Explore the theme of family and relationships in Kindred by Octavia Butler.

The
theme of family and relationships is very complex in 's novel . In the
text, Dana is a black woman living in 1976 California with her husband, Kevin, a white man. Dana
is suddenly and mysteriously transported to the antebellum South in the first chapter of the
novel, to a plantation that happens to be run by one of her ancestors. She saves a young boy
from drowning, a boy who will later grow up to be an exacting slaveholder who is one of Dana's
distant ancestors.

As Dana intermittently travels to the plantation, she
learns more about her family history, including the fact that her ancestors are a white
plantation owner and a slave he sexually assaulted. This is difficult heritage to learn about
for Dana, but on each trip to the past, she adapts and figures out ways to survive (sometimes by
using the advantages of the present, like pain-killing medication). The new knowledge about her
family makes her relationship with Rufus, the slaveholder and ancestor, very complicated. She
meets him in the past when he's just a boy and watches him grow into a harsh, abusive man. Late
in the story, obviously ignorant to his relationship to her, Rufus even tries to sexually
assault Dana. In her trips to the past, Dana also forms a relationship with her female ancestor,
Alice, and is able to more fully appreciate the struggles of black women under
slavery.

Beyond learning about and navigating her relationship with her
ancestors, Dana's experiences in the past inform her relationship with her husband, Kevin. She
begins to view her marriage in the context of the history of white men's sexual abuse of black
female slaves, which complicates her relationship with Kevin. At a certain point, Kevin travels
with her to the slave-holding South, and that history, and the power dynamic implicit in it, is
highlighted even more for Dana. Ultimately, though, Kevin's travels with Dana help him gain a
deeper understanding of Dana's position and experiences on the plantation.

Compare and contrast Old Major and Napoleon in Animal Farm.

The chief
difference betweenandis that Old Major truly believed in the ideal of the animal revolution he
envisioned, whereas Napoleon cynically used the revolution to gain power for himself
alone.

Old Major is based on Marx, and he truly believed that the animals
could have better and easier lives if they would take over Mr. Jones's farm and run it
themselves. He believed in using the profits for the good of all the animals. He believed in the
animals working together in solidarity to build an idyllic future in which all would share the
rewards of a just society. He cared about his fellow animals.

Napoleon is
based on Stalin. All he wanted was to amass as much power as possible for himself. He cynically
used the ideals of the animals to exploit them and to get them to work extra hard so that he
and...

In Animal Farm, what advantages are there for the animals in running their own farm?

We are given the answer
to this question inof this great novel. After the initial enthusiasm of having carried out the
revolution successfully, the animals at first experience many benefits to running their own
farm. Note howdescribes that first harvest:

All through
the summer the work of the farm went like clockwork. The animals were happy as they had never
conceived it possible to be. Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it
was truly their own food, produced by themselves and for themselves, not doled out to them by a
grudging master. With the worthless parasitical human beings gone, there was more for everyone
to eat. There was more leisure too, inexperienced though the animals were.

Note then how well initially things work out, especially the
satisfaction with which the animals ate their own food that they had produced. Also note how
everyone worked:

But everyone worked according to his
capacity... Nobody stole, nobody grumbled over his rations, the quarrelling and biting and
jealousy which had been normal features of life in the old days had almost disappeared. Nobody
shirked...

This attitude is epitomised by , whose motto,
"Must work harder!", seems to help unite the animals in a common purpose as they all
work together to run the farm and get in the harvest. Of course, things do not stay like
this...

What is the difference between poetry and a short story? I need the answer in 3 to 5 sentences.

Poetry is a
form of writing in verse, which usually has a musical quality obtained through the specific use
of literary elements such as meter and rhyme, and literary devices such as , , and other vivid
forms of . A short story has characters of depth, and a plot that centers, generally, around a
conflict of some sort. The two are different in that poems don't have to tell a story and can be
about a single brief idea, whereas a short story generally is the exact opposite; but both can
convey deep meaning to the audience, often eliciting an emotional response, through the author's
careful use of the language as he/she shares a message through writing.

What are some of the character traits that Daniel bar Jamin displays in The Bronze Bow? Give some examples.

Some of
Daniels most important characteristics are his passion, loyalty, resourcefulness, and
determination. The passion and loyalty go hand in hand as he mourns the death of his father,
mother, and uncle. Daniel feels so loyal to his familys memory that he is moved to seek
vengeance. That passion drives him to make a vow to God and to pursue the Romans whom he feels
are responsible.

In addition, passion is a strong motivating force in keeping
him going even when things are at their most difficult, such as when his grandmother also passes
away. It also undergirds his desire to free his native land. Loyalty is evident after he joins
with Rosh, convinced that he is the leader they need, and in his difficulty in breaking with
him.

Daniel showed determination when he struggled through his own
imprisonment and afterward, as he seeks his sister, Leah. He is resourceful in making his way
through dangerous territory and in forming alliances that will help him succeed. Slowly,
however, compassion takes hold in Daniel as he observes the actions of Jesus and then embraces
his message and way of life. Loyalty gains sway once morebut now to a positive cause rather than
for the sake of revenge.

In Our Town, what makes the earth "too wonderful for anyone to realize you"?

In Act III of
the play, Emily has died. As she takes her place among others from Grover's Corners who have
died, she requests to relive just one day of her life. Mrs. Soames tries to discourage her, but
she insists, promising to choose a happy day. Mrs. Gibbs replies:

No. At least choose an unimportant day. Choose the least important day in your life. It
will be important enough.

Emily chooses her twelfth
birthday and watches herself in life when she had been a child at home with her family. As she
watches the scene before her, as her family goes about its daily life, Emily becomes more and
more upset and begs to be taken back up the hill to her grave: "Oh! Oh. It goes so fast. We
don't have time to look at one another." She breaks into sobs.

The
quotation in your question is found in Emily's goodbye to the world as she prepares to
leave:

But first--wait! One more look. Good-by, good-by,
world. Good-by, Grover's Corners . . . Mamma and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking . . . and
Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths . . . and sleeping
and waking up. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you . . . Do any human
beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?

After her death, Emily realizes that it is not the extraordinary but the very ordinary
aspects of life that are in fact precious. It is these everyday wonders that escape our
recognition, understanding, and appreciation because we take them all for granted as we hurry
through our days. In answering Emily's question, the Stage Manager tells her that "saints
and poets" perhaps realize life, at least to some extent. This scene in the play--truthful
and thought provoking--is very moving indeed.

What is an example of a symbol, allusion, and verbal irony in the story "Everday Use" by Alice Walker?

In
"" the greatest symbol is the quilts, which represent intergenerational heritage and
connection. there are many other symbolsuses, such as names, which for Dee represent freedom
versus oppression, and clothes, which symbolically represent the inner qualities of the
characters.

One example ofin "Everyday Use" is an entertainment
allusion to the Johnny Carson show. Allusions draw on common knowledge to make complex
statements in an abbreviated manner. Therefore only someone familiar with Johnny Carson's talk
show could understand the allusion to "keep up with my quick and witty tongue"; Walker
assumes an almost universal acquaintance with Johnny Carson by using this allusion.

One instance of verbalis Mrs. Johnson's comment, as the first-person narrator, that
while reading aloud Dee "burned" she and Maggie with "a lot of knowledge we
didn't necessarily need to know." By this she ironically indicates that Dee, college
educated, values knowledge of a higher order and for its own sake (or its own impressive sake),
whereas she and Maggie value knowledge that pertains to what they need. It's also ironic to say
essentially that (at least some) knowledge isn't worth knowing.

How does the theme of fear impact Mayella in To Kill a Mockingbird? What things made her fear society, her father, Atticus, and so on, and how does...

Fear
and the threat of violence were the primary reasons why Mayella Ewell decided to falsely accuse
Tom Robinson of assaulting and raping her. Mayella's father, Bob Ewell, is a notorious, abusive
alcoholic, who assaulted his daughter after he witnessed her kissing Tom Robinson. After
severely beating Mayella, Bob threatened Mayella to corroborate his story and blame Tom Robinson
for her extensive injuries and bruises.

During Tom Robinson's testimony, he
states that Mayella implied that her father sexually molested...

What are the similarities between the Gupta Empire and the Maurya Empire?

India's
Gupta and Maurya Empires did indeed have many similarities. Besides trivial similarities, such
as both being founded by someone named Chandragupta and occupying similar territories, both
empires had many important traits in common. In many ways, the later Gupta Empire borrowed a lot
from its Mauryan predecessors and used them as a model for a successful rule.

For starters, both empires practiced a high degree of religious tolerance. Both
Hinduism and Buddhism were practiced extensively within the empires and received support from
the leaders. Other religions, such as Jainism, were tolerated and widespread as well. While the
Mauryan leaders eventually became Buddhists themselves and Gupta rulers remained Hindu, both
tolerated the practice of many religions throughout their lands.

Both empires
were governed by a strong central bureaucracy that answered to the emperor. The large
territories were further divided into provinces and districts with regional leaders and
councils. Local leaders were given a lot of authority in order to streamline decision-making,
but the emperors were still the ultimate authority. To pay for their armies and other government
projects, both empires collected a 25% tax on all agricultural earnings throughout their
lands.

Class structure was also similar in both empires. Unlike previous
times, when social rank was based on birth, the Maurya Empire switched to have a higher focus on
profession for determining one's social position. A profession-based social order was further
cemented during the Gupta Empire. The Hindu religion practiced by the Gupta leaders divided
people into the profession-based caste system that would last until nearly the present
day.

How are the Radleys different from the other people in Maycomb in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The
Radleys arein 's novel . This novel takes place in the small town of
Maycomb, Alabama.

In the town of Maycomb, most people are social with one
another. The townsfolk often interact at gatherings or at church. It is common for the people of
the town to sit on their porches and visit with neighbors as they pass by. This is something
that happens frequently to the Finch children,and , as they walk to and from school.

The Radley family is different because they are reclusive people. Arthur and Nathan
Radley do not often leave their home. Because Arthur "" Radley is such a mystery,
people have started to believe that he is a monster. Children in Maycomb, especially Scout and
Jem, try to play a game to get Boo to leave his house. In reality, the Radley family is not a
family of villains. They are people who want to keep to themselves and not cause any harm to
society.

Who is the most noble character in Of Mice and Men and why?

See, I have to
go with . I say Lennie because the poor thing had not a single bad bone in that body. He was
born innocent, lived his life in a child-like state of co-dependence and wonder, and saw no evil
in anything. Everything he did was a consequence of the sad reality that he had to endure, which
is that he was a man with a very low ability level of thinking. He was also an easy prey to
society and yet he never lifted a finger to defend himself. To me, this lack of ability to
defend themselves, and this consistent innocent and childlike behavior puts him in a position
much similar to that of a following dog. And dogs are the noblest animals of them all.  This is
where I get my rationale from, actually. But in all seriousness, I do respect very much the fact
that his goodness and devotion to, his excitement about their future plans, and his love for
petting things. Maybe it is the childlike image I get of him when I think of Lennie what makes
me feel very sad about him...

Learning Foreign Languages

Learning a
foreign language at any level is helpful. First and most broadly, it helps to understand other
cultures and other people, and helps talking with people sometimes. Then there are the cogntive
benefits of keeping separate languages straight in your head and being able to think in another
language than one's primary language. In my own experience, I never did serious study of any
foreign languages until college, and I knew by then I was unlikely to become fluent in any one.
But I got conversational abilities in three, and learned to read those and three more, and
osmtimes for fun, I pick up language grammars and work through them. Sometimes I run into people
who know one of these and it helps as a conversation starter. It has opened doors, too: I had a
desk job at the library in grad school, and was recruited into foreign language cataloging.
Overall, though, the best reason is probably the first one: to understand the world around us
and the other people who inhabit it.

Why does Camus includes in the story of the Czech family, and how does this relate to Meursault?

When
Meursault is jailed in the second half of s novel , he struggles with
boredom. Meursault finds a yellowed newspaper article under his mattress and reads it
thousands of times to kill time.

The article records the story of a Czech
man who left his village at a young age, became rich and then attempted to surprise his mother
and sister by returning incognito. Not recognizing their son and brother, the two women bludgeon
him to death with a hammer when they discover he is wealthy. When they learn the truth of their
robbery victims' identity, they commit suicide. As this is Meursaults only reading material, he
memorizes every detail and evaluates each nuance of the story for hours. His assessment of the
story is brief:

In one way it sounded most unlikely; in
another, it was plausible enough. Anyhow, to my mind, the man was asking for trouble; one
shouldnt play fool tricks of that sort.

Meursault is not
concerned by the human aspect of the newspaper

How many people personally known to Winston had disappeared at one time or another?

thinks
about people disappearing without a trace and ruminates that

Perhaps thirty people personally known to Winston, not counting his parents, had
disappeared at one time or another.

Later in the text,
Syme, the language specialist, will disappear without a trace.

One of the
most unsettling parts of life in under the Party is the way a person can simply vanish one day
and be treated as if her or she never existed. The threat of being disappeared is an important
way the state is able to terrorize people and keep them in line. As Winston notes early in the
novel, in a country without laws, any minor transgression can become a crime. People's fear of
being scrubbed from history helps make them very fearful of doing anything that could be
considered unorthodox. In a darkly comic moment, even the idiotic Parsons end up in prison with
Winston, having been denounced by his daughter.

How is the boy in James Joyce's short story "Araby" characterized?

The boy in s
short story is characterized in a number of different ways, including the
following:

• He grows up in relatively poor and unpromising
  circumstances, but he does not seem especially bitter, angry, or self-pitying about those
  circumstances themselves. Whatever harsh judgments he makes are judgments he usually directs at
  himself.
• He seems as imaginative as an adult as he was as a boy, as when he
  usesto describe how the

other houses of the
street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable
faces.

• He seems unconventional, as when he
  notes that he liked a particular book because its pages were yellow.  Another kind of boy might
  have had entirely different, and entirely predictable, kinds of reasons for liking a particular
  book.
• He seems capable of appreciating ethical behavior, as in his praise
  of the very charitable priest.
• He is observant, as when he notes
  that

The space of sky above us was
the...

• • 
    

Ethical Communication

I'm going to
express a different opinion from the educator who described ethics as "a system of moral
principles." While ethics and morals are both guides to what is right and wrong, the have
several key differences between them.

Ethics:

• Represent rules of
  conduct within a particular circumstance or class of action
• Are imposed by
  a social system or external source
• Are typically consistent within a single
  context but vary between contexts

Morals:

• Are high-level
  principles of conduct with general applicability
• May be taught or instilled
  externally but are generally held and enforced by the individual
• Are
  usually consistent across contexts

What that means is ethical
communication is difficult to apply within a business context because the ethical standards by
which communications are judged will vary significantly from context to context. For example,
you might feel...

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What evidence reveals the point of view from which The Fighting Ground is told?

The book is third person
limited told from the point of view of 13 year old Jonathan.

 

Jonathan, a thirteen year old boy,
wants to fight in the Revolutionary War against the British.  The book tells his story in the
form of time-stamped episodes over a twenty-four hour period.

 

The difference between first person and third person is in the pronouns.  A first
person pronoun is I, my, me, we, and us.  This would be evidence of a first
person narrator.  If Jonathan described his own life using I, then the
story would be in the first person.  Instead, we see third person pronouns like
he and his being used.

 

Here is an example of the evidence of third person limited, shown through third person
pronouns that only focus on Jonathans thoughts and feelings.

Whats going on? he asked.

Soldiers,
said his friend, fitting the word between strokes of the bell.

A whip of
excitement cut through Jonathan.

Enemy ones?
he asked. (10:45, p. 12)

We
know that the story is limited and not omniscient because we never get anyone elses perspective
but Jonathans.  Even when we learn that his mother hates war, for example, it is because
Jonathan is telling us.  None of the other characters even have names.

 

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In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter what appears to be the author's attitude towards his Puritan ancestors?

As
Hawthorne begins, he tells his audience that new civilizations require two things from the
onset, a cemetary and a prision.  This suggests to his audience that he believes the Puritan
ancestors to be harsh and unforgiving people.  As the opening chapter continues by describing
the prision's door, it describes it as an ancient relic in the new world.  If everything in
Boston was built...

How should my teacher best teach poetry? How should my teacher best teach poetry?

In my English
classes, I like to begin the study of poetry by teaching poetry terms using popular music. To
teach , I first discuss the definition of simile, a comparison of two unlike things using like
or as, and give my own example. Then I play a few pop songs that use simile (Britney Spears'
"Like a Circus" is an excellent choice). Then I repeat the process with, using
different music (Kenny Chesney's "You Save Me" is one...

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, exactly what causes the death of each of these characters: Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Hamlet?

In
Shakespeare's , the deaths of all of theyou mention are the result of '
murderous conniving.

Claudius talksinto killingto avenge ' death. They
arrange for a friendly game of "sword play," but Laertes poisons
the tip of one sword as part of the their plan to dispose of Hamlet.

As a
backup plan, Claudius also has wine at the event, and allegedly drops a large pearl in the cup
to show his faith in Hamlet's abilities to win, saying he will have the pearl as a reward: the
pearl, however, is also poisonous.

KING:

Stay, give me drink. Hamlet, this
pearl is thine;

Here's to thy health.

Drum,
trumpets, and shots. A piece goes off.

Give him the cup.
(V.ii.283-285)

As the sword play begins, Hamlet acts
lighthearted, even though he expects treachery from some source. Laertes loses his sense of
"play" and becomes aggressive with Hamlet, drawing blood with the poisoned
sword.

In a scuffle, the swords are exchanged and Hamlet, unknowingly, ends
up with the envenomed...

How do the costumes in the movie Shakespeare in Love enhance how people view film and literature?

Any era film
such as Shakespeare in Love is greatly enhanced by costumes appropriate to
the setting. For, these costumes create the ambiance of the times; moreover, they are
appropriate to the lines and accents of the actors. Also, in the Elizabeth Age, the setting of
this movie, clothing is an indicator of social class. For instance, in that era, only royalty
was permitted to wear purple. Certainly, the aristocracy was attired in lavish clothing of fine
fabrics; these clothes were often adorned with jewels, lace, furs, etc. Hair was worn in
different styles, but it was usually pulled back from the forehead. Many women dyed their hair
blond, and they wore peasants' hair or ribbons of yellow or white silk plaited in their
coiffures.

Even the lower classes were concerned with clothing, although they
could not afford the silks and laces of the aristocracy. While there was no clear distinction
among the poorer people with regard to their clothing, often a maidservant would wear the bodice
of her petticoat laced over the kirtle, or skirt made of material that differs from the bodice
of the dress. Most women wore bumrolls, or stuffed tubes that added shape to the hips, which
also made the waist seem smaller. Of course, torn or worn clothing is a quick indicator of
poverty, so when certain characters have such attire, the audience recognizes this
impoverishment, especially in the character played by Geoffrey Rush.

In
addition to indicating social class, clothing is used for disguise in Shakespeare in
Love. Viola de Lesseps, for example, disguises herself as "Thomas Kent" so
that she can audition for a role in Shakespeare's play. This disguise plays a major role in the
romantic interest of the movie, and in the comedic effect. Moreover, this romantic aspect
effects the change in Shakespeare's play to Romeo and
Juliet.

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What is meant by "the private school is a state actor"?

A state
actor is a group, individual, or organization that acts on behalf of the state/government. This
means that it represents the interests of the government in its actions and is often subsidized
or supported by government funds. Typically, the term is applied only to individuals employed by
the government, but it has been extended to include other groups or organizations.

If a private school is a state actor, that means that the private school is acting on
behalf of the government. A private school is simply a school that is not open to the public and
has its own income and acceptance criteria. In this situation, a private school would likely be
a state actor if it received funding from the government in some way. Typically, schools receive
grants and subsidies, so it is possible that a school with a sizable government grant would be
considered a state actor, and its actions and decisions would represent the
government.

State actors are also held to a higher standard, just as the
government is, because their actions are scrutinized more heavily. A state actor is restricted
by the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments and cannot violate any civil liberties with its
actions.

How is emotion conveyed in Carol Ann Duffy's poem "Shooting Stars?"

"Shooting
Stars" is a poem about a victim of the Holocaust, an unnamed woman who is subjected to the
horrors of the Nazi army and the dehumanization of people in the service of the war. The poem
contains many emotional phrases, designed to show both the enormous brutality of the Holocaust,
and the unimaginable pain felt by the "undesirable" prisoners.

After I no longer speak they break our
fingers
to salvage my wedding ring. Rebecca Rachel
Ruth
Aaron Emmanuel David...

The narrator is
matter-of-fact, explaining the situation in simple terms to show how she must disassociate
herself in order to remain sane. This dissociation is in itself almost worse than a melodramatic
narration, as it allows the reader's imagination to fill in the blanks between her words. The
list of names has no punctuation; this shows how it is endless, continuing long past the time
when the narrator "no longer speaks."  The worst thing here is that she may not be
dead, simply comatose or in shock, and the soldiers broke her fingers anyway.

After immense suffering someone takes
tea on the lawn.
After the terrible moans a boy washes his
uniform.
After the history
lesson children run to their toys the world
turns in its sleep the
spades shovel soil Sara Ezra€¦

This stanza shows how
uncaring the soldiers, and their families, were towards the human life of their prisoners. It
might be interesting to compare this stanza, which allows the "civilized" Nazis their
minor comforts (tea, toys) after engaging in atrocities, to the novel The Boy in the
Striped Pyjamas, where the families and even the Nazi soldiers themselves showed more
guilt.

Tell them I sang the ancient psalms at
dusk
inside the wire and strong men wept.
(Duffy,
"Shooting Stars," eyemouthhigh.org.uk)

The
narrator wishes to be remembered, even after her death, not as a rebellious hero who fought
against the Nazis with her body, but as an individual who remained strong and refused to bow in
her mind. Her plea is aimed directly at the reader (although she prefaces this stanza
"Sisters"), to call upon all of society to never forget. The emotions created by this
poem are more up to the reader's personal connection; the narrator lays out one experience, one
terrible event, and allows the reader to imagine the many millions of similar
events.

Explain the Haitian revolution and Toussaint Louverture's part in it.

The Haitian
Revolution (1791€“1804) was important for several reasons. First, its success led to the
creation of the second independent country in the Western Hemisphere. Second, it was a
successful slave revolt. Finally, the uprising caused a social and economic revolution that
reverberated throughout the Americas.

In 1790, Haiti was an extremely
prosperous French colony that was divided into distinct racial and economic groups. Over 80% of
the population consisted of black slaves. Mulattoes, or mixed-race Haitians, comprised a second
group. The third main group consisted of wealthy whites. Of course, the enslaved people sought
freedom. The mulattoes desired the same status and privileges as rich whites. Affluent whites
nervously attempted to maintain the status quo. The presence of poor whites and French soldiers
contributed to the potential turbulence of the colony.

The French Revolution,
which began in 1789, helped touch off conflict in Haiti. The tumult of the French Revolution
prevented effective French governance of the colony and inspired those Haitians who sought
freedom or greater rights.

Toussaint LOuverture, a slave's son, had some
education and formidable military skills. He emerged as the most capable military commander
during the bloody chaos that was the Haitian Revolution. As many as six different
groupsincluding Haitian factions and foreign troopswere active during the war. By 1801, the
redoubtable Toussaint controlled the entire island. In 1802, Napoleon sent more than 20,000
troops to retake the island for France. Toussaint was lured into a trap, captured, and sent to
France. He was interrogated and died in France in 1803. Two of Toussaint's commanders won a
final victory over the French in 1804.

What morals can be found in The Color of Water? with support

There are a
number of possible morals to be drawn from.  One of the most prevalent is the idea that people
can overcome their circumstances or other people's prejudices against them.  In facing life as
a...

In The Lovely Bones, what are some examples of fore-shadowing leading up to Susie Salmon trading places with Ruth for a short while on Earth?

Throughout
, Ruth is continually characterized as one who desires to leave Earth. 
Susie even describes her as being other-worldly and senses that Ruth has an understanding of
greater powers.  After her death,...

How is the Woman of Willendorf sculpture similar to and/or different from the Venus de Milo? What do the differences in style and emphasis in these...

Both objects are three-dimensional sculptures of nude or nearly nude women. Each is
closely associated with, even iconic of, a particular area and time period. About both figures,
there is more speculation than fact.

The Willendorf
Woman is the older by far but this type of carved figure had become unknown after the society
that produced them died out. The first example known in modern times was found by an
archaeologist in 1908 near Willendorf, Austria hence the name. It is now in Vienna's natural
history museum.

About 40 other similar figures, some
incomplete, almost all female, have since come to light. (There are about 80 more fragments.)
Made of limestone and decorated with red ochre pigment in Paleolithic times, about 28,000 to
25,000 B.C.E., the first figure is about 11.1 cm high.

Both "Venus" and "Willendorf" are problematic terms. Because she
is female and nude, the name of the Roman goddess was applied. As she predates Roman
civilization by many...

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What is the theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Young Goodman Brown"?

Hawthorne discusses several topics in his
short story/ ""--alienation from society; destructive effects of guilt; women whose
lives are ruined by the folly of men--I would argue that the over-arching theme of the story is
the destructive effect of Puritanism on the individual, especially the concept that all men (and
women, of course) are inherently sinful from birth.

Goodman Brown, an average
Puritan young married man in Salem, Massachusetts, has a dream in which he decides to visit the
"dark side," a probably unconscious desire to rebel against the restrictive, harsh
belief system in which has lived.  He has been taught, among other things, that mankind is born
in sin and is subject to temptation by Satan in many ways.  He also knows that he is predestined
to go to Heaven or Hell and that, for the most part, what he does in this life will not change
his final destination after he dies.

After having experiences in the forest
in which his Puritan world is turned upside down--he meets Satan; he learns that very upright
Puritan leaders in his life are Satan's converts; his own wife, Faith, who represents
faith, is also on her way to join Satan's devotees--Young Goodman Brown
completely loses his own faith,

'My Faith is gone!"
cried he after one stupefied moment.  'There is no good on earth, and sin is but a name.  Come,
devil; for to thee is this world given.'

He hurries to
Satan's ceremony in the forest, and, during the ceremony, he tries to save Faith by telling her
to "look up to heaven, and resist the wicked one," but he is unable to save himself
from the belief that all men and women--no matter how righteous they may appear--are not just
sinful but in league with Satan.

Goodman Brown, after this experience, is
"a stern, a sad, a darkly meditative" man who died in "gloom."  His puritan
belief system, which requires him to believe that he and everyone around him are sinful, blocks
out the evidence of his eyes and experience that there are good people all around him (Faith,
Goody Cloyse, Deacon Gookin).  Instead, his very strict interpretation of the Puritan belief
system leads him to conclude that there is nothing good under the sun.

Thursday 16 April 2009

What do you see as the real reason for Young Goodman Brown's journey in "Young Goodman Brown"? By: Hawthorne

This is a
good question. The story "" opens with a strange exchange between the title character
and his wife, Faith. Faith wants him to stay home, but he replies that he has business in the
woods at night:

"My love and my
Faith," replied young Goodman Brown, "of all nights in the year, this one night must I
tarry away from thee. My journey, as thou callest it, forth and back again, must needs be done
'twixt now and sunrise. What, my sweet, pretty wife, dost thou doubt me already, and we but
three months married!"

Young Goodman Brown
clearly has some sort of business in the forest, the reader is told, and this business must
take...

In "Harrison Bergeron," why does George have to wear a mental handicap?

In
Vonnegut's classic short story "," the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the
Constitution, along with assistance from the Handicapper General and her agents, have created a
society where every citizen in the United States is completely equal in all facets of life.
Above average citizens with more athleticism are forced to wear heavy, cumbersome handicaps
while beautiful individuals are required to wear ugly masks. Citizens who have above average
intelligence are also required to wear a mental handicap radio in their ears, which makes
extremely loud noises every twenty seconds in order to interrupt their thoughts.
Harrison Bergeron's father, George, was born with above average intelligence,
which is why he is required to wear the loud mental handicap radio in his ear. In
the third paragraph of the short story, Vonnegut writes,

"And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental
handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a
government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp
noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains (1).

Wednesday 15 April 2009

What is your first impression of Juliet?

The audience's first impression ofcomes in
act 1, scene 3. It is of particular importance because we never hear her speak like this
againsuggesting how much she is changed by her meeting with . The first and most striking
observation is that she is almost silent, speaking less than eight full lines in a scene
whereand the Nurse both have long speeches. Furthermore, she seems to have very little
personality or will of her own. She never expresses a point of view or a preference except when
asking the Nurse to stop telling embarrassing stories about her childhood. Her longest speech
comes at the end of the scene:

I'll look to like, if
looking liking move:
But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent
gives strength to make it fly.

Not only will she make
every effort to fall in love with the man her parents have chosen, she will consult their
opinion on just how much she should love him.

Our first impression of Juliet,
therefore, is of a dutiful young daughter, docilely complying with all her parents' wishes and
having, apparently, no strong feelings or ideas of her own. This makes the revelation of her
strong will, passionate nature, and high intelligence later in the play even more
surprising.

What does light symbolize in Stargirl?

Every
reader will give a different answer to this question, and many of them will be perfectly valid.
In , you can think of light as a symbol of joy, friendship
and love, truth and knowledge, honesty, a beneficial connection with nature, and
more.

The important thing about analyzing the potential
symbolism of light in this novel (or in any novel) is to find passages where light is mentioned,
consider what they literally mean, and then consider carefully what they could figuratively
mean. Let's check out some examples:

1. "And each night in bed I thought
of [Stargirl] as the moon came through my window... I liked the feeling the moonlight gave me,
as if it wasn't the opposite of day, but its underside, its private side..."

For Leo, we see that he enjoys the light of the moon while he thinks about his strange
new classmate. So perhaps for him, the muted, less intense light of the moon (compared to the
suns light) symbolizes lifes mysteries to be explored. Weve already seen that Leo is somewhat
obsessed with fitting in with his peers at school, but this experience of pondering in the
moonlight is something he does privatelyso perhaps the moonlight for him also symbolizes
solitude or individuality. This would make sense, as he connects moonlight with Stargirl: so far
a figure of complete social isolation and uniqueness.

A bit later, after hes
completely taken with Stargirl, Leo describes her as "bendable light that shines around
every corner of [Leos] day."

You can find even further evidence of these
interpretations farther along in the novel, when Leo shuts his shade against the moonlight as he
decides not to be with Stargirl anymore.

2. Consider how Stargirl picks a
name for herself related to natural light, how she looks into the sky to find answers, and how
she likes to dress in bright colors, with bright accessories (like her bag with the gaudy
sunflower on ita SUNflower, not just any yellow flower). Like the moonlight discussed above, the
character Stargirl herself, then, is eligible for consideration as a symbol related to
light.

Her name and the way she dresses, as well as the fact that she
dazzles people, may be taken as evidence for lights symbolic representation of joy,
uniqueness, individuality, and/or expressing a true version of ones own personality. And her
reliance on the light of the moon, stars, and sun to provide answers and solutions reveals her
connection with nature.

3. Think of how knowledge and light are tied together
throughout the novel. Most notably, when Leo learns the full truth about Stargirl, he says hes
being lead out into the dazzling light. For this reason, you can see light as a fairly simple
symbol of knowledge, truth, understanding, insight, etc.

To reiterate, we
cant give a precise, correct explanation of what something like light symbolizes in a novel like
this one. We can only explore the idea and how its represented in the story, how it functions,
what it all might mean. Even if the author himself were to publish a
statement saying I intended light to symbolize _____ in this book, then readers divergent
interpretations might still be valid!

How did terror of his dream affect Robinson Crusoe's thoughts about God and his behavior toward God.

The
terror that Crusoe experiences in his dream begins the process of his conversion to
Christianity. In the dream, or rather nightmare, a man descends from the heavens in a bright
flame of fire. As soon as he sets foot on earth, he starts moving menacingly toward Crusoe,
large spear in hand, ready to kill him. From high ground, some distance away, the man begins to
speak, in a loud and terrible voice:

'Seeing all these
things have not brought thee to repentance, now thou shalt die...'

At that moment, the man appears to lift up his spear, ready to kill Crusoe. Our hero
interprets the dream as a warning from God. Crusoe has spent all this time on the island, with
all the bounties of nature there for the taking, with food and fresh water in abundance, and yet
does not give thanks to God for what he has so graciously provided. Instead, Crusoe has put
everything down to good luck, and nothing else. From that day on,is genuinely grateful to God
and even prays to him for what he claims is the very first time.

Water is leaving a hose at 6.8 m/s. If the target is 2 m away horizontally, what angle should the water leave the hose at? Answer is supposed to...

Let us say the
angle to ground is theta;

Using equation of motion;

`rarr
S = ut+1/2at^2`

At horizontal direction a = 0

`2 =
6.8costhetaxxt ----(1)`

 

`uarr S = ut+1/2at^2`

There is no vertical distance for the...

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How does Richard Cory "flutter pulses" in the poem "Richard Cory"?

This phrase
refers to the biological response prompted by excitement: increased pulse rate and breathing,
particularly among those who innately admire .

The poem tells us that Cory
was incredibly rich and elegant, and that he was a man of great refinement. The combination of
all those factors was what caused pulses to "flutter" when people saw him
about.

The poem also shows us the great price of wealth, however: At the end,
despite Richard Cory's lavish lifestyle, he winds up taking his own life. This makes the reader
ask the question -- were people's perceptions of his greatness accurate? Perhaps people's pulses
should not have "fluttered," after all.

Tuesday 14 April 2009

In Animal Farm, how do the animals that do less work support Orwell's criticism of Communism?

One common
criticism of Marxism-based ideologies, such as Socialism and Communism, is that those who work
will ultimately devote all their time to supporting those who do not work. This includes the
ruling class that always develops despite Marxism attempting to remove any sort of class system,
and people who understand that they will receive communal support no matter what and move from
working to gaming the system.

Somehow...

In the novel The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel Hawthorne, who is one character who illustrates the importance of the moral of being true to the world?...

At the time of
's publication an influential critic of the time referred to Hawthorne's
novel as 

a psychological romance . . . a study of
character in which the human heart is anatomized, carefully, elaborately, and with striking
poetic and dramatic power.

Furthermore, it is from this
analysis of the human heart thatbuilds his moral exhortation for people to "Be
True!"  For, each of the mainsupport this moral--, who by living openly with her sin and by
being honest and humble makes retribution for her sin of adultery in a stringent world by
consenting to it; , who hides his secret sin so deeply that he deludes both himself and others
while leaving himself wounded internally and mortally vulnerable in his iniquity to the
charlatan Chillingworth; and, finally, Roger Chillingwoth, who commits the blackest sin of all
as he violates the sacredness of the human heart, thus causing his own decay.

As the most negative example of the value of the moral lesson to be true in life, ,
therefore, illustrates the utter destructiveness of both secret sin and great malice. In ,
Hester's husband begins his deception and vows revenge upon Hester's lover who has disgraced
both her and him.  When Hester asks him, "....Hast thou enticed me into a bond that will
prove the ruin of my soul?" Chillingworth replies, "Not thy soul....No, not
thine!"  Ironically, however, it is his own heart that becomes the blackest, and his soul
that realizes the most ruin as he becomes, in his very words, "a fiend" as he pries
into the innermost feelings of the unsuspecting Dimmesdale--"to burrow into the clergyman's
intimacy, and plot against his soul":

He groped along
as stealthily, with as cautious a tread, and as wary an outlook, as a thief entering a chamber
where a man lies only half asleep,--or,it may be, broad awake,--with purpose to steal the very
treasure which this man guards as the apple of his eye. (ch. 10)

This "Black Man," as littlecalls him, seeks to deceive Rev. Dimmesdale into
thinking that he wishes to cure the minister, urging him to "lay open...the wound or
trouble in your soul!" After the minister becomes disturbed and departs from him,
Chillingworth vows to uncover the reason for Dimmesdale's passion in their discussion of his
illness:

"...A strange sympathy betwixt soul and
body!  Were it only for art's sake, I must search this matter to the bottom."

Then, after Dimmesdale falls asleep, the fiend Chillingworth
deceptively steals into the minister's room, pushing aside the vestment and perceives the
manifestation of Dimmesdale's personal agonies:

Had a man
seen old Roger Chillingworth...he would have had no need to ask how Satan comports himself, when
a precious human soul is lost to heaven, and won into his kingdom.

Having stolen the secrets of Dimmesdale's heart, Chillingworth now becomes a
"chief actor in the minister's interior world." It is at this point that Chillingworth
has "transformed himself into a devil...."  Certainly, he undertakes the "devil's
office" of torturing Dimmesdale's heart and adding fuel to the "fiery tortures"
of this heart.  For, no man could be more false to another.  And, by his own admission to
Hester, in his evil deception, he holds the minister the prisoner of his own heart.  However, by
not being true, Chillingworth suffers the same punishment of falsehood that Dimmesdale does:
death of the spirit.

Monday 13 April 2009

Does being God-Centered involve being Human-Centered?

The
distinction between God-centered beliefs and Human-centered beliefs is one of faith in a supreme
being or faith in the self.

Those who believe in God tend to believe that
there is a goal or plan in place, and that their actions are simply part of this larger plan;
they work, eat, marry, etc. all in the service of God's plan. This means that everything is
centered on relation to God ; an act is moral or immoral depending
on how it will affect one's relationship with God and so...

What are some examples of figurative language in Book VI of the Odyssey by Homer?

Right at the
beginning of Book VIuses figurative language (as he does throughout this epic poem, in varied
forms.) first makes it appearance describing Athena

She
went straight to the beautifully decorated bedroom in which there slept a girl who was as lovely
as a goddess, Nausicaa, daughter to King Alcinous. Two maid servants were sleeping near her,
both very pretty, one on either side of the doorway, which was closed with well made folding
doors. Athena took the form of the famous sea captain Dymas' daughter, who was a bosom friend of
Nausicaa and just her own age; then, coming up to the girl's bedside like a breath of wind, she
hovered over her head and
said: (Book VI)

and metaphor give this passage
life and meaning to the reader; the picture of the lovely, sleeping girls, in a well-appointed
apartment is enchanting, and the silent, delicate approach of Athena in the guise of another
girl is an arresting image, indeed.  This last part is a(which is a type...

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What discoveries did the boys make on their boat expedition? For instance, what are the new signs of human habitation found on Coral Island?

In
Golding's , two expeditions are described, but neither involves a boat.
 The first expedition occurs early in the book, and is one of 's first decisions as chief--to
explore the island.  On this expedition, he takesand.  They spot the candle-buds that Simon
recognizes, they roll a rock, and discover Castle Rock. The island is untouched by humans.
 They...

What are 3 quotes from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird that prove Tom Robinson is innocent?

Following the testimonies of Sheriff Tate and Bob Ewell, which indicated that the
perpetrator led almost exclusively with his left hand and choked Mayella's neck,watches Tom
Robinson when Mayella identifies him as her attacker. Scout says,

"His left arm was fully twelve inches shorter than his right, and hung dead at his
side. It ended in a small shriveled hand, and from as far away as the balcony I could see that
it was no use to him" (Lee, 188).

Tom Robinson's
left arm and hand were of no use to him, which means that he was physically incapable of
assaulting Mayella in the manner described.

"Miss
Mayella, youve testified that the defendant choked and beat youyou didnt say that he sneaked up
behind you and knocked you cold, but you turned around and there he was...do you wish to
reconsider any of your testimony? (Lee, 189).

During
Mayella's testimony, she begins to contradict her story, proving that Mayella is fabricating the
entire incident.proceeds to ask her...

Sunday 12 April 2009

Which c skills did Frederick Douglass use? Which C skill did frederick douglass use to learn how to read?

Can you
define "c skills" or...

Saturday 11 April 2009

Puns In Romeo And Juliet

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:Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.

:Pink for flower.

Mercutio: Right.

Romeo:Why, then is my pump well flowered.

Well, they aren't actually talking about pumps or flowers. There
are so many sexual puns in this playthis is but one.

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Parsons agrees that the Ministry of Plenty did a "good job this year". (pg.53) Why is the question that he asks Winston at that point ironic in 1984?

Parsons'
question shows the enormous gap between reality and delusion in Oceania. The very name of the
government departmentthe Ministry of Plentyimplies that the economic system delivers a plentiful
supply of everything the citizens of Oceania could possibly want. By the same token, the
Ministry of Truth, whereworks, implies that the government always tells the truth to its
citizens.

In both cases, however, the truth is very different. Just as there
is no truth in Oceania, so there is no plenty. Most people outside the Party's inner sanctum
lead impoverished lives, experiencing chronic shortages of even the most basic necessities. When
Parsons comments on what a good job the Ministry of Plenty has been doing, it's clear that he's
simply parroting the Party line, which deliberately blurs the distinction between truth and . If
the Ministry of Plenty really were doing such a great job, then Parsons wouldn't need to ask
Winston if he could borrow a spare razor blade. Therein lies the . The fact that he needs to
make such a request should tell Parsons that what he's been told about the Ministry of Plenty is
a total lie. But in a society where 2+2=5 if the Party says it does, Parsons's cognitive
dissonance is by no means uncommon.

How can I compare and contrast Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl" and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use"?

Both stories show a
mother's apparent dissatisfaction with her daughter's behavior and beliefs. Both mothers seem to
feel that tradition and heritage are things that should be lived; they are not something to put
in a book or hang on a wall and admirerather, we should make use of tradition and heritage every
day. However, in " ," the mother issues explicit instruction to her daughter, whereas
in "Everyday Use," Mama tries to understand Dee's perspective, even allowing Dee to
take items that she and Maggie, her other daughter, use on a daily basis. The mother in
"Girl" is much more concerned with policing her daughter's behavior than Mama is; in
"Everyday Use," it seems that ship has already sailed. Mama was content to allow Dee
to move away and get an education elsewhere, probably because Dee posed a danger to her family
and because she was so darn unpleasant to be around as a child. By the end of "Everyday
Use," Mama seems to finally understand the love and devotion of her other...

Friday 10 April 2009

Why did the emphasis of the Roman Empire shift to the east in the dominate period?

The eastern
part of the Roman Empire came to be the most important part of the empire during the period of
the Dominate largely because of two main factors.  One factor had to do with the problems being
suffered by the city of Rome and the second had to do with the benefits of having a capital at
Constantinople.

In the time before the Dominate, Rome and Italy were being
badly pressured by barbarian forces.  In addition, civil war was rife.  The period from 235 to
284 AD was one of almost-constant civil war.  These problems greatly weakened the city of Rome. 
It was left vulnerable to attacks by Germanic tribes.

At the same time,
Constantinople had a great deal to recommend it as a center for the Roman Empire. 
Constantinople was largely safe (at that time) from foreign invasion.  It was also located at a
major crossroads between Europe and Asia.  This made it a very important center of trade. 
Partly because of this, it was a fairly rich city.  For all of these reasons, the capital of the
Roman Empire was moved to Constantinople and that region became the focal point of the
Empire.

What was the riddle of the sphinx?

The
city of Thebes has been ravaged by a deadly plague. It was caused by the Sphinx, a strange
hybrid creature with the wings of a bird, the body of a lion, and the head, neck, and breasts of
a woman. She sits on top of a tall pillar, where she asks passersby to answer a seemingly
unanswerable...

Thursday 9 April 2009

How is Victor's friend Henry Clerval different from Victor in terms of their study and interests in Frankenstein?

is
every bit as intelligent as, if not more so. However, his intelligence is combined with a deeply
compassionate nature that sets him apart from his more egoistic friend. Whereas Victor's moral
compass has catastrophically lost its bearings, Henry's remains in full working order throughout
the story.

To a large extent, this is because Henry's studies don't lead him
into the kind of moral dilemmas that Victor is forced to struggle with due to his scientific
experiments. Henry has no interest in science; his vivid imagination is too vast to concern
itself with the minutiae of "natural philosophy" (an old-fashioned expression for
science). Instead, he prefers to study Eastern languages such as Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew,
while also mastering Greek and Latin into the bargain.

In chapter 17 of The Scarlet Letter, what advice does Hester give Dimmesdale? How does he respond?

tells
Dimmesdale that the man living with him is actually her husband.  She advices him to leave town,
change his name, and start a new life.  Dimmesdale is hesitant.  He does not believe that he is
worthy of relief from his guilt.  He feels his only redemption lies in remaining at his post
trying to save the souls of the people of the town.  In the end, he agrees to leave if Hester
andcome with him.

Some useful quotes:

Hester:  "So
brief a journey would bring thee from a world where thou hast been most wretched, to one where
thou mayest still be happy!" .... "Give up this name of , and make thyself another,
and a high one, such as thou canst wear without fear or shame."

Dimmesdale:  "I am powerless to go. Wretched and sinful as I am, I have had no
other thought than to drag on my earthly existence in the sphere where Providence hath placed
me. Lost as my own soul is, I would still do what I may for other human souls! I dare not quit
my post, though an unfaithful sentinel, whose sure reward is death and dishonour, when his
dreary watch shall come to an end!"\

See the links for more on
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Can someone tell me why they think breast milk is better to give a baby than formula please?

There are many
reasons why breast milk is superior to the use of formula for infant nutrition.

Breast milk includes antibodies the mother has developed over the years of her life.
Passing these on to the infant provides initial protection against various types of infectious
illnesses.

Babies who have been breast fed show significantly lower rates of
illnesses such as middle ear infections, diarrhea, upper respiratory tract infections, and
urinary tract infections. Breastfed babies seem much less susceptible to SIDS (Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome).

Breastfeeding seems to reduce the chance of the child later
developing diabetes, obesity and may help to reduce the risk of developing allergies.

For all of these reasons, breast milk is a better option whenever
possible.

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Why is there a shift in the supply curve when workers' wages rise?

When workers' wages
rise, the supply curve shifts to the left. This means that at a certain price level, the rising
cost of inputs into the goods (including wages) will cause less of that good to be produced.
Inputs are the resources necessary to produce the good, including workers' wages. The curve
shifts to the left because there is less opportunity to make a profit from that good. If the
cost of other inputs, such as the cost of energy, rises, it will have a similar effect on the
supply curve.

For example, if the wages of workers at a fast food chain
increase and the cost of a hamburger stays the same, the cost of making each hamburger will
increase. Therefore, fewer hamburgers will be produced at that price level because each
hamburger will result in less profit, and the supply curve will shift to the
left. 

Wednesday 8 April 2009

How did Spain achieve a position of dominance in the 16th century, and what were it's strengths and weaknesses as a nation?

Spain
loomed as the dominant power of Western Europe throughout the sixteenth century. A significant
part of its power is closely tied with its empire in the Americas and the vast amounts of
treasure that would be shipped back to Spain, but it is important to note that the New World
Empire amounted to at best around ten percent of the monarchy's income (Merriman, 173). While
still a significant contribution fully on its own, we'll have to look further afield than simply
the Americas to explain this global power.

One thing to keep in mind:
Empires in the Early Modern Period were not nation-states as we know them today, and Spain as it
looked in the sixteenth century was a very different entity than the modern day polity of Spain.
Perhaps most importantly, it was dynastic. The Spanish Empire was first and foremost the
imperial holdings, first of the Trast¡maras and later the Spanish Hapsburgs, and Spain itself
was created out of the union of the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile under...

What are two types of salvation in the novel Robinson Crusoe?

The two most
important types of salvation in are personal (religious) salvation, and
physical (safety) salvation. Robinson undergoes both during the course of the novel.

His religious salvation comes after an illness which almost kills him, after which he
realizes the importance and personal intervention of God in his many misfortunes:

...as soon as I saw but a prospect of living and that I should not
starve and perish for hunger, all the sense of my affliction wore off; and I began to be very
easy, applied...

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Use quotations and examples of direct and indirect characterization of one character in The Lovely Bones.

Just for
fun, I chose Susie's mother (Abigail) to answer your question.  Although almost every character
in Sebold's is characterized both directly and indirectly, I feel as
though Sebold purposefully peppered Abigail'sin short spurts:  oneand then one .

Let's use Abigail's psychological issues in dealing with Susie's death as a focus of
characterization here.  Abigail is not dealing with her daughter's death well at all.  Abigail
continues to draw away from reality (so much so that she feels trapped and in need of whatever
escape possible).  Early on, this is show in an adept use of indirect
characterization:

"Momma?" Buckley repeated. 
His voice was sleepy.

"Mommmmma-maaa!"

She
despised the word. (62)

Here we are given insight into
Abigail's character indirectly, specifically through her thoughts.  What is revealed about
Abigail's character here?  That she is beginning to withdraw from the two people who need her
the most:  her two remaining children.

Further in the novel, Abigail is
showing even more signs of psychological distress.  Here, again, is some indirect
characterization for you:

"I want to be more than a
mother."

Lindsey thought she could understand this.  She wanted to be
more than a girl. (207)

Again, we are given insight into
Abigail's character indirectly, this time through her words.  What is revealed about Abigail's
character here?  That she is now voicing to her children the fact that she needs to escape from
the mothering role.

It is Lindsey's reaction to this conversation that gives
a good example of direct characterization:

"Is Mommy
sick?" Buckey asked.

Lindsey didn't want to lie to him, but she also
felt it was an accurate description of what she knew.

"Yes."
(208)

Here we are given insight into Abigail's character
directly, specifically through Lindsey's statement about Abigail being "sick."  What
is revealed about Abigail's character here?  That even her daughter (Lindsey) realizes that
there is something severely wrong with Abigail, so much so that she is described as being
psychologically "sick."

An easy way to remember indirect and direct
characterization is the simple idea of "show and tell."  Indirect characterization
SHOWS an aspect of a character's personality while direct characterization TELLS an aspect of a
character's personality.  This works quite well, even in the examples
above.

Monday 6 April 2009

In The Lovely Bones, does the reader ever find out if the family finds Susie's body?

In Chapter
21, Ruth and Ray visit the sinkhole the day before the Flanagan family has arranged for it to be
filled with concrete. In a chilling and meaningful moment, Ruth wonders out loud to Ray whether
Susie's body was dumped there. Susie cheers in heaven at Ruth's correct guess, yet in the end,
her body is never discovered. Even if the sinkhole was not planning to be filled, objects
discarded in the landfill are considered irretrievable.

This incidence is not
the only case in which the sinkhole contains significant meaning. It is linked to Susie even
before she is murdered. Susie's father took her to the landfill to dispose of things in the
years leading up to her death. In Chapter 4, the scene in which Mr. Harvey takes the safe
containing Susie's body to the landfill features tragic . Mrs. Flanagan asks him: What do you
have in here? A dead body? Mrs. Flanagan does not realize how macabre her joke is, as she does
not have the same insight that the reader does.

When the author establishes
that Susie's body will never be found, the story highlights the injustice of unsolved homicide.
It becomes clear that is not about seeking closure and justice, but the
Salmon family coming to terms with the loss of Susie. The sinkhole thus represents the grief,
despair, and horror Susie and her family must pull themselves out of, through emotional struggle
and familial love.

Personally, the ending of The Lovely
Bones was a somber reminder of how many murders in this world go unsolved and the
ability for killers to escape persecution. It made me wonder how many unsolved murders have come
close to being solved, like Susie's.

How did Mrs. Olinski pick her team in The View From Saturday?

E.L.
Konigsburg's tells the story of a group of students participating in an
academic competition. Typically members of academic quiz teams are chosen by proving their
intelligence and the speed with which they can answer questions. Mrs. Olinski is more concerned
with the makeup of her team as a unit than she is with the their quiz experience or skills. Each
member of her team has demonstrated their kind hearts, which leads Mrs. Olinski to believe they
will work well as team members. She also tries not to reward students who may be smarter or
quicker but are cruel to their classmates. Mrs. Olinski briefly considers Hamilton Knapp, but
once she discovers he had lead some cruel chants during Annie, she decides
to invite Julian to join the team instead.

Who is Rocky in "The Color of Water" and what did he train Ruth for?

In
, Rocky is the manager of the Hi Hat Barbershop. He is described as a
heavy-set, light-skinned man in his fifties. The author also describes Rocky as being a
well-dressed man.

In the book, we learn that Rocky hired Ruth after she
entered the barbershop to apply for a manicurist position. For Ruth's part, she was pleased that
the manicurist job paid her fifteen dollars a week. She did notice, however, that many
entertainers and musicians patronized the Hi Hat Barbershop on a regular basis. These men warned
Rocky that he would get into trouble for hiring an under-aged girl (Ruth).

Their warning was ominous in more ways than one. The truth is that Rocky was grooming Ruth to be
a...

From its own perspective, why would a cat assume faces should be covered with hair? Why would it perceive the center of the student's face as...

employs a technique
ofwhich is now generally known as "Defamiliarization." The Russian term
"Ostranenie" is also sometimes used, as the technique was described by the Russian
formalist Viktor Shklovsky in his 1917 essay "Art as Device." Although many formalist
writers adopted this technique, it would be quite wrong to think of it as beginning with them,
since it is also used in eighteenth-century satirical works such as Gulliver's
Travels.

Defamiliarization involves an attempt to make the reader
think differently about the world by describing it from an unfamiliar perspective. It is
particularly used to describe aspects of everyday life which we generally think are mundane or
do not think about at all.achieves this effect by making the narrator a cat and describing human
behavior and appearances from the cat's perspective. Just as we think that our view of the world
is the default position, so does the cat. The cat assumes that it is natural for faces to be
covered with hair because this is what a cat's face is like. Similarly, a human nose would seem
like an exceptionally long protuberance to a cat, or most other animals except elephants and
tapirs. Looking at the world and ourselves as a cat might do allows us to see our own
strangeness.

In "Best in Class," what is Margaret Talbot's rhetorical strategy in examining Sarasota High School in such depth? Margaret Talbot spends a good deal...

Margaret
Talbot describes the situation of the heated competition for the position of valedictorian at
Sarasota High School to put human faces to an abstract issue. By describing the dilemma the
competition caused for the school principal, the stress it caused him, and the strong feelings
of the students and their parents, the question of ranking students according to academic
achievement becomes interesting.

It is an impactful rhetorical choice to
describe the principal as "sweating buckets" at graduation as the co-valedictorians
gave their speeches in a room in which he "felt like half of the students in the room hated
one of those two valedictorians and half hated the other." Talbot effectively establishes
the point that competition can be extremely divisive in an academic environment. In building
sympathy for the principal, she describes him as a "likable traditionalist" and
underscores the difficulty of holding onto traditions in schools today because of social
pressures from...

Sunday 5 April 2009

What were the consequences of total war in World War I?

Total war
targets both civilians and the military. Total war changed European attitudes towards WWI, and
at the peace table at Versailles the British and French looked for revenge for what they called
barbarism. Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare can be considered total warfare, as it was a
promise to attack all ships in coastal waters of the Allies.
The Lusitania was one of the most famous examples of this kind of warfare,
as 128 American civilians perished when the ship was attacked in 1915. While Americans cried
foul, German officials claimed the ship carried rifle rounds. During total war, food can also be
considered contraband and kept from the enemy. This led to Britain putting a minefield around
the North Sea, which by 1918 caused starvation in Germany and led to the revolution there that
ultimately ended the war. Germany also executed Belgian partisans during the war, and the Allies
claimed that many innocent Belgians were killed when they were rounded up along with the
guerrillas. Both sides also used terror weapons such as airplanes and zeppelins to bomb civilian
centers in the hopes of hitting military barracks or factories. Strategic bombing was still at
least twenty years in the future, so more civilians died in these attacks than military
personnel. Germany even developed what they called a "Paris gun" which was a massive
piece of artillery which could lob shells into Paris from over ten miles away. It was nearly
impossible to aim it precisely, so this could also be a weapon of total warfare. At the end of
the war, Germany was forced to pay for waging this type of warfare and to assume responsibility
for causing the conflict. Total warfare waged by both sides was the main reason why the
belligerents hoped this would be the last war, but these tactics only proved it was as important
to hurt the will of civilians as it was to defeat armies on the
battlefield.

What does Grover look like in The Lightning Thief?

In
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Grover Underwood is
Percy's protector. He becomes a central character in multiple plot lines in the Percy
Jackson series. While many of the characters in this book are demigods, meaning that
they are half human and half god, Grover is a satyr, a mythological creature that is half man
and half goat.

Because Percy thinks Grover looks like he was held back a few
years, we can infer that Grover looks a bit older than Percy, who is twelve years old. Grover is
described as having wispy facial hair and acne and being "scrawny." The most notable
feature of Grover's appearance is his legs. When he is not among humans, he is free to look like
a satyr, having a man's upper body and the horns and legs of a goat. In the human world, Grover
hides his horns with his curly hair or a hat and hides his goat legs with pants and fake human
human feet. Because of the way his goat legs work, his human disguise gives him the appearance
of being disabled, with "some kind of muscular disease in his
legs."

Discuss satire and irony in The God of Small Things.

In this excellent
novelseems to turn her rapier-like wit and intellect on many aspects of modern Indian life, as
well as traditional Indian life. You might like to consider how she variously satirises the
caste system, the British Raj and British involvement in India, Communism, globalisation and
development. These are just some of the targets that she demolishes.

One of
the more amusing examples for me is seen in Chapter One when Rahel returns to her old family
home and sees the transformation that buying a satellite dish has wrought in Baby Kochamma and
how old serials and...

How do theatres of Shakespeare's time and modern times compare? Compare and contrast the theatre-going experience of Shakespeares time to the...

In the
Elizabethan period there were several theaters, and all were well attended as plays were a major
form of entertainment. Audiences interacted with the actors because there were no curtains and
the groundlings could get close to the stage as they stood in the center area with the stage
around them in a horseshoe shape, much like the courtyard of an inn. 

At the
back of the stage there were two large doors, while in the center of the platform that was the
stage there was usually a recess or an inner stage concealed by a curtain. In a play such as
Romeo and Juliet that inner stage could serve as the cell of Friar Laurence
or Juliet's tomb. A balcony often stood above this recess and can serve as a balcony scene.
Since there was no lighting, plays were performed in the afternoons withcreated by the beauty of
the poetry. For instance, in Act II, Scene 1, Romeo creates the scene as he says,

But soft! What light through yonder windo breaks!
But,
soft! What light through yonder...

Saturday 4 April 2009

Where does pathos occur in Oedipus Rex?

One way to examine
pathos in is his overall suffering. Pathos, one of the three modes of
persuasion, is used to connect the reader emotionally to the . As a tragic hero, it is of the
utmost importance that the reader connects to him. Without this connection, the reader is
unmoved by his downfall. In order to create this connection, the tragic hero must not be too
good or too evil. If too good, the reader denounces the fall as wrong. If too evil, the reader
states that he or she got what was deserved. In order to learn a lesson through the protagonist,
the reader must feel connected to the protagonist. This tends to be impossible if the reader
feels above or below the character.

An emotional connection is one of the
best ways to connect the reader to the protagonist and, therefore, the lesson or moral being
taught. Anything which brings about an emotional response from the reader as the result of the
character's actions or feelings is the result of ethos or the appeal...

In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, what happens when Santiago follows his new friend to the marketplace in Tangier and what story does this echo?

Since Coelho's
is a religious book, as well as a magicalnovel, it could be argued that
the part where Santiago follows a new, strange friend into the marketplace in Tangier has
connections to the Holy Bible. There are actually two stories that come to mind that might
parallel what Santiago goes through when he puts his trust in man and God at this point in his
life. The first story that could be compared to this part of The Alchemist
is theof the Prodigal Son. In Jesus's tale, the young boy takes his inheritance and blows it by
spending it on friends and fun. Now, Santiago doesn't do that exactly, but he does entrust his
money to a stranger which subtly echoes this principle. On the other hand, the Old Testament has
the story of Job who loses everything and is told by friends to curse God because of it. The
connection to Job is made when Santiago loses his money to the stranger and he has many natural
feelings, described by the following passage:

"He was
so ashamed that he wanted to cry. He had never even wept in front of his own sheep. but the
marketplace was empty, and he was far from home, so he wept. He wept because God was unfair, and
because this was the way God repaid those who believed in their dreams"(39).

Many themes throughout the Bible and The Alchemist focus on what a
person chooses to do when they are down and out. Will they curse God, give up, and surrender;
or, will they pick themselves up and move forward with their faith and intelligence to guide
them? One final parable that could be compared to Santiago's marketplace experience is that of
The Good Samaritan when a good man is robbed and beaten on the road to Jericho. Santiago,
therefore, is like a stranger traveling in a strange land who is then fallen upon by scoundrels
and left for dead.

Friday 3 April 2009

What are some characteristics of Isabel?

Young
Isabel experiences a great deal of trauma in her life, but with each difficulty, she comes
through even stronger than before. This demonstrates a trait called resilience. The influence of
even one or two kind and helpful adults along the way as each challenge unfolds helps Isabel to
gather her own inner forces and not lose faith in her ability to prevail.

Think about what Isabel goes through in her life and how she ultimately decides to
handle each new challenge. This will make it very clear to you which characteristics define her.
Though Isabel's life is fraught with the cruelties, dangers, and injustices of enslavement, her
deceased mother's love helps her develop a strong inner core early on.

You
may want to make a simple chart for yourself in order to better answer this question in your own
words and with your own valuable insights. Take a piece of lined paper and draw a line down the
middle. At the top of the left side, write, "Challenge." At the top of the right side,
write,...

What is the first visual image Edwards uses, and what feeling does it involve in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?

The very first
visual image Edwards uses is found in the title: . Think about the differences in size this
image indicates: we sinners are tiny enough to fit in Gods hands. That image should provide
humility and perhaps fear in...

Thursday 2 April 2009

In Macbeth, how does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth?

Christopher Jerde

Ladyinitially seems like a malevolent, power-hungry monster. She goes against the
feminine ideal with her lethal ambition, claiming she would murder her own child had she
promised to do. Whenfalters in his resolve to kill , she demands that the evil spirits
"unsex" her so she can be even more resolute and lacking in compassion during the
murder plot.

In public,tries to appear more traditionally feminine, acting as
a gracious host for her guests, appearing submissive before Duncan, and swooning when Duncan's
corpse is discovered. This makes her seem all the more duplicitous and evil. For the first half
of the play, Shakespeare makes the audience believe she is a one-dimensional force of malice.
Then he subverts expectations by showing the cracks in Lady Macbeth's ruthless
persona.

Just as Macbeth feels guilt over murdering the king, so too does
Lady Macbeth. While she is more ruthless, she does still have a conscience, claiming it was hard
to help kill...

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What is the main theme of "The Scarlet Letter"?

In the final chapter,
the narrator suggests that love and hate are, in many ways, the same.  He says, 

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred
and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a
high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food
of his affections and spiritual fife upon another: each leaves the passionate lover, or the no
less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his subject.
Philosophically considered, therefore, the two passions seem essentially the same, except that
one happens to be seen in a celestial radiance, and the other in a dusky and lurid
glow. 

In other words, both love and hate require a
deep knowledge and understanding of the other person; both render the person who feels the
intense emotion dependent upon the person for whom they feel it, and both feelings leave the
lover or the hater without purpose if the object of their feelings is removed.  Thus, the
narrator reasons, the twolove and hateare basically the same, only that love is seen as
something divine and hatred is seen as something evil.  This is another theme of the
novel.

 

Moreover, as the narrator says in this
same chapter, "in the view of Infinite Purity, we are sinners all alike."  We are all
sinners and pretending to the world that we are not would actually be another sin. We would be
living a lie.  This idea underwrites his command that we "Be true!": if we admit to
our sinful naturesnatures that we all, according to this narrator, possessthen it becomes easier
to admit it!  Everyone is in the same boat, so we can and should be
honest.

What is the theme or lesson of Coelho's The Alchemist, and how does the jacket symbolize that theme?

Depending
upon whom you talk to or the sites you visit, there are many themes that come to mind for 's
. Part of the appeal of the story is that it speaks in so many ways to so
many people. However, the one theme that seems to strike a chore more than any other is
"follow your dreams." The story starts with Santiago's dream of treasure, and while he
anticipates that it is financial treasure, it ends up being that and so much
more. Ironically, the robber at the end has a dream as well, but
he dismisses it. In doing so, his dream fulfills Santiago's original dream
of wealthbut Santiago has already amassed more wealth than he ever thought possible in finding
knowledge, in learning of the world and finding his place in it, and discovering love. The
robber's "discarded" dream sends Santiago home to the realization of his
own.

Whoever you are, or whatever is it that you do, when
you really want something, its because that desire originated in the soul of the...

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What is a critical appreciation of the poem "To Rosemounde" by Chaucer?

Chaucer is
smitten and, much like legions of romantic poets before and after him, employs a hyperbolic
lexicon to express it. However, beneath the language we now find so typical of love poetry,
there is a sweetness and a degree of worship and consequent submission, which is
unusual.

The woman shines like a "crystal," with cheeks like
"Ruby." Her beauty is a shrine with scope enough to encircle the world. By now,
suchhas been used so many times as to appear hackneyed. Modern readers glaze over at the mention
of precious jewels to relate the beauty of a loved one, but within its own literary contexti.e.,
a much sparser onethese comparisons might have ignited passionate flames in those who read or
heard them.

Moreover, he goes further than admiring her in a purely aesthetic
manner. Seeing her dance is "ointment unto my wound"; it is not merely her physical
body he finds attractive, but the way she moves. Granted, this is still a shallow estimation of
a person's worth, but it goes further towards appreciating her for the person she isher
attitude, energy and passionthan merely admiring her physique and symmetry.

The closing line of the second stanza shifts the mood somewhat, but only by giving us
new information. She will do him "no dalliance," meaning she will not engage with him
in a love affair. The modern reader may be accustomed to coupling such refusals with fiery anger
and violence in the male suitor. Such stories abound in bars and nightclubs all over the world,
even in spaces where courtship is not part of the accepted running order.

However, the speaker's attitude does not waver. His devotion overpowers his sense of
loss. Despite crying a whole basin of tearsa further example ofin the poemhe can only think of
his love:

Yet may that woe not confound my
heart.
Your seemly voice that you so delicately bring forth,
Make my thoughts,
in joy and bliss, abound.

His love, given the qualities
of lightness and heat, "may not be cooled nor sunk." Love is noble, and his love is
eminently so. It will not be brought to its knees, despite being unrequited. After all, should
we not wish the best for those whom we love, even if it does not involve
us?

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