Share Charles Dickens Hard Times for These Times The following entry presents criticism of Dickens’s novel Hard Times (1854). See also Charles Dickens Short Story Criticism‚ A Christmas Carol Criticism‚ A Tale of Two Cities Criticism‚ Little Dorrit Criticism‚ and Our Mutual Friend Criticism. INTRODUCTION Perhaps the least-known of all Dickens’s novels‚ Hard Times is a social-protest novel which attempts to lay bare the malignant impact of nineteenth-century industrial society upon the people
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Even though I am not a fan of reading books‚ the novel titled The Hoopster‚ written by Alan Lawrence Sitomer‚ is a well-written book that you would probably enjoy reading. The genre of this superb book is fiction. This novel has a powerful meaning on society. If I were you‚ I would take the time to read this book review‚ because after you read this‚ you will probably try finding this book at your local library. Honestly‚ I enjoyed reading this book. The setting is in various locations which are
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and complete. Structural framework‚ on which the details of the text are hung‚ develops the sense the reader regarding how complex details fit into a shaped whole‚ and so tells you more about the meaning and purpose of the work. BASIC STRUCTURE IN NOVELS AND PLAYS • EXPOSITION: This is the beginning‚ where the world of the text is introduced. The reader‚ or audience‚ meets the characters and past events that may assist understanding of the situation are explained. Here too‚ themes are announced as
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A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 British film adapted from Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange novel written in 1962. The film is about a mischievous and troubled young man named Alex de Large. Alex and his gang of friends enjoy causing harm and watching others suffer. They run around London at night and commit random acts of robbery and rape. Alex‚ as the ringleader of all the madness‚ gets caught by the police and is sent to prison. While Alex is in prison‚ scientists study his violent behavior. The
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Toundi’s diary in the time of French colonization of Cameroon‚ explores this mis-identity within the cruel system of colonization. Although being a coming-of-age novel‚ Oyono sharply criticizes the ironies of colonial societies through the relationship between the oppressor and oppressed. Houseboy is a great example of an anti-colonialist novel that focuses on mis-identity within colonial societies. Oyono could not have summarized it better when he said "What are we Blackmen who are called French?".
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In the novel “1984” by George Orwell he shows readers what a negative utopia is. Winston Smith is the main character and the plot revolves around how Winston feels frustrated by the control of the party. The party has a strong control over its citizens and the use telescreens‚ the thought police‚ and the youth league to maintain their control through psychological manipulation. The party maintains their control over citizens by using telescreen to have around-the-clock surveillance. They use the
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Attitudes on Science and Technology in Novels Three novels that were written in three completely different times all were able to contribute to different views and attitudes towards science and technology. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ The Time Machine‚ and Fahrenheit 451 are all accurate portrayals of the effect that science and technology have had on this world even as far back as 1886 when The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was first published. Although each book was
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Fifty-seven-year-old Landon Carter narrates the novel‚ reflecting on events from 40 years in the past. The novel opens with a Prologue‚ in which the older Landon‚ living in the same North Carolina town as he did at the age of 17‚ stands near the Baptist church that figures prominently in the novel and gets himself in the mindset of his 17-year-old self. The story begins in 1958 and is‚ Landon tells us‚ both joyful and sad. Seventeen-year-old Landon is a senior at Beaufort High School‚ which collaborates
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Diane has eight proclaimed novels and have many awards including the BCALA Literary Award for Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. “Tumbling” is a Fiction novel and African American Literature. This genre appealed to me because it allowed me to read about a complex problem about an African American family during the Civil Rights era and feel like I could understand the situation fully by the realistic viewpoints included in the novel. The main character Herbie lives South Philly with his wife
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Independent Novel Study This independent novel study will discuss and explain why this is a good book for young pregnant girls‚ Waiting For June by Joyce Sweeney‚ it’s a non-fiction biography. This novel explained that Sophie lived a normal life with her mother and wasn’t rich because in the book Acadia asked her to go shopping and she couldn’t spend much money‚ it took place in Florida‚ from between her mother’s house‚ school‚ Joshua’s house‚ Mikes house‚ outside and the hospital‚ the
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