As he was smart and hardworking, he became manager in no time. ( compound or complex sentence)

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind is the depicted as innovative and ambitious protective and respectful rigid and narrow-minded worldly and clever

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.