What are the length of the side of a cube and the volume if the mass of the cube is 50g? the density of the material of cube is 7.8g/cm^3

The density
of an object is given by density = mass/volume.

Let the side of the cube be
S.

The volume of a cube of side S = S^3

The...

In George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, what purpose is served by the announcements Squealer reads to the animals?

In s
satirical, allegorical novel titled , s announcements to the animals serve
the very useful purposes of spreading propaganda and rewriting history €“ practices that help
cement the power of . Napoleon resembles Joseph Stalin, the dictatorial leader of the Soviet
Union. s book depicts the very real practice in the Soviet Union of revising history €“ a
practice Orwell also describes in his novel .

Squealer,
in essence, is the propagandist of Animal Farm. He uses his skills as a
speaker to promote the interests of the new ruling class of pigs; his propaganda alters and
shifts in response to the particular requirements of the moment. Often his latest propaganda
contradicts not only the original, fundamental teachings of Animalism but also even his earlier
propaganda.

At one point the narrator reports that

Squealer made excellent speeches on the joy of service and the
dignity of labour, but the other animals found more inspiration in 's strength andhis
never-failing cry of 'I will work harder!'

In other
words, at this point in the novel the other animals are more inspired by actual deeds than by
mere words. Boxer, who represents the idealistic working class, sets a splendid example of what
can be accomplished by sincere and dedicated workers. In contrast to Boxer, Squealer is merely a
cynical wordsmith who is rewarded for his lies.

Squealer also functions as a
spokesman and representative for Napoleon, who becomes more and more distant €“ both physically
and otherwise €“ from the other animals he claims to serve.  Thus, at one point the narrator
notes that

Frequently he [that is, Napoleon] did not even
appear on Sunday mornings, but issued his orders through one of the other pigs, usually
Squealer.

One particularly revealing example of Squealers
functions appears in the following passage:

'Comrades!'
cried Squealer, making little nervous skips, 'a most terrible thing has been discovered.has sold
himself to Frederick of Pinchfield Farm, who is even now plotting to attack us and take our farm
away from us! Snowball is to act as his guide when the attack begins. But there is worse than
that. We had thought that Snowball's rebellion was caused simply by his vanity and ambition. But
we were wrong, comrades. Do you know what the real reason was? Snowball was in league with Jones
from the very start! He was Jones's secret agent all the time. It has all been proved by
documents which he left behind him and which we have only just discovered.

This passage reveals Squealer in his dual roles as propagandist and
revisionist historian. Not only does he announce the latest party line, but he also rewrites
history. He makes Snowball (a leader and hero of the original revolution, who represents the
historical figure Leon Trotsky) sound like a traitor. Trotsky was Stalins great rival and . Not
only was he the target of much Soviet propaganda and not only were many of his heroic deeds
erased from Soviet history books, but eventually he was actually assassinated by Stalins agents.
Squealer, then, is a very accurate representation of the kind of propagandists and revisionist
historians who helped Stalin control the minds and memories of the Soviet people.

 

In 1984, why does O'Brien want to talk to Winston? Can O'Brien be trusted?

, with
whomfeels an unaccountable kinship from the first, seeks him out one day to talk to him about an
article Winston recently wrote (Part I, chapter 6). O'Brien says he's read the article and noted
that Winston used a couple of words that are now obsolete, and invites Winston to come to his
house sometime to have a look at an updated dictionary of Newspeak, which Winston doesn't yet
have. Winston realizes that O'Brien is using this subject as a pretext for passing on his
address. He wants Winston to visit him.

Winston has always had a strange
feeling about O'Brien, that he secretly hates the Party as much as Winston himself does, and
speculates that he might be part of an underground rebel movement known only as 'The
Brotherhood'. Winston thinks maybe O'Brien is covertly inviting him to join The Brotherhood.
O'Brien is not to be trusted however - although this is true of practically everyone around
Winston, as thein which Party members live is always one of suspicion and mutual distrust. In
fact, O'Brien is the most loyal of Party members and is really luring Winston to his destruction
by pretending to be against the Party. When Winston is finally captured, it is O'Brien who acts
as his chief torturer and attempts to brainwash him into accepting the Party and all its brutal,
malign, and fundamentally dishonest ways. 

The interesting thing is that,
although Winston is tricked by O'Brien's ruse, on another level it hardly seems to matter to him
whether O'Brien is a friend or an enemy. The main point is that O'Brien seems to always
understand him, and even during the long hours of agony, both physical and mental, inflicted on
him by O'Brien in the Ministry of Love, he never loses this sense of rapport with him:

The peculiar reverence for O'Brien, which nothing seemed able to
destroy, flooded Winston's heart again. How intelligent, he thought, how intelligent! Never did
O'Brien fail to understand what was said to him. ()

What is the symbolic significance of the clock, the song sung by the prole woman and the nursery rhyme about the bells of St Clements?

In
,uses these items to convey a deeper, hidden meaning.

Firstly, the clock symbolizes the difference between the reader's world and 's world.
This is shown clearly in the first line of the story when the clock strikes
"thirteen." Although we know that this is 13:00, the time in the twenty four-hour
clock, many readers would not be familiar with this method of telling the time as clock faces
only show the numbers one through twelve. The clock, therefore, signals a reminder to the reader
that this world is very different to theirs. It is a world of totalitarian rule.

Secondly, the Prole woman's song and the nursery rhyme are both symbolic of the past,
of the way of life before the Party came to power. For Winston, this was a time of personal
freedom when people could live as they pleased and be with whomever they choose, without fear of
violence.

To Winston, these symbols evoke nostalgia because he is desperate
to return to this way of life. His dream is to create a...

How does Gulliver characterize religious disputes in speaking to the Houyhnhms in Gulliver's Travels?

In his
conversation with the leader of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver describes disputes over religion as
ludicrous and completely irrational:

Difference in
opinions has cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be
flesh; whether the juice of a certain berry be blood or wine; whether whistling be a vice or a
virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the...

Compare and contrast between Macbeth and Malcolm?

andare
contrasted as polar opposites in terms of leadership.is a ruthless tyrant while Malcolm
possesses all the attributes of an ideal king.

First, Malcolm is 's son, and
therefore he is the rightful heir to the throne. Further, Duncan has specifically named him
heir. In contrast, Macbeth is an usurper who gains the throne through murder.

Malcolm refers to Macbeth as a tyrant, saying:

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,

Was once
thought honest.

confirms this, saying:

Not in the legions

Of horrid
hell can come a devil more damned

In evils to top Macbeth.

Malcolm speaks of the vices that characterize a tyrant like
Macbeth. These include being greedy, lecherous, dishonest, deceitful, unpredictable, and
spiteful. Malcolm, testing Macduff, says he suffers from all of these vices and more. When
Macduff finally recoils in horror and shows that his first loyalty is to doing what is best for
Scotland, Malcolm says he was simply testing Macduff. Now that...

In The Odyssey, how is Odysseus destined to die?

When Odysseus
visits the Land of the Dead, Tiresias tells him he will die a "seaborne death." No
further details are provided. When Odysseus returns to Ithaca and restores after taking care of
the suitors, he must make peace with Poseidon. Tiresias tells him to take an oar and go so far
inland that no one recognizes the implement; they think it is a "winnowing fan," a
farm tool used for separating wheat from chaff. At that point Odysseus is to plant the oar and
make certain sacrifices to Poseidon to end their feud. After that time Odysseus will apparently
live a long life before his predicted death at sea.