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As the daughter of Thomas Gradgrind, Lousia was rasied under the same teachings and philosophies as her brother. As an adult this has left Louisa cold, hard, and calculating which is intensified by the contrast to other female characters in the story. She is a person who is unable to understand and communicate feelings of compassion and sensitivity, though Dickens reveals that she does have them. Gradgrind presents a rational argument for her to marry Josiah Bounderby and Louisa follows. She later falls in love with James Harthouse, but instead of running off with him she chooses to return to her father's house signifying that even though she may be unfeeling, she does recognize right and wrong. Later Louisa manages to confess her extreme unhappiness to her father causing him to reevaluate his own perspectives. |
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