Why didnt Marshall yell?

April's
supposed to be babysitting Marshall while doing her homework. But before she can begin, she
realizes that she's forgotten her math book; she left it back in Egypt, so she has no choice but
to go get it. She wants to go by herself, but Marshall's having none of it: he wants to come
with...

Rationalists hold that the mind contains ideas innate (built-in) from birth. The Empiricists hold that the mind is a tabula rasa or blank slate...

The
competing ideas of inbred intelligence and "Tabula rasa" polarize the debate about
human intelligence and learning. If we are to believe the rationalist perspective, individuals
are born with some innate knowledge that manifests itself throughout the life cycle, essentially
saying that there is archaic human experience in our genetics that holds over knowledge from
previous generations. However, the empiricist perspective makes the argument that humanity is
born with nothing, a blank slate on which to make our memories and create knowledge.

While both of these concepts have their merits, there is some scientific evidence for
instinctual knowledgeessentially knowledge that, like the...

In As I Lay Dying why does Darl say Jewel's mother is a horse?

Impassioned and wild and
set apart from the family, Jewel has a special connection to a horse just as his mother has a
special connection to him.

"Jewel Bundren, Preacher
Whitfields illegitimate son. A violent young man, he loves only his horse, which costs him many
long hours of labor at night" . 

While each
child in the family is different from the others, Darl understands that Jewel is the only one
with a different father. In a figurative way, this means that Jewel's mother was "another
Addie" when she conceived Jewel -- wild, willful and untamed. Conceiving Jewel in a
clandestine affair, Addie was not the same bitter and resistant mother that she was with the
others. 

This difference is borne out in the way that Addie treats Jewel,
doting on him as she does not dote on the others, despite Jewel's hard-headed wildness. Jewel is
the one that Addie "labored so to bear and coddled and petted so and him flinging into
tantrums and sulking spells[...]."

Notably, Jewel treats his horse in
ways that directly parallel the treatment he received from his mother. He attends to the horse's
willfulness and skittishness with a passionate and whole-hearted concern, as when he sometimes
is shown "patting the horse's neck in short strokes myriad and caressing, cursing the horse
with obscene ferocity." 

Furthermore, Jewel's larger relationship to his
horse has a strong resemblance to that of his mother's relationship to him. Jewel spends months
secretly working to clear a field at night, by the light of a lantern, in order to earn the
money to buy his horse. Then he spends countless hours trying to tame the animal. The horse will
acquiesce to its situation at times, but refuses ultimately to be tamed.

The
parallel between Jewel's pre-history and Addie's narrative continues with this detail as
Addie is never resigned to her place in the family, as we find out in the chapter she narrates.
Like Jewel's horse, Addie may occupy a formal place within the family's schema but her heart is
not in it. She holds herself apart. 

"I gave Anse
Dewey Dell to negative Jewel. Then I gave him Vardaman to replace the child I had robbed him of.
And now he has three children that are his and not mine." 

Jewel's connection to the semi-wild horse that he has acquired secretly is thus a
multi-leveled parallel to his relationship to Addie, his mother. 

Finally,
Jewel is forced to give up his horse in order to complete the family's quest to bury Addie where
she wants to be buried. When he does so, Jewel's act symbolizes a recognition that his mother is
truly gone. It is a burial rite, of sorts, and one that expresses Jewel's devotion to his mother
and the degree to which he becomes forlorn at her loss.

The radius of a circle is 17 cm. A chord (XY) lies 9 cm from the center and divides the circle into two segments. Find the perimeter of the minor...

We are given
a circle with radius 17 cm. There is a chord 9 cm from the center. We are asked to find the
perimeter of the minor segment formed by the chord.

Let the center of the
circle be O, and the endpoints of the chord be A and B. We can draw a radius perpendicular to
the chord; label the intersection of this radius M.

The perimeter of the
minor segment is the length of minor arc AB plus the length of the chord AB.

First, find the length of the chord. Note that OB = 17 (it is a radius.) OM = 9 since
the definition of the distance of a chord from the center of the circle is the length of the
segment drawn from the center perpendicular to the chord.

Using the
Pythagorean theorem we find that

`MB = 4sqrt(13) => AB
= 8sqrt(13)`

If we measure the central angle `angle AOB`
in radians, the arc length s of the minor arc from A to B is given by `s = r theta` where r is
the radius (17) and `theta` is the measure of the central angle.

Using
right-triangle trigonometry, we find that `m angle BOM = cos^(-1)(9/17)`, so the measure of the
central angle is `m angle AOB = 2cos^(-1)(9/17)` .

Then `s =
17*[2cos^(-1)(9/17)]=34cos^(-1)(9/17)` .

If we measure in degrees, the length
of the arc is `s = (m angle AOB)/360*(2 pi r) = (2cos^(-1)(9/17))/360 * (2 pi 17)`

The perimeter of the minor segment is then:

`p = 8sqrt(13)+34cos^(-1)(9/17)` (where the arccos, or inverse
cosine, is measured in radians), which is approximately 63.28cm.

If we measure in degrees, it is:

`p =
8sqrt(13)+(17pi)/90 cos^(-1)(9/17)`

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In Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Chains, how does Curzon persuade Isabel to be a patriot spy?

In the
beginning of s novel , Isabel, the 13-year-old , and her mentally
disabled younger sister are slaves with the advantage of a relatively benign master.  Miss Mary
Finch, their owner, has promised the girls their freedom when she dies.  Unfortunately for
Isabel and Ruth, though, Miss Finchs nephew cares little for his now-deceased aunts gesture
towards these young girls and chooses instead to sell them into captivity.  The couple that buys
the girls, the Locktons, are evil personified in their treatment of Isabel, and her and Ruths
lives are worse than ever.  Isabels introduction to the Locktons, however, is accompanies by her
first encounter with a young, refined slave named Curzon.  A slave to Mr. Bellingham, Curzon is
no fool; he knows how to ingratiate himself with the Locktons, and displays a mastery of
emotional manipulation in his attempts at meeting Isabel.  Having offered to show Isabel how to
find the water pump and then escort her to the Locktons home, the young boy replies to Mr.
Lockton query as to whether Curzon knows the location of the formers estate: One of
the proudest in our city, sir, the boy answered as he put his hat back on his
head.

Curzons desire to escort Isabel represents an attempt at
furthering his agenda.  If Mr. Lockton is evil, Curzon is a polite, resourceful gentleman who
immediately sees to Isabels needs, offering her food and a place to sit while she eats.  When
Isabel has finished her food, Curzons true character is revealed.  Inquiring as to how long she
has been the property of the Locktons, he informs her that Lockton is a dirty
Loyalist.

Curzon may be a slave, but he has decidedly chosen his
position in the revolutionary conflict that is brewing between the colonialists and the British
Crown.  As their conversation proceeds, Curzon remains intent on figuring out as precisely as
possible the exact nature of Isabels relationship to the Locktons.  In effect, he wants to know
if Isabel is loyal to the Locktons, thereby making her loyal to the Crown.  Isabel answers
Curzons question about whether she feels loyal to the Locktons by noting that her and her
sisters welfare, at least for the time being, are tied to the girls new masters:

Someday Ill find that lawyer and Miss Marys will and
thatll free us.  Until then, we need to eat, work and stay together.  So, yes, I guess Im loyal
to Lockton.

It is at this stage in the
conversation that Curzon plants the seeds of deception in Isabels mind, albeit unsuccessfully at
first:

We paused at a corner while a soldier
drove a cart filled with barrels down the street.  After we crossed, Curzon spoke so quiet I had
to lean in to catch his words.  €˜You might be better served if you placed your loyalty with
us.

Explaining that us refers to his
master, and those he serves, the rebels, the Congress, Curzon explains to
Isabel that her freedom can be better assured by supporting the rebel cause

The conversation continues, with Curzon explaining in great detail the threat Mr.
Lockton poses to the revolutionaries and how information regarding Isabels new master could
benefit the cause.  You just have to listen and alert me if you hear anything
important, he tells the reluctant Isabel.

This is the manner in
which Curzon tries to recruit Isabel to the side of the rebels.  Spying on Lockton could provide
important information on what the Loyalists are thinking and provide advance notice of actions
the Loyalists and the British soldiers are contemplating.

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In 1984, why does Winston Smith hesitate to write in his diary?

In
totalitarian states like Oceania, privacy is virtually nonexistent. The government seeks to
control not just how people behave, but also their thoughts. The totalitarian state will not
allow any spheres of privacy for the individual. This makes it easier for the state to subject
all citizens to constant surveillance. Given the purported omniscience of the state, starting a
journal is a very risky thing forto do. If caught, he runs the serious risk of being
vaporized.It is not in the least bit surprising that he hesitates before writing in his
diary.

In Winston's world, setting down one's thoughts in written form is not
a simple case of putting pen to paper; it is an act of subversion, an act of liberation, and an
act of defiance against a state which will never truly be able to plumb the innermost depths of
the human soul. In Oceania, harboring independent thoughts is cause for suspicion. Committing
those thoughts to paper is tantamount to treason. Winston knows he is about to cross a very
dangerous line. This is why he hesitates.

What does the coral paperweight symbolize in 1984?

The coral
paperweight symbolizes 's desire to escape into the time before the Party took over. He longs,
in an idealized way, to recapture some of what normal life was like in those former days. As
Winston thinks when he buys the artifact:

What appealed to
him about it was not so much its beauty as the air it seemed to possess of belonging to an age
quite different from the present one. The soft, rainwatery glass was not like any glass that he
had ever seen.

The coral paperweight also symbolizes the
special world that Winston attempts to create withseparate from the everyday world
of...

What are the plot, rising action, crisis, climax, and falling action of this story?

""
byis an American classic that many a reader has enjoyed. The setting of this tale suggests that
rural beauty and comfort exist there; however, a ghostly headless horseman is rumored to haunt
this area.

The narrator describes the lovely, desultory
valley in which the story is set. While many migrate to the state of New York, they go past by
this " site" founded by the Dutch. The area is, thus, much unchanged since it was
first discovered. The residents have a penchant for all kinds of superstitions, but the
"dominant spirit" that haunts the region is a Hessian trooper who rides on horseback
without his head. At night, he rides forth to the scene where he lost his head during some
nameless battle of the Revolution. However, his haunts are not confined there; he goes to
adjacent roads, but he must always return to the church-yard before dawn.

Into this area, Ichabod Crane from Connecticut has come to be the schoolmaster. His
last name befits him as he is very tall and lanky, with narrow shoulders and long legs and arms.
His hands dangle from his sleeves, and when he walks, he resembles a scarecrow. His head is
small, and it sits upon a "spindle neck."

During the school day,
Crane is very strict; however, after school, he becomes "wonderfully gentle on the
boys." He is also inclined to visit with the mothers, bouncing a baby on his lap. The
narrator describes him as "[O]ur man of letters," who "was peculiarly happy in
the smiles of all the country damsels." Further, Ichabod carries with him "the market
of human gossip," and he fills his head with "Mather's book" and wives' tales
with which to entertain the wives as he bounces their young on his knees. On his way home, the
superstitious Ichabod is "beset by Satan" as he imagines "fearful shapes and
shadows." 

RISING ACTION

When Ichabod plays psalms,
one of his "musical disciples" is Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a wealthy Dutch
farmer. She is a young woman, pleasing both for her plump beauty and for her "vast
expectations," as her father has a marvelous farm. After Crane visits the Van Tassels'
mansion, "the conquest of his heart is complete." Unfortunately, there is a rival for
Katrina's affections, Brom van Brunt, whose physical structure contrasts greatly with that of
Ichabod Crane's. He is broad-shouldered and athletic. He is "foremost at all races and
cock-fights"; with his strength, he is the umpire in all arguments and fights. But for all
his brawniness, there is "more mischief than ill-will" in his makeup.

CRISIS

Nevertheless, Crane is faced with a formidable adversary
against whom he must compete for Katrina. But, he is plucky and has perseverance when he
foresees bountiful meals in his future. Under the guise of being the singing-master, Crane
visits the farmhouse and flirts surreptitiously with Katrina. Brom plays many a practical joke
on Crane to run him off, but Ichabod is determined in his pursuit of Katrina.

Ichabod Crane receives an invitation to a "quilting
frolic" to be held at Mynheer Van Tassel's. During the day Crane hurries his students
through their lessons and dismisses the children an hour early. Wishing to appear the cavalier,
Ichabod Crane rents a horse, but the "errant-knight's steed" is a broken down plow
horse. Nevertheless, Crane is gallantly dressed, and he sets forth in search of adventure on the
back of old Gunpowder. As he jogs along, Crane delightfully views the bounty of the Van Tassel's
farm. Once there, Ichabod eats and dances and joins the story-tellers.

The chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite
spectre of Sleepy Hollow, the headless horseman.

Brom
Bones claims to have challenged this headless horseman one night. As his horse Daredevil began
to beat the goblin-horse, they came to the church-bridge and "the Hessian bolted and
vanished in a flash of fire." Crane matches these stories with tales from Cotton Mather and
incidents from Connecticut. The party ends, and Ichabod lingers, believing he can woo Katrina.
But, he soon departs with a desolate look on his face.

On his dark ride home
at the "witching time of night," Ichabod Crane recalls all the stories he has heard of
ghosts and goblins. And, as the night darkens, Crane's imagination ignites, and he fears that he
is being chased by the Hessian in search of his head. When he hears the galloping hooves of his
pursuer's horse, fear strikes Crane; he urges old Gunpowder on, and he comes down on the horse's
backbone so hard he fears he will be knocked apart. After some slipping from side to side by the
saddle, the entire thing falls off the bony horse. But, Crane gives Gunpowder a "convulsive
kick in the sides" and the old horse springs onto the bridge, sending the saddle behind
them. Desperately, Crane clings to the old horse as he hears the black steed snorting in his
wake. "Just then he saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling
his head at him." Ichabod tries to dodge this horrible cranium, but he falls and tumbles
into the dust while Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin race past him "like a
whirlwind."

FALLING ACTION

The next day when the
children come to the schoolhouse, Master Crane is nowhere to be seen. The brook is searched, but
no one finds a trace of Ichabod Crane. On Sunday there is much speculation. Some think Ichabod
has been carried off by the Galloping Hessian. But, since he is a bachelor, the congregation do
not trouble themselves about him. The schoolhouse becomes deserted, too, and "is reported
to be haunted by the ghost of the former pedagogue."

At times a young boy passes the old schoolhouse and reports that he hears a voice in
the distance, singing a "melancholy psalm tune among the tranquil solitudes of Sleepy
Hollow."

How are the characters affected by the outcome of Tom Robinson's trial?

The outcome of the trial
is critical toand 's process of maturation. Scout and Jem believe that Tom will be acquitted
because the evidence is in favor of his acquittal. When he is found guilty, they know that the
legal system in Maycomb is unjust and that the adults who made the decision are flawed and
racist. They develop the idea that life is not always ideal, and their disappointment makes them
more mature and wiser about the world.

is also disappointed by the verdict,
as he held out hope for a fair trial. However, he takes comfort in knowing that the jury did not
decide immediately but took a little while to render their verdict. To Atticus, this means that
they actually did some deliberating, which is a step forward in his view.

The
verdict causes Tom Robinson to try to escape from prison, and he is shot and killed. Bob Ewell
is angered by the trial and later tries to attack Scout and Jem as a
result.

Why do motivational goals need to be challenging but accomplishable?

Striking a balance between challenging goals
that are still accomplishable is key in motivating people to continually press toward
increasingly better performances.

People do need to feel that a goal is
challenging. A goal that is too simplistic isn't worth striving for. It isn't worth a personal
investment. For example, a trainer would not set a goal for a seasoned marathon runner to run a
10K each week. This runner would see no benefit in the goal because it is set below her range of
expertise. Yet goals are important in keeping both individuals and teams of people working
toward the right things. Therefore, a challenging goal keeps people working toward their best
potential and increasing their talents, one step at a time.

Challenging goals
also help alleviate boredom. The marathon runner may feel stuck in a monotonous routine if she
continues running the same paths on the same days each week, always finishing with about the
same time. Her trainer, therefore, may suggest that she change to a more mountainous location
for a while. Or perhaps she sets a goal of running a faster time so that she can enter an
international marathon in a place she's always wanted to visit. By varying goals and increasing
the challenge, the runner is now has a renewed interest in her sport.

It is
important that people feel that goals are not too difficult and that they can accomplish them
with effort. Setting a goal to run a marathon within 6 months for a woman who has never run a 5K
probably isn't going to motivate her to go running. The goal has overtaxed her abilities and may
just overwhelm her instead of motivating her. In another example (because I am an educator and
love reading), setting a goal with a child who struggles with reading (and therefore dislikes
it) to independently read Harry Potter is likely going to seem a monumental
and impossible task. Reading the same book with a parent or teacher or choosing a book that
isn't so visually intimidating will likely better encourage this student to improve her reading
skills.

Goals make people want to push themselves harder and to accomplish
more than they otherwise would. Finding the right goal that challenges and doesn't overwhelm is
key in positive growth.

What is the significance of the mudfrogs metaphor on page 40 of Stargirl?

The mudfrogsis a
literary device that is used to promote one of the main themes of this book, which is the
conflict between individuality and conformity. This is something that occurs throughout the book
and finds its focus in the way thatrepresents the forces of individuality and the High School
where she attends represents conformity. This conformity is so strong that the students
represent mudfrogs in the way that they are all together making exactly the same sound and doing
exactly the same thing. None of them dare to be different or to try and express who they
are.

Stargirl is of course theof this. She not only expresses her
individuality through her dress, actions, and behaviour, but also makes it clear that she
doesn't care about whether her fellow students approve or disapprove of what she does. She is a
character who rejects conformity and sees it as something that is restrictive and negative, as
her experience when she tries to conform amply demonstrates. The mudfrogs metaphor therefore
helps emphasise the central theme of this story.

Compare colonel Pickering and professor Higgins in Pygmalion by G. B. Shaw.

You
already have a very thorough discussion of these two characters in .  I
would simply add a couple of things. Pickeringis, indeed, a rather harmless foil to Higgins, and
he is the one who treats Liza with respect and dignity.  She is quite clear as she talks to the
Colonel in Act V--she is appreciative of his help and recognizes he would have done the same
with anyone because that's just who he is.  On the other side of that, though, he certainly
could have limited Higgins's bullying and nagging.  Instead, he benignly watches the process and
doesn't intervene much at all.  It's true that Liza was not in mortal danger, of course, but he
certainly could have been more involved and shown more compassion.  It works out, though, and
Liza is grateful.  She says to him: 

You see, really and
truly, apart from the things anyone can pick up (the dressing and the proper way of speaking,
and so on), the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how
she's treated. I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me
as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat
me as a lady, and always will.

Higgins is a bully, but he
got the job done.  He does so rather heartlessly, treating Liza as an experiment rather than a
fellow human being.  In fact, when she points that out to him, Higgins proudly proclaims that he
treats everyone that way--king or peasant is all the same to him.  This is his flaw, of course;
people don't really matter except how they fit into his plans.  (Just ask his mother--she would
agree.) 

Perhaps it is true that these two men are two sides of a coin or two
parts of a whole.  If so, they can both take credit for the accomplishment of turning Liza into
a "lady."  But only one of them does, of course, and that's
Higgins. 

What does "put up your swords, you know not what you do" mean?

At
the very beginning of Shakespeare's , two servants from the house of
Capulet and two servants from the house of Montague have drawn their swords and have just come
to blows as other members of each family run into the street.

Level-headed ,
's cousin and friend, tries to act as a peacemaker, stepping into the fray in the hopes of
breaking it up.

BENVOLIO: Part, fools!

He beats down their swords.

Put up your swords.
You know not what you do. (1.1.59€“60)

Benvolio is
essentially saying to the combatants, "Stop this right now! What's wrong with
you?...

What is a documentary (or presenter e.g. Michael Moore) that is known for its bias? What is a documentary (or presenter e.g. Michael Moore) that is...

I would
offer you to take your pick.  Moore has been divergent to an extent in his film-making.  His
early films such as "Roger and Me" and "The Big One" took major and direct
aim at unfair business practices and struck a very populist chord in its assertion that wealthy
industrialists are only that because of the economic brutality perpetrated upon their workers. 
His work took a more decidedly political, anti- Republican stand with "Bowling
for...

In 1984by George Orwell, when Winston helps the girl with dark hair up, we are told that there is a "frightened" look in her eyes. What do we later...

Whenhelps the dark-haired woman up after she falls directly on her injured arm, he
notices that there is an "appealing expression that looked more like fear than pain"
on her face. In the brief moment when Winston is helping her up, the dark-haired woman slips him
a note. Later on, Winston reads the note that says, "I LOVE YOU" on it (, 136). The
woman who fell and slipped Winston the note is named , and Winston previously believed that she
was a member of the Thought Police sent to spy on him.

That night, Winston
thinks about the event and recalls the frightened look on Julia's face when she discreetly
handed him the note. Julia gave Winston a frightened look because she was engaging in a
life-threatening act of rebellion by secretly telling a fellow Party member that she loved him.
Julia knew that she risked spending a lifetime in a concentration camp, being tortured in the
Ministry of Love, or being publicly executed, which explains the frightened look on her
face...

Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet despite his reservations?

The first
reason thatagrees to marry the two young lovers, despite his worries, is, as stated above, that
he sees it as a way to reconcile the warring houses of Montague and Capulet. He states this
clearly and explicitly in the following lines:

In one
respect Ill thy assistant be,

For this alliance may so happy prove

To turn your households rancor to pure love.

There may be other reasons lurking in the back of his mind that are not stated
explicitly. 

Friar Laurence is a Roman Catholic monk and priest. As such, he
would have a duty to prevent his young charge from committing the sin of fornication.is rather
obviously a young man who is quite tempted by this sin. Friar Laurence therefore might have in
mind the dictum of St. Paul:

I say therefore to the
unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I [i.e. be celibate].  But if
they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. (1 Cor
7.8-9)

Thus he may feel that if Romeo settles down and
marries, he andwill be less likely to have sex out of wedlock, which would endanger their
souls. 

 

What makes an individual powerful? For essay help, thanks!

Self-belief, I
think, is the root of power. Even if one has money, to have power means to have influence and
control, and these qualities start on the inside.

Power can be interpreted
many ways: it can be a physical strength, a material strength or a psychological strength, and
it can be asserted positively or negatively. Hitler certainly had power: he believed in his
theories, was passionate about achieving his ideala and was a rousing speaker. He was able to
acquire financial support, and surrounded himself with intelligent people. Of course, he also
used the cruellest of tortures and...

Explain how the writer humorously emphasizes the importance of using the correct words in the right order.

In
Chapter 4, while Milo and Tock, the dog, are wandering around the market, they encounter the
Spelling Bee and the Humbug. These two creatures argue over the importance of education overall
and of spelling in particular. While the bee thinks it is important to spell everything
correctly, the bug characterizes that as the approach of a bankrupt intellect. When the two
get into a physical fight, they knock over all the market stalls, and the words in them end up
scattered all over.

Chapter 5 opens with people uttering sentences in which
the words are completely out of order. One of the market stall keepers, for example, shouts
Done what youve looked instead of Look what youve done; the mixed-up words come out as
nonsense. As they start reorganizing everything, another word seller bemoans their situation:
Do going to we what are!"

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What are short memorable quotes that capture the spirit of Oedipus Rex?

You will
find so many great and memorable quotes from ' work.  The choices will be difficult to narrow
down.  One particular quote I like is fromhimself:

So tell
me, when are you the wise seer? (410)
How is it that, when the singing hound was here,

you never said how the citizens might be freed?
Even though the riddle could
not be solved by
the first man who met it, but required prophecy.
But you
did not come forth with this, knowing some clue (415)
from birds or gods; instead I
came along,

If we are examining thecontained in Oedipus,
we find it here.  Though a bit length, I think that the quote is important and memorable because
it fully speaks to the sense of pride and sense of ego that Oedipus possesses.  While he is a
great ruler and contains much in way of attributes, Oedipus sense of self, the love of oneself
and the belief that one is better than one might actually be, comes out in this quote. 

It seems that Sophocles would not let an opportunity like this one pass in
terms of offering up something in the play that would foreshadow Oedipus' own fall.  In
this,offers another quote that is memorable and in its brevity says much:

Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man
that's wise!

Tiresias' quote is a wonderful moment ofin
that it reflects how there are limits to human capacity, a concept that Oedipus himself refutes
throughout the drama until an ending in which he recognizes the truth of the quote too
late.

I think that Oedipus' final speech at the end of the drama
when he offers a prayer for his daughter to avert the condition that he endured is one of the
most poignant and memorable quotes in the drama:

Suffer them not to wander husbandless/ Nor let thy kindred beg their daily
bread.

In this quote, Oedipus, blind and shamed, offers
the only hope possible in terms of seeing his children endure better than he did.  I tend to
think that this becomes one of the lasting legacies of Oedipus and something that lingers in my
mind, memorable in its pain and sense of compassion. In these quotes, the spirit of the drama is
evident in terms of the collision between freedom and fate, humanity and the powers larger than
them.

             

What is Winston Smith's attitude towards the Party in 1984?

In the beginning
of the book, s attitude towards the Party is clear. He hates the Party and everything it stands
for. He hides from the telescreen in his house to willingly engage in Thought Crime, the worst
form of crime as stipulated by the Party. He owns a diary, even though documentation has been
illegalized, and further commits heresy by writing Down with Big Brother several times in it.
He is sure that it is only a matter of time before the Thought Police get him but this does not
stop him. His hatred for the Party is also evident when he rents out a room so he andcan
covertly meet and share in love, an act denounced by the Party. He is willing to go to any
extent, even join the Brotherhood, to bring down the Party. However, in the end, after his
encounter at the Ministry of Love and the threat of rats in Room 101, Winstons sentiments
changed. After learning of the Partys win, he weeps with joy and were told, He loved Big
Brother.

What does the star symbolize?

Early in
Act I of , playwright Thorton Wilders omniscient stage manager
notes the equally omniscient presence of the morning star, stating, The morning star always
gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go, doesn't it? [He stares at it
-for a moment, then goes upstage.]  Well, I'd better show you how our town
lies.

What follows, of course, is Wilders depiction of everyday life in his
fictional community, the good and not-so-good, the joys and the aggravations. Later, much later,
in Act III, the stage manager, having led us through the trials and tribulations of this
community, only now noting that nothing, including stars, are eternal, but that everybody
knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. 
Stars, however, continue, through the end of Wilders play, to symbolize the constancy, the one
reliable indicator of continuity, upon which the towns citizens can rely.  In the heat of a
major conflict among the towns people, Mrs. Gibbs, valiantly trying to divert attentions away
from the source of anger interrupts the tensions by noting that the sky is clearing, and that
the stars are coming out, and responds to Simon Stimsons continued venting and decrying
peoples ignorance regarding the temporary nature of our existence by observing,
[Spiritedly.] Simon Stimson, that ain't the whole truth and you know it.
Emily, look at that star. I forget its name.

Finally, Wilders stage manager,
closing the proceedings, remarks on the towns settling down for the night:

Most everybody's asleep in Grover's Corners. There are a few
lights on: Shorty Hawkins, down at the depot, has just watched the Albany train go by. And at
the livery stable somebody's setting up late and talking. Yes, it's clearing up. There are the
stars doing their old, old crisscross journeys in the sky.

The stars represent both the permanency of existence and the fragility of existence. 
Stars go through a life cycle.  They dont live forever.  New stars, however, begin to form in
their place.  They will always be there, but individual stars wont.  The people in
Our Town will all, eventually, die.  The town, however, will still
be there.

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What factors led to the evolution of management theories?

The
Industrial Revolution

During the industrial revolution, the manufacturing
sector was the main driver of economic growth in Western countries. In a bid to improve
efficiency and boost production, manufacturers adopted the scientific management theory. The
workers were assigned duty stations. There were supervisors to manage the junior factory workers
and make sure that they did what they were supposed to do.

Later on, the
neoclassical theory was adopted as a result of inefficiencies in the classical theory of
management. Manufacturers discovered that high pay was not the only way to motivate workers.
There was also a need to improve the overall working environment.


Technology

The availability of information and ease of
communication has also influenced how companies practice management. Modern management theories
emphasize the importance of data and the adoption of innovation to achieve company objectives.


Scholarly Research

Another notable factor that has
contributed to changes in management theory is different schools of thought. Over the years,
renowned scholars and managers have come up with their theories of
management.

House Taken Over Summary

House Taken
Over is a short story written by Julio Cortazar. It is set in Buenos Aires and it centers around
a brother and his sister. The brother is the narrator and is unnamed, his sister is Irene and
two live in a large family home, that has been in the family for generations. Irene and her
brother are in their forties and have never been married. Irene was engaged a couple of times,
and her brother was going to be married, but his future wife died before they could set the
date, so the two of them live alone in the big house. They spend their days cleaning and then
doing what makes them happy. Irene knits all day and the brother loves to read. One night he
hears a noise that makes him believe that part of the house is being "taken over", so
he locks up that part of the house. 

"I'll always
have a clear memory of it because it happened so simply and without fuss. Irene was knitting in
her bedroom, it was eight at night, and I suddenly decided to put the water up for mate. I went
down the corridor as far as the oak door, which was ajar, then turned into the hall toward the
kitchen, when I heard something in the library or the dining room. The sound came through muted
and indistinct, a chair being knocked over onto the carpet or the muffled buzzing or a
conversation. At the same time, or a second later, I heard it at the end of the passage which
led from those two rooms toward the door. I hurled myself against the door before it was too
late and shut it, leaned on it with all the weight of my body; luckily, the key was on our side;
moreover, I ran the great bolt into place, just to be safe."

What is interesting is the fact that the brother and Irene seem to think this is
normal. They are not afraid by what has happened, they are just a little sad. The part of the
house that is now locked, has taken the brother away from his books. Throughout the entire short
story, we see Irene and her brother never questioning or talking about what is going on. The
story has an almost Gothic feel to it, Julio Cortazar writes a short simple story, that leaves
us with more questions then answers. There is no where in the story, that even remotely begins
to explain what has happened, or what is going to happen. This is a great short story where we
are left using our own imagination as to what has happened and what is going to
happen.

What is the biggest take away from the poem "Richard Cory"?

is about a man who appears fortunate in
every way but who ends the poem by killing himself. Since his suicide occurs only in the last
line, there is no commentary on it, and we have to look back in the poem for clues as to why he
might have wanted to end his life.

When we read back over the poem in the
light of Corys suicide, there is a clear sense of his isolation from the group of nameless
people on the pavement who looked at him but apparently did not talk to him. The most
revealing lines are in the penultimate stanza:

In fine, we
thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

The torturedhere shows us that even the people on the pavement did
not envy Richard Cory. They thought that he was everything that would make them envy someone.
Even with all his wealth, taste, dignity, and humanity, Richard Cory lacks something. He is
always alone.

Numerous messages are obviously applicable: money cannot buy
happiness, loneliness and isolation can make even the most apparently perfect life unbearable,
and the wealthy and privileged have the leisure to understand the true emptiness of life. It
seems to me, however, that these messages are less powerful as something to take away from the
poem than the image Robinson creates of a solitary gilded youth on a calm summer night, driven
to despair.

Discuss the poem "To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence" by James Flecker.

James Elroy
Flecker was a prolific English poet.  Dying at the age of thirty from tuberculosis, Flecker's
death was described at the time as "unquestionably the greatest premature loss that English
literature has suffered since the death of Keats."  What an epitaph!

Flecker's poem "To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence" has five stanzas with each
verse following the rhyme scheme of abab. The narration is in first person
with the poet himself as the narrator. The tone is positive and emotionally representative of
the time in which the  poet wrote.  It also speaks to the melancholy attitude of the poet as he
approaches his death.

In the poem, the narrator speaks to another poet who
lives a thousand years in...

What are some examples of Big Brother, Newspeak or thoughtcrime in the real world?

A
thoughtcrime in is having any thought that is not completely orthodox.
Today, people's lives can be ruined if they tweet something that is not politically correct
according to the standards of a particular group or if they stand up for an unorthodox opinion:
for the "crime" of free speech, they can have their private information plastered
across the internet, receive death threats, and have to leave their homes to protect their
family members.

Newspeak is the attempt to simplify the language as much as
possible. Simplified versions of classic texts, such as works by Edgar Allen Poe or O'Henry,
which use only a sixth or eighth grade vocabulary, can be seen as a version of Newspeak. Much
more can be gained intellectually by struggling with a difficult text and much lost using a
simplified version, even if it is easier. Difficult words can communicate difficult concepts and
can challenge us to think.

Big Brothers, dictatorial figures who lie,
manipulate people, and bullyall while demanding unconditional loyaltypop up over and over again.
Two prominent examples from the past would be Hitler and Stalin. I wouldn't want to comment on
today, but you could surely come up with more than one, perhaps even in your school.

From a feminist point of view, what does it mean to be Jig in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

In Hemingway's
story, "," Jig finds herself defined and differentiated with reference to her lover. 
For while she "just know[s] things," the man presents reasons to her for the
"awfully simple operation."  He externalizes their discussion and reduces the abortion
to a mechanical process--"They just let the air in and then it's all perfectly
natural."  Nor does he recognize Jig's comments such as "once they take it away, you
can't get it back," contradicting her, "But they haven't taken it
away."

That the man perceives things in the rational here and now and
not the intuitive sense of how their lives will be altered as does Jig is evinced in his
inability to notice their surroundings.  For instance, when she points to the hills that look
like white elephants, he dismisses this observation with a curt, "I've never seen
one." He looks up the tracks, "but could not see the train."  But, when he looks
at the people, he sees that "[T]hey were all waiting reasonably for the
train."

Jig, however, is sitting on the other side of the bead curtain. 
She smiles and tells the man, "there's nothing wrong with me.  I feel fine."   With
this statement, Jig has broken free of the man's reasonable restrictions upon her.  She now has
defined herself, "I feel fine."  From this statement, the suggestion that Jig has
broken free from her male-dominated relationship.

In rank order, what are eight ways in which one can provide ethical leadership, and what is the rationale for ranking them in order?

There are
many ways to teach morality to others. Most of them involve teaching moral lessons verbally and
demonstrating proper behavior one way or another. There are several ways in which to teach
ethical behavior in leadership.

Do as I do, as I teach
you.

This is leadership by example. In this situation the
teacher can teach a lesson by using their own actions as an example.

Follow the example of person x as I teach you.

Instead of demonstrating the lesson in their own lives, a teacher
can use another person as an example of someone with good morals (if this person is a better
example than the teacher themselves).

Dont do what so and
so does.

While teaching a lesson, instead of giving
positive examples of the best actions to strive for, the teacher can point out negatives to
avoid. This will lead to good behavior by demonstrating bad behavior.

Follow the teachings and life of leader A.

This is another instance of teach-by-example that directs a
student's attention to the moral actions of an existing leader.

Listen to my teachings.

Here, moral teachings
are imparted through speech alone, rather than actions.

Take these simplifications/catchphrases.

Here,
teachings can be compressed into easier-to-remember versions (however, this does simplify the
teachings to a certain extent and makes them less complex).

Do not do as this person did.

Another way of
teaching is by negative example. A teacher can present a situation where someone took clear
amoral actions, thus imparting to students what actions to avoid.

Do as I say, not as I do

This is arguably the
worst kind of moral teaching because it displays blatant hypocrisy. While the lesson itself may
be effective, the actions of the teacher interfere with the resolution: if the teacher is
allowed to contradict themselves, what incentive do the students have to act
differently?

Who and what does the free bird symbolize?

In by , the
caged bird is representative of both herself and those who have experienced the oppression of
racism and sexism. In her autobiography, I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings
(1969), Angelou discusses the pre-Civil Rights oppression of black people, especially
black women, who experienced the limitations of sexism in addition to racism.

The free bird in the poem is suited to its environment to the degree that it seems to
move with it in a synchronized fashion:

A free bird
leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats
downstream

till the current ends

and dips his
wing

in the...

The Open Window Plot Diagram

""
byis a short story about a dual-layered practical joke a young woman (Vera) plays on an
unsuspecting visitor. The plot points can be broken up according to the plot triangle as
follows:

: A man named Framton Nuttel is
visiting the Sappletons. He must wait for Mrs. Sappleton, so 15-year old Vera keeps him
company.

"'My aunt will be down presently, Mr. [Framton] Nuttel,' said a
very self-possessed young lady of fifteen, 'in the meantime you must try and put up with
me.'"

Rising
Action: Vera explains the , and tells Framton that they keep the
window open in memory of Mr. Sappleton. After talking with Vera for a while, Nuttel is
introduced to Mrs. Sappleton. Mrs. Sappleton talks on about her husband and brothers, who Vera
has just explained are dead. Framton believes Mrs. Sappleton is insane, and tries to avoid the
subject of the husband.

"She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting
and scarcity of birds...to Framton it was all purely horrible."

: As the sun begins setting, three figures walk across the
lawn and can be seen from the window.

"In the deepening twilight three
figures were walking across the lawn towards the window, they all carried guns under their
arms."

Falling Action: Framton, frightened
upon realizing the figures are the ghosts of the Sappletons, grabs his things and leaves the
house to escape the assumed ghosts.

"Framton grabbed wildly at his stick
and hat; the hall door, the gravel dive, and the front gate were dimly noted stages in his
headlong retreat."

'A most extraordinary man, Mr. Nuttel,' said
Mrs. Sappleton...'One would think he had seen a ghost.'"

Resolution: The family thinks Framton is crazy because he
ran away, and it is revealed that the Sappleton "ghosts" are just figments of Vera's
"romance at short notice" (skill at telling stories).

What does Meg think about herself?

I
assume that this question is asking about Meg at the very beginning of the book. When readers
are first introduced to Meg she is not feeling good about herself. She's in the attic throwing
herself a little pity party. She thinks that she can do nothing right:

On top of Meg Murry doing everything wrong.

We know that some of her depression is school-related. Meg has just
been dropped down to the lowest section of her grade level. To add insult to injury, Meg even
has teachers insulting her intelligence.

Really, Meg, I
don't understand how a child with...

In Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Crusoe works hard to give Friday a "new soul." How and why does he do this?

In 's
, Crusoe is dedicated to giving Friday "a new soul." Crusoe sees
Friday, regardless of their time together and the means to ending Crusoe's isolation, as a
"savage." This reflects the Europeans' view of the black man as an inferior, which
comes hand-in-hand with their acceptance of human bondage or "slavery."

In order for Friday to be seen as acceptable in Crusoe's sight, Friday must be
"civilized." This becomes Crusoe's goal as he teaches Friday his
ways, based on the norms of civilization from his native England.

Ironically,
even while Crusoe has a religious conversion during his serious illness long before Friday
arrives, Crusoe is unable to perceive Friday in a "Christian" light: Friday is black
and therefore inferior. Crusoe does not consider "charity toward another" as an
essential tenet to his own religious concepts. However, "making" Friday a Christian
and saving his "soul" become essential elements in Crusoe's mind. Friday's own
standards of life have no significance by Crusoe's way of thinkin. What is
important is Crusoe's ability to place his own values on his new
"companion." This reflects European attitudes toward colonization: the English way is
the superior, and therefore, the only way.

Friday becomes Europeanized, accepting English customs and religious
concepts.

Based on his upbringing, Crusoe cannot see any
worth in Friday's value system. Crusoe believes that by transforming the other man to abide by
European standards, he is improving not only his level of civilization, but the condition of his
soul. The ways of the English, in Crusoe's mind, are superior to any other in the
"civilized" world.

How does his observation that the sheep have forgotten to rely on their own instincts foreshadow what might be coming in the novel?

Santiago's
observation about the sheep having "forgotten to rely on their own instincts" helps to
communicate how a significant aspect of being in the world is to not be "safe."  The
sheep embrace a "safe" world of being.  They follow the herd.  They worry only about
survival in terms of eating and drinking.  There is little risk taking in their means of
existence.  Natural instincts of struggling, seeking to grow, and taking the risk of doing
something different have become replaced with a sense of complacency. These elements that help
to define nature are no longer seen in the sheep.  Santiago interprets this to be part of the
human condition he sees around him.  

Such a dynamic foreshadows what will
transpire in the novel.  This interplay between merely surviving and living life is what will
guide Santiago, the eventual embrace of his own journey, and differentiating between the people
he meets on it.  The forgetting of instincts that are essential to growth and struggle can be
seen in characters like the crystal merchant as well as his father, characters who are more
focused on the present than any possible transformational notion of the future.  At the same
time, what it means to live life in terms of those instincts that inspire growth and raise
challenge to the condition of what is and make it what should be are the elements that Santiago
will embrace on his journey towards his Personal Legend.

Identify specific examples of Stargirl demonstrating compassion for other people.

I edited
down the original question, in the hopes that I reworded the original sentiment.  I think that
's compassion can be seen in a couple of critical moments in the narrative.  The cheerleader
experience demonstrates Stargirl's compassion.  She cares for the opposing team, even though she
is a cheerleader for Mica Area.  When an opposing player is injured, she has the courage to
provide care and compassion for him.  In this, Stargirl demonstrates compassion by not taking
form of the world around her.  Stargirl demonstrates this later on in the novel when Hillari
slaps her for being so non- conformist.  Stargirl's compassion is best shown in that she does
not retaliate in kind to her aggressor.  Rather, she kisses her on the cheek in a caring manner.
 This helps to bring out Stargirl's compassion.  She demonstrates compassion because she refuses
to take on the demeanor of the world around her.  This redemptive element is why her effect is
still felt at the high school in the ending.  Even when she is no longer there, she has
established the foundation for compassion amongst the students to one another and for one
another.  Stargirl's compassion is evident in moments when she has a choice to either model the
world around her or act in opposition to it.  In her compassion, she chooses the
latter.

List and describe three ways in which American society was affected/changed as a result of World War I. How did the government respond to the debate...

Your questions
has two distinct parts. First, you ask about the reasons for American entry into(1914€“1918).
Second, you inquire about changes in America as a result of the war.

America
did manage to stay out of the war up until its final year. This reluctance to enter a European
war had been a long-adhered to practice dating back to the nation's first president, George
Washington. The US did finally enter in 1917, though. Why was it unable to remain neutral? There
were two primary reasons for America's eventual participation. First, America sought to uphold
the principle of freedom of the seas.

While both sides interfered with
freedom of the seas, the US was really only concerned with German interference using deadly
submarines. Germany sank the Lusitania in 1915; about twelve hundred civilians diedincluding
over one hundred Americans. President Woodrow Wilson demanded that Germany stop submarine
warfare, and Germany acquiesced for two years.

Second, Wilson also wanted to
"make the world safe for democracy." His idealism helped take America into the war. He
thought a "just peace" would end war forever.

American society was
affected in at least three ways by the war. First, the labor force changed as black citizens and
women began to do jobs that had previously been done only by white men. Southern African
Americans moved North by the thousands for these jobs. Women became active in all professions.
Second, there were race riots caused by changes due to the war: whites citizens did not welcome
the influx of black citizens to their communities. In 1917, there was a bloody riot in East St.
Louis. Third, civil liberties were suppressed during the war. Thousands of people, including the
famous Eugene Debs, were jailed.

How did Greece's geography influence the city-states?

Athens,
Thebes, Sparta, and Corinth are some of the most well-known city-states of ancient Greece.
Instead of having a centralized administration, Greece developed several powerful city-states
between 800 BC and 400 BC. Greece has a mountainous terrain made up of isolated archipelagos.
These islands enabled Greece to form numerous powerful city-states instead of just one. It was a
defense move meant to protect the Greeks from external attacks. Most city-states had a thriving
agricultural sector due to the hilly and fertile terrain of Greece. There was also plenty of
water from natural springs. Another reason why city-states developed is because of the rocky
terrain that didn't allow people to travel much. Overall, the history of Greece has been shaped
by its terrain. Those islands led to the formation of city-states that gave Greece worldwide
recognition.

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Why did the lone surviving slave of Laius's party plead with Jocasta to leave Thebes when he saw Oedipus on the throne in Oedipus Rex?

Thewho brings news of
the death of Polybus,'s father, tells him that Polybus was not his birth father.  Instead, he
says, many years ago a shepherd gave the baby Oedipus to him, and he took the baby to Polybus
and Merope, the king and queen of Corinth, who raised him as their own.  Oedipus demands that
the shepherd be found and brought before them.  When this shepherd, once a slave belonging to
Laius, arrives, he confirms that he and the messenger used to tend their flocks together when
they were young, and he admits to giving the man a baby many years ago.  When the messenger
tells the shepherd...

In "The Minister's Black Veil," what do the characters think and say about the black veil?What do the characters never say about the black veil?What...

When Mr Hooper begins
to wear the black veil and refuses to take it off, it excites great speculation amongst his
parishioners, who eagerly rush to jump to conclusions as to why he might have started to wear
the black veil and what it might signify. What is interesting, however, is the way in which they
talk about the black veil and how it transforms Mr Hooper's appearance so completely. Note, for
example, the following exchange that the parishioners have after the first service when Mr
Hooper appears with his black veil covering his face:

"How strange," said a lady, "that a simple black
veil, such as any...

According to Chapter 10 of A People's History of the United States, how did federal and state governments facilitate monopolies before the Civil War?

Zinn writes of the
Industrial Revolution, "the government of the United States was behaving almost exactly as
Karl Marx described a capitalist state: pretending neutrality to maintain order, but serving the
interests of the rich." Before the Civil War, as described in Chapter 10, the government
intervened to put down working-class revolutions. The two-party system at the state and federal
level prevented change, as both parties were similar and in favor of business. For example,
during the anti-rent movement in upstate New York in the 1840s, the governor sent in troops to
put down the rebellion. Instead, the working class realized that they had to achieve gains by
voting, and they were then part of the system, "leaving the basic system of rich and poor
intact." When the Dorr Rebellion threatened to disrupt order in Rhode Island, the state
militia put it down and instituted reforms that privileged voters from agrarian areas who had
paid poll taxes. In addition, state governments allowed...

How can you symbolize Stargirl with different objects?

When
looking to represent , I think it is important to find objects that can embody her
characteristics of uniqueness.  One particular item that can represent this would be a
kaleidoscope.  Looking inside it reveals different patterns and arrangements that provide a
different view to the eye.  This represents Stargirl because she is so fundamentally different
than everyone else.  I would also use flowers, perhaps an arrangement or an assortment of
different flowers to bring out how her uniqueness adds to the sense of being in the world. 
Flowers represent difference and add beauty to the world, something that Leo would accept
Stargirl both represents and brings into Mica.  I think that a book of art would also help to
represent the beauty, uniqueness, and sense of distinction that is a part of her being.  In
representing the sense of collectivity and community that is a part of her, I would look for
images that represent this.  For this, I might actually turn to song.  The Beatles' "All
You Need is Love" might be something that represents Stargirl, especially when she stands
up for the rights of others and the need for all voices to be validated and heard.  Finally, a
peacock feather is something that I would use to represent the sense of permanent distinction
that is always going to be a part of her.  Even when she tries to conform, Stargirl realizes who
she is and recognizes that, thankfully, she will never change that core identity, similar to how
a peacock's feather will always represent uniqueness and distinction in the
wild.

Name a quote in Moby Dick that shows self-destruction.

The novel is
centrally concerned with Ahab's quest to destroy the whale, Moby Dick, at any cost, including
his own life and those of everyone around him. Ahab, a character so completely self-possessed
that he commands awe just by looking at him, will stop at nothing to kill this creature, which
is evil incarnate in his mind. He is willing to die and to sacrifice his entire crew and
anything else in his path in order to achieve his goal.

Chapter 36, "The
Quarter-Deck," is a good one to look into for utterances on this theme. I will offer two,
but you can find more there. In it, Ahab states:

I will
wreak that hate upon him [Moby Dick]. Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it
insulted me.

To "strike the sun" is a famous
quote from the novel. To strike the sun is the epitome of a suicidal act, as it symbolizes
attacking a far, far more powerful force, one sure to destroy you. This shows how little Ahab
cares about his own life as long as he can strike a blow against his hated rival.

In the quote below, also from chapter 36, Ahab reveals his purpose when he says
"this is what ye have shipped for." He also shows his obsessive intent to get the
whale at all costs:

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round
Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames
before I give him up. And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on
both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin
out.

In chapter 37, "Sunset," Ahab
declares:

Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid
with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled
hearts of mountains, under torrents' beds, unerringly I rush! Naught's an obstacle, naught's an
angle to the iron way!

In this quote we see again how
fixated Ahab is on the destruction of Moby Dick to the exclusion of anything
else.

What is the significance in Ch. 4 of Whirligig? It makes no reference to either building or seeing a whirligig, and I can't make the connection. Is it...

While this
chapter doesn't come right out and point out the whirligig, when the man gets off the boat and
walks down the pier, he stops to look at the "wooden marching band." This is the
whirligig that Brent made. It is true that this chapter is the least loosely connected, and it
is hard to see the whirligig connection at first. But the marching band whirligig is the same
one that Brent made and left on the beach in Miami. 

The significance of this
chapter is how this particular whirligig touched the man's life. He is looking for peace, and
lives a crazy life with lot of noise and people and never a moment of quietness and rest. He
doesn't have much privacy and has had some tough times. He wishes he were like a particular sea
bird, one whom he imagines just quietly flies over the calm ocean, alone, without a loud,
annoying, stressful family. However, when he takes a boat ride looking for this bird, he
realizes the bird flies in a flock and is always with its loud, raucous family. The man gets off
the boat and looks at the marching band whirligig that Brent built, and realizes basically that
it takes a band to make good music. It takes more than one person to make a family. And just as
the birds need their flock and a marching band needs many members, a human needs his family too.
Even though things are sometimes crazy and loud and people argue, in the end they "make
good music" together. He realizes the value of his family and finds another way to find
peace in his life, which is to enjoy the peaceful night while he works his new
job. 

What would be a good thesis statement for a literary analysis essay for The Book of Travels by Evliya Celebi?

There
are several possible ways to approach an analysis of Evliya ‡elebis seventeenth-century
chronicle of exploration, the ten-volume Seyahatname. The thesis would
depend on which particular aspect of this massive work the writer wants to emphasize, such as
culture, linguistics, or religion. This travelogue has been considered influential both in terms
of the geographic region that the author, originally known as DerviÅŸ Mehmed Zill®, explored
and for the perspectives he presents on the inhabitants of the places he visited. It is
appreciated as a literary work in part because the authors observations are acknowledged as more
creative than factual.

Evliya, who was an elite, well-educated man, traveled
not only through the Ottoman Empire but also in Western Europe. As a Muslim, Evliya also
presented a perspective that drew on his faith and training. An effective thesis might propose
that his observations were strongly influenced by his religious beliefs and training, including
his interpretation of the Koran.

Because Evliya was raised in what is now
Turkey and the first volume concentrates on Istanbul, an essay could focus on the Ottoman
portion of the work. One might argue that his upbringing and deep familiarity with this city
make this segment more valuableand perhaps more accuratethan other parts. Robert Dankoff has
referred to the author as having an Ottoman mentality.

2cosx + 1 = 0 find x values for the interval [0, 2pi]

We
have to find the value of x for `2cosx+1=0` in the interval `[0,2\pi]`

So,

`2cosx+1=0`

In other words,
`2cosx=-1`

`cosx=\frac{-1}{2}`

The solution will be of the
form:

`x=\pm cos^{-1}(\frac{-1}{2})+2\pi n` where n=0,1,2,. . .

For example, `x=\pm \frac{2\pi}{3} +2\pi n , \ n=0,1,2,...`

When
,

`n=0 : x=\pm \frac{2\pi}{3}`

`n=1:\ x=
\frac{2\pi}{3}+2\pi = \frac{8\pi}{3}`

or , 
`x=\frac{-2\pi}{3}+2\pi=\frac{4\pi}{3}`

However, we have to find the angle in
the interval `[0,2\pi]`

As a result, the answer is:

`x=\frac{2\pi}{3} \ and \ x=\frac{4\pi}{3}`

What are the external conflicts in Witch of Blackbird Pond?

I
think the main external conflict in the book is the conflict that exists between Kit and the
Puritan society in general. Kit comes to Connecticut from Barbados where she was used to a
certain level of wealth and prestige. Kit was also used to an easier life in which she did not
have to do much manual labor. Her life in Barbados stands in sharp contrast to the Puritan
society that she finds herself in for much of the book. The Puritan women are used to working
and working hard. They wear drab clothing as well. For much of the book,
Kit is simply a "fish out of water." Her attitude and expectations create conflict for
her with other members of the town.

The division that exists between Kit and
the town only grows as Kit begins to spend more time with Hannah Tupper. As the fever strikes
the town, Hannah and Kit are targeted as necessary scapegoats. Kit is accused of being a witch,
and she is put on trial. The accusations placed against Kit are not solid; they are rooted in
the fact that Kit is different than the rest of them and spends time with other people the town
has alienated.

Another conflict that is present in the story is the conflict
that exists between the colonists and England. The best example of this conflict is the charter
the colonists have that grants them certain rights and a certain amount of freedom. During this
time in history, England attempted to revoke colonial charters. The townspeople in the story do
not want that, so in chapter 15 they steal and hide the charter. The purpose of hiding the
charter was to prevent it from being revoked so that Connecticut could maintain its own rule.
This kind of conflict between the colonists and England will continue to grow until a war is
necessary for the colonists to achieve full independence from England.

Does Kurt Vonnegut like the society he describes in "Harrison Bergeron?"

does not
like the United States in 2081 as he has created it in "." While describing the
society in a seemingly matter-of-fact manner, the author's short, dumbed-down sentences in the
first paragraph show he is scornful of the society he depicts. After readers have read how
dim-witted Hazel is, Vonnegut writes, "Hazel, as a matter of fact, bore a strong
resemblance to the Handicapper General, a woman named Diana Moon Glampers." This sentence
shows Vonnegut does not think highly of the H-G since he has compared her to the intellectually
"average" Hazel. The satirical humor the author uses, especially in the aimless,
unfinished, or confused dialogue between Hazel and George, shows how the society's handicapping
creates citizens who cannot think. When the author describes Harrison's dance with the
ballerina, the mood changes to one of hope and joy, and the author's language takes on much more
energy and awe. This shows the author approves of people being relieved of their
equality-producing handicaps. By ending the story with a hackneyed joke--"You can say that
again"--the author shows how much this society lacks creativity and
originality.

Did the education system fail David Levinsky?

The
educations system truly did fail David Levinsky both in Russia and in America.  Let's look at
both in order to answer your question fully.

In Russia, Levinsky loses the
draw of education when his mother is killed by a mob.  This happens when this one particular
young Jewish man is mugged by a group of (supposed) Christians on Easter Day.  Levinsky's mother
approaches the mob in order to help protect her son and is consequently killed.  This
horrible...

In Our Town, as Mr. Webb describes grover's corners, he says the residents pay special attention to the birds. What does this tell us about the town?

Mr. Webb's comment about
the townspeople paying special attention to the birds indicates at least two things about
Grover's Corners. 

First, life in Grover's Corners is quiet and without event
or excitement, for the most part. Life in this little town is calm. It is so calm that the birds
become an attraction of interest.

The notion of the town's subdued and rural
nature connects it with an era that has passed by the end of the play (when cars are showing up
on the streets with increasing frequency).

The other idea signified in Webb's
comment relates to the theme of nature, natural order, and the cycle of life. The play is
concerned with portraying and commenting on the normal and universal patterns of American life
at (or just after) the turn of the century.

 is concerned with the great and continuing cycle of life; out of
life comes death and from death comes life. 

We see this
in the dialogue relating to the universality of marriage and in other comments made by the
characters (Mrs. Soames; the dead, etc.). 

The birds are a symbol of nature,
connecting with the play's interest in exploring the natural cycle and pattern of
life. 

This cycle is man's closest understanding of
eternity, his finest artistic expression of what he senses to be a mission and a
purpose.

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, how does Unoka influence Okonkwo?

Among the various patterns of father-son relationships that emerge inand in real life,
perhaps the most destructive is that in which the son so detests his father that he devotes his
life to assiduously avoiding his father's mistakes. To do this is virtually to ensure that he
will make his grandfather's mistakes, while actuating his son to make his father's mistakes: a
two generation pattern of dysfunction that can continue indefinitely.

exerts
a powerful and entirely negative influence on his son's life.sets out to be everything that his
father was not: rich, strong, fierce, respected, a great warrior, and a pillar of the tribe. He
even takes care to avoid Unoka's positive qualities: his musical virtuosity and his skill as a
storyteller. He despises everything about his father, but particularly his cowardice.

Ironically, however, Okonkwo's life is ruled by fear, including the fear of resembling
his father. He even dies by his own hand while Unoka, despite a grisly and...

Discuss the way in which the torture takes place, how the tortures operate and how the torture manages to destroy the victim (physical,...

In
regards to the use of torture as described in , its most striking feature
is that it is not used in the classic sense to extract a simple confession or give up
information (usually followed by the elimination of the victim), but rather to convertandto the
party's thinking and make them compliant citizens in Oceania. Assays in the second chapter of
part three "You are a flaw in the pattern, Winston. You are a stain that must be wiped
out....We do not destroy the heretic....we bring him over to our side, not in appearance, but
genuinely, heart and soul."

Whilst Winston is at first subjected to the
usual bodily beatings one would expect with torture (causing him to plead for...

In Nathanial Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil," how does the veil evoke the theme of the story?

Stephen Holliday

Reverend Hooper's veil is, of course, the central symbol in the story, and its effects
on Hooper's life, the lives of his fiance, Elizabeth, and his congregation are profoundly
negative.  Indeed, many readers, as well as Hawthorne's critics, have wondered why Hooper, upon
realizing that the veil's symbolic meaning is misunderstood, doesn't attempt to make his intent
clear.  

The symbolic meaning of the veil, despite the fact that Hooper's
congregation is too unnerved to understand it, is made explicit in the sermon Hooper gives the
day he puts the veil on:

The subject had reference to
secret sin, and those sad mysteries which we hide from out nearest and dearest, and would fain
conceal form our own consciousness, even forgetting that the Omniscient [that is, God] can
detect them.

We know from the narration that everyone
who heard this sermon feels as if Hooper...

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What new piece of information about the beast does Percival give the boys that scares them even more.

Percival
tells them that the beast comes out of the ocean.

The beast in this book is
something that does not actually exist.  We first hear about it in Chapter 1 when one of the
little kids says that he...

How does Scrooge's attitude towards Bob Cratchit and their relationship change at the end of A Christmas Carol?

Very simply,
Bob Cratchit changes from being a thing to emerging as a human being in Scrooge's eyes. When the
story opens, Scrooge knows nothing about his employee. He can't do without his clerk, but he
resents having to pay him, and he doesn't even give him enough coal to stay warm. He definitely
resents having to pay Bob for Christmas, Cratchit's one paid holiday of the year. To Scrooge,
Cratchit is nothing more than a necessary machine, and he wants to keep the cost of maintaining
this machine as low as possible.

That all changes when the Ghost of Christmas
Present takes Scrooge to see the Cratchit family's Christmas. For the first time, Scrooge begins
to understand that Bob is a human being embedded in a network of relationships. He realizes that
Bob has a family to support. Scrooge especially feels for poor Tiny Tim and starts to make a
connection between the young boy's probable death and the very low wages he pays his father.
Cratchit loves his son, but simply can't afford adequate medical care for him.

At the end, Scrooge sends a giant turkey to the Cratchits, gives Cratchit a raise, and
becomes involved with the Cratchit family, especially Tiny Tim, who does not die. Scrooge moves
from using people and loving things to using things and loving people. 

non-economic motives for Western Imperialism Discuss some of the non-economic motives for Western Imperialism. in your opinion, were the economic or...

While Great
Britain certainly enjoyed the economic power that came from its great Empire, the population
problem on the island of England was also solved, at least for the decades before their
population grew from the immigrations of former residents of their colonies.  For instance,
Australia and New South Wales became penal colonies that alleviated the tremendous crowding in
Great Britain.

What type of psalm is Psalm 78?

Psalm 78
can be classified as a liturgical psalm, a psalm used in public worship.

In
relation to its content, Psalm 78 is what's called a maskil , which is a
song designed to impart religious teachings. This is done through the medium of history, as the
psalm recounts several centuries of Jewish history during which God's chosen people
did...

In the "Pit and the Pendulum," what do you learn about the narrator from the way he describes his reaction to the sentence?

For
me, based on the narrator's reaction to his death sentence, I've always thought that the
narrator is innocent.  If he were guilty, I would assume that his reaction would have been a
reaction of resignation.  He did the crime, got caught, and is now being given a punishment that
he accepts.  That isn't the case though.  The narrator "swoons."  He is utterly
despondent.  It feels as if he can barely stand.  Like the entire room is spinning.  That tells
me that the narrator assumed that he would be found innocent.  He never thought that he could
possibly be found guilty.  

The other thing that I learn about the narrator
is that he is likely a man of faith.  Either he believes in God and salvation to his very core,
or he is at least educated enough to know about God's salvation and eternal life.  

And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the
thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave. The thought came gently and stealthily,
and it seemed long before it attained full appreciation;

I believe the above lines of text indicate that the narrator sees death as more than
just a release from his prison sentence and any torture that may be coming.  I believe the
narrator sees his death as an eternal rest filled with peace in heaven with the angels and God.
 As he is swooning, the narrator sees angels in the room with him.  Granted, he is imagining
them, but he could have imagined anything.  It's an important detail that he imagined angels of
God.  

In "The Cask of Amontillado," what do the images and motto on the Montresor coat of arms suggest?

The
reader should not assume that the coat of arms Montresor describes is anything but Montresor's
spontaneous invention. He hasn't been telling Fortunato the truth up to this point; why should
he be telling him the truth now? Montresor has been acting in a zany fashion since he got his
victim down the stairs. He has had a drink of wine and is vastly relieved that the worst part of
his task is over. He pretends to be a Mason and shows Fortunato the trowel with which he intends
to wall him up. Montresor may not even have a family coat of arms. Fortunato may suspect that
and is just being disingenuous when he inquires. Most of the "thousand injuries" have
probably been the spiteful jibes of a rich Italian insider reminding a poor French outsider of
his inferior status. Montresor may be inventing the kind of coat of arms he would like to
have--a huge foot crushing a snake. The Latin motto is probably an invention too, since it is so
appropriate. Montresor probably knows that his intended victim is an ignoramus who doesn't even
understand Latin and therefore can't sense that he is being subtly threatened with
murder.

What are the internal and external conflicts in The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

In one
way, there are too many conflicts in 's ; in another way, there are not
enough. If there had been more conflict between the court and the girls, things may have ended
differently for the twenty-some people who died during the Salem Witch Trials. Alas, that did
not happen.

The external conflicts in this play include all three kinds: man
vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. society.

The man vs. man conflicts are
many. The girls who call out the names of people innocent of witchcraft are in direct conflict
with their neighbors and fellow citizens. People like Parris and Putnam are in the same kind of
conflict with their neighbors and congregation, as they want to get more land and save their
reputations (such as they are). Both they and the girls (primarily Abigail) are using the court
to punish and get rid of their enemies.

As the fear intensifies, the people
of Salem are then in conflict with one another, quick to...

What are important things that people say to/about Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird?

ABOUT

Bob Ewell.  Bob obviously doesn't care for Atticus after
he and Mayella were exposed on the witness stand, and he doesn't like Atticus's choice--or
color--of clients, either.

"Too proud to fight, you
nigger-lovin' bastard?"  ()

Mayella Ewell.  Mayella is frightened of Atticus, and she
mistakes his sincere politeness for sarcasm.

"Your
fancy airs don't come to nothin'--your ma'amin' and Miss Mayellerin' don't come to nothin', Mr.
Finch.  ()

Miss
Maudie.  Maudie is proud of her neighbor, and she recognizes his value to the
community. She tellsthat

"... there are some men in
this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them. 
()

Miss Stephanie. 
Miss Stephanie was quick to report the news about Atticus's confrontation with
Bob Ewell, and she enjoyed how Atticus managed to keep a cool sense of humor after being spat
upon.

Miss Stephanie said you had to hand it to Atticus
Finch, he could be right dry sometimes.  (Chapter 23)

Jem.  After watching Atticus take out
the mad dog with a single shot, Jem learns that his father isn't so helpless after all. He also
learns a lesson about humility in the process.

"Atticus is a gentleman, just like me."  ()

Looking back on eras of music before the 20th Century, do you think musicians were stifled by the strict rules governing the composition of music or...

Certainly, there was a greater social and artistic compulsion to adhere to form.  The artist was
seen in a much different light during the periods preceding the Romantic one.  In these
settings, the composer was seen as needing to adhere to the standards outlined by the Church
based authority or one that had to follow the guidelines established by an autocratic one.  In
not respecting these establishments, the composer was maligned and subject to artistic
isolation.  In the Romantic period, the artist was given more freedom to be able to create their
own beliefs about music...

What are 5 quotes that relate to anger in act 1 of Hamlet?

of 's
father is, understandably, the source of most of the references to anger in the opening act of
. The first such quote appears in an early exchange between Marcellus andas
they describe their recent sighting of the Ghost:

So
frowned he once when, in an angry parle,
He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice.
(1.1.73€“74)

The next quote is taken from
Hamlet'sfollowing his first exchange withandin which he discusses the disgust and anger he feels
toward his mother for marrying so quickly after his father's death:

Let me not think on't; frailty, thy name is woman! (1.2.150)

The third reference to anger also occurs in 1.2, as Hamlet learns
from Horatio and Marcellus that they've recently spied the Ghost of his late father. In response
to Hamlet's question about whether the Ghost look "frowningly," Horatio
replies:

A countenance more in sorrow than in anger.
(1.2.247)

The remaining quotes which bear some relation
to anger are taken from the 1.5, the scene in which the Ghost reveals to Hamlet the manner of
his death. In the midst of his tale, the Ghost lashes out at Claudius, and begs for
revenge:

O horrible, O horrible, most
horrible!
If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not. (1.5.87€“88)

And after hearing the Ghost's full account, Hamlet explodes in
anger:

O all you host of heaven! O earth! what
else?
And shall I couple hell? O, fie! Hold, hold, my heart;
And you my
sinews, grow not instant old,
But bear me stiffly up. (1.5.99€“102)

What are some important quotes from Matthew Wood in "The Witch of Blackbird Pond"?

Matthew Wood
is very articulate in expressing his political beliefs, which represent the views of future
American revolutionaries.  About the Connecticut Colony Charter, he says,

"Surrender our charter and we lose all...that charter
was given to Connecticut by King Charles twenty-five years ago.  It guarantees every right and
privilege we have earned, the very ground we stand on and the laws we have made for ourselves. 
King James has no right to go back on his brother's pledge...The men who made this town
understood justice.  They knew better than to look for it in the King's favor.  The only rights
worth all that toil and sacrifice are the rights of free men, free and equal under God to decide
their own justice (Chapter 7).

Later, when the Charter had
been safely spirited away, he says,

"There are hard
times ahead for Connecticut.  But some day, when the hard times have passed, as they must pass,
we will bring our charter out of hiding and begin again, and we will show the world what it
means to be free men" (Chapter 15). 

In his
relationship with Kit, Matthew Wood is fair, even if it is not warm, and he defends her fiercely
when he feels she is falsely accused.  He firmly declares before Sam
Talcott,

"The girl has been thoughtless and headstrong
at times, but...I swear before all present, on my word as a freeman of the colony, that the girl
is no witch" (Chapter 19).

I'm writing an essay on foreshadowing as it pertains to "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." How do I start the first paragraph of my essay?

The first
paragraph of an essay, also known as the introduction or introductory paragraph, is arguably one
of the most difficult parts of the writing process. The introduction should achieve two main
objectives. The initial paragraph should literally initiate or orient the reader to the focus of
the paper, thereby setting the expectations for the subsequent content.  Additionally, the first
paragraph should  specify a thesis statement. Fortunately, the first paragraph of an essay  does
not necessarily have a specified length as long as it does not read as excessively short or
excessively long relative to the length of the paper. As a guide, if one is stuck, an
introduction can be somewhat padded, so to speak,  with essential information that is fairly
common to essays about literature. As such, experimenting with a simple formula...

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In "Araby" how is the conflict of the story resolved when the boy goes to the bazaar? James Joyce's "Araby"

With the hopes
of bringing Mangan's sister a gift from the bazaar, the narrator recalls, 

[T]he syllables of the wordwere called to me through the silence in
which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me.

However, when he finally arrives after being delayed by the late return home of his
uncle on Saturday, significantly, he must spend more for the price of admission than he has
hoped.  Then, to his dismay, he discovers that most of the stalls have already closed and
"the greater part of the hall was in darkness."  Instead of an exotic setting, the
narrator finds men counting money under a curtain for a booth with a French title used to
connote the romance and risque temptations of Paris; in addition, shop girls sit idly and engage
in trivial gossip.  It is at this point that the youth realizes that his "stay was
useless."  Looking "humbly," he turns and departs in the darkness of the hall as
two pennies "fall against the sixpence in [his] pocket."

In these
crushing moments of disillusionment in the supposed exotic bazaar, the narrator reaches an
epiphany: 

I saw myself as a creature driven and derided
by vanity....

With a sudden realization, the youth
recognizes his romantic ideas in which he has dressed the mundane with images of sacredness. 
Mangan's sister is not saintly; she wears silver bracelets, symbolic of money and the mundane,
and she is not the "grail" for which he seeks. Instead, like her name, suggestive of
the Irish romantic poet James Clarence Mangan who wrote of doomed love and despair, thoughts of
her now affect the narrator's disillusionment. And, unlike "Araby," the bazaar is a
cheap imitation where mere trinkets are sold.

Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?

If the United
States naval base at Pearl Harbor could be destroyed, Japan would gain a crucial advantage in
its quest to control the Pacific.  However, before the strike was authorized, the Japanese
admirals and other war strategists discussed the pros and cons of the surprise attack.  One of
the officers, I think Hashimoto, was the one who cautioned that the attack could backfire
because it would awaken "the sleeping tiger", meaning that the US would be as hard to
deal with as a tiger awakened from its sleep.

Solve the following by elimination method: 2x - 3y = 5 3x - (2y-3)/5 = 4

(1)
2x-3y=5
(2) 3x-(2y-3)/5=4

Simplify (2)
(5)3x - (5)(2y-3)/5
= 4(5)
15x - 2y + 3 = 20
(3) 15x - 2y = 17

2x - 3y = 5
multiply by -2 to get -4x + 6y = -10   (4)
15x - 2y = 23 multiply by 3 to get 45x - 6y
= 51   (5)

Now add (4) and (5) to get

41x = 41  and
solving for x we get

x = 1

To find y we substitute x = 1
into (1) and solve for y
2(1)-3y=5

3y = 2 - 5
3y =
-3
y = -1

Check the answers in the 2nd
equation
3x-(2y-3)/5=4
3(1) - (2(-1)-3)/5 = 4
3 - (-5)/5 =
4
3 - (-1) = 4
4 = 4  Checks...

So our answer is (1,
-1)

How does freedom of speech relate to the novel 1984?

In the
classic dystopian novel ,writes of a society in which not only speech, but
also thought, is controlled.wrote the novel at the close of World War II, and he modeled Big
Brother after notorious tyrannical dictators such as Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler.

In the society that Orwell postulates, ideology is forced upon its citizens by the
Ministry of Truth, and any past history that does not conform with governmental decrees is
expunged or altered. Undesirable people and opinions are simply erased from history.
Surveillance is carried out on all citizens by the Thought Police through the technology of
view-screens, hidden microphones, and undercover agents planted among the common people. Any
deviation from approved speech is severely punished.

Freedom of speech is a
concept that goes back at least as far as the ancient Greeks. The Merriam-Webster dictionary
defines freedom of speech as "the legal right to express one's opinions freely." In
the United States, it is guaranteed by the First Amendment, which states:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for the redress
of grievances.

We can see then that the society that
George Orwell writes about in 1984 is the opposite of a society that allows
and encourages free speech. Orwell uses this contrast to show how horrible a world without
freedom of speech would be, so that people would be encouraged to appreciate and hold on to
their freedom.

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What is the setting of "Araby"?

The
setting of "" is Dublin, capital city of Ireland and hometown of . The unnamed
narrator lives in a place called North Richmond Street, which is described as "blind."
We get a sense of Joyce is referring to as blindness in his description of this respectable but
bland part of town. The street is closed off from the wider world, both geographically and
culturally. This is a place where nothing much ever happens except for when school is out for
the day.

Though outwardly respectable, the boy's family could be described as
shabby genteel, that is to say they have come down in the world. One suspects that their
relative poverty has forced them to lead an itinerant lifestyle, constantly moving from one
rented place to another. It's small wonder, then, that the boy should feel the need to escape
from such a chronically unstable existence, that he craves the kind of excitement that only the
Araby bazaar promises to give. The boy, like the pupils of the Christian Brothers' school on the
street where he lives, wants to be set free, if only for a short time. He wants to leave behind
him the stifling, constricting world in which he's forced to live out his formative
years.