What Do You Make Of The Endings Which Dickens Devices For The Lives Of The Protagonists? There are many different protagonists in the story “Hard Times” as many of the characters play an important role in the story however the characters that have the greatest influence upon the story line include that of Mr.Gradgrind, Thomas Gradgrind, Louisa Gradgrind, Josiah Bounderby, Stephen Blackpool and Cecelia Jupe. Mr.Gradgrind is a wealthy, retired merchant in Coketown, …showed first 75 words of 1573 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1573 total…the rest of his death. It is also possible he may have wanted to die as his life he said himself was after all “a muddle, aw a muddle”. This therefore means he got what he wished for an end to a miserable life. Overall I still believe the original theory of a good character with a good ending and a bad character with a bad ending fits in with the endings devised by Dickens.