How and why is the inner party social group represented in a particular way in 1984?

We are given
only a few glimpses of the lives of inner party members. However, those glimpses show us that
this small group of party members live lives of luxury that are completely different from those
of outer party members or proles.

manages to find access to inner party
resources. For example, she brings real coffee to the room above Mr. Charrington's shop. This
coffee is quite different from the foul imitation "Victory" coffee outer party members
drink:

"Its coffee," he [] murmured, "real
coffee."

"Its Inner Party coffee. Theres a whole kilo here,"
she said.

"How did you manage to get hold of all these
things?"

"Its all Inner Party stuff. Theres nothing those swine
dont have, nothing. But of course waiters and servants and people pinch
things..."

Not only does Julia procure the coffee,
she notes that "there's nothing" the inner party "swine" don't have. She
mentions, too, people (waiters and servants) completely absent from the lives of people like
Winston and his peers.

Julia and Winston also get a brief view of inner party
life when they visitshortly before they are arrested. As they step inside his apartment, Winston
notes the dark blue carpet which looks like velvet and thinks:

The wholeof the huge block of flats, the richness and spaciousness of everything, the
unfamiliar smells of good food and good tobacco, the silent and incredibly rapid lifts sliding
up and down, the white-jacketed servants

The walls of
O'Brien's flat are creamy white and spotlessly clean. All Winston has ever seen are grimy walls.
Both he and Julia are completely surprised that O'Brien can turn off his telescreen, something
forbidden to them. Moreover, O'Brien has his servant serve them wine, a drink they have never
had and which Winston comically gulps down instead of sipping it as he should.

The gap between inner and outer party members is huge, a chasm. This is done on
purpose, as explained in Goldstein's book, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchic
Collectivism:

if leisure and security were
enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would
become literate and would learn to think for themselves; and when once they had done this, they
would sooner or later realize that the privileged minority had no function, and they would sweep
it away. In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and
ignorance.

The inner party is the tiny elite that runs
the society. Although enough resources exist for everyone to live comfortably, the elite fears
this because they are afraid that if the common people had the time and energy to think, they
would throw the elites out of power. The inner party is fixated on holding onto power above all
else. Therefore, they waste society's resourceswhich could be used to raise the standard of
living to a decent level for everyoneon unnecessary wars so that they can keep their grip on
power.

Also, as O'Brien will later tell Winston, the only way you can be sure
you have power (at least in his opinion) is if the people below you are suffering. Therefore the
inner party keeps the standard of living between them and the outer party members as far apart
as possible.

What is meant by Nell's statement "Nothing is funnier than unhappiness"?

"€˜€˜Nothing
is funnier than unhappiness. Thoughis dark, there is humor in the play. Clovs confusion over
which items to fetch first and his antics with the ladder could be directly out of a film
starring Charlie Chaplin, whom Beckett admired. Commenting on Endgame himself, Beckett identi-
fied the phrase €˜€˜nothing is funnier than unhappiness as key to the plays interpretation and
performance. "

What grade level could a lesson plan be made for A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle?

could probably be
adapted for a variety of class ages. I do think that 5th grade is probably the youngest age that
the book would work for, and a teacher's lesson plan would have to reflect the limits of the age
group. The book would likely work best in grades 6-8 because they are experienced enough readers
to tackle portions of the book on their own and old enough to begin limited discussions of the
book's theme. With all of that said, my undergraduate "Children's Literature" class
was assigned that book. Obviously, the professor's lesson plan was adapted for that particular
age bracket and style of class, but it does serve as a good example of how a good teacher can
adapt and tailor a lesson plan to the correct audience. 

Compare three themes in Night and in Catching Fire.

At
first glance, this seems like an odd comparison; however, the two books have a lot in common
when thematically compared. Both books have a strong thematic emphasis on loyalty.
Catching Fire explores loyalty through a variety of ways in that loyalty
exists between Katniss and family as well as between various combatants.
also shows loyalty as important through the way that families cling to staying together as much
as possible. That is why it is so heartbreaking to watch the prison camp systematically destroy
these bonds and loyalty between family members.

Two other themes that exist
between both books are violence and mortality. These two themes come hand in hand because the
violence directly leads to the deaths of major characters. The violence is similar in both books
as well because the violence exists as a form of control. The Nazis use violence to control the
prisoners and put them in a state of perpetual fear, and that isn't much different than how the
Capitol rules all of...

How does the poem "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou relate to journeys?

's
"" sets up a contrast between the titular bird and a "free bird." Each kind
of bird is described as taking a different sort of "journey," though the free bird's
flight is more explicitly linked to movement.

In the first stanza, the
speaker opens the poem by usingto describe the free bird's "journey":

A free bird leaps

on the back of the
wind

and floats downstream

till the current
ends

and dips his wing

in the orange sun
rays

and dares to claim the sky.

These lines illustrate the flight of the free bird, who can go anywhere he chooses.
He rides the wind and "dares to claim the sky." He feels ownership of his world and of
himself.

On the other hand, the caged bird, with
his "clipped" wings, is trapped and only

sings

with a fearful trill

of things
unknown

but longed for still

The only journey this bird can take is an imagined one, and even that is difficult,
since his life has been so limited as to make that kind of adventure "unknown."
Angelou continues this stanza,...

In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, what quotes exemplify Oedipus's arrogance?

most
definitely characterizes as arrogant
in ; in fact, arrogance is Oedipus's fatal tragic character
flaw. We can especially see Oedipus's arrogance
portrayed in his argument with the soothsayer . When
Tiresias announces that Oedipus is the murderer of the late King Laius and responsible for the
city of Thebes' current plague, Oedipus accuses Tiresias of being unable to see
the truth, as we see in his lines:

There is
[strength in truth], but not for you. You don't have this, since you are blind in your ears and
mind and eyes. (390-91)

Oedipus even has the
audacity to accuse Tiresias as being a conspirator in Laius's
murder. The bitteris that all the while that Oedipus is accusing Tiresias of being untruthful,
Oedipus knows full well that he is indeed guilty
of some murder , though at this point he does not know it
was Laius he murdered, his own father, that he murdered. We first learn of the fact that Oedipus
knows full well he is guilty of killing an innocent man...

Why did sonnets decline in popularity during the Restoration Era ?

A sonnet is a
one-stanza poem of fourteen lines which is written in iambic pentameter. It was invented by
Petrarch, an Italian poet, in the 1400s but gained immense popularity in England under William
Shakespeare. The reason for the sonnet's popularity can also help us to explain why it declined
in favour during the Restoration: the sonnet came to be...

Thursday 2 May 2013

What are two examples of foreshadowing in "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?

When the family stops
at Red Sammys BBQ place for lunch, Red Sammy and the grandmother talk over their shared values
and disdain for contemporary attitudes and mores. Despite the fact that Red Sammy does not seem
like a good manhe speaks harshly to his wife (and he does so in front of strangers), he keeps
a monkey tied to a tree, and he is dirty and unkempthe has lots of ideas about what makes a good
man and what does not. He says to the grandmother, These days you dont know who to trust, and
the grandmother replies, People are certainly not nice like they used to be. These would seem
to foreshadow what happens later with the Misfit and his cronies. One would hope that anyone
stopping by a car thats been in a wreck is doing so to offer help, but this is not the case; the
family cannot trust the men who stop, and those men are certainly not good.

In the car, as they are driving, the grandmother asks to stop at a house she once knew, and she
entices the...

Wednesday 1 May 2013

In the book The Art of Racing in the Rain, what are the turning points or significant events that affect the development of the plot?

When a
reader talks about "turning points and significant events" he or she is speaking
specifically about plot development.  The plot of a story is comprised of six different parts:
 the , the inciting incident (or conflict), the rising action, the , the falling action, and the
resolution.   is a perfect novel to speak about these plot points as
"turning points and significant events."

In the exposition, the
reader learns about our narrator, Enzo, who is a dog.  Even though the crux of the story centers
around Denny (the race car driver and Enzo's owner), Enzo's thoughts as narrator are very
important. It is not long before Enzo begins to run into serious issues that affect the humans
around him.  As Eve (Denny's wife) gets sick and begins to die of cancer, we have experienced
the inciting incident or conflict of the book. Immediately, we enter the rising action as Eve's
parents take Zoe (Denny's child) from Denny.  The tension rises as the trial looms.  Denny
visits Zoe on weekends, and Enzo listens instinctively. Throughout all of the rising action, we
learn all about Enzo's thoughts about humans.  Enzo's dreams continue when he sleeps during the
trial.  Enzo dreams that he participates in the trial (with the help of a voice synthesizer) and
helps everything turn out okay.  The climax (which is sometimes called the "turning
point") of the story is the end of the trial when Annika recounts the events, Denny is
freed, and Zoe is given back to her dad. During the falling action, we learn of Enzo's hip
troubles and other issues that prove he is getting old.  It is not a surprise when Enzo dies in
Denny's arms, promising to come back as a human.  The resolution of the story happens when Denny
gives a very young fan an autograph.  The young fan's name is Enzo.  The reader infers, of
course, that Enzo's dream of becoming "a man" has come true.

Based on chapter 5 of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, what were Douglass's two biggest problems as a child?

At the
beginning of Chapter V,is a child on the plantation of Colonel Lloyd.  Because he is so young at
this point, he really does not have to do much work.  He also says that he...

Tuesday 30 April 2013

How does E.M. Forster represent racial conflict in A passage to India'? Give some top articles.

This novel of Forster's
is widely regarded to be his best, analysing the nature of the relationship between the British
colonisers and the Indian people during the time of the British Raj, and also widens this to
examine the nature of the relationships between human beings in general. Forster's motto,
"only connect", is a key theme in this novel as well as in Howard's
End.

Despite this hope of bridging cultural divides, racial
tension is most clearly seen in the relationship between Dr. Aziz and Dr. Fielding. The
relationship is seen as not being strong enough to avoid misunderstandings and racial tensions.
This is a theme that runs through the whole novel, and even when the British colonisers attempt
to bridge the gap, they often commit terrible faux pas. For example, Adela asks Dr. Aziz how
many wives he has. When the Turtons throw a bridge party, it only serves to reinforce the divide
between the Indians and colonisers. Turton, after Dr Aziz's arrest, says to Fielding: "I
have never known anything but disaster to result when English people and Indians attempt to be
intimate socially."

Monday 29 April 2013

What does "ghost" mean in the context of line 8 in "The Raven"?

ladyvols1

"And each separate
dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."

Thisis
the same idea as the"giving up the ghost."  The death of the embers is like a person
dying and the spirit, or ghost, remaining.  In this poem by Poe, the narrator is at home in a
cozy room with a fire.  He is dozing and realizes the fire is dying down and the sparks, or
embers, are going out on the floor.  This metaphor is giving the reader a sense of the setting
for the poem.  To set the mood, Poe uses mysterious and depressing words in these descriptions:
bleak, dying, and ghost. We can imagine the cold December night and the narrator sitting
by a warm fire, lightly sleeping.  The narrator goes on to tell us he has been reading and
wishing for daylight.  He is trying to find peace from his memories of :

"Eagerly I wished the morrow;vainly I had sought to
borrow
From my books surcease of sorrowsorrow for the lost Lenore"

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Sunday 28 April 2013

Compare the lives of people in the outer party (like Winston Smith) to the lives of the proles in 1984.

It is clear from Chapter
7 in Book I that the proles enjoy considerably more freedom than those in the outer party, such
as . This is because, as he explains, that the proles are not viewed as a threat by the Thought
Police in the same way as members of the Party are. There is a link that can be made between the
working class and the proles. The main problem is of course that the proles do not have an
awareness of a comprehension of the bigger structural injustices that go on around them. They
are far too caught up in their own individual lives and the struggle to survive in the
difficulties that they face. Note the following description:

The great majority of proles did not even have telescreens in their homes. Even the
civil police interfered with them very little. There was a vast amount of criminality in
London... but since it all happened among the proles themselves, it was of no importance. In all
questions of morals they were allowed to follow their ancestral code. The sexual puritanism of
the Party was not imposed upon them.

The difference in
the attitude of the Party to the proles is expressed in the rather ambiguous slogan,
"Proles and animals are free," and this slogan lies at the heart of the reason for the
different treatment between the proles. Because the proles are, in the Party's eyes, on the same
level as animals, they are not seen as a threat and therefore do not need the same kind of
attention and heavy supervision that the outer Party members do. Ironically, the proles enjoy a
far greater level of freedom than Winston ever has.

What are the values and goals of the world described in The Great Gatsby? What kind of person survives in this world?

On the
surface, wealth seems to be the most important value and goal in this world, and to a great
extent that is true. 's wealth, for example, brings him power. He impresses people with his huge
house and string of polo ponies, and he is able to use his wealth to bully the little people,
like , and keep a mistress in Wilson's wife.

understands the ethic of the
world he lives in: he knows that if he wants to regain , he needs money and lots of it. He is
willing to engage in a life of crime to earn the wealth he needs to attract her, and he is also
willing to spend it freely.

As the contrast between Tom and Gatsby shows,
however, it takes more than mere money to be a top dog in this culture. Gatsby has a vast amount
of money, but he lacks Tom's pedigree: he hasn't inherited his wealth, he doesn't have the right
connections, he doesn't horseback ride, he hasn't been to an Ivy League college, and his clothes
and demeanor are just not quite right. He is...

Saturday 27 April 2013

Who is the one character in the play Oedipus the King, who saw, right from the start, the cause of the plague? Why is his identity ironic?

The one
character in the play who sees, right from the start, that the cause of the plague is 's
transgression in killing his father and marrying his mother, is Teresias.  Theof this is that
Teresias is blind, yet he alone can see the truth.

Teresias appears in the
first act of the play, having been summoned by the King to tell what he knows about the
calamities that have beset the land. 

In Chapter 17 of The Lovely Bones, what is the significance of the following quote? "It was only a moment, and then I was gone."

Whenever you are asked a
question like this it is vitally important to begin by looking at the quote that is referred to
in context and then to try and relate it to the theme or message of the story. This quote that
you have identified appears when the family have a party to celebrate Lindsey and Samuel's
engagement. As the family engage in many toasts and also eat brownies, it is only Buckley who
aactually sees Susie:

He saw my shape and face, which had
not changed--the hair still parted down the middle, the chest still flat and hips
undeveloped--and wanted to call out my name. It was only a moment, and then I was
gone.

Note the implications of this quote. Firstly, Susie
is still "with" her family and very much involved and caught up in their lives.
Although she is dead, she has not left them and is still "living" in a sense in the
real world. She has not yet been able to move on and come to terms with her own death and
absence from her family. However, at the same time, this ability to be with her family is
profoundly limited. Buckley is only able to see her for a "moment" before she
disappears again. The significance could refer to the family's own process of coping with
Susie's disappearance and suspected death. Having been a very real presence in the days after
her murder, Susie now only flashes up as a character occasionally. They are beginning to move
on.

Friday 26 April 2013

What was the importance of authentication by a white person on the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass?

Not one but
two prominent white abolitionists endorsed Douglass's memoir: William Lloyd Garrison with his
preface and Wendell Phillips through a letter. Both documents offer a legitimizing frame through
which white audiences could read this work. Both men provide a bridge to white audiences by
vouching for Douglass's credibility and character.

This authentication was
crucially important at the time. First, as Garrison points out in his preface, white prejudice
against darker-skinned people was intense, a fact he hopes the memoir will help contest. He
knows he has to step in as a white person, patronizing as it is, to vouch for a black man: White
people (the overwhelming audience for the book, as few African Americans could read) had been
conditioned to treat black people with contempt and suspicion. Therefore, Garrison writes openly
that he considers the memoir to be:

a stunning
blow...inflicted on northern prejudice against a colored complexion.

He also hopes that the memoir will cause white people to
"cease to talk of the natural inferiority" of black people.

That
Garrison has to spend time defending African Americans against claims that they were inferior
shows that, even in liberal abolitionist circles which wanted to free slaves, white people most
often did not consider black people their equals.

Therefore, for Douglass's
book to be taken seriously, both Garrison and Phillips have to state that they have known
Douglass for a long time and attest that he is a good and worthy person. Garrison takes pains to
refer to Douglass's "virtuous traits of character," while Phillips writes to Douglass
(but really to his white readers) that:

Again, we have
known you long, and can put the most entire confidence in your truth, candor, and sincerity.
Every one who has heard you speak has felt, and, I am confident, every one who reads your book
will feel, persuaded that you give them a fair specimen of the whole truth.

Without these prominent men standing behind him, it would be easy
for white people to dismiss this memoir as untrue, biassed, or exaggerated, especially given an
increasingly vocal and strident Southern propaganda machine that at this time was arguing not
only that slavery was a necessary evil but a positive good, spinning tales of slaves that were
well cared for by loving owners on happy plantations. Both Garrison and Phillips go to great
lengths, therefore, to assert that not only is what Douglass saying true but that his experience
is typical and widespread.

Both men use their introductions not only to lend
needed credibility to Douglass himself, but to frame his work as an act of extreme courage in
the face of a grave threat, similar to that which faced the writers of the Declaration of
Independence when they fought tyranny. As Phillips writes:

You...publish your declaration of freedom with danger compassing you around. In all the
broad lands which the Constitution of the United States overshadows, there is no single
spot,however narrow or desolate,where a fugitive slave can plant himself and say, "I am
safe."

Both Garrison and Phillips try to make
Douglass part of a white tradition of struggling for freedom and to use his book to galvanize
the abolitionist movement to work harder to abolish slavery.

In Octavia Butler's novel Kindred, what does Sarah teach Dana about becoming a woman? Be specific. How do her advices/lessons conform to or resist the...

In , Sarah
is a slave in the house. When Dana first meets her, she sees her as the "mammy" type,
but soon discovers she is far more than that.

Sarah teaches Dana how to
cook. She also gives her advice about living on the plantation. Sarah ultimately shows Dana, why
so many of the slaves didn't try to fight back. Dana learns that all of Sarah's children have
been sold and only her daughter, Carrie, is still there because she can't speak....

Thursday 25 April 2013

How important is religion to the way Eliezer defines his identity?

That
religion is a central element in Eliezer's life is obvious from the opening pages of .
This is before war and genocide have impacted the people of his hometown, Sighet.
Eliezer is interested almost to the point of obsession in finding a teacher to instruct him in
Kabbalah. It's not a case of his being expected to become a scholar of the Jewish writings; in
fact, it's almost the opposite, because his father tries actively to discourage
him from pursuing this activity. "There are no Kabbalists in Sighet," his
father tells him. Altogether, it is a basically secular family and a secular community in which
young Eliezer finds himself. This fact in itself makes his own interest in religion even more
significant than it would have been had it simply been the normal thing to do for the Jewish
population of Sighet.

The one person Eliezer bonds with, especially over the
issue of religion, is Moishe the Beadle, who is the closest he can find to a Kabbalist and a man
who can help him with his religious studies. It's significant, and ironic in a grim sense, that
Moishe is the only one who attempts to warn the Jews about the danger they're in. Because he's a
foreigner, Moishe has been deported before the others and has seen the mass murder of the Jews
taking place. He has escaped and managed to return to Sighet, but no one believes his story. It
is perhaps emblematic of the whole issue of denialthe refusal of the Jews who have not yet
experienced it to believe that such things could possibly be happening, and will in fact happen
to themthat it is a religious man who learns the truth first and tries to
warn them. Their refusal to believe him is a counterpart, in some way, to their secularism,
their embracing of modernity, and their overall incredulity that such savagery could be taking
place in the modern age.

Once in the concentration camp, Eliezer's religious
beliefs are shaken. Like others, he cannot grasp why God would allow these things to happen, but
he repeatedly tries to contextualize the atrocities in terms of the teachings of Judaism. Men
are reciting Kaddish, the prayer for the dead, and he observes,

I don't know whether, during the history of the Jewish people, men have ever before
recited Kaddish for themselves.

It is not surprising that
the victims, under these circumstances, would be completely shaken in their faith. But Eliezer
repeatedly asks why? again and again. His identity as a religious person is
so strong that, although his faith is shaken, he cannot abandon the thought
of God and his bafflement that God would allow this massive atrocity to take place. But at the
end of this "journey," after his father is gone and the camps have been liberated,
there is no longer any mention of God. Eliezer finally is able to look at himself in a mirror,
and he describes what he sees as a corpse staring back at him. Finally, his religious belief has
been purged from him, and even if it has not been, his recognition that he has become one of the
living dead overrides whatever remains of his thoughts of God.

What are the sins of Arthur Dimmesdale in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter?

In
Hawthorne's indictment against secret sin and the psychological effects of
sin, , the Reverendcommits sins against the Ten Commandments; also,
he commits one of the Cardinal, or Seven Deadly Sins.  Because Reverend Dimmesdale is a Puritan
minister, the commandments that he violates, in accord with the Protestant version, are #7
"Thou shalt not commit adultery" and #9 "Thou shalt not bear false witness."
The Cardinal sin that he commits is the sin of Pride.

Adultery

As Hawthorne's
narrative progresses, it becomes apparent to the reader that Dimmesdale is tortured by some
inner conflict in his soul.  Certainly,suspects him of being his wife's paramour as he
stealthily ingratiates himself into the minister's home and continually questions the minister
about what troubles him.  When Chillingworth dances in delight one night in Chapter X after
pulling away the minister's vestment and detecting an identifying mark of this sin...

What quotes in The Lovely Bones would best decribe how Jack, Abigail, and Lindsey use isolation to cope with the death of Susie?

In my
opinion, one of the first indications that the family is using isolation to cope manifests
itself in their isolation from Susie's room:

Already my
private territory had become a no man's land in the middle of our house.  My mother had not
touched it.  My bed was still unmade from the hurried morning of my death. (44)

All three use isolation as a coping mechanism in slightly different
ways.  Let's explore the three characters in turn.  

First, we'll begin with
Lindsey, Susie's sister.  Lindsey first deals with Susie's death by isolating herself from
anyone who could help her at school, such as Principal Caden.  After confronted with the
compassion of his "I'm sorry to hear of your loss" statement, Lindsey hits him with
"What exactly is my loss?" (31). Also, Lindsey seeks solace in private, small rooms of
the house, like the bathroom shower.

She would be safe in
the dark--the moist steam from the shower still rising off the tiles encased her. . . . She knew
she would be...

What is the ethical thing to do in this circumstance? You are the assistant treasurer in charge of general ledger accounting at the business. Your...

The reality is
when push comes to shove within the business world, people that report their own company or
bosses for infractions are labeled as a whistleblower.  It is almost childish, but the business
world is very clear when it comes to the ways in which tattle-tales are dealt with.  As an
employee, your obligation to the company is viewed as paramount above all else.

 

This mentality is why so many unscrupulous dealings go
unreported.  The problem is that most of them are not as nearly clear as the example given. 
Additionally, no one is talking about the obligation towards the other employees who rely on
their job to feed their families.  What about the companies that deal with this business and
depend on them to also remain active and profitable?  What about the reputation of the insurance
company in question?  Do they have a record of dealing fairly and honestly with their customers,
or are they known for manipulating situations to their advantage. 

 

It is easy to...

What do you think Fitzgerald is saying about the American dream in the 1920s?

At one point in America's past, the American Dream consisted of noble goals: life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However, as the plot of picks up
around 1922, just four years after the end of World War I, the nation is in the midst of
economic prosperity that they have not seen before. The stock market provided an opportunity for
wealth to almost anyone who invested wisely (and had a bit of luck), and when Prohibition began
in 1920 via the 18th Amendment, a new subculture arose for the manufacture and distribution of
illegal alcohol. Thus, people could also acquire...

Wednesday 24 April 2013

What significance do you see in the strand of iron-gray hair on the second pillow in "A Rose for Emily"?

By the time
that the story wraps up,is an old woman, with iron-gray hair.  The significance of the hair on
the pillow in the attic is huge.  It implies that Emily, recently, was lying down or sleeping
next to the rotted remains of .  If you just think about that for a while, its creepiness really
sinks in.  First of all, she wasn't super old when he "disappeared", so one has to
wonder how long she has been sleeping next to the dead body.  Secondly, what kind of delusions,
insecurities, and psychoses would lead a woman to do that?  You have to wonder at her state of
mind, and what sort of satisfaction or fulfillment she derived from that
activity.  

Faulkner has the reader of the story use inference, or educated
guessing, as to what the significance of that hair is.  If you look at the clues throughout the
book (she's older, Homer disappears, the house starts to smell, and how at the beginning of the
story she didn't want people to take her dead father away), one can infer that she killed Homer,
stashed him in the attic, and has been deriving some sort of disturbing comfort from resting
next to his dead body.  Fun stuff, indeed!  I hope that helps!

Decline of the Roman Empire What do you think was the most significant problem that led to the decline of the Roman Empire?

The Roman empire
basically over- extended itself.Bad leadership and worse decisions, coupled with a large area to
defend and a huge army to feed caused the empire to be too weak to defend itself.]]>

How did the work that influenced Orwell's philosophy about the poor, demonstrate his feelings about the poor segment of society? If Orwell was...

wrote both
from the experience of living among the poor. No other author seemed to
have been able to capture the lives of the poorest element of society as Orwell did in these two
works.

According to Robert C. Lieberman, professor of Political Science at
Columbia University, in The Road to Wagon Pier Orwell described the main
component of poverty as filth.It was everywhere.In addition poverty wreaked...

href="http://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/Poor_Die/english/e_pdie">http://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/Poor_Die/english/e_...

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Compare and contrast the Victor Frankenstein to his creation. Which of these characters is the hero of the book? Was that Mary Shelley's intension?...

Theof 's  is that even thoughthinks he has created a
monster,himself often acts more humanely than Victor, while Victor's actions are often
monstrous. This ironic reversal, as well as the similarities between Victor and his creature,
highlight the ways in which humans can sometimes be "monsters."

When he is young, Victor is a virtuous child, dedicated student, and devoted son and brother. He
has an idyllic childhood. However, once he becomes interested in the processes of life and
death, he becomes obsessed with his project of creating life in something that was once dead.
Hence, he assembles dead body parts and makes a creature that he then brings to life. He is
horrified by his creature and abandons him. Victor fails to take responsibility for his
creation, and in a sense, is a terrible father. He doesn't like the way his child/creature looks
and is repulsed by what he (Victor) has done, so he runs away and leaves the...

I need a strong thesis statement on forgiveness.

There are two
approaches to the act of forgiveness: one is the religious, and another is the psychological
approach. With both approaches, there is a certain release that is obtained through forgiveness.
Thus, a thesis could be the following:

• The act of forgiving is
  spiritually, physically, and mentally healing for both the individual who forgives from the
  heart, and for the person who is forgiven.

Certainly, there are
any number of verses from the Bible--

Make allowances for
each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you
must forgive others.  [Colossians 3-13]

--and the
Qu'ran--

One tradition presents Muhammad saying, "All
of Aadams descendants constantly err, but the best of those who constantly err are those who
constantly repent." 

as well as other religious
sources that underscore this thesis.

In addition to the religious reasons for
forgiveness as a means of healing one's soul and heart by removing sinful thoughts or hatred,
there are also sound reasons for forgiving others in order to maintain one's mental and physical
health. These reasons are practical because while they encourage forgiveness, they also suggest
not forgetting the injuries committed in order that the person not be hurt or harmed
again.

Since "To err is human," it is only sensible that people
forgive one another; doing so can save marriages, friendships, work relationships, and family
relations by restoring faith in loved ones, an act that helps others work to improve the
interpersonal relationship. Certainly terrible damage can be done to the psyches of others who
are not forgiven after they repent their actions or words because they may lose their sense of
self-worth or become alienated from family or friends.  In addition, psychologists advise that
it is sometimes important to remember the injuries committed against oneself by others since
people can learn well and profit from injurious and negative experiences. For, if they recall
such experiences and injuries, they are less likely to become victims
again.

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What are the main structural elements in "A Good man is Hard to Find"?

's "A
Good Man is Hard to Find" is , a short story.  As such, it can be analyzed, or dissected,
into structural elements according to mainly plot, character, and figurative language.

What you must know, though, is that O'Connor is a comic writer and a religious writer.
 Many readers are confused by her structure: she seems to be making fun of religion.  Rest
assured, she is not.  In fact, O'Connor is a very serious religious writer who uses caricatures
(exaggerated characters) like The Misfit and the grandmother to expose the relationships between
good and evil, nihilism and revelation, and hypocrisy and salvation.  In the end, all of her
characters look flat, grotesque, and evil, but--as readers--we have to imply that O'Connor means
just the opposite of them.

So, structural elements:

Flat, static characters: the Misfit, the grandmother.
 They are both religiously confused: the Misfit is a nihilist, and the Grandmother is a
self-righteous Christian.  They...

Monday 22 April 2013

What is the purpose of Two Minutes Hate? Thanks in advance =]

Two
minutes hate is a way for the government to exert more control over its citizens.  Essentially,
it is a way for Big Brother to ensure that the public focus is on those deemed dangerous.  The
idea of being able to generate images of revolutionaries like Goldstein on a screen for two
minutes and connect an image to the public in order to ensure that the public's understanding of
enemies are the same as the government's.  Two minutes hate helps to consolidate their own
control of the public trust and also ensures that the public's understanding mirrors their own. 
In this light, it goes very far to helping to eliminate the realm of the private, making the
setting all public.  In being able to identify who the enemy of the nation is in the Two Minutes
Hate, Big Brother develops another way of maintaining its hold in how the public thinks and who
is seen as "enemy of the state."

How does Romeo's character change in act 1, scene 5, of Romeo and Juliet?

has been passively moping over Rosaline since the opening of the play. We do not know
how difficult it is for him to see and speak to her but, sinceis the only daughter of his
family's greatest enemy, presumably Rosaline would be easier for him to approach than Juliet is.
When he sees Juliet, however, Romeo suddenly becomes dynamic and active. His approach is one
which would be brusque and even obnoxious if he were not sure of his ground, suddenly grabbing
her hand and offering to kiss her, but he is perfectly sure, as he never is with Rosaline, that
his love will be reciprocated.

The formation of a perfect sonnet between the
two lovers with the first words they exchange is a brilliant symbol of the reciprocity of their
love, the way in which these two people can talk to each other in a way they have never been
able to talk to anyone else. When Romeo next spars within act 2, scene 4, he is more than a
match for his wit, since his love for Juliet invigorates him rather...

Explain what the author means by this comparison: "Twenty corpses were through from our wagon. Then the train resumed its journey, leaving in its...

This scene occurs near the end of 's story
and at a point when he isn't sure that he or his father will survive. Hopelessness begins to
creep in; just prior to this, his father's vital signs are so low that the Nazi soldiers nearly
toss him from the train, too. Others have not fared as well on this journey, and they are
stripped and tossed from the train as they serve no further purpose to the Nazi
regime.

The sentence you have provided is a , comparing those tossed from the
train to "naked orphans without a tomb." Orphans are those who have been abandoned,
typically children who have no surviving parents or other family members to care for them. Like
orphans, these prisoners are isolated with no one to show them compassion. They receive no
burial and no mourning; they sadly are completely exposed. Most of the deceased are likely
Jewish, and Jewish custom typically forbids even an open casket of the deceased. Therefore, this
disrespect of a holy custom is appalling. This metaphor furthers the tone of dismay in total
disregard of basic human rights.

Sunday 21 April 2013

In Orwell's 1984, how does the Party control the people through media?

The Party
has total control over the media and uses it to incessantly propagandize the outer Party members
and, to a lesser extent, the proles. As the people have no other source of information, the
Party can lie freely. For example, it is always telling the people that life is getting better
for them materially, while, in fact, it is constantly getting worse. Rations, for example, are
cut, not increased; people eat poor food and rely on Victory Gin to fight off hunger.

The Party uses its command of the telescreens to channel people's emotions, especially
the aggressions that build up because of the miserable and repressed lives the people are forced
to lead. This energy is funneled into televised Two Minute Hate rallies. Any positive emotions
are channelled into idolization of Big Brother rather than into normal loving
relationships.

The Party uses film propaganda to desensitize people to the
high levels of violence that characterize the regime. Early in the novel, for example,

Saturday 20 April 2013

Discuss how things fall apart in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.

Things
fall apart for both theof the story and the Igbo village of Umuofia in Achebe's classic novel.is
depicted as an aggressive, violent man, who fears being viewed as weak and becoming like his
inept father . Okonkwo's fear of being viewed as weak and effeminate influences him to behave
hostile, rigid, and insensitive.

Despite attaining titles and being one of
Umuofia's most revered men, Okonkwo makes several costly decisions that lead to his demise.
Okonkwo disrupts the Week of Peace by viciously beating his wife, plays a role in 's death, and
accidentally kills Ezeudu's son when his gun goes off during a chaotic funeral ritual. After
accidentally killing Ezeudu's son, Okonkwo is exiled for seven years and loses his titles. When
Okonkwo returns, white colonists have dramatically transformed Umuofia.

The
presence of the white Europeans has gradually eroded the traditional culture and way of life in
the Igbo village. Missionaries have successfully converted many villagers and the European
institutions have had a profound effect on life in Umuofia. Christian churches, trading posts,
schools, and European bureaucracy have transformed Umuofia's landscape and are gradually
replacing the traditional culture.

Okonkwo despises the white men and cannot
contain his anger when he returns home. He ends up beheading a court messenger and hangs himself
before he can be arrested. Achebe's novel portrays how things have fallen apart in Okonkwo's
personal life as well as in his village of Umuofia, which has slowly assimilated into European
culture.

What kinds of indirect characterization are employed in Eveline?

While there
are four different ways in which authors develop their characters using indirection --

1. through a physical description
2. through the thoughts of
   the character
3. through the character's own actions


4. through the comments and reactions of other characters

--for the most part,employs only two of these techniques; namely #2 and #3. For, he
makes use of 's thoughts by means of the Modernist technique of . In addition, Joyce utilizesto
connote Eveline's being "spiritually lost."  As she sits, leaning against the dusty
drapes watching the field where she used to play and the brown houses, Eveline reflects upon how
her father "was not so bad then" and her mother was yet living. Eveline also
contemplates her intentions to leave home.

Glancing around the house,
Eveline notices more dust, suggestive of immobility and death-in-life as she deliberates her
decision to leave, qestioning its wisdom. But, she recalls her subservient...

Friday 19 April 2013

Describe the development of the Nazi Party from 1924 to 1928.

The Nazi Party
developed, grew, and changed a great deal between 1924 and 1928. This important transformation
was carried out by Adolph Hitler.

In 1923, Hitler tried to take power by
force in the Munich Putsch. Mussolini had violently seized power the year before, and Hitler
sought to emulate his future ally. Germany was suffering from severe inflation, so the Nazis
sensed an opportunity. Moreover, Hitler had thousands of SA troops ready to fight for
him.

After the failure of the coup, Hitler was sentenced to prison, where he
spent most of 1924. He wrote Mein Kampf in prison, and he realized that
power could only be achieved by winning elections. He served less than a year of his five-year
sentence.

In 1925, he began to enlarge the party. Membership in the party
quintupled, and its organization strengthened. Hitler put Josef Goebbels in charge of Nazi
propaganda. Although the party was stronger, Hitler could not speak in public until 1927.
Moreover, the party could...

How was the Clinton v. Jones (1997)Supreme Court decision important in shaping the interpretation of the Constitution? How was the Clinton v. Jones...

Well, in an
indirect way the ruling interprets the Constitution as having more limited executive power. 
While lawyers for the President were, in a way, trying to prevent future administrations from
being slapped with frivolous lawsuits by political opponents, the Supreme Court responded by
only protecting those acts committed during a President's term, thus addressing some of their
legal concerns while still protecting the rights of plaintiffs.

So the case
is really quite specific in terms of dealing with a modern issue, and only refers to the
Constitution in an indirect way.

Thursday 18 April 2013

In the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, what significance do the continents' differing dates of settlement have on subsequent history?

poses and
answers this question in the last part of Chapter 1 of .  The answer is, in
essence, that the difference in dates of settlement of the various continents had no impact on
the subsequent history of the world.

On p. 50, Diamond poses the question
that you posed.  He posits the idea that we would probably predict that the continent that gets
settled first would be the one to dominate the world.  If you think about it, this makes some
amount of sense.  When people got to a continent, they could start to settle down and build a
civilization.  The longer the time that they had to build the civilization, the more advanced
they would become. But Diamond goes on to demolish that theory.  He points out that Africa was
the first continent inhabited by people and it did not end up dominating the world.  In fact,
there is little correlation between when a continent was settled and how rich or powerful its
people later became.  Thus, we can say that the difference in the dates of the settlement of
various continents did not end up having an impact on world history.  As Diamond says at the end
of Chapter 1, we need to look elsewhere for the factors that caused Eurasians to get guns,
germs, and steel and dominate the world.

How do religious beliefs influence culture?

There's an old
saying that "culture is religion externalized." This is a simple way of saying that by
looking at the culture a society creates and consumes, a person can discern, in general, that
society's basic beliefs and worldview. "Worldview" refers to the major philosophical
questions of life which influence our outlook on life, such as: Does life have meaning?, Is
there a god and is he/she/it involved with the world or separate from it?, What responsibility,
if any, do I have to other human beings?, etc.

As Christian philosopher R.J.
Rushdoony explains:

Every culture is a
religion...

Wednesday 17 April 2013

What were the three goals of the Spanish colonization in the Americas?

Spain
was considered to have as three main goals behind its expeditions to North America: the
expansion of its empire, the attainment of wealth, and the spread of Christianity.

It is easily forgotten that monarchies were not possessed of endless wealth. True,
kings and queens had considerable financial assets, but the costs of empire were enormous, and
identifying and securing sources of revenue to pay for those empires drove these rulers to
finance expeditions to unknown territories. In this sense, the goals of expanding empire and
attaining wealth were closely linked. Spains was a powerful empire, but Spanish rulers were
always wary of encroachment from the rival British and French monarchs.

There was a competition for riches, and those riches came from newly conquered territories.
Chief among the natural resources sought by the Spanish was gold, and a major goal of Spain was
then securing new sources of that most precious of metals. It was, in a sense, a
self-perpetuating cycle of...

In Autism and Visual Thought by Temple Grandin, for Grandin, what are the disadvantages of being autistic?

Temple Grandin says that one of the most
common disadvantages faced by autistic people is face blindness. She does not recognize people
until she knows them well, and even then, she can be thrown off course by minor changes like
removing glasses or slightly changing a hairstyle. This often makes her seem cold and
unfriendly. Grandin says that even after learning many social cues that autistic people commonly
miss, her behavior sometimes comes across as overly blunt. She finds it difficult to make eye
contact and often raises her voice without realizing she is doing so.

Grandin
says that she tends to ramble in conversation and is always returning to the topics that
interest her without being able to appreciate what her interlocutor wants to discuss. All these
behaviors can make her seem rude and cause problems in forging personal relationships.

Grandin also says that her mind and memory are visual. She thinks in pictures and
regards words as a second language. While she admits that not all autistic people are the same
in this respect, she believes that it is true of many. This makes it difficult for her to follow
written directions. Similar difficulties with numbers are the reason why she failed algebra in
high school and has no aptitude for STEM, despite her impressive capabilities in the field of
animal science.

Tuesday 16 April 2013

Should higher education be free for everyone? Should higher education be free for everyone?

It
seems to me that too many people take a passive attitude toward "education." These
people tend to assume that education is something that happens to you and that without having
people and institutions to do this mysterious thing called "educating" they will have
to remind in a benighted state of ignorance all their lives. There is nothing to prevent people
from educating themselves every day--if they are willing to focus on learning and to forego the
mindless chatter and tasteless music that distracts so many of the masses. The modern world
offers all kinds of facilities for improving our...

Monday 15 April 2013

For The Canterbury Tales, assess Chaucer's stance toward one of the pilgrims and how the tale is appropriate to the person telling it?

For this
assignment, the student must choose a tale and compare it to the character/storyteller.The
Canterbury Taleshave many different characters telling entertaining stories to the other
pilgrims during a long religious journey. The group is a mixture of people from different social
classes; therefore, the stories are as different as the characters are from each other. Chaucer
presents each story in the...

`int sqrt(1-x^2)/x^4 dx` Find the indefinite integral

Given
,

`int sqrt(1-x^2)/x^4 dx`

By applying Integration by
parts we can solve the given integral

so,

let `u=
sqrt(1-x^2)` `,v' = (1/x^4) `

=>` u' = (sqrt(1-x^2) )'`

=> =`d/dx (sqrt(1-x^2)) `

let `t=1-x^2 `

so,

`d/dx (sqrt(1-x^2))`

=`d/dx
(sqrt(t))`

= `d/(dt) sqrt(t) * d/dx (t)`        [as `d/dx f(t) = d/(dt) f(t)
(dt)/dx` ]

=  `[(1/2)t^((1/2)-1) ]*(d/dx (1-x^2))`

= 
`[(1/2)t^(-1/2)]*(-2x)`

=`[1/(2sqrt(1-x^2 ))]*(-2x)`

=`-x/sqrt(1-x^2)`

so,  `u' = -x/sqrt(1-x^2)` and as ` v'=(1/x^4)`
so

`v = int 1/x^4 dx `

= `int x^(-4) dx`

= `(x^(-4+1))/(-4+1) `

=`(x^(-3))/(-3)`

=
`-(1/(3x^3))`

 

so , let us see the values
altogether.

`u= sqrt(1-x^2) ,u' = -x/sqrt(1-x^2)` and` v' = (1/x^4)
,v=-(1/(3x^3))`

 

Now ,by applying the integration by
parts `int uv' ` is given as

 `int uv' = uv - int u'v`

then,

`int sqrt(1-x^2)/x^4 dx `

= `(sqrt(1-x^2))
(-(1/(3x^3))) - int (-x/sqrt(1-x^2))(-(1/(3x^3))) dx `

= `(sqrt(1-x^2))
(-(1/(3x^3))) -(-...

What is a summary of the poem "Matilda" by Hilaire Bellock?

Asummary of "Matilda" is more
quickly done than the fire that burnedMatildas Aunt's house down. Matilda lived with her Aunt,
who was a firmbeliever in truth and, in fact, (unsuccessfully) instructed Matilda intruth from
her youth.

Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest
Youth,
Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth,

Matilda,on the other hand, had a fondness for telling lies, particularly--itwould
seem--the sort that involve practical jokes. One day Matilda, leftalone (and unguarded!) phoned
"London's Noble Fir-Brigade," or firefighters, and told them that her Aunt's house was
burning down.

TheBrigade came to the rescue with water hoses blaring out
water. Theyentered the ballroom and drenched it then turned to drenching thepaintings to
preserve them from burning. Matilda's Aunt had a verydifficult time convincing the fire fighters
that there was no fire tofight, for, you see, Matilda had said there was .... The Aunt
wasfinally successful and convinced them there was no fire and then paidthem--yes, paid them--to
go.

Here comes the part with the moral. Matilda's Aunt went

off to the Theatre
To see that Interesting
Play
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.

ButMatilda was
obliged to stay at home as punishment for calling out theFire-Brigade and causing the ballroom
to be drenched and the familyheirloom painting to be soaked. It chanced that while the Aunt
wasenjoying The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,a fire did break out at home with
Matilda there alone (I wonder whostarted it?). As she felt the flames grow hotter, no one would
believeher impassioned cries of "Fire! Fire!" as she hollered out the window.They
responded by saying "Little Liar!" This is why the ending of the isthat

therefore when her Aunt returned,
Matilda, and the House,
were Burned.

Toapply the moral of the story--and
summary--do be sure to tell thetruth; avoid lies and pranks, especially those involving
theFire-Brigade; never cry "Fire! unless you mean it; and do not acquire areputation as a
"Little Liar!

Why is it important for parents to know what is happening at their children's schools, and especially in their own children's classrooms?

It is
important for parents to know what is happening at their childrens school, and in the classroom,
because it is precisely in those locations where their children will spend much of their lives. 
Once children leave home and enter the classroom, they come under the influence of teachers,
principals, administrators, coaches, and other students.   It is extremely important for parents
to know as much as they can about to what their children are exposed. 

Any
parent concerned about the quality of his or her childrens education is interested in how the
school those children attend is managed and resourced, and how their childrens teachers respond
to questions from the parents as well as from the students. Absent a willingness to remain
engaged with the school, a parents ability to influence the direction of the childs education
and to address issues or problems that may be having a negative influence on their children is
minimal.  Such issues as class size €“ an increasing problem in many public school districts €“
the number of hours devoted to athletics, the arts, and library visits, the quality of the food
served in the cafeteria, the school districts requirements with regard to reading lists, and
more are central to childrens education and well-being.  How problem students, for example,
bullies, are handled by the schools administrators has a direct bearing on how many parents feel
about sending their children to a particular school.  How responsive the schools principal is to
comments and suggestions by parents can influence how parents view the school and the quality of
education their children receive.  All of these issues and question can only be answered through
sustained commitment to remaining involved in the school.

Most parents want
to know what their childrens classroom are like, and attend orientation meetings at the
beginning of school years to meet the childrens teachers and to have an opportunity to ask
questions regarding issues of concern, including how much individual attention each student
receives €“ again, an increasingly pressing issue for many parents given the growth in class
sizes €“ and whether their children will be able to socialize with established friends during
the course of the day.  With class sizes growing beyond manageable proportions, many schools are
increasingly dependent upon parent volunteers to help tutor students one-on-one and to act as
monitors in the cafeteria and on the playground. 

Parents who are most
willing, and able, to devote time to their childrens school often join the Parent-Teacher
Association (PTA) and/or choose to run for a position on the schools board (in the case of
private schools).  It is through these bodies that concerns regarding systemic problems at a
school can be addressed, while individual consultations with teachers can help resolve or
explain problems specific to the classroom.  It is up to the parents, though, to prioritize
school issues €“ admittedly not always easy for many families, especially when both parents are
working.

Explain the following quote: "Society is indeed a contract. . . . As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it...

This
quotation is from 's . Burke took a disapproving attitude to the
Revolution, which was not necessarily what would have been expected of himhe had advocated for
many other liberal causes, including the American Revolution and the disentanglement of his home
country, Ireland, from British rule. However, Burke felt that the French revolutionaries were
not conducting themselves in a way which was productive, or which would help them form the kind
of society which he felt should be striven towards at all times.

Burke
disapproved of the French Revolution because, unlike other revolutions, he felt that it was an
attack on what was fundamental to French civilization itself, rather than an attempt by a
disenfranchised people to free themselves. He noted that part of what makes society function is
for us to be defined by the "subdivision" of it to which we belong. The
Revolutionaries wanted to...

Sunday 14 April 2013

Why would it have been impossible for a woman to write Shakespeare's plays according to Virginia Woolf in A Room of One's Own?

convincingly demonstrates that it was impossiblenot merely that it would have been impossiblefor
any woman to write plays like those that William Shakespeare wrote. As she insightfully but
humorously presents the numerous obstacles that kept women from writing, Woolf encourages the
reader to re-think not only the concept of geniuswhich is so often applied to Shakespearebut
also of the numerous different occupations that the young man had; these included actor and
manager as well as writer.

Woolf elaborates the social circumstances in
which even upper-class girls...

What is the point of view used in "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty?

The point of
view used in Welty's "" is third-person narrator/ limited omniscient. With regard to
the character of Phoenix, the point of view is omniscient as the narrator knows her thoughts and
feelings in part of the story.

The significance of the title is certainly
heightened as the reader considers the point of view of Welty's narrative; the reader is privy
to Phoenix's feelings all along her "worn path." Before she reaches this path and
after she leaves it when arriving in Natchez, the point of view is third-person
limited.

Theof the story is clearly in third-person narration as the weather
is described and Phoenix Jackson is characterized in much the same matter-of-fact
manner:

Her name was Phoenix Jackson. She was very old
and small and she walked slowly in the dark pine shadows. . . Her eyes were blue with age. Her
skin had a pattern of her own of numberless branching wrinkles and as though a whole little tree
stood...

Friday 12 April 2013

What are the features of different types of meetings?

The
"type" of meeting depends on (a) the purpose of the meeting, and (b) the level of
formality of the meeting.  We will define both of these in more detail.

Meeting purpose is roughly defined as the desired outcome or result of the meeting, the
"why" of the meeting.  The fact that there is a specific desired purpose on the part
of the initiator of the meeting is what makes it a "meeting" in the first place.  This
differentiates it from the various other communication which goes on in a business
environment.

The attached reference gives a handy short list of typical
meeting purposes (informational, decision-making, etc.).  The common thread to these, and any
other ways of categorizing meetings, is the degree to which the goal is increasing the
participants' knowledge versus motivating or enabling specific action.

The...

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Why does Juliet say to Nurse that her life is troubled and full of sin in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

In
Act 4, Scene 3, just afterand Nurse finish picking out her wedding
clothes, Juliet excuses the nurse, sending her away by
saying:

I pray thee leave me to myself
to-night,
For I have need of many orisons[prayers]
To move the heavens to
smile upon my state,
Which, well thou knowest, is cross and full of sin.
(IV.iii.2-5)

The reasons why she says this are two-fold.
The main reason is that, per 's instructions, she needs to dismiss
her nurse so she can drink the potion in private. That way everyone
in Juliet's household will believe her death is legitimate so that
her and Friar Laurence's plan can be effectively carried through. We see...

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What are some quotes about violence in adolescents in The Catcher in the Rye?

In
, there are many instances of violence perpetrated by and against . One of
the critical cases is not a scene in the book but told in summary by Holden about his
past.

Throughout the story, Holden continues to come back to the story of his
brother, . Allie was Holdens younger brother who died of leukemia years before. Holden has
idealized Allie in his head, talking about how he was the best and kindest of his family members
and seeing Allie as virtually perfect.

One of Holdens only violent episodes
happens on the night that Allie died. Holden recounts the story in the novel,

I was only thirteen, and they were going to have my psychoanalyzed
and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage. I don't blame them. I really don't. I
slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for
the hell of it. I even tried to break all the windows on the station wagon we had that summer,
but my hand was already broken and everything by that time, and I couldn't do it. It was a very
stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it, and you didn't
know Allie. ()

Holden smashes the windows in the garage
with his bare handshe is so upset that he breaks his hand in the violent episode. This story,
told in summary, is essential because it shows how adolescents deal with broader issues like
death and loss with violence. Holden has to be psychoanalyzed after the breakdown because he was
so violent that he broke his hand.

This isnt the same as his violence against
Stradler later in the novel, because that is him fighting back against injustice and a bully.
The breaking of the windows is a different type of uncontrollable violence that comes out of the
emotional strain of youth dealing with loss. The episode with the windows helps us understand
Holden through the rest of the novelhis depression, his dislike to other people, and his
constant conversation and focus on his brother. Holden is dealing with grief through the story,
and one way he does that is by violence.

In Act II from Our Town by Thornton Wilder, explain the purpose of the small talk between Emily and George at the drug store?

byhas become an
American classic.  The creativeness of the play has never been equaled: little scenery; no
properties; and the Stage Manager who speaks directly to the audience and seems to control the
actors and the play. The plays characters represent America at the turn of the twentieth
century; however, love, marriage, death, and life never change for mankind.

In Act II, Emily Gibb and George Webb have just finished their junior year in high
school.  George asks if he can carry Emilys books home, but she refuses and acts somewhat aloof
with him.  Finally, George asks her if she is mad at him. Emily tells him that he has been
acting somewhat conceited and she does not like that trait in him.  Surprisingly, he thanks her
for her honesty.

The Stage Manager has warned the audience that this is the
time that the couple will realize that they are meant for each other. 

The Details of Love

The scene includes
an old-fashioned sharing of one soda with two straws.  This usually meant that the pair liked
each other and in those days that was the equivalent of holding hands. 

George shares his plans with Emily about going away to agriculture college. 
He asks her to write him. Emily mentions that maybe after three
years he would be tired of receiving letters from a little town in New Hampshire.  George says
that he would never get tired of knowing what was going on in Grovers Corners.   

The dialogue in the scene is based on small talk between
two young people who are falling in love.  When two people are around each other for the first
time in an intimate setting, the talk is going to be about insignificant
things that help the two people to get to know and trust each other. The talk of
the letters was Georges way of finding out if Emily liked him or not.

Realizing that he would have to be away from home and Emily for three years,
George makes a spur of the moment decision not to go away to
college.  George admits that he has been watching Emily for over a year. She has admits that she
has been watching him as well. George explains to Emily why he is not going to
college: 

I think that once youve found a person that
youre very fond of €¦I mean a person whos fond of you, too, and likes you enough to be
interested in your character€¦Well, I think thats just as important as college is, and even more
so.  Thats what I think.

Emily agrees with George.
Finally, George gets up the nerve to ask her if she would€¦Emily knows what he means and tells
him that she always has been€¦his sweetheart. George says that this is an important talk that
they have been having. 

George and Emily have their whole future ahead of
them. Not only are they presumably dreaming about their future, but the audience is ready for
the wedding to begin.

Friendship in the play is necessary to expose the
loving relationships that are found in the Gibbs and Webbs families.  Dr. Gibbs tells his wife
that he was nervous when they first got married about whether they would run out of things to
talk about€¦and yet they are still friends and happily married for many years.

Life is not about big events. It is about the small talk
and little doses of life that mound up to be a persons life.  Before the eyes of the audience,
Emily and George have promised to spend their lives together even though they do not realize it
yet.  Friendship is the basis for romance and eventually love. 

Thursday 11 April 2013

What did Marshall know that no one else did?

Marshall
knew that someone watched the children every time they played the Egypt Game.

The children finally discovered Marshall's secret after April was almost kidnapped by
Mr. Schmitt's stock boy. In the aftermath of the attack, the police questioned Marshall, and the
little boy told them that the professor was not...

Wednesday 10 April 2013

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

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

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

Why did Belle break up with Scrooge?

In addition, Belle also
seems to intuitively understand that, if she marries Ebenezer, he will never truly value her. He
asks her in what way he had ever sought to be released from their engagement, and she
says,

"In a changed nature; in an altered spirit; in
anotherof life; another Hope as its great end. In everything that made my love of any worth or
value in your sight."

Ebenezer has not explicitly
stated that he wishes to end his relationship with Belle, but the way he seems to privilege
money over everything elseincluding her makes Belle realize that, in
marriage, he will not find her love to be a worthwhile or valuable treasure. He has eyes only
for one treasure: gold. I think it is fair to extrapolate an idea of Belle's...

What were the main reasons the colonies rebelled against the British rule?

We can
generally say that there were four main causes of the American Revolution.  These causes mostly
came into being after the French and Indian War.  It was only after this war that relations
between England and the colonies really deteriorated.

The first cause was
more of a condition that allowed the revolution to happen.  This was the fact that the British
drove France out of North America in the French and Indian War.  This meant that the Americans
no longer had to fear being conquered by the French if they became independent.

The...

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Tuesday 9 April 2013

What is the relationship of form and meaning in Emma by Jane Austen?

When you ask about "form and meaning," you are asking a
critical analysis question from the perspective of Formalism critical
theory. Formalists (form-alists) attempted to evaluate literary texts (especially
poetry) in an objective (scientific) way that excluded consideration of (1) the author's
biography and intentions and excluded consideration of (2) the social, economic and political
influences and realities of the literary work's era.

To understand this,
think of how Gulliver's Travels was critically analyzed in the 1800s (19th
century). It was/is typically analyzed as a political and socialaimed at critiquing British
society and government by comparing it to imaginary other societies. The work was not analyzed
for form (as defined by formalists); it was not examined to see if or why it stood up to the
idea of literariness (as defined by formalists). Formalists sought to
change this trend and analyze literature based on how its form gives it meaning without
reference to anything...

What key image does Jonathan Edwards use to frighten his audience in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"

The
previous post lucidly addresses a critical component of the fear that Edwards invokes.  I would
like to suggest that Edwards utilizes theof the "now" moment as part of his
motivation.  He is quite intent on suggesting that part of his rationale in the explanation of
God's anger refers to the timing of Colonial sentiments.  At a particular moment in time when
the colonists are driven by economic prosperity and material wealth, the belief in spirituality
is on the decline in colonial life.  It is this precise moment that galvanizes Edwards to speak
his notion of the spiritual truth relating to the notion of salvation and damnation.  It is at
this particular moment in Colonial life where God's bow and arrow are set on the Colonists and
the sooner they change their ways from the secular to the spiritual, the greater the chance that
God's punishment will lessen.

What are the pros and cons of Big Brother in 1984?

The chief
pro of Big Brother is his propaganda value as a rallying point and a representation of the
state's power and security. Big Brother is a distinct and recognizable face for the nation,
functioning as George Washington or Uncle Sam does in the United States or Queen Elizabeth II in
Great Britain. This is especially important in Oceania, where the government is largely
invisible and also forever changing its policies, such as who it is at war with. Big Brother, in
contrast, provides a distinct, recognizable face, and is an emblem that is an unchanging point
of stability.

Nevertheless, Big Brother also represents oppression and
surveillance. The motto "Big Brother is Watching You" is threatening and ominous
rather than comforting and empowering. Big Brother creates a constant sense of unease in outer
Party members that they might, at any moment, be doing something wrong and worthy of punishment.
He symbolizes conformity and groupthink, qualities that alter individuals into a herd.

Monday 8 April 2013

What role do the gods play in Oedipus Rex? How does this compare to today's religious beliefs?

The gods
play a vitally important role in this play. In the Greek worldview, the worst sin a person could
commit was to violate the will of the gods. This is whatdoes when he attempts to defy the
prophecy from the gods that he will kill his father and marry his mother. His chief pride orlies
in believing he has successfully outsmarted the gods. What he learns during the course of the
play is that nobody can beat their destiny. A person cannot be other than a source of contagion
when he or she is opposing the gods.

If we think in terms of modern Judaism
and Christianity (remembering there are many other faith systems), Jews and Christians too,
believe strongly that it is centrally important to follow the will of God, However, Jews and
Christians believe the will of God is just and can be influenced in the
cause of justice, a profound theological shift, as religion scholar Huston Smith outlines, from
classical religions. Today's God would not simply capriciously decide on a...

How did Islamic civilization spread to encompass such an extensive empire? What practices or methods were used to spread Islam? I am in AP World...

In
order to respond to the prompt with a direct, concise thesis, I recommend "flipping"
the prompt into a sentence starter. A strong thesis could begin, "Islamic civilization
spread to encompass such a large empire through _________."

Although I
don't have the exact documents you need to reference in your DBQ, there are some overarching
ideas that will likely guide you in the right direction.

Religious and Political Conquest

As
with most any civilization, Islamic civilization was significantly spread through military
power. Strong armies, as well as a strong Muslim belief in spreading the faith, led to the
conquering of many surrounding areas and lands.

Peaceful
Conversion

While religious fervor was sometimes expressed
through militaristic action, it could also be used for peaceful conversion. This brought many
people (and their lands) into the empire.

Strong
Governance

Islamic civilization was also known for having
strong governments. These governments kept the empire stable while also...

Sunday 7 April 2013

What are some examples of foreshadowing in chapter 5 of Night by Elie Wiesel?

The opening line providesin this
chapter:

The summer was coming to an end.

Summer is often equated with a sense of freedom and growth. In this
line, then, we see the impending end of both of these ideas for Elie. Gripped by the power of
the SS, he begins to lose any hope of a return to normalcy and the freedoms he once
enjoyed.

Further foreshadowing focuses on Elie's father:

And my father? Suddenly I remembered him. How would he pass the
selection? He had aged so much...

This line foreshadows
the long journey ahead for Elie in trying to protect his father. He realizes the advantage of
youth in this situation and the inherent difficulty in continuing to pass selections with an
older body. These lines speak to the long and difficult journey Elie will be forced to undertake
in an effort to save his father.

When Elie is hospitalized later in this
chapter and yells out a condemnation of Hitler, his roommate replies,

Ive got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. Hes only one
whos kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.

This foreshadows the future devastation that Hitler will bring, just as he has promised
to do. It offers no end for Elie and the rest of the prisoners as Hitler has proved ruthless and
has maintained his promises against the Jewish people. Thus, these lines foreshadow a long
period of hopelessness for Elie, devoid of any possibility of escape.

Several
times in the book, Elie and his father are caught in a delicate balance between life and death.
He captures that feeling as he lies in bed in this chapter:

Through the frosted panes bursts of red light could be seen. Cannon shots split the
nighttime silence. How close the Russians were!

Liberation is so close, yet Elie remains a prisoner, hidden behind cold, frosted panes
of glass. This symbolism foreshadows a long struggle ahead during which Elie will be able to
almost see his freedom, yet remain trapped in the darkness, only catching
an occasional glimpse of the red light of liberation.

Saturday 6 April 2013

What aspects of contemporary family life do the "Happylife Home" and the nursery satirize? What exactly have the Hadleys "purchased" for their...

The
Happylife Home and nursery in "" satirize the inventions of the early 20th Century
that made life more convenient for many Americans and the rise of television, which became a
regular household item about the time the story was published in 1950. 

It's
important to look at the history surrounding the writing and publication of "The
Veldt." The early 20th Century saw a boom in the creation of items that made life in
America easier. Automobiles, radios, televisions, escalators, air conditioning, refrigerators,
and electric washing machines were all invented in the decades beforewrote this
story. 

In "The Veldt," Bradbury takes the convenience created in
this part of the century and extrapolates what might happen in the near future. This is how the
Happylife Home and nursery are created. The Happylife Home offers the Hadleys convenience. The
narrator says, "the house clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and
was good to them." 

Unfortunately, for the Hadleys, the family has
become completely dependent on the home.

When George suggests they shut off
the house entirely, Lydia, the wife, says the following:

"[Y]ou'll have to change your life. Like too many others, you've built it around
creature comforts. Why, you'd starve tomorrow if something went wrong in the kitchen. You
wouldn't know how to tap an egg."

This dependence on
household items has continued today. Cell phones, computers and cable television have becomes
items originally created for convenience into things that have become crutches for people.
Removing these items from peoples' hands can be a traumatic experience. This is why "The
Veldt" remains relevant today.

 

Whose military strategies does Snowball study and implement?

In
chapter four, Mr. Jones, his men, and a half a dozen others from Foxwood and Pinchfield farm
return toand attempt to recapture it back from the animals. Mr. Jones and his men are armed and
prepared for a battle when they arrive at the farm, but the animals have already prepared for
their attack.is in charge of military preparations and had studied an old book of
Julius Caesar's campaigns that he found in the farmhouse. When the humans first
enter the farm, Snowball utilizes a light skirmishing maneuver to distract the humans before
launching a second line of attack, which creates another disruption. As planned, the animals
retreat, and the men follow them further into the yard, where Snowball launches an ambush. The
animals hiding in the cowshed suddenly appear and successfully drive the humans from the farm.
Mr. Jones and his men run out of the farm, and the animals celebrate their victory at the Battle
of the Cowshed.

How does Dickens present family in A Christmas Carol?

In
,presents a number of perspectives on family, from the love that the
Cratchits show one another, to the distance between Scrooge and Fred. The Ghost of Christmas
Past reminds Scrooge of the importance of family when he takes Scrooge back to his life as an
isolated young child. Scrooge was away at boarding school, alone, until his younger sister Fan
comes to retrieve him and sheds light on Scrooge's early familial experience. When she comes to
bring him home, she says

Father is so much kinder than he
used to be, that homes like Heaven! He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to
bed, that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home; and he said Yes, you
should; and sent me in a coach to bring you.

Here we
learn that even though family can be tender, as is the case with the Cratchits, it can also be
toxic, as it was between Scrooge and his father. However, Fan and Scrooge had a wonderful
relationship, and this instance...

What Is Approach

There is a
difference between approach and method. An approach is a way of dealing with something or
somebody. A method is the process used or the steps taken to deal with an issue or a
person.

I am going to use a very current example for people of the Jewish
faith. This week, a Jewish holiday begins called Sukkot. One of the requirements of this holiday
is to live in the sukkah, which is kind of a temporary structure or dwelling. For some people,
this means eating in the sukkah. Some people, in warmer climates, may even sleep in the sukkah.
When building a sukkah, there is an approach that must be developed and a method that must be
followed.

My approach for building a sukkah is to determine the space where
it will be placed. Generally, I want to build it where it will receive some shelter from the
wind, which is usually close to our house. Then I need to determine what materials I will need
to build it. After I have determined these things, I need to decide where the lights will go and
how it will be decorated. I also must be sure I have a proper roof-like covering.

After I have determined all of these things, then I will follow the method of
constructing the sukkah. First, I will build the base. After that, I need to build the walls.
Once that is done, I will place poles over the top of the sukkah, so I can get the roof
constructed. In my case, I will use a bamboo mat as the roof. After that, I will place
decorations in the sukkah and decide where the lights should go so we can see at night. This is
the method that needs to be followed when building the sukkah.

The approach
is when I figure out all the logistics and the materials that are needed. The method of building
a sukkah is the steps I follow to actually build it. This very joyous Jewish holiday lasts for
seven days.

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Friday 5 April 2013

Is there a possibility that the American society can develop to be like the society in the novel "1984"? if there is, what are signs of it happening...

This is the
first of a three part documentary.I like to show the documentary to my students after they
finish the novel.They are usually so shocked at the similarities that they want to write letters
to their congressman.

It's great because I ask them what is similar about
this book and American society and they say, "nothing". Then I show them the
film.

In "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," is the man an angel or a human being?

In the
magical realist world of Gabriel Garcia Marquez the boundaries between the real and the
fantastical are often blurred. That being the case, there's no definitive answer to this
question. The old man could be just that, an old man. Or he really could be an angel. Then
again, he might be neither, just a gigantic mirage. We simply don't know.

But in any case it doesn't much matter because the old man/angel (delete where applicable)
exists to tell us about the people who live in the remote coastal village in which the story is
set. And the story is about them, not the strange winged creature in their midst. To a large
extent, the old man/angel merely acts as a catalyst for the events that follow. Garcia Marquez
wants to use the old man/angel to...

Thursday 4 April 2013

Is Nick a reliable narrator? How does his point of view color the reality of the novel, and what facts or occurrences would he have a vested interest...

I believe thatis a
reliable narrator, though there are many readers who would disagree with me. He narrates the
story as a first-person objective narrator, meaning that he
describes events after they have already taken place. He has had time to
reflect on how he would like to present these events, giving him the opportunity to color things
the way he would like tomaking certainlook good or bad, whichever he prefers. He knows how
everything turns out, of course, and this could change the way he portrays certain characters
throughout. For example, he tells us right away how he feels about , and he later tells Gatsby
himself that he is "worth the whole damn bunch [of the rest of the characters] put
together." He also comes to understand thatandare not good people and are both entitled and
"careless"; Nick says that the couple "smashed up things and creatures and then
retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them
together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." This opinion clearly does
factor in to his portrayal of the couple, even early in the narrative.

Nick
is honest when he describes himself getting drunk, even during this Prohibition Era. He is
honest when he describes his feelings about even honest about her significant flaws tooand one
might imagine that if he were trying to make himself look good, he would obscure these moments.
However, he has become disillusioned as a result of the war and his experiences in New York, and
his narrative simply reflects this disillusionment, in my view.

Wednesday 3 April 2013

What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

The
Freedmens Bureau was created after the Civil War ended to help the former slaves. The former
slaves had little experience with freedom. Many of them had been born into slavery. They had no
idea how to provide for their basic necessities since their master handled these needs. Being
free was a new experience for many former slaves.

The Freedmens Bureau was
created to help the former slaves adjust to freedom. The Freedmens Bureau provided the former
slaves with food, clothing, and medical care. The Freedmens Bureau helped the former slaves
establish schools for their kids. The Freedmen's Bureau helped them get jobs, get fair wages,
and sometimes get transportation to their jobs. Later on, the Freedmens Bureau got more power by
being able to prosecute people who violated the rights of former slaves. Special courts were
established to for this purpose.

The purpose of the Freedmens Bureau was to
help the former slaves adjust to being free. It was able to do this after the Civil War ended
and during Reconstruction.

What is the main theme(s) of Walden?

I think the theme, or
main claim, of 's book can be best summed up by his sentence "Simplify,
simplify." If we live simply, then we will live truly, according to Thoreau. If our home is
simpleonly as big as we need and containing only the necessary furnishings (a bed, a desk, a
chair)then we will be happier for it. If I buy a huge house, then I will have to work
more to pay for it, to maintain it, to furnish it, to heat and cool it, and
so forth. So I will spend all my time working to maintain a home that I am rarely in! However,
if I buy a small home, and only the necessary things to fill it, I can work less
and spend more of my time doing the things that make me truly
happy: reading, hiking, swimming, sleeping, and so on.

Further, one does
not need a ton of clothes. One suit, for Thoreau, was enough. He could patch it and fix it, and
if people judged him for it, who cares? Clothes are there to serve a purpose: to protect our
skin and keep us warm. Again, if I...

Chapter 12 begins with a quote from Ebenezer Hazard, Philadelphia, 1793: Our inhumane neighbors, instead of sympathizing with us, tauntingly...

This quote
illustrates the human impulse for people to try to distance themselves from other people's
troubles and say these problems couldn't happen to them. Of course, given the scanty knowledge
about sanitation, health, and medicine at the time, any American city could have ended up
struggling with a plague, but the other cities would rather turn their backs on Philadelphia and
let it suffer on its own than offer help.

The quote is probably chosen to
head this chapter because the chapter shows Mattie on her own, like Philadelphia, left to cope
with her grandfather's illness while they are outside of the city. As she notes:

We have no food or water. Were at least ten miles out of the
city.

Mattie has to figure out what to do, with her
ailing grandfather relying on her. Unlike the way neighboring cities behave, Mattie sticks by
her grandfather. As he says to her:

I knew you wouldnt
leave me to face the enemy alone.

Mattie shows her
resourcefulness in coping on her own by finding water and a raspberry bush so that they can have
food and drink.

Tuesday 2 April 2013

How did the presidency change during the Progressive Era?

(1900€“1920)
was a period of significant change in the United States. One of the changes was in the nature of
the presidency. It was during this period that the presidency became the modern and robust
office that it is today. The presidents during this time were Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard
Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

The Progressive Era followed the Gilded Age. The
Gilded Age (1878€“1899) was a period of extreme economic inequality. Labor unions began to form,
and there was discontent in rural areas. Another problem of this time was the growth of cities
as well as slums. The three presidents of the Progressive Era tried to ameliorate some of these
problems and address the challenges posed by rapid change.

Theodore
Roosevelt's program for the nation was known as the Square Deal. This included railroad
regulation and breaking up monopolies. He also cleaned up the corrupt meat and drug industries.
Roosevelt sought to alleviate labor unrest by mediating a coal...

What is the role of gender in George Orwell's 1984?

The Party
attempts to take the energies of the sex drive and channel them towards the Party itself.
Paradoxically, women are both rendered sexless (dressed in overalls with no makeup and
encouraged to wear the red chastity sashes around their waists) but also function as objects of
desire. , for example, feels rage towardbefore he even knows her name, and he has a desire to
physically harm her. His fantasies are unhealthy, and Winston releases these frustrated desires
through rage at whatever enemy the Party presents during the Two-Minute Hate sessions.

I would argue, however, that gender is very important to the novel. Through the love he
is able to develop for Julia, Winston regains his humanity. What begins as raw sexual desire for
both partners develops into genuine caring, mutual support, and a desire to sacrifice for the
other person. In a mid-twentieth century era of less complicated understanding of gender and
gender roles,finds in the relationship between the...

In "A Worn Path," what other associations are evoked by the word "forest"? the connotation of a word is the implications of a word or its abstract...

Some of
the connotations for the word "forest" that come to mind as they related to "
" are hardships, trials, blindness, and illusion.  The forest brings to mind hardships and
trials because Phoenix must travel a dangerous path through the forest in order to get medicine
for...

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