Hard Times

☞ Today's Education system in the context of Hard Times:

In Hard Times Dickens had shown how the education is making huge difference between that time and today's time. The prefference of people had changed toward the quality of education It is a very significant factor in the economic growth of any country. Since its independence, India has always concentrated on increasing the literacy rate in our country. Even today the government runs many programs to improve Primary and Higher education in India.

In Dickens'novel the opposition between "fancy" and "fact" is illustrated from the earliest pages of the novel. Clearly the Gradgrind school opposes fancy imaginative literature and "wondering." Instead, they encourage the pursuit of "hard fact" and statistics through scientific investigation and logical deduction. But the Gradgrinds are so merciless and thorough in their education that they manage to kill the souls of their pupils. Sissy Jupe and the members of Sleary's circus company stand as a contrast, arguing that "the people must be amused." Life cannot be exclusively devoted to labor.The education which is taught in the schools today is the modern education. Modern education teaches about the skills required today that is the skills of science and technology, science of medical science etc. In addition to listening, the modern education includes writing, visualizing, imagining, and thinking skills.

Having education in an area helps people think, feel, and behave in a way that contributes to their success, and improves not only their personal satisfaction but also their community. In addition, today's education must depend on:

💡Developing human personality, thoughts,

💡 Dealing with others 

 💡Prepares people for life experiences.

☞Marriage:

Marriage is the beginning the beginning of the family and is a life long commitment. It also provides an opportunity to grow in selflessness as you serve your wife and children. Marriage is more than a physical union; it is also a spiritual and emotional union.There are many unhappy marriages in Hard Times and none of them are resolved happily by the end. Mr. Gradgrind's  to his feeble complaining wife is not exactly a source of misery for either of them but neither are they or their children happy. The Gradgrind family is not a loving or affectionate one. The main unhappy marriage showcased by the novel is between Louisa Gradgrind and Mr. Bounderby. Louisa marries him not out of love but out of a sense of duty to her brother Tom the only person in the world she loves and who wheedles her into saying "yes" because he works for Bounderby and wants to improve his chances at rising in the world. Bounderby's intentions regarding Louisa seem a bit creepy at first but he turns out to mean no harm to her . The only solution to this bad marriage, once Louisa has escaped the hands of Jem Harthouse, is for Louisa to live at home the rest of her days. She will never be happy with another man or have the joy of children, though Dickens hints she will find joy in playing with Sissy's future children.

☞Industrialism of Digital Era:

Industrial Revolution is a way of describing the blurring of boundaries between the physical, digital, and biological worlds. It’s a fusion of advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, genetic engineering, quantum computing, and other technologies. It’s the collective force behind many products and services that are fast becoming indispensable to modern life. Think GPS systems that suggest the fastest route to a destination, voice-activated virtual assistants such as Apple’s Siri, personalized Netflix recommendations, and Facebook’s ability to recognize your face and tag you in a friend’s photo.

As a result of this perfect storm of technologies,  Industrial Revolution is paving the way for transformative changes in the way we live and radically disrupting almost every business sector. Although it is different from the industrial revolution of the Hard Times in which Dicken's had described,but somewhat it is also connected to it in terms of changes.