What does Vera's interactions with Mr. Nuttel and the other characters in The Open Window reveal about her personality?

Vera's
interactions with Mr. Nuttel and her aunt, Mrs. Sappleton, show that Vera is an intelligent and
observant young woman with a strong imagination and an undetected malicious streak.

Vera enjoys deceiving people. For example, she takes spiteful pleasure in concocting a
false tale to frighten the boring Mr. Nuttel, who is suffering from a nervous disorder and is in
the country for a rest cure. She quickly ascertains that he knows nothing of the area or of her
aunt's family. She uses this information to concoct a particularly wicked story.

Using her sharp memory of exactly what her uncle and her aunt's two brothers are
wearing, she is able to convince Mr. Nutley that the figures he sees coming toward the open
window of the dining room are ghosts of dead people. This sends him fleeing from the
house.

When her aunt wonders why Mr. Nutley ran off so suddenly, the
imaginative Vera quickly concocts another story, telling her aunt that he has a fear of dogs,
saying that he developed it in India when he had to spend a night in a newly dug grave to escape
a pack of snarling and foaming strays.

Vera projects an innocence that
deceives people and prevents them from discovering her malicious intentions. People don't expect
her to have such a vivid imagination or such a capacity for spinning lies for no reason except
to amuse herself and to exert power over people.

When comparing and contrasting Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, how do Shaw and Miller use dramatic ironyin their works to...

It is
surprising that these two plays have been chosen for comparison, since, in my opinion they have
little in common in plot, theme, or dramatic technique. The one thing that links them is that
both are critiques of the capitalist system. Shaw skewers the pretensions of both academics and
the middle and upper class in their treatment of working-class people. Miller looks at the
system from within and portrays the victimization of a man who thinks he's part of the system
but in reality is left out in the cold when his usefulness to it has expired.

Shaw's dramaticin is that Eliza turns the tables on Higgins and
gains a degree of power over him. This is much more pronounced in the musical...

What are three characteristics of Winston Smith and Julia in 1984?

I think
that an interesting approach would be to give characteristics of both characters as a couple. 
The most elemental trait they share when they are a couple is that they seek to be discrete. 
They understand what is at stake in their relationship, in that their presence together is
forbidden by Big Brother.  The very idea that they would share emotions and moments of
sensuality that cannot be controlled or appropriated by Big Brother makes their status as a
couple dangerous, requiring the utmost in discretion.  I think that another trait they share is
that they both enjoy sexual activity.  Their penchant for sex is heightened by both of their
work and resentment of the government, where sex is only meant for procreation.  I think that
the last descriptor of them would be that their bonds are ruptured at the very end.  Both of
them end up betraying the other.  The meeting in the park reflects the nature of the ruptured
relationship between them.  Something that held so much in emotion, intensity, and commitment
was undermined by Big Brother, resulting in two people who can only say in the most plain of
voices how they betrayed the other.

How does Animal Farm relate to the Russian revolution?

This is an
intelligent question. is an . This means that the characters in the work
can refer to historical people.

Here are a few clear examples.refers to Karl
Marx. They are both great thinkers who invented a new political philosophy, workers unite, and
they both died before the revolution.

Animalism is communism. In short, in
both systems the government owns everything, at least in theory.refers to Trotsky, who had good
intentions,] but was chased away. Lenin chased away Trotsky, andchased away Snowball.

Napoleon, the often brutal leader of animalism, is Joseph Stalin. Napoleon uses the
dogs andto get his work done. This refers to the force and propaganda that Stalin used to
entrench his government. 

All of these characters show that what is happening
on the farm mimics what has happened in Russia. In this sense, the work is an allegory of the
Russian revolution. 

Crucible means test, trial, ordeal, formation by fire, and a vessel baked to resist heat. How is "crucible" related John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor,...

The
symbolism of the crucible relates to Elizabeth Proctor, who is put to the test and under an
extreme amount of pressure in the final two acts of the play. In act three, Elizabeth is brought
before the court and questioned about her husband's infidelity. Elizabeth struggles with the
decision to protect John's reputation or tell the court the truth. Tragically, Elizabeth lies
and John is arrested. Elizabeth is once again tested in the final act of the play. John asks for
her opinion regarding his decision to offer a false confession or die a martyr. Elizabeth ends
up telling John to follow his heart and refuses to intervene in his decision to preserve his
integrity.

John Proctor also experiences an immense amount of pressure to
confess to adultery and ruin his reputation in order to expose Abigail as a liar or allow the
corrupt court to try his innocent wife. After admitting to adultery, Proctor is arrested and
must decide whether or not to offer a false confession. In the end, Proctor...

How does Zinn's view of Roosevelt's New Deal, in chapter 15 of A People's History of the United States, differ from most histories' view? Most...

Though
labor unions certainly existed long before, the 1930s, under the cloud of the Great Depression,
were truly a hotbed for the rise of labor unions and a multitude of other rights groups and
organizations fighting for political, economic, and social change. This rise can be attributed
to such factors as massive unemployment, unsafe working conditions, low wages, long hours,
unsafe and unsanitary living conditions, the loss of life savings, and discrimination of all
types.

Now, though it may appear on the surface that all these unions and
other groups were fully united in their vision of what America could, or should, be, the reality
is that there were deep divisions spelled out along ideological lines. For example, there were
labor unions and other organizations that adhered strictly to Marxian economic and political
principles and envisioned a radical do over of society and economy via revolution. These
organizations were emboldened by the Depression, brought on by what they...

Evaluate several major points of convergence among the research on traits and skills, behaviors, influence processes, and situational variables in...

Research on
leadership styles and abilities generally focuses on a persons internal qualities, the
situations they are in, the behaviors they use, and the process by which they influence others.
Though these are separate variables, they certainly coincide in a number of strategic
areas.

Obviously, behaviors will overlap...

The Englishman in Coelho's The Alchemist is searching for "a universal language." What is that language?

There is a very spiritual/new age feel to .
The boy learns about things that he cannot discover through books. Instead he needs to be able
to learn through his experiences and to listen to his own heart.. He learns that he needs to be
able to accept change and to find the beauty in simple things and to live in the moment rather
than the past or the future. In the present moment he learns to look for signs that will tell
him the will of God. He discovers that doing all of these things will help him to understand the
"Soul of the World" through which everything is connected. The Universal Language is
the way that the Soul of the World speaks, and it is understood by all even without words. This
is how the boy is able to understand his sheep. He learns all of these things with the help of
The Alchemist so that he may fulfill his life's purpose by also becoming an
alchemist.

What similarities exist between Harper Lees life and childhood and that of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird? Please provide details.

Though
not strictly autobiographical, does nonetheless contain certain
autobiographical elements. Just like ,was a very intelligent child who felt frustrated at the
second-rate education she received. She was also a bit of a tomboy and felt restricted by the
traditional expectations of what was considered appropriate behavior for a girl. Both Scout and
her creator repeatedly challenged the accepted notions of what it meant to be a fine, upstanding
Southern lady.

Harper Lee, actively encouraged by her fatheras Scout is by
was also very open-minded to the world around her as she grew up. This is what made her such an
astute observer of small town Southern life in the Great Depression and which would, in turn,
lead her to become a supporter of the civil rights movement.

What was the inner city like in the 1950s?

I assume
here that you mean inner cities in the US in the 1950s. The American inner city was in flux in
the 1950s. US cities had witnessed rapid growth and development in the 1920s as a result of
economic boom and large-scale immigration. This transformation was stalled by the Depression and
the outbreak of World War II in the 1930s and 40s. The post-war US was witness to
major...

What miracles are attributed to the old man?

This
information can be found in the paragraph that also discusses the woman that had been turned
into a spider.Three miracles are attributed to the old man, but the miracles are not seen as
entirely amazing or good things.In fact, they actually hurt his reputation.The first miracle
deals with a blind man.Rather than being granted sight, he grew three new teeth.The second
miracle involved a paralytic almost winning the lottery rather than being able to walk again.The
third miracle has flowers spouting out of the sores on a leper.The people believe that for some
reason the old man must be mocking them rather than granting them correct miracles.His
reputation is further damaged by these failed miracles, and the people grow even more tired of
him.

How Does Steinbeck Present Curley's Wife

Steinbeck
portrays Curley's wife as sexual, innocent, and dissatisfied, which often causes her to jeer at
the ranch hands.

Candy tellseven before he meets Curley's wife that she's a
"tart." When we see her, she is always wearing make-up and carefully dressed to look
attractive. When she accidentally comes acrossalone in the barn, we learn that

She wore her bright cotton dress and the mules with the red ostrich
feathers. Her face was made up and the little sausage curls were all in place.

The men often try not to look at her, because they don't want their
desire to show (she is the only woman on the ranch) and, therefore, get themselves into trouble
with Curley.

Curley's wife dissatisfaction emerges when she says to George,
Lennie, and Candy:

Think I dont like to talk to somebody
ever once in a while?

She says she doesn't like to sit
the house all the time, and that Curley's bragging about who he is going to fight bores her. She
tells Lennie that she can into the "pictures"...

Discuss Chaucer as a modern poet.

Another
important step toward modern literature that Chaucer takes in is his use
of .

Every writer is a product of his/her time, in one way or another. 
Chaucer reacts against the literature of his time. 

In "The Pardoner's
Tale," for instance, he takes a didactic (preachy, or designed only to teach), allegorical
form, and reverses...

Compare the Byzantine Empire and China in terms of political organization

The
Byzantine and Chinese empires shared many similarities but also had several notable differences.
One of their biggest similarities was their longevity. Both of these empires were among the
longest-lasting nations in history.

Additionally, these nations were both
extremely technologically advanced. They both developed incredible pieces of technology to
improve their military might and advance science, which gave them some great weaponry, helped
agriculture and transportation, and more.

Beyond that, however, their
political structures were fairly different. The Chinese empire was split up into various
dynasties and city-states which were ruled independently. The Byzantine Empire, however, was
modeled after the Roman Empire and was more cohesive throughout its history. This led to it
being regarded as one of the greatest empires, and because of its unity, it was much more
powerful from a military standpoint. The Chinese empire spent much of its time trying to unify
itself internally.

Please summarize the last two lines of the poem "The Survivors" by R.S. Thomas. What is the meaning of the line "A vast disc under a dome" and why is...

In
The Survivors by R. S. Thomas, men are suffering after seven days at sea in an open boat. In
the last two lines, someonethe lean horsemanrides towards them to gallop them up onto the
curt sand. There is no definitive meaning of these lines; ultimately, it is up to the reader.
That horseman may really be some savior, and perhaps the horse is really a lifeboat and the rope
a red and white life preserver. Maybe the curt sand is just the shore that they finally reach,
curt because their rescue is abruptone moment, they are at sea, and the next safe on
shore.

Or it is equally possible that the lean horseman is death (the
horseman reminds one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse), and the curt sand is the abrupt
end of their lives after the days of suffering.

The vast disc under a dome
refers to the sea under the sky, both of which appear endless and perhaps almost meaningless in
this situation, merely...

Irene Peter has said, "Just because everything is different doesn't mean that anything has changed." In what ways does this quote reflect key concerns...

By
the end of the, many events have occurred, and yet the larger circumstance
remains the same as when the play began. The Montagues and Capulets are still bitter enemies;
the difference is that now, many more of them are dead. Ever since act 1, scene 1, we have
watched these two families feuding. Even in the, we learn that...

What did the trial mean to Jem that it did not mean to Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird? Jem reacts furiously to Scout's question about Miss Gates'...

is older,
so he understands more about the trial thandoes.  At Jems age, he is very interested in
justice.  He is feeling more adult, and he wants to experience things as an adult.  He is
convinced thatis going to win the trial.

When Atticus tells Jem be thinks the
jury wont deliberate long, Jems response is telling.

"You think they'll acquit him that fast?" asked Jem. (ch 21)

Jem saw the trial.  He understood that Atticus was proving that the
crime was not even committed and that Tom Robinson was crippled and could not have committed it
any way.  He assumes that this means that Tom will be acquitted. 

Scout does
not really know what to expect.  She is younger, and understands less of the process than Jem. 
She realizes that Atticus has proven Toms innocence, but does not know enough to expect him to
be acquitted.

The verdict is a harsh blow for Jem.  He expected the world to
be fair, and he finds out it isnt.

Jem is also at an age when he really looks
up to and admires Atticus.  He even says he wants to be a lawyer.  He sees the trial as law
school.  He thinks that lawyers work in a world of fairness.  The guilty verdict squashes those
dreams too.

It was Jem's turn to cry. His face was
streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. "It ain't
right," he muttered, all the way to the corner of the square where we found Atticus
waiting.  (ch 22)

Jem gets a harsh lesson in how the
world really works.  Atticus agrees with him that it is not right.  He says he will try for an
acquittal, but he is not confident.  He knows that racism is an insurmountable battle.  This is
the lesson that Jem is learning, but Scout only understands that Jem is
upset.

Compare the stories of Dido and Aeneas to Romeo and Juliet. Be specific and in as much detail. Compare similarities and differences between the...

There are
several similarities and differences that exist between the play and the
opera Dido and Aeneas. In terms of similarities, both plays center around
theof unfulfilled romance. In and , the star-crossed lovers are unable to
actualize their love for each other due to the generational feud that exists between the
Capulets and the Montagues. This feud ultimately results in the twisted and tragic suicides of
the young lovers. In Dido and Aeneas, the two lovers are also ill fated, as
the building of empires separate Dido and Aeneas. However, a significant difference is that fate
and external conflict are not the only factors that result in the love between Dido and Aeneas
not flourishing. In the opera, Aeneas decides to prioritize the building of empire over his love
for Dido. Dido is heartbroken by Aeneas's decision, but, in this story, it is the lover himself
who decides to end the romance.

In March, what are some examples when March and Marmee do not tell each other the truth?

Throughout the account
thatgives of his time in the Civil War, exceprts of his letters that he writes to his wife are
included. Yet, from the very beginning, it is clear that there is a massive gap between what he
writes and the actual experiences that he shares with the reader. Note how he reveals this in
the very first chapter:

Yet I am thankful she is not
here, to see what I must see, to know what I am come to know. And with this thought I exculpate
my censorship: I never...

What kind of feelings does the poet arouse, and why?

The
primary feeling that the poet inspires in the reader is nostalgia. The speaker is looking back
to a time and place that no longer exist. This nostalgia mostly has a rosy glow, as the images
of the bygone days are largely positive.

Two closely related feelings are
homesickness and nationalism. Because the speaker is separated from their homeland, symbolized
by the tree, they experience the bittersweet sensation of acknowledging but even treasuring the
sense of loss that comes with distance. The speaker paints a picture of a luxuriously green and
welcoming native country that is distinct from the place where they now reside.

Love of children and by extension family is also called up. The attachment to youth is
primarily related to children, who may be the speaker's own children or their younger self, but
is also invoked by the young baboons.

Grief is another intimately connected
emotion. Not just the home in general, but specific people that the speaker knew in their youth
are gone;...

In Book 8 of the Odyssey, what does the blind poet Demodocus' presence and his singing do for the story?

Stephen Holliday

Demodocus, whose name means "beloved of the people," has several important
functions in Book 8, not the least of which is that Demodocus gives us a clear picture of the
importance of the bard in Bronze Age oral culture. In addition, his songs about Odysseus and,
more important, Odysseus's reaction to those songs, prompt the key question from Odysseus's
Phaeacian host, King Alcinous, "Who are you?"

Like , Demodocus is
blind, and many scholars have identified him as Homer because the parallels are striking--a
skilled poet, blind, who is able to recite the complex history of the Trojan War and Odysseus's
role in that war. In the first song, for example, Demodocus

. . . told of the quarrel/between Odysseus and Peleus's son, Achilles,/and how they had
clashed with violent words at a banquet, and secretly Agamemnon, that king of men,/ was glad to
see that the best of Achaeans were fighting. . . . (8:74-78)

This story, which does not appear anywhere in The

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What negative aspects of entertainment in our society does Suzanne Collins seem to be warning us about in The Hunger Games?

1.
Reality TV: we seem to find it entertaining to watch others
struggle and have bad times. E.G. Cops, Survivor, Hoarders, Intervention. People watched the
Hunger Games as if it were a TV program.

2.
Violence: We have come to accept violence on TV and in movies as
adding more excitement.  No one thinks of the possible...

Discuss four innovative strategies to counteract possible unemployment?

There are
several strategies the government can follow to help combat possible unemployment. One strategy
would be to lower interest rates. If interest rates drop, this will encourage businesses to
invest. It will also encourage people to borrow money. Both of these actions will lead to more
spending that may encourage businesses to hire more workers to meet the increased demand for
products and services.

A second strategy would be to lower taxes. If people
pay less in taxes, they will have more money to spend. If people spend more money to buy things,
businesses may increase the number of workers they hire in order to meet the increased demand
for products and services.

A third strategy is decreasing government rules
and regulations on businesses. When businesses have lots of rules to follow, this often adds to
their cost of running the business. With fewer rules and regulations, businesses may have more
money to invest in their business. This may lead to the creation of jobs.

Finally, investing in education may reduce unemployment. When people have a good
education, they tend to have more skills and be more employable. This could help to reduce
employment.

How is George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, an early twentieth-century English play meaningful in India now?

Shaw's play
is an attack on the pre-World War I British class system, which is similar in some ways to
India's current caste system. Although now illegal, the effects of the caste system are still
pervasive in India, as outlined in a recent CNN article by Ravi Agrawal titled "India's
caste System: Outlawed but still omnipresent."

Both the British class
system and the Indian caste system operate on the assumption that the class you are born to is
the one you belong in. It contends that lower class people are innately inferior to those of
higher classes or castes. According to this ideology, everyone should accept their place in the
social order without a murmur.

In , Shaw intends to show
that this assumption is ridiculous. Almost nobody from Henry Higgins's well-heeled, middle-class
world believes a lower-class Cockney flower...

In "The Scarlet Letter," why does Hester speak to Roger Chillingworth after so many years? What does she hope to accomplish?

class="MsoNormal">In one sense she didn't have a choice.  It was her and 's
emotional turmoil that led them to seek help for her.  Asdescribes it whenis brought in: 

"I shall own you [Chillingworth] for a man
of skill indeed! Verily, the woman hath been like a possessed one; and there lacks little, that
I should take in hand to drive Satan out of her with stripes."  

class="MsoNormal">Althoughis fearful and suspects that Chillingworth might try to
poison her or Pearl, she meets a man quite different from what she had expected.  "Foolish
woman!" responded the physician, half coldly, half soothingly. "What should ail me to
harm this misbegotten and miserable babe?"

class="MsoNormal">Thus begins their long discussion about Chillingworth's desire
(soon to be come obsession) to find out who the father is.   But before that, there is the
somewhat touching conversation where they both confess to contributing to the failure of their
marriage.  This is also the point at which Hester, much to her later regret, promises to keep
his identity secret.

 It is interesting how
Hawthorne brought them both together and allowed us to understand all there is to know about
their past relationship while setting the stage for what is to come.

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What are words that describe the setting in "Annabel Lee"?

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The
beginning lines give us the basic setting. We hear from the speaker that the poem is set in a
kingdom near the ocean, which seems to invoke the idea of a monarchical and feudal territory,
therefore setting the story in a specific period of the European past:

"It was many and many a year ago,

In a
kingdom by the sea..."

Other indicators,
such as "I was a child and she was a child," perpetuate the idea that the setting is
harking back to a past event, andsuch as "highborn kinsmen" perpetuates the idea of
the feudal time period.

But the poem
focuses in to the speaker's present at the very end of the poem when he states:

"For the moon never beams, without bringing
me dreams

Of the beautiful ;

And the stars never
rise, but I feel the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel
Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darlingmy darlingmy life and my bride,

In her sepulchre
there by the sea

In her tomb by the sounding sea."

Here, it becomes clear that the speaker is not just in the
kingdom, he is with Annabel Lee's body in her tombin the "sepulchre there by the sea."
These details offer the chilling detail that the speaker has indeed not been separated from his
love, that he visits her body and looks into her eyes at night even though she is
deceased.

What is a summary of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss?

by Johann Wyss tells
the tale of a family stranded on a tropical island near New Guinea, and how they work together
to survive.  The story is narrated by the father, who is also the driving force behind his
family's survival.

The family consists of the father, the mother
("Elizabeth"), and four sons: Fritz, age "fourteen or fifteen;" Ernest, age
twelve; Jack, age ten; and Francis, age six.  

The original book had a short
introduction that explained that the father was a Swiss clergyman who had intended to bring his
family "to Port Jackson as a free colonist."  The family's intent to colonize explains
why they came on a ship stocked with livestock and "seeds of every description."
 

The book opens with the family on the ship, a week into being driven by a
storm.  The ship wrecks on a rock and breaks in two; the crew of the ship flee in lifeboats.  It
is unclear whether they meant to abandon the family or just forgot about them.  Fortunately the
ship is wedged on the rocks in such a way that it does not break up or wash away.  The family
spend the night on the ship. The next day they use some "tubs" (barrels) and spare
lumber to fashion a boat, and on the following day they take this boat to the nearby
island. 

The next several chapters tell of their first few days on the
island.  They establish a camp on the beach.  They cook meals with food they have brought from
the ship.  Fritz and his father go on an exploratory expedition, on which they find many useful
plants including sugarcane and coconuts.  They also hunt and fish.  

In
Chapters 9 and 10, Fritz and his father sail back to the wreck of the ship and spend two days in
retrieving many more tools and also the livestock that the family had been unable to rescue when
they first fled the ship.  When they return, the book shifts into a phase of the family seeking
a more permanent setup for themselves.

Elizabeth and the younger boys have
discovered some very high trees and Elizabeth thinks it would be safest if the family lived in
the top of them.  The family spend a day making a bridge across the river so they can easily
move themselves and their livestock to the site of the trees.  They spend a day moving, and
another day making a platform in the trees for themselves to live in.  The next day they take a
Sabbath rest, during which the father preaches his sons a sermon.  

Over the
next few chapters, the family move more things from their beach camp to their tree house, and
Fritz and his father make a second trip to the shipwreck, where they find many more incredibly
useful things.  "The vessel had been, in fact, laden with everything likely to be useful in
a new colony" (Chapter 21). Later, they make a third trip to the ship, where they assemble
and eventually manage to launch a "pinnace," a small sailboat, which had been stored
disassembled on the ship.  

The family then spend a lot of time doing such
things as planting a garden, exploring, hunting, and gathering.  They find such useful things as
rubber and candleberry myrtle.  They also enjoy discovering the many exotic creatures the island
has to offer.  During all these activities, the father never misses an opportunity to educate
his sons about botany, zoology, and other aspects of natural science.  He also frequently
exhorts them to trust God, leads them in prayers, rebukes them for their faults and encourages
them in virtues such as hard work, humility, and a desire to learn. 

Beginning in Chapter 34, the father makes a staircase inside the family's tree, to
replace the rope ladder they have been using.  Before doing this, he must first remove a large
hive of bees from inside the tree.  Making the spiral staircase inside the tree trunk takes the
family a month, during which time all their animals begin to have babies.  Several chapters are
then taken up with training their various animals.  

In Chapter 38, the rainy
season comes.  The family are forced to move out of their tree house and to shelter under the
soaring roots of the trees (which space they were previously using as barns for their
livestock).  They have to tweak this arrangement quite a bit to make it comfortable, but
eventually they settle into a winterlike routine that involves plenty of indoor chores, arts and
crafts, and teaching Francis to read and write.  "We read lessons from the Bible in turns,
and concluded the evening with devotion." 

When summer comes again, the
family clean and move back into their tree house.  Having passed one miserable rainy season
living under the roots of the trees, the family are determined to find a better winter home
before next year.  They also want a cave in which to store their gunpowder.  The father, Jack,
and Fritz spend a week chiseling at a rock face not far from their beach camp, and eventually
break through into a large cave, which turns out to be a "grotto of rock salt."
 

The family prepare the cave to become their winter home, putting a door on
it, dividing it into rooms, and so on.  They visit and tend their fields and gardens, which are
now flourishing; they build a "farmhouse" (actually more of a barn) for their
livestock.   By the time the next rainy season arrives, they have made the cave into a
comfortable dwelling, complete with warm dry floors and a workshop.  

The
father concludes the story:

Everybody worked; the workshop
was never empty.  ... We had thus made great strides towards civilization; and, though
condemned, perhaps, to pass our lives alone on this unknown shore, we might yet be happy.  We
were placed in a the midst of abundance.  We were active, industrious, and content; blessed with
health and united by affection ... [O]ur hearts overflowed with love and veneration for that
Almighty hand which so miraculously saved, and continued to protect us. ... To Him we committed
our fate.  We were happy and tranquil, looking with resignation to the future.

Please provide a literary critical analysis of "Ulysses" by Tennyson.

Alfred
Lord Tennyson's poem "" is a dramatic , written in the voice of Odysseus, the hero of
Homer's Odyssey, after he has returned home to Ithaca. In this poem, theexpresses restlessness
with the constrained life he now leads in contrast to the heroism of his earlier days. Because
we see the poem unfold only through the viewpoint of the protagonists, Tennyson leaves us to
make our own judgment about the central decision in the poem and whether it is or is not
admirable. OIn terms of literary technique, the paring away of inessentials from the
protagonists life to return to the heroic core, is echoed in versification that moves from
leisurely and discursive to the strikingly abrupt monosyllables of the last lines, and from an
adjective and adverb laden type of construction to pure
verbs.

Wednesday 19 August 2009

What is the importance of balance of power in international relations?

Balance of power in international relations
is really important. By power, we mean not only the military power, but financial prowess and
political clout as well. An imbalance of military power causes one nation or a group of nations
to impose themselves on other countries. This could result in one-sided business and military
decisions, including adverse business practices, anti-dumping duties, military incursions, etc.
Then there is the issue of financial and political clout of certain countries, which causes
undue advantages to these countries. An example is the carbon dioxide emissions cut approved by
the United States (going back on their commitment of Kyoto Protocol). Unless a balance of power
is established, poor and militarily weaker countries will have no say in financial and military
affairs and will be forced to toe the line of powerful countries.

What is oligarchical collectivism in 1984, and how can we understand this in our world?

Oligarchical collectivism is the name given to the prevailing
system of international power politics by the mysterious Emmanuel Goldstein.

Collectivism is a political practice whereby the group takes
precedence over the individual. That's definitely the case in Oceania, where individuals
likehave no rights whatsoever. The collective, in the form of the Party, is everything. An
oligarchy is a political and economic system where power is concentrated in
the hands of a small, privileged minority. Again, this is an apt description of life in Oceania,
where the elite members of the Inner Party exercise absolute control over the rest of the Party
and of society as a whole.

One can certainly see why the Party seems so keen
to suppress Goldstein's criticism: it's supposed to represent the will of the ordinary working
people, yet the reality, as ruthlessly exposed by Goldstein, is quite the opposite. The Party
represents its own interests and no one else's, or, to be more precise, it...

What are the causes of discrepancies in inventory stock management and what are the steps to be taken during investigation of stock management?

There can be
several causes of discrepancies in inventory stock management. A
discrepancy in inventory stock is when the
actual stock in a warehouse of a retail store
does not match the recorded inventory stock
count. For instance, if a Borders Bookstore inventory stock record indicates that there ought to
be 20 copies of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code but the on-shelf inventory
stock has a count of only 17, there is a discrepancy in inventory stock management.


Such discrepancies, whether in warehouse or
retail store inventory stock, can show a deficit (too few) or a surplus (too many) and are
typically caused by a variety of things:

• shoplifting (removal by customer without payment) (deficit)


• pilfering (removal by employee without payment) (deficit)


• transactions not yet or not correctly recorded (deficit)
• items on
  consignment not owned by the business (surplus)
• error in size of units
  (e.g., recorded in "dozens" but counted in "eaches") 


• mislaid goods (i.e., stored in second location or stored in an incorrect
  location)
• misread or missing parts numbers

Steps taken during investigation--before the
discrepancy and failure to reconcile the counts is accepted--are to:

• recount with a different person performing the second count


• verify outstanding transactions
• track down incorrectly recorded
  transactions
• identify consignment items
• confirm and
  reconcile the size of units so units are consistent
• track down second
  storage locations
• isolate incorrectly stored items and restore them to
  their correct storage
• verify part number or locate missing part numbers
  

Tuesday 18 August 2009

What is the role and significance of the Nicene Creed?

The Nicene Creed
can often be described as the backbone of Roman Catholicism. In essence, it is a declaration of
the basic beliefs of the Catholic faith. It describes the Holy Trinity (which is three parts of
one God, yet each of these parts is itself a whole) as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and
clarifies how each of these differs from the other. It describes the primary belief that sets
Christianity apart from Judaism or Islam, which is that Christ, the Son of God, was crucified,
died, and was buried, only to rise from the dead on the third day after having redeemed the
world of its sins and rose into heaven to take his place beside God the Father. Furthermore, it
establishes the belief that the Roman Catholic Church is the true Church (begun by St. Peter,
one of Jesus's twelve disciples, often called the Rock of the Church, following Jesus's
ascension into Heaven), the belief that, through baptism, original sin is washed from a person
and their future sins will be forgiven, and the belief in a life after death as well as a
"second coming" in which the whole world will be saved. These are the very essence of
the Catholic faith. Should a person disagree with any of the statements within the Nicene Creed,
they typically aren't regarded as Catholic, as these, more than any other statement, are the
Catholic faith.

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Why are the pigs on Animal Farm bad leaders?

The pigs
onare initially relatively good leaders at the beginning of the novella. They expand upon 's
teachings and develop the system of Animalism. Under 's guidance, the animals become organized
and successfully harvest the crops from the farm. Committees are established, and the animals'
needs and desires are initially addressed. However, the pigs refuse to engage in any form of
physical labor and begin consuming the best products of the farm. Eventually,usurps power and
tyrannically rules over the farm. The pigs become the favored animals and follow Napoleon's
lead. They eventually break every Commandment and live luxurious lives as the most privileged
animals on the farm. The pigs,...

Why do some characters in Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist disappear and how does this reflect in the story?

As one
looks back over the story of Coelho's , it would seem that each character
in the story serves a purpose in Santiago's life journeyas he seeks the truth of the worldhis
Personal Legend.

King Melchizedek (the King of Salem)
teaches Santiago to look for what lies hidden from the eye of others that do not have the heart
to see what is there. He tells Santiago about persevering: that have coming so far, he must not
become discouraged, or he will never realize his Personal Legend. The King of Salem teaches
Santiago the need to be wise:

Everything in life has its
price.

Santiago loses everything to a thief and cannot
continue on his journey. He agrees to work for the crystal merchant, even if only to earn enough
money to return home with some sheep.

As Santiago works for the merchant, he
learns that the older man is devout in his faith, which demands five obligations of each
man. 

The fifth obligation of every Muslim is a
pilgrimage. We are obliged, at least once in...

Monday 17 August 2009

Does Animal Farmillustrate the quote by Orwell found below? Animal Farm can be read as an attack on the failure of the Russian Revolution. In his...

In the book, the animals' rebellion is supposed to bring about a utopia, just like Bolshevik
Revolution was supposed to.  But...

Nick And Gatsby Relationship

The
friendship betweenandis rather an intriguing one. The two men do appear to have a genuine regard
for each other, but there are hints of ambivalence in their relationship. It could be argued,
for instance, that Gatsby essentially uses Nick to get closer to , Nick being Daisy's cousin,
while the friendship on Nick's side is qualified by the fact that he is forever analysing and
judging Gatsby. Yet, we cannot overlook the fact that Nick does appear to really admire Gatsby
and certainly prefers him to the rest of the shallow, self-serving milieu in which he moves. (In
spite of his claim to honesty, Nick can, indeed, be accounted something of a hypocrite, as he
continues to move in social circles that he professes to despise.) Gatsby, too, appears quite
affectionate towards Nick. There is a telling moment during their very first meeting, at one of
Gatsby's parties, when Gatsby greets Nick with a warm smile full of understanding: 'one of those
rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance that you may come across four or five times in
life' (). Gatsby appears to be one of a kind for Nick in the genuine sense of warmth that he
projects.

Nick is certainly struck by Gatsby, and likes him, while never
relinquishing his role throughout the novel as his most critical observer. As everything in the
novel, including Gatsby, is filtered through the consciousness of Nick as narrator, we can never
be exactly sure what Gatsby is thinking, what his ideas and motives really are, and this poses a
bit of a problem when trying to assess the friendship between him and Nick. However, we can say
with some confidence what attracts Nick to Gatsby; he sees right through the more superficial
social side of him, straight through to his dreams and ideals. For Nick at least, Gatsby pursues
a worthy goal in trying to reclaim the happiness and love of his past with Daisy, even if he
goes about things the wrong way by stacking up his wealth and social status in order to try and
impress her. But the very fact of him having a dream, an ideal, to pursue, is what makes him
admirable in Nick's eyes and quite different from most other people who are simply greedy,
selfish, and materialistic.

In short, Nick, himself a sober realist for the
most part, is attracted to Gatsby's sense of romantic idealism which elevates life:

there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity
to the promise of life ..... it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as
I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again.
(chapter I)

Sunday 16 August 2009

How might the three stages of a rite of passage be witnessed in a marriage ceremony?

At various points in life, people leave one group or situation for another. When this
happens, they proceed through three stages of a rite of passage, and this can be seen in a
traditional Christian marriage ceremony.

First, there is a separation. This
is most notable (and most traditional) when a bride's father walks her down the aisle and, after
speaking a few words, a priest asks who will give the woman to be joined in marriage to the
groom. The father usually supplies his consent at this point, and he kisses his daughter
(effectively kissing her goodbye as part of their unified family). The...

Create three questions that could lead to discussion and controversy, and answer them using specific and detailed references to the text for support...

I think
that one compelling question that would prompt some level of reflection exists in how the past
is perceived.  In the "Appendix- The Principles of Newspeak," language is introduced
as a way to eliminate memory.  In "making all other modes of thought impossible,"
there is a desire to eliminate the past and remove that which existed before. I think that it
might be interesting to see how and/ or if this done today. Do we live in a world where memory
is not valued?  In a world of increasing speed and constant movement, do we value the past in
our institutions and our cultural practices?Does memory lie at the heart of a globalized world?
 

Another issue that has to be examined is the betrayal ofand .  It can be
debated in an entirely separate forum if they loved one another.  Yet, when Winston recalls
their betrayal and the manner  in which it was executed, a good discussion point would be
howshows the realm of the personal in light of the political. Our...

Does anyone actually prove that George Harvey is Susie's killer in The Lovely Bones? If so, who proved it and when?

George Harvey is
eventually suspected of being a serial killer, which he is, but he is never caught or punished
for the crime. There was never enough definitive proof to arrest him.

At the
end of the novel, Susie  moves on into a larger part of heaven but she is still able to watch
events down on earth. One day she sees Harvey getting off a bus outside of a restaurant in New
Hampshire.  Harvey sees a young woman near the restaurant and tries to accost her but she
refuses to speak to him, lucky for her. Susie notices some large icicles hanging from the roof.
After the woman leaves Harvey, one of the icicles falls and hits him on the head, he tumbles
down a ravine and is ultimately killed.

So, he is punished by a higher power
in the end and the reader is left hoping that he will have some explaining to do wherever he
winds up going in the afterlife (this is my addendum, not part of the book).

This novel is similar to the "magical " made popular by several Hispanic
authors. Magical realism blends magical or spiritual elements into a realisticin order to arrive
at a deeper understanding of reality. The novel is realistic in most of its elements, but then
there is the element of the afterlife, the spiritual, etc., which requires a reader to venture
into spiritual realms.

In "The Lovely Bones," does Jack Salmon allow himself to be swallowed up by his grief? Should he let go of it? Does it increase his family's...

As many people
are aware, there are several stages to grief. What he experienced would not be considered over
the top. His family had been torn apart, and it was only natural that he would pursue the truth
of who was responsible for that. What behavior would you consider over the
top?

Who is the current Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama? Explain why he has been the recent subject of criticism.

I wonder if
the wording of this question might be somewhat imprecise.  The current Deputy National Security
Advisor is a woman named Avril Haines.  Your question implies that the current holder of this
office is a man.  In addition, Haines has not been particularly controversial.  For these
reasons, I think your question may be intended to refer to a person holding another
position.

I think your question is probably meant to refer to the current
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic...

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Saturday 15 August 2009

What are all examples of the mood, theme, and point of view in To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 3 through 12?

Chapters 3
to 12 establish the tenor or feel of life in Maycomb from the point of view of , the young girl
who tells the story. We see events unfold through her clear-sighted, feisty, and innocent eyes.
She tells it like it is, because she is not yet old enough to gloss over
unpleasantness.

Mood is established continuously through these chapters as we
are acquainted with the differentwho inhabit Maycomb. There's a mood of sleepiness, but there is
also a sense that many people are living close to the poverty line in this period of the Great
Depression. For example, when Walter Cunningham, whose family can't afford to send him to school
with a lunch, comes to dinner, he is so hungry that he asks for molasses and

poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He
would probably have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was
doing.

Examples of a child's point of view, which can be
comic to adult readers, emerge often. For example, Scout opensby referring to fifty-year-oldas
"feeble" and stating that he

didnt do anything.
He worked in an office, not in a drugstore. Atticus did not drive a dump-truck for the county,
he was not the sheriff, he did not farm, work in a garage, or do anything that could possibly
arouse the admiration of anyone.

Of course, this is the
point of view of a child who knows little about adult status markers. Atticus has a
higher-status job than any of those that Scout names. Also, in this very chapter, he will arouse
the admiration of his peers when he shoots the rabid dog.

Twocentral to the
story emerge in these chapters. The first is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Scout hears
this from Atticus and asks Miss Maudie why that is. Miss Maudie says,

Mockingbirds dont do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They
dont eat up peoples gardens, dont nest in corncribs, they dont do one thing but sing their
hearts out for us. Thats why its a sin to kill a mockingbird.

In other words, mockingbirds are innocent creatures who harm nobody and bring happiness
into the world. In the novel, they come to be connected to Tom Robinson and , innocent people
treated with prejudice.

A second theme that emerges shows that Atticus is an
extremely honorable man. For example, he shows his integrity when he tells Scout he couldn't
live with himself if he didn't give Tom Robinson as fair defense:

I couldnt hold up my head in town, I couldnt represent this county in the legislature,
I couldnt even tell you ornot to do something again.

Friday 14 August 2009

In Hamlets soliloquy "To be or not to be," what side of the problem does Hamlet choose?

At the end of
his , he makes it very clear that his answer is that he cannot kill himself:

Thus the native hue of resolution/ Is sicklied o'er with the pale
cast of thought

He is essentially saying, "Clearly I
am getting slowed down because I have to think so much about this idea and whether or not
suicide is worth it, given that it is both a mortal sin and leads to an afterlife 'from whose
bourn no traveller returns' to tell us what it is like, so it is plenty scary."

In "los[ing] the name of action,"decides that he cannot go through with his
plan to kill himself and will instead continue to exist. He continues to struggle with why he
should exist, though as the previous answers make clear, he eventually decides that...

What is Atticus's approach to parenting in To Kill a Mockingbird, and can it be criticized?

's
parenting style seems to be best explained during his Christmas talk with his brother
Jack.

"I just hope thatandcome to me for their
answers instead of listening to the town. I hope they trust me enough... 
()

Atticus gives his children more
independence than most parents, and Jem and Scout seem to understand that their relationship is
something special, as evidenced by the children calling their father by his first name. Atticus
has never resorted to spanking his children, and Jem knows that the threat is enough to keep
him honest.

"Atticus ain't ever whipped me since I
can remember. I wanta keep it that way."  ()

Although Atticus does set neighborhood boundaries for Jem and
Scout and puts his foot down when he has to (such as when he puts an end to thegame, and when he
demands that Jem read to Mrs. Dubose as punishment), he hates to force his children to do things
without an explanation. When Scout decides she wants to quit school, Atticus reasons with her
instead, offering her a compromise.

"If you'll
concede the necessity of going to school, we'll go on reading every night just as we always
have. Is it a bargain?"
     "Yes sir!" 
()

Atticus's advice is memorable to
both the reader and to his children. Scout never forgets about how important it is to
"climb into his skin and walk around in it" before judging others, and she comes to
understand the meaning and symbolism found in his warning that "it's a sin to kill a
mockingbird."

While it is true that many people--particularly Aunt
Alexandra and Miss Stephanie--believe that Atticus allows his children too much freedom and that
they are in need of a mother's touch, Atticus always makes time for Jem and Scout, reading to
Scout each night and always making himself available to answer their questions. We know that
Atticus's parenting skills served their purpose and that Jem and Scout both turned out okay.
Scout reveals on the first page of the novel that, even as adults, it was the much older, wiser,
and always diplomatic Atticus that they still turned to.

We were far too old to settle an argument with a fist-fight, so we consulted Atticus.
Our father said we were both right.  ()

Thursday 13 August 2009

What is the most significant part in the text where Rousseau comments on Nature or the Nature of Being?

Rousseau talks
of mans state of nature (nature of being) in the first and second sections of the first part of
his discourse. The second part delves more into inequality by tying the state of nature and mans
activities.

According to Rousseau man is fundamentally an animal like any
other, differing only with regard to perfectibility. Man, being exposed to nature, is able to
learn and develop rational thinking, which guides man's activities. However, in the preceding
state of nature, man is unaware of the concept of good and evil because of the diminished level
of reasoning or rational thinking. In this regard, Rousseau invokes caution against Hobbess
conclusion that man in a state...

Wednesday 12 August 2009

Properties of Radicals: Sinplify the expression in simplest form. ^5radical1215I need help understanding how to do a problem like this. I didn't...

You should
notice that your problem involves rational exponents, hence you need to remember that the fifth
root means one fifth power such that:

`root(5)(1215) =
(1215)^(1/5)`

Notice that the denominator...

How is imagery of food and drink used in Alfred Tennyson's "Ulysses"?

of food and
drink plays a subtle but important role in Alfred Tennysons poem . In the poem, Ulysses €“ the
great Greek epic hero €“ decides to continue voyaging rather than staying in Ithaca, from which
he had been absent for twenty years. Examples in the poem of imagery of eating and drinking
include the following:

• In line 5, Ulysses says that the people he
  now rules hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. He thereby implies that they are
  materialistic and are concerned only with the pleasures of the flesh. They do not appreciate the
  loftier ideals that motivate their king.
• In contrast to his rather lazy
  people, Ulysses proclaims that he himself will

drink

Life to the...

Monday 10 August 2009

What are the three literary techniques in Lucille Clifton's poem "We and They"?

I have
always liked 's poetry. Many of her pieces, including this poem "We and They," have a
strong note of playful optimism.

One literary technique that she uses in this
poem is rhyme. The poem is, which means that it doesn't use regular rhyme, but there
are...

How are the lives of the three female characters in Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" representative of the theme of the story?

The three
female characters in byconstitute a small black family.  The story belongs to the first
person narrator, Mrs. Johnson, the mother of two girls: Maggie and Dee.   

The theme of the story focuses on heritage and its meaning.  To the author, heritage
implies the family legacy and the representation of an ongoing link from past to present
culture.  Each of the characters in the story perceive heritage in her own way. 

Mama represents the past and the present.  She grew up
without an education.  What she has in her life is important to her. It may not be much, but it
is her legacy. The things that she possesses came to her from her ancestors. This to Mama
represents her family heritage.

Yet, Mama is a realist.  She tells the reader
that she knows that the house they live in now is the same as the one that burned down.  It is a
shack with holes in the walls for windows.

Today is important to Mama
because Dee is coming for a visit.  Mama and her...

Saturday 8 August 2009

How many newtons does a 3.8 kg backpack weigh on Earth and on the moon?

The newton (N)
is the unit of force in the SI system.  Weight is considered a force because it is the product
of an object's mass and the value for the acceleration of gravity acting on the
object.

Mass is the amount of matter in an object and does not change with
location.  Therefore, the mass of the backpack will be 3.8 kg on earth and on the...

To what extent did militarism contribute to the origin of World War II?

Militarism
was important in contributing to WWII.  Hitler always appeared in military uniform and did not
let the public forget that the German army did not lose in the field, but rather the civilian
leadership "betrayed" the army at Versailles.  Hitler also used the creation of
munitions as a way to increase employment in Nazi Germany.  American visitors to Nazi Germany
who did not see the early stages of the Holocaust admired the efficiency of the German
workforce--they did not realize that the workforce was making weapons for an imminent war.
 Military parades would be a sign of Nazi party strength throughout the time the party
maintained power.  

In Japan, the military was promoted as a way for the
country to ensure its continued growth.  Japan felt cheated at the Washington Naval Conference,
as the size of its navy was less than the size of the rival British and American fleets.  Japan
looked to the rest of Asia for natural resources, and saw the European colonial
interests...

What are some examples of figurative language in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?

There is
much figurative language in this novel. At Ona and Jurgis's wedding, for example, Ona is
described wearing clothes and decorations that symbolize her
innocence and purityespecially through the color white. Through her flowers, she is connected to
nature. Green is a color that stands for youth, and her youth is symbolized by the bright green
rose leaves:

She wore a muslin dress, conspicuously white,
and a stiff little veil coming to her shoulders. There were five pink paper roses twisted in the
veil, and eleven bright green rose leaves. There were new white cotton gloves upon her hands,
and as she stood staring about her she twisted them together feverishly.

Also at Jurgis and Ona's wedding, one of the musicians is described
as:

a Slovak, a tall, gaunt man with black-rimmed
spectacles and the mute and patient look of an overdriven mule; he responds to the whip but
feebly, and then always falls back into his old rut.

In
this quote above, the Slovak violinist is compared to a mule...

What is the climax of the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho?

Ain
literature is the turning point of the story. It is also considered the apex of the drama in a
narrative. Before the climax of a story, the plot action builds up to this point. After the
climax of a story, the plot must be somehow resolved.

In the novel
, written by , the climax of the story is when Santiago finally achieves
his master work. Throughout the novel Santiago is searching for his personal legend. He meets
many people along the way, including The Alchemist. The Alchemist helps Santiago by explaining
to him types of master works such as turning metals into gold. Santiago eventually learns that
his master work, being able to communicate with nature and the elements, is an important part of
finding his personal legend. Santiago must realize that this is important to this journey so
that he can continue on to find his treasure.

Friday 7 August 2009

How is Scrooge portrayed as an outsider in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?

Before his
character is reformed, Scrooge is portrayed as cold-hearted and miserly man who values money
over friendship. As such, we see evidence of his status as a social outcast and outsider in the
first stave (or chapter) of the story. In the opening paragraphs, for example, Dickens' writes
that Scrooge is as "solitary as an oyster" and that he very little to do with the rest
of society:

"Nobody ever stopped him in the street to
say, with gladsome looks, ``My dear Scrooge, how are you...No beggars implored him to bestow a
trifle, no children asked him what it was o'clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life
inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge."

Dickens also states that Scrooge spent all of his days in his counting-house. He never
visits other people and he even turns down his nephew's request to spend Christmas Day
together. 

Later, when visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present, some of the
images shown to him demonstrate his status as an outsider. At Fred's house, for example, the
game of Yes and No shows how little he is valued by other people. They compare Scrooge to a
"disagreeable" and "savage animal" because they cannot relate to him as a
fellow human. Similarly, at Old Joe's Shop, in stave four, the women find it morally easy to
steal Scrooge's possessions and sell them. Again, these women cannot relate to Scrooge because
his values and character are so different to their own. His material focus and emphasis on
wealth alienated him and made him stand out:

"Every
person has a right to take care of themselves. He always did!"

"Why
wasn't he natural in his lifetime? If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after him when
he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by
himself."

It is only when Scrooge is redeemed, in
the fifth stave, that he loses his outsider status. By reconnecting with people like Fred and
Tiny Tim, he becomes a well-liked and respected member of society. 

 

Thursday 6 August 2009

In To Kill a Mockingbird, how does the aftermath of the children's Halloween prank provide another example of the novel's themes of prejudice and false...

On
the evening of the previous Halloween, the children of Maycomb combined their collective
strength and sneakiness to pull off a prank. Misses Tutti and Frutti (real names Sarah and
Frances) Barber live together in the only home in town with a cellar. One further key point is
that both sisters are hard of hearing.

After they go to bed, the Maycomb kids
sneak into the Barbers' home and move all of their furniture to their cellar. When the sisters
wake up and discover the "robbery," they are certain they know who has committed the
crime: Syrians.

"Da-rk they were," Miss Tutti notes. Miss Frutti
adds that "she'd know a Maycomb voice anywhere" (an interesting statement from a woman
who is hard of hearing), "and there were no Maycomb voices in that parlor." She goes
on to say that she heard them "rolling their r's all over her premises."

Of course, the sisters heard no such thing, and their home was absolutely full of young
Maycomb voices pulling off the big prank. Nevertheless, the sisters are quick to place blame on
people of color and on people who speak with a foreign accent, further showing how easily
marginalized people can be blamed for something in light of an individual's
prejudices.

Wednesday 5 August 2009

Conflict In The Great Gatsby

The main
conflict in a story, novel, play or motion picture is usually based on the 's motivation. The
protagonist is not always the hero, but in the case of it iswho is the
protagonist. His motivation--what he wants--is obviously. The conflict--why can't he get
her?--arises because of several obstacles. For one thing, she is already married. Not only that
but she has a little daughter. Gatsby has tried very hard to make a lot of money and to become a
facsimile of an upper-class gentleman, but his criminal career and his crooked associates work
against him....

In "Eveline," why did Joyce dedicate all these lines to talk about the unknown priest?

Early in 's
short story "," the wearylooks around the room,

reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many
years,.... from which we had never dreamed of being divided.  And yet during all those years she
had never found out the name of the priest who yellowing photograph hung on the wall above the
broken harmonium...

Like much of Eveline's life, the
photograph of the nameless priest is just there, without meaning.  Here her plight as an Irish
woman is portrayed by Joyce:  trapped into a meaningless life, Eveline turns over her paycheck
and is subjugated to her father, who is also abusive.  The priest was, at one time, a friend of
her father's, but he has now gone to Australia and is never mentioned.  Only a "casual
word" is given by the father when he "showed the photograph to a
visitor."

The...

The motif of death in the novel As I Lay Dying? As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

's darkly
comic novel, , all of the action of the narrative finds its focal point in
the death of Addie Bundren.  Thus, the motif of death is recurrent throughout the
novel. 

Death becomes both a physical
presence 

Most of the action of Faulkner's plot revolves
around the building of the casket for the dying Addie and the journey of transporting her body
to Jefferson where she can be buried with her family members.  So much a spiritual and physical
presence is the dead Addie Bundren that her children become confused about the meanings of their
own existences as well as the meaning of death.  For instance, the smallest boy, Vardaman,
drills holes in his mother's casket so that she can breathe, but when the casket slips off the
wagon as the family attempts to cross the flooded river, Vardaman becomes confused and imagines,
"My mother is a fish."

Dewey Dell feels that her mother has died
"too soon" because she is not ready to take her place as a mother.  Instead, she seeks
an abortion, she seeks death.

Jewel grabs his mother's casket as it slides
from the wagon and "rides it," clinging to it.  It is almost as though the dead Addie
and Jewel's horse, which he also loves, are similar.  Again, there is a confusion in the meaning
of death for one of Addie's children. 

Death as a relief from
suffering

Dewey Dell seeks an abortion, a death, as a relief
from her worry of having a baby.

Darl Bundren participates in the journey to
Jefferson with his mother's remains, but he is embarrassed by his family who drags his mother
all over the county.  So, he burns down Gillespie's barn in which his mother's casket is put out
of the rain in order to end the embarrassing affair.  Dewey Dell has him committed to an insane
asylum and Darl laughs on the train, talking about himself in the third person as though he is
gone or like the dead.

Dr. Peabody furthers the motif of death as a cure for
the suffering life brings when he says,

"God
Almighty, why didn't Anse carry you to the nearest sawmill and stick your leg in the saw?  That
would have cured it.  Then you all could have stuck his head into the saw and cured a whole
family."

With her own narration which reveals how
her life has been a death venture, Addie describes how she has despised her husband and borne
him the last two children to make up for her love child, Jewel.  For Addie, death is certainly a
respite from her life of suffering.  As she dies, she tells the children, "You will all
have to look out for Pa the best you can."

Certainly, mortality is not
glorified in Faulkner's novel; rather, it is treated in a narrative that verges onas the
dysfunctional family of Bundren carry more than the burden of their mother's casket. 

 

What role do "buzzards" play in As I Lay Dying? Or maybe in Jewel's mind? Cite as many sources as possible from the novel to support your points...

On a literal
level, the buzzards that follow the Bundrens' wagon in 's are a constant
reminder that Addie's body is decaying. The number of buzzards increases as time passes, and the
birds become more aggressive, moving closer and closer to Addie's corpse as the family travels
toward her burial place. The buzzards remind readers that it is past time to give Addie a decent
burial, yet her family is determined to continue the gruesome odyssey to reach the cemetery in
town.

Several members of the Bundren family can be viewed symbolically as
buzzards. Like the birds that circle the wagon, they prey on a dead body, using Addie's corpse
as a means to their own aims. Though there is a nearby cemetery available, some of the family
have their own selfish reasons for bypassing this solution and traveling to the town of
Jefferson. Dewey Dell, for example, wants to go to town to get an abortion. Cash perhaps uses
his mother's death as a way to stroke his own ego in regard to his carpentry skills. He is,
after all, focused on precision as he saws and joins the planks for Addie's coffin. Cash is also
fond of the phonograph the family eventually obtains in Jefferson. Even Vardaman, the youngest
of the children, has selfish goals for the trip to town: he wants to see the train in the store
window and eat some bananas.

Anse, however, is surely the alpha buzzard. Anse
preys not only on Addie, but on almost everyone he encounters in the novel. He uses his
neighbors to do his farm work, he steals money from Dewey Dell, and he trades Jewel's horse for
a mule team. He takes from others, yet he proudly proclaims that "we would be beholden to
no man." While claiming that the trip to town was his wife Addie's final request, Anse uses
the occasion of his wife's death to get new teeth and a new wife.

Like
buzzards that prey on the dead, the Bundrens use Addie's death as a means to fulfill their own
secret desires.

In the story Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, how is the nature of evil presented in the story?

As in others
of his works, in ","  suggests an accusation of the "secret sin" of
hypocrisy--the grievous evil in men's hearts.  Like so many Puritans, Goodman Brown is
sanctimonious in "his evil purpose," declaring to the devilish old man who acts as his
escort into the dark forest,

'My father never went into
the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him.  We have been a race of honest men and
good Crhistians since the days of the martyrs; and shall I be the first of the name of Brown
that ever took this path and kep'--

While Goodman Brown
deceives himself into thinking that he can walk with evil and not sin because he is such a good
man, the devil's reply is a rebuttal of this hypocrisy and acts asfor the double entendre,
"loss of Faith," in "Young Goodman Brown":

'Such company, thou wouldst say....I have been as well acquainted with your family as
with ever a one among the Puritans; and that's no trifle to say.  I helped...

Tuesday 4 August 2009

What role do dreams play in In Cold Blood?

In the
first chapter of , Capote discusses the dreams of Herb Clutter in close
proximity to Perry's dreams, setting the tone for the rest of the book and establishing the
thematic role of dreams. The dreams of these two men, and the steps they take to achieve them,
give the reader a sense of who they are: Herb Clutter is characterized as a practical and
hardworking man with conventional dreams of security, while Perry is characterized as a
childlike man in pursuit of fantasies that are out of reach despite his imagination's ability to
conjure them.

Since his childhood days growing up on a farm, Herb Clutter
dreamed of owning his own land as an adult. This dream was so much a part of Herb that he gave
up a secure job in order to pursue the dream. Additionally, Herb dreamed of having a family,
which he also accomplished. Both of these dreams are wholesome and within reach for many people,
and Herb Clutter manages to have both by the time of his death. Meanwhile, Perry's
dreams...

Discuss the theme of friendship in A Passage to India.

Brayan Effertz

Friendship is a central theme of the novel. Forster uses it to highlight the problems
caused by society and in particular, society in a colonised country. The three major friendships
of the novel all involve the main Indian character, Aziz. He attempts to forge connections with
the English trio of Mrs Moore, Adela, and Fielding. In each case, even if the friendship begins
promisingly, it is soon beset by difficulties which are never wholly surmounted.

To look first at Aziz and Fielding, they seem to get on very well indeed for a time,
but sadly their mutual friendship and respect is damaged by Azizs trial. Aziz comes to harbour a
general hatred of the English as a result, or at least he tries to, and to this end readily
believes the worst of even Fielding.

Even though the two men are reconciled
by the end, they never quite regain the same esteem for each other as before. Aziz now really
wants to have nothing to do with the English, while Fielding too has...

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What is quantum science?

Quantum science,
also called quantum mechanics, is the branch of science that describes the behavior of photons
and sub-atomic particles. This behavior is very different from what is observed in the world of
classical physics. The word quantum describes something that only exists in specific amounts. A
staircase is anof something that is quantized, since you can only stand on one step or another,
not in between. An elevator would not be quantized, as it's not limited to certain...

Monday 3 August 2009

What were five challenges faced by the early colonists as they established the first colonies?

The early
colonists faced a number of difficulties as they attempted to settle the first colonies. The
colonists arrived in new lands where the environmental conditions were extreme and they were
ill-equipped to deal with them. The settlers in Jamestown faced heat, insects, and brackish salt
water while years later, the settlers of Plymouth Colony encountered cold harsh winters in
thickly forested lands which were also surrounded by salt water. In both cases, the early
colonists had to secure fresh water sources. Many colonists suffered from new diseases that they
had no immunity to, and from those they brought with them since medical care was lacking. In
both of the earliest colonies, the settlers were ignorant on how to grow foodstuffs in the soil
and environmental conditions in the new lands. They had to establish tenuous working
relationships with the indigenous peoples in order to survive. This was a way to secure reliable
food sources. The work ethic of the early settlers in Jamestown was questionable since many of
them were aristocrats who were not used to performing the tasks needed for survival.  In
addition, the settlers faced issues with self-governance. They had to establish rules, choose
leaders, and develop consequences for digressions from the established
norms.

money banking and finacial markets Explain why being a residual claimant makes stock ownership risky

In
relation to stocks, in general, stocks, residual equity claims, are only traded on the stock
market, therefore their residual characteristics do not come into play and therefore do not
materially add to a stock's other risk factors. Only when a business is closing its doors, for
one reason or another, and settling its debts does the residual characteristic of equity
investments become an active risk factor. It is then, when a business is closing, that the total
liabilities must be met before residual equity claims are met: (total assets - total
liabilities) - residual claims.

Sunday 2 August 2009

How would you characterize the narrator's feeling for Mangan's sister? Why does he want to buy her a present at the bazaar?

The narrator feels
nothing less than a complete childish infatuation with Mangan's sister. He views her with almost
saint-like reverence, and indeed, the way she is described through the first person point of
view makes her appear ethereal, almost angelic:

She was
waiting for us, her figure defined by the light from the half-opened door... Her dress swung as
she moved her body and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side.

The narrator's fascination with Mangan's sister borders on the
obsessive - he waits for hours starring at the house trying to catch a glimpse of her and
engineers situations where he can walk past her. He is clearly entranced by her even though he
admits:

I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual
words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.

It is because of this infatuation that he is willing to risk the
anger of his uncle by going toand buying something from the bazaar - he imagines himself as a
knight embarking on a quest for a treasure that he can present to his true love. It is this
childish, romantic notion that is dismissed by the epiphany at the end of the
story.

Saturday 1 August 2009

What do we know about the man and the girl's past life, and what has happened to the quality of their relationship?

We know that the young
woman, called Jig, and the American man now have to "try and have a fine time." It
isn't something that comes easily to them now, though it might once have. Jig tries to say
"bright" things in her effort to lighten the mood of the conversation. The man tells
her that once she has this supposedly "awfully simple operation," they'll "be
fine afterwards. Just like [they] were before [...]. It's the only thing that's made us
unhappy." Therefore, we can see that the couple feels that they used to be happy, but now
they are not, and they struggle to have a good time together.

Further, Jig
asks the man "And if I do it you'll be happy and things will be like they were and you'll
love me?" They both seem to want the relationship to feel the way it
felt before, before the couple got its own white elephant, it seems. Jig points out that the
hills look like white elephants, which is a pretty significant clue (along with references to an
unnamed operation that will restore their...

In the novel "The Bronze Bow," what is Daniel's character? Anyone describe his characteristics in detail? (brave, etc.)

In the
beginning of the novel we meet Daniel.  He was a slave for a Blacksmith, and because he was
treated so badly he ran away.  Daniel was an angry teen when the story begins.  He hates the
Romans for destroying his family and makes a vow to kill them to avenge the death of his
parents.  He is angry and he is brave in many ways.  He shows that he is unafraid of the
challenges he has set before him.  Daniel is also loyal to those people he...

In Act 1 Scene 3, how are the characters of Macbeth and Banquo different? Only up to Act 1 Scene 3 please.

is the
first to notice , questioning them and making observations about what the witches look
like. adds a one-line question: Speak, if you can: what are you?  Already, Banquo seems more
able or likely to question and challenge the strange beings, whileseems almost
speechless.

After the witches hail Macbeth as thane of Glamis, thane of
Cawdor, and king herafter, Macbeth stands startled and silent. We know about Macbeths
amazement because Banquo says:

Good
sir, why do you start; and seem to fear
Things that do sound so fair?

Banquo goes on to boldly ask the witches what they have
to say about his future:

Speak then to me, who
neither beg nor fear
Your favours nor your hate.

The witches reveal to Banquo that his descendants will be kings although he
himself will not. Then the witches vanish as Macbeth finally speaks and tries to ask them more
detail about what they mean with their prophecies about him. Macbeth wishes they had stayed to
explain.

What are five lessons that Santiago learned in part one of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho?

Paul Coehlo's
deals with several themes, including the nature of desire, coming of age,
seeking your life's purpose, recognizing and attaining your dreams, and paying attention to the
beauty and lessons you encounter on your journey. Below are a series of fundamental lessons that
Santiago learns through the five main parts of his journey to self-fulfillment and
understanding.

The , introduced to the reader simply as a young boy on the
cusp of adulthood tending sheep in the Spanish country side, encounters a mystical figure who
encourages him to take his first step into the wide world beyond his familiar, recognizable
homeland. Thus the first lesson Santiago learns in the first part of the book is to recognize
the inherent calling that makes you, you and to embark on a journey of discovery to seek after
that calling (part one).

After Santiago embarks on his journey to seek a
"treasure" hidden in The Great Pyramids, he begins to encounter difficulties and the
struggle to stay your course in the face of challenges and complexity. He learns through daily
living with a merchant in Morocco that everyone in life has a deep purpose and it's up to each
of us to pursue it and not stay stagnant. Santiago sees a reflection of this potential future in
the crystal merchant he takes up shop with, and he learns to avoid being lost in the minutiae of
life's ups-and-downs, finally recommitting to his quest (part two).

Santiago
begins the long journey across the wide desert of the Sahara on his way to Egypt, and now he has
built up his skill for interpreting the signs in the world that can help or harm you. His time
in the desert among the nomadic people teaches him to live without fear and recognize how the
world teaches you to achieve your life's purpose (part three).

In his journey
across the desert, Santiago also learns to set aside all else but the goal of your desire,
understanding that everything works out in its own time (part four).

And
finally, at the completion of his journey Santiago learns that you must always apply everything
you've learned to overcoming the greater and greater difficulties that life sends your way to
test your knowledge, resolve and dedication to achieving your purpose (part
five).

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