Ritsie Armington Mrs. Thompson AP English Lit 11/6/12 In the novel‚ “Hard Times‚” Charles Dickens uses Mr. Gradgrind‚ Louisa Gradgrind and Sissy Jupe to express his view on Utilitarianism. Utilitarians believe “our moral faculty‚ according to all those of its interpreters who are entitled to the name of thinkers‚ supplies us only with the general principles of moral judgments; it is a branch of our reason‚ not of our sensitive faculty; and must be looked to for the abstract doctrines of morality
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Cecilia Jupe also know as Sissy shows Louisa the way to escape the cruel cycle of the era by counterbalancing the industrial revolution with femininity. Charles Dickens uses Sissy as a symbol of a classical woman and a revolutionist. She overcomes these gender restrictions by stepping outside the world of facts. She shows that life does not just need to be a following‚ she shows life as an innocent curious woman who can escape Victorian life. Sissy refers to herself as “just a poor girl”
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Gradgrind‚ Louisa‚ Tom‚ Cecilia Jupe (Sissy)‚ Mr. Harthouse‚ Stephen Blackpool among others. However‚ the one we identified the most with‚ was “Girl Number 20” or Cecilia Jupe (Sissy). Through out the whole story‚ Dickens shows her as an innocent‚ unprotected an abandoned child‚ but at the same time she becomes one of the most important and influential characters of the story. In addition‚ the author redefines‚ in a way‚ the role women had at the time‚ by giving Sissy the power to be herself and the
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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 teaching facts to his children was the only element that they required; whereas sissy Jupe’s uneducated father Signor Jupe could only provide the imaginative teachings. The brief opposite comparison between both fathers‚ show that our parents need to have balance
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Hard Times Coursework Hard times was written in 1854 by Charles Dickens. Dickens was a famous Victorian novelist who wrote about the civilization that surrounded him. He was knowledgeable and middle-class but had some sympathy with the way poor people were treated. He was vital of utilitarianism and felt that those in power showed little understanding of the poor. His sympathy with the poor stemmed from his upbringing and his father’s failure to stay out of debt. Hard Times is Dickens’ shortest
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the novel by stating "Now‚ what I want is facts" at his school in Coketown. He is a man of "facts and calculations." He interrogates one of his pupils‚ Sissy‚ whose father is involved with the circus‚ the members of which are "Fancy" in comparison to Gradgrind’s espousal of "Fact." Since her father rides and tends to horses‚ Gradgrind offers Sissy the definition of horse. She is rebuffed for not being able to define a horse factually; her classmate Bitzer does‚ however‚ provide a more zoological profile
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Liu Yang Educ 322 Instructor: Dr. Jeanette Hoffman Jan 21‚ 2013 Theories of Development Reflection Paper Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse In the text of Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse‚ Lily is in the stage of Pre-operational. According to Jean Piaget‚ in the pre-operational stage‚ children develop semiotic function which is an ability to represent an object or action with signs and symbols‚ such as language‚ imagery‚ drawing symbolic games and deferred imitation. At first‚ Lily likes her teacher
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THE LEGACY by Virgina Woolf (1882-1941) PART I. Before the meeting 1. At the beginning of the story Gilbert Clandon was waiting for Sissy Miller to arrive. Who was she and what was the purpose of the meeting? Gilbert Clandon was waiting for Sissy Miller‚ who was the maid. Gilbert Clandon did the meeting to give to her the pearl brooch‚ because Angela had left a little gift of some sort for every one of her friends 2. Angela had kept a diary ever since she got married. Had her husband ever read
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The days of childhood are limited‚ and inevitably everyone will grow old. Yet the way a childhood should be spent has often been disputed‚ by some regarding it as a time to prepare for the future‚ and others as a chance to explore freedom. Charles Dickens‚ in Hard Times‚ portrays both sides of the argument in their most extreme forms. One might argue that much of Hard Times is about extremes. The first character to be introduced‚ Mr. Thomas Gradgrind‚ enforces a very rigid approach to education
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his students like machines hoping to produce some graduates. Then there is Mr. M’Choakumchild‚ he is a very atrocious man ‚ some say he even look like an ogre. So now we move onto Cecilia Jupe aka Sissy Jupe. She is different then any other character in every way possible. This is an early scene and Sissy is the only female that has been introduced even though there are other girls in the class. Then we move on to Bitzer‚ which is the teacher’s pet and embarrasses Cecilia by giving the meaning of what
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