Importance of time in Dicken’s hard times

Abstract

Abstract

The world has not changed after having been natural and now is mechanical whereas the way in which mankind regards it has. When we disassemble everything (and categorizes it in various ways) to find out how it works we understand its construction and therefore also obtain true knowledge. By taking the world apart in order to see the function of each part we leave the perspective of wholeness behind and do not regard our world as a connected pattern. Instead, we explain each happening or reaction with another, all according to strict natural laws. The novel Hard Times seem to enlighten us by saying that if we were to live by the principles that are mechanical, and ethical in being dutiful, i.e. We have to be true to our moral conviction irrespective of the consequences, then it is likely that the injustices would become many not before long.