I need help with an assignment to give a sketch of Puritanic society found in The Scarlet Letter. The assignment must cover 2000 words. Please, I...

A 2,000 word
essay is lengthy, and will require quite a bit of research at the beginning.  Certainly, your
essay could be organized according to the three inclusion points listed.  You might aim to write
2 paragraphs on each point (though, logically, I would suggest you switch the order of point 1
and point 2).  Once you add an introduction and conclusion to the paper, you should have about 8
paragraphs total.  If each paragraph is 250 words in length, you'll have met your
goal.

In order to help you get started on this assignment, I encourage you
to brainstorm answers and ideas for each of the three inclusion points listed.  Most of this
information is readily available on the Internet...

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What were the major works of Jean Jacques Rousseau?

Jean
Jacques Rousseau (1712 €“ 1778) is widely acknowledged as on of the most important thinkers of
the eighteenth-century European Enlightenment. The areas he most influenced were Romanticism,
education, and political philosophy. His most important works were:

•  A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
  (nonfiction, 1750/1): argues that modern developments in arts and science did not
  improve moral character; developed the concept of the "Noble Savage". 


• Of the Social Contract, Principles of Political Right
  (nonfiction, 1755/61): a treatise which argued that legitimate sovereignty was always with the
  people and that governments were only legitimatized by the people they ruled.


• Julie, or  (novel, 1761): a romantic novel emphasizing the
  virtues of nature and the simple rural life. 
• Emilius and
  Sophia: Or, a New System of Education (nonfiction, 1762-1763): argues for
  individualized instruction based on children's innate abilities and interests and balancing
  study with physical activity and exploration of nature,
• Theof
  (autobiography, 1783-1790): posthumously published, and unusually frank for the
  period.

Why does Voltaire write in this style? "Candide" by Voltaire

Best known by
his nom de plume, or pen-name, Francois-Marie Arouet, criticized his
society; in fact, he signed everything  "Ecrasez l'in-fame," or
"down with infamy." His famous work, "," satirizes the popular philosophy of
optimism promulgated by Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz that held that since everything was
created by God, and since God is perfect, then everything in the world must be also perfect. 
Wheninitially criticized this philosophy in his poem on the Lisbon earthquake of 1756, the
Romantic Henri Rousseu retorted that it was Voltaire who was wrong.  Voltaire fired back at
Rousseau with his satirical tale of "Candide" in which one disaster follows another;
however although he is beaten and treated cruelly, Candide continues to be rescued from the
horrible situations.  When he finally arrives in Eldorado, Candide decides that this must be the
best of possible places, but although he recognizes a utopia, Candide cannot live without his
love, Cunegonde.  So, he and his companion depart with vast riches, but they encounter more
harships and losses.  As a result, Candide exclaims that he must renounce the optimism of
Pangloss.  His companion, Cocambo, asks, "What is optimism?"  To this question,
Voltaire replies, "It's a mania for saying things are well when one is in
hell."

In the conclusion of his work, Voltaire, who has criticized the
optimism of von Leibitz and Rousseau, does offer a solution to the negative conditions
that really exist in life:  One must cultivate one's own garden, making the best of his/her own
life. 

Having chosenas his method of writing, Voltaire mocks the theory of
optimism by making the entire world a stage for his criticism.  His style imitates that of the
ancient poets Horace and Juvenal as he exposes the follies of humans in an effort to help them
progress.  Votaire's satire is humorous and not biting, therefore.  Employing the Eden trope,
Candide travels through many gardens, but there is a lesson to be learned in each one.  Finally,
he concludes that one must cultivate his own garden in order to avoid misfortune and
folly.

In Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, what happened to the plantation Belle Reve?

The
arrival of Stanley Kowalskis wifes troubled sister, Blanche, presages dramatic revelations and
conflict between the characters in. Stanley and Stella live a simple
existence, he working and bowling, she taking care of their apartment while expecting a baby.
Stanley is crude, but loves his wife; Stella is happy with her life and is clearly still very
sexually attracted to her husband. When Blanche enters the picture, Stanley and Stellas
existence is immediately and dramatically altered. Blanche is not only an unwanted adult
presence in this tiny apartment; she is a condescending, snobbish critic of everything about
Stanley. Details about her background, however, begin to reveal a woman who is not just running
away from her past, but from reality as well. And, this is where the fate of Belle Reve comes
in. Belle Reve is the palatial estate, a classic southern plantation, on which Blanche and
Stella were raised. Stella and Stanleys socioeconomic plight is obvious by Williams setting
descriptions. The full extent of Stella and Blanches fall from grace, as least with respect to
their financial status, comes out when Stanley is questioning Blanche about the latters papers,
which this insensitive, uneducated man has deemed his right to investigate:

STANLEY: I don't want no ifs, ands or butsl What's all the rest of
them papers? and

[She hands him the entire box. He carries it to
·the table starts to examine the papers.]

BLANCHE [picking up a
large envelope containing more papers]: There are thousands of papers, stretching back over
hundreds of years, affecting Belle Reve as, piece by piece, our improvident grandfathers and
father and uncles and brothers exchanged the land for their epic fornications--to put it
plainly! [She removes her glasses with an exhausted Iaugh] The four-letter
word deprived us of our plantation, till was finally all that was left-and Stella can verify
that!- -was the house itself and about twenty acres of ground, including a graveyard, to which
now all but Stella and I have retreated. [She pours the contents at the envelope on
the with table] Here all of them are, all papers! I hereby endow you them! Take them,
peruse them-commit memory, them to even! I think it's wonderfully fitting that Belle Reve should
finally be this bunch of old papers in your big, capable my hands!

Belle Reve has been shuttered; Blanche and Stellas family lost everything, and Blanche
only continues, unsuccessfully, to present a veneer of the respectability her family once
enjoyed. The loss of the plantation and Blanches descent into alcoholism and extreme promiscuity
has condemned her to a life of moral and emotional degradation. Blanche uses the loss of Belle
Reve to try and impose guilt on her sister, but she is a pathetic creature the final demise of
whom is brought about by Stanley's viciousness.

What is the social impact or social value of each of the five pillars of faith in the Islam system?

To look at the
pillars of Islam is to see some interesting similarities between this rapidly growing religion
and other religions, particularly Christianity, in terms of social justice and commitment to a
single deity.  The first pillar, known as the "Shahada", is a profession of faith in a
single god, and his messenger, Mohammad.  In fact,...

Why Did Japan Invade China

Japan
invaded China in 1931 when it invaded Manchuria. Japan also invaded China in 1937. Japan was a
small island that lacked important resources. They knew they could get some of these resources,
as well as cheap labor, by invading China. In 1937, there was a minor incident between Japan and
China near the Marco Polo Bridge where shots were fired between both sides. This allowed Japan
to justify an invasion of China. China was in the midst of a civil war. Thus, China was not in a
strong position, militarily.

Japan also had formed a...

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If you had to write five journal entries based on Napoleon's experience in George Orwell's Animal Farm, what would you write about?

A
journal entry is usually a chance for someone to express his inner thoughts, and your teacher
obviously wants to hear what you think Napoleon might be thinking
throughout Animal Farm, by George Orwell. In this case, you might enjoy
imagining what Napoleon is thinking about during several key events of the novel. For example,
what happened and what was Napoleon thinking at this moment:

[T]here was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing
brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only
sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping...

Whose job was it to inform animals on neighboring farms of the Rebellion?

After
the animals took over Manor Farm from Mr. Jones, the word began to spread throughout the
countryside. The animals understood the importance of disseminating the message of their
successful rebellion. They were enthusiastic about their new path of self-determination, the
name change to , and the philosophy of Animalism. Over the first few months of animal rule, the
neighboring farms learn gradually about the rebellion. The human owners of the neighboring farms
also learn of the rebelliondirectly from Mr. Jones. He has complained to anyone who will listen
about the injustices that the animals have perpetrated. His neighbors are somewhat concerned
about the same fate befalling them, but assume they are in total control of their
animals.

As the pigs consolidate their authoritative position, withandruling
jointly, they decide to take control of the information that is being disseminated. The farm has
continued to use the old song Beasts of England as its anthem. The leaders decide that they
should educate animals on nearby farms about Animalism as well as teach them the song, which
will gloriously best represent the ideals and accomplishments of Animal Farm. Pigeons are the
designated messengers; their mission is to get to know the neighbors and educate them.

Every day Snowball and Napoleon sent out flights of pigeons whose
instructions were to mingle with the animals on neighbouring farms, tell them the story of the
Rebellion, and teach them the tune of Beasts of England (Chapter IV).

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In Night by Elie Wiesel, how does Elizers interaction with the French girl strengthen or diminish his faith?

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In  by, after arriving at Buna, Elie and his father were sent to a
warehouse to work. Their kapo, Idek, wass known for having frenetical fits, and nobody was safe
when he was in the midst of one. For no reason anyone could discern, one day while Elie was
working, Idek chose him and unleashed his fury, beating Elie until he could hardly move. A
French girl, who...

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How has Winston's attitude towards Big Brother changed in 1984? Please use ideas and examples from the entire novel.

In the opening
chapter of , 's attitude towards Big Brother is one of intense fear. He
hides the diary he has purchased far away from the eyes of the telescreen, and scribbles 'Down
With Big Brother' on the pages as he thinks about the punishments meted out to party
rebels:

"Your name was removed from the registers,
every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied
and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual
word."

But this fear slowly turns to scepticism. In
his job at the Ministry of Truth, for example, we learn how Big Brother and the party rewrite
history to suit their political and social agenda. In Chapter 1, Chapter 4, for example, Winston
seems jaded by the process: 

"But actually, he
thought as he re-adjusted the Ministry of Plenty's figures, it was not even forgery. It was
merely the substitution of one piece of nonsense for another. Most of the material that you were
dealing with had no connexion with anything in the real world."

But Winston's relationships withandchange his attitude towards Big
Brother, once again. While he remains cautious about detection, his love for Julia and meeting
with O'Brien inspires his rebellion. He begins to understand the corrupt nature of Big Brother's
power and becomes a believer in the idea that human nature will eventually bring about social
change. As he says to O'Brien in :

"In the end they
will beat you. Sooner or later they will see you for what you are, and then they will tear you
to pieces."

Winston's experience in Room 101,
however, inspires another change in his attitude towards Big Brother. After being brought to the
pinnacle of fear, Winston betrays Julia and is released by the Thought Police. He is no longer a
threat to Big Brother because he has overcome his sense of individuality: 

"Everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had
won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."

What do you think was the Hadleys' real reason for installing the nursery in their home in The Velt?

In 's
"," the real reason the Hadleys installed the nursery into the home was to keep his
children busy, while removing guilt from himself and his wife for abandoning the children to
raise themselves.

During his lifetime, Bradbury was top two or three in
speculativeand often, in compelling science fiction, gave warnings that seem far too close to
today's reality.

"The Veldt" was published in 1950, about the same
time that the television...

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What does Mr. Hooper mean when he says "lo! On every visage a Black Veil!" in "The Minister's Black Veil"?

At the
end of Hawthorne's classic short story "," Reverend Hooper is lying on his death bed
and Reverend Mr. Clark attempts to persuade him to take off his ominous black veil before he
dies. Mr. Clark argues that the unsettling black veil will ruin Reverend Hooper's reputation and
legacy by tainting everyone's memory when they think about him. When Mr. Clark attempts to
remove the black veil, Reverend Hooper grabs his hands and prevents him from moving the dark
crape and revealing his face. Reverend Hooper then challenges him to tremble at everyone else in
fear and asks what has made the black veil so awful. He then expresses his willingness to die
with the veil covering his face and says,

"I look
around me, and, lo! on every visage a Black Veil!" (Hawthorne, 6).

Hooper's final words reflect the theme of secret sin, which is
symbolized by the black veil. Hooper's comments suggest that every individual metaphorically
wears a black veil covering their darkest...

Marx and Engels wrote: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle" (7). How is "class" defined? Why is it...

Forand ,
modern society was based in conflicting relationships between owners and workers. These
conflicts pervaded history. While there had been times in the past where harmony characterized
social relationships, in a type of society they called "primitive communism," the
basis of that harmony was collective ownership of the means of production.

Once the concept of private property developed, class relations began to develop and
became rigid. The people who asserted their power by seizing the means of productionprimarily
land in agrarian societyeffectively pushed aside all the non-owners, and bound them in various
types of servitude, as serfs or peons.

Although Europe's feudal ruling
classes maintained dominance over the workers, in part by denying them property ownership, the
class struggle was not quite as firmly entrenched as it was to become once the Industrial
Revolution began. With the increasing concentration of capital in fewer hands, ever more people
had to go to work in manufacturing. These people, the proletariat, owned only themselves, and
the only thing they could sell was their labor. By doing so, they enriched the owners, or
bourgeoisie, and further impoverished themselves. As this process of alienation from the means
of production advanced further, and capitalism became a fully developed political and economic
system, everything including people was commodified. The full extension of this system resulted
in some people not just buying other people's laborthat is, paying them wagesbut buying other
people or turning people into propertythat is, enslaving them. In this respect, although slavery
is a cornerstone of capitalism, slaves cannot constitute a class because they cannot sell their
own labor, as proletarians do, because the system does not recognize them as persons with any
rights.

Marx and Engels were not optimistic that capitalism could be easily
dislodged, but they were convinced that ongoing class struggle would lead to violent revolution,
after which socialism would replace capitalism in its extreme imperialist
form.

What Techniques Does Hemingway Use to Tell This Story?

As early
as the 1920s, motion pictures had an strong influence on novelists and short story writers. Some
of s stories are like movieswhich explains why so many were adapted to movies. The same was true
for Dashiell Hammett, who wrote in an objective way and relied heavily on dialogue to convey .
His novel The Maltese Falcon was made into movies three times. When a movie
opensthat is, when the camera "fades in"there is usually no explanation of the
problem, the setting, or anything else. There may be a so-called establishing shot. For
instance, if the story takes place in Paris you will see the Eiffel Tower and know you are in
Paris. If it takes place in New York you are likely to see a lot of skyscrapers. Movies usually
can only show people doing things in outdoor or indoor settings and talking to each other. The
viewer has to pick up information from the actors dialogue. Sometimes there is a
"voice-over" narrator, which is equivalent to prose exposition in a story; but movie
makers do not like voice-over narrators. "" opens with the equivalent of an
"establishing shot":

The hills across the valley of the
Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was
between two lines of rails in the sun.

This is description, not
exposition. Hemingway tried to avoid straight prose exposition because it makes the author
intrusive and at the same time distances the reader from the characters.

Why do the pigs start walking upright?

In
, the pigs start walking upright in the final chapter of the story and
there are a couple of possible explanations for this. Firstly, the pigs have devoted a lot of
time and effort to emulate humans. We have seen this earlier in the story when they, for
example, start sleeping in beds, wearing clothes, and drinking alcohol. Although they hated
their human masters, the pigs regard humans as the pinnacle of authority and power, so it is,
perhaps, not surprising that the pigs would want to emulate this ability, even if it is very
ironic.

Secondly, walking upright is symbolic of the pigs' elevated status
above the other animals. Like their better rations and ability to change the rules, walking
upright demonstrates that the pigs are not like the other animals on the farm. They represent a
different classthe ruling classand, by walking upright, this point is reinforced to
everyone.

When are five instances when Holden in The Catcher in the Rye has an ah-ha moment?

An
"a-ha moment," or a moment of epiphany, occurs when a character realizes something
important.has one major epiphany about life, but there are several smaller events that lead up
to his realization. We must look at several significant events to understand how Holden arrives
at his major epiphany: life (and growing up) is difficult, but it has to go on, no matter what
happens.

One important piece of information in understanding Holdens epiphany
is his dream to be a catcher in a field of rye. His sole responsibility would be to prevent
children from falling off a cliff. Symbolically, he expresses the wish to stop time and prevent
the pain of reality that comes with growing up. Holden has gone through a terriblein losing his
younger brother,, to leukemia. Unable to deal with Allies death, Holden punched a window and
ended up in the hospital. As a result, he missed Allies funeral, his chance for one last
goodbye. Also unable to cope, his parents sent Holden away...

What do you learn about Brunos mother in chapter 7 of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?

At the end
of this chapter, we learn that Bruno's mother is sympathetic to the Jewish prisoner Pavel, which
implies that she is sympathetic to the Jews in general.

In this chapter,
Pavel is ordered to get an old tire for Bruno so he can have a tire swing. Bruno sets up the
swing but soon falls off and ends up with a wide cut on his knee. Pavel carries him home, and
because Bruno's mother is out, Pavel takes care of binding up the wound. Bruno is surprised to
find out Pavel is a doctor and can't understand why he isn't practicing medicine.

When his mother comes home, she sends Bruno off. Bruno hears her thanking Pavel for
what he has done. She also tells him to say she bound up the wound if anyone asks. Bruno thinks
it is "selfish" of her to take credit for what someone else has done, but we as
readers know that the mother is doing her best to protect the Jewish doctor from any
retaliation. This shows that the mother is a kind and humane person who has not been swayed by
Nazi propaganda to hate the Jews.

In Death of a Salesman, what are some of the reasons that Biff and Bernard turned out the way that they did?

As a male, I
have a slightly different slant on this.  As a teacher, I have seen lots of "Biff"
over the years ... especially the "star" athletes who received special treatment in
almost all aspects of school life ... and please, this is not a general statement about all star
athletes, just something I have seen in too many cases.  It seems, because we don't know enough
to judge, that Bernard was a naturally better student; we know this becuase we have the evidence
of his success in law school.  Again, there is only "circumstantial" evidence that
Biff was not a good student; he regularly needed help ... but this could be caused by any number
of things.

The one thing that we know is different between the two is that
Bernard did not catch his father in an affair with a stranger; I think this is the turning point
in Bieff's life.  Biff had so much faith in and admiration for Willy that finding him with a
woman other than his mother wrecked his life, killed his chance of going to summer school,
getting the credit he needed, and attending college.  It's possible that, without this incident,
Biff might have had a life with at least some of the success that Bernard enjoyed.  Who knows. 
What we do know is that the trip to Boston contaminated the rest of Biff's life and Bernard had
no such reality to deal with.

How does Jem use stereotypes about gender to influence Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird?

uses
gender stereotypes againstas a way of preserving his status as oldest and as a defense mechanism
against Scout's superior understanding. In , for instance, Jem, Scout, and Dill are playing with
a tire when it accidentally goes into the Radley's yard. Jem clearly is afraid to go get it but
is goaded into doing it, and when he returns, he laughs off his fear by telling Scout that
"sometimes you act so much like a girl its's mortifyin'."

Later,
when the three are playing "" and get caught by , Jem again lashes out at Scout, who
(correctly) suspects that Atticus knows all about their game: Jem tells her that "girls
always imagined things, that's why people hated them so."

Jem and
Scout's relationship is complicated by Scout's tomboy ways. In some respects, the two are more
like brothers than brother and sister. One way to understand Jem's use of gender stereotypes is
as a way of reasserting his dominance as the older sibling, but at the same time,
Scout's...

What were the main obstacles to Reconstruction?

The other
educator's answer is spot-on in naming white Southerners as the major opponents and obstacles to
. However, they did not succeed in hampering Reconstruction efforts alone. They likely would not
have succeeded without the efforts of Northern Democrats as well.

Despite its
near demise during the Civil War, the Democratic party made a huge comeback starting in 1874
when they won control of the House of Representatives. This power grab was cemented four years
later when they also won control of the Senate. The Republicans had lost a lot of credit as a
result of the Panic of 1873, and their cause of Reconstruction began slipping away from them. By
this time, enthusiasm for Reconstruction in Washington and throughout the North was severely
low. It seemed to most Republicans that the only way to successfully continue it would be a
massive military occupation. As it stood, the U.S. Army was far too small and spread too thin to
accomplish such an endeavor.

The Northern...

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What were some differences between Byzantine Christianity and Roman Catholic Christianity?

Eastern
Orthodoxy differed from Roman Catholicism on several points:

1: Papal
Authority. The Eastern Church, like most Protestants, does not accept that the Bishop of Rome as
a €˜Pope with authority over all Christians.

2. Only the 7 Ecumenical
Councils and the Bible have authority for the Eastern Church. The Roman Church adds a
Magesterium consisting of subsequent councils (attended by only its own denomination) and
various Papal Bulls.

3. Filioque (double procession of the Holy Ghost): The
local Council of Toledo added this to the Nicene Creed, and that modified version is used by the
Roman but not the Eastern Church.

4. The Eastern Church uses leavened and
the Roman unleavened bread for the Eucharist,

There are several other major
liturgical and theological differences. Runciman has several excellent books about Byzantium
which also cover religious topics.

What does Araby symbolize for the protagonist and what is he trying to achieve?

To the
narrator,symbolizes the beauty, mystery, and romance he longs for in his life. He lives in a
dreary house on a shabby dead-end street. He escapes the drabness around him by reading a Sir
Walter Scott romance and a book of French adventures and by dreaming. When he hears the name
"Araby," the very word thrills him: He says, "The syllables of the word
Araby . . . cast an Eastern enchantment over me." His first-love
obsession with Mangan's sister melds with his vision of Araby when she speaks to him of the
bazaar. He's off on a knight's romantic quest to bring her a gift from the enchanted land, only
to have his dreams crushed under the weight of reality.

Araby turns out to be
tawdry. It is not a place of enchantment; it is a cavernous warehouse filled with cheap goods
sold by ordinary people holding banal conversations in common English accents. Stalls are
closed. Two men are busy counting money. There will be no enchanting gift to present to his
love, and no more romantic illusions will illuminate his life. He will remain trapped in the
poverty and hopelessness of Dublin's North Richmond Street.

in what page does Rufus called alice and dana "one woman"?

Rufus stumbles
home drunk in part 10 of the story and tells Alice and Dana that they are "only one
woman".  The following is from page 228:

"Behold the
woman" he said.  And he looked from one to the other of us.  "You really are only one
woman.  Did you know that?"

After this Alice asks Dana if her and Rufus ever sleep
together and she answers no confirming Alice's hunch on what Rufus means.  Between the two of
them Rufus gets what he wants out of a relationship.  He wants to sleep with Alice and talk with
Dana.  And it helps that the two woman have similar appearances.

Hello, I have to write a three-paragraph response to this question: How does The Truman Showreflect Sisyphus and Camus's ideas about absurdism and...

begins by explicitly
posing a question which permeates Camus's work, including : Is life worth
living? This, according to Camus, is the only truly essential question posed by philosophy and a
peculiarly urgent one for us to answer if we are to live (or die) by the philosophical
principles we espouse. It is followed by a subsidiary, still compelling, question: Can we make
any sense of life or is it inevitably absurd?

The absurdity of Truman's life
in The Truman Show is explained by the fact that he is being manipulated
for the entertainment of an audience by a television producer who is playing God. The broader
absurdity of life (that of the audience and the many people who connive in the deception of
Truman) remains unquestioned.

We, like Truman, are thrown into a world which
is not of our own making and which often seems alienating. However, unlike The Truman
Show, life, as seen by Camus, has no executive producer making decisions on any
basis, artistic, philosophical or otherwise. This makes our predicament far more absurd than
Truman's, since there is no one in control, no reason, no structure and no escape from the
absurdity except death.

What is ironic (and even funny) about Winston's thoughts when Julia hands him a note in 1984?

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is a novel about a grim future in which society is controlled by
Big Brother and the Party. One of the Party's chief functions is to eliminate emotional
attachments between people, replacing the need for human companionship with devotion to the
Party and its goals.

At one point in the story a girl passes a note to the
main character . An ironic situation ensues in which Smith, who is flabbergasted by this
unexpected event, tries to process the fact that this person, who he had previously thought of
as an enemy, has made such a dangerous overture toward him.

Thelies in the
fact that the event throws Winston into such a quandary. Normally, such an instance might be
likely to make the recipient happy or curious or expectant. But in the reality of
1984 , it is a cause for worry and caution....

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What are the internal and external conflicts of Dr. Jekyll in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Stevenson?

At one of his dinner
parties, Dr. Jekyll is confronted by a concerned Mr. Utterson regarding his will and the
character of Mr. Hyde. When Utterson states that he's heard "abominable" things about
Hyde, Jekyll says,

You do not understand my position . . .
. I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a very strangea very strange one. It is one
of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking.

Thus,
Jekyll has a kind of external conflict with Utterson, only because Utterson is looking out for
the doctor's best interests and Jekyll does not want to reveal the particulars of his situation
and relationship with Hyde (for obvious reasons). This line, however, also shows a bit about his
internal conflict as well. It is "painful" for him to be in the position he's in: at
this point, he must already fear that Hyde could take over (as he's made provisions for this in
his will, and he extracts an additional promise from the lawyer that, in the event of Jekyll's
disappearance, Utterson...

What are the factors leading to World War II 1939-1945?

There
were many causes of. The most significant cause was the rise of Nazism in Germany. This itself
had causes reaching back to the end of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles, which, in
combination with the Great Depression, left the German people embittered and paved the way for
ultra-nationalist leader like Hitler. Another cause was the aggressive actions of the militarist
regime in Japan, whose invasion of China many...

What's the ending of Mexican Whiteboy?

The
story has a few endings to various conflicts and plot lines that were present throughout the
book. For example, near the book's conclusion, Danny finally learns the truth about his father
and where he has been for all of this time. The ending to...

Which character do you sympathize with (laugh at?) most in "Charles"?

This is a
personal question about the short story that you must answer yourself based on your reaction to
the story. For me, I laugh at the mother the most. As a teacher, this mother is easily
recognized as what we teachers call a "Helicopter Parent" - a parent that
"hovers" over her child, like a helicopter. Most annoying. This is why when I first
read this short story, I immediately suspected thatand Laurie were one...

Non-Fiction Suggestions for "Pygmalion"? Are there any good non-fiction readings related to Pygmalion or My Fair Lady? I want to incorporate non-fiction...

You might want to
conduct some research into accents and dialects and how they influence life chances. I am sure
that you will find that accents and dialects that are associated with a particular social class
or a particular working class region of the country are less favourably regarded by job
interviewers and companies, especially if that job involves presenting yourself verbally, as in
the media.

Why do the men name the baby Luck in "The Luck of Roaring Camp"?

Well,
your question is significant in that the name of the child is very important and, in fact,
becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.  The baby, however, is not JUST named Luck, he's named
Thomas Luck (and is affectionately nicknamed "the Luck" and also "Tommy
Luck").

The significance and the "why" of the name have to do
with the setting.  "" is set in the late 1800s, at the height of the gold rush in
California.  Roaring Camp is the name of the mining camp that the men live in.  The baby is
birthed by a Cherokee prostitute, Cherokee Sal, who dies soon after the birth.  The men decide
as a unit to care for the baby as their own.

Now to the heart of your
question: the men name the baby Luck because the men believe the baby has brought the quality of
luck to Roaring Camp.

The real luck of Luck manifests itself as these rough
men take better care of themselves and their surroundings.  

Theyve got vines and flowers round their houses, and they wash themselves twice a day.
But theyre mighty rough on strangers, and they worship an Ingin baby.

They clean themselves.  They clean their cabins.  Their shouts have
been replaced by whispers.  They huddle around the infant instead of huddling in seedy places. 
They no longer participate in as much gambling and fighting.  Luck truly changes the
men. 

In regards to 1984, how is the current government different than any previous government? What invention enables it to be like this? Chapters 9-10...

I see two
possible answers:

All governments have "tried to impose a false view of
the world upon their followers."  So they've always wanted to be able to control what
people think.

But this was never possible because you had to have some
amount of truth (like in science).  Otherwise, you'd lose...

How does the Party/Big Brother use war as a method of control in George Orwell's 1984?

The
purpose of war in a totalitarian society is to keep the population under control by having an
outside enemy that it can direct its anger and hatred toward. The conditions of life in Oceania
(and presumably in the other two superstates, Eurasia and Eastasia) are such that people would
inevitably be dissatisfied and resentful. They have no freedom of expression or activity, and
there is no material wealth or any possibility of achieving it. Except for the elite Inner
Party, the people live in a state of deprivation: food is scanty and poor, living quarters are
cramped and dirty, and everyone is under constant surveillance through telescreens. The Party,
by fighting a perpetual war against a mostly unseen enemy, keeps its own people focused on
something external to hate, as an object of their natural aggression, and thereby achieves a
kind of mind control over the population.

The war also keeps people in a
state of fear, and it's through fear that they are most easily manipulated....

How is the theme of coexistence between good and evil portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Evil
coexists with good in the town of Maycomb, particularly the evil of racism. Despite 's best
efforts, Tom Robinson, a black man, is found guilty of a crime he didn't commit simply because
of his race. The people in the town are shown to be hypocrites who put upholding racial codes
ahead of mercy.

Yet, the book argues, the people of Maycomb aren't wholly
evil and part of whatandhave to learn is that the world isn't split into "good" people
and "evil" people. Almost everyone is a mixture of both. It's important to Atticus
that the children learn this lesson and learn to be...

Discuss Dantes importance as the author and character in his Inferno. It would help me out best if you could list a key point in their own...

The one thing that many
readers need to always remember is that associations between an author and his or her characters
should not be immediately assumed. Many times, the author does not allow his or her own thoughts
on something "color" the characters he or she creates. On the other hand, an author
and character can be linked through numerous similarities. In regards to 's
Inferno, the poet and the character tend to act as complete opposites.
Given that Dante the poet wrote the poem, readers must remember that he is providing some
insight into his own personal beliefs (regardless of what his character does).

For example, inXV, Dante (the character) comes upon his "friend" Brunetto
Latini. Latini has been sentenced to the Seventh Circle (a place for those guilty of murder,
suicide, sodomy, and usury). Dante, the character, is surprised to see Latini. The conversation
between them is familial (with Dante referring to Latini as a father figure and Latini referring
to Dante as "son"). 

Dante, the poet, (on the other hand), did
believe Latini to be a sodomite. In some references, Dante is believed to have thought Latini
was a homosexual. Given that he (Dante, the poet) placed Latini in hell in the first place
illustrates what he actually thinks of him.

The importance of Dante as the
poet and the character lies in his ability to show two very distinct sides to
"himself," or at least a persona of himself. Perhaps Dante recognized that a better
man would act as the character does, yet Dante himself proves to be far too set in his own ways
to change. The character seems to give second chances, while the poet does not.

How did the Tuskegee Airmen contribute to victory in World War II?

During ,
our military was segregated. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African-American men who flew
for the United States during World War II. They trained at Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama.
There were around 1,000 African-American pilots in this group. They flew many missions for our
military in World War II, and they were very successful in accomplishing their goals. For
example, they were able to destroy several German fighter jets and a Germany destroyer in two
separate missions.

The men were fighting discrimination and racism on two
fronts. They were fighting to combat racism abroad, and they were fighting to prove they should
be treated equally within the United States. This was part of the Double V campaign. Their
efforts helped lead to the integration of the armed forces in 1948.

This
group served with distinction. They received eight Purple Heart awards. They also received 14
Bronze Stars, three Distinguished Unit citations, and 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses. The
Tuskegee Airmen played an important role in our fighting in World War II.

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What factors, old and new, shaped American foreign policy in the late nineteenth century? How were they interrelated?

In some
respects, there was nothing all that new about American foreign policy in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries. As an increasingly wealthy, powerful country, the United States closely
followed the historical example of Ancient Rome and Great Britain in expanding its reach across
the globe. Despite a persistent thread of isolationist sentiment in American foreign policy,
complete disengagement with the outside world has never been a live option for the United States
at any time in its history.

In the late 19th century, it became clear that
the United States would need to become more...

How is the Sphinx relevant to Greek mythology and what is the connection between the two?

Though
the Sphinx itself is Egyptian in origin, the word 'sphinx' actually comes from the Greek word
'strangler', or 'female monster', which was applied to the Sphinx as it was incorporated into
Greek mythology. The transportation of the Sphinx from...

Describe the characteristics of Eveline and Frank in "Eveline."

is
clearly hardworking. She not only works full time at a local store, but she also looks after her
father and does household chores. When her mother died, she was responsible for her two younger
brothers, Harry and Ernest, and had to ensure that they went to school regularly and also had
regular meals. She is also tiredfor obvious reasons. Taking care of everything is an exhausting
responsibility.

It is also evident that Eveline is respectful and dedicated.
Although it is clear that she argues with her father about money, especially on Saturday nights,
she seems to have given up; she hands over her entire wages. She also appears to have been
bearing the brunt of Ms. Gavan's abuse at the store. Eveline's demeanor in these situations
suggests she has a strong character. The fact that she has now decided to leave behind
everything she has ever known accentuates this.

The story does not mention
her having been involved in any relationships before the one with Frank. This
implies...

What are the fears of the caged bird? Answer with reference to Maya Angelou's poem "Caged Bird."

The fears
of the caged bird are evoked via the refrain thatutilizes as the third and sixth stanzas of her
poem:

The caged bird sings

with a
fearful trill

of things unknown

but longed for
still

and his tune is heard

on the distant
hill

for the caged bird

sings of
freedom.

The bird is said to sing "with a
fearful trill." Trill is defined as "a quavering or vibratory sound, especially a
rapid alternation of sung or played notes." The definition helps the reader to understand
that the bird's melody quavers, suggesting that the note is not definite and that there is a
certain level of uncertainty within its song. While this can be seen as symbolizing the bird's
uncertainty that it will ever achieve the freedom it so desires, the fact that the bird is
confined by its own "bars of rage" also suggests that even if/when freedom is truly
achieved, the bird may never be able to be free of the animosity built up as a result of its
oppression. Further, the fear within the trill can represent the "things unknown," the
uncertainty that will accompany true freedom. While welcomed, freedom is foreign and unfamiliar
to the bird, which makes it scary. If freedom is gained, the bird may be simply exchanging one
type of fear for another. The bird is then fearful of never gaining true freedom on a number of
levels: physical, mental, and spiritual.

Why does Miss Bates talk so much?

Miss Bates
in 's keeps up a constant stream of conversation, and this drives Emma
crazy. The novel doesn't specifically explain why Miss Bates talks all the time, but it does
give us strong clues.

Miss Bates is an unmarried older woman (probably in her
early 40s, but that would have been considered old at the time) living with her widowed mother.
They are poor ladies who have "fallen" from a higher social position in life, for Mrs.
Bates was once the vicar's wife, and Miss Bates, the vicar's daughter. As we know from the
current Highbury vicar, Mr. Elton, this is a high-status position which comes with a house and a
comfortable income.

But the Church has made no provision for the widows of
vicars. The Bates family has apparently saved very little moneypossibly they needed all their
incomeand so after Mr. Bates's death, the widow and daughter are forced to live in
"reduced" circumstances in two rooms over a shop. They have no carriage and are
dependent on the kindness...

How would you use the following words to write a short story describing the start of WWII: Treaty of Versailles Totalitarianism Germany...

You need a
structure on which to weave all those words and their meanings. You first want to create a
character, perhaps a child living in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s who is watching history
unfold. Perhaps you could have them looking out a window of their apartment looking at life
changing in front of them and listening to people talking in the street below.

The story could start with the child, very young, listening to adults outside his open
window talking about the Treaty of Versailles. He could be playing with toys and hearing people
grumbling about how...

In Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol, what is meant by the phrase, in the opening paragraph, that "Scrooge's name was good upon [the exchange],...

This
is an interesting one, linguistically speaking. If you look in the Oxford English Dictionary,
you will find under the word "change" several definitions, one of which is "a
place where merchants meet for the transaction of business." The entry also notes that the
word was therefore also sometimes treated (incorrectly) as if it were a shortening of
"exchange"hence the apostrophe to indicate elision at the beginning of this word in
Dickens's text: "'Change." But in fact, Dickens may be using a common idiomatic phrase
which need not refer specifically to the London Stock Exchangeas has been suggestedat all. By
saying that Scrooge's word was good "upon 'Change," Dickens may simply be saying that
Scrooge was well known as being a man of his word, a man who would never come to a place of
business and fail to have the right funds or to deliver upon a transaction. If we understand the
phrase to be idiomatic in meaning, or allegorical, we can see that it might be used more widely
to suggest that someone was a man of his word and of repute, whether or not he was
rich.

More specifically, of course, Scrooge is rich, and
Dickens is playing on this fact here. He is saying that, because Scrooge is known to be a man of
his word (and in this case, a man who is also known to have a lot of money), anything he says is
to be believed, and any contract he signs would have value. So, effectively, because Scrooge has
signed the register of burial for Marley, it must be construed as absolutely definite that
Marley is dead, because Scrooge always keeps his word and does not sign false
contracts.

What is the role of male dominance within A Streetcar Named Desire?

In
, Stanley Kowalski is theof the alpha male type of masculinity. He's tough,
physically imposing, and protective. He is also dominant. Indeed, his dominance over his wife,
Stella, is such that she sides with him after he hits her and even after he rapes her sister,
Blanche. This dominance is largely because Stella is attracted to all of Stanley's
aforementioned alpha male characteristics. Stanley's role as the alpha male, and the dominance
over his wife that that role entails, is demonstrated early on, when Stanley throws a piece of
meat up to Stella. He...

What words in the first two stanzas are repeated most?

In the
poem "," by far the word that is repeated most from the first two stanzas is the word
"love." In the first two stanzas alone, it is repeated six times, though it only has
two more repetitions in the remainder of the poem. There is no other word that is repeated more
than twice in the first two stanzas, but the next most used word in the poem is actually two
words, "Annabel Lee," which is said at least once in every stanza of the poem. As this
poem is about the narrator's love for Annabel Lee, it should come as no surprise that the words
"love" and "Annabel Lee" are the most used in the
poem.

What is the function of the italics in the "Darl" sections? HELP!

This is a very difficult
question. The answer is not necessarily "out there" to be found, as Faulkner's use of
italics in this novel are not entirely consistent.

We can see some
relationship between uses of the italics across the whole novel, where on many occassions the
italics represent moments of memory and/or private
thought. In Darl's case, this is not true, however, and italics in his sections
tend to be connected to danger and to Jewel.

The first temptation is to
interpret italics in Darl's sections as episodes of his "connection"
with his family. Darl has out-of-body experiences and is aware of things that he
has not physically witnessed. It might be a good way to read the italics in his sections as
moments where this connection is active.

This interpretation fails to explain
the italics used when the family is attempting to cross the creek.

Perhaps
the most likely explanation is a stylistic one. In Darl's sections, the use of italics functions
as a less impressionistic mode of prose than is used throughout the rest of his sections. So the
italics may simply be a way to contrast sentence styles without compromising the larger
consistency of the fabric of the prose.

 

What are the main points of argument of "Keats Sylvan Historian: History Without Footnotes"?

Cleanth
Brook's essay "Keats's Sylvan Historian" is not merely a persuasive reading of Keats'
great poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn," but also a textbook example of the close-reading
strategy of New Criticism in action. Brooks revels in contradictions andin the poem, in contrast
to critics who insist on the poem's yielding up one straightforward meaning. Thus, problematic
aspects of the poem (such as the fourth stanza, in which the speaker imagines a town not
depicted on the urn, bereft of its residents who have travelled to perform a sacrificial rite)
defy "reduction to any formula."...

What were the complaints against the king of England in the Declaration of Independence?

In
answering this question, it's important to understand the importance of the Declaration of
Independence's overall rhetorical strategy. It was written primarily to persuade Americans who
might otherwise be skeptical at the very idea of independencethat this was the only way forward.
It was also written with the intent of persuading the rest of the world that the American
colonists had been unfairly treated at the hands of their colonial overlords and that this why
they had decided to bite the bullet and declare independence from Great Britain.

In general terms, the Declaration expresses the colonists' conviction that they'd been
pushed into a corner by the arrogance and intransigence of the British and therefore had no
alternative but to declare independence:

Such has been
the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to
alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a
history of repeated...

Who is to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?

The most
obvious culprit is the long-standing feud between the Montagues and the Capulets; thus,
ignorance, spite, and a lack of forgiveness lead to the deaths of . However, we can also blame
circumstance: if 's messenger had reachedin time, he would have known thatwas merely asleep, and
not dead in the chamber. Thus, luck and faulty communication are also responsible for the final
outcome. 

We could also argue thatis to blame for instigating the duel which
leads to his and 's deaths. If he had not been so hot-headed and prone to violence, a better
outcome may have been achieved. Romeo, too, would also have to shoulder the blame for slaying
Tybalt (and ).

Last, we could argue that Friar Laurence's behaviorthat is,
secretly marrying the couple, and encouraging Juliet to fake her own deathwas irresponsible, and
that he could have thought of a safer way by which to reconcile the two
families.

Explain two or three selection tests you would use in the selection process for the following positions: (a) school bus driver (b) air traffic...

School Bus
Driver

You can use an integrity test to find out if the
candidate is disciplined enough to drive a bus full of school children. You don't want a driver
that drinks on the job or has a tendency of being late for work.

The other
test that you can give this candidate is a personality test. You need to know the kind of person
that you're going to work with. You need someone that understands children and doesn't easily
get offended by annoying behaviors. The driver should be calm and composed at all times,
especially around the children.

Air Traffic
Controller

The first test should be a cognitive ability test.
You need to measure the overall intelligence of such a candidate because they will be handling
complex machinery every day.

The second test is an assessment center. An air
traffic controller helps maintain order at the airport. They clear the runways for planes to
land and monitor airplane traffic in the skies. Before giving a candidate such a responsibility,
you need to see how they can handle an air traffic situation in real life. An assessment center
offers the perfect environment for such a test.

Cashier at a
Grocery Store

You need to give a cognitive ability test to
someone interested in this position. The test will allow you to measure the overall intelligence
of the cashier. Since accounting can be quite technical, it needs someone with a high
IQ.

This candidate also needs to take an integrity test. You need an honest
person to handle the store's finances.

When Scout tries to tell Jem about Miss Gates, why does he react so violently? Explain Atticus' answer to Scout about Jem's behavior.

is starting
the third grade. She andstill go by the Radley place, but she realizes that it no longer holds
the same kind of fear that it once did. The trial has ended and Tom Robinson was convicted. The
two children are still trying to come to terms with what happened at the trial.

When Scout's teacher, Miss. Gates, starts talking to the class about Hitler, she tells
the class about the horrible things he is doing. She goes on to say how horrible it was what
Hitler was doing. Scout has a hard time with what Miss. Gates is saying. She thinks she is being
a hypocrite. After the trial she heard Miss. Gates saying that it was about time someone did
something about about the blacks in town and someone needed to teach them a lesson. Scout tries
to ask Jem about this, but Jem explodes at Scout and tells her not to mention the trial to him
again. She askswhy Jem is acting this way, and Atticus explains the Scout that Jem is still
upset with the outcome of the trial. He just needs time to come to terms with what happened at
the trial.

How does Hawthorne use word choice to establish tone in Young Goodman Brown?

The tone of this story
is serious and grim, even ominous. When the devil admits his acquaintance with the Brown family,
he talks about helping young Goodman Brown's grandfather "[lash] the Quaker woman so
smartly," and how he brought his "father a pitch-pine knot [...] to set fire to an
Indian village." Word choices like lash and set
fire definitely solemnize the tone, as does the repeated use of the word
serpent or snake to refer to the devil's staff. A
description of Goody Cloyse's laugh as being a "cackle"a word choice very much
associated with witchesadds to the ominous tone as well.

When Goodman Brown
arrives at the witches' Sabbath, "there could be nothing more frightful than [his] figure
[...].  On he flew, among the black pines, brandishing his staff with frenzied gestures, now
giving vent to an inspiration of horrid blasphemy [...]." Words such as
frightful, frenzied, and
blasphemy are scary words, words that paint Goodman Brown as a fiend
himself, and they lead to the idea that the devil is already "rag[ing]" in his breast:
a subject Hawthorne treats most seriously with words such as these.

Finally,
Hawthorne's description of Goodman Brown's final years as a "stern, a sad, a darkly
meditative, distrustful, if not a desperate man" also confirm the grave tone. There is no
happy ending, no resumption of faith, as "he shrank from the bosom of Faith," his
wife, for the remainder of his life, and "his dying hour was gloom." Nothing in the
story permits even a ray of light. Goodman Brown becomes so hardened by his suspicion of
everyone around him that he dies without faith and without hope. Such an ending, with such word
choices, is grim indeed.

How does understanding the position of Anglo-Saxon women help you understand A Wifes Lament?

The
Anglo-Saxon culture valued honor and kindred, more so than love. Besides, in a world where
nothing was considered permanent, love was too abstract and fleeting. Also, a woman was part of
the Anglo-Saxon man's private life, and did nothing to add to his honor in that case. All of the
elements combine to create a character who was "thrown away" and has no recourse but
the familiar concept of exile.

Discuss Swift's presentation of misanthropy and satire in voyage four of Guliver's Travels.

This question refers to
Gulliver's last travels amongst the land of the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos, and the way that he
identifies so strongly and is so impressed with the way of living of the Houynhnms that he
identifies his fellow humans with the yahoos, the uncivilised savages that the Houyhnhnms rule
over. This means that when he is forced to re-enter human society, very much against his will,
he finds it very difficult to slip back into his old life and ways of thinking. Note, for
example, the following quotation in which Gulliver describes his fellow humans:

But, when I behold a Lump of Deformity, and Diseases both in Body
and Mind, smitten with Pride, it immediately breaks all the Measures of my Patience; neither
shall I ever be able to comprehend how such an Animal and such a Vice could tally
together.

Gulliver's misanthropy at this point in the
book is interesting for a number of reasons, and is clearly used by Swift as part of his overall
project of . Gullliver holds up the example of the Houyhnhnms as an ideal to strive towards,
however what this fails to acknonwledge is the way that there life and culture has profound
problems to which Gulliver is completely blind. As much as the horses are clearly incredibly
rational and virtuous, at the same time their lives are profoundly boring and lacking in
interest. Swift deliberately presents their prosaic and monotonous life in contrast with the
richness of human life and experience, with all of its many faults. Swift therefore points
towards the way that Gulliver idolises a system of living that is impossible for humans to
follow, and the way that he ceases to identify himself as a human. Swift implicitly criticises
those who upheld nature as an ideal to be followed by humans and also those who would, like
Gulliver, criticise humanity whilst being blind to their own hypocrisy.

What are the similes, hyperbole, and personification used in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

: The
narrator characterizes all the small Dutch settlements scattered throughout the Hudson Valley as
"like those little nooks of still water which border a rapid stream." The low hum of
the voices in Ichabod Crane's classroom are described as being "like the hum of a
bee-hive."

: As Irving begins to describe the Hudson River Valley
setting, the narrator calls the area "one of the quietest places in the whole world."
There is no way for the narrator to know if this is accurate, so it is presumed to be an
overstatement. The same is true of this claim: "meteors glare oftener across the valley
than in any other part of the country."

is found in the opening words
of "" as Irving begins describing the setting: "On the bosom of one of those
spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson . . . " The word
bosom'sis that of a woman's chest. In further describing the mysterious and
supernaturalof Sleepy Hollow, the narrator states that "the nightmare . . . seems to make
it the favorite scene of her gambols." Nightmares are personified as
female.

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In 1984, what type of propaganda techniques are used in the inscription on the white pyramid at the Ministry of Truth?

Written
on the side of the massive white pyramid of the Ministry of Truth is the Party's
slogan:

War is peace

Freedom is slavery

Ignorance is
strength

These paradoxical statements
introduce the reader to the Party's concept of doublethink, which is the technique of
simultaneously believing two contradictory statements at the same time. In an attempt to control
every aspect of society, the Party developed the technique of doublethink in order to eliminate
the citizens' ability to process information logically and to influence the population into
accepting every government policy and statement without question.

The phrases
of the Party's motto are also considered paradoxical and inconspicuously ring true. Through
constant conflict, the Party maintains a heightened level of hysteria at all times, consumes
valuable resources that could be used to improve the standard of living, and sends citizens to
die in battle. Continual warfare essentially uses fear to manipulate the citizens into following
government policies. The citizens only look to Big Brother for protection, which strengthens
their loyalty, resulting in a controllable populace. Through the technique of doublethink, the
Party manipulates the citizens of Oceania into associating freedom with slavery, which further
confuses the population, making them easier to control and manipulate. The third phrase of the
Party's motto also rings true. The citizens' ignorance is essentially Big Brother's strength.
The ignorant, uninformed citizens passively accept Big Brother's agenda and continue to live
oppressed lives without ever challenging the government's authority.

What point of view is "The Necklace" told in?

utilizes third person limited narration in his short story " ." Using the third person
limited point of view, the reader knows the thoughts and feelings of one character, primarily
the main character in the story, and all the characters are described using the pronouns 'he,'
'she,' or 'they.' Unlike the third person omniscient point of view, where the reader knows the
thoughts and feelings of every character, the third person limited narrator allows Guy de
Maupassant to create a surprise ending. In the story, Mathilde Loisel's thoughts and feelings
are vividly described and the reader senses that she is a completely superficial, shallow woman,
who values appearances and desperately wishes to experience a life of luxury. Her husband's
thoughts and feelings are rather insignificant and Madame Forestier's thoughts are never
revealed. For example, when Mathilde Loisel returns the genuine necklace, she is nervous about
what Madame Forestier will think if she...

What are themes in the book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave?

Douglass's primary goal in writing this book
was to convey the injustice of slavery. He shares many personally
painful experiences throughout the narrative, from watching his aunt be brutally beaten to
explaining that he holds no particular attachments to his mother because he was never allowed to
know her. He explains that he has been transferred as property from one master to the next and
that he has had to learn how to survive each new situation. He has been deprived of family,
education, freedom, and basic human liberties. In a nation founded on freedom for all, he has
been denied a great deal.

Another theme that arises is the
power of literacy. Through Mrs. Auld (and some little hungry white boys),
Douglass learns enough of the basics of phonics that he is able to teach himself how to read.
This opens up an entirely new world to him, one where he hears about and begins to understand
abolitionism. From the moment that Mr. Auld forbids his wife from providing any further reading
instruction, Douglass understands that literacy has a transforming power to change the direction
of his life.

In his narrative, Douglass also makes a compelling case against
the dangers of false Christianity. Douglass himself believes in
God, but he often points to those who do evil in the name of God and then call themselves
Christian. He notes:

Between the Christianity of this
land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible differenceso wide, that to
receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt,
and wicked. To be the friend of the one, is of necessity to be the enemy of the other. I love
the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt,
slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this
land.

Douglass witnessed numerous people living
hypocritical lives which were not in accordance with the teachings of Christ, and he asserts
that to love Christ is to hate slavery.

In Pygmalion, how can we justify that emotions evoke knowledge?

That's an
excellent, if unseen, aspect of . I believe you're asking how can we
validate that an awakening of feeling can lead to an awakening of new found thought. It's
actually quite a strong point if one looks at the characters of Eliza and Higgins. Take the
moment when Higgins and Pickering return from their party flushed with happiness over their
success at winning the bet. They completely ignore Eliza who has learned more about herself over
the last few weeks than she has in her entire life. No longer is she making incomprehensible
sounds or stalking out of the room when she is upset at the way she is treated (as has happened
in the past). Anger at the two men slowly boils within her gaining strength. She realizes that
for all her fine clothes, speech and mannerisms the fact that she was born in the poorer section
to a common laborer will forever separate her from those with whom she has hobnobbed with until
now. As a flower girl she believed that mimicking her "betters" was enough for a
better life. Now, despite all she has learned, she is still a "squashed cabbage leaf"
to Higgins. He will still ask her to fetch and carry; he wouldn't ask the same of the
Eynsford-Hills, despite his contempt of them. She sees this with perfect clarity; she tells
Higgins, "There can't be any feelings between the like of you and the like of me."
There is a wall between them that she always thought was one of money and accent but has now
learned differently.

Higgins has also come to a new realization when Eliza
walks out the door. He thought he would never need anyone, except for convenience like Mrs.
Pearce. Instead he's outraged by the audacity Eliza displays when she coolly tells him she no
longer needs him. She has learned everything she needs to become a lady, he is unnecessary. His
anger at hearing that Eliza may marry Freddy stems from the fact that he believes she is
throwing away a mind and character worthy of challenging him on an
imbecile. He realizes that she is his equal and match. He doesn't have the maturity to ask for
more than a squabbling partner so he loses her but he learns something new about his own
character.

A man shines a laser. The path of the laser, equation y = -(2/3)*x + 30 where y = h & x = distance from the face of the building. Graph the equation....

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What are direct quotes about how Scout and Jem Finch lose their innocence in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

The loss
of innocence is a significant theme in 's novel . Here are three quotes
that are relevant to this theme:

School started. The second grade was as bad as the first, only
worsethey still flashed cards at you and wouldnt let you read or write. ()

As narrator,reveals her memory of the start of second grade, which
was a disappointing experience. As a precocious young girl, Scout possessed an endless supply of
natural curiosity, and school seemed to stifle her growth rather than encourage it. Though Scout
didn't necessarily suffer any pain as a result of her school experiences, she did learn a
difficult life lesson in these early days of working with adults: not all adults will treat her
as her father has treated her, and some adults will in fact treat her unfairly.

It was just him I couldnt
stand, Dill said.

Who, Tom?

That old Mr. Gilmer doin€˜
him thataway, talking so hateful to him()

In this scene,
Dill...

Friday 5 September 2008

What passages helped you understand the author's message?

helps
the reader learn about the past and present (as of its 1976 setting) effects of slavery on
American people by telling the story of Dana, an African American woman, and her husband, Kevin,
a white American man. Butler uses the device of time travel to the pre€“Civil War era to situate
Dana in the bondage in which her ancestors and their families and friends were caught. She faces
several moral dilemmas as she tries to stop the abuses of the slavery system but at the same
time to not affect history too drastically, as a radically changed outcome might actually
prevent her birth. For Kevin, as a white person, the nineteenth century is far less perilous,
and his twentieth-century relationship with his wife is severely affected by his experience in
the past. Further, Dana interacts with a white slaveowner, Rufus, whom she learns is her
ancestor, at several points in his life; these experiences help her understand the entitlement
that bred cruelty in slaveowners.

In the section called The Fall, while
transported into the past, Dana learns about the destruction of black families in slavery
through her conversations with Sarah, an African American cook in the house of Rufuss family (he
is still a child). Sarah is bitterly resigned to her childrens fate, as they have been sold
away. While Dana must serve as a slave in the familys house, Kevin is hired as a tutor to Rufus.
For Dana, it would be dangerous to even acknowledge that she is literate.

In
the section "The Storm," Rufus has grown to adulthood, and when Dana arrives, he is
ill with a fever. Although she nurses him back to health, he grown angry toward her and punishes
her by making her work as a fieldhand. In this section as well, she both witnesses his
callousness in selling slaves and manages to persuade him not to sell her ancestor, the slave
Alice, with whom he has several illegitimate children. In this way, she protects her future
great-great-grandmother Hagar.

Thursday 4 September 2008

How does a federal system of government compare to the unitary system?

In a federal
government, governmental power is split between a national, or federal, government and its
constituent states' local governments. Unitary government refers to a model in which the
government consists of only one central authority with little or no power granted to individual
provinces. A federal government diffuses power by allowing local provinces to make decisions or
create laws, and creates a hierarchy of governments, typically with the federal government
having more power than individual territories. In a unitary government, provinces have little or
no ability to govern themselves or make decisions; there is only one existing level of
government. A federal style of governance may be most efficient in larger countries to reduce
the strain of governing regions far from the national capital, or in countries with multiple
conflicting groups. For smaller countries, or countries populated almost exclusively by only one
ethnic or religious group, a unitary system may work better. Unitary governments are also
commonly employed by totalitarian governments.

How can we realate A Streetcar Named Desire to modern society?

I think
that Williams' drama has much in it that relates to the modern setting.  In many of the topics
raised in the drama, Williams was ahead of his time for they are issues that we see in society
today and still struggle to understand.  In some cases, progress has been made.  Yet, in others,
we find ourselves similar to the characters in the poker game, staring in horror at what we see
and lacking the collective will to do anything about it.

The issue of mental
health is something with which the context of the drama struggles and something with which we
struggle today.  Blanche is in need of severe mental care.  She has endured so much and it has
had such a profound and destabilizing effect on her.  She exhibits so much of what we would now
easily call as "mental health issues."  Yet, she is misunderstood in the drama.  She
does not receive much in way of social compassion and understanding.  When she says that she
"has always depended on the kindness of strangers," the...

Wednesday 3 September 2008

What are some examples of direct and indirect characterizations of George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men? John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

Most authors
use indirect which includes

• physical descriptions

"The first man was smalland quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and
sharp, strong features.  Every part of him was defined:  small, strong hands, slender arms, a
thin and bony nose.  Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large,
pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the
way a bear drags his paws.  His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung
loosely."

• characters'
  actions

His huge companion dropped his blankets
and flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps,
snorting into the water like a horse.  The small man stepped nervously beside him.

• characters' thoughts, feelings, and
  speeches

"'Guys like us, that work on
ranches, are the loneliest guys n the world.  They got no family.  They don't belong no
place....With us, it ain't like that. We got a future." []

"For the
first timebecame conscious of the outside. He crounched down in the hay and listened.  'I done a
real bad thing,' he said. 'I shouldn't had did that.  George'll be mad. An'...he said...an'hide
in the brush till he come....'"

• the comments
  and reactions of other characters

"Crooks
interrupted brutally. 'You guys is just kiddin' yourself.  You'll talk about it a hell of a lot,
but you son't get no land.  You'll be a swamper here till they take you out in a box.  Hell, I
seen too many guys.  Lennie here'll quit an' be on the road in two, three, weeks.  Seems like
ever' guy got land in his head.'"

• occurs with statements by the author, giving
  his/her opinion of the character(s). [e.g. Steinbeck writes that Slim has "God-like
  eyes."]

Steinbeck writes that Lennie drags his feet the way
"a bear drags his paws."

Tuesday 2 September 2008

Which chapter in Walden discusses the time Thoreau got arrested for not paying taxes?

Thoreau actually
discusses the time he got arrested for refusing to pay his poll tax in his essay, "On the
Duty of ."He says that he has not paid his tax for six years and that he was "put into
a jail once on this account."He marvels that he is treated thus, as though he "were
mere flesh and blood and bones" rather than putting his mind or even body to some kind of
use.Thoreau apparently found his one night in jail quite interesting, and he spent his time
talking to the other inmates, especially his roommate (who was content because he was sheltered
and fed there).He says that going to jail was "like travelling into a far country"; in
other words, it felt like going somewhere totally new and different that he never expected to
see.He describes his activities and thoughts and feels that he gets to know Concord even better
as a result of this experience.

How would you describe the main characters from a mental standpoint in The Lovely Bones?

I think you
have to infer a lot of this from what the characters do and say in this novel. For example, with
Mr. Harvey, we know he is a serial killer, so his mental characteristics are typical of someone
who lures children to their death. Notice when he first runs into Susie before he kills her, how
he is very devious and sly - he tries to befriend her, even calls her by name (which she
realizes from heaven should have warned her, because he claimed not to know her name at the
beginning of their encounter). As the novel progresses, we see how devious he is in pretending
to be sorry about Susie's death, eluding the police, and even at the end, where he is stalking
another victim. Mostly, his mental characteristics are that he is a pervert.

Susie's mental characteristics evolve over the course of the novel. She is describing the story
in retrospect, and she grows mentally....

Why is the forest the chosen setting for Goodman Brown's journey?

The
authorprobably chose the forest for its visual effect and its aura of as-yet untamed wildness.
The forest is the opposite of civilization. It is very old and full of wild creatures,
including, perhaps, wild Indians. It is a place where people would naturally go to become wild
creatures themselves. It is a place where they can hide from their town neighbors and do
anything they want. They can make as much noise as they want without being heard by anyone of
importance.

Many contemporary people like to go to the national parks in
order to get away from civilization for a while and live more primitive-type lives close to
nature. There is something very exhilarating about being among the fragrant pine needles and
tall trunks. We can all respond to Hawthorne's description of the mysterious forest, although we
do not necessarily want to indulge in devil-worshiping orgies. Most of us would like to escape
from civilization for a while and enjoy simpler lives.

We...

In the play A Streetcar Named Desire, why does Blanche try to block out her past and avoid reality? Why does she try to block out her past...

In addition
to the previous answer, which was great

Blanche had no choice but to avoid
reality. How could she live with herself when the world she knew since she was little had just
been removed from under her feet?

The world from where Blanche came was
glamorous, enticing, and promising. She was the typical Southern Belle which would accept
gentlemen callers, attend cotillions, and be treated like a princess.

She had
it all- She married her teenage sweetheart, she was rich, she had an education, and a reputation
for being a stunner.

Suddenly, her husband has a gay love affair behind her
back, ends up committing suicide, lost her estate, her family became sick, Stella went off to
marry a doubtful man and, Blanche was left behind.

She ended up re-building a
woman from broken pieces, only she picked the worst pieces: Those pieces of her who are sexually
invasive, co-dependent, alcoholic , and lost.

I think Blanche was already on
the way...

Monday 1 September 2008

Boo Radley Prejudice

's
public identity has been created by the people of Maycomb. However, it is a false identity and
by no means an accurate expression of who he really is. He is a local legend, a bogeyman, a
shadowy figure constructed out of scraps of gossip and hearsay. Inevitably, then, he is
subjected to prejudice and general incomprehension. Because people do not know the real Boo, all
they have is the Boo of legend, the scary, weird guy who needs to be hidden away from
"respectable" society.

The children also initially participate in
the general prejudice toward Boo. They act out what they imagine to be scenes from his life;
they creep up to the door of the Radley residence to try to get a glimpse of him. Children can
be very cruel, particularly to those who are different in any way, so Boo is an ideal figure for
sport. Yet, it is the children who eventually come to see a side of Boo that the adults never
get to see. It is instructive that he tries to reach out to

Can anyone suggest for me a topic in Finance for PhD research?

Some
current topics of interest in Finance are auction and game theory; gambling and sports
(University of Salford); employee satisfaction and employee working environment; corporate
culture; corporate and CEO governance; and corporate social responsibility and "green"
responsibility (ECSP EuropeSchool). Other topics of interest in Finance include business failure
and bond ratings; health and social well-being; employee motivation and green behavior; and
supply chain factors (University of Salford). 

One way to discover topics for
Ph.D. research is to examine the areas of research being done by professors at various
universities. As with the University of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, professors tend
to publicly list their areas of research interest and their latest research publications. These
can be used by Ph.D. candidates to inspire ideas and trigger areas of interest.

Following the global financial collapse based on credit-rated mortgage derivatives and
as a result of such things as the expansion of gaming theory, the burgeoning needs and costs in
healthcare, and the attention given to corporate culture consequent of CEOs' and millennials'
behaviors, relevant new topics in finance have come to the fore for the purpose of examining
these areas of finance.

[The topics I cited above come from the publicly
described research of Professor David Forrest, Dr. Jia Liu, and Professor Hassan Yazdifar of the
University of Salford, UK, and Professor Alberta Di Giuli, Professor Michael Troege, and
Professor Franck Bancel of ECSP Europe Business School.]

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What is the background of the story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid?

's "" has been alternately categorized as a dramatic , a short story, and
even as a poem. It consists of advice from a mother to her daughtera girl on the verge of
womanhoodabout how to conduct herself, mainly on sexual matters, with which she seems to be
obsessed (and in which, she suggests, the girl has transgressed already). Kincaid has said that
she heard her mother's voice in her head continually when writing the story. She had a difficult
relationship with her mother and moved to the United States in part to escape from
her.

The overbearing mother of the story sees herself as passing on the
wisdom of generations of Caribbean women, initiating her daughter into womanhood, as she was
initiated by her mother. The advice she gives, however, is obviously rooted so firmly in her
culture and her generation that, although there is no response in the text, any reader of
Kincaid can readily imagine how acerbic the girl's reply would be.

What are examples of solutions in science?

In science, a solution is
defined as a type of homogenous mixture. Examples of solutions include salt water, sugar water,
and Kool Aide.

Mixtures are made up of more two or more
substances. Unlike chemical reactions, no new substances are created when substances are
combined within a mixture. A homogenous mixture is a mixture that has a uniform composition.
This means that the substances within a mixture are uniformly dispersed and cannot be easily
differentiated from one another.

A solute and a solvent are the two parts of
a solution. The solute is dissolved in the solvent. The word dissolve can be traced back to the
Latin word dissolvere, which means to loosen. The solute is thing that is dissolved. The
solvent is the substance that does the dissolving.

When a solute is dissolved
in a solvent, the solute particles become surrounded by solvent particles. The phrase likes
dissolve likes implies that nonpolar substances will dissolve in other nonpolar substances.
Likewise, polar substances will dissolve in other polar substances. When a polar substance is
dissolved in another polar substance, href="http://www.grandinetti.org/resources/Teaching/Chem121/Lectures/SolutionChemistry/water3.gif">opposite
charges attract one another.

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