Times change, people change people change, times change. This is true in both the world we know today (and its past, as well as its future) and in the world of the art of writing. This is, at times (more rarely than most), quietly seen in the art of Charles Dickens and especially in one of his many masterpieces, Hard Times. Along with such a masterpiece there must be a focal point within in the painting, such as Luisa. And like all paintings, the focal point is changed by its surroundings and its own presentation, created by the artist, and never is there a shred of "Fact" in a masterpiece, only "Fancy", shown by Charles Dickens.
As the first strokes are put down on paper, there is no turning back, no eraser, no white out, it is stuck. Luisa's father had first laid down a strict and bold black word on her portrait, which read "Facts". To Mr. Gradgrind, Luisa's father, there is nothing more important to him than realizing facts are all important, "No little Gradgrind had ever learnt the silly jingle, Twinkle, twinkle, little star; how I wonder what you are!" Never had Luisa known that there was a world outside of the world of "Facts" Like all children, Luisa was attached to her parents, mostly her father, and with this there was always a vision of Fact, acting as the supreme being in life. And as a child she never knew about "Fancy" and this left a great hole in her spirit, "There was an air of jaded sullenness in them both, and particularly in the girl: yet, struggling through the dissatisfaction of her face, there was a light with nothing to rest upon, a fire with nothing to burn, a starved imagination keeping life in itself somehow, which brightened its expression." Never did she feel that feeling of understanding gratitude while trying to understand that the world was run by "Fact". She had kept this in her head for most of her adolescent life, yet how could one last so long under a presumption.