It is clear that he is in the wrong, and too weak to realize it on his own. Unlock explanations and citations for this and every literary device in Hard Times. Plus so much more...Get LitCharts A+ Already a LitCharts A+ member?Sign in!
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In the passage Dickens asks, mockingly, how much damage the schoolteacher really believes he can do to this “thief,” casting the success of M’Choakumchild’s methods into doubt. Unlock explanations and citations for this and every literary device in Hard Times. Plus so much more......
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Until this moment, Tom has been one of the most obdurate and unchanging characters in Hard Times. While Louisa and his father realize the error of their ways, Tom cannot let go of his selfishness until the very last moment. The context of this scene adds another shade of irony to it....