MANCHESTER IN A.TOCQUEVILLE AND COKETOWN IN C. DICKENS

Tocqueville and Dickens talk about the consequences of the Industrial Revolution on the population and on  the cities of Manchester and Coketown. Tocqueville describes Manchester from a geographical point of view so that he can introduce the topic. After that he talks about the conditions of the city, whereas Dickens talks about Coketown , which is a fictional city. Tocqueville 's work is a diary of travel , his attitude is more detached than Dickens ' work . His opinion about industrialization and individualism is negative because everyone is just interested in himself, so there wasn't a balance within the city. Manchester declares the power of individualism against the society. In this city you can really feel the concept of individualism.  Industry was the main aspect, while the man was less important than the first one. In "Hard Times" Coketown is considered the city of  imagination. The writer wants the reader  be able to imagine the scene , talking a lot  about coke, because it was very important during the Industrial Revolution. Dickens introduces the third personal  intruder  narrator , he also adopts a bionary method and makes use of a symbolic meaning such as the black that is the symbol of darkness and hell. Another important symbol is the red, that expresses the idea of blood and suffering. Coketown is built with red bricks that means progress. There were also impaved roads, smoke noises from the shriek of steam from boilers and the sea was red because of the dye that went into the sea.