Dickens’ Hard Times “Now‚ what I want is‚ Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.” (Dickens‚ 1854‚ p.1) With these beginning sentences of the novel “Hard Times”‚ Charles Dickens has made readers doubt whether it is true that facts alone are wanted in life. This question leads to the main theme of the story‚ fact against fancy‚ that author has never been written this kind of plot in his other stories before. In fact‚ Hard Times is considered as "the
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undergraduates: the view of academic staff 496 Susan Curtis Manchester Metropolitan University‚ Crewe‚ UK Abstract Purpose – To investigate the attitudes of academic staff towards providing practical support for full-time students working on a part-time basis during term-time. Design/methodology/approach – A case study of a rural faculty of a large metropolitan university in the UK. In-depth semi-structured interviews were held with 22 members of staff‚ drawn from every department in the case
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1. What am I talking about? I am the thief of productiveness and time. I sound simple‚ but in fact I’m quite complex. I am a strange phenomenon. My purpose seems to make my life more pleasant‚ but instead it almost always adds stress‚ disorganization‚ and frequent failure. I want to achieve some outcome‚ usually something myself and others can value and respect; "I’ve got to start." I delay briefly thinking of real and imagined advantages of starting to change later; "I will do it tomorrow."
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The shortest of Dickens’ novels‚ Hard Times‚ was also‚ until quite recently‚ the least regarded of them. The comedy is savagely and scornfully sardonic‚ to the virtual exclusion of the humour - that delighted apprehension of and rejoicing in idiosyncrasy and absurdity for their own sakes‚ which often cuts right across moral considerations and which we normally take for granted in Dickens. Then‚ too‚ the novel is curiously skeletal. There are four separate plots‚ or at least four separate centres
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storyline of the film Modern Times revolves around the two characters‚ a factory worker and street rogue‚ played by Charlie Chaplin and Goddard respectively‚ who fall short to take part into the modern and mechanized world. There were several themes clearly emphasized in the beginning of the film; the workers are portrayed as mere followers‚ no distinctiveness‚ merely considered as moving parts in the economic system. The two main characters were seen as being non-conformant. Time as shown in the beginning
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Time Machine SR essay The novel “the time machine” by H.G Wells the main character‚ the time traveler‚ travels far into the future to discover a completely different society. When he travels into the future nothing is how it’s expected. H.g. Wells uses his story to criticize society and how technology ultimately corrupts it. H.G Wells uses his picture of the future to reveal his view on the advancement of technology. An example of this would be the physical and mental attributes
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Dickens‚ Hard times The novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens presents the use of “flat or two-dimensional” characters which ultimately signifies a character that is lacking depth in their character and essentially maintains the same character portrayal throughout the novel. Dickens portrays this through the use of placing his characters’ names with their dominant personality trait. For example the character of Bounderby who is identified as a banker in the novel; by definition means “a morally reprehensible
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University of Phoenix Material Effective Time Management Managing Time • How much time do you have? • What are your goals? • What are your priorities? • Do you have a schedule? • Do you use a planner? • Do you stick to your plans? • Are you always on time? • Do you put things off? How much time do you have? • There are 168 hours in every week. • Make a list of everything to do. • Figure out how much time it takes to do each item. • Add the times. • If you have more than 168 hours;
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Name: Anonymous Subject: IDST 50 Date: 02/04/13 Managing your time Taking control of your time * Setting goals * List your top three personal goals for the coming decade * Determine two methods for achieving each goal. * A goal is something you want to achieve * An objective is a tangible‚ measurable method for getting there. * Establishing priorities * Determine which goals and objectives are most important * Maintain a to-do list‚ and rank the
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Process Essay: How to Not Waste Time Wasting time is something everyone can do‚it is part of life. It is also something we would rather . not do. Lets face it‚ time is so precious. To many‚ time is money. You may wonder just how it is that you waste so much time? For some it is distraction‚ we tend to space out‚ lose focus‚ get lazy‚ and procrastinate. The list can go on and on. I am sure that you would love to be as productive as the next person. I am going to give you some
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