Charles Dickens' Hard Times The Characters Dickens characters are not like regular people (whatever that means). They are personifications of different states of mind. To use these characters is a clever and original way to present a story. Dickens childhood put him in contact with evil and bad elements as he was a child-worker. His later prosperity as a writer made him able to tell tales with great insight and sentiments. "Hard Times" is a …showed first 75 words of 1166 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1166 total…way back to Coketown to clear his name. Louisa ends up a mess when shown tenderness and Thomas who is really a victim to bad bringing up ends up in exile in another country. "Hard Times" showed a new upcoming era, where computers, facts and unsentimental values were rated. A colder and less living society, where people are machines and not thinking individuals. "Hard Times" could say a lot then, but maybe even more today.