This document contains a summary of the novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens and compares the teaching philosophies of Mr. Gradgrind and Nanabhai Bhatt. Mr. Gradgrind only teaches facts to students and neglects imagination, while the children's lives suffer. Nanabhai Bhatt advocated for stress-free, industrial, art-integrated and student-centered education that also considers emotions. The document analyzes how Dickens illustrates the failures of the Gradgrind system in Hard Times and discusses teaching the themes of the novel. It includes references to the novel, biographies of Dickens and Nanabhai Bhatt, and an article about teaching Hard Times.
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1. Name: Kishan G. Jadav
Roll no: 11
Enrollment No: 3069206420200008
Paper No:P-4: Victorians
Topic: comparison between Mr. Gradgrind and
Nanabhai Bhatt as a Teacher
Sem-1
Batch: 2021-2023
Email Id: jadavkishan55555@gmail.com
Submitted To: S.B. Gardi Department of English MKB
Comparison between Mr. Gradgrind and
Nanabhai Bhatt as a Teacher
2. As explained in the above stated shloka from
Ishopanishada ¡°Avidya¡± endows man the knowledge and
skills of carrying out responsibilities, social customs and
duties in life and thereby helping him to earn one¡¯s
livelihood. With such skilful strength, a journey from birth
to death is believed to accomplish crossing over the
ocean of life.
Whereas "Vidya" quenches an eternal thirst of haying
the ultimate spiritual knowledge and satisfaction as equal
to immortality. Hence, the visionary dream of LokBharati
is to worship the comprehensive study of both.,"Avidya"
(skilful strength) and "Vidya" (vision of inner self), which
enables man to breathe happily in the cosmic world as
well as to have perpetual pleasure of one's own being.
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3. ? Charles John Huffam Dickens-(7 February
1812 ¨C 9 June 1870)
? greatest writer of the Victorian era
? English writer and social critic
? created the world's fictional characters
? novelist of the Victorian era
? A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield,
? Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities,
? Great Expectations, and Our Mutual
Friend.
Charles Dickens
4. ? Nanabhai Bhatt(11 November 1882-31 December 1961
? Nrusinhprasad Kalidas Bhatt
? was an Indian educator, writer, thinker and Indian
independence activist.
? Education, Reforms, Rural Welfare,
? Dakshinamurti, Lokbhartiattended Samaldas Arts
College
? Principal-high school in Mahuva, Bhavnagar,
? Professor at Shamaldas College. From 1908-1915.
? Vice Chancellor at Gujarat Vidyapith, 1925-28.
? Minister of Education in Saurashtra state , 1948
? Awarded Padma Shri in 1960 for "Social Work".
Nanabhai Bhatt
5. ? thetenth novel by Charles
Dickens,
? first published in 1854
? English society and satirises the
social and economic conditions of
the erafocused Industrial
Revolution
Hard Times: (commonly known as
Hard Times)
6. Mr. Gradgrind school board Superintendent, the pursuit of
profitable enterprise cold facts and numbers, a follower of
Utilitarian ideasneglects the imagination. children's lives fall
into disarray.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 mind of reasoning animals upon Facts:
nothing else will ever be of any service to them.
Dialogue of original Book¡..
Mr. Gradgrind
12. The third period on Hard Times may then be
spent in analyzing the theme of the novel.
Two basic questions should be considered:
How is the Gradgrind system illustrated?How is
its failure dramatiz
dramatiz
Article :- Hard Times: An Experience in
Teaching
Author(s): Helmut E. Gerber