Hard times Coursework Essay

The comparison between employer and employee is stressed every time Bounderby meets Stephen Blackpool and the comparison can be clearly seen, as when Bounderby and Blackpool are at the table, Bounderbys half is full of silver china and saucers, eon Blackpools is empty, this shows the power balance between the two-i. e. all the power is in Bounderbys hands, as is the wealth and the control.Blackpools word is rarely trusted by those in power over Bounderbys and they are so very different in almost all respects, with Bounderbys life taking its own cource with his allegiance with Gradgrind in Parliament, while Blackpool completely has Rachel caring for him, as compared to the city he is another(prenominal) nobody down on his luck.The story also shows family bonds through difficult situations, with the major family scenario of the Gradgrinds the son and daughter are raised by their tyro in a factual heartless way, even though he does not realise this, he does go on to realise his mista ke, with the mother of the family disable and unable to move around due to sickness, being manipulated by everyone who walks by, as she has no dominance over anything indeed, and her character suggests she agrees with her husband on the factual reproduction of their children, and also shows the strains the family goes through after Louisa marries Mr Bounderby, and Tom gets involved in the bank robbery, and the family has to somehow try to bounce back, merely does not manage to succeed with only a neutral residuuming The other families mentioned are the bond of father and child in Cissy Jupes Tale, the Man and wife in Blackpools upset marriage, and the twist in the story with Mr Bounderbys mother appearing and explaining his upbringing LanguageDickens uses a variety of techniques in hard times, mostly descriptive giving a chance of detail good enough to imagine it, but for everyones imagination to be different, repetition gets across the steely characters characteristics For Lou isa he uses a simple vocabulary, using childly words and simple phrases meant with good intention on her behalf, with no academical subtext or complicated phrases, showing that shes a good and kind hearted person, but also slightly dim compared to the other main characters The manner of speaking of Mr Gradgrind is always very well developed, and while the descriptions of him make us see a rigid robot like figure, he does speak intellectually throughout the storyMr Bounderby however is much more rigid in his language and expresses his thoughts using whats a fact instead of whats humane, and this always puts him in a negative light, he may have been natural upside down where he would have always had such views, and always acted on factual or instinct data to prove his point The language of tom and Louisa has two stages during the story, at first they talk in only facts, with little depression or emotion in their words, but occasionally while in private they speak out freely, or as freely as they can, but in the presence of others they stick to their blank expressions and factual sentences During toms old years he begins to talk more like his father, with a free stroke in his speech and has retained some independence while solace being accepted by his father and friendsLouisa in her elder years changes little to her younger equivalent and stays rigid and factual, showing a feeling of repressed anger inside her Mrs Gradgrind is a poorly woman and her language reflects that, being incomplete, with words missing from sentences and grammatical errors if not for which she would sound like Mr Gradgrind, but throughout her brief appearances she keeps her grumbling simple and unimportant The language used by Blitzer is the product of Mrs Gradgrind and Bounderbys teachings and shows the heartless product of their ideal. in the end they both regret their schooling of Blitzer and realise their wrong, but only too late for someThe other controversial language used is th at of Mr Sleary the Circus leader, who uses a range of bizarre phrases in between his sentences and makes his appearance misunderstood and diverse compared to the other characters Conclusion So in conclusion with my previous statements, as listed above, the apologue Hard times has a monotone view of Victorian societyWith all characters at a set point being either super good or eminently bad, in character and in appearance, much of which suggests that the focus of the story is based solemnly on interaction between characters, and no room for backdrops has been spared from steel bins burning in the winter cold, glum industrial streets and houses varying from basic to lavish all showing the contrast between the mysterious striving to change society the poor striving to stay out of trouble, and those who strive to be rich