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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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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Discuss the significance of Fact and Fancy in Hard Times with particular reference to Dickens’ presentation of the worlds of Sleary’s circus and Coketown. You should focus closely on techniques used and effects created and how both of these things shape our response‚ as readers‚ to the text. Dickens uses a range of techniques to present the idea of the importance of and contrast between Fact and Fancy‚ such as the settings of the contrasting ‘worlds’ in the novel‚ imagery‚ and the very language
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Living as a human being poses many challenges because we are self-conscious creatures. Confidence and self-confidence become an important part of everyone’s lives as individuals but also as a society. However‚ many successful people who 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
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Bam White ：They were moving from the high desert chill of Las Animas‚ Colorado‚ to Littlefield‚ Texas‚ south of Amarillo‚ to start anew.. Bam White was a ranch hand‚ a lover of horses and empty skies. Archaeologists: were just starting to sort through a lost village‚ a place where natives. The Spanish: They brought horses‚ which had the same effect on the Plains Indian economy as railroads did on Anglo villages in the Midwest. Comanche: They migrated out of eastern Wyoming‚ Shoshone people
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The Biggest Challenges Young Adults Face Today General purpose The objective of the speech is to dissect the inherent problems confronting the young adults in the contemporary society. These pose a major threat to the lives and wellbeing of the individuals‚ and are therefore important to understand to enhance personal and societal development. Specific purpose The specific purpose for the speech is to contribute to an overall understanding of the environment that circumstances
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school. Also in this chapter Mr. Mcchoakumchild is introduced who is one of the teachers at the school. Lastly‚ a boy named Bitzer and a girl named Sissy Jupe enter the story. 3. Through this chapter Thomas Gradgrind hires Mr. Mcchoakumchild as a teacher in his school. He makes it clear to teach the students nothing but facts. Mr. Mccoakumchild asks Sissy Jupe for the definition of horse. She cannot answer but Bitzer gives him a satisfying definition. Chapter 3 1. This chapter takes place mostly outside
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Hard Times For These Times In order to improve the sales of his own weekly magazine‚ Household Words‚ in which sales had begun to decline in 1854‚ Charles Dickens (lived 1812 1870) began to publish a new series of weekly episodes in the magazine. Hard Times For These Times‚ an assault on the industrial greed and political economy that exploits the working classes and deadens the soul‚ ran from April 1 to August 12‚ 1854. In the opening scenes that take place in the classroom‚ you become familiarized
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MRS.sparsit is an elderly lady who is highly connected and have a huge aristpcratic bvackground.her husband belonged to the family of "POWERLS". Scadgers.... she is a widow now‚ fallen yupon evil days to take up job. She works as a housekeeper olf mr. Josiah Bounderby.bounderby treats her in the most polite manner and never fails to pay compliments and regards to her excellent background. Mrs. Sparsit is very much proud of her coonnectipons. The jnovelist descxribes her as a p;erson haveing dense
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SCHEME OF WORK Unit Title: ORGANISATIONS AND BEHAVIOUR No. of Weeks 10 Course: HND Hours per week: 6 hours Week | Topics | Reference | Week1 | Introduction to organizational behaviour and structure elements of structure‚ how structure affects organisations | 1. Robbins‚ S.‚ Organizational Behavior 2. Buchanan‚ D & Huczynski‚ A.‚ Organizational Behaviour 3. Mullins‚ L.‚ Management and Organisational Behaviour | Week 2 | Understanding culture and power‚ analysing
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