Section I B. Hard times by Charles DickensFact. Done. Done. In a de facto world, is love, or its absence, overlooked? Coketown grinding gears bring a product down the assembly line. A worker, doing his job, sees that it is defective. Without thinking, he removes it from the line and then continues inspecting the products. When a marriage proposal arrives on the conveyor belt to Louisa, she is faced with a decision. His childhood was unimaginative. Raised by an overly logical Gradgrind, Louisa never had the chance to discover her emotions. When the decision of marriage comes to her, she deals with it the only way she knows how. Logically, marrying him would be a good move. Overlooking the fact that she doesn't love him, she accepts his proposal. This example also serves to foreshadow the final realization of Gradgrind. For a moment, he thinks he sees a kiss in his daughter, the very thing he went to great lengths to protect her from. In order to see this, he must have momentarily lost sight of his theories and beliefs.b. (Related: Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev)Gradgrind and Bazerov have similar character traits. Both of these characters have strong held beliefs by which they define themselves. Both of their beliefs reject basic human tendencies. They both realize that they cannot suppress these instincts and give in to them.D. Honoré BalzacRastignac's Pere Goriot, an enthusiastic young student, is best identified with Parisian society. As he does so, his corruption robs him of his innocence. He remembers his past in the community. Confident in the knowledge that his education provides him, he acquires the skills necessary to be part of society and... mid-paper... attempts to teach the philosophy of facts to students. He doesn't like Louisa's answer because it's too imaginative. This example serves to enlighten the reader to the extreme philosophical consequences. It also lets us know that the Gradgrind children have been exposed to this idea in fact since birth.4. Fathers and sonsBazerov explains his views on duels. Theoretically he believes that they are unnecessary, but in practice they have their place. This is another example of his hypocrisy. He justifies his participation in the duel, contradicting his nihilistic beliefs.10. Pere Goriot Balzac describes the Paris pension as one of the monsters of the abyss. He is using this metaphor to convince the reader that he is reading the truth. He's saying that other writers would have looked at this very guesthouse, but he's going to explore it.