‚ was unable to answer this question because she was‚ well‚ normal. Bitzer‚ the boy brought up in Coketown‚ the city of facts‚ answered‚ "Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth‚ namely‚ twenty-four grinders‚ four eye-teeth‚ and twelve incisive..." (Pg. 4). Clearly the contrast between Sissy and Bitzer can be seen. The differences between Bitzer and Sissy
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is from the narrator and runs throughout the novel: the idea that the ugly‚ square‚ fact-based‚ oppressive mills look like fairy palaces with elephants in them when they are lit up at night. The image first pops up as something a person riding by Coketown in a fast-moving train might say – in other words‚ someone who doesn ’t know any better what the reality of the place actually is. It ’s an idea dripping with irony‚ since we already know that there is nothing beautiful or magical about the factories
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How does Dickens use the theme of deception in Hard Times? Dickens uses the theme of deception in Hard Times through education‚ class divides‚ utilitarianism‚ imagery and entrapment. The utilitarians of the Victorian era were concerned only with analysis and facts and they were insensitive to peoples’ qualities such as imagination. Dickens was strongly against this and this is portrayed throughout the novel with the theme of deception highlighting how the people in education and of power treated
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The Sandwich Factory Back in 1904 Henry Ford introduced the modern assembly line at Ford Motor Company and became recognized as its father. The assembly line became a significant factor in mass production because it helped raise productivity and efficiency. Efficiency is measured by a comparison of production with cost‚ and is still very important to activities in our time. But when profit weights more than the conditions of the employees it has consequences for those who cannot seem to adapt
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evoking sympathy. tense: The narrative is presented in the past tense; however‚ at the end‚ the narrator reveals what the future will bring to each of the main characters. setting (time): The middle of the nineteenth century setting (place): Coketown‚ a manufacturing town in the south of England protagonist: Louisa Gradgrind major conflict: Louisa Gradgrind struggles to reconcile the fact-driven self-interest of her upbringing with the warmth of feeling that she witnesses both in Sissy
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