What does the ocean symbolize in William Golding's Lord of the Flies?

wrote his
in response to a Victorian story about English boys stranded on an island
entitled, "The Coral Island."  In this novel, however, the boys are without wickedness
and cunning, reaffirming the moral values of Victorian England, whereas in Golding's work, the
boys degenerate into "the heart of darkness."

As they are stranded
on an island, the ocean symbolizes a barrier to , , , and the other boys, isolating them from
the world that they have known.  Its waves erase any marks on the shore; likewise, the waves
seem to erode the vestiges of society that slowly slip from the boys.  They remove their clothes
and bathe in the waters of the ocean, perhaps rebaptizing themselves as their primordial selves
shedding their conditioned behavior for their inherent savage nature.

One
example of the use of the ocean as a symbol is in the passage in whichlooks down at the littl'un
Henry who sits by the seashore playing with the "detritus of...

What are the underlying and immediate reasons for World War II?

The
underlying cause ofwas the advancement of Nazi Germany throughout Europe and the actions taken
by Hitler in expanding his reign. As Germany grew in strength, Hitler was openly defying the
terms of the Munich Treaty, and he was amassing power and allies by contacting and working with
Italy and Japan. For the most part, Britain and the rest of Europe watched idly while Germany
rebuilt its military. This allowed Germany to gain traction and support with other fascist
organizations as well as develop better weapons and technology for the war.

The immediate cause of the war was Germany's attack and takeover of Czechoslovakia and,
subsequently, Poland. After invading Czechoslovakia, the Allies still refused to take action,
but they warned that if Hitler invaded another country, they would declare war. Deciding not to
heed their warnings, Hitler invaded Poland, which sparked World War II.

What are the most important facts in Animal Farm?

is a short book, but
there is a lot to it.  Here is a list of the top ten facts.

1. It is a fairy
tale.  This means it is short and has a lesson.

2. It is anof the Russian
Revolution.  This means that some events and characters are based on real events.

3. An old pig namedhas a dream and calls the animals to listen to it.  The dream is for
a society with no humans, where the animals answer only to themselves and run the farm on their
own.  Old Major dies shortly after, but the animals are interested.

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he
does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch
rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. (ch 1, p. 2)

4. The farmer, Jones, is very neglectful.  He does not run his farm well, and the
animals are not well taken care of.  One day, the cows have not been milked and the animals have
not been fed, so they overthrow him and drive the humans out and take over the farm.  They
rename it Animal Farm.

5. The animals reduce the teachings of Animalism to
seven commandments.  The last one is: All animals are equal and the sixth says that no animal
should kill another.  There are also commandments against human-like activities like sleeping in
a bed, wearing clothes, and drinking alcohol.

6. The humans try to take back
their farm, but the animals drive them out.  Shortly after, the rivalry betweenandreaches a head
and Snowball is driven out. continues to act as propaganda minister.  Napoleon begins training
the puppies as a private security force.

7. The pigs begin to take more and
more control over the farm.  As they do, they change the commandments one at a time and tell the
other animals that they remember wrong.  The changes give the pigs more comfort and power, and
allow them to act more human.

8. Napoleon puts the animals to work on the
concept of the windmill, which is supposed to make their lives better by producing electricity. 
The windmill is destroyed several times. continues to the hardest worker.

His answer to every problem, every setback, was `I will work
harder!' which he had adopted as his personal motto. (ch 3, p. 11)

9. The pigs begin trading with humans, making deals with Pilkington and Frederick.  At
one point they are tricked, but Napoleon tells the animals it is part of his plan. 

10. The pigs begin to act more and more like humans.  Napoleon makes a show of killing
several animals he claims are in league with Snowball.  All commandments are changed to
one.

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL

BUT SOME
ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS (ch 10, p. 51)

The
pigs begin walking like humans.  They have been wearing clothes and living in the house.  The
men come to visit and the animals cant tell which is which.

All page numbers
from: http://msxnet.org/orwell/print/animal_farm.pdf

In "The Stolen Party" by Liliana Heker, what do you think the author means by the phrase "an infinitely delicate balance" in the last sentence?

The infinitely delicate balance at that
moment is the balance between Rosaura's persona at the party and the fact that she's the
daughter of the housekeeper.

When Se±ora Ines holds out the money to
Rosaura, she's reminding her that she isn't like the other children; she's the child of a
servant. She wasn't at the party as a guest but rather as someone who helped with the domestic
chores. She served the cake and carried food from the kitchen.

The children
that were there as guests were given gifts as they left. The boys got yo-yos and the girls got
bracelets. Rosaura almost expects to get one of each because she was so helpful and charming.
However, she's given money instead and thanked for her help. When she becomes aware of the
difference between her expectations and her reality, she feels the shock throughout her body.
Surely part of Rosaura wants to rage, but Senora Ines remains motionless, waiting for Rosaura or
her mother to accept the money and their place. She knows that if she moves or acts differently,
it might upset the balance between their social places.

What is the summary for Finding Zasha by Randi G. Barrow?

Finding Zasha by Randi
G. Barrow was published in 2013 and is the story of Ivan, a twelve-year-old boy in the year 1941
in Leningrad, Germany. Ivan is a partisan activist who is against the war, which is a very
dangerous thing to be in 1941 in Germany.

Ivan lives in Leningrad with his
mother, and the Germans are beginning an epic battle as the novel opens. Food shortages are
rife, and all supply lines in and out of the city are cut off. Ivan's mother's job is moving to
a site in the Ural Mountains due to safety concerns, and Ivan is not allowed to move with her.
Instead, he will be sent to live with relatives across Lake Lagoda once the lake is frozen
enough to hold his weight.

As soon as the ice freezes, he sets off for Lake
Lagoda. Soon after his arrival, the town falls under Nazi control. Ivan meets a particularly
cruel Nazi soldier named Axel Recht who forces Ivan to come work for him. Since Ivan wants to
continue his resistance work and spy on the Germans, he is secretly pleased with the assignment.
One of Ivan's tasks is to train Alex's dogs. In doing so, he becomes very close to two puppies
in particular, Thor and Zasha. One day Recht is called away to manage a battlefield crisis, and
Ivan decides to make his move; he takes both dogs and runs. Ivan is mercilessly hunted and must
hide, protect the dogs, and manage not be shot at or bombed during one of the most deadly sieges
in the history of World War II.

Which was the first computer language?

It is
difficult to clearly state the first computer language, because the machines went through a
series of changes and developments. In other words, the programming language was different for
every computer.

The first programming language was written in the 1840s by
Ada Lovelace. She wrote down the code for assessing Bernoulli numbers with the Analytical
Engine. However, her program was only theoretical, and it was never fully implemented. Although
many acknowledge her genius, her code is not recognized as the first official computer
language.

In the 1940s, Konrad Zuse wrote the first high-level program for an
electronic computer. It was called Plankalkul, and it was not implemented until 1998. Given the
length of time it took to make Zuse's program functional, the language is not considered as the
first programming language.

That honor goes to FORTRAN, which was the first
fully functional program for a computer. It was launched in 1957 by IBM.

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Explain how Bierce's use of stream of consciousness techniques adds to the story's drama.

Stream of
consciousness narrations are often characterized by a lack of clarity between one thought and
the next, the absence of punctuation and/or capitalization, perhaps even varied and
ungrammatical sentence structures. The narration in this story does not look quite like what we
might be used to in other texts that make use of this technique.However, in the third part of
this story, Bierce employs a kind of stream of consciousness to show readers what it is like in
Peyton Farquhar's mind as he falls from the Owl Creek bridge into the noose.This time would just
consist of a second, or even a fraction of a second, and, yet, Part III is the longest part of
the narrative.Toward the end of Part I, Farquhar experienced the sensation that time was slowing
down, and this perception sets the stage for Part III.

The stream of consciousness increases the drama of the story because this section is
full of strange events that make us question their reality and, yet, we are inclined to believe
that Farquhar has, indeed, escaped execution.He experiences neck pain, certainly, but he also
can perceive every minute insect crawling on the leaves in the forest, even the veins of the
leaves themselves, from a significant distance.Things feel somewhat mystica or magicall -- the
forest is full of strange noises and voices that speak in some "unknown tongue" -- and
we can tell that all is not quite right in Farquhar's head, that he is confused and anxious and
frightened and exhausted, and we are held in suspense, waiting to find out just what is going
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