Fact, Fact, Fact!

"Instruments that record analyses summarize organize debate and explain information which are illustrative non-illustrative hardbound paperback jacketed non-jacketed with forward introduction, table of contents, index that are indented for the englightnment, understanding enrichment enhancement and education of the human brain thru sensory root of vision... sometimes touch"

If you have seen the award-winning movie "3 Idiots," you would know that this 47-word definition can be easily simplified into one word, books.

And after reading excerpts from Charles Dickens' Hard Times, we now know that "Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in marshy countries, sheds hoofs, too. Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in mouth" is the definition of a horse.

I can already hear you asking: why would we need to know the "facts", the definition? What is the problem of knowing things simply by their names? These are exactly the questions that both the novel and the movie are trying to evoke as a comical way to criticize the educational theory that focuses solely on "facts" instead of critical thinking, creativity, or other things that are actually useful. In the novel, Dickens' use of caricature is also a very effective way to further exemplifies his criticism.