I'm well aware of Truman's misconception between appearance and reality in The Truman Show, but how does this relate to real life in today's society?

One of the
standout quotes from The Truman Show is, "We accept the reality of the world with which we
are presented." As Truman struggles to discover the true nature of his reality, he is
attempting to understand if there is more to the world around him. This argument goes back at
least as far as Plato's " of the Cave." In this argument, Plato supposes that we are
like prisoners in a cave. We are chained so that we can not turn and look behind ourselves. We
can only see the wall of the cave. Behind us, there is a fire and figures casting shadows, via
that fire, on the wall. Beyond that, outside the cave, is where the real Truth lies. Therefore,
according to Plato, we are thrice removed from Absolute Truth. Ideal (outside the cave), Figures
and the fire, and thirdly, the shadows which we see.

That is the historical
beginning of such a philosophical argument. In terms of modern society and how Truman's struggle
may apply, consider that first quote. What is it about society that we passively accept? Then
consider which of those things have been culturally constructed. They may have been so
constructed because governing people, political agendas, religious beliefs, etc.

Truman was born into his fake world. At some point he realized he was playing a role.
If he were to ignore playing that role, he could conceivably be someone/somewhere else. Truman's
world is made up. But the outside (our) world is somewhat similarly made by us. We may choose to
play roles society expects of us or we may explore other ways of being. So, it's not just that
the world we live in is an appearance in the sense that we make it up (in terms of
infrastructure, voting for politicians, working certain jobs, believing certain things, etc.)
Each of us also might ultimately face what Truman did. Why have I always accepted this role? Am
I missing something? Are the people in my life genuine or merely acting?

There are a lot of ways to interpret this film. Consider a very specific concept
whereby Truman comes to believe everyone around him has been acting. Only then does he consider
that he's been conditioned to behave in certain ways. His fear of the water is one such
condition. So, another way to go about this is to consider what you believe, are afraid of, etc.
And while those beliefs come from real experiences and reflect what you know about the world,
there is always the possibility that you can overcome a fear, change beliefs, and so
on.

 

 

In chapter 4 of Night by Elie Wiesel, what did the two prisoners who helped with the hanging receive as a reward?

The
two prisoners who assisted with the hanging of the young man were rewarded with a bowl of soup
each. This little detail says much about life in the camps.

Firstly, it shows
how the guards are breaking down communal ties between the inmates. Earlier in the novel, we see
how important a sense of community is to the Jewish people. However, in the camps, people are
starting to separate themselves from one another in order to stay alive. (We see this behavior
with Elie himself as well, when he does not protect his own father from being beaten only so he
will not suffer as well.)

Secondly, the fact...

Antithesis In I Have A Dream Speech

Ancan be
illustrated by juxtaposing two arguments which oppose each other. It can also be illustrated by
a contrast of oppositional ideas such as "Give me liberty or give me death" (Patrick
Henry, 1775). In describing the current state of inequality, despite the Emancipation
Proclamation, King writes:

One hundred years later, the
Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material
prosperity.

Island and ocean are not necessarily
opposites but they are contrasting ideas. The significant antithesis in this sentence is the
combination of poverty and prosperity.

King also usesto convey the current
plight of African-Americans as compared to a hopeful future. In these next two lines, darkness
is the antithesis of the sun; and the quick sands are indicative of a hopeless sinking
situation, the antithesis being a solid foundation of brotherhood and equality.

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of
segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the
quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

Two more examples of antithesis use imagery of the landscape and music: 

With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of
despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of
our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

The
antithesis of despair is hope. The antithesis of discord is harmony or a beautiful symphony.
These two lines help set up the series of lines rising to theof the speech. In each of these
lines, King declares "Let freedom ring" as the song of equality is sung throughout the
landscape of America.

The "I Have a Dream" speech is full of
antitheses because King is describing the current situation of racial inequality and the speech
is bursting with hope for future racial equality.

 

Why do you think it was important for slave owners to keep slaves ignorant about their birthdays and parentage? Douglass opens his story in Narrative...

When
Douglass says that slaves know as little about the circumstances or dates of their births as
horses do, that one small comparison of enslaved human beings to a farm animal suggests a lot
about why slave owners kept their slaves' birthdays and parentage from them.

The slave owners wanted to dehumanize the slaves as much as possible. As Douglass
himself points out, slave owners saw slaves inquiring about their birthday as having
"restless spirit"sthese are people who want to be individuals and refuse to be seen as
expendable chattel.

The reasoning is much the same with keeping slave
parentage secret. People feel a sense of identity with their families. Even today, people love
knowing where their ancestors came from and their cultural heritage. Slaves were denied this
basic comfort. Once again, slave owners did not want the slaves to develop personhood. They
wanted to keep them in submission to their owners. Even something as basic as a parent-child
relationship stood in the way of...

What are some examples of how Achebe recasts the "classical Greek hero" myth in Things Fall Apart?

Many critics argue that
this novel is a perfect example of a modern-day Greek . It certainly has may of the various plot
elements that we see in ancient tragedies.is a great example of the tragic hero, with plenty of
hamartia or faults that bring his tragedy upon him. Some of his key traits are pride and
impulsiveness, and it can be seen how these traits get him into trouble again and again, such
as...

What were the negative aspects of life in America in the 1950s?

The fifties were a
time of prosperity and social adjustment.Both women and men came out of World War II
different.Older men and women were often coping with loss, if they had sons who died in the
war.Younger men and women were struggling with their roles.Women were expected to stay at home
and raise the children and men were supposed to be breadwinners.But there was a large gap in
their lives from the war years.The men might have been headed for bright futures, and now
returned to try to pick up where they left off.Often...]]>

How does the man free himself in "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

This is
one of the best and most innovative parts of 's short story, " ." When the narrator
awakes once again, he finds himself tied down; above him he sees something swinging back
and...

Why do even good and evil cease to have meaning to the soul that has found Brahman?

When the
soul achieves Brahman, it moves to a higher state of self, removed from this life and reality as
it stands. The world we know with its societies and conflicts ceases to exist for the soul in
Brahman, and therefore the notions of good and evil, become quaint and nonexistent to them as
well.

On earth, good and evil are conflicts of life and the disagreements of
opposing beings with rational thought. A tiger is not evil for killing its prey, nor a dog good
for protecting its cub. When the soul achieves Brahman, societal squabbles and conflicts cease
to exist as they achieve peace with nature and harmony with all other souls in that state.
Therefore, everything is in perfect balance, and there is no need for good or evil because there
is no cooperation or discord between which to navigate, as all souls in Brahman are finally
harmonized.

In The Sun Also Rises, what does Paris mean to Jake, Brett, and Robert?

Ollie Kertzmann, M.A.

Paris is a reflection of the inner selves of Jake, Brett, and Robert.

Each of the characters hopes to get something out of their time in Paris, but the city
itself is ultimately a reflection of who each character is.

Jake is looking
for himself in Paris; he wants to know who he is and what his personal life philosophy should
be. Instead of actually working on his job as a writer, he experiences Paris by interacting with
others and spending time in places like cafes. Part of the reason why Jake is unsure of who he
is as a person is that he was injured in such a way that he can't have sexual intercourse
anymore. He's lost but not unhappy about it. Paris is a refuge from who he used to be that
allows him to explore these philosophical questions.

Robert, on the other
hand, is disillusioned by Paris. At first, he enjoys it in the same way he enjoys his
relationships with women. It's free, easy, and exciting. When he stays too longlike in his
relationship with Brett where he...

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How does the book 1984 connect to Nazi propaganda?

In
addition to the information offered above, the memory hole and rewriting of texts in
is similar to Nazi propaganda and action.  There were often times when books were
burned by the Nazi regime so that the information in them would not be accessed by citizens for
fear that this information might contradict the ideologies of the Nazi party.  In
1984 , documents are...

Who is Lisa Gardner?

Lisa Gardner
is a girl from Kelly's past who first appears on page 98 and reemerges in more detail on pages
111 to 114. Lisa had previous suicide attempts as a result of a suicide pact with her twin
sister, Laura, and in college, she attempts to kill herself again by swallowing a bottle of
sleeping pills in the student halls at Brown University. Kelly was the first one to find her
lying lifeless on the floor of the bathroom.

Though four of , including
Kelly, went with Lisa Gardner to the hospital and were praying that she lived, they later felt
nothing but resentment for her. They saw the suicide attempt as another example of Lisa having
to be the center of attention.

When Lisa returned to the hall for a visit,
Kelly found herself getting into deep conversations with Lisa about Lisa's relationship with her
sister. In the book, while she is talking to Lisa, Kelly thinks, "I reject you,"
continuing her resentment of Lisa for her suicide attempt.

Though the names
are changed, is a novella based on the true story of the Senator Ted
Kennedy driving off a bridge and into a river. His young aide drowned, but Ted Kennedy
survived.

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How have great individuals shaped history and why do we have to learn from them? For an essay i am writing in Social Studies class, i have to explain...

There are so many
individuals who have shaped history that it's almost impossible to pick one.In general terms, we
can learn from these individuals because they made an impact.They did not give up on thier
dreams and ambitions.So many times we may feel like giving up, but we may be inspired by them
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What different portrait of Richard Cory does the song build, compared to the poem? "Richard Cory" by Edward Arlington Robinson

I think
that the song is angrier than the poem.  The poem's tone creates an almost reverential quality
to .  It creates the sensibility that Richard Cory's superiority lies in his wealth.  The fact
that the speaker of the poem is poor is separate from this reality.  The song creates a
different vision of wealth.  The elements are still the same, but theof the speaker working in
one of Cory's factory creates the impression that the speaker's poverty is the trade off for
Cory's wealth.  This is where there is anger and not so much as reverence.  The almost parasitic
relationship present helps to accentuate the anger felt by the speaker, for while Cory enjoys
his "orgies on his yacht" (great line) the speaker works in a factory and toils for
his existence.  In the end, when Cory puts a...

Do you think the events of the story "Young Goodman Brown" were a dream?

From the
context of the story, there is no definitive way to tell whether or not the events in the forest
are a dream. 

Had goodman Brown fallen asleep in the
forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meeting? 

Be it so, if you
will. But, alas! it was a dream of evil omen for a young goodman Brown. 

"Be it so, if you will." This implies that it is open to
interpretation. The reader must answer the question. Was it a dream? "Be it so, if you
(reader) will." It is quite persuasive that it is a dream, based on the following
line: 

A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a
distrustful, if not a...

What is discourse according to Edward Said?

A
discourse, according to Foucault, is an authoritative form of speech. A discourse doesn't simply
speak: it speaks with power and credibility, in a context in which what it says is taken to be
accurate and truthful. Because a geology professor has the institutional backing of his
university, for example, when he speaks about rock formations, people are primed to believe him,
because he is the designated expert.

Discourse can set the frame and
boundaries of a subject and use its power to decide what can and cannot be said in a topic.
Modern economics, for example, may take certain portions of well-being, such as happiness, off
the table, when discussing the impacts of economic growth.

Said calleda
discourse could because it functioned as a way for the Western nations to dominate "the
Orient," a huge swathe of land that went from Egypt and Turkey to India to Japan to China.
The West spoke about the "Orient" with an authority that was unquestionable while at
the same time...

What three political issues led to conflicts between the north and south in the early 1800s?

One thing to
remember is that economic issues are always political issues. In the early 1800s the economies
of the Northern and Southern halves of the U.S. began to diverge because while the North
diversified with industry and trade, the South continued to be reliant on agriculture and
therefore, slavery.

The second key to your question is the Wilmot Proviso.
This was a bill that would have banned slavery in all of the new territories gained from the
Mexican-American War. The Northern states (who had a majority in the House of Representatives)
wanted it to pass, but the Southern states (who ruled the Senate) did not allow it. After this
legislatory skirmish, the Free-Soil Party was founded, thus bringing the issue of slavery to the
forefront of Congressional politics.

The last thing to keep in mind is that
the Southern states were very concerned over the admittance of California to the Union.
California wanted to enter as a free state, but its arrival would put the Southern slave states
in the Senate minority. The Compromise of 1850 briefly settled the issue, giving California
statehood. However, it allowed for greater control for slaveowners in the South, thereby
exacerbating the slavery issue even more.

In "The Raven," by Edgar Allan Poe, is the raven really talking to the narrator or is the narrator just imagining the raven talking to him?

The short answer is
that we can't know for sure.  The narrator's first thought about the raven's speech seems
entirely plausible: he assumes that the raven's one word "is its only stock and store /
Caught from some unhappy master" who clearly had a difficult life and, therefore, spoke the
word quite often (lines 62-63).  The narrator believes that the bird learned the word
"nevermore" from hearing his master say it again and again.  This could be
true.

It could also be true that the raven isn't actually speaking at all,
that its cawing croaks...

Using pink ribbons, describe them as a link between the two conceptions of Faith?

Symbolically,sees the ribbons abandoned,
which represents his own disillusionment and the lose of his religious faith and his
relationship with his wife Faith.

Who is Nell in Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson?

In 's
, Nell is a young girl who becomes orphaned and homeless after her mother
dies of yellow fever. Matilda, the novel's main character, discovers her crying in the street as
she wanders her city in the hopes of finding someone who can help her. She decides to help Nell,
and carries her through the streets until Matilda finds someone she knows: Eliza, her family's
former cook. Eliza allows the two to stay with her briefly, but when she suggests that they find
an orphanage, Matilda refuses and moves back into her abandoned family home with Nell. When Nell
becomes sick with yellow fever shortly after that, Matilda nurses her back to health using the
methods she remembers from the hospital she stayed in.

What three stages of treatment are used in the Ministry of Love and what does O'Brien say the Party seeks above all else?

All three of
these stages take place in Part III.  Having completed the first phase of his treatment,
learning,moves to the second stage, understanding, which he must complete before being
allowed to advance to the third stage, acceptance.

The Party seeks obedience
above all else, which includes loving Big Brother.

What is the irony in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

With  being a
contrast between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience know to be true, the
reader must seek the difference between what the characters think and what he/she discerns about
them.

Since the girl mentions the hills being like white elephants, she
understands their meaning:  She tells the man who says he has never seen a white elephant,
"No, you wouldn't have." She is the one who expresses doubt about having an
abortion.  But the young man, who tries to convince the girl to have the operation, says that
everything will be all right and the couple can return to their life beforehand. (He
"buys" the white elephant, something one thinks has value, but does
not.)

The irony of the title, then, is that the man "buys" a white
elephant believing that the action under consideration can return him and his girlfriend to
their former relationship, but the girl, like the reader, knows they will never be the same, for
she turns from the vision of life, fields of grain and trees, and agrees to the man's putting
their bags on the "other side of the station."

How does the setting of Carnival aid in Fortunatoss fate?

The
setting significantly contributes to Montresor's success and allows him to manipulate the
unsuspecting Fortunato, who is distracted by the "supreme madness of the carnival
season." By choosing to approach his enemy during the carnival season, Montresor is able to
conceal his identity by wearing a black mask and roquelaure while simultaneously meeting
Fortunato when he is under the influence of alcohol. The setting of the carnival is depicted as
a joyous, chaotic affair, where citizens indulge in alcohol and wear elaborate costumes.
Revelers like Fortunato do not suspect that their lives are in danger and are completely
consumed by the turbulent, festive . The happy, celebratory setting of the carnival is
juxtaposed to Montresor's dark, ominous revenge plot.

When Montresor
approaches Fortunato, he is intoxicated and wearing motley, which consists of a tight fitting
striped dress and a conical cap with bells. Fittingly, Fortunato plays the fool as Montresor
easily manipulates him into visiting his palazzo and following him into his family's catacombs
to try the rare Amontillado wine. Given the festive atmosphere and Montresors amicable
personality, Fortunato has no reason to suspect him. Montresor's attire also conceals his
identity as his intoxicated, unsuspecting enemy follows him home. In the carnival setting,
citizens are masked while Montresor is unmasked once he is in his family's vaults. Symbolically,
Montresor's gesture of taking off his mask reveals his true intentions. Once Montresor has
Fortunato in his vaults, he proceeds to shackle him to the back wall and buries him alive.
Overall, the carnival setting distracts the unsuspecting Fortunato, who is easily manipulated by
the masked Montresor.

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What is one fact about Romeo that disturbs or bothers Juliet?

Difficult
one. Obviously, to begin with,is distressed that her husband is a Montague: "why are you
", she asks, in the famous lines below:

O Romeo,
Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name!
Or, if
thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

But she soon gets over that: ascomes up with the idea
that a marriage betweenwould heal the rift between the Capulets and Montagues. A negative
quickly becomes a positive.

After that, I can't find a single example in
the text...

What are the Biblical allusions in "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

Anis a
reference to a previous work of literature or art.

One Biblical allusion in
"" occurs in the following line:

So saying, he
threw it down at her [Goody Cloyse's] feet, where, perhaps, it assumed life, being one of the
rods which its owner had formerly lent to the Egyptian Magi.

This alludes to Exodus 7:10-11. In this scene, the Egyptian magicians or Magi throw
down their staffs just as Aaron did, and the staffs (rods) become snakes:

When Pharaoh says to you, €˜Perform a miracle, then say to Aaron,
€˜Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a snake. . . . and the
Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts. (Exodus, 7-10-11)

It is notable that the rod thrown down is likened to the Egyptian
magis's staff. The magi would be practicing dark ("secret") arts and not performing a
miracle as Aaron does.

The word communion also occurs several times. While
we tend to think of communion as a church ritual, the...

In the story "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Conner, which characters are heroic or admirable?

I do not think
any of the characters in " " are heroic. Mrs. Hopewell is delusional and relies on
broad stereotypes to divide people into categories. She decides Manley is "good country
people" and is blind to the danger he poses to her daughter. Hulga assumes her advanced
degree places her above everyone else, and she...

I need five events that happen in the story "Young Goodman Brown."

Certainly, I assume you
are looking for the five most important events in the story, so that's what I'll
discuss.

First, Goodman Brown makes a conscious choice to walk away from
Faith (his wife and his Christian faith, allegorically speaking) and toward sinfulness. He
thinks, "[...] after this one night, I'll cling to her skirts and follow her to
Heaven." However, we are not supposed to only have faith when it is convenient for us; we
cannot walk away from it with the intention to sin and expect God to simply wait. This choice,
to abandon his faith, begins Brown's misfortunes.

Second, he meets a man who
looks a lot like his own grandfather, a man who can travel from Boston to Salem in just fifteen
minutes and has a serpent staff (the serpent is a common symbol of the Devil as a result of the
story of the Garden of Eden). This man is even called "he of the serpent." This man
has, evidently been "well acquainted" with several generations of Brown's family. He
is then identified by Goody...

Do you know about the writer Eric Pollock?? I've been into his books lately, and he's currently my favorite writer... So I'm quite curious about...

I assume
you are referring to Eric J. Pollock, an educator and teacher currently living in South Korea.
Pollock has resided in South Korea since 1995 and currently teaches AP Englishand...

What is the number of permutations in the word "helicopter"? What is the number of permutations of the word "helicopter"?

Angie Waters

Permutations are the number of different ways numbers or, in this case, letters, can be
arranged.The word helicopter has 10 letters but one...

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In John Knowles's A Separate Peace, why was Gene hiding his emotions from Phineas?

Although Gene
and Phineas are best friends, Gene hides his emotions because he doesn't trust the relationship
due to its competitive nature. Gene is intimidated by Phineas because Finny is charismatic and
athletic. Finny can get any adult or student to do what he wants them to do or agree with him on
any topic. Gene is more quiet and academic-driven. Because of this intimidation, Gene tends to
project those insecure feelings onto Phineas and to believe that the unspoken competition is
more than it is. Consequently, Gene is caught off guard when Phineas tells him that he is his
best pal while at the beach. Gene doesn't say anything back even though he thinks he should have
later. Again, due to Gene's insecurities about the equality and loyalty of their friendship,
Gene isn't easily moved to share his feelings. And, Gene doesn't seem to realize the importance
of his friendship with Finny in his life until after he breaks Finny's leg and must face life
without him at school for awhile. He also doesn't understand their friendship until the end of
the book when forgiveness and clarity are finally achieved.

Why does James Joyce describe Eveline as a "helpless animal"?

is a
"helpless animal" in that she's controlled by family ties and feels that she can't do
anything about it. These tiesor rather, chainsexert a hold on her like a dog chain or a tether,
holding her back, preventing her from gaining independence.

Despite leading a
life of abuse and domestic drudgery, Eveline still can't bring herself to make that leap of
faith and join her lover aboard ship as he sets sail for a new life in Argentina. This is
largely because she's never been allowed to mature. Treated like a beast of burden, and
controlled by her abusive father, Eveline has led the life of a domesticated animal whose
natural instinct for freedom has been curbed by the onerous responsibilities of family life. As
such, Eveline feels utterly helpless as she stands there on the quayside while her lover sails
off to the other side of the world.

I need help with my essay for school. How and why does Shakespeare capture the complexities of human relationships in Romeo and Juliet?

I would say
that where Shakespeare most captures the complexities of human relationships in this play comes
in 's conflict between their individual relationship and their familial relationships.

and 's relationship should be very simple and straightforward. They are two young
people who meet and fall head-over-heels in love. They should be able, in a perfect world, to
pursue their romance wherever it takes them.

However, as we know, the
situation is not so simple because their two families are involved a deadly feud. The two young
people are, therefore, caught in a dilemma: if they want to be loyal to their...

How can Emma be considered a novel of education?

The
education ofWoodhouse constitutes an importantperhaps the most importantelement in the story.
The prominence of the theme can be seen at the start of the book, where we're given a detailed
description of Emma's educational background.

Education in relation to Emma,
however, is not just academic; it relates to her induction into polite society, with its
bewildering array of conventions that govern relations between men and women. As a woman in
Regency England, Emma is not expected to be academically gifted; she is,...

What is the older brother's name in the story Barn Burning-Faulkner.

The
older...

What is the main conflict in The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho?

I
believe that the main conflict in 's  is Santiago's personal, inner
struggle with completing his Personal Legend.  That internal man vs. self conflict is constantly
bombarded with external man vs. man conflicts, but the main struggle deals with Santiago
continually wondering if the journey is worth the trouble.  Santiago is met with all manner of
obstacles as he travels to Egypt where he thinks a great treasure can be found.  Along the way
he comes across desert wastelands, marauding bandits, and other life threatening obstacles.  He
is left beat up and without any money several times.  Santiago is left multiple times wondering
if he should continue on his journey or if he should just return home.  

There's a constant tension within Santiago in which he has to weigh the possibility of
finding an actual treasure vs. the treasures and knowledge that he has already gained.   That is
what I believe the central conflict of the story is. 

 

Is Geoffrey Chaucer a table writer?

This
is an interesting question, yet one that is not exactly clear as to meaning. I can think of
three things you might mean by "table writer." You might mean (1) a correctly spelled
idiomatic expression "table writer" or you might mean (2) an incorrectly spelled
"tale writer" or you might mean (3) an incorrectly spelled "tableau writer."
Let's look at each possibility.

1. "Table writer": This might be a
nonstandard Englishthat means a person who writes for leisure, not in a professional way and not
seriously for an actual audience. If this is the meaning intended by your question, then, no,
Chaucer is not a "table writer." Chaucer took his writing very seriously. Though his
main life's work was as a courtier--which took him through many employment positions for three
English kings, positions that included military aide, diplomatic courier and bureaucrat--he
utilized every opportunity to advance his understanding of and skill in writing great literary
poetry. That he had meetings with both Petrarch and Boccaccio in Italy and
France is probable; that he made translations of great French and Italian works is well known;
that he borrowed from and was inspired by great French and Italian works is well documented;
that he chose to follow suit with Boccaccio and Petrarch by writing in the vernacular of his
country is well established. In short, Chaucer was anything but a casual "table
writer"; he was a dedicated and serious literary scholar and artist.

2.
"Tale Writer": A tale is a short narrative that has the overall structure of
narratives in both the oral and written forms: a tale has the classic beginning, middle and end.
A tale (1) tells a moral--it has a theme and a greater meaning than the mere rendering of
actions--and it (2) presents a broad perspective in worldview or (3) divine (spiritual or moral)
truth. If this is the meaning of your question, then, yes, Chaucer is a tale writer and one of
our greatest English tale writers. (likely to have been inspired by
Boccaccio's Decameron) is his greatest contribution to tales. These tales
have the above elements of structure, theme, greater meaning, worldview, divine truth. A tale
that make this clear is "The Kinght's Tale" of the romantic rivalry between two noble
knights. Thus Chaucer was most definitely a writer of tales.

3. "Tableau
writer": A tableau is usually a physical rendering of a recognizable scene that is
assembled and held or "frozen" by people for the purpose of presenting an interesting
or famous event or gathering to an audience. In earlier centuries, tableau formation was popular
as a parlor game. Let's try to sort out this application to Chaucer through a comparison to
Dickens. Though Dickens wrote full-blown novels, which can in no terms be called
"tableaux," his literature is filled with scenes that pose characters in memorable
momentary tableaux that live in the minds of those who read them. For instance, the scene in
David Copperfield when Annie Strong is carried back into the party with her
roses in disarray after her wrenching encounter with Maldon is in tableau as is the scene of her
affirmation of devotion to Dr. Strong:

That ... we saw
Mrs. Strong glide in, pale and trembling. That Mr. Dick supported her on his arm. That he laid
his other hand upon the Doctor's arm, causing him to look up .... That, ... his wife dropped
down on one knee at his feet, and, with her hands imploringly lifted, fixed upon his face the
memorable look I had never forgotten. (Dickens, David
Copperfield)

These moments are frozen in
tableau as characters and readers alike stare at the scenes. There are few or no scenes of this
nature in Chaucer's writing; his scenes are all action. Even the scene when he encounters Scipio
the Elder in his dream vision in describes continuing action and is not a
static tableau scene. Thus, no, Chaucer is not a tableau writer as Dickens might, in a sense, be
considered a tableau writer.

my spirit ...
sent me to sleep so fast
That in my
sleep I dreamed there as I lay
How
that Elder in selfsame array
Whom Scipio saw, who long ago had
died,
Came and stood there right at
my bedside. [emphasis added] (Chaucer, Parlement of Foules)

Explain the possible purpose of the storm happening in "A Wrinkle in Time"?

First of
all, the storm sets the stage for "a dark and stormy night."Meg's life is stormy, and
as she, Calvin, and Charles Wallace face their adventures, they will battle darkness
itself.

The cause of the storm as a natural force is the meeting of heat and
cold.The temperature differences moves the air molecules in an erratic pattern, seemingly
senseless but with deadly purpose.This symbolizes the war between good and evil that will draw
in Meg and the others.The juxtaposition of the opposing forces (both in the storm and in the
battle) are the result of that clash.

L'Engle possibly could use the storm as
representative of the wholeness of the universe, both the physical and the spiritual.What occurs
in the spiritual world (good vs. evil) effects the physical world and the humans living in
it.The great cosmic battle overflows into the physical realm, setting off the atmospheric
disturbance.In chaos, evil excels.In the sequel "", L'Engle speaks of echthroi, evil
spiritual beings whose existence disturbs the natural world, as well as the spiritual psyche of
people.In the case of the storm, we can say that "the echthroi are
moving....."

The Progressive Era in the US brought political and social changes unheard of in government before that time. Write an analysis of the influence and...

The Progressive era
corresponded with a growth in the middle class, in part because of mid-level managerial jobs in
new industries. The growing middle class changed the political and economic culture of the US,
as it created a market for goods and created a political force of people who were from this
class. In addition, middle-class college-educated women gave rise to many of the Progressive
reformers, such as Jane Addams of Hull House.

Progressivism took place at the
same time as massive urbanization or the growth of cities. These were areas in which people
required services such as fire control, and these services were at first provided by corrupt
city bosses, such as Boss Tweed in New York. Progressivism aimed to clean up city governments.
The movement also relied on the court system to carry out reforms. An example was the
Munn v. Illinois case of 1877, in which the Supreme Court ruled that state
governments can regulate private industries, such as railroads. These cases helped reform
business practices and curb the power of monopolies, to the benefit of groups such as
farmers.

Progressivism was in many ways a reaction against the power of
individualism and to the idea that powerful individuals such as robber barons should control so
much of the economic pie. Therefore, the movement attempted to curb the power of individuals in
favor of a communal ethic that benefited the society as a whole.

Why wasn't the Ku Klux Klan stoped by the goverment?

This is a
controversial topic. The fact is that the KKK is able to meet and be protected under the
law. The first amendment provides freedom of religion, speech, and the press. So, all people and
groups have a right (under U.S constitutional laws) to express themselves and to assemble. We
will get mileage by looking at the issue historically and in the reverse. 

Historically speaking, there were various minority groups that were unpopular such as women's
rights and the outlawing of slavery). Imagine if they...

What are some similes in Of Mice and Men?

There's
a particularly wonderfulin the opening pages when Steinbeck is describing the flat, featureless
landscape against which the subsequent action will take place:

On the sand banks, the rabbits sat as quiet as little gray, sculptured
stones.

This is a particularly effective
simile as it conveys the sense of quiet and stillness of this part of the world. Straight away,
we're given the impression that this is a place where not much happens. The stage is being set
forand 's sudden arrival in this oasis of calm, which thanks to them won't be calm for much
longer.

Talking of Lennie, here's another animal simile which perfectly
encapsulates his character:

[B]ut he's sure a hell of a
good worker. Strong as a bull.

The first part of this statement is indeed true. But it's the bit about his being
strong as a bull that really captures the imagination. For Lennie is indeed strong; it's one of
his main characteristics. In fact, he doesn't know his own strength, which gets him into
a...

What are some of the main conflicts in The Crucible?

This intense play has a
number of conflicts, both internal and external. John Proctor serves as the central figure in
all of the play's important conflicts as he struggles to attain an honorable honesty even while
admitting to immoral acts. 

Narrowing our focus down to the most significant
conflicts of Miller's play, we can identify the following three conflicts:

• Proctor's troubled history and difficult relationships with Elizabeth and
  Abigail form a single domestic conflict...
• Proctor's attempt to persuade
  the court that the accusations of witchcraft are false is an external conflict central to the
  play's themes and action. 
• Proctor's internal struggle to determine the
  right course of action at the end of the play is a representative conflict, as he considers
  whether to falsely confess and live, or to be honest and die. 

These three conflicts are expressive of the major themes of the play. Social
pressure, integrity, and the personal relationships that fuel nearly all dramas are each present
in these conflicts concerning John Proctor. 

Proctor stands in the center of
the plays turmoil, literally and figuratively. He is engaged in a personal struggle to be honest
with himself and his wife about something shameful in his immediate past. This relates directly
to his public challenge, which is to convince the court that it is acting dishonestly, or at
least acting on dishonest information. 

Proctor can also be seen to embody
the play's resolution as he recognizes that his honor and his integrity are tied to his ability
to be honest, despite the costs of this honesty. 

Proctor's final recantation of his confession and his refusal to put his principles
aside to save his life, we see the triumph of personal integrity in a world of moral
uncertainty

Why is the book called Kindred?

's
novel is titled this because the , Dana, learns about her family historyin
other words, who her kin werethroughout the novel.

One day in 1976, Dana is
inexplicably and suddenly pulled into the past. She is an African American woman and lands on a
plantation in the antebellum South. Of course, because of the historical context, the people
assume she is a slave, so she is forced to work on the plantation. Dana travels back and forth
between the 1970s and the antebellum period and, on her journeys, comes to a greater, fuller
understanding of her ancestry. Namely, she learns that plantation owner Rufus is a...

How does the story "Charles" create an ironic twist?

is created when
what actually happens is very different, even the opposite of, what we expect to happen. Laurie
comes home, day after day, talking about all the terrible things that someone nameddoes at
school. The stories are fairly detailed and always include whatever punishment Charles received
from the teacher. At one point, Charles's behavior seems to improve, but he secretly begins to
persuade other children to utter obscenities or act out (he is not caught). Laurie's mother
would love to go to the school for a meeting one night, but the baby gets sick, and she has no
opportunity to seek out Charles's mother.

Finally, when she does get to go
and meet the teacher at a PTA meeting, the teacher tells her that there is no
Charles in the kindergarten class! The reader gathers, then, that Charles is really
Laurie himself, as the teacher mentions that Laurie had some "trouble" adjusting but
has been doing better recently. We expect, perhaps, to learn something about poor Charleswhy he
behaves the way he doesonly to learn that he is made up! Definitely an ironic
twist.

Describe what happens after Napoleon accuses four pigs of being Snowballs agents.

ophelious

" stood sternly surveying his audience; then he uttered a high-pitched
whimper. Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged
them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon's feet."

Then, in a frenzy of bloodletting, the "enforcer" dogs
seemingly spontaneously turn onand attack him.  Boxer is not as defenseless as the little pigs,
though, and he...

What are the characteristics of a social movement?

Social
movements are varied, but they do have a few shared characteristics. Generally speaking, social
movements are geared toward creating, perpetuating, or stopping social or political change. The
civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States is one example of this. It
was, at least in its early stages, devoted to ending Jim Crow society in the South and to
advancing social progress for African Americans. Social movements also tend to promote their
cause through mass action. Today, one way this is achieved is through digital means, like online
activism, but large, very public events and especially demonstrations are common to most social
movements. As some sociologists have observed, social movements typically have "clearly
defined opponents." Most social movements that achieve any kind of staying power are
protesting somethingJim Crow, abortion, and so on. Finally, social movements tend to have some
kind of organizational structure, even if this is very loose and decentralized. The civil rights
movement (to use it as an example again) involved hundreds of organizations, including national
ones like SNCC and the SCLC, and local ones like churches and other
groups.

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What is direct characterization in Of Mice and Men?

An author
can use either direct or indirectto describe a character.  When an author uses , he is telling
you about the characters.  When he uses , you learn about the characters indirectly, through
what they say and do and what other characters say about them.

For example,
when the narrator describes the characters, this is direct characterization.  Characterization
might describe either physical or personality traits.  Here is a direct characterization of
.

The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with
restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands,
slender arms, a thin and bony nose. (Ch. 1)

This is
direct characterization because it tells you exactly what he looks like.

On
the other hand, here is some indirect characterization of George.

George looked sharply at him. "What'd you take outa that pocket?"

"Ain't a thing in my pocket,"said cleverly.

"I know
there ain't. You got it in your hand. What you got in your hand- hidin' it?" (Ch.
1)

 This shows that George knows how to read Lennie well,
and from his interaction with Lennie we learn many things about George.  We learn that, despite
the fact that he sometimes loses his temper, he is patient and patriarchal.  He looks out for
Lennie, such as in this instance.  He knows that Lennie might pick up dead things like the
mouse, and he has to protect him from it.  He acts more like a father or older brother than a
traveling companion.

The mix of direct and indirect characterization used in
this first introduction of George tells us a lot.  First of all, George is smaller than Lennie
but he is obviously in charge.  Lennie needs looking after.  He is big, but he is not quite
right in the head.  He respects George, but more like a child does a parent than man to man.  We
learn all of this both directly and indirectly, through Steinbeck's excellent descriptions, what
the characters say to each other, and what the characters do.

In this story
of two men who go around together during the Great Depression, the narrator often hangs back and
tells the story without judgement.  Indirect characterization allows the story to unfold, with
the characters telling the reader about themselves.  Yet when the narrator tells the reader
directly about the characters, that is when we should listen, because we can get some extra
insight.

What kind of tortous tasks does the terrible Trivium give Milo, Tock, and the Humbug? Why do you think trivil tasks are so terrible? What kind of...

The Terrible
Trivium's job was to so occupy people's time that they no longer had time to do anything
important. One character had to dig a hole in a cliff using a needle. Another had to move each
grain of sand from a beach. Lastly, the other had to empty a well using an eyedropper. While
busy with these tasks, the characters forgot about rescuing the Princesses of Rhyme and Reason
and restoring order to the kingdom. Therefore, the chaos in the kingdoms of numbers and words
would continue. War would break out over what was more important, words or numbers while the
Demons of Darkness took over the world.

What is the form of the poem "Annabel Lee"?

is a
ballad, a narrative poem that was designed for recitation or singing. The poem has six stanzas,
each having six to eight lines. In the first stanza, which has six lines, the first four lines
use traditional ballad stanza form. In the ABAB rhyme scheme, Lines 1 and 3 have four
metrical...

In 1984, it is evident that Winston loved O'Brien. What evidence in part three suggests that OBrien, too, loved Winston?

This
question gets us into the sticky arena of how we define love. For instance, almost all
psychologists today would regard 's torture offor disciplinary purposes as unloving and hostile
in the extreme, no matter what O"Brien himself might think. On the other hand, Augustine
defined hate as the flip side of love and said that the true opposite of love is not hate but
indifference. Hate mirrors love because it is passionate and strongly invested in the object of
its hatred.

With these thoughts in mind, we can understand that while he
behaves hatefully and sadistically toward Winston in torturing him, O'Brien is also heavily
invested in Winston. In sharp contrast to how he is treated in the larger society, in prison
Winston is lavished with individual and intimate attention from O'Brien, who claims to take a
special interest in him and his reformation (we don't know whether or not O'Brien says this to
all his victims). He engages in personal conversation with Winston from...

What are the solutions that James Baldwin supplies in the book?

Baldwin's
is both an analysis of his own feelings and beliefs regarding race
relations and a message to those outside the African American community that the U.S. has
reached a crisis point and that attitudes need to be changed if we are to survive as a
nation.

Despite some dated elements, the book is astonishingly relevant
today, over fifty years after Baldwin wrote it. Nowhere in it can he be said to have proposed
direct or clear-cut "solutions" to the problems he describes. This would,
unfortunately, have been simplistic. It's perhaps more by understanding his description of those
problems that the reader can infer what must be done to avert the catastrophe alluded to in the
title.

Writing in 1963 when the Civil Rights movement was still in its
infancy, Baldwin recognizes that change is already occurring, to a degree, and places it in the
context of international politics. Both decolonization by the British and other European powers,
as well as the Cold War, in which the Russian "enemy" is seen to be wooing the newly
independent African nations, are factors that have led to the white world no longer being able
to take for granted its false sense of racial superiority. Yet Baldwin points out, accurately
for his time and to some extent still so today, that most of white America is living under a
delusion, failing to understand its history and incapable of realizing that a truly
multicultural society is the only possible way out of the problem. Only if white America
acknowledges the historical and continued oppression of black people and changes the situation
will the U.S. have a future.

At the same time, Baldwin was critical of Elijah
Mohammed's Nation of Islam which, in his view, unrealistically sought to claim land from the
U.S. and break away to form an independent country. To Baldwin, Mohammed's views, like those of
white racists, were based on a myth of racial superiority. In Baldwin's opinion the Nation of
Islam, though it appeared to give hope and the possibility of empowerment, was a self-defeating
organization whose ideology he considered a mirror image of the beliefs of neo-Nazis such as
George Lincoln Rockwell.

Baldwin ultimately stressed the need for everyone,
black or white, to come to an honest understanding of the past and to realize that unless all of
us get beyond preconceived notions of racial superiority and separation, it will be impossible
for us to survive. One hopes that today we are, in fact, creating the truly multicultural nation
he dreamed of.

Who is Goodman Brown's traveling companion? What clues tell you so?

In a moment that
foreshadows the arrival of his future companion, Goodman Brown says to himself as he walks into
the forest, "'What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!'" A moment later,
he meets "the figure of a man" who meets him and begins to walk alongside
him.

Our first clue that the man he's met is unnatural is when the man says
that he was in Boston just fifteen minutes ago. The setting of this story is Salem, and it ought
to take a great deal longer for a person to get from Boston to Salem; so, the fact that this man
was in Boston only fifteen minutes prior is a clue that he is supernatural in origin.

Next, his staff bears "the likeness of a great black snake." The snake is
often associated with the devil as a result of the story of Eve's temptation in the Garden of
Eden. Further, the Puritans often referred to the devil as The Black Man. The narrator also
calls this mysterious man "he of the serpent." So, his black snake staff and his
association with the serpent are...

Mental Math: Q: How many distinct 7 letter words, real or imaginary, can be made using the letters from the word "average"? _____

 

The total number of letters is 7, so 7! (7*6*5*4*3*2*1) goes in the numerator.  You
look for any duplicate letters (in this case, there are 2 a's and 2 e's) and so 2!*2! goes in
the denominator.

Thus there are  `(7!)/(2!2!)=1260` ways to rearrange the
letters.

 

Longer explanation:

To see
why this is so, let's take a word with no duplicate letters, say "median"

There are six choices for the first letter of the word (m,e,d,i,a,n).  Then, once you
pick the first letter of the word (say d), there are only five choices (m,e,i,a,n) left for the
second letter of the word.  Once you pick the second letter of the word (say, n) there are four
choices left for the third letter (m,e,i,a).  And so forth, until the last letter, when there is
only one "choice" left, the remaining letter.  So there are 6! ways to rearrange the
letters.

Now, let's say average was actually spelled "AvErage"
(with a capital A and E, so we could tell the difference between the first a and the second a,
and the first e and the second e).  If we think of the "A" and the "a" (and
the e and the E) as being different, there are 7! ways to rearrange the letters.  

But then we are counting 

AavErge and aAvErg

as
different words, when really, both are just "aavErge".  And really, we don't want to
distinguish between those two a's.  We have "double counted" every word, once with the
capital A first and once with the lower case a first.  So we divide by 2.  Similarly, we are now
counting

aavErge and aavergE

as different words.  So we
are double counting again, once with the capital E first and once with the lower e first.  So we
again divide by 2.

So you wind up with:

`(7!)/(2!2!) =
1260`` `

What is the point of IV.ii of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet?

There are
two goals in IV.ii:

1. : Shakespeare likes
   giving his audience a break, and he typically uses his low-class or peasant characters to
   deliver some sort of comedic break, especially during his tragedies. In the first half of IV.ii,
   Capulet's interactions with the servant are meant to lighten the mood,...
   
   

What kind of objectives need to be used in curriculum designing?

I think
that one of the most important objectives that has to be used in modern curriculum designing is
the overarching questions of what constitutes learning.  The design of curriculum rests with the
basic idea of what stakeholders believe defines successful learning.  This becomes one of the
most important objectives that drives the...

What is the difference between zero based budgeting and activity based budgeting?

Both zero
based budgeting (ZBB) and activity based budgeting (ABB) are different from traditional methods
of budgeting.  In traditional budgeting, a firm typically bases its budget for one fiscal year
on the budget for the past year.  It makes small adjustments based on things like inflation or
changes in revenue.  This is called cost based budgeting.

ZBB goes about the
budgeting process differently.  ZBB, as its name implies, starts from zero.  Instead of giving
each department or each function of the firm a budget based on the past year, it reconsiders all
of the firms activities and functions.  Starting from zero, it analyzes them to see how much of
a budget they really need.  This prevents the firm from just putting money towards certain
activities out of habit or inertia.  It forces each function of the firm to justify its
existence and its budget each year.

ABB is somewhat similar in that it is not
cost based and it requires each function to justify itself each year.  In the ABB process, each
function of the firm is analyzed to see how it fits with the other functions and how it furthers
the firms goals.  This allows the firm to determine which of its functions are most important. 
It allows the firm to budget based on the importance of each function to the firms overall
goals.

In Romeo and Juliet, what are Paris's character traits?

Countyis a nobleman in Verona and is portrayed as an honorable aristocrat, who seems
like a good match for . Paris is related to Prince Escalus andand hopes to win Juliet's heart
throughout the play. Paris reveals that he is a respectful man by requesting Juliet's hand in
marriage in the second scene of the play. He also demonstrates his determination by suggesting
that women younger than Juliet have been married whencomments that his daughter is too young to
marry.

In the third scene of the play,refers to Paris as "valiant"
and the Nurse calls him "a man of wax," which means that he is an attractive model
citizen. In act four, scene one, Paris reveals that he is a confident man, who is sympathetic to
Juliet's emotions following the death of her cousin. He firmly believes that he will win her
heart and expresses a sense of entitlement. Paris also shows that he is a genuine, respectful
man by expressing his feelings for Juliet and refusing to...

What is the exposition of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne?

Theof a
story gives the reader necessary background information by introducing the characters, settings,
and specific events of the story.

In Boyne's , the
exposition depicts the , Bruno, arriving home to learn that his family will be moving. The
audience is introduced to Bruno's family and discovers that they are German. The audience also
learns that Bruno's father has an important position, that the family is currently living in
Berlin during WWII, and that Bruno's parents disagree about the move. Bruno is depicted as a
naive, innocent nine-year-old boy, who enjoys adventures and does not understand why his family
has to leave Berlin. The audience is also introduced to Bruno's older sister, Gretel, whom he
refers to as a Hopeless Case.

The exposition also includes chapter 2, when
Bruno's family arrives at their new home. The audience learns that the new home is in a desolate
location and is not a welcoming environment. More information...

What horrible realization did Elie come to concerning Rabbi Eliahou?

The
horrible realization that Eliezer comes to is more of a statement of what is as opposed to what
should not be.  In the factory, after evacuating Buna, Eliezer and his father take turns
sleeping through the night.  While awake, Eliezer sees Rabbi Eliahou in search of his son. 
Eliezer realizes that the son abandoned the father while on the run in the belief that the
father would not make it and survive.  The estrangement of father...

How is power and corruption shown in Animal Farm?

Power is
expressed a number of ways in . Sometimes it is physical intimidation, such as when 's dogs ran
off . Sometimes it's psychological manipulation, such as when Napoleon suggests that Jones comes
back at night. Sometimes it's fact revision; since the pigs know how to read and write, they
control what is written, and they can re-shape previous ideas or slogans to fit their needs.
Then they psychologically bully the other animals into accepting the changes.

Corruption is likewise expressed in different ways during the story. At first, the
animals' "revolution" seems...

Why is "The Scarlet Letter" considered a "classic"? Why is "The Scarlet Letter" considered a "classic"?

Hawthorne's
novel is also an outstanding example of the writing of the Romantic period in American
literature.  Romanticism focuses on human emotion, the power of nature on the human spirit, and
imagination, among other things.  This novel delves into those topics.  The writing is heavy on
description, and Hawthorne's use of symbols creates an excellent example of .  It is a masterful
and complex work, worthy of being read through the ages.

What does Emerson mean in the following quote from "Self-Reliance"? "Though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give the dollar, it is a...

This quote is
from the essay "."  In this essay, Emerson's main argument is that people should trust
their own thoughts and beliefs rather than bowing to what society thinks is right.

In the passage you quote, Emerson is telling himself that he lacks "manhood"
when he gives money to popular charities rather than just giving them to ones he himself
believes in.  This idea is connected to the main idea of the essay -- he thinks he ought to go
with what he believes, not what society tells him and he is annoyed with himself when he
doesn't.  He hopes that one day he'll believe in himself enough to withhold that dollar from the
charity that he doesn't believe in.

How does Achebe show contrast between Okonkwo and Nwoye in Things Fall Apart?

is
identified always in masculine terms, often connected with violence and strength.is described in
more musical terms, & Achebe often uses figurative language such as similes and metaphors to
characterize Nwoye. Okonkwo likes stories of bloodshed and war, while Nowye prefers his mother's
myths and fables. When seen through Okonkwo's eyes, he is described as "weak",
"womanly", and "lazy". Conversely, Nwoye is terrified of his father while
growing up. Whencomes to stay, Nwoye transforms, eager to please his father and emulate his new
brother.

In a way, Ikemefuna's death is a turning point for both father and
son. Okonkwo is haunted by his act, & suffers moments of doubt. Nwoye is forever turned away
from the tribe, & is more susceptible to the missionaries when they arrive. He responds to
their message of love and acceptance, which is something he cannot find with his family or the
tribe. The rituals, such as throwing twins in the forest to die, are heartbreaking to him, and
he is unable to see the purpose behind it. He sees only inhuman cruelty. Thus, the missionaries
offer an alternative to what he's always known.

Okonkwo, however, sees the
missionaries as intruders, slowly destroying the tribe. He holds the rituals and culture of the
tribe in the utmost regard; hence his overwhelming desire for Nwoye to prove a man. He responds
to the missionaries' actions with violence, but receives little to no support from the tribe. He
feels as though his world is being replaced by one of womanliness and weakness, which is the
greatest crime he could imagine.

Novels for Seventh Grade As this is my first year teaching seventh grade, I am looking for a list of novels appropriate for whole class instruction. ...

I have
taught seventh grade for years, and here are some books that fit what you ask for:

*The Giver by Lois Lowry:  This book is a dystopia that explores
adult themes from a teenagers perspective.  In the book, a boy named Jonas lives in the perfect
world where there is no conflict.  It turns out that in this world, everyone has to be the same
and there are serious consequences for being different.  The kids love it, its not too hard to
read and most can follow the story independently.  The best part is thatandare prevalent, so its
an excellent teaching book.

*The Outsiders by S.E.
Hinton: This book is a classic.  It is a coming of age story that appeals to just about every
kid.  The book explores issues of class and morality.  The Greasers and the Socs battle for
supremacy, sometimes literally, until one evening Ponyboy kills one in a rumble.  Forced to
flee, Ponyboy has to confront what he has done and come to terms with himself.

*Animal Farm by George Orwell: This book explores the Russian
Revolution inform, when a group of animals take over the farm.  It is simple but holds a deep
message, and students are drawn in right away.

*Lord of the
Flies by William Golding: What would really happen if kid ruled themselves?  This
book answers the question in an interesting way, as a group of British schoolboys is marooned on
an island during World War II and left to their own often violent devices.

How does the "Star-Spangled Banner" elicit feelings of love and pride for one's country through both its words and instrumental pieces?

The context of the
"Star-Spangled Banner" is that it was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of
1812 about the British bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore. The American
flag that remained during the battle, which ended in an American victory, inspired Key to write
a poem called "Defence of Fort M'Henry." Though the poem is four stanzas in length,
only the first stanza was used for the song.

The lyrics of the song celebrate
the American flag, which was not really a symbol of the country until the War of 1812. That war,
considered the second war of American independence, made the United States definitively free
from British rule. The lyrics present vivid , including the "dawn's early light." Even
then, the "broad stripes and bright stars" remain visible. The flag is a symbol of
American permanence and strength in the wake of attack. As the flag survives the battle, so too
will the United States survive. The lyrics use a great deal of the repetition of initial
soundssuch as "the rocket's red glare," enhancing their poetic quality. 

The music was set to the tune of "The Anacreontic Song" by English composer
John Stafford Smith. As the range of the music is one octave and one fifth, it is considered a
difficult song to sing. It requires vocal training to hit all the notes. The instrumental
version, often played by military bands, is often considered very rousing. In 1917, John Philips
Sousa and others made an official arrangement for the army and navy. This version was harmonized
by Walter Damrosch and arranged by Sousa, making it exciting and expertly
arranged.

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What are some of the characterstics of Laurie and Charles, and how does Laurie let her parents know what kind of person Charles is?

Let me
clear up several misconceptions that you apparently have with 's short story,
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First, Laurie is not a girl; he is a little boy, and the fact
that he is hung with a name usually reserved for girls could well be a part of his behavioral
problem. Secondly (and I hope I don't ruin the ending, since it appears you haven't read it
yet), Laurie and Charles turn out to be one and the same person.

Laurie is
just beginning to attend first grade. His mother, who describes him as a "sweet-voiced
tot" at the beginning of the story, watches him transform into an insolently
"raucous... swaggering character." He picks up lots of bad...

How Well Does Atticus Feel He Should Defend Tom Robinson

defends Tom
Robinson to the best of his abilities.  He defends his client just as well as he would a paying
white man, even though it causes social ridicule in Maycomb.  Inof ,asks
her father about the trial.  Some of the kids at school had been criticizing Atticus for taking
the case.  This makes Scout angry, and she asks her father why he is defending Tom Robinson.
 Atticus explains his reasons to her:

"For a number
of reasons," said Atticus.  "The main one is, if I didnt I couldn't hold up my head in
town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you ornot to do
something again."

Even before the trial, Atticus
knows that the Tom Robinson case will have an impact on him personally.  He tells Scout this.
 Atticus knows that it is highly unlikely that he will even win the case.  Tom has been accused
of raping a white woman, which had people in Maycomb enraged.  They find it especially appalling
that a black man would do such a thing to a white woman.  Despite this, Atticus plans to fight
hard.  He feels that he should put all of his efforts into the case, despite the improbability
of him winning it.

When Hale speaks with the Proctors about their "Christian character," what details show cast some doubt on the strength of their faith?

In act
2, Reverend Hale does some investigating on his own and visits John Proctor's home to examine
his Christian character. When Reverend Hale arrives at John's home, he questions his poor church
attendance record and Proctor responds by saying that he was forced to remain home with his sick
wife all winter long, which is an excuse that Hale does not accept.

Hale then
asks Proctor why all three of his children have not been baptized, and Proctor admits that he
does not see the light of God in Reverend Parris. John Proctor then recognizes that Hale remains
suspicious and tells him that he has nailed the roof on the church and hung its door. According
to Reverend Hale, these charitable acts speak of softness in John Proctor's faith.

Despite Proctor's good deeds and willingness to help build the church, Reverend Hale
remains suspicious of John after he fails to recite each of the Ten
Commandments.