What are the four stages of the product life cycle? Give an example of a product within each stage.

The product
life cycle theory is meant to explain patterns of production, consumption, and change of
products.

The cycle begins from the moment that the product is introduced as
a concept, to the moment when it is produced in local factories. Then it continues during the
time when the product becomes internationally available, loses its unique features, and
eventually declines.

The cycle's stages are:

Introduction-
When the product is announced based on the needs and demand of the consumers. Previous analysis
should be performed prior to introduction. This includes demographics, financial status of
consumers, and overall market profile. This is the way that the companies which produce specific
products know where to hit the market and who will be the intended consumer group.

Growth- As the word implies, when a good introduction is in place, the demand for the
product will likely become higher. Again, if the product is being marketed towards the correct
population in terms of need-basis, income, and demand, the product would very well become a
heavy hitter in commerce.

Maturity-This is when the product begins to sell so
well that new contractors are needed to keep producing. Here is the catch: Whoever offers the
lowest bid for the contract usually gets it since there will be more of the product to be
produced. However, this is when the company has to conduct the most quality control since we do
not know if those low-bidding companies are conducting best practices in the treatment of their
employees. If they are not, then chances are that the employees will not do a good job and then
the product begins to lower in quality.

Saturation- This is the
highest-selling point of the product. It has been selling in the market at a consistent rate,
and people continue to demand it and/or similar versions of it. The best example would be the
iPads, iPods, and MP3 players which, since their entrance into the market, consistently
sell.

Decline or Extinction- When a product is no longer needed, it stops
selling. When the economy hits a low point and people cannot afford certain things, the
production of certain items must also stop due to lack of consumer demand. This is basically
when the product is only used in one very small stratum of costumers, or when its production far
exceeds its demand.

Hence, there are actually five stages, but they clearly
explain how a product goes from being a best seller to becoming extinct in the
market.

Explain Rousseau's ideas on education. Do people become who they are because of their innate nature or because of the way they are raised?

Rousseau believed
that contemporary society had a corrupting effect on individuals who were originally born good.
In the Social Contract, the French philosopher argues that nature created
humans free, but that social dynamics created hierarchies which subjugated the weakest:
"l'homme est n© libre et partout il est dans le fers".

Rousseau
wanted to replace this mechanism which favors social relationships based on exploitation with a
new social contract which ensured that every citizen is protected by the community. In
Emile, Rousseau specifically focuses on the importance of education to form
good citizens. The treaty states the inherent goodness of human beings and stresses that the
principles of education should be developed in accordance with nature.

Therefore, Rousseau states that the intellectual education of the child should be
adapted to his/her effective skills at a given age. It should also be organized in such a way as
to make the child the effectiveof his/her own education. For example, until the age of 12,
Rousseau prescribed that educators addressed themselves to the senses and sensory perceptions of
the child.

With this appeal to experience, Rousseau hopes to show that the
child can play an active part in his/her education. Because of his assumption that individuals
are born good and corrupted by civilization, Rousseau argues that education should not alter the
natural/primitive state of the child's character.

According to the first paragraph, what keeps sinners from falling from hell?

The first
paragraph establishes the theme that Edwards will strike throughout the sermon.  It is the
"grace" of the divine that prevents individuals from "sliding" into the
fires of Hell.  Edwards makes the argument that those who "live under the means of
grace" are prevented from descending into the pit of infernal condemnation.  Individuals
owe their being in the world to the divine.  From the first paragraph of the speech, Edwards
constructs an interesting paradigm.  On one hand, individuals must possess the power to change
their ways, to reform their paths of sin and transgression.  Yet, the final verdict which
prevents them from going into Hell  is one rendered by the divine.  This condition of being in
the world is reflected in the very first paragraph of Edwards' sermon.

It is
in this "cultivation from heaven" where human redemption lies.  While human beings
have the power to change, the prevention of their "slide" is completely determined by
the will of the divine.  When individuals can understand this in light of God's intense anger at
the path of transgression that has been chosen, Edwards feels that individuals will better
understand their fragile condition and pledge themselves accordingly to the will of the
divine:

In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God
on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, that were Gods visible people, and lived under means of
grace; and that, notwithstanding all Gods wonderful works that he had wrought towards that
people, yet remained, as is expressed, ver. 28. void of counsel, having no
understanding in them; and that, under all the cultivations of heaven, brought forth bitter and
poisonous fruit; as in the two verses next preceding the text.

This becomes the fundamental paradigm of both Edwards sermon and the condition of
humanity at this point in their existence.  It is important enough for Edwards to communicate in
the opening of his work and essential enough for humans to grasp.

In The Great Gatsby, what does Nick think of Gatsby in his final analysis?

Reflecting on
, his ambitions and his realities, with the advantage of two years hindsight,comes to the
conclusion that Gatsby was a hopeless dreamer, basically a good man caught up in circumstances
beyond his control. His dreams for the future, for the perfect life with the perfect , ignored
the reality of the corruption of the East and Daisy's shallowness. Because Gatsby was able to
simply block out factors that might complicate reaching the goals he set for himself, he never
had to concede that those goals were unreachable. Nick could not adopt the same attitude toward
life for himself, but he came to understand that it was the only way Gatsby could carry on with
his life.

his dream must have seemed so close that he
could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in
that vast obscurity beyond the city

Compare and contrast the characters of Biff and Happy Loman.

In 's
play, Biff and Happy are the two grown sons -- Biff is 34; Happy is 32 -- of Willy and Linda
Loman. Neither can be said to have been successful in any particular endeavor, and Biff's having
just moved back in with his family, where Happy remained ensconced, is testament to both sons'
failures as adults. It is Biff, however, who is the catalyst for Willy's hopes and regrets, as
it was Biff who once showed promise as a popular star athlete in school. And, as will be
revealed, it was Biff's discovery of Willy's affair that served to undermine the little parental
authority to which Willy still clung. Now, Biff has returned home again having failed in the
"real" world of business. His dream of moving west and working on a ranch may
eventually be realized, but his advancing age and aimless wanderings have defined him as an
abject failure.

In contrast to his older brother, Happy is a more contented
if similarly unaccomplished individual. While he works menial jobs, he has...

When they visit O'Brien, what does he tell them about the Brotherhood?

Whenandvisit
OBrien, he confirms to them that the secret organization that is the Brotherhood actually exists
contrary to a belief that it is a creation of the thought police. But unlike what people
imagined it to be, OBrien informed them that the Brotherhood has no defined physical structure
and is only built upon an idea. For this reason, the Brotherhood is indestructible because as
long as the idea exists, the Brotherhood will continue to exist.

Its
operations are so covert that no one member can identify more than just a handful of the other
members. In fact, Goldstein himself could not produce a complete list of the organizations
members if confronted by the Thought Police....

When Goodman Brown goes into the forest in "Young Goodman Brown," what does he learn? What does he fail to learn?

I think the
previous contributor has already given a very strong answer to this question. In Brown's time in
the woods, he gains insight into the pervasiveness of human sin. He learns that the people
around him, people who he had assumed were good Christians, were in fact not quite so pure and
righteous as he had previously assumed.

That being said, there are criticisms
one can level about Brown, especially when viewed from within the Christian tradition. One of
the most significant questions is this: why does he place so much trust in the vision to begin
with? After all, to put his faith in that vision ultimately entails putting his faith in the
Devil. From a Christian perspective, this is obviously a deeply problematic thing to
do.

In addition, I would note that, from the very beginning of the story,
Brown is portrayed as possessing a very simplistic, black-and-white view on human nature. He
idolizes his wife, casting her as a paragon of goodnessreferring to her as "a blessed
angel...