In a exert from Hard Times written by Charles Dickens we get a view of a school system that was thought up during the industrial revolution and also relates to some school ideas of today. Dickens paints a picture of a "mechanical" school where children are discouraged from using their imagination and taught to only analyze the bare facts in any situation. .
The first character introduced in the selection is Tomas Gradgrind. He is a man who is "ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." An emotionless man who physically embodies the dry, hard facts that he crams into his students' heads. Tomas Gradgrind introduces the argument of how children should learn. Are Children are supposed to be able to play, to imagine, to fantasize, to love, to learn, to be creative, to have an interest in the world, to just be a child? Or should they have no basis of imagination and only know facts, like Gradgrind is set on teaching them.
One of the first places in the selection that we see Dickens illustrating what Gradgrind believes about learning is when he meets Sissy, Cecilia, Jupe. Grandgrind tells her that not even her father has the right to call her by sissy, wanting her to just stick with her real name. He also gives her no room to elaborate on what her father does for a living just simply wanting his job title. .
The next place we see this factory-produced teacher's views is when he ask Cecilia Jupe, "What is a horse?". When she can't answer Grandgring's square finger falls upon a boy named Bitzer. The shallow description Bitzer gave stating how many teeth a horse has and that their coats are shed in the winter appeals to Grandgrings fact concept and satisfies him. .
Dickens interpretation of school is very well written. He appeals to his audience in an unfavorable manner because we see Grandgring as if he is trying to choke the imagination of a child.
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