![]() ![]() His school will teach nothing but the facts to children. Thomas Gradgrind has established a model school in the small industrial town of Coketown. The importance of facts and facts alone in education is under discussion, while the children watch quietly, waiting to have facts "poured into them until they were full to the brim." Mr. Three men are discussing the importance of education for young children. Hard Times opens in an empty school room. The villains are left to die alone, and the good at heart are given a warm world to live in and spread their love around. ![]() In true Dickens' fashion, all the characters come to the only conclusion they could have. A young girl who never learned to love is taught how, and another who has so much love to give, finds people who need her love. A father who thought he was exactly right, learned he was very wrong. "Hard Times" follows the story of a group of people in a small industrial town, and how the choices they made led to the outcomes they experienced. ![]()
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