The Satire of Utilitarianism
I
heard
about
Hard Times
for a long time, but
I didn
鈥檛
know about
its contents
until
this term.
Which made me decide to read this book is
its
opening
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鈥淣ow,
what I want is, FACTS鈥︹�︹�?nbsp;The sentences are not too difficult to read so I have the
interest to continue reading it.
The
more
chapters
I
read,
the
much
understanding
I
have
that
behind
the
straightway language was the serious and deeply consideration. The author Dickens
described the bourgeoisie vividly and satirized the utilitarianism very powerfully. In
these people鈥檚 philosophy
, everything was secondary to benefits. This philosophy was
not only honored as the life principles by the heroes Grandgrind and Bounderby, but
also stuffed in the brains of chirldren.
I am very sympathy to these poor children. They were forced to accept the 鈥渇acts鈥?
and their na茂
ve imagenation was killed. Even watching the circus was considered as
the bad behavior.
鈥淣othing is useful unless it can produce substantive benefits鈥? such thought was
popular at that age, however, in my opnion, it still exists broadly in our society today.
Many
kids
are
sent
to
learn
varies
of
interests-orinted
classes:
Mathematical
Olympiad, piano, singing, dancing, and so on. Most Parents do this because they want
their children to succeed in entering a better school, while they care little about the
true intersests of children. This utilitarian education is also found in school. When I
was a primary student, my classmates were treated differently by teachers because of
their different marks. It is obviously harm for children
鈥?/p>
s growing.
Also adults have the utilitarian thoughts. We are becoming more and more frickle.
In 1980s, many
youngsters
were keen on writing poem.
They
wrote poems
just for
pleasant.
But
today
few
people
read
and
write
poems
for
they
think
that
it
can
not
bring benefits for them. The phenomenon should arouse our attention.
Hard Times
is
a
great
novel
because its influence was beyond the counties and
times. I am benefit a lot from it.