Hard Times | Suggested Essay Topics
Book I, Chapters 1-2
1. Examine Dickens’ use of repetition in these two chapters, explaining what you think Dickens gains by repeating such words as “hard,” “fact,” “sir,” “square,” and “squarely.”
2. Discuss just what Gradgrind and the others appear to mean by “facts.”
3. Dickens’ position appears to be that teachers who are not so well-prepared as M’Choakumchild, who may indeed have learned less than he has, would make better teachers. That, knowing less, they could teach “infinitely” more. Argue for or against this idea, basing your...
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