Dickenson’s Hard Times

As I analyze the first character that was presented in the book Hard times by Charles Dickens, Thomas Gradgrind is one of the central figures by means of whom the author weaves a web of elaborately connected characters and plotlines. His character is used with close central feature of his monotone posture and appearance that is mechanized. Mr. Gradrinds opening speech to a group of young students during the opening medical prognosis embodies his dryness and the big(p) fact that he crams into his students heads.Gradrind is best set forth as unbent coat, square legs, square shoulders, (Dickens, 1981) by the narrator which merely argue Gradrinds unrelenting rigidity. During the first a few(prenominal) chapters, he expounds his philosophy of calculating his sagacious self worry. Hu art object nature piece of ass be governed by complete perspicacious rules according to his belief. He is also organize to weight and measure any contri entirelyion of human nature and be up to (p) to tell what it comes to. By this philosophy he was able to triumph financially and socially. His constituent as a hardware merchandiser which is a trade that deals in hard material reality.He also became a instalment of the Parliament and this position allows him to indulge his interest tabulating data about people from England. though he is not a grind owner, he evinces the spirit of Industrial rotary motion as he treats people kindred machines that can be reduced to a number of principles of science. The narrator describes Gradrind ironically but he also undergo noteworthy change in the novel which afterwards catches the narrators sympathy. This is when Louisa confessed to him that something really main(prenominal) is missing in her life and that she is discontented and disappointed with her marriage.This gave a realization to Gradrind that the preparation system that he has is not perfect. This is turn out when he learned that Tom robbed the beach of Bounderby. and since he was faced by these failures, he admits to himself that The ground on which I single-foot has ceased to be solid under my feet. (Dickens, 1981)The dilemmas of his children do him feel and learn love, compassion and sorrow. He later became a humble man and making his facts and figures in greater connective with the virtues of faith, hope and charity.