Hard Times

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What does Mr. Gradgrind emphasize should be taught at his 'model' school?

Facts alone

Who is the aptly named character in the opening chapters of Charles Dickens’s novel Hard Times?

Thomas Gradgrind

What does Mr. Gradgrind ask 'girl number twenty' to define?

A horse

What kind of definition does Bitzer give to satisfy Mr. Gradgrind?

<p>Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely, twenty-four grinders, four eyeteeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in spring; in marshy countries, sheds hoofs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who rebels against Bitzer’s lifeless picture of a horse and the 'Gradgrind' view of reality?

<p>Anyone who has any sense of what a horse is</p> Signup and view all the answers

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