Mrs.
Whatsit says,
we'll have you back about five minutes
before you left, so there'll be time to spare and nobody'll ever need to know you were gone at
all.
Mrs. Whatsit tells them this after they have all
tessered, or used wrinkles in time, to travel across vast distances of space. They are about to
visit with the...
's attitude
towardis paradoxical: early in the novel he seems to frown at Gatsby's excess and lack of
manners, but later in the novel he admires, even romanticizes, Gatsby as heroic.
This, of course, makes, Nick an unreliable narrator. Remember, the entire novel is
told in flashback from Nick's home in the Midwest. Nick takes this opportunity to spin his tale
in a certain light: one that makes him look more honest than he certainly is. He claims
objectivity and restrained judgement, but the novel as a whole speaks otherwise: he is as
subjective and judgmental about Gatsby asis about the white race.
Nick
virtually equates himself with Gatsby: they are tied at the hip. Critics have read the novel in
a homosexual perspective; I see it more as a Jesus / Nicodemus relationship. Gatsby is the
"Son of God" to Nick's converted follower. Just at Jesus invited the Pharisee to seek
rebirth in baptism, so too does Gatsby elicit Nick's re-conception of the American Dream. In
short, Gatsby's romantic ideal of himself has rubbed off on Nick by the end of the novel to the
point of cult hero worship. Gatsby is Nick's Byronic Hero. Gatsby's desires are so focused
that Nick becomes jealous of them, to the point that they share the same desire: . Nick is
complicit with Gatsby in trying to attain her.
Gatsby's excessive desires and
beliefs in the American Dream are what make him great...and what lead to his . Only in America
can one re-invent oneself the way Gatsby does, and this fascinates Nick. Nick sympathizes with
the proletariat working-class, and he respects Gatsby for having leaped across to the
bourgeoisie and still kept his boyish, humble ideals.
While
does make some poor decisions, it's
actually debatable that he is the one to blame for 's and 's deaths. In fact,
Prince Escalus makes some excellent points absolving
Friar Laurence of any guilt and laying all blame on Lords Capulet
and Montague. We see Prince Escalus absolving the friar in the line, "We
still have known thee for a holy man" (V.iii.281). We further see him laying all blame on
Lords Capulet and Montague in the lines, "See what a source is laid upon your hate, / That
heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!" (V.iii.303-04). Escalus rightly blames
Capulet and Montague rather than the friar because had their hatred not existed, Friar Laurence
never would have been placed in a position in which he had to make poor decisions. He never
would have had to marry them in secret, and he never would have had to fake Juliet's death,
which are both events that lead up to their deaths. However, if you truly do want to make the
point that he is to blame, then all you have to do is analyze his poor decisions
as evidence.
His first poor
decision was to marry the couple. While it broke
neither state nor religious law to marry the couple in secret, Friar Laurence had
his hesitations, which he should have abided by. It was neither unlawful nor
irreligious to marry the couple in secret because under the Catholic Church a girl could marry
at the age of 12 without parental consent, while a boy could likewise marry at 14 (
Civil Marriage, New Advent, new advent.org">Catholic Encycolopedia:
"Civil Marriage"). Friar Laurence agreed to the marriage because he saw it
as an opportunity to unite the two families, which could end the feud. However, at the same
time, he hesitated because he especially saw Romeo as
being far too young to truly know what real love is, as seen in Friar
Laurence'scomparing Romeo's love to a young child who is too young to know how to read,
"Thy love[for Rosaline] did read by rote[memory], and could not spell" (II.iii.91).
Aside from expressing his view that Romeo is too young to know what real love is, we see Friar
Laurence express his hesitation in his opening lines of Act 2,
Scene 6, just before he marries them. He expresses his hesitation by hoping out loud that God
will not later punish them for this holy act.
Aside from the decision to
marry the couple, Friar Laurence's second poor decision was to
fake Juliet's death. This plan went so foully awry that Romeo
believed she was truly dead and killed himself so he could lie by her side, which led to
Juliet's own real death as well. Faking Juliet's death was a very impetuous, unnecessary action.
Juliet's father had already threatened to disown her should she refuse to marry ; therefore,
what more could she gain to lose if Friar Laurence simply intervened on her behalf, explained
his involvement in the couple's secret marriage, and then brought her to Romeo in Mantua? Had
Friar Laurence taken the more honest route, the end result would have been the same--she would
have been united with exiled Romeo in Mantua, which would have spared the couple's death.
However, again, Friar Laurence would have never have had to decide to marry them in secret nor
to fake Juliet's death had the hatred between the Capulets and Montagues not
existed; therefore, it is really Lords Capulet and Montague who are
to blame for their children's deaths, as well as all the deaths in the
play.
The meaning
of bravery is an important theme of the novel. At the beginning, Daniel often seems to be more
reckless than brave. He is brave when he does the right thing out of goodness but less brave
when he does it because Rosh orders him or out of hatred and revenge. For example, he is brave
when he disobeys Rosh and helps the man he has just beaten and taken money from, and he is even
brave when he risks the ridicule of the village by getting water and food (women's work) to care
for his sister. When he spits at a Roman soldier or refuses to pick up a...
The
protagonists of are, of course, the members of that family. There is a
couple, and they have three sons with them. The sons are Fritz, Ernest, Jack, and
Francis.
Fritz is the oldest of the children in the family. We know that he
is 14 years old at the time of the shipwreck. The next son is Ernest. He is 12 years old when
the book begins. The third son is Jack. He is 10 years old at the start of the book. Finally,
there is Franz, the baby of the family. He is 5 years old when the family is shipwrecked on the
island.
We can get all of this information from the first chapter of the
book. There, the narrator (who is the father) describes the people who are in the improvised
boat that will get the family from the wrecked ship to land. He says that, next to his
wife,
was Franz, a sweet-tempered, affectionate little
boy, nearly six years old. Then came Fritz, a handsome, spirited young fellow of fourteen; the
two centre tubs contained the valuable cargo; then came our bold, thoughtless Jack, ten years
old; next him twelve-year-old Ernest, my second son€¦
This gives you the ages of all of the children of the family. The parents ages are not
given in the book, though we would expect that Mrs. Robinson would be in her late 30s since her
oldest son is 14. It is likely that the father is somewhat older, as men in those days often
married younger women. However, that is just speculation. We only actually know the ages of
the children.
Willy's
main mission is to try to persuade Howard to let him work locally rather than having to travel
all over New England. Willy would like to convince Howard that he is still a good salesman in
spite of his age. He brings up Dave Singleman for two reasons. One is to show that he is a
dedicated professional salesman who loves his work. He was inspired by meeting
eighty-four-year-old Singleman who was still on the road and was practically legendary. Willy
also uses Singleman to show that age is not necessarily a handicap. Willy is only sixty-three,
and by implication he has another twenty good years left in him. Howard doesn't really believe
him. Willy wouldn't be asking to be taken off the road if he weren't feeling his age. Willy is
just dating himself by bringing up old stories of the days when drummers all traveled by train.
He is showing that he not only looks old but is developing old men's idiosyncrasies, such as
absent-mindedness and looking back at the past. Willy goes from bad to worse by pleading that he
would be willing to get by on less and less if he could only work close to home. That doesn't
sound like the ambitious sort of salesman Howard would want in his company. Employers want men
who still have the American Dream, not men who are losing it. Howard's treatment of Willy is not
as bad as it could be. He never actually says, "You're fired!" He says he's busy. He
says Willy needs a rest. He claims he has no available spot for him locally. All of this is
because Howard does realize that Willy had a close relationship with Howard's father and because
he knows Willy has worked hard for the firm. Howard feels guilty. He isn't exactly snubbing
Willy but trying to ignore him, get rid of him, and forget him. When Willy finally becomes angry
and disrespectful it gives Howard an excellent opportunity to fire him.
It is an example of reverse symbolism because Fourth of July is
Independence Day, and Rufus called Dana back to a time when she would be considered a
slave.
Symbolism is when something stands for something else.
In this case, Independence Day does not stand for freedom, but instead for slavery. This is why
Dana calls it reverse symbolism.
Dana has gotten used...
The previously
suggested questions are wonderful ideas that you may wish to include when interviewing someone
who experienced the indignities of apartheid. If you have not experienced systemic oppression
firsthand, one suggestion I will add is to focus on questions regarding how injustice affects a
person's spirit, as well as how past injustices can impact one's future. Historical facts about
apartheid can be obtained from a variety of sources, but if you are given the opportunity to
discuss this chilling topic with someone who has lived through the indignity, targeting its
personal effects with likely result in wisdom and insight that cannot be gained from textbooks.
Here are some suggestions for possible questions:
Your major
tradeoff in this kind of survey will be depth vs. breadth. I usually try to create a selection
that covers examples of as many genres as possible, to give a sense of the general types of
writing in the period and their historical evolution. One sequence might
be:
Beowulf: discuss oral-traditional composition and the nature of epic,
strong stress prosody, Old English
Chaucer: Wife of Bath, Pardoner, or--
Norman conquest, development of iambic pentameter, Middle English, Christianity, class
system
Elizabethan/Jacobean:
Shakespeare -- 1...
He also uses , or reference to classical
literature, when he compares his father toas like "Hyperion to a satyr." Hyperion is a
sun god in Greek mythology, while a satyr is an oversexed half human/half beast.
In his soliloquy, Hamlet conveys his deeper anguish and anger at his mother. This he
can't state openly saying that although it breaks his heart, he must keep quiet. Here, he uses
allusion again, comparing his mother's tears to Niobe's, who mourned her children, but with the
suggestion that 's tears are false. He also uses allusion to make a
hyperbolic or exaggerated statement (as he did as well with
"Hyperion to a satyr") when he says Claudius is no more like his father than he, the
young Hamlet, is like Hercules.
Finally, in his soliloquy, Hamlet expresses
his deeper anguish through interjection, a short exclamation that
expresses emotion, when he uses an "O," saying:
O most wicked speed, to postWith such
dexterity to incestuous sheets! ]]>
In the
opening chapter of the book,gives us a lot of background information aboutand his law practice,
all of which indicates clearly what kind of a person he is. Atticus makes a reasonable living
out of the law, which tells us that this is someone who's not especially ambitious. Atticus is a
good lawyer but not a hot-shot. He's perfectly content to practice law in a small town like
Maycomb, a town in which he very much enjoys living and working.
Atticus'
humility comes through quite strongly in Scout's description of his office in the courthouse. It
contained nothing more than a...
The first
three questions are all just restatements of the same idea. The main question at hand is the
following: does everyone deserve healthcare? The answer to that, in my opinion, should be an
emphatic yesregardless of political affiliation, all people are entitled to some modicum of
healthcare treatment and coverage. The problem, however, is more complicated than whether or not
individuals deserve it.
The problem, as it stands, is that healthcare is
typically covered through private insurance plans, which are oftentimes provided by employers
but in many cases purchased completely privately. Without these options, healthcare is
prohibitively expensive, particularly in the United States. Now, there are several issues that
arise with thisthe first being that healthcare is currently extremely overpriced. Medical
treatment, because it is processed through private insurance companies, is often extremely
overpriced unnecessarily. If these costs were reduced, it would be more affordable for
individuals to purchase their own healthcare or to use some form of government-subsidized
option.
The other issue is that, to answer the fourth question, healthcare
quality might decrease when it is socialized. This should certainly be examined, but part of the
appeal of the medical field is how lucrative is. Therefore, the best talent will pursue it
because they can earn a high salary for their work. These issues need to be addressed in order
to create proper universal healthcare.
The baseball glove ofis
mentioned at the end of Chapter Five, and is the topic thatchooses to write the descriptive
composition on for Stradlater. Note the description that Holden gives us of the baseball glove
of his dead brother:
My brother Allie had this left-handed
fielder's mitt. He was left-handed. The thing that was descriptive about it, though, was that he
had poems written all over the fingers and the pocket and everywhere. In green ink. He wrote
them on it so that he'd have something to read when he was in the field and nobody was up at
bat.
However, far more important is the way that the
baseball glove acts as a powerful memory of Holden's dead brother and the love that he has for
him and the way that it demonstrates Holden's attachment, but also his problems at trying to
accept his brother's death. Note the way in which he tells us--almost as an afterthought--that
the night his brother died, he broke all the windows of the garage with his fist, "just for
the hell of it":
It was a very stupid thing to do,
I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it, and you didn't know Allie.
The fact that he was going to be psychoanalysed for this behaviour
shows how violent and destructive it was, and also points out that Holden still has some deep
unresolved issues regarding his brother's death and his acceptance of it. The value of the glove
therefore lies in what it tells us about Holden and his psychological state: he is clearly a
very angry young man, and we can see this in the act of self-harm he committed after his
brother's death just as we can see it in the way he rails against all the "phonies" he
comes across.
Vera is
the most important character in "."needed someone who would prepare Framton Nuttel for
a big shock when the three supposedly dead hunters returned at dusk. It couldn't be Mrs.
Sappleton because it would be completely out of character for her to play such a trick. It had
to be a mischievous child--but not too young because a young child couldn't bring it off
convincingly. A boy or a girl? A girl would be best because a boy would probably be off hunting
with the other males. She couldn't be too old, either. An older girl probably wouldn't have that
same mischievous spirit. Fifteen was the best age for the author's purposes. He twice describes
Vera as "self-possessed."
"My aunt will be
down presently, Mr. Nuttel," said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; "in the
meantime you must try and put up with me.""Then you know
practically nothing about my aunt?" pursued the self-possessed young lady.
Throughout the story Vera acts completely...
As was
mentioned in the previous post,criticizes George for his attire and education before George
takeson a date. As George is leaving, he says, "Good night, Prometheus!" (Hansberry,
88). Prometheus was the god who created man and stole fire from Mt. Olympus to give to mankind.
Prometheus was later punished by Zeus for giving mankind fire and was chained to Mt. Caucasus,
where an eagle would eat his liver daily for eternity. However, Hercules ends up killing the
eagle and freeing Prometheus from his eternal punishment.
Walter shares
several similarities with Prometheus. Bothare considered creative individuals that follow
through with their unpopular plans. Both Walter and Prometheus suffer throughout their lives and
are punished for the decisions they've made. Walter is a conflicted individual who becomes
extremely depressed and dejected after one of his business associates steals the money that was
set aside to open Walter's liquor store. Also, Walter continually drinks alcohol throughout the
play, which is ruining his liver. Similarly, Prometheus's punishment is to have his liver eaten
each day by Zeus's eagle. Walter and Prometheus are also both relieved of their long suffering.
Hercules eventually frees Prometheus, and Walter maintains his integrity by refusing to sell the
home to Mr. Lindner.
s short story
Rappaccinis Daughter concludes with the following paragraph:
To Beatrice--so radically had her earthly part been wrought upon by Rappaccini's
skill--as poison had been life, so the powerful antidote was death. And thus the poor victim of
man's ingenuity and of thwarted nature, and of the fatality that attends all such efforts of
perverted wisdom, perished there, at the feet of her father and Giovanni. Just at that moment,
Professor Pietro Baglioni looked forth from the window, and called loudly, in a tone of triumph
mixed with horror, to the thunder-stricken man of science: "Rappaccini! Rappaccini! And
is this the upshot of your experiment?"
What is the significance of Baglionis final words? Several possibilities suggest
themselves, including these:
Something
extra: Hawthornes story invites attention from a historical point of view. Like
various other works of the early to mid-nineteenth century (such as Mary Shelleys
Frankenstein and Hawthornes own story ), this tale raises disquieting
questions about the horrific consequences that might result if science €“ one of the great
forces of the nineteenth century €“ were used in unethical ways.
In some
respects, Miss Emily's geography instruction in chapter 6 is highly significant to the plight of
the students at Hailsham. The idea of a "lost corner" is highly relevant. Miss
Emily's explanation of Norfolk as "the lost corner" of England is a realm that lies
beyond the reach of others. In a symbolic sense, I think that this can be seen as the hopes and
aspirations of the students at Hailsham. The idea of a place beyond what is and one that is a
"peaceful corner" is...
Thenat the door of the castle the rector had shaken hands with his
fatherand mother, his soutane fluttering in the breeze, and the car had drivenoff with his
father and mother on it. They had cried to him from thecar, waving their
hands:
Goodbye, Stephen, goodbye!
Goodbye, Stephen, goodbye!
Hewas
caught in the whirl of a scrimmage and, fearful of the flashingeyes and muddy boots, bent down
to look through the legs. The fellowswere struggling and groaning and their legs were rubbing
and kicking andstamping. Then Jack Lawton's yellow boots dodged out the ball and allthe other
boots and legs ran after. He ran after them a little way andthen stopped. It was useless to run
on. Soon they would be going homefor the holidays. After supper in the study hall he would
change thenumber pasted up inside his desk from seventy-seven to seventy-six. (,
)
Several good examples of stream
of consciousness occur at the very...
If I
was forced to pick a single character trait aboutthat somehow manages to
encompass how amazing she is and explains why she is different from other students, I would go
with the character trait of self-confidence.
Self-confidence is a feeling of trust in your own abilities, qualities, and judgment.
Stargirl has a lot of self-confidence. She likes who she is, and she doesn't feel the need to
transform herself into something else for the approval of others. She wears the clothes that
she wants to wear regardless of fashion trends, she sings "Happy Birthday" to people
that are complete strangers, and she cheers for both athletic teams with equal fervor. Other
people find Stargirl's attitude and behavior odd and even off-putting, but Stargirl simply does
not care what they think. She is confident in herself and all of her idiosyncrasies.
The theme
of is that we bless both ourselves and the world when we live in a
generous, compassionate, and open-hearted way.
As the novel opens, we meet
Scrooge, who has shut down his positive emotions. He can experience no joy and no empathy
towards his fellow man. Even on Christmas Eve, and despite his wealth, he has no sympathy for
the suffering of the poor and refuses to do anything to help them. It is as if they are not real
to him.
It is only after the ghosts show him his past, present, and possible
future that Scrooge's long buried emotions awaken. He remembers what it was like as younger
person to be the recipient of kindness and love. The Cratchit family becomes real to him, and he
mourns their poverty and the fate of Tiny Tim.
The tone of act 2, scene 4, is ominous as
people begin to question the "unnatural" events which are unfolding all around
them.
The old man who opens this scene declares that in 70 years, he has
never seen anything as disturbing as the events of 's murder. The skies are threatening, with
storms on the horizon. An unexplained darkness covers the earth even though it should be
daytime. A falcon, which often symbolizes victory, was seen attacked and killed in midair by an
owl, which often symbolizes magic or mystery. Thus, it seems that the world of the unknown is
overtaking their world of order.says that he witnessed Duncan's beautiful horses eating each
other. In short, their world is spinning out of control in the aftermath of Duncan's
death.
The men misplace the blame onto Duncan's sons because they have fled
in the aftermath of their father's murder; to Ross and , this makes them prime suspects. They
then declare thatwill most likely be the next king and hope that he will rule with as much
goodness as Duncan.
Of course, they are disillusioned about 's role in the
murder and do not see his ruthless quest to rule. The lies, unexplainable natural events, and
inability to see the truth build an ominous tone that further danger is on the
horizon.
When one
speaks about the setting, one must address both place and time.
The setting
of place is most definitely the country of Nigeria on the continent of Africa. The reader can
get even more specific in that the relationship between Nene and Nnaemeka takes place in the
city of Lagos in a room at 16 Kasanga Street. When Nnaemeka goes to visit his father, the
setting changes to an Ibo village in rural Nigeria.
In regards to setting
of time in "Marriage is a Private Affair," we can assume it is a "fairly
modern" setting; however, we are not told a specific time period. There is a city involved
and a specific street, but there are also rural villages. Because there is letter-writing
involved, it can be assumed that the story takes place before email was prevalent. Also
considering thatwrote the story in the 1950s, the reader can then infer that the time period is
most likely the mid twentieth century. In regards to the interval of time, the story takes place
over approximately eight years and involves the interval between Nnaemeka falling in love with
Nene to Nnaemeka having two young sons who request an audience with their grandfather.
President
Abraham Lincoln took the step of declaring martial law and suspending civil liberties, including
the right of habeas corpus, in Maryland after a riot and subsequent destruction of
transportation systems in April 1861. Lincoln had ordered a group of Massachusetts volunteers
south to protect Washington D.C., but in Baltimore they were attacked by an angry mob of
Southern sympathizers, leaving casualties on both sides. The governor of Maryland and mayor of
Baltimore then ordered the destruction of rail lines so that more Union troops could not enter
Baltimore. Soon after, Lincoln imposed martial law upon the state.
One reason
that Lincoln felt that this step was necessary was because Maryland was a crucial border state
between the North and the South. If Maryland seceded, the nation's capital of Washington D.C.
would be effectively surrounded by Confederate enemies. Lincoln also was concerned about the
protection of transportation routes and telegraph lines, which were vital to the Union army, as
it passed through Maryland to confront the South.
When South
Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union, they were breaking all ties to the
United States and forming their own government. They did not secede until after the 1860
election and inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States. They had
supported the democratic candidate for president, but he lost to Lincoln. They were afraid
Lincoln was going to abolish slavery and waited until he was actually president before trying to
leave the Union. By cutting ties to the U.S.,they effectively nullifed the results of the 1860
election and the Confederate states chose Jefferson Davis as their president. However, Lincoln
and Congress never recognized their rights to leave the Union and that's why the Civil War
began.
When discussing
literature, mood is the way a reader feels about what he or she is reading
and tone is the attitude that the author shows through the style of
writing. The two terms are often confused because they have to do with feelings or attitudes,
both of which a reader and an author can experience. However, depending on the question, a
student must analyze the two terms separately when asked, such as above. A good example of a
passage from to analyze both mood and tone is as follows:
"Hillari Kimble dragged Wayne Parr out to the middle of the
parquet floor. They slowdanced. They fastdanced. They even tried an old-fashioned jitterbug.
Nothing worked. Nothing went with the triple-thumping drumbeat but the bunny hop itself.
Hillari's orchid she petals as she beat her fist on Wayne Parr's chest. 'Do something!' she
yelled. She ripped sticks of chewing gum from his pocket. She chewed them furiously. She split
the wad and pressed the gum into her ears" (173).
The words that help the reader to experience the mood of the scene should invoke
feelings of uncontrollable frustration for Hillari's behavior. Some words that might make the
reader feel this frustration are: dragged, nothing worked, beat her fist, yelled,
ripped, chewed them furiously, pressed the gum into her ears. These verbs show
Hillari's frustration and demonstrate her violent feelings Stargirl's success at the dance. A
reader should feel her struggle as well.
Luckily, in this case, these same
verbs help to illustrate the author's tone to characterize who Hillari is as a person. She's
aggressive and hostile, for example. Beating up her date and chewing gum furiously tells us that
the author wants us to know how frustrated she really is.
andare
betrayed by Mr Charrington who owns the second hand shop in which they hold their secret lover's
meetings. He rents them a room upstairs. They are misled into believing that Mr Charrington is a
harmless old man, particularly as the shop is in the district where the proles live (the
ordinary members of the public who do not belong to the Party). However, Charrington is really a
member of the Thought Police in disguise. It also turns out that there is a telescreen hidden
behind a picture on the wall in Winston and Julia's room.
In theof
the book, the dominant theme of the overwhelming power of Big Brother is evident. is the lens
through which we can better understand the power and totalizing control of Big Brother in
Oceania. The opening description of the inner stairwell inside Victory Mansions conveys this
power:
The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was
thirty-nine and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times
on the way. On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed
from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you
about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran. (Ch.
1)
Even in something as small as a building stairwell,
the power of Big Brother is inescapable. The poster, its eyes, and the caption are able to cast
a literal and figurative shadow on the life Winston leads and the lives of all the people of
Oceania.
In Chapter 2,
Hello! A
good topic to explore would be that of conflict, especially between
both Indian and American cultures, in the lives of the characters in 's Interpreter Of
Maladies. Lahiri's book is composed of a variety of short stories. Most of them
explore the above topic I just mentioned. In the short story "," we see how Mrs. Das'
unhappiness is fueled by her dissatisfaction with fulfilling the traditional Indian roles of
wife and mother. In "Sexy," we explore the ramifications of adultery when a white
woman has an affair with a married Indian man. In "When Mr. Pirzada Came To Dine," we
read about Mr. Pirzada, who is in America, having been awarded a grant by the government of
Pakistan to study the foliage in New England. The story details how he corresponds with his wife
and daughters and how he is eventually reunited with them in Pakistan. The Partition of India
and Pakistan leads us to think about "how Hindus and Muslims had set fire to each other's
homes." Again, we are on the same topic of a clash of two very different cultures, this
time Hindu and Muslim. The fact that Mr. Pirzada, a Muslim, eats at the table of Lilia's family,
who are Hindus, is nothing short of miraculous.
In "This Blessed
House" we read about Twinkle and Sanjeev, who quarrel about the religious Christian icons
they find in their new home. While Twinkle is filled with happiness and wonder at what she
finds, Sanjeev worries about what the neighbors will think, as they are Hindu and not
Christian.
There are nine stories in "Interpreter Of Maladies," and
one of the stories bears the same title as the title of the book. The topic of
conflict, therefore, is very appropriate for in-depth analysis of the following
themes:
1) religious conflict (Hindu and Muslim, Hindu and
Christian)
2) marital conflict and the difference between traditional and
modern concepts of marital satisfaction
3) conflict between parents (older
generation) and children (younger generation) who possess different views on preserving Indian
culture and embracing American life
Hope this helps. Thanks for the
question.
There are a
number of ways that US domestic policy changed during WWI. For instance, before they entered
into the war the US was attached to a policy of isolationism, which means that they would focus
their politics internally and avoid interacting with the rest of the world. Their involvement in
the war shifted this dramatically, however, and began the process by which the US would become a
global power.
Also, in 1919, the Supreme Court ruled for the first time, in
the case Schenck v. The United States, that free speech could be legally
forbidden if it presented a "clear and present danger." This case was used to prevent
the distribution of flyers urging people to dodge the draft and has also been used to limit free
speech considerably ever since.
This is an excellent
question and the answer lies at the heart of whatis trying to communicate through this
outstanding play. The short answer to your question is: nothing. The point of the play is that
we are presented with an impersonal capitalist system which only values a man by the amount of
money he is worth. If you are not worth anything, as Willy is not by his failure in his salesman
role, you are...
Pip is
brought up in humble circumstances. He is orphaned and so is raised in the household of his much
older sister, called Mrs. Joe, and her husband, the kind-hearted Joe, a simple blacksmith.
Because Mrs. Joe is very resentful of Pip, she often treats him harshly and unfairly. Since he
has a compassionate role model in Joe and yet been subject to cruelty from his sister, Pip grows
into a modest and kind boy who understands what it is like to suffer. He also has a healthy fear
of punishment. This upbringing makes him the perfect person to help the convict Magwitch. Pip is
compassionate enough to see how the convict is suffering and to do what he can to help him, but
he also has a fear of what Magwitch might do to himand a fear of what his sister might do to
himthat causes him to keep his help of the convict secret. All of this will have a great impact
on his future.
Yet at the same time, his awareness of his own humble roots
causes him to be ashamed of Joe when he becomes a gentleman. Pip becomes snobbish and doesn't
want to be reminded of where he came from, so for a time, he avoids Joe and treats him, when
they meet, in a high handed way.
Pip's basic kindness and humility do
reemerge, however, at the end of the novel. He can't be immune to suffering, for he is
fundamentally an empathic person sensitive to the needs of others. This springs from his
experience, as a child, of what it was like to be oppressed.
In this
article (written in the late twentieth century), Haraway uses theof a cyborg, a creation that is
both human and machine. She explains that "we are cyborgs." In other words, the author
rejects the idea that we are firmly one thing or another. Instead, she writes that the article
is an "argument for pleasure in the confusion of boundaries." She calls for an erasure
of strict boundaries. Going back to the idea of a cyborg, she writes that the cyborg is a
creation of a world that has moved beyond the idea of gender.
Haraway argues
that three distinctions used in the past now longer make sensethe distinction between human and
animal, human and machine, and men and women. Though the definitions of "man" and
"woman" have traditionally split genders, the author argues for a redefining of gender
based on affinity.
Taking on the epistemology of feminism and gender, or the
way in which people understand these concepts, the author challenges the idea of essentialism
(the idea...
In Narrative of the Life of
, there is no definitive answer to who Douglass's father is because Douglass was
deprived of the information; however, Douglass says that common gossip told that his father was
his master. In the third paragraph of Chapter 1, Douglass says that the only certainty is that
his father was a white man--all who spoke of Douglass's parents said as much. Douglass was
taken from his mother after birth, and he did not know his mother until much later. Such was a
common practice during slavery to break familial ties among slaves. It was also common practice
for slave masters to rape female slaves or otherwise have sexual relations with them, so
Douglass thinks that the rumor of his father being his master is most likely
true.
On the
surface,and Myrtle seem very different. Daisy is an ethereal, charming, and delicate woman from
a sheltered, well-to-do family. She has the security of being married toand his vast wealth.
Myrtle comes from the lower classes and is vulgar as well as a full-figured woman. She is
married to a gas station owner in the Valley of the Ashes and has little luxury or financial
security. In the end, her lack of money means she can be run over and killed with impunity,
while Daisy's money saves her from any consequences of the act of running down a woman without
stopping.
However,...
The
"Stars and Bars" was the first official flag of the Confederate States of America
designed by Nicola Marschal (1829-1917) a Prussian who had immigrated to the States in the
1840's. He is also credited with the design of the Confederate Uniform, and became known as
"The Artist of the Confederacy." The flag he designed was similar to the early
"Stars and Stripes" of the North, having a circle of 7 white stars in a blue field
with 2 red and...
What are
the factors that influence business ethics?
A
number of them come to mind.
One is current ethical and moral trends in
society. After all, people who behave one way at home are not likely to be of a different
stripe at work. Theyre wont be walking into the office one day a miraculously changed person.
Their behavior at home will most likely be replicated on the job. Thats why best recruiting
practices call for a thorough background check on all potential employees and chatting will
their personal references.
Two is the personal morals and integrity of your
organizations staff and management team. For sure there will be a segment of managers and staff
who tend one way or the other but the wildcard lies in the dominant office personalities and the
sway that they hold over their peers. And dont forget the other stressors such as the level of
customer conflict and how that can influence staff and managers to cover up unpleasant exchanges
or hide other ethical lapses.
Three is the management style of the
organizations leaders. Is it a mild-mannered group of managers who operate on group consensus
or do they have an authoritarian style of leadership that demands rigorous adherence to company
rules and ethical standards? If the latter, then theres a greater chance of a stronger ethical
environment up and down the organizational ladder.
Four is the type of
industry youre talking about and the clout that ethics violations have over the actions of staff
and managers. If its a law firm, youll probably have more stringent ethical behavior because of
the potential for disciplinary action against attorneys and staff for violating boundaries. If
its a government lobbying firm, there will be most likely be more wiggle room given the nature
of the beast. Ethical lapses are not only common in that environment, theyre almost
expected.
In short, there can be many factors that influence business ethics
but so much depends on the people, the industry and the social norms. Without knowledge of
those facts, there are few easy answers to this question. Nevertheless, those are
a few.
Nonverbal
communication often has international characteristics that can help with cross-cultural
communication. Actually, most communication is done with nonverbal cues, no matter how clear the
verbal interaction may be.
Despite cultural differences, there are
identifiable universal sounds, facial expressions and body movements that rightly convey a
message.
A smile, a frown, crying, all reveal an emotion. How this is
interpreted or responded to, rests more with cultural or learned behaviors.
Often nonverbal is the ONLY way to communicate, if there are language differences.
Signaling...
According to
IMBD, these were all the exact locations of the movie. I tried to write them down without
hyperlinks, so I am not sure how they will come out on the reply. Hope it helps!
In hisat
the beginning of Scene 7,is vacillating over whether or not to go through with the murder of .
He considers several reasons against killing him. The first is that Duncan is in his house in
"double trust," both as his "kinsman" (they are cousins) and his
"subject." So to kill him would be to betray that trust in the eyes of God. The second
reason is that Duncan has been a good king, admired by his subjects:
Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
So clear
in his great office, that his virtues
Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued
against
The deep damnation of his taking-off.
Finally,admits that he really has no reason to kill Duncan other than his own
"vaulting ambition," which "spurs" him to the crime. By the end of his
soliloquy he has decided not to go through with the murder, at least not in his own castle. It
is only the intervention of his wife that changes his mind.
,
once a great hero, is very aware that he is now old. Death will be his next great journey, but
he craves "something ere the end" and does not want to end his life as an "idle
king" doing administrative duties, which he feels have little impact.
Ulysses has a deep sense of wanderlusthe does not want to "rest" when he still has the
opportunity to "drink / life to the lees," namely, to get something out of his
existence. He thinks of the things he has previously seen in his life and of his experiences in
Troy, and he feels "hungry" for that kind of life, forever moving, discovering, and
learning. Being still, to him, is not life, and particularly because he has so little time left,
he does not want to spend it "unburnished." Ulysses seems to compare himself to
a...
In the first sentence of
, Austen says that her heroine is beautiful, smart, and wealthy and has a
good personality and that she has lived her 21 years without much to disturb her. The first
sentence relates to way in which Austen portrays Emma Woodhouse and to the themes of the novel.
Emma's life as a young woman in Regency England has led...
I think it's
definitely some sort of beetle. I wonder what type of beetles are most common in Prague?
Japan's
geography was a prime motivator for its territorial expansion in the 1920s and 1930s. First of
all, Japan's population was rapidly growing and modernizing during those years, and space and
resources on the home islands was limited. The Japanese islands are extremely mountainous,
meaning that there is little land suitable for easy farming or urban growth. Therefore, Japan
had to look beyond its own shores.
Japanese imperialists saw how European
nations in similar predicaments turned to their overseas colonies for land and resources, and
they figured that they were well-positioned to do the same in Pacific Asia. This was especially
the case when the need for petroleum grew during the early 20th Century. As it built up its
military and industry, Japan became increasingly interested in taking control of oil-rich
regions in the Pacific. Because the Japanese home islands have very few oil reserves, they were
compelled to look elsewhere for this resource.
While the Japanese islands are
separated from the Asian mainland by the Sea of Japan and the South China Sea, the distance is
not very great. This allowed the Japanese to easily send forces to the mainland in the pursuit
of empire. Furthermore, by being an island nation itself, the Japanese were comfortable and
adept at sending their navy throughout the Pacific in the imperialistic quest for more islands,
both near and far.
is
not a reliable narrator despite his protestations that honesty is his
"cardinal" virtue. He states:
I am one of the
few honest people that I have ever known.
Fitzgerald
clearly wants us to see this as an unintentionally ironic statement on Nick's part that shows
his self-blindness. In fact, not two lines before, Nick had been explaining to us how he was
not being honest with the girl back home:
I'd been writing letters once a week and signing them: "Love, Nick," and all
I could think of was how, when that certain girl played tennis, a faint mustache of perspiration
appeared on her upper lip.
In other words, he has been
dishonestly signing "love" in letters to a young woman back home who, in fact, leaves
him with a faint distaste: he doesn't love her at all. When he says earlier in the same chapter
thatis "incurably dishonest," that might be true, but it also might represent a
projection of his own character flaw onto another person.
It is a truism in
literature that when a person...
The
first meal that the characters Kevin and Dana from byshare is at lunch
after meeting at work. At that point, they are both writers in Los Angeles, but he is more
successful and has sold a novel. She meets him at work, the warehouse, and he has more personal
wealth than her since he works full-time but has money from writing as well.
While at work, Kevin realizes his coworker Dana isn't eating because she doesn't have
enough money to eat lunch. He buys her lunch, and then they talk in a pleasant way that
indicates an intimacy. They both have problems in their families and feel comfortable talking to
one another. Neither of them mention any romantic or sexual possibility, but at one point,
because she is black and he is white, someone at the warehouse makes a comment about them being
a couple (and their status as a couple being interracial).
This lunch, which
is told in great detail, could be considered the first date. But the first date they have beyond
lunch at work, which continues into other lunches after this first one, is when Kevin asks Dana
to go to a play with him and she says yes.
Globalization is a process shaped by growing
world trade and new technologies simplifying communication and transport. Technological tools
improve how goods are produced and make them available to citizens across the globe.
Transportation technologies have removed barriers involving distance and speed and lowered
transport costs. New networks of transportation have improved the flow of goods and services.
Communication technologies connect geographically dispersed workers and support effective
collaboration between markets and business locations. Along with technology, another tool
enhancing globalization is the growth of foreign direct investment (FDI). Businesses use new
technologies to open branches in foreign markets and to communicate with foreign investors. The
internationalization of business activity has expanded trade, while new international
regulations support an open market and a unified economy.
We have to
find the value of lim x--> 0[ (sin 5x - sin 3x)/x]
if we substitute x = 0,
we get the form 0/0, which allows us to use the l'Hopital's rule and substitute the numerator
and the denominator by their derivatives.
=> lim x--> 0[ 5*cos 5x -
3*cos 3x]
substitute x = 0
=> 5*1 - 3*1
=> 2
The required value of lim x-> 0[ (sin 5x -
sin 3x)/x] = 2
The basic
difference between these two things is that a budget deficit is only about one year while the
national debt is cumulative.
The budget deficit is the difference between the
amount the government receives in revenues in a given year and the amount that it spends in that
same year. When the government spends more than it gets, it has a budget deficit.
When the government does this over a period of years, the deficits build up. When you
add the deficits from each year (plus interest and minus any payments that have been made) you
get the national debt.
So the debt is, essentially, the cumulative total of
the deficits from all the previous years.
The
nameis perfect for the pig who became ruler of . He probably had that name from Jones because he
had a Napoleonic character, i.e., he acted like the boss pig. Napoleon Bonaparte did not take
part in the beginning stages of the French Revolution, but he assumed leadership of the
revolution after the King had been overthrown and a democratic government established. Then
Napoleon Bonaparte used military force and the ideals of the revolution to establish himself as
Emperor and to appoint some of his relatives as kings. Napoleon the pig behaves in a similar
manner. He appropriates the animal revolution for his personal aggrandizement and material gain.
's implication is that getting rid of a king can result in getting an emperor. In Aesop'sabout
the frogs who wanted a king, the frogs got rid of King Log and ended up with King Stork who
devoured all of them.
, in the poem
"", uses both literal and figurative meanings to define the message he wishes to give
to readers.
Literal meanings are very hard. Many times one might think that a
poem has a definitive literal meaning that all readers can conclude. This is not the fact. Given
that most poetry is subjective, any reader of the poem could come up with a meaning that they
believe to be literal. All that is needed to support an interpretation of a poem is support
regarding the meaning.
This being said, the literal meaning of the poem, for
me,...
Octavia E.
Butlers novel blends scienceand historical fiction, as the narrative
follows Danas time travels from 1976 Los Angeles to 1815 Maryland. Thereveals that Danas arm has
been amputated, but the details of what happened are not revealed until the end of the story.
Dana and her husband, Kevin, both hide the truth about the accident from hospital staff because
they know they wouldnt be believed anyway.
In Danas first trip back in time,
the African Americanappears at a river to find a boy drowning. She saves the white child, Rufus,
before being transported back to her own time. In subsequent time travels, Dana always appears
at a moment when Rufus is in danger, such as after setting his bedroom drapes on fire, when he
has broken his leg, and during a beating from Isaac (the husband of a slave he has attempted to
rape). Thus, Rufus needing help seems to be the catalyst that propels Dana, and then Kevin too,
through time.
Rufus is also the reason Dana loses her arm. In her final time
travel, Rufus attempts to rape Dana, wanting her to stay with him as his concubine. Dana
succeeds in fatally stabbing Rufus, and, as hes dying, she is transported back to her own time.
However, she finds herself in gut-wrenching pain with her arm joined to a wall at the spot where
Rufus had been holding her.
The novel ends with Dana and Kevin relieved that
Rufuss death means they will no longer time travel and may return to their normal
lives.
Londonand
even the modern city in generalis the key to fully exploring Stevenson's theme of duality. The
London street on which the novel begins is an important setting throughout the story. Victorian
London was new and exciting, and Stevenson portrays it as both beautifully majestic and
mysteriously dark.
The duality of the story would have a very hard time
existing without London. Bustling crowds provide anonymity, dim gaslit streets provide the cover
of night, and the urban underworld provides the perfect location for Hyde. Within this side of
London, Hyde enjoys a certain form of freedom, and one could argue that Jekyll would not be able
to pursue this duality without London being idyllic on one side and dark on the other.
London can also be seen as a direct representation of Jekyll and Hyde themselves.
Jekyll contributes to London society and is also well-liked and highly-respected. He is theof
idyllic London: intelligent, respectable, and generous. Hyde, on the...
Existentialism is a twentieth-century philosophy, but its proponents have made a
practice of discovering existentialist attitudes and structures in earlier works, particularly
drama. Thus, although Shakespeare would not have recognized the term, there is nothing
unreasonably anachronistic in searching for existentialist thought in his work or, for that
matter, in Seneca or Sophocles. An existentialist philosopher would contend that, though only
recently diagnosed, what we now call existentialism has always been there.
There are several schools of existentialism and various philosophers and writers who
refined the concept (some of whom, like Albert Camus, did not call themselves existentialists).
As applied to drama, however, the central ideas of existentialism can be put like this. Thelacks
an essence. This makes his/her life inauthentic and causes angst. A crisis forces the
protagonist to make a choice and determine what his/her essence will be and therefore
what...
Rosh is
the leader of the band of zealots who live in the mountains of Galilee. Rosh and his rebels plan
on one day overthrowing the Roman authorities, which control their homeland. Initially, Daniel
reveres Rosh for saving his life and courageously opposing the Roman forces. In Daniel's eyes,
Rosh is the potential savior of Israel who will rid their land of Romans by leading a violent
insurrection. Despite the support Rosh receives from his band of zealots, the Jewish townspeople
view him as a nuisance. Rosh often steals from farmers to support his troops and makes his
living by robbing traveling merchants. As the novel progresses, Rosh reveals his selfish
personality by putting Joel in danger and refusing to rescue him....
This
story takes place sometime between 1950 and 1953. We know this because it is taking place during
the Korean War, which took place after World War II. The first paragraph of the story gives
readers an important detail about the setting.
The
northern village at the border of the Thirty-eighth Parallel was snugly settled under the high,
bright autumn sky.
That 38th parallel is important
because that is the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea. During the Korean war,
villages that were located near that line repeatedly changed hands. Based on the wording of the
first paragraph, I think the narrator is telling readers that the story is taking place in what
was at the time South Korea. That is why it is a northern village. If the
village was part of North Korea, then that village would be a southern village. Regardless,
readers know that the starting village is one that is on the front lines of the conflict. The
two main characters grew up in that village, and they wound up on opposite sides of the
conflict. That makes sense based on the village's location. Many people were probably pro-north,
while others were likely pro-south.
The bulk of the story does not take place
in the village. Most of the story takes place on the road from the village. Songsam is taking
Tokchae to another police station, but he decides to free his boyhood friend before reaching
their destination.
From the
moment readers meet , we know that he is a bully, an elitist, and arrogant. Asapproaches Tom in
, he describes him as having a voice with "a touch of paternal contempt" and emitting
the attitude of
Now, don't think my opinion on these
matters is final, . . . just because I'm stronger and more of a man that you are.(11)
Similarly, when Tom lapses into his spiel about Goddard's
Rise of the Coloured Empires, he tries to "school" the others at
the table on his white supremacy "knowledge" but is merely spewing out what he read.
He tries to appear to be more intelligent than Nick, , andby belittling Daisy and simplifying
his thoughts for Nick. Nick, of course, is too observant to be fooled and thinks,
There was something pathetic in [Tom's] concentration as if his
complacency, more acute than of old, was not enough for him any more. (18)
Later, Tom's disdain for the attendees at 's party not only
represents his elitist attitude about social classes but also demonstrates his insecurity around
people who are ingenious enough to earn money or talented enough to making
a living from their skills. He isof humans who focus on one conversation point such as a book to
try to appear intellectual.
and his
servant Cacambo endure many hardships until they reache Eldorado where they observe children in
a village wearing tattered gold and playing with gold balls and gems as though they are mere
stones. They are invited later to dinner at the first house they come to, a...
