Compare and contrast the economic and military advantages of both the North and the South on the eve of the Civil War.

In 1861,
the northern states had a population of twenty-one million. The southern states had about nine
million people, three and a half million of whom were slaves. Throughout the war, the South had
to worry about a slave uprising, a fear that the North frequently promoted.

The North was also much more industrialized than the South. It produced over ninety
percent of the country's textiles, metalworks, and nearly all the firearms. The North was also
much more connected by train, having over twice the density of railways. This meant that the
North had a larger pool to recruit soldiers and the ability to outfit them and move troops and
supplies quickly and efficiently.

Despite the greater population in the
North, the Confederacy was able to recruit an army of nearly equal size at the outset of the
conflict. This was likely because the cause of the war was more personal to many Southerners and
it was mostly fought on Southern soil. However, the North was able to replace casualties
much...

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What is the significance of "singing benna in sunday school" in Kincaid's "Girl"?

All
throughout the short story "," the voice of the mother instructs the girl to never
appear slutty. Considering the language the mother uses, it's almost as if she cares more about
her daughter's perceived reputation than the actual truth of the matter. Regardless, it's clear
that other people's opinions are very important to the mother, who tries to set her daughter
right beforein her eyessome irreversible damage is done to her name.

The
significance of singing bennaa rude and gossipy folk songin Sunday school could be understood in
many ways. For one, as other answers have already pointed out, benna is not a "proper"
genre of music. It relies on talking badly about people and is not associated with good manners.
Therefore, the mother could be warning the girl about that. In addition, Sunday school and
church are holy places where people are usually on their best behavior. The warning could also
mean not disrespecting a place of worship with crude songs.

Another way
of...

What lines inform you of Annabel's death in "Annabel Lee"?

I would say
that the tragic underpinnings of "" are revealed gradually and incrementally within
the poem. For most of the first two Stanzas, Poe's narrator focuses upon their intense love for
one another, without yet giving any hint that one of the two is deceased. This begins to change
in the last two lines of the second stanza, which reveals that "the wing¨d seraphs of
Heaven / Coveted her and me." Thisintroduces the first hints of a much darker story still
to be revealed. It has not yet been stated unequivocally, but we've been given a suggestion as
to the tragic realities still to be divulged.

Then, in the next stanza, Poe
introduces Annabel's "highborn kinsmen" who come to take Annabel Lee away
from...

How does Dr. Bulkeley present the Royalist point of view in The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

The Reverend Gershom Bulkeley was a real
personan early graduate of Harvard College and son-in-law of its president, Charles Chauncy.
Like his character in , he was an ardent Royalist, taking the Hobbesian
position that even the worst tyranny is preferable to anarchy.

In the book,
Dr. Bulkeley (he is a physician as well as a minister) dines with the Wood family and argues
with Uncle Matthew over the king's appointment of a new governor, Sir Edmund Andros. This
quickly turns into a debate about the king's authority in which Dr. Bulkeley holds forth about
the evils of revolution from a Hobbesian perspective.

When Mercy interrupts
and asks Dr. Bulkeley to read from the Bible, he asks John Holbrook to do so instead and
deliberately chooses Proverbs 24.21: "My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle
not with them that are given to change." Dr. Bulkeley thus supports his views with
scripture and links the jurisdiction of the king with that of God.

Which of the paradigms from Smiths book Ishmael Toffee aligns with you best, and why? Did you start this book with a firm understanding of your...

Written in Roger Smiths characteristic
violent and powerful prose, Ishamel Toffee is about the unlikely friendship
between former criminal Ishamel, a brown man, and Cindy, a six-year-old white girl from a
privileged background. Set in multiracial and crime-ridden Cape Town, the story sharply
undercuts several commonly-held paradigms about class, race, and crime at every turn. We can see
the paradigm shift in the story's choice ofitself.

Tattoo-covered ex-con
Ishmael is known as a jockey because of his short, child-like stature. His second name
toffee is probably an ironic nod at the grisly, decidedly non-sweet nature of his crimes, and
also to his caramel skin. Recently released on parole for good behavior, Ishmael is initially
set up as a hard-to-like character. For one, he has committed violent crimes against men and
women, including sexual assault and murder. His language is coarse and steeped in misogyny, and
he purposely ignores the many crimes going on in the Flats, his urban neighborhood of shanties
and huts. He has little faith in God or people and is only focused on survival.

In contrast to scrawny Ishmael is the white lawyer Johnny Goddard, who has agreed to
employ Ishmael as a gardener as part of a social service initiative. His appearance, his
privilege, and his do-gooder gesture all mark him out as a decent guy and a foil to Ishmaels
crudeness.

Beautiful teeth, Johnny Goddard, all clean and
white in his tanned face. He is a nice-looking man, with his straight blond hair that falls
across his forehead so he has to push it back.

Goddard is
single parent to Cindy, who is described to be as blond and adorable as her father. At first,
Cindy being in Ishmaels space seems discomfiting to us, knowing what we know about him. Yet, in
a stunning reversal of expectations, we realize that the man Cindy is in danger from is not the
former murderer who has now lost the appetite for killing and considers gardening his biggest
passion.

No, Cindys monster is her own, beatific father.

We learn that Goddard routinely sexually abuses his child. Thus, the author shows us
the grim violence that goes on in an upper-class, white neighborhood, a place where we least
expect it. Whats more, the perpetrator of violence against a child is a parent, not the
proverbial stranger kids are usually warned against. Cindy notes thisherself.

Dont trust people, her mommy who has gone to heaven told her. Be
careful. And the teachers at the kindergarten say, watch out for strangers.

Smith draws our attention to the fact that despite society often
demonizing the other, most crimes against children and women are committed by people known by
themand even close to them. Resourceful Cindy instinctively senses this truth and decides to
befriend and trust Ishmael, the sort of man she has always been warned against. Though Ishmael
knows his closeness to a white, upper-class child is bound to attract him the wrong kind of
attention, he cant harden his heart against Cindy. In a quote that foreshadows Ishmaels
discovery of Goddards crime, he notes:

Now, Ishmael has
done a lot of bad things to a lot of people. Most times if he didnt do it to them, they would
have done it to him. The way it works when you born the wrong side of life. But Ishmael never
done bad things to a kid. Not never.

After Ishmael learns
about the dark goings-on in the Goddard household, he does something astonishing, making us
abandon our perceptions about him yet again. From the time the story opens, we know all
forty-five-year-old Ishmael Toffee wants is to stay under the radar, avoid the attention of cops
and criminal gangs alike, and mind his own business. He knows that though the world is full of
suffering, it is not his job to fix it. Yet, when he learns about Cindys abuse, he does
everything he set out to avoid once out of jail. He takes Cindy away from her house, an act he
well knows will be construed as a kidnapping. Whats more, he does so knowing that the odds of
class and race are heavily stacked against him.

Further, Ishmael is not the
first adult to discover Goddards truth. The Goddards housekeeper, Florence, a matronly brown
woman, has already discovered the abuse. We expect the older, quasi-motherly figure to report
the matter to the police and rescue Cindy, but Florence chooses to use her knowledge to
blackmail Goddard for money. This is one more paradigm reversed, proving another sad truth.
Unlike what we think, sometimes women themselves can be complicit in violence against girls and
children.

Ishmaels plans to take Cindy to the social worker who helped him
out are thwarted. Worse, after Goddard announces an award for finding his daughter, criminal
gangs go on the hunt for Ishmael and Cindy. Despite evading them in several hair-raising
situations, Ishmael and Cindy find themselves in a bind. Cindy is caught and returned to her
father, while Ishmael is brutally beaten up, stabbed, and left to die. We fear a horrifically
tragic end in the offing, yet Ishmael is still not ready to give up. He now understands that
there is only one way to rescue Cindy from Goddard.

Ishmael pushes away from the bars and staggers on down the sidewalk, knows where he is
going now and what he has to do. Prays he lasts long enough to get it done.

He comes to another store and presses the buzzer on the safety gate...A fat Boer stands
behind the counter, gut swelling over his khaki shorts, gun holstered at his hip.

Ja? the Boer says, staring at Ishmael.
Gimme one of them, Ishmael says,
pointing at the Okapi knife beneath the glass in the display cabinet.

As the story ends, Ishmael enters Goddards home and stabs him to
death with every ounce of strength left in his own dying body. He commits yet another murder,
but this killing actually marks his redemption. Cindy recognizes this when she sees a trucks
incoming headlights cast a light on the dying Ishmael in the living room.

Grown-ups would say that its just the headlights from the little
truck that comes fast up the driveway.

But Cindy knows better.

It is a moment of pure grace, the light like the mythical aura of
angels that have come to fetch the former sinner Ishmael to heaven. Therefore, the story
challenges another paradigm: that hardened killers cant change and reform.

As
you can see, the story challenges many commonly held worldviews. The worldview or the paradigm
of the story itself is that anyone is capable of redemption, irrespective of who they are and
where they have been. I subscribed to this paradigm before beginning the story, with one caveat.
I thought it is particularly difficult to reform those who commit violent crimes against women;
however Ishmaels redemptive arc helped me reconsider that aspect of my
worldview.

Why Did The Byzantine Empire Fall

According to
history, it is inevitable that all empires should fall. Usually, empires are too powerful to be
taken down by outside forces. For this reason, most empires fall from within. While the Eastern
Roman Empire did have to contend with a powerful Turk empire to its east, and re-emergence of
Western Europe, it seems that internal decay caused its collapse. One of the great strengths of
the Byzantine Empire was the sheer size and organization of its military. The various provinces
were required to send a certain amount of troops. This was known as the theme system, and it
allowed Byzantine emperors to efficiently mobilize large numbers of troops in very short
order.

Two civil wars in the early 14th Century severely diminished the
military capabilities of the emperor. The emperors only had themselves to blame for the
consequential decline in their military. The first civil war (1321-1328) was fought between the
emperor and his grandson. The two sides fought for seven years with the result that they would
share power. While this imperial family feud was happening, the Turks were watching. By the end
of the war, the Turk capital was less than one hundred miles from Constantinople.

A second civil war occurred in 1341 and lasted for over six years. This was a class war
between the throne and the nobility. This time, it was the Serbs that used this civil conflict
to their advantage, racking up significant territorial gains.

The end result
of these civil wars was that the Byzantine Empire had destroyed a very efficient military
system, lost significant population, and seriously disrupted its trade network and economy.
While the empire was on the decline for some time before these events, the civil conflicts
hastened its demise.

How does gender influence the direction of the conversation in "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway?

It is
interesting that Hemingway does not mention the name of the man and that he also refers
to Jig mostly as merely the "girl."  While there is an impersonalization to both
characters, nevertheless, the American's sang-froid in discussing the
disposal of what is his baby as well as hers certainly affects the reader's perception of him. 
Added to this, of course, is the natural tendency of the reader--especially female readers--to
sympathize with the girl who must bear the burden of pregnancy and, if she aborts, all of the
emotional trauma to her body as well as much of the psychological and spiritual
ramifications.

As the previous post has so cogently remarked, the reader's
involvement with the narrative makes it difficult to objectively determine the direction of the
conversation.  But, it does seem substantiated that the girl bears the burden of their pregnant
act (excuse the ).  For, she, better than the American, foresees the consequences of the
"perfectly simple" operation:  "Then what will we do afterward?"  Also, in
her desire to keep the man that she loves, she tries to agree with him:

"And if I do it you'll be happy and things will be like they
were and you'll love me?..But if I do it, then it will be nice again if I say things are like
white elephants, and you'll like it?"

But, the
girl's practical sense overcomes her emotional wish, and she realizes that if she has the
abortion, things will not be the same:

"No, it
isn't.  And once they take it away, you never get it back."

In his minimalist method, Hemingway does not mention what the "it" is. 
However, the reader understands that the girl means that they can never return to their more
innocent state.

Help with the poem "Lament" by Gillian Clarke. I don't get the second stanza of the poem "Lament" by Gillian Clarke; "For the cormorant in his...

This poem is a
type of , that is why it is entitled "Lament". It is a lament for war and each stanza
outlines a particular thing or person that the author is lamenting because each thing or person
alluded to or mentioned is a type of casualty of war. In this stanza, the lament is for the
cormorant. A cormorant is a black bird that looks like someone dressed up for a funeral, hence
the"funeral silk." There are many funerals because of wars, and the cormorant is an
image, then, of death that results from war. A cormorant is a species very common to the Persian
Gulf, and many believe this poem is a lament over the Persian Gulf War of the 1990s which, in a
way, we are still engaged in. The veil on the sand continues the funeral image because people
have been known to wear dark veils to funerals -- especially women. And the final line,
"shadow on the sea" - is an image for the shadow of sadness brought on by war. War
casts a dark shadow on the sea, spreads a veil on the sand and the cormorant arrives for this
metaphoric funeral in his silk. Very dark.

Please explain the themes of the poem "Daffodils" by Ted Hughes.

I am afraid
that I can only answer one of your questions: the others must be listed as separate postings.
This answer will address what the poem theme.

The constant theme of the
fleetingness of life is central to the poem. The daffodils the speaker and his lost
"spouse" (we never know if the narrator is the husband or the wife) at one time used
to cut and sell are symbolic of the speed with which life passes, as daffodils too last only a
short time themselves, when cut.

The speaker talks about memories: those that
remain and those forgotten by some. The abundance of the flowers might suggest that the
daffodils became common place to the subject (he or she who died) of the
poem and the speaker, until the flowers no longer seemed as spectacular as they once had, not
only in terms of beauty, but also in terms of the importance they represented to their lives in
making money. The person recalling the daffodils and their lives while harvesting the flowers
(husband, wife and child) notes that the dead person's daughter does not remember the deceased
parent or the picking of the flowers. This had not always been the case. At
one time, they were perceived as a true blessing:

They
simply came, 
And they kept on coming. 
As if not from the sod but falling
from heaven.

The speaker notes that this was a time in
their lives where they knew they would never diebut would learn much too soon that this is not
the case.

We knew we'd live forever. We had not
learned 
What a fleeting glance of the everlasting 
Daffodils are. Never
identified 
The nuptial flight of the rarest epherma- 
Our own
days! 
We thought they were a windfall. 
Never guessed they were a last
blessing.

We get the sense from the speaker, also, the
he/she feels that they were foolish to sell the flowers that seemed endless to them, as if the
daffodils represented their days on earth together: that they did not pay close enough attention
to their time together, taking it for granted as they did the flowers as well.

And we sold them. 
It sounds like sacrilege, but we sold
them. 
Were we so poor?...We sold them, to wither.

The speaker describes the "wedding-present" scissors that they had used to
cut the flowers, recalling also how they had lost them. The scissors may be symbolic of the loss
of the marriage to death.

And as the poem comes to a close, the speaker
refers to the scissors once again, that lie hidden somewhere, hidden by the daffodils, like a
grave stone, marking the place where they once worked together.

But somewhere your scissors remember. Wherever they are. 
Here somewhere,
blades wide open, 
April by April 
Sinking deeper 
Through the sodan
anchor, a cross of rust.

The scissors
"remember," as the speaker assures us, he does also.

What are the literary devices found in this poem "A Man I Knew" by Margaret Levine? A Man I Knew Margaret Levine has a condo a maid who comes every...

Literary
devices add value to a poem beyond the literal meanings of the words.

Some
literary devices Levine uses are as follows:

:
Levine establish a sense of rhythm through the use of alliteration, which is placing words that
begin with the same consonant in close proximity. Here, Levine uses alliteration in place of end
rhymes in the words "condo" and "comes" and "week" and
"won't." Levine also use rhyme in "float" and
"boat."

: Imagery uses the five senses
of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Levine employs the image, which we can visualize, of
the photo of the man's children on the dresser. We know, because the poem tells us, that the now
adult children won't come to visit. Levine then uses the image of the children as floating
forever as if they are in a boat, which conjures the picture in our minds of the children far
out on the sea, bobbing in a vessel on the waves, always offshore, always far away. This
emphasizes the man's isolation: a maid, who is hired help, comes to clean, but his children
never enter his condo.

In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, what is the name of the desert that the caravan travels across?

Santiago joins
a caravan that crosses the four different modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and
Lybia while continuing on into Egypt.  The Oasis that the caravan stops at for rest is called
Al-Fayoum which is in Lybia, but the boy is told...

In Sophocles's play Oedipus Rex, when Tiresias does speak, he speaks the truth. Why doesnt Oedipus accept the story that Tiresias tells?

In 's play
, whenspeaks, he speaks the truth. Why doesn'taccept the story that
Tiresias tells?

Various answers to this question suggest themselves,
including the following:

• At first Oedipus suspects that Tiresias
  may be disloyal to Thebes (382-85).
• He also suspects Tiresias of disloyalty
  to himself (Oedipus; 395).
• He accuses Tiresias of stubbornness
  (402).
• He accuses Tiresias of insulting Thebes (407).


• He even suspects Tiresias of having helped to plan Laiuss death:

I get the feeling you conspired in the act,
and played your part, as much as you could do,
short...

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What is the main theme of "Cranes"?

I
think a main theme of this story is the power of friendship.

The story begins
with Tokchae being taken prisoner. He is being moved to a new location, and Songsam decides to
be the escort. The two men used to be very close friends. As children, Songsam and Tokchae were
inseparable. They got into trouble together, shared food together, etc.

Plucking out those needles hurt so much that he could not keep tears
from welling up in his eyes. Tokchae produced a fistful of chestnuts from his pocket and thrust
them into Songsams.

It has been many years since the two
characters have seen each other, and they are now on opposite sides of an ideological conflict.
When the story begins, Songsam wrestles with how to talk to his former friend. The conversation
that eventually ensues has some anger and heat to it. Songsam is upset that his friend could
fight for the other side of the conflict, and Songsam wants to know why. Tokchae...

What Is Gatsby's Dream

Gatsby's
dream is to make the lies and illusions he has created about himself a reality. His stories of a
wealthy chilhood, war hero, Oxford graduate, honest businessman are nothing more than a series
of disceptions all designed to lureback to him. Even Gatsby's relationship with Daisy suggests
that he is living a dream by trying to relive the past. His actions are not only unrealistic
they also serve to mask the saddest part of his life, lonliness.was willing to pay top dollar to
promote his illusions as reality and in the end he paid the highest price of
all.

Candide is often called a "philosophical tale." What kind of characters are presented here? What is the pacing of the story? How does it challenge our...

The novel
is written as an epic journey in a way. Each of the characters follows
through a series of unfortunate events and eventually finds himself or herself on a quest to
reunite Candide with Cunegonde. In the tale, the characters are all caricatures of various
ideas, with Candide leading the charge as the philosophical...

Why, in 1984, does O'Brien call Winston the "last man"?

In 's
, calls"the last man" in reference to Winston's rebellious
spirit, which O'Brien feels must be subdued. In calling Winston the last man, O'Brien is
pointing out that he is an isolated individual in the sea of people who have accepted the Party
or given up trying to fight. Winston is a rare person in that he actually sees himself as an
individual rather than as an unthinking part of the Party. O'Brien encourages Winston to accept
the futility of resisting the Party. Winston believes that the spirit of humanity will
eventually overthrow the Party, as masses of people will one day fight back. O'Brien's response
is that Winston, by being the last man, is alone in this fight for
humanity.

How does each family member react to Gregor after his transformation? How do their reactions differ from one another? What do they have in common?

Mr. Samsa,
Gregor's father, is completely repulsed by Gregor's transformation. He, in spirit, has already
disowned Gregor. The apple-throwing incident, in which an apple Mr. Samsa throws becomes lodged
in Gregor's back, is the culmination of his hatred...

In The Lovely Bones, where does Susie live?

Susie
narrates her tale from Heaven; she was killed and left buried in a frozen field.  If you mean
the actual state where she lived when she was alive, I don't believe Sebold ever says exactly. 
It is a suburban community with cold winters, so a good guess might be New York, from whence
Sebold hales, or somewhere New England-y. 

Explain Winston's position on attempting to overthrow the government of Ingsoc in 1984.

is
convinced that the Proles, who form the majority of the population, could easily overthrow the
government if they wanted to; they are probably the only force big enough to confront the Party,
and according to him, they are the only hope of a revolution. However, what they lack is
knowledge and intellect to do so. The Proles are happy and content in their ignorance, and
the...

Compare the life before the revolution and after the revolution in Animal Farm.

Things
were supposed to get better for the animals of Manor Farm once they got rid of their human
owner, but it didn't really work out that way. The animals did eliminate the human domination
over their lives, but that...

How does Napoleon in Animal Farm use propaganda, education, threats, and the animals' indifference to make himself powerful?

, once
he has established his position, does very little on a personal level to maintain it.  Gaining
power took a little doing, though, and he used the techniques you list to achieve his
goal.

Propaganda -is the propaganda mouthpiece for Napoleon.  Squealer is
sent out primarily to convince the animals of two things: the animals are better off now than
when Jones was in charge (which is, in general, not true); and if things change, Jones will come
back.  The former is just taking advantage of the basically unquestioning animals and re-writing
history; the latter is using fear to...

The writer reflects society when he portays black natives as savages.Explain

wrote
" " in 1719.  At that point, just about all European societies were deeply racist. 
Because of this, when Defoe portrays black natives as savages, he is simply going along with a
view of...

What are the benefits and costs of globalization?

According to
economists, the benefits of globalization are felt by almost everyone.  Globalization means that
consumers in the various economies will get the best possible prices for the widest variety of
goods.  This comes about as goods can be made in the places where they are made most
efficiently.

The costs of globalization are typically felt by certain sectors
of the various economies.  All economies face new competition as globalization occurs.  Some
sectors of their economy (such as low-skill manufacturing in rich countries) get outcompeted by
competition from other countries.  The people in those sectors suffer the costs of globalization
as they lose their jobs to the foreign competition.

Why is Charles Wallace annoyed with the three ladies?

Charles
Wallace is annoyed because Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Who whisk Meg, Calvin, and him off
to the planet Uriel without any warning. He is especially annoyed for the sake of Meg, who
doesn't have any idea what is going on. He also is annoyed because at first he fears they left
her behind. Essentially, the element of surprise has confused and upset him. He says to them
coldly:

You scared Meg half out of her wits, whisking her
off this way without any warning.

Adding to his annoyance
is the way the three women are laughing and giggling as if all of this is a great joke. Gales of
laughter erupt from Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit. Mrs. Who keeps quoting in Latin. Charles Wallace
wants her to stop:

"Mrs. Who, I wish you'd stop
quoting!" Charles Wallace sounded very annoyed.

Basically, now that they have startled and disoriented the children with the sudden,
unannounced trip to Uriel, Charles wants the threesome to get serious, to focus, and to explain
exactly what is going on. He is the bridge between the three women and Meg and Calvin, and he is
performing the role of ensuring they all communicate clearly.

What would be a title of the report that Christof would write to persuade the TV executive to finance his new sequel to The Truman Show?

If you were writing a report, it would probably be a market analysis. 
You could call it: Why a Sequel to The Truman Show Would be Profitable.

In order to convince an executive that he or she should fund your show, you will need
to show that the first production was successful.  There are many reasons for this success.  It
ran for many years through Trumans entire childhood and early adulthood.  It made a great deal
of money on product placement.  The star, Truman, did not draw a salary because he did not even
know he was being filmed.

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How do Scout and Jem lose their innocence in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

Jennifer Carnevale, M.A.

A loss of innocence can happen through one experience, but there is usually a buildup
that occurs beforehand which illuminates more and more of the world for a child to see. Over the
course of the novel, ,andface several challenges which ultimately lead to
their loss of innocence and early-onset adulthood.

One of the ways that they
loose their innocence is through the actions of their father. Onceis selected to be Tom
Robinson's defense attorney, Atticus becomes the talk of the town. The kids are then caught in
the crossfire as people in Maycomb County take sides. This includes neighbors, peers, strangers,
and even family members.

Another instance when the children's innocence is
shaken is when they attend church with Calpurnia. While Atticus is away, Calpurnia takes the
kids to her church which is run by the Black community. The kids watch Lula yell at Calpurnia
for being there. However, the rest of the community supports Atticus and the kids
and...

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as a teacher, What are the best ways to discipline middle school students? as a teacher, What are the best ways to discipline middle school students...

I always
tried to treat the students with respect initially, then demand it in return.  The best way to
discipline a middle school student is, to quote my husband, "play offense and not
defense." 

The most important thing in dealing with middle school
students it to work hard up front to build a positive relationship with them.  Once that is done
discipline problems will decrease dramatically, but not disappear.  It is important to keep in
mind that you should be a calm, non argumentative force and continue to treat a student with
respect even as they misbehave.  Your anger will only fuel...

In "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison, what does the dancer represent? What's tattooed on her belly and why are they afraid to look? In what ways is the...

As part
of the evening's "entertainment," an exotic dancer takes to the stage. On her belly,
she sports a tattoo of the American flag. The symbolic significance of this is not hard to spot.
The exotic dancer with the tattoo represents what the young black boys cannot have. The American
dream, and all it represents, is not for them.

Furthermore, as the woman is
white, she's unavailable to the young black boys forced to participate in this tawdry spectacle.
This was a time and a place when racial mixing was considered taboo; many young black men who
were even suspected of looking at a white woman in a certain way were unceremoniously lynched.
That's why the boys in the story are so afraid to look.

The baying crowd of
white men treat the exotic dancer as little more than a piece of meat, an object for them to
leer at. By the same token, they look upon the narrator and the other young black boys as there
to provide amusement for them. The thought that the black boys, like the exotic
dancer,...

What are some symbols in A Clean, Well-Lighted Place besides the cafe?

One symbol
is the absence of the cafe. In other words, this absence represents nothing
or "nada" as it is said in the story. The old man seems to have nothing. His wife is
gone; his only solace is having a drink in the cafe. Without the cafe, there is nothing for him.
The old waiter understands the empty feeling this absence instills; the younger waiter has yet
to understand or experience this in life. And according to the old man and older waiter, the
other bodegas don't provide the same kind of empathetic solace that the cafe does. So, this
notion of the absence of the cafe, nada, is an experiential symbol of loneliness and maybe even
chaos -- since the cafe provides some order for the old man, a light in the nothing. 

The old man has attempted suicide because he was in despair about "nothing."
He is deaf so he can hear nothing. The light itself, more welcoming than the bodegas, is a
"something" in the "nothing." Light is a common symbol in literature and
here it could symbolize simple presence (of warmth, humanity), order, truth, and life (death
symbolizing the light going out).

The old waiter's prayer filled with
"nada" and "nothing" is an attempt to make sense of nothing, to give it
order and structure and meaning in the structure and spiritual significance of a prayer.
Likewise, the cafe and the light in particular give some sense of structure and meaning, even
empathy (to the old man). He goes there every day, like a ritual meeting. And that is the
symbolism of the prayer itself: just as the old man seeks empathy in the cafe/light, the old
waiter seeks empathy (someone else to understand him) with his mocking attempt at a prayer,
another ritual. The ritual itself is symbolic as an attempt to find meaning. The waiter
concludes his night with more searching for empathy. "After all, he said to himself, it is
probably only insomnia. Many must have it." He reaches out to the "many." The
need for empathy is, for the old man and the older waiter, a reaching out for others as well as
an escape from the loneliness of (having) nothing. 

In the story "The Minister's Veil" By Nathaniel Hawthorne, what is the symbol of the black veil that Parson Hooper wears?

In a society
based on the holy pursuit of perfect and election by God, Mr. Hooper dons a veil that provokes a
wide range of reactions from his parishioners. The reader never knows the specific reason why he
wears this, but we come to understand...

What is the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution prepared by diluting 50. mL of 0.10 M Hno3 (aq) with water to 500. mL? I'm going over some...

There are a
few formulas to take care of this, but the most general way would be to calculate the number of
moles of hydrogen ions you have, and then just figure out what the concentration is in the new
amount of water, and find the pH by the log formula.

Step 1:
Find moles of H+ Ions

This part is pretty easy. We're going to
assume that all of the HNO3 dissociates into H+ and NO3-. This means that given the HNO3
concentration of 0.10 M, we will have a H+ concentration of 0.10 M.

To find
the moles, we simply multiply our concentration by our volume. Keep in mind, M = mol/L, so we'll
need to get our volume into liters before we multiply:

Moles H+ = 0.10 M * 50
mL * 1 L/1000 mL = 0.0050 Mol H+

Step 2: Find [H+] in the new
solution

Recall, concentration is simply how many moles per
liter, meaning we just divide our number of moles by the liters of
solution. Keep in mind we will have added 500 mL water to 50 mL of solution, so our total volume
is 550 mL = 0.55 L.

[H+] = Moles H+/Volume = 0.0050 mol / 0.55 L = 0.0091
M

This answer sounds pretty reasonable, because we diluted the solution by
roughly a factor of 10.

We're almost done! Now we just need to get the
pH.

Step 3: Find the pH

To
find the pH, we simply take the negative log (base 10) of the concentration:

pH = -log(0.0091) = 2.0

Side note: I
know some may cry foul because I didn't take into consideration the fact that water dissociates
into hydrogen ions, too. This is where we look at our answer and see whether it makes sense to
worry about the water's H+ ions' effect on pH. Because the pH of water is 7, that means it is
contributing a H+ concentration of 0.0000001 M, which we can say is "0.0000000" when
we see that the [H+] of our combined solution is 5 orders of magnitude higher. In other words,
the [H+] of water is so small as to not affect the outcome.

In the story "Charles," how does Laurie feel about his/Charles' behavior?

In 's
1948 short story, "," the main character Laurie is proud of the fictional Charles's
behavior. 

Laurie invents the character of Charles on his first day of
kindergarten. He comes home slamming the door, leaving his hat on the floor, and shouting. He
spills his baby sister's milk at lunch and speaks disrespectfully to his father. When prompted,
he tells his father he didn't learn "nothing" in school. Then he tells the tale of a
boy being spanked for being fresh. In the quote below, one can see Laurie's enjoyment in telling
the tales of Charles's insolent behavior at school. 

"The next day Laurie remarked at lunch, as soon as he sat down, Well, Charles
was bad again today. He grinned enormously and said, Today Charles hit the teacher. 

The fact that he grins enormously while he tells of the heinous
deeds shows that he is proud either of his actions, or of the deceptive tale he has weaved, or
both. 

The next incidence of Charles' bad behavior is...

I need help in determining Hawthorne's style in "Young Goodman Brown" through literary devices. OK, so I'm writing an essay on Friday with the...

Well, you have
certainly put lots of thought into this! I like your idea, but I am not entirely convinced that
this story is a critique of Romanticism by making "the woods" a dangerous place as
opposed to the healing place that Romantics would consider it to be. Key to realise about
Hawthorne's style is that he writes allegorically very well, and it is obvious that in this tale
there are major allegorical references. Just consider some of the names, for instance -

What often happened at antiwar demonstrations in the early 1970s? Looking to find (2 or 3) specific examples to support your answer.

Kent
State would be one moment where antiwar demonstrations connected to both the intense public
outrage over the war as well as the power of antiwar demonstrations.  At Kent State, the Ohio
National Guard fired on a noontime demonstration, killing four students and injuring nine
others.  The symbolic meaning of the act proved to the nation how completely chaotic the
situation in Vietnam was.  Four college students died in exercising their First Amendment
rights.  The use of force had reached an unprecedented high level and the public felt
a...

I've chosen to write an essay about how Rahim acted as a better father then Baba did. However im having some troubles coming up with my 3...

You
have a good idea for a paper on The Kite Runner because there is a great
deal of evidence to show that Rahim was a better father than Baba. But I am not certain, when
you refer to three paragraphs, whether you are referring to three body paragraphs or simply a
three-paragraph essay.  So, I will discuss both ways of writing an essay.

If
you are supposed to write a three-paragraph essay, the first paragraph should be the
introduction, the second paragraph should be the body of the essay, and the third
paragraph should be the conclusion.  In the introduction, you need to give...

Explain the role of MNCs in developing countries.

I assume
that you are referring to multi-national corporations and I have tagged this question
accordingly...

The role of MNCs in developing countries is rather
controversial.  Some say that they benefit these countries while others say they are
detrimental.

The most common argument in favor of MNCs is that they bring
needed economic...

What are four rising and falling actions in the book 1984?

Rising action is typically a defining moment
which leaves to the irrevocableof a work.  In this case the climactic moment can be said to be
's and 's capture.  Thus I would give the following for rising action elements:

1. Winston's diary creates for him an outlet to express his emotions, but it
   also creates concrete evidence of his disloyalty to Big Brother
2. Winston's
   visits to the prole neighborhood, conversations with the store owner, purchases of
   "banned" items, and the renting of the room above the store show Winston's tendencies
   to rebel and make him a target for the thought police.
3. The development and
   openness of the sexual relationship between Winston and Julia places a target on their backs and
   makes them more susceptible to behaviors that would draw the attention of the thought
   police.
4. The visit to 's apartment and declaration of loyalty and service to
   the underground rebellion solidifies the fate of both Winston and Julia.

Falling action are generally seen as consequences that befall the characters
after the climactic event or events.   Again, my choices and justifications are below:

1. Immediately, both Winston and Julia are separated and jailed in the Ministry
   of Love.  Winston (and we assume Julia) undergo mental and physical torture including sleep
   deprivation, starvation and physical beatings.
2. After a while, Winston
   realizes that his one hope (O'Brien) was never on his side.  O'Brien admits that he has been
   watching Winston all along and lured him to commit the crimes for which he was captured.  This
   tends to break his spirit.
3. Winston's will is subsequently broken by the
   application of electic shock torture.  Through O'Brien's techniques, Winston truly comes to
   believe that 2+2=5.  He is not faking it; he believes it. 
4. The torture in
   Room 101 is each individual's worst fear.  In Winston's case, rats will gnaw off his face if he
   does not completely and utterly give in to Big Brother.  By denying and denouncing Julie, he
   does this, signifying the end of their relationship.

In "Conclusions," in Walden, explain the message of the story about the traveler and the boy in the swamp.

In the final section
of this impressive philosophical tome, Thoreau points out the superfluous nature of so much of
society. He argues that wealth we have that is extra will only ever buy us things we don't
really need. Again and again he returns to his central argument that is that money is not
essential or necessary to provide for the needs of the soul. He talks about the various dinner
parties that occur in the city and the...

What is the plot of the story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson?

"" tells
the story of Laurie, a young boy who is just beginning kindergarten. The story is told from the
perspective of Laurie's mother, who witnesses incredible changes in her son during this period.
He is no longer a "nursery-school tot," for example, and kindergarten transforms him
into a "long-trousered, swaggering character."

Each night, Laurie
comes home from kindergarten and tells his mother and father about a child in his class called
Charles who routinely misbehaves. On the first day, Charles got into trouble for "being
fresh," for example, and on the next, he was punished for hitting the teacher. Charles
seems to be such a bad pupil that Laurie's mother wonders if kindergarten is too
"unsettling" for her son. Charles's behavior soon improves, however, and he becomes
the teacher's helper, but it is not long before he is misbehaving again and he becomes a sort of
"institution" in Laurie's household.

When Laurie's first
parent-teacher meeting comes around, Laurie's mother is keen to speak with Charles's family for
herself. In an ironic twist, however, she is quickly cornered by Laurie's teacher and is shocked
to find out that Charles does not exist. Charles and his many misdemeanors were, in fact,
carried out by her own son, Laurie.

How Did His Congregation Regard Mr Hooper

As the
congregation gathers in the meeting house, the sexton cries, "But what has good Parson
Hooper got upon his face?"  When another member of the congregation repeats "good Mr.
Hooper," indications, then, are that the minister is well-liked and respected.

However, when the perception of "good Mr. Hooper" changes, so, too, do
opinions.  "I don't like it," one old woman peremptorily exclaims:

'He has changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his
face.'

Others, too, become uncomfortable with the veil's
ambiguity; they are overcome with "perturbation." Indeed, it is this ambiguity which
causes some to become angry, others to believe the minister has "gone mad," and still
others to become unnerved and leave the gathering.  The veil has cast a dark tone upon the day. 
Although he believes that "something is amiss with Mr. Hooper, the physician of the village
observes,

...the strangest part of the affair is the
effect of this vagary, even on a sober-minded man like myself.   The black veil, though it
covers only our pastor's face, throws its influence over his who person, and makes him ghostlike
from head to foot.  Do you not feel it so?

This ambiguous
influence of the veil upon the soul of the viewer leads Mr. Hooper's own fiancee to leave him
when he refuses to remove the veil, telling his love that the veil is a symbol that he is bound
to wear in mortal life.  Finally, as he lies dying, Father Hooper, as he has come to be called,
yet refuses to lift the veil.

'Why do you tremble at me
alone?' cried he, turning his veiled face round the circle of pale spectators.  'Tremble also at
each other!  Have men avoided me and women show no pity, and children screamed and fled, only
for my black veil?  When the friend show his inmost heart to his friend; the lover to his best
beloved; when man does not vainly shrink from the eye of his Creator, loathsomely treasuring up
the secret of his sin, then deem me a monster, for the symbol beneath which and lived, and die! 
I look around me, and, lo! on every visage a Black Veil!'

While Mr. Hooper's veil may screen his secret sins, it is also symbolic of the
spiritual veils that others wear in the duplicity of their outward behavior and inner
"secret sins" as Hawthorne terms the private evil of people.  The ambiguity of the
veil leads the people to wonder if Mr. Hooper knows their "secret sins," so they
repudiate him or avoid him in their own guilt.

What is the critical analysis of Tennyson's poem Ulysses?

Tennyson's "" is a wildly popular
poem, and one which instigates a variety of interpretations. However, as a starting point, it
helps to look at one of the poem's most prominent themes: the rebellion against age, infirmity,
and mortality. 

The poem opens upon an aging Ulysses lamenting his
essentially boring and purposeless life at home in Ithaca. Far from being grateful for having
returned home from his harrowing journeys, Ulysses laments his idleness, resenting his
"aged wife" (3) and the "savage race" (4) he is doomed to wait upon.
However, rebelling against this unremarkable existence, Ulysses declares "I cannot rest
from travel" (6) and prepares to set off on yet another voyage.

Though
"Ulysses" has many famous lines, the key lines for our purposes occur at the
end:

We are not now that strength which in old
days

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;

One equal temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate,
but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
(66-70)

In this stirring conclusion, Ulysses
essentially reflects on the loss of his legendary strength, cleverness, and heroism; he is no
longer the dashing hero, and is instead and old king sick with nostalgia. However, despite this
realization, Ulysses still resolves to strike out into the unknown yet again to once again test
his courage. As such, the poem is largely a rebellion against old age and slipping quietly off
into obscurity, as it centers on adetermined to defy his mortality and continue "to strive,
to seek, to find, and not to yield."

 

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In Act II of Pygmalion, why does Doolittle want only five pounds instead of the ten he is offered?

You are right. If you
have a look at this section of Act II, Doolittle deliberately asks for the money for the purpose
of spending it all and having a grand time over the weekend. He is quite open about this, saying
to Higgins "Don't you be afraid that I'll save it and spare it and live idle on it."
He seems almost proud of the way that he promises that there "will not be a penny of it
left by Monday."...

What does the magnificent blonde represent in the story?

The blonde,
who has a tattoo of the American flag on her lower belly, represents the way in which white
women have been used as sexual objects and how their status as both sexual objects and symbols
of American femininity have contributed to the oppression of black men.

Both
the black men participating in theand the white woman in the ring are exploited objects of
erotic obsession. The white male spectators enjoy watching the black men experience attraction
to the white woman. However, the black men are also afraid of expressing attraction to the
blonde around the white male spectators, due to such attraction being forbidden to black men.
This manipulation contributes to the sexual hegemony of white men, which has historically
resulted in white men's control of both black men and white women and their unmitigated access
to the bodies of white women, as well as to those of black men and black women.

Ellison uses the Battle Royal as a visual symbol of everyone's
victimization...

Is the description of places and things and culture that surround characters and that characters are involved in considered to be examples of the use...

jennyrocks I believe status
implications can be derived from everything that you said. Think about the generalized affluent
activities and customs that society implies. How many rich people coupon clip? How many
impoverished people have access to the opera or theatre? By asking if Capote is...]]>

I need a title for a documentary proposal/essay about mental health and its effects on students, any ideas?

Without knowing more specifics about the
intended essay's content, coming up with a title is a bit difficult.There are many mental health
disorders and issues that could affect teenagers.They include disorders such as ADHD,
depression, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, conduct disorders, eating disorders, etc.All of
those disorders are mental and/or emotional disorders, but they also have repercussions for a
person's physical health as well.Basic health classes always try to point out the linkages
between physical, mental, and social health for all around total health and wellness.

My recommendation is to come up with a thesis statement for your essay.Let that guide
the content of the essay.After the entire essay is written, then work on the title.If the essay
is being written for a health class or even English class, then the title should try to be fewer
words rather than an enormously drawn out statement.The title should also attempt to be catchy
because it is the first thing that a reader will likely reader.Boring titles don't motivate
readers to read the following paper.Since I don't know the specifics of the paper, my suggested
title will be quite broad.You could do something like "The Lurking Danger Stalking
Teens."

If the title is for a paper that is going to be much more
scientific in its intent, then the title is different.The title needs to explicitly tell the
reader what is being discussed.The goal of this title is to be informative rather than
catchy.These kinds of scientific titles are also allowed to be much longer by
comparison.

How are women presented in literary works? How Women arewere presented in literarty works? Can u give an example(if u have one)? What else do u...

As others
have mentioned, the time period is a major factor when considering this question.  For example,
Kate Chopin who wrote during the late nineteenth/early twentieth century, depicted her female
characters as trapped by rigid social constraints.  Louise Mallared, theof her popular story
"The Story of an Hour, feels utterly trapped by her marriage and gains a sense of ultimate
freedom upon learning that her husband is dead.  Other works by Chopin similarly represent
female characters.

What is the monster's name in the novel Frankenstein?

In
,does not have a given name. Its creator, , however, does use a number of
negative terms to describe the monster throughout the novel, including "ogre,"
"devil," and "thing."

There is some significance in the
fact that the monster is nameless. Firstly, it reinforces the monster's status as Victor's
creation. It is his property, the product of his labors while at university, and therefore
viewed as a possession, not a human being.

Secondly, not giving the monster a
name makes it easier for Victor to flee his monster when he realizes how terrifying and horrible
he really finds it. Remember that the monster is incredibly ugly and scary. It is extremely
tall, for instance, and has yellow eyes. By not giving this monster a name, Shelley also
reinforces the idea that it is neither human nor animal. It is a completely new and separate
entity.

How did Jean-Jacques Rousseau impact government?

Jean Jacques
Rousseau had a major impact on modern governments through the advancement of the philosophy of
social contract. Through his work he was able to transform mostly despotic government
institutions into democratic institutions based on individual freedoms. He also participated in
the advancement of the Enlightenment era, a period when the people challenged the existing
authority structures and other facets of human life.

The social contract as
envisioned by Rousseau sought to describe the framework used in establishing leadership
structures among the populace. He suggested that no legitimate government should exist without
the general will of the people. This was because since the people relinquished equal rights
making them the governed, it would only be right if they gave their consent to be governed. His
idea made it possible for the masses to challenge the legitimacy of the set structures
especially monarchies. This led to revolutions such as the French Revolution which can be traced
back to his ideology. The social contract can also be seen in the American Declaration of
Independence when the Founding Fathers sought to establish a government for and by the people of
the United States.

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In "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall", why did Father Connolly tickle Granny Weatherall's feet?

The arrival of Father
Connolly heralds another moment of bitter-sweet humour as he begins to perform the Last Rites on
Granny Weatherall. Crucial to understanding the story is the point of view that is employed by
the author - we see everything from Granny Weatherall's point of view, and as she is dying, her
thinking is very confused and she makes associations that aren't expected in her
stream-of-consciousness narrative. Thus, whilst Father Connolly begins his Last Rites, we see
the overlapping images that are going on in...

For Haywood in "How Body Modification Ended the War Against My Body," what is the connection between body modification and eating disorders? Between...

The
link between body modification and recovery from eating disorders and surviving sexual assault
is that they are all intrinsically physical, corporeal concepts. The author also refers to
people who have a disability or a long-standing illness using body modification "as a
vehicle for healing" (2).

Because the body is the site of trauma from
sexual assault and eating disorders, the author reasons in this article that body modification
is a way to use compassion to reclaim that site. The link, for the author, is that eating
disorders and sexual assault are attacks on the body, while body modification is a way of
exploring the body "in a loving way" (2).

In addition to
exploration, the author also details how body modification helps her to define her body. The
author tells us that outside forces have tried to define her body and that body modification is
her way of defining it for herself and on her "terms" (2) and not on the terms of the
media or the men who hurt her.

How far do you think that marriage is a private affair?

I think
that there are a couple of points here to make.  The first would be that globalization has had a
far reaching impact to help make marriage and the discussion of marriage a more public affair. 
In some respects, this is actually fairly beneficial, in that people are able to experience and
understand different dimensions about marriage in more ways than before.  At the same time, when
we define "public," one has to qualify "whose public?"  I still think that
there are reactions and beliefs like Okeke's around the world.  There are some places where
marriage is not a "private" affair between two people in love.  Rather, it is quite a
public affair where individuals from far and wide either have input or are a part the marriage
process.  Nene's attitude is critical in this process.  She understands that her marriage is
going to remain a "private affair" from Okeke's wrath and his emotions.  Yet, she is
willing to allow the public nature of it be explored with her children visiting their
grandfather.  It is interesting to see how Achebe's ending reflects the whole notion of
"public" and "private" in terms of marriage.  He cannot sleep, yet not out
of excitement or jubilation.  He cannot sleep out of fear and "remorseand a vague fear that
he might die without making it up tothem."  In this, one sees how marriage's public state,
in terms of showing and saving face with villagers and people in one's community, ends up
surrendering to the private one, whereby a father fears that he will not be able to make amends
with his son, his grandson, and, to an extent, his daughter in law.  In this light, there is an
element of age and mortality that undercuts everything.  Whether or not marriage is a public or
private issue might not be the primary concern for Achebe.  Rather, he seeks to make the
argument that marriage where there is love between two people and a commitment to make their
world and our world a better place, cannot be looked at with scorn.  Whatever needs to be done
in both the public and private realm should be done in order to ensure that little disdain is
offered in such a relationship.  It is this need to educate the drives Achebe's primary
motivation in the short story.

How does the quote in Our Town, "You've got to love life to have life, and you've got to have life to love life," emphasize Wilder's theme?

In Act 3, Emily
dies in childbirth and joins the dead at the cemetery. There, she discovers what the others who
have passed before her already know: you can't go back into your old life again and expect it to
be the same. She also discovers that the living are "shut up in little boxes," that
is, they have a narrow perspective compared to the omniscient view held by the dead
characters.

"You've got to love life to have life" is a quote that
encapsulates this lesson learned by Emily and others -- appreciate life while you have it;
otherwise you die with regrets.

Where in this story is there wisdom?

I would
suggest that the wisdom intrinsic to Welty's story would have to be with Phoenix Jackson's
dedication to that which she knows is right.  There are many obstacles that could and would
prevent many others from doing what Phoenix does.  She is old, her health is failing, and there
are so many impediments with which she has to wrestle.  Yet, she does not waver in doing what
she has to for her grandson.  The idea of "We is the only two left in the world,"
helps to convey the wisdom that the old lady holds.  She understands clearly that her moral and
ethical obligation to help her grandson, regardless of consequences, is vitally important to
both of their beings.  There is wisdom evident in this.  Phoenix Jackson is wise enough to
understand that what human beings love and stand for is what defines them.  While Phoenix is old
and she, herself, is becoming victim to the ravages of time, she will not let this define her.
 Rather, she defines herself through the loyalty she has to her grandson and walking along this
"worn path" is where her sense of being emerges.  It is in this idea of how one is
what they love and how one must honor that which they love where wisdom exists in the short
story.

What kind of language style and literary devices are used in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway?

"The
Snows of Kilimanjaro" is one of Ernest Hemingway's most masterfully written short stories,
and it has plenty of linguistic style and literary devices embedded in the text to keep even the
closest of readers occupied for a long time. Hemingway's doing a lot in this story. For our
purposes, though, I think it would be best to focus on two things in particular: economy of
language and symbolism.

Economy of language: this trait is a classic
characteristic of Hemingway's style. His writing is most commonly known for simplicity and lack
of needless stylistic flourishes. Indeed, Hemingway's prose could be reasonably compared to a
strong cup of black coffee, as both are robust, plain, and simple. Understatements are a
particularly key trait in this story. Often, Hemingway writes about important things in an
indirect fashion; he never directly says what's happening, but the reader can guess obliquely by
paying attention. In "Kilimanjaro," Hemingway doesn't immediately tell us hisis dying.
Rather, we're allowed to figure this out for ourselves based on the characters' indirect,
clipped dialogue and a few hints Hemingway throws our way. As a result, the story's deeper
meaning unfurls indirectly, so we appreciate it much more once we finally understand
it. 

Symbolism: all of "Kilimanjaro" can be summed up in
Hemingway's brief description of a frozen leopard near the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro at the
beginning of the story. The leopard can be seen as a symbol for seeking and struggling to reach
a higher purpose or meaning, but ultimately falling short in the process. This same concept is
what much of the rest of the story is about, as the protagonist Harry laments the literary
talents he failed to develop to the fullest. As such, the leopard becomes a literary device that
symbolically represents the idea of failing in the process of striving for great things, and so
it also becomes the heart of the whole short story. 

Help me to find out stylistic devices from short story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson.

Above all,is a
great storyteller. In this short story, the element of plot structure, dialogue andare
important. If one reads this short story knowing a little about Jackson and the types of stories
she writes (such as ), one is immediately suspicious at the outset that
there is something more to this "" than meets the eye.

I watched him go off the first morning

with the older
girl...

What was the Boston Massacre and why was it important?

There
were two additional important results of the "massacre" and the trial.  First, because
the defense of the soldiers was led by John Adams, one of the most important members of the
revolutionary movement, it became obvious to both the British and the American colonists that
the rule of law was more important than one's political beliefs.  Adams, who interviewed dozens
of witnesses, proved that the crowd initiated the violence and that the soldiers believed their
lives were in danger.  Even though Adams was relentlessly criticized by many colonials for his
defense of the British soldiers, the British--and even many pro-revolution Americans--understood
that Adams' loyalty was to the law rather than his own politics.  Second, Adams' defense
indicated that some of Boston's leading citizens were implicated in inciting others to violence,
which was a capital crime under British law--that is, these people were guilty of treason and
could be executed if proven guilty.  In short, the leaders who were advocating violence
understood they could be accused of treason.   Among other things, Adams uncovered a significant
amount of sympathy among Americans for the British and against the revolutionary movement.  
When the leading members of the revolutionary movement realized the extent of American sentiment
against rebellion, they realized that the time was not ripe for a physical break with Great
Britain, and they took steps to moderate the violence they had encouraged before the massacre.
 

Paraphrase (line by line) the poem "Mirror" By Sylvia Plath.

I am made of shiny
metal, and I am truthful. I do not judge.
When I see something, I take it into myself
in right away
Just the way it really is, without any emotion to color it.
I'm
not mean, I only tell the truth,
I'm like a small god's eye, with four
corners.
I usually just stare at the wall across from me.
The wall is spotted
and pink. I have stared at this wall for such a long time that
I believe it is
actually part of me. However, the wall sometimes disappears.
It disappears behind
people's faces and sometimes darkness, again and again.

Now, I'm a calm body
of water, and a woman is peering into me,
Looking deeply to see the truth in her own
reflection.
But she returns to items that don't tell her the truth: candlelight or
moonlight.
I am looking at her back now, and I show it truthfully too.
She
cries and wrings her hands when she sees me.
I feel she believes I am important. She's
here and then she's gone.
In the mornings, I see her face after the
darkness.
When she looks into me, she sees her lost youth, and, her age
emerges,
Getting closer every day, like a frightening fish.

What were the short-term effects of World War II?

In
addition to the effects already mentioned, the mass loss of life and the economic devastation
duringled to food shortages throughout Europe and contributed to a substantial famine in the
Soviet Union in 1946€“1947. Many people were displaced, and refugees from war zones could be
found all across Europe.

The war also led to political instability in Europe.
The United States introduced the Truman Doctrine and then presented the European Recovery
Program, or the Marshall Plan, to help rebuild Western Europe and dampen the appeal of
socialism.

The outcome of the war also led to the emergence of two victors
(the United States and the Soviet Union) as superpowers, establishing a world with two major
centers of power. In broad historical terms, one might consider the escalatingbetween the United
States and the Soviet Union in 1946, the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) in 1949, the Soviet development of the atomic bomb in the same year, and...

Voltaire is a keen observer of human experience, with a sharp eye for the "follies of human history." Which aspects of European history and...

This
question seems somewhat difficult to answer because 's subversiveness stretches so widely,
across all of European society as a whole. He criticizes the Church, the nobility, military
discipline and warfare, and sos on. I would say that in general, the core themes of
seem to be hypocrisy, pretense, and, perhaps most importantly, what one might refer
to as a "Problem of Evil."

When I speak of a "Problem of
Evil," I am referring to the ways in which Voltaire is deeply disturbed by the radical
turnings of fate. There is a deep cynicism at the heart of this book in how Voltaire understands
the human condition and the world around him. Cruelty, injustice, and brutality is pervasive.
You can look at Candide's own life to see an illustration of this and recognize that
his...

What was Yali's question in Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond?

In the
book : The Fates of Human Societies, authorargues that some civilizations
acquired technology and power more rapidly than others not because of any inherent genetic
superiority but rather due to their geographical locations and other environmental factors. As
Diamond explains in the book'scalled "Yali's Question," the inspiration for the book
came from a question posed to him during an hour-long walk in New Guinea with a local politician
named Yali.

At the time, Diamond was working as a biologist and studying the
evolution of birds. They talked about birds and then about New Guinean politics. Yali eventually
posed the question that became the basis of Guns, Germs, and
Steel:

Why is it that you white people
developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of
our own?

By "cargo" Yali was referring to the
material goods that white colonizers brought to New Guinea such as clothing, steel axes,
matches,...

What is the difference between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?

The
Romans built their republic after expelling the Etruscan king Tarquin the Proud. From that day
onward, the Romans were intensely suspicious of any kind of political arrangement that smacked
of monarchy. In the Roman Republic, power was nominally shared between two elected consuls and a
wholly appointed Senate. In reality, power remained largely in the hands of the Roman nobility;
although, they didn't always get their own way and conflict between them and the ordinary Roman
people, or plebs, was common. Antagonism was also rife between various leading personalities in
the upper echelons of Roman society, leading to frequent military conflict and outbreaks of
violent civil disorder.

When Julius Caesar became dictator, it seemed to
many that he was turning himself into a new king. To him and his supporters, however, he was
bringing much-needed stability to a system that seemed on the verge of collapse. Nevertheless,
and irrespective of the dire state of the...

In To Kill a Mockingbird, why is Mrs. Blount angry with Miss Caroline?

Mrs. Blount,
the 6th grade teacher at s school, is a veteran teacher. When the newcomer, Miss Caroline, comes
to the school straight out of college (and as an outsider in the Maycomb community), Mrs. Blount
probably doesnt have much faith in Miss Carolines abilities. When Miss Carolines class begins to
get a little rowdy over Scouts seemingly disrespectful behavior, Mrs. Blount chastises Miss
Caroline about the noise they are making. She says that their noise and laughter is disrupting
her class from learning. Mrs. Blount is also probably suspicious of Miss Caroline because she
teaches the Dewey Decimal System, a new educational strategy at that time. 

Overall, Mrs. Blount is not too welcoming to the new teacher, Miss Caroline, and like
Scout, probably doesnt care for her new learning techniques and ignorance as to how to teach
children in Maycomb.

What are some examples of a didactic reading of Emma?

A
didactic reading ofbyis one which reads the novel as a work of moral instruction, drawing from
the work both guidelines concerning correct ways to think and behave. It is generally a sort of
reading far more common in the nineteenth century...

What are some ways the government tries to control the people in Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451? Do Americans today experience something similar?

Perhaps the
most significant theme in Bradbury's is that of the government's control
over freedom of thought.

In the novel, members of society are not allowed to
read books because it promotes freethinking and original thought. Anyone who is found hiding
books is taken into custody, and their books and home burned to the ground. It is not
withoutthat one of the story's strongest rebels against this process is found in Guy Montag. At
the beginning, he is a fireman who burns books and houses. He muses, "It was a pleasure to
burn." However, he receives guidance in the form of Clarisse McClellan's challenging
questions, as well as witnessing the woman at 11 N. Elm Street who is willing to die rather than
live in a world without her books. In response, Montag's once-unquestioned perceptions (based on
the government's dumbing-down propaganda) begin to change.

Beatty provides a
glimpse not only of what the fireman's job is, but also the skewed perspective society has
perpetuated upon its memberswho mindlessly engage in activities and behaviors that deaden them
to individual freedoms, especially independent thoughts and actions:

The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we're the
Happiness Boys, the Dixie Duo, you and I and the others. We stand against the small tide of
those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought...I don't think you
realize how important you are, we are, to our happy
world as it stands now.

The government is selling the
idea that ignorance is bliss. Beatty notes that anyone who questions the
norms that are perpetuated within the society is a threat to the collective's overall happiness
and the cause of conflict.

The same might be said of the
politicalthat is often fed to Americans either by political candidates for office or by
representatives of the government that do not always provide citizens with the complete truth.
People are often told what politicians and officials believe the populace
wants to hear. Other politicians or special interest groups that speak out
against these " href="https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pie+in+the+sky">pie in the
sky" ("unlikely to happen") ideas are often vilified and
dismissed.

For example, while there is a great debate about the effects and
fall out from global warming, there are groups that still try to debunk what scientists are
seeing in terms of climate change. Gun control is also a hot topic: one side argues for the
right to bear arms, while others point to devastating attacks in this country by American
citizens upon other members of the community at large with the use of automatic assault
rifles.

Any lobbyist in Washington, DC, that supports the freedom to purchase
and bear arms is in direct conflict with those who oppose firearms, supporting gun control. The
debate rages, in these instances, between government special interest groups and social
institutions/organizations that oppose such widespread freedoms.

One might
argue that a majority of government officials may see a situation of any kind as a problem,
using their influence to bring Americans to their way of thinking, while an
opposing side in the argument will do its best to influence American
perceptions, especially as they are played out in voting booths across the country.

While the control of Bradbury's futuristic society is almost absolute, a few dissenters
are able to turn the tide in saving books (which represent ideas and knowledge) to be a part of
the rebuilding of their society. In modern-day America, there is no absolute control, but the
rhetoric shared with the public is often accepted without question, while small groups of
committed citizens who see things differently do their best to change the widely-accepted
societal norms in this country.

Why was Adolf Hitler so racist to the Jewish people in his time?

It is
fallacious to assume that Hitler's anti-Semitism was unique or even new. Jews throughout Europe
had been vilified since the Middle Ages because they were (1) Not Christian, (2) persisted in
retaining their traditional religion, culture and values, and (3) were the money lenders at a
time when that practice was denied to Christians. Jews in England were slaughtered immediately
after the coronation of Richard Lion Heart. Similarly, before the First Crusade was launched,
Peter the Hermet's Peasant's Crusade killed thousands of Jews in continental Europe.

Although most Europeans by Hitler's time had learned to live peacefully with their
Jewish neighbors, an anti-Semitic element was always present. As a young man, Hitler was an avid
reader of an anti-Semitic (and at times pornographic) periodical known as Ostara.
He was also enthralled with the music of Richard Wagner, who was a virulent
anti-Semitic. Because many of the early Communists were Jews (Marx, Trotsky, Rosa Luxembourg)
Hitler easily associated Communism with Judaism. The threat of a communist revolution in Germany
following World War I lent itself to the connection in Hitler's mind.

Hitler's anti-Semitism was thus an element of his culture. This alone does not explain
his attempts to exterminate them, however. All National Socialists were anti-Semitic and
pro-Nordic; Hitler's gift forand his personal charisma brought him to the forefront of that
movement and he thus became the figurehead for the anti-Semitism that was already
present.

If one were to analyze a portrait of Van Gogh, do you believe the portrait would reflect how the artist was feeling at the time? Give a reason for...

When one
considers the sheer number of self-portraits that Van Gogh painted, it becomes difficult to
believe that there isn't emotional expression contained within them. Indeed, self-portraits are
often thought to capture the artist's ideas of themself as well as their momentary emotional
states, even simply because of how much interpretation goes into viewing a face. While some of
Van Gogh's portraits can be considered more photorealistic when viewed individually, when they
are viewed as a group, there are clear tonal shifts that happen over time.

A
particularly clear example of emotional expression in Van Gogh's self-portraits can be seen in F
267, painted in the winter of 1886€“87. This portrait uses a very limited color scheme of blues,
grays, and just a few oranges and yellows. The eyes are large, sunken, and empty, and they
convey a desperate feeling. It stands out from other portraits from the same winter because it
is the darkest and most impressionistic, but also because it's the only one where he isn't
wearing a jacket with a lapel. Both of these elements are evidence that, of all the portraits he
painted that winter, this one was the one that he painted in the most distraught mental
state.

What are the similarities between the novel Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Qui±onez and the novel Soledad by Angie Cruz?

Both
novels are recent works set in the impoverished areas of upper Manhattan, and they address
issues of how members of racial minorities creatively deal with issues of personal and ethnic
identity.

Bodega Dreams was published in 2000 by
Cuban-American Ernesto Qui±onez (born in 1969). Its main character is Willie Bodega, a former
member of the Young Lord gang. The novel recounts his adventures as a successful drug dealer in
Spanish Harlem, but around this central plot, he weaves a tale of the creativity and cultural
adaptations of the communityespecially the way in which personal, familial, and community
loyalties enable immigrants to survive and sometimes thrive.

Soledad by Angie Cruz was originally published in 2001, just one
year after Bodega Dreams. Cruz was born on February 24, 1972, in New York
City to a Dominican family. Just like Qui±onez has strong roots in his native Cuban culture,
Cruz, who is only three years younger than Qui±onez , has strong connections to
Dominica.

Her novel is not only set in a similar location but also deals with
the culture of recent immigrants and the ways they form bonds of loyalty to their families and
communities as a creative survival strategy in an environment where they are targets of racial
discrimination. She also addresses the question of how talented and creative characters try to
forge hybrid identities.

From The Boy in The Striped Pajamas, what is Maria's religion?

The reader
of The Boy in The Striped Pajamas meets Maria at the beginning of the
story. As the maid or housekeeper, she is an important part of family life, so important that
when the family move out of Berlin to"Out-With," Maria moves with them. When the
"Fury" visits their home Maria is sure to bow her head "lower than usual,
implying her inferiority. Maria defers even to "Master Bruno" and bows her head when
she approaches him. 

Bruno trusts Maria implicitly and sees her as "part
of the family," seeking her opinion about the "awful" place they have moved to
but Maria avoids his questions as it is seemingly not her place to comment. She is horrified and
concerned for Bruno when he protests "Stupid Father." She tells Bruno how, due to a
friendship between Bruno's grandmother and Maria's mother who was a dressmaker for Bruno's
grandmother, Bruno's father had been very good to Maria and she will be eternally grateful for
such kindness. She even muses about how he could do such terrible things now when he did such a
kindness for her, although she does not voice her opinion.  

She does tell
Bruno what she knows about Pavel and how he was a doctor "in another life." She is
clearly afraid of Bruno's father and also afraid of speaking out against the family or the
Germans, for fear of being reprimanded and out of loyalty to Bruno's father. She is always
cautious and even telling Bruno to be careful of what he says.

It is then
implied that Maria is Jewish by her behavior and the fact that the family take her with them -
out of a sense of duty on Bruno's father's part - because, left behind in Berlin as a Jew she
would have been persecuted. 

What was the impact of the Civil War upon freed slaves once slavery ended, and what were the various opportunities opened to them, and what were the...

While the
Civil War, and more specifically the 13th Amendment, ended legalized slavery in the United
States and gave approximately 4 million former slaves their freedom, it did not mean that the
lot of African Americans improved as much as many had hoped.

Freedom did
bring many new opportunities to them. African Americans were now permitted to relocate, maintain
families without fear of separation, run businesses, vote, participate in politics, own
property, learn to read and write, and organize their own churches. Thus, former slaves were
able to improve the conditions of their lives in ways...

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Why did Jem not want Scout to tell Atticus about Bob Ewell's comment in To Kill a Mockingbird? Was this a wise thing?

doesnt want to tellthat Bob
Ewell threatenedand him because he doesnt want him to worry.

Throughout the book, Jem and Scout are both maturing.  Scout is too young to really
understand what is going on in the beginning, but as time goes on she understands more and
more.  Jem, however, understands more.  He is old enough to appreciate the bigger
picture.

Jem and Scout learn of the threat from Miss Stephanie, the town
gossip.

Miss Stephanie told Aunt Alexandra in Jem's
presence €¦ that Mr. Ewell said it made one down and about two more to go. Jem told me not to be
afraid, Mr. Ewell was more hot gas than anything. (Ch. 25)

Bob Ewell is bent out of shape because of the treatment of his family and his daughter
at the trial.  He is embarrassed, and feels as if his family name was impugned by Atticus.  This
is the reason that he threatens Jim and Scout.  Scout may not really understand that, but Jem
does.  Jem does not really take the threat seriously, because he thinks that Bob Ewell is
harmless.

Jem is aware of the situation with Bob Ewell because of the
conversation he had with Atticus. Bob Ewell also threatens Atticus, and he does not take it
seriously either.  Ewell spits in Atticuss face.

It was
Miss Stephanie's pleasure to tell us: this morning Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post
office corner, spat in his face, and told him he'd get him if it took the rest of his life. (Ch.
22)

All Atticus had to say about this was that he wished
Ewell did not smoke tobacco.  He does not think that Ewell will do anything about it.  He
considers Ewell a small little man.  He tells Jem that he destroyed his last shred of
credibility at that trial (Ch. 22).  He was happy to allow Bob Ewell to spit in his face if that
allowed him to maintain his dignity and keep him from taking it out on his children.

Mr. Ewell turns out to be a little more than hot gas though.  He does attack the
children when they are walking home from Halloween.  Ifhad not been there to protect them, he
might have seriously hurt them.  As it was, Radley killed him, and that was the end of Bob
Ewell.

The disagreements between Jem and Scout are constant throughout the
book, but they change in complexity.  At first they just argue about who should play what part
in their make believe game.  Soon, they are arguing about issues of right and wrong, and life
and death.  It is part of growing up.  In each case, their arguments demonstrate the gap in
maturity between the two, but they also show that Scout is growing up.

Evaluate any three (3) factors that influence economic development.

I
will attempt to advance on the answer above by evaluating some other factors that influence
economic development. These might include:

1. Technological development. When
a country has an advantage over others in terms of the level of technology it can produce, this
means its economic development will be accelerated beyond that of other countries. Technological
advancement is a factor that can increase the rate of productivity and the amount of wealth
generated by exported product.

2. Political and social conventions. When a
country has very conventional or conservative social and political conventions, it will
generally be less inclined to globalize and more inclined towards insularity. It will also
refuse to associate or trade with countries that have different political or social outlooks,
which can limit income. If a country is politically and socially liberal, it will be better able
to receive income from a wide range of sources.

3. Agricultural surplus.
Similar, but not identical, to natural resources, this factor relates to countries that have
significant amounts of arable land, to the extent that they produce far more than they need to
consume. This is generally applicable to countries with moderate climates and smaller
populations. Where a country has more food to sell than it has to consume, it will be likely to
have a more positive economic outcome.

What are some quotes that show Friar Lawrence kept Romeo and Juliet's marrige a secret in Romeo and Juliet?

marriesbecause he believes such a marriage would unite the Montague and Capulet families, who
had been feuding for many years, perhaps even decades or centuries. He tellsin act 2, scene
4:

For this alliance may so happy prove
To turn
your households rancor to pure love.

That
Friar Laurence keeps the marriage a secret is assumed, even when he is confronted with the
debacle following the violence in the streets which claims the lives ofandand results in the
banishment of Romeo. The Friar's solution to Romeo and 's separation is to keep the marriage
confidential until some time has passed and tempers have calmed. He says, in act 3, scene
3:

Go, get thee to thy love, as was
decreed.
Ascend her chamber. Hence and comfort her.
But look thou stay not
till the watch be set,
For then thou canst not pass to Mantua,
Where thou
shalt live till we can find a time
To blaze your marriage, reconcile your
friends,
Beg pardon of

What is the difference between a solstice and an equinox? (How does the sun hit the Earth in each?)

In
simplest terms, an equinox represents a day with equal duration of day and night (Mar 21 and
September 23) and thus we have a spring and a fall equinox. And solstice refers to a day with
either the longest day (June 21, also called summer solstice) or shortest day (Dec 21, also
referred to as winter solstice). On summer solstice, the north pole points directly towards the
sun and on winter solstice, the north pole points directly away from the sun. In other words, on
the day of summer solstice, sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer. And on the day of winter
solstice, the sun is directly above the Tropic of Capricorn. On the days of equinox, the axis of
rotation of earth is perpendicular to the line joining earth and sun. Another characteristic of
equinox is that on these days, the sun is directly overhead on the equator at noon. 

The movement of earth around the sun is the reason for equinox and solstice, and this
motion is the reason for the occurrence of seasons on earth.

Hope this
helps. 

Please explain the symbols in The Painted Door by Sinclair Ross.

The Painted Door by
Sinclair Ross reveals how a lack of communication, even in the most devoted individuals, can
lead to difficulties, misunderstandings and isolation. It is sadly ironic that the door, the
main symbol, reveals that John indeed witnessed Ann's infidelity.

Denial is a
theme that is prevalent throughout and Ann, by her own admittance, realises that a coat of paint
will make little difference to the door - and by inference - her life. In fact, it makes a big
difference and is what reveals to her that John really did come all that way through a terrible
storm just to be with her.

It is relevant that it is a door, usually a symbol
of a new beginning when another door opens or it can infer open communication - as in "open
door policy"- or it can mean the end of something and closure. Ann has no idea when she
allows Steven to spend the night, that she is already closing the door to her future. The fact
that she realizes too late that John is all the man she could have ever wanted and Steven just
used her intensifies the use of the painted door as a symbol.

The harsh storm
foreshadows events and is symbolic as storms often destroy and John loses his life in one such
storm. Anne's life with John is represented by the storm and her imagined life with Steven-
which may be passionate - lacks depth; just like a fire that burns but cannot sustain itself.
Heat and cold are symbols of Ann's conflicting emotions and her isolation is obvious,
intensified by the snow. "It was the silence again, aggressive, hovering. The fire spit and
crackled at it" and Anne is comforted by it. Later, having realised her mistake, she no
longer sees comfort in the fire and "now suddenly they were the swift little snakes that
this afternoon she had watched twist and shiver across the snow." Anne now wants to feel
the cold in her "need to suffer and atone" as her guilt is unbearable. 

The playing cards represent the fickle nature of men and women and, although there is
an element of chance in a game of cards, it is often how you handle the cards that assures the
outcome. Anne has been "dealt her hand" but chooses to imagine a different life with
Steven and when opportunity presents itself, she symbolically "deals another hand." It
is not a risk worth taking! 

A tourist in France wants to visit 5 different cities. If the route is randomly selected, what is the probability that she will visit the cities in...

In order to
answer this question, let's take a look at the reasoning behind it! There are many different
kinds of probability problems, but this one relates to the Factorial Rule, which is:

n! = n x (n-1)!

In other
words,...

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Friday 3 December 2010

Can tessering actually happen in reality as it does in A Wrinkle in Time?

In ,
"tessering" refers to traveling in the fifth dimension, allowing the traveler
instantaneously to cover hundreds of thousands of light years in three-dimensional
space.

Could this happen in reality? Theoretically, yes. String theory and
M-theory have posited up to eleven dimensions, and we have clear mathematical descriptions of
the fifth dimension. The tesseract or "four-dimensional cube" from which
"tessering" takes its name is well established in geometry, and many physicists
believe that higher dimensions are the answer to some of the most fundamental problems of the
universe (in particular, the creation of a unified field theory, which would combine quantum
mechanics with general relativity).

The discovery of a unified field theory
might make "tessering" possible, but it would probably still be beyond human
understanding until our brains develop into something quite different. As Michio Kaku notes,
even physicists and mathematicians who have worked with the notion of higher dimensions for
years admit that they are quite unable to envisage these dimensions. Although
"tessering" might theoretically be possible in the future, we would probably have to
wait a long time for our brains to catch up to the point where we can envisage
it.

What are the three most important foreign policy issues facing the United States today? Why? write 150 or more words

In the
late 2010s, trade, climate change, and immigration are three of the most important foreign
policy issues.

Trade policy is important for both economic and political
reasons. Maintaining positive relationships with allies and staying competitive in the global
market both contribute to strengthening the U.S. position as a world power and enhancing the
well being of its citizens and residents.

Climate change demands immediate
and constant attention because global warming and related greenhouse gas emissions threaten
communities all over the world. The United States can benefit economically by taking a
leadership role in eliminating fossil fuel dependency and developing alternative energy sources
and delivery methods. The U.S. leadership role is especially significant because the nation uses
a high percentage of global energy and contributes so heavily to environmental
degradation.

Immigration reform is crucial for border security and human
rights issues. Improving the processes for asylum seeking in other countries is one element that
will help reduce the current crisis on the country's borders. This process would involve
increasing the staff inU.S. embassies and consulates who are trained to handle the
administration. Creating a more efficient path to citizenship for those already in the country
will help reduce the number of detentions and deportations.

Thursday 2 December 2010

What topic dominated science fiction during its early days? (use references) What topics do you think dominate it in the 21st Century? Why?

Early days is
an ambiguous term, as is Science . But let us say Jules Verne represents early days. The
Science fiction bonanza of the 1950s (Bradbury, A.E. Van Vogt,, etc.) features explorations into
human psychology and whether there was such a thing as human nature.   Would the future, with
its new...

Wednesday 1 December 2010

In George Orwell's Animal Farm, who is "Pinkeye"?

Towards
the beginning of ,is engaged in complicated negotiations between Frederick and Pilkington over a
pile of unsold timber. Despite Frederick's interest in buying the pile of timber, rumors begin
to circulate that he is plotting an attack onin hopes of destroying the windmill. In addition to
the threat that Frederick poses to the farm, three hens confess that they entered into a plot
withto murder Napoleon. Immediately after the three hens are executed, the animals begin to take
further precautions to protect Comrade Napoleon. Four dogs are stationed next to
Napoleon's bed and a young pig named Pinkeye is given the task of tasting all of Napoleon's food
before he eats it to make sure it is not poisoned. Pinkeye's only role throughout the novel is
testing Napoleon's food for poison. Napoleon is essentially acting like a monarch
with expendable subordinates who ensure his safety. 

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