https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8 en-us 2022-05-02 09:06:50 UTC 2025-11-11 00:42:42 UTC hello@padlet.com simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166777508 This publishing is one of the best covers, which includes the setting of the book. The story is in Coketown. So this cover represents the chimneys, the poor conditions of air, and how even the air affects the human employees. The dark colors of the binding make whoever sees that unable to breathe. Seeing lots of smoke makes the reader understand the meaning of the book title.]]> 2022-05-02 13:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166777508 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166821359 Rationalist -lack of emotions and dreams- retired merchantman. He’s based on facts. The book actually criticizes leaning on solely facts every time with the character Thomas Gradgrind. His name is also included grinding, which is a symbol that he grinds children.]]> 2022-05-02 14:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166821359 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166822702 • It is said that every life has its roses and thorns; there seemed, however, to have been a misadventure or mistake in Stephen's case, whereby somebody else had become possessed of his roses, and he had become possessed of the same somebody else's thorns in addition to his own.

It is said that every life has its roses and thorns; there seemed, however, to have been a misadventure or mistake in Stephen's case, whereby somebody else had become possessed of his roses, and he had become possessed of the same somebody else's thorns in addition to his own. He had known, to use his words, a peck of trouble. ]]> 2022-05-02 14:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166822702 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166840873 This quote is between Mr. Gradgrind and her daughter Louisa. She was raised with logic. That is why she lacks emotion. In these lines, she mentions how he raises her, pure and inexperienced. Even though she proudly talks to her father, she is unaware of the facts.]]> 2022-05-02 14:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166840873 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166844593 •'NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!'


Mr. Gradgrind wants to raise and teach his children how to be a rationalist. They don't want to raise their children in an interrogator system. They need obedient pupils, not questioning pupils. That is why all the students look and think the same. They are like robots. ]]> 2022-05-02 14:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2166844593 hasancan_artus https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2168682960 Hard Times is set on Coketown. How is this choice of place important and what does Coketown represent in the book?]]> 2022-05-03 17:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2168682960 hasancan_artus https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2168714722 What does the sum of money asked to Mr. Blackpool to divorce symbolise in Hard Times?]]> 2022-05-03 17:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2168714722 hasancan_artus https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2168762242 How does Mr Gradgrind’s harsh opposition on factual basis affect the plot and how it is proved wrong]]> 2022-05-03 18:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2168762242 iremktn1 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170299849 The story starts off with a man whose name is Thomas Gradgrind. Gradgrind is a middle-aged man who is a wealthy merchant in Coketown, he only cares about facts and wants all the students to learn only plain facts. He asks some students questions and when it's the twentieth student, Sissy Jupe, turns he asks about her father's profession. Gradgrind asks Sissy to explain a horse. She cannot answer. Gradgrind pities Sissy. After the speech at the school, Gradgrind finds his daughter Louisa and his son Tom watching the circus secretly. Thomas scolds his children while asks about Louisa how Mr. Bounderby would react if he learns.]]> 2022-05-04 17:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170299849 iremktn1 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170309190 Gradgrind talks about this with Mr. Bounderby and in the end they think it's Sissy's fault because they are friends with Louisa. So they decide to talk about taking her from school with Sissy's father. Mr. Jupe left the circus and the town being ashamed of his slow movements because of his old age. Mr. Gradgrind asks Sissy to take over her education and move to their house in return for cutting all of her connections with the circus members. After years Sissy was still bad at education and still lives with the hope of her father to return for her. The first book ends with Tom and Louisa's conversation.


]]> 2022-05-04 17:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170309190 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170344138 Stick to facts Sir!]]> 2022-05-04 17:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170344138 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170372531 Thanks to the nurture of her father Mr. Gradgrind, she is immature. She is going to be Bounderby's wife afterward.]]> 2022-05-04 18:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170372531 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170382575 A wealthy friend of Gradgrind. He lies about his family background, thus he can put stronger blame on the workers that they amount to nothing since they are bound to die as a worker. He plays for sympathy. Later on, he will be married to Louisa.]]> 2022-05-04 18:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170382575 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170397446 Adopted by Mr. Gradgrind when her father, who worked in a circus, abandoned her. Full of emotion and dreams, but she had to suppress all these specialties thanks to the facts.]]> 2022-05-04 18:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170397446 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170408185 She is Bounderby's housekeeper. She is secretly in love with her master.]]> 2022-05-04 18:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170408185 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170415948 He was a worker in Bounderby's factory. It was hard to be a worker those days. He is not only happy in his working life but also in his personal life.]]> 2022-05-04 18:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170415948 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170424518 Mr. Gradgrind's eldest son. He is the rebellious one in the family.]]> 2022-05-04 18:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170424518 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170431480 Spoiler alert!!!!]]> 2022-05-04 18:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170431480 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170434959 2022-05-04 18:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170434959 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170465140 2022-05-04 19:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2170465140 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174545327 The book starts with Gradgrind's rationalist diction at school. He dictated the facts on children. That is why they were like robots.]]> 2022-05-08 16:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174545327 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174547739 This is Coketown where industrialization of everything causes major repression of emotions. Lousia explains this with an analogy; “There seems to be nothing there but languid and monotonous smoke. Yet when the night comes, Fire bursts out.”]]> 2022-05-08 17:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174547739 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174551318 2022-05-08 17:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174551318 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174556703 Circus wheel out the emotions that human beings feel. Coketown is not for emotions; it is for hard work.]]> 2022-05-08 17:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174556703 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174560284 Mr. Bounderby mentions about this soup to his workers. It represents the luxurious things that workers can not achive.]]> 2022-05-08 17:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174560284 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174566068 Mr. Bounderby did not understand the hardship that workers suffered. That is why he uses this metaphor for not making workers' need real. He thinks he gives them enough, and whatever plus they want is unnecessary.]]> 2022-05-08 17:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2174566068 simsekeda12 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2176381038 From the first book of Hard Times, how can you describe Thomas Gradgrind in one sentence?

]]> 2022-05-09 20:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2176381038 iremktn1 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2176467913 Why do Gradgrind and Bounderby suspect Sissy that she is the reason why Louisa and Tom were watching the circus secretly?

]]> 2022-05-09 21:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2176467913 iremktn1 https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2176471014 The one on the left is Irem and the one on the right is Eda.]]> 2022-05-09 21:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2176471014 hasancan_artus https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2180061765 Why are workers like Blackpool called “hands”?]]> 2022-05-11 20:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2180061765 hasancan_artus https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2180076360 The one on the left is Hasan and the one on the right is cat.]]> 2022-05-11 20:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/simsekeda12/9rndycgabg42ijo8/wish/2180076360