Analysis of Theme Development of THE BOOK FIRST of DICKEN’S HARD TIMES
Many major themes have come to the surface while reading all of Book the First of Hard Times: (1) Fact versus Fancy, (2) the Mechanization of Human Life, (3) Unhappy Families and Homelives, (4) the Clash of Social Classes, & (5) the Loss of Innocence via Experience.
Select 3 of the above themes; for each topic, find at least 2 passages from the Book First of Hard Times (6 altogether) where the theme in question is made apparent. For each passage compose a well-developed paragraph that summarizes what takes place and explains how it develops the theme in question (6 total paragraphs).