The Victorian Education system as presented in Hard Times :: English Literature

The Victorian Education governance as presented in Hard TimesFrom the early beginnings of Hard Times, we can break that this novelwas originally intended to shock those reading it. The education thatthese children cop is harsh and designed to stem any feelings ofself-opinion. When Gradgrind interrogated girl number 20, he turn outthat their education was more strict and when he later humiliated herwhen he asked her to describe a horse, he proved that the Victorianeducation system was solely based on fact and allowed no room for itto be questioned.This was even the case in such incidents as where Sissy states thatshe would ilk flowers on her carpets. Gradgrinds wish to outlawfancy in her thoughts, mean that at some points during the dialogue,Gradgrind can begin to sound absurd in his words. fiend heavilyobjects to the mechanical way of teaching in Gradgrinds utilitarianschool. As early as in the second chapter the reader notices that thefacts taught in this diverseness of schoo l have no use at all in normal life.Sissy, with her natural understanding of a horse contradicts the cold translation of a horse by Bitzer Quadruped .....What makes that situation worse is that later on, Gradgrind, who takes bear down of Sissys education, forces her from learning on her abilityto comprehend that she cannot believe in what she wishes.They ar stifled in their environment, prisoners of a world ofutilitarianism. Gradgrinds school is very field of battle and bare, Dickensdescribing it as a monotonous vault, and being intenselywhitewashed. For pupils having to learn in this broad of environmentwould be extremely boring, and no encouragement is given to motion