Hard Times: Struggle Of Fact Vs Imagination And Struggle Between Two Classes
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Charles Dickens' novel, Hard Times, is a story of two struggles--the
struggle of fact versus imagination and the struggle between two classes. It
takes place in Coketown, and industrial-age English city. The novel is divided
into two sections. One deals with the struggle of upper class members ....
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.... are relevant in Coketown. The upper class,
which were few in numbers, are dominant over the middle class, which is larger
in numbers. Stephen Blackpool represents the working class. He is a warm-
hearted man trapped in thes run down society. He feels he deserves this
mediocre lifestyle. Blackpool was originally employed under Bounderby, but is
fired for standing up for his beliefs. This type of behavior was totally
unacceptable during the period of time as it involved imagination a ....
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