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Using the
literary meaning of the word salvation,

a.
Preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.

b. A source, means, or cause of such preservation or
deliverance.

it is then safe to assume that, in the
case of , his salvation correlates to any opportunity or event that would have helped him to
move away from the constant cycle of anger, revenge, and spite that was, literally, eating away
his body and soul. His anger, which stems from feeling cuckolded by , and his sense of revenge
against Dimmesdale has brought upon Chillingworth a perennial evilthat is detectable even in his
appearance. So abrasive is his presence that even the townspeople begin to suspect something
almost weird and otherworldly in him. No longer can he ever attempt to look like an older, and
philosophical physician. His anger has transformed him dramatically

(he) had altogether vanished, and been succeeded by a eager,
searching, almost fierce, yet carefully guarded look.

That Chillingworth would

mask this
expression with a smile, but the latter played him false, and flickered over his visage so
derisively that the spectator could see his
blackness all the better for it.

Shortly after Dimmesdale's death, however, Chillingworth realizes that he has
basically dedicated his entire elder existence to the destruction of another man. All the
essence of his soul sort of dies with Dimmesdale and Chillingworth realizes that, like his
rival, his own life will come to an end quite soon.

Hence, his salvation is defined by the moment when he really looks back and chooses
to transform his actions to that he can be moved away from evil. The way that he does this is by
leaving all of his riches and possessions to the most unlikely character: the very child born
from the indiscreet relationship between Hester and : .

So Pearl--the elf-child,--the demon offspring, as some people, up to that epoch,
persisted in considering her--became the richest heiress of her day, in the New World.

This completes the circle: Pearl's new status allows her to take
care of Hester who, in turn, can also benefit from her daughter's social respectability. In all,
Roger Chillingworth's leaving his fortune to Pearl is a way of paying back for all the pain and
suffering that he may have caused Hester. Giving support for Pearl may have been his way of
blessing and forgiving the adultery between Hester and Dimmesdale. However, there is always room
to wonder whether Chillingworth's own guilt and fear of going to Hades on his death bed are
behind his motivations to be kind.

Did Japanese leaders take into account the international repercussions of their policies in 1930? Do you think that the European war affected the...

I can offer
you my opinion, but my personal opinion would not be worth much. In dealing with a question such
as this, I would want to consult as many experts as possible. Let me therefore dig around a bit
on the internet for you. Here is some of what I found:

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/modernhist/wwii.html

http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=59

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/world_war_2.htm

http://www.pacificwar.org.au/pearlharbor/pearloverview3.html

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Thursday, 3 December 2009

In "Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird," why does Granny resent the filmmakers and cameraman?

Granny also
resents the filmmakers because they appear to be investigating the extent of her wealth (or lack
thereof).

For example, the cameraman takes pictures of the pecan barrels, the
sled, the printed stones along the driveway, the trees, and the toolshed. It never occurs to the
filmmakers that they are infringing on Granny's privacy. It also never occurs to the men that
they may be insulting the property owner by their focus on material objects.

When the filmmakers comment that Granny has "nice things," she counters with
I dont know about the thing, the it, and the stuff . . . just people here is what I tend to
consider. Granny feels resentful because the men appear focused on gathering information to use
for or against the food stamp program. The author does not tell us about the exact motives of
the filmmakers.

The filmmakers also ask intrusive and patronizing questions.
They appear to hint that the food stamp program may not be necessary after all.

"Were filmin for the county, see. Part of the food stamp
campaign. You know about the food stamps? Granny said nuthin. Maybe theres somethin you want
to say for the film. I see you grow your own vegetables, he smiled real nice. If more folks
did that, see, thered be no need

In all, the filmmakers
have chosen to ignore Granny's wishes and have treated her with little respect. Thus, their
actions fuel resentment on Granny's part.

How do the actions of the pigs in Animal Farm compare to the actions of Russia's revolutionary leaders before, during, and after their successful...

In
, you'll notice a lot of similarities between the actions of the pigs and
those of Russia's revolutionary leaders.

Such as Lenin, for example,provides
the impetus for the Rebellion with his inspirational speech. By highlighting the unequal and
exploitative role of humans, he encourages the animals to overthrow them and to create a new
society. The same thing happened in Russia: Lenin and the Bolsheviks convinced the people that
the cause of their problems were those who owned the means of production.

As
the story progresses, we see more similarities. The rise of , for instance, mirrors that of
Joseph Stalin, who became Russia's leader after Lenin died. Like Stalin, Napoleon uses a
combination of propaganda and violence to consolidate his power. (His dogs, for example, are
anto Stalin's secret police, known as the NKVD.is also an allusion to Pravda, the Bolshevik-run
newspaper which transmitted propaganda to the people).

In the closing
chapter...

What are some examples of verbal irony in Romeo and Juliet?

Verbalis
usually defined as speech that has the opposite meaning of what the words actually mean. Sarcasm
is one example. Another type of verbal irony occurs when speech is misinterpreted so that one or
more characters take a different meaning than the speaker intends. Some examples of verbal irony
from are provided below.

Whenreceives the fatal blow
from ,asks him if he is hurt. He replies, "Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch." Within a few
lines, he has died.

When the Nurse comes to tellabout Mercutio's death, she
enters into her typical circumlocutions and leads Juliet to believe thathas been killed instead.
The Nurse moans, "Alack the day, he's gone, he's killed, he's dead." Juliet asks for
clarification, and the Nurse says, "O Romeo, Romeo, Whoever would have thought it?
Romeo!" This leads Juliet to the wrong conclusion, and it takes the Nurse a frustratingly
long time to set the record straight.

Another passage of verbal irony occurs
whencomes to Juliet's room to discuss the date of her marriage to . Juliet chooses her words
carefully at first, hoping to deceive her mother about her love for Romeo. She says:

Indeed, I never shall be satisfied
With Romeo till I behold
himdead
Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed.
Madam, if you could find out
but a man
To bear a poison, I would temper it,
That Romeo should, upon receipt
thereof,
Soon sleep in quiet. O, how my heart abhors
To hear him named and
cannot come to him
To wreak the love I bore my cousin
Upon his body that hath
slaughtered him.

This speech can be interpreted two ways.
Juliet means that she loves Romeo and would alter the poison meant to kill him so that it would
only make him sleep peacefully. She wants to bestow the love she felt for Tybalt as her cousin
on Romeo, her husband.

However, the phrasing allows her mother to believe
that Juliet wants revenge on Romeo for Tybalt's death. Juliet does not keep this ruse up for
long. When Lady Capulet announces the wedding date, Juliet clearly states she will only marry
Romeo. However, it's unclear whether Lady Capulet understands Juliet's words. She may take them
as mere Juliet's way of showing her stubborn refusal to marry Paris.

In
that same scene,uses verbal irony when he sarcastically insults the nurse. He refers to her as
"my Lady Wisdom" and "Good Prudence." Thus, Shakespeare employs verbal irony
in several intriguing ways in Romeo and Juliet.

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, how did Diamond answer Yali's question?

Asexplains
in theto his famous book : The Fates of Human Societies, Yali, a local
politician, asks his question while they are strolling on a beach in New Guinea together in
1972. Yali asks, "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to
New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?" Diamond writes that the
entire book is an answer to Yali's question.

In the years
since Yali and I had that conversation, I have studied and written about other aspects of human
evolution, history, and language. This book, written twenty-five years later, attempts to answer
Yali.

To New Guineans, the word "cargo"
represents the material goods that Western people developed and brought into their country. Many
Westerners considered themselves genetically superior to New Guineans and believed that the
answer to Yali's question had to do with race. Diamond found this explanation absurd, as he had
lived and traveled with New...

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What does Gulliver experience in Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels?

In
Lilliput, the six-inch-high residents of that land capture Gulliver, who has washed up on their
shores. They bind him as he lies on the beach and shoot their tiny arrows in him, which do not
harm him, but are painful. The Lilliputians build a conveyance to transport him to their city,
where he becomes a sensation. Although they keep him on a chain, they feed him and give him a
large palace to sleep in. He learns their language and their customs. Some of their political
disputes and practices amuse and confuse him. For example, he learns that political leaders are
chosen not for their wisdom or negotiating skills but by how well they perform a rope dance. He
also learns of the ongoing animosity between the High-Heels and the Low-Heels (which is
reminiscent of the polarization that political parties caused in Swift's England).

When the empress's apartment catches fire, Gulliver thinks quickly and uses his full
bladder, which he has not relieved that day, as a source of water to put out the flames.
Although this saves the building, the Empress is horrified and refuses to move back into her
rooms. Gulliver is given his freedom to move around the kingdom as long as he does not harm any
Lilliputians. Eventually the emperor recruits him to assist in the war against Blefuscu, a
neighboring island. The war that rages between the two islands goes back generations and
revolves around whether one should crack a boiled egg from the big end or the little end (which
satirizes the shaky ground on which many historical wars have rested).

Gulliver assists Lilliput in the war by stealing a fleet of Blefuscu's shipswhich to
him is like playing with toy boats. But when he refuses to help Lilliput conquer the other
country, Lilliput sentences him to blinding. With the help of a Lilliputian friend, he flees to
Blefuscu, from where he is able to escape the land of the little people.