Thursday, 6 December 2012

What are some important quotes and their meanings in chapter 3 of Lord of the Flies?

The
following quotes are all from chapter 3 of Golding's The .


His sandy hair, considerably longer than it had been when they
dropped in, was lighter now; and his bare back was a mass of dark freckles and peeling
sunburn.

This description ofcreates an image of a boy who
is in the process of succumbing to the natural elements that surround him. The relentless sun
has bleached his hair and damaged his skin, and both of these effects of the strong sun
represent the powerful effect of nature and the island environment on Jack. As well, the passage
of time is observed in the growing length of his hair.

He
tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.


"I went on. I thought, by myself"

The madness came into
his eyes again.

Jack's primitive instincts are beginning
to take over his rational mind, as evidenced by his obsession with hunting and killing a pig for
meat. In this passage, Jack is talking with, who continues to be able to...

What is the conclusion of The Face on the Milk Carton?

At the end of
the book, Janie is convinced that she was kidnapped, and fears that her adopted parents -- who
she loves very much -- are actually the kidnappers. She tries, and fails, to get through her
fears on her own, but the loss of a letter to her possible biological family convinces her that
it is time for adult intervention. Her adopted parents, seeing all the information she has
gathered, realize that their daughter Hannah lied about giving birth to Janie after joining a
cult. In fact, Hannah kidnapped Janie from her real parents, the Springs. Janie is overcome with
the emotion and pleads with her adopted parents to leave it alone.


"Then I'm not going," said Janie. "I've had enough emotion. I just want
this to end happily ever after.

"Not everything does, Janie," said
her father. "Hannah didn't. I don't see how this can."


[...]"It has to!" cried Janie. "Tell the Springs, Lizzie. Tell them it
has to end happily ever after."
(Cooney, , Google
Books)

Janie's adopted mother Miranda, however, knows
that Janie's real mother has been living the last decade in terrible agony; losing a child is,
for a parent, the worstpossible. Despite Janie's request, Miranda calls the Springs and hands
over the phone to Janie. In the last sentences of the novel, Janie speaks to her real mother for
the first time in her memory.

The conclusion of the book functions in two
ways. First, it is a cliffhanger; it leads directly into the next book in the series, and allows
the reader to be expectant and eager to continue Janie's story. The cliffhanger structure is a
classic method of making the reader want more. Second, the end acts as afor all the emotional
drama that precedes it; as the event is taken out of Janie's hands, she is finally able to
relax, knowing that her loving adopted parents are working to help her. Janie has spent most of
the novel under intense stress, and now with the revelations of her birth and the contact with
her parents, she can finally begin to heal.

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What are the symbols and allegory present in "Young Goodman Brown"?

Anis a story
with a moral message. The author uses symbols to help reveal the theme. The main message of this
story is often said to be Hawthorne's rejection of the Puritan belief system, which was a belief
in predestination---a person is saved and goes to heaven not on the basis of what he does,
necessarily, but on whether God chooses to save him. However, people that have been chosen by
God will act like in Godly ways. Obiviously, his can leave one in doubt about their salvation,
as Goodman Brown discovers. The symbols in the story include Brown's name. It is a common name
and he is meant to represent the common man. His wife's name, Faith, is also significant. She
makes him late for his meeting ("Faith kept me back awhile.") However, her pink
ribbons, which represent innocence, are left behind while she attends the forest meeting with
the Devil. So, after his forest experience, Brown does not know whether to believe in
"Faith" or not.The old man Brown meets is obviously the devil. The first clue is his
staff which looks like a serpent. In Western literature, the forest is often a symbol for the
unknown or the far corners of the mind. Thus, Brown's walk with the devil is a spiritual journey
in which he moves from from innocence to recognizing that evil exists in the hearts of
everyone.

Identify and describe two ways to express three-dimensional attributes in two-dimensional work.

Three
ways to create three-dimensional effects are shading, anaglyph, and perspective.


Shading is applied to a drawing of an object or figure to make it seem that it is
lighted from a particular direction and casting a shadow.

Anaglyph refers to
the addition of colors, usually red and cyan, to create a stereoscopic effect. The colors are
encoded separately for each eye, and the optical combination with both eyes creates the 3D
impression (with special glasses).

Linear perspective is used in drawing a
scene. It may be one-point or two-point perspective. Linear refers to drawing a line to a point
that draws the eye toward it, creating the appearance of depth. One-point perspective guides the
eye to a single vanishing point where two lines meet. Two-point employs two vanishing points,
usually at opposite sides of the composition.

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Wednesday, 5 December 2012

How did the government in Fahrenheit 451 gain control of this society?

The government
in Farenheit 451 gained control over the society by slowly and
strategically limiting the public's right to think for themselves. This was slyly done under the
auspice of promoting equality and political correctness, urging others to conform.


One of the largest ways that the government "leveled the playing field" of
the public mind was by banning certain books. This was made palatable to people through the
introduction of mass media, sports, and other forms of entertainment that would draw people away
from critical thinking and intellectual dialogues. As modern life sped up and became full of
opportunities for distraction, books were abridged and then eventually burned.


Ultimately, this movement toward total authority was not difficult, as people were all
too willing to give up their power. 

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

How does Jane Austen convy her own views and values through the novel Emma? Please include key scenes/examples.

It is important
to remember that part of Austen's style is the use of . There is a tension between the surface
meaning and Austen's intended meaning. One of the key scenes which demonstrates this is the Box
Hill incident (Chapter 43).

In the opening paragraph, Austen indicates,
through her use of...

In "Young Goodman Brown", how does Goodman Brown view his action in relation to his family history?

There is quite
a bit ofto be read at those references to Goodman Brown's family members.  Brown believes that
he comes from a long line of faithful and upstanding citizens of the Puritan community and the
Devil agrees and brings up two examples examples.  He says, "I helped your grandfather, the
constable, when he lashed the Quaker woman so smartly throught the streets of Salam."  To
Brown's ears, the actions of his grandfather are good because Quakers were not of the truth
faith and needed to be punished for their practice of their varient religious beliefs.  But we
as readers recognize that Hawthorne is illustrating the narrow-minded and cruel behavior of the
Puritans. 

The second example the Devil mentions is that it was he that
"brought your father a pitch-pine knot, kindled in my own hearth, to set fire to an Indian
village."  Again, Brown sees his father's action against the innocent Indians as an
appropriate thing because the heathen Indians were "bad,"  but Hawthorne...

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