Tasks Read the following Case Study carefully. Answer each of the questions at the end of the case study in about 300-350 words. There are four parts in the Assignment Task each covering the required Learning Outcomes in the module. Please answer each question within 300-350 words. Case Study One The following case study covers LO1 Surviving Greenscape’s Hard Times In ten years‚ Greenscape had grown from a one-person venture into the largest nursery and landscaping business in its
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TOPIC:-What is Moral Fable? How can you say that Hard Times is a Moral Fable? BY: CHETAN ANKUR Moral fable combines the left (logical) & right (creative) side of the brain‚ so it both entertains creatively and validates certain types of behaviour‚ morally. The creative part is the fairy tale which often involves animals rather than humans. It speaks to our hearts as it entertains us; the ending is the logical‚ moral conclusion that satisfies our logical
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1) Discuss the theme of parental responsibility in Dickens’s Hard Times. Refer to specific passages and scenes from the novel. Throughout the book Hard times by Charles Dickens there is a theme of parental responsibly or more appropriately‚ parental irresponsibility. This is majorly highlighted through the relationship between Mr Grandgrind and his two children‚ Tom and Louisa. We also can see an irresponsible parent relationship between sissy Jupe and her father. Mr Grandgrind only thought that
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Discuss the presentation of confict in the texts that you have studied In “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens‚ conflict is presented as the outcome of industrialisation‚ material prosperity and a strict utilitarian way of life. In the 1850’s when the novel was written in instalments in ‘Household Words’‚ Victorian England was in the age of reform‚ which was creating new tensions between social classes‚ and creating a new type of ‘master’ represented by characters such as Mr. Gradgrind and more particularly
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Notes on Doctorow’s Welcome to Hard Times Outstanding Writer Course: Dr Z. Ramin Sara Khazai ‚ 2014 Historical Background: 1950s-1960s In The Sixties‚ Arthur Marwick describes the Fifties as “rigid”: [R]igid social hierarchy; subordination of women to men and children to parents; repressed attitudes toward sex; racism; unquestioning respect for the authority in the family‚ education‚ government‚ the law‚ and religion‚ and for the nation-state‚ the national flag‚ the national anthem; Cold War
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The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan Presently‚ as many people enjoy the beauty of the prairie either in the north or in south‚ they fail or do not understand that a big proportion of those plains are consequently modern era ecological disaster. It is common to hear people talk about “the Dust Bowl or “the Dirty ‘30s”. This is where Timothy Egan in his non-fiction book The Worst Hard Time basis his book‚ i.e.‚ on the historical 1930 Dust Bowl. In his book‚ Egan critically examines the origin and
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project confidence rather well surprisingly lack of self-confidence. I don’t see myself as a self asserted person‚ I dunno If I am a shy person or If I lack confidence but either way I get that feeling when the spot light is on me‚ in other words‚ Like when I read out loud‚ sing‚ or explain something I just feel like I want the ground to swallow me up and I don’t want anyone to look at me. And sometimes It get from worse to worst‚ this lack of confidence I’ve got turned to a phobia
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The novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens offers a glimpse into the life and times during the industrial revolution in England during the nineteenth century. Dickens offers a wide range of characters from the upper class factory owner to the lowest class factory workers. He creates characters in this range of social classes and crafts this story that intertwines each person and their transformations throughout the novel. Almost every character in this story is complex and has characteristics that
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2014 The Plight of English Women Hard Times by Charles Dickens‚ and Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe illustrate the role of women in British society from the 16th to 19th century. Specifically‚ the female characters from Moll Flanders and Hard Times contrast one another through the hardships they encounter as a direct consequence of their gender and social standing. The books indicate a slow progression and expansion of women’s roles in Britain over time. However‚ the progression of women in British
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Marriage and Divorce in Dickens’ Hard Times: A Statement on the Religious Morals of 19th Century British Society The Victorian era in England gave birth to the first real industrial society the world had ever seen. With the rise of industry came large cities‚ an expanded working class population and the rapid rise of imperialism. Although England was progressing towards a more powerful place in the world‚ its citizens seemed to be drifting in the opposite direction. Oppressive laws and working conditions
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