was curious about it. This curiosity could be dangerous in later life as.
we see in Louisa that she ventures in a risky relationship once married.
In contrast to the Gradgrind children, Sissy Jupe was not even in.
the slightest affected by the Gradgrind system of education. Sissy,.
daughter of a 'horse breaker', has managed to keep all her imagination.
throughout the book and hence become the so called heroine of the book.
She is unlike Tom and Louisa who have almost lost trace of any imagination.
in their mind. Sissy the least educated person in Hard Times, yet is the.
only person to understand Louisa when she decided to marry Bounderby. She.
takes pity on her as she sees the petty motive of marrying. This wasn't.
taken kindly by Louisa although she knew that she was right. Later on in.
the book Sissy makes amends with Louisa, making Louisa feel good when she.
admits it was her fault that their relationship got distant over this.
matter, which is was not.
Dickens is trying to convey that to be a well rounded person such.
as Sissy, does not need the factual requirement of the Gradgrind system of.
education, in fact the totally opposite. In Sissy the chance to let her own.
imagination wonder when she was just a child travelling with her real.
father, has led her to be the most individual and most rounded person in.
Hard Times. Sissy understands and is able to deal with the even most.
complicated problems that crosses her path.
The novel "Hard Times" written by Charles Dickens is a reflection of the changing ideas established during his time. Dickens" characters essentially are personifications of changing ideas in psychology and political thought. Each one of his characters represents a different principle and its relati...
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