Hard Times Connection to Aladdin
I think the movie Aladdin can be connected to Hard Times for a few reasons. First of all, we see socioeconomic divisions between Aladdin and Jasmine. However, in the movie, the two end up falling in love and we see a cross between people of different class. This is different than Hard Times because everyone stays within their own class, with the exception of Sissy because she gets to be "a part" of the Gradgrind family.
Also, there are character similarities between Bounderby and Jafar. They are both in a position of power and influence, Bounderby as a banker and owner of the factory and Jafar as the sultan's second hand. Both characters are very conceited and self-centered and they both end up in a game of lies. Bounderby lies about his status as a "self-made man" and Jafar by trying to manipulate the sultan.
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