For many decades, many have tried to achieve a perfect blend of a healthy mind and a healthy body. To do this, people exercise their bodies as well as their minds. However, too much exercise can have consequences. So we have to find a balance. When too many harsh views are held, the blend of a healthy mind and a healthy body disappears. It is therefore very important to achieve a balance with strict rules and a little imagination. When we look at the facts, it is always one-sided, but when we use the imagination, the possibilities become endless and can be considered positive. In the novel Hard Times, some characters display a strict view of facts rather than their imagination. The reader begins to understand that without the right balance, characters begin to harm each other. In Charles Dicken's novel, Hard Times, it is evident that without a life mixed with fiction, imagination cannot be learned. Thus, lack of social interaction can dangerously lead to complications in a child's education and a perfect balance between fact and fiction must be compromised. So through the use of many different characters the reader can notice the differences in how each child was raised and how they may relate to facts, imagination, communication, utilitarianism, to individualism and conformism. Thomas Gradgrind is a strict teacher in the town of Coketown who believes only in reasoning and refuses to teach anything that is not fact. He sees no other answers and can only use facts to solve his problems. This is truly determined by his first sentence of the novel: “teach these boys and girls only facts. Only facts are necessary in life. Don't plan anything else and eliminate all...... middle of paper ......d thoughts. Conformist and utilitarian views do not allow individuals to think freely and interact socially with others. As a result, imaginative free thinkers are capable of achieving success. Through the analysis of the character and settings discussed by Charles Dickens in his novel Hard Times, readers can understand that having a balance between factual knowledge and imagination is crucial for proper growth in a child's mental state. the child. Additionally, the environment in which a person is placed can also have effects of individualism or conformity. These actions can also play a variable role in how a person can communicate with others in their environment. Therefore, characters raised with an uneven balance of fantasy and fact ended up with an unhappy ending and characters raised in a balanced way closed the book successfully..