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Why Dickens Uses Biblical and Agriculture Illustrations

Dickens' novel, "Hard Times," is divided into three 'books, two of which are sowing and reaping. Despite being an industrial novel, Dickens uses Biblical and agricultural illustrations to emphasize that what one sows is excatly what they will reap, a famous Bible verse. The use of agricultural connotations, such as sowing and reaping imply that people's conducts are what they get in life. As such, good behavior leads to...