The Gradgrind Family - Sissy Jupe

Important Characters - The Gradgrind

Thomas Gradgrind

Sissy Jupe

Bitzer

Mr Jupe

Luisal Thomas

Bounderby

Places

School

Circus Sleary

The House of

Coketown

Main ideas-chapter1

The ideas of Sessy

Mr. M Choakumchild is a new teacher at Gradgrinds shool and and his teaching mathod

Mr. Gradgind puts students through a series of questions to test their knowledge.

se presenta un nuevo personaje llamado Sr. Bounderby

educational philosophy based on facts and reason

Main ideas-chapter2

A new teacher at the Gradgrind school, and his teaching method is based on memorization and repetition

Mr. Bounderby is portrayed as a rich and powerful man who boasts of his humble origins

Students at Gradggrind's school are described as "pale, skinny, and sunken-eyed."

Mr. Gradgrind believes that imagination is an obstacle to learning and that facts are the only valid form of knowledge.

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