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Encontro 1: Book 1: Sowing

1. What might children gain or lose when teachers demand facts instead of imagination?
2. How fair is Mr. Gradgrind's offer of education if Sissy must give up her friends?
3. Why might Louisa and Tom see escape as an answer to their upbringing?
4. What might Louisa learn from Sissy's troubles that school cannot teach her?
5. What does Stephen Blackpool's difficulty ending his marriage suggest about the fairness of legal relief?

Encontro 2: Book 2: Reaping

6. What might lead Stephen Blackpool to defend workers who have rejected him?
7. How does Tom's silence shape what readers expect when Louisa begs him for the truth about the robbery?
8. How trustworthy is Mrs. Sparsit's judgment when she wants Louisa to fall?

Encontro 3: Book 3: Reaping

9. What can Sissy's care offer Louisa that her father's teaching has not?
10. How convincing is Sissy's demand that James Harthouse's permanent departure is the only possible repair?
11. How should people weigh Rachael's defense against the suspicions raised by Stephen Blackpool's absence?
12. How should the exposure of Mr. Bounderby's lies change the way readers judge his earlier boasts of hardship?
13. What might justice require beyond rescue when Stephen Blackpool appeals for justice and understanding?

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