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I bow down to the great Dickens Whose name has touched every soil, And whose art has touched every soul, His art "Hard Times" has travelled far and wide When at last built it's castle at Sherubtse college, Fortuitous me, met his art in the class And heard all of its elongated tales, And today I will tell you some of his tales. In an industrial city named Coketown, Dwells the well off man 'Josaigh Bounderby' Who was a banker and a factory owner, He had a pal 'Thomas Gradgrind' Who was not only a politician by profession But also an education reformer. In the school he owns, Students including his children Tom and Louisa, Are taught no other than the facts Where creativity and imagination has no home in his schooling system. Gradgrind adopts Sisy Jupe, A abandoned daughter of the clown as his servant And offers his own children Tom and Louisa to Bounderby. Tom serves him as his bank clerk Poor Louisa has her fate against her will Where she has to marry him. Stephen Blackpool, a descent man And a worker in Bounderby's factory Has been host for all miseries of the world, His alcoholic wife invites all troubles Divorce he yearns so desperately, But Puritan law consents no wills. And his secret feeling to 'Rachael' Adds fuel to his afflictions, Hard was the time for him. Gridgrand now becomes the member of parliament, James Harthouse from London comes And under Gridgrand's guidance he bow For he yearns to be a politician. Too short his time has passed in Coketown And too short he took to fall for Louisa, Mrs. Spariat who was a housekeeper for Bounderby Has stretch his arms to Harthouse And together they try to corrupt Louisa. " The Hands", or the employees Had thier heads United to form union Under the leadership of Slackbridge, Together they want to wage strike Against their unfaithful employer Bounderby. Poor Blackpool denied to take part For he smells troubles ahead, His neutrality was not a vain For Bounderby wants him to spy other workers, He deny to spy them either When at last he was shun away by both. His integrity has earn him no profit Rather he lost his job. He decides to leave Coketown And Louisa gave him money For she appreciates his integrity. Tom too comes to him, " Wait for some days near the bank For help will come to you" said Tom And he waited but no help arrive, So he left coketown. No sooner he left the town Bonderby's bank was tereibly roped, Poor Blackpool became the lone suspect For he was seen loitering around the bank afore he left Coketown. Angered Bounderby lays all his strength To catch poor Stephen Blackpool For he was the robber, Bounderby's anger gets aggravated When Louisa began to fight for her fate, She left him, and went with Harthouse. Louisa's action was like a Preacher For her father Gradgrind learnt a lesson, That his philosophy has imperfection. Stephen, an accused robber Comes back to clear his good name But mets with tragedy on his way, Into the mining pit he fall and suffered, Too late did Pachael and Sissy Jupe saw him For he breath his last shortly. Gradgrind and Louisa learns That Tom was responsible for robbery, Off they went to sneak him out from England. Tom now pretends to be a clown For the safety of none but for himslef, Secretly they plans to send him away But Bitzer spots them, He tried to hault them for his gain But all his effort went into vain For circus guys help Tom away. The tale is now coming to an end, Bounderby dies of fit in the street. Remorseful Gridgrand lives long While Louisa lives not to marry ever, Tom dies abroad with great remorse while Rachael lives caring Stephen's drunken wife. All characters except the poor Sissy Jupe Had her worldly life ever For she married successfully And had her peaceful family.
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