Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens' Hard Times The Characters Dickens characters are not like regular people (whatever that means). They are personifications of different states of mind. To use these characters is a clever and original way to present a story. Dickens childhood put him in contact with evil and bad elements as he was a child-worker. His later prosperity as a writer made him able to tell tales with great insight and sentiments. "Hard Times" is a …

…way back to Coketown to clear his name. Louisa ends up a mess when shown tenderness and Thomas who is really a victim to bad bringing up ends up in exile in another country. "Hard Times" showed a new upcoming era, where computers, facts and unsentimental values were rated. A colder and less living society, where people are machines and not thinking individuals. "Hard Times" could say a lot then, but maybe even more today.