How could Jane Austen's Emma be considered a feminist novel?

's novel
has a central character criticized as sheltered and overly concerned with
status, place, and marrying well, all the things well off women were supposed to be and do. In
her match making, she pushed her friend to not marry a prosperous farmer because he was not what
was considered well born, from a high or elite background. By novel's end she is forced to admit
she was wrong, and the marriage takes place.

Austen also makes use of
gendered space in the novel. Female characters almost always meet indoors while males meet
outdoors, suggesting their relative freedoms. The main character cannot walk alone to the post
office without attracting gossip while her father can go alone to London without worrying about
the same.

America - Past and Present Vol. 1:To 1877 How was the issue of slavery dealt with in the final version of the Constitution?

The America
that was formed in 1776 was much
different from the America of today that is so much more
regulated by the
Federal government. The government that was formed under the Articles of

Confederation that were ratified in 1781 had nothing in them about slavery. For, the
power to
regulate slavery,as with most powers, was left to the individual
states because the new
Americans distrusted a powerful central government
after their oppression under the
British.

Then, in May
1787 when the delegates from 12 states met in
Philadelphia (Rhode Island send
no...

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In melodrama, what are some conventions/characteristics of melodrama and stock characters: hero, villain, heroine, etc?

Melodramas are
built upon stock characters that have entrance music which suggests their personalities.  In
addition, the music gives these stock characters the timing they use, almost as though the drama
is choreographed. These stock characters dwell in a very simple universe in which good and evil
are easily identifiable with the hero and the villain always in conflict with one
another. 

The hero

Although
the hero is always noble and good, he is sometimes duped by the villain's nefarious plans, plans
that often include endangering the heroine in order to lure the hero into a trap. But with luck
and fortitude, the hero escapes his trap in order to triumph over the villain. In more modern
melodramas, the hero can be a frontier roughneck, a highwayman, or a fireman. 

The heroine

The heroine is a paragon of
virtue:  truthful, faithful, respectful of her parents; her beauty reflects her purity and
innocent heart and complete lack of pettiness. Just at the point in which all hope seems lost,
the hero rushes in and saves her.

The heroine's
father 

The heroine's father is often used by the villain
because he can be swayed by the villain, or he may have something in his past that the villain
threatens to expose, thereby using him to gain control of the heroine.

The comic servant

As a plot device to
speed up the conclusion, according to Michael Booth in English , 

Typically this comic servant or companion instantly saw through the
villain, put the situation in perspective, and made light of the high standards of conduct by
which other characters feel inconveniently bound

The villain

The villain typically
sneers and behind the backs of his victims, he laughs a sinister laugh.  Although he is eloquent
and well-dressed, the villain lacks integrity and is not above engaging in
sadistic acts such as tying the heroine onto railroad tracks and attempting to throw her over a
cliff. 

The plot

In
melodramas in order to create excitement around the simple plot, there are often explosions,
fires, drownings, even earthquakes, and at least one stage effect.

What is the central idea of the story "Marriage Is a Private Affair"?

The central
idea of the story reveals that choice-based marriages can prove successful, even in societies
where arranged marriages are the norm, when there is love and commitment between the parties
involved. Indeed love can conquer anything.

The story is based on an Ibo
society, whose marriage customs require that couples are matchmade. Nnaemeka thus faces stiff
opposition from his family, and village at large, about his plans to marry Nene, a woman he has
met in the city of Lagos. His father Okeke is so furious that he decides to erase the memory of
his son from his mind, especially after Nnaemeka marries Nene in spite of his and the clans
objections. Okeke even bans his son from his home. Over the years, however, an undeterred Nene
works hard to gain the approval of the clan. She makes friends with her husbands village mates,
who are living in the city. She even writes a letter to her father in law, begging him to
reconsider their situation, as their children would really want to visit the village to see
their grandfather. This letter really touches the old mans heart. The story ends, with Okeke in
a remorseful mood, thinking about his innocent grandchildren and how he just might die without
making it up to them.

Can you please help me to find the themes and/or thesis of "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway?

's short story "" is an iceberg of
a narrative; a story in which practically all the drama and tension is below the surface. The
action is almost non-existent: A couple wait at a small railway station for the train to Madrid,
order drinks and discuss whether the girl will have a "procedure" or not. That is all
that happens. Beneath the surface, however, is all the guilt and trauma attached to abortion
(illegal in most European countries at the time and particularly taboo in Catholic Spain) and
the misery of a failed, unequal relationship. The story comes from a collection called
, a bitterly appropriate title given the isolation of the two central
characters.

There are a myriad of themes: the sterility and boredom of
relationships in the modern world, the conflict of reason and emotion, the poverty of a life
without values or attachment. The man in the story is perfectly reasonable, but Hemingway seems
to be pointing how reason such as his is an unsatisfactory standard by which to live. A life
which might seem enviable from the outside, that of a rich man without responsibilities, with
nothing to do but see new sights and try new drinks, is in fact so hollow and meaningless that
it is bound to degenerate into squalid, miserable scenes like this one.

What are the poetic devices of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost?

Paying attention to the in "" actually reveals
a meaning that some readers miss. People have a tendency to want to believe that they have led
the more difficult lives and have made the more difficult choices in the various metaphorical
forks in the road of their own lives. And perhaps that is why this poem is often
misinterpreted.

The speaker uses imagery in the first stanza to help readers
envision the choice:

Two roads diverged in a yellow
wood

Two things are significant in the imagery here and
are important as metaphors. The speaker isn't following his own
path but a

Does Montresor get his revenge in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Montresor
has been injured by Fortunato many
times.  It is the insult that makes Montresor decide that
Fortunato needs to
die. 

THE thousand injuries of

Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.
You,
who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that
gave utterance to a
threat. At length I would be avenged€¦

bydetails the
plans of a man who has been
pushed to the edge of no return. Montresor will inflict his
revenge; and in
doing so will not be punished himself.  This is a man who covers all of his

bases.  He has planned everything even to the time of the murder which is during the
carnival
season--the madness of the time will assure that there are no
witnesses.

Obviously, Montresor has studied Fortunato so
that he could find his weaknesses and be
able to lure him down into the
catacombs.  Fortunatoswill not allow him to let Montresor use
Luchesi
to...

Individual report on Buddhism in MLA format alongwith a works cited section . The reports should at a minimum include the following: An expansion on...

According
to the World Religion
Database, Buddhism is one of the 18 major global religions in the world. In fact, it
is considered to be the fourth largest religion with nearly 540 million followers, who are known
as Buddhists. There are three main branches of Buddhism: Theravada,
Mahayana, and Vajrayana. All of them
are based on the principles of tolerance, compassion, acceptance, patience, kindness, generosity
and wisdom.

Buddhism was 'born' when an Indian prince named
Siddhartha Gautama

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After September 11th, a debate arose in the media about whether the hijacking was a "cowardly" act. In many peoples' opinions, the terrorists were the...

Interestingly enough, I think it could be
argued that Aristotle would not have labeled these terrorists as cowards.

Famously, the idea of Aristotelian Virtues were characterized by "means"or
the balance between extremes. The virtue of "courage" was achieved through a balance
between cowardice and rashness when confronted with fear. Aristotle stated that fear is
inevitable; there is no escaping it. So the only way that we can act ethically in response to
this inevitability is to mitigate responses that tip the balance in favor of either completely
succumbing to fear or overcompensating for it (i.e., cowardice or rashness).

Thus, Aristotle would have considered the ethics of their actions in terms of achieving
a balance between extremes rather than as a binary between "cowardice" and
"courage."

When considering the actions of the terrorists in light
of this philosophy, it is important to consider the motivations of the terrorists. It is
inevitable that the terrorists encountered fear in this situation. However, they carried on with
what they had plannedclearly, this fear did not arrest them in their actions, so at least in
Aristotelean terms this act was not cowardly from the perspective of the terrorists (i.e.,
succumbing to fear).

However, as we've stated, not being cowardly is not
necessary equal to the virtue of "courage" for Aristotle. In order to be courageous,
one must also mitigate overcompensating for fear. Rashness, while opposite to cowardice, is also
amoral in these terms. From this perspective, consider both the motivations of the terrorists as
well as the consequences of their actions. The terrorists believed that dying in the act of
Jihad would guarantee them entrance into Paradise (as they were radical fundamentalist Muslims);
from their perspective, their actions were certainly not rash, as it was a calculated act
designed to help them achieve a desired goal.

However, this issue is
complicated by the design of their actions, which was to cause catastrophic harm to others. From
this perspective, their actions were not only rash (and therefore morally reprehensible) but
were rash to such an extreme that their overcompensation for fear claimed the lives of thousands
of other people. While the actions of the terrorists were certainly not "cowardly" in
terms of Aristotelian ethics, from the perspective of its impact, it be argued that the actions
of the terrorists were destructively rash and thus were antithetical to the Aristotle's virtue
of "courage."

Why does Thoreau believe "a government in which the majority rule in all cases cannot be based on justice, even as far as men understand it"?

Essentially, Thoreau
believes that a government based on majority rule will not be a just one because the majority is
simply the strongest group, not necessarily the right group. It is not fair to the minority,
whose opinion in any and all matters of legality is basically rendered completely irrelevant
even if the minority is in the moral right.

Thoreau argues that conscience
should dictate our decisions as individuals and that the citizen ought not to be required to
"resign his conscience to the legislator." He argues that we should be individuals
first and citizens second; our own consciences should rule our decisions, and we should not by
ruled by the laws, which are determined by the majority vote of our legislators, who are elected
by majority vote. Thoreau says,

Law never made men a whit
more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the
agents of injustice.

Majority rule leads to a society in
which unjust laws are created, and these lead to unjust practices in society; for example,
slavery was legal once and we can all agree with Thoreau that slavery was unjust, barbaric, and
unconscionable.

How do the different characters communicate with each other over time?

Breakdowns
in communication due to time travel play a major role in the novel. When Dana first disappears
from her home and then reappears, her husband, Kevin, does not believe she has traveled through
time. He cant accept Danas spoken truth about her experience because he has never experienced
anything like it. Only when he accompanies her to the past does he truly accept that time travel
is possible.

Even when they are living in the past together, their
experiences are different. Kevin remarks that he might enjoy living in the antebellum period and
that he has not witnessed any atrocities. Dana struggles to communicate the true horror of the
slaves lives. As a white man, Kevin is spared many hardships, while Dana, as an African American
woman, is subject to all forms of abuse. It is only after living in the period for an extended
amount of time that Kevin fully acknowledges the realities of slavery.

Communication with characters across historical periods is fraught with dangers. When
Dana and Kevin tell Rufus they are married, for example, he is shocked, because interracial
marriage is illegal at the time. To conceal their true relationship, Kevin tells the Weylins
that he is Danas owner.

While living in the 1800s, Dana must constantly
censor herself. The other slaves warn her never to say no to a white person, which puts her in a
vulnerable position. The only time she can speak freely is when she is in the cookhouse with the
other slaves.

Lack of education is one of many ways slave owners limit their
slaves' ability to communicate, so Danas decision to teach Nigel how to read is a risky one.
When she is caught leaving the cookhouse with a stolen book, Rufuss father whips her.

Dana attempts to be a positive influence on Rufus, hoping that she can prevent him from
growing up to be a racist slave-owner like his father. However, she cannot control how long she
will be away or what happens between her trips to the past, so her ability to communicate better
values to Rufus is compromised.

What philosophy of life does the alchemist seem to espouse?

The
alchemist is a mysterious man who lives in the Al-Fayoum oasis and guides Santiago through the
desert on his journey to his personal treasure. The alchemist possesses the Master Work and
teaches Santiago various life lessons throughout his journey. The alchemist
subscribes to the philosophy that individuals should follow their dreams and believes that the
universe works to help people accomplish their destiny. He encourages Santiago to
never give into his fears and explains to him that the secret to accomplishing amazing feats is
to bring spiritual perfection into contact with the material plane. The alchemist also believes
in the Soul of the World which is a spiritual bond between all living things which guides humans
through various omens towards their individual destinies. The philosophy of the Soul of the
World is Transcendentalist in nature. The alchemist teaches Santiago how to communicate with the
Soul of the World in order to make his dreams a reality. His positive, spiritual philosophy
which is rooted in understanding nature and the universe helps Santiago transform into a
spiritually conscience individual who realizes his destiny. 

How does The Lovely Bones connect to the world in regards to social issues, historical issues, and values/ethics?

jyuki

takes place in the
1970s, an era known for Americas loss of
innocence and cynicism, a theme that
is reflected in the book. During this time, parents became
more worried about
child abductions, the main point of the book, due to some high-profile cases,

and this became a national social issue. As a result, this was also a time when parents
began to
worry about their kids walking home alone, or being too trusting of
strangers. Both of these
issues led to the main characters death. This can be
seen as a social issue, as it is still a
problem in
todays...

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What caused World War II?

World War II
happened largely because two countries were unhappy with the status quo in the world.  These
countries were Germany and Japan.  They did the most to start WWII.

Germany
was unhappy with the status quo after World War I.  Germany had lost that war and the victorious
allies had treated Germany very harshly in the peace treaty that ended the war.  This led to a
great deal of anger among Germans and a desire for revenge. 

Japan did not
lose WWI, but it was unhappy with the status quo as well.  It wanted to be a major imperial
power.  However, the major European powers (and the...

What does "the dark" symbolize in Camus' novel The Stranger?

One
of the points of Camus' novel is that since there is no underlying, inherent meaning in life
(though Camus disclaimed existentialism), meaning comes directly through sensory
experience, and this sensory experience can completely overwhelm and in fact
determine the course of events. While Camus does not advocate of Fate, he strongly suggests the
determinism of sensory experience. Thus it is the light that Meursault blames for his actions on
the beach.

We find this credible--though the judge and jury do not--because
we (not they) have been with him from the time he received the message about his...

Who was the most violent in the story Mexican WhiteBoy?

Multiple characters could be classified as
the most violent character in the story, so the answer is definitely subjective and best left to
individual readers. One character that should definitely be considered for the most violent
character of the book is Danny's friend Uno. Uno is a big, tough guy. He is not afraid to use
his physicality to intimidate others, and readers see this early in the book when Danny out
performs Uno at the home run derby competition. Uno takes it upon himself to beat up the half
white half Mexican Danny Lopez.

This is not the only time that Uno gets in a
fight either; however, it is the only time that Uno physically fights Danny. The two become the
closest of friends over the course of the summer, and it is Uno that steps up to fight anybody
and everybody that tries to mess with Danny. The two characters have a hustle that involves
Danny's pitching, and some of the hustled batters are so enraged at losing their money that they
attack Uno and Danny.

The other character that a reader could probably defend
for this answer is Danny's Uncle Ray. When Ray finds out that somebody punched Danny, Ray makes
all kinds of violent threats about what he is going to do to the guy that hurt Danny. It is a
super intense moment in the book, and readers are confident that Ray can absolutely use large
amounts of violence and probably has in the past. Danny stays quiet, and that earns Danny a lot
of respect from a lot of people in the neighborhood.

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what is nature of literature? please help me i dont know what is the meaning of this because.. please help me i need it know as soon as possible thanks

is history;
it is the recordings of the human spirit. Literature sets down the yearnings of the heart, the
ridicule or praise of ideas. And, there are more truths present inthan in non-fiction since much
can be woven into one tale.  Literature gives its readers a view of a world whether natural or
supernatural, physical or psychological, external or internal.

Literature is
the expression of the artist. Yet Ralph Waldo Emerson...

Does the author intend for us to believe that what the devil says is true? Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

As in so many
of Hawthorne's works, there is an intentional ambiguity on the author's part in "."
And, it may be that this ambiguity is created so that the readers will become involved in an
analysis themselves of what constitutes sin. One interpretation of the devil, for instance, is
that he represents the darker side of Goodman Brown himself.  For, he resembles Goodman and he
claims to know Goodman's grandfather.  In their dialogue, Goodman declares his virtue, while the
old man laughs, suggesting the scoffing of a darker nature at the hypocritical efforts of
piety. 

Within Puritanism there is the Calvanistic concept of Total
Depravity.  That is, the heart, emotions, will, mind, and...

In Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, how did Gregor become a traveling salesman?

In 's href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella"
title="novella">novella, , (published in
1915), Gregor Samsa awakes one morning as a "monstrous insect." His concern is not so
much that he has turned into an enormous bug, but about how difficult his job is and what a toll
it has taken on him. It is almost as if he sees his altered state as a result of:

...the stresses of selling[: there are] the problems of travelling,
the worries about train connections, irregular bad food, temporary and constantly changing human
relationships, which never come from the heart. To hell with it all!

There is always debate as to whether Gregor
literally turns into an insect overnight, which would understandably
surprise, and perhaps disgust his family, or if the novel is speaking
figuratively: that once Gregor stops workingdoes not get out of bed that
morning and get on the trainhe becomes a pariah to the familypeople who do not work, but pursue
their personal agendas while Gregor works desperately hard to pay the  family's bills.

How does Gregor end up this way? We read later in the story that he was in the military
at one point. However, when we meet him at the story's beginning, Gregor
explains why he has this specific job:

Once Ive got together the money to pay off my parents debt to [the boss]that should
take another five or six yearsIll [quit] for sure.

Regardless of whether this is figurative or literalwhether it is a dream (as Gregor
wonders when he wakes up) or an actual event, Gregor is unable to go to work. Though he
would willingly try to do so, as he has for so long, he simply cannot
maneuver and his condition rapidly deteriorates. It is soon apparent that whatever the case, his
value to his family rests firmly on his ability to provide a paycheck, and except for his
mother, who eventually also turns away, sadly he is worthless to them from this point
on.

 

Note:

A novella has generally fewer conflicts than novels, yet
more complicated ones than short stories.

 

Additional source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella

In A Raisin in the Sun, how does Ruth handle Walter's rudeness?

In
,  handles 's rudeness with emotional support.

Similar
to her Biblical namesake, Hansberry constructs Ruth as a supportive and caring figure who
handles Walter's rudeness.  Ruth does not contradict her husband when he is rude to her or her
family.  Rather, she counters it with support, love, and devotion towards her perceived duty as
a wife and caretaker of the family.  For example, in the opening scene, Walter is rude to Ruth
because she does not immediately voice full throated support for his ideas:

Walter: See there, that just goes to show you what women understand
about the world. Baby, dont nothing happen for you in this world €˜less you
pay somebody off!
Ruth: Walter, leave me alone! Eat your eggs, they gonna be
cold.

Walter is fairly rude in making the assumption that
Ruth does not understand the world.  Instead, she redirects him to eating.  Ruth fulfills what
she sees as her duty as a wife.  She supports her husband by suggesting that he take care of
himself and finish his meal.  She does not rebuke him or aggressively challenge him like her
sister- in- law would.  Rather, her approach in dealing with his rude demeanor is to focus on
her job as a caretaker of the family. Ruth is able to find a path beyond Walter's rudeness
through her nurturing capacity.

Scope of Literature What do you think is the scope of literature? I'm interested in different definitions.

One of the
critical components that help to define literature is the idea of being able to address the
dilemma posed by Leo Tolstoy.  The Russian writer made the argument that literature fails if it
cannot answer the two fundamental questions: Who we are and how shall we live.  These two
questions, he argues, helps to drive all literature and should be the guiding principles upon
which all literature is based.  It is with these two questions that I think that the scope of
literature must be present.  The idea is that all literature must seek to answer both
fundamental questions, offering potential paths which allow individuals to ruminate and ponder. 
The implications of both questions help to carve out the scope and power of
literature.

What do the Babylonian Creation and the Epic of Gilgamesh tell us about life and religion in ancient Mesopotamia?

History and
storytelling are intertwined in these narratives. First, there likely was a King of Uruk named
Gilgamesh. This name appears on the Sumerian Kings List. The epic itself does not tell us much
about actual life in the region....

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What is the role of Laurie's father in "Charles"?

Lauries father does not seem to
notice that his son's behavior is inappropriate, which might explain Lauries
behavior.

Lauries father is not much of a disciplinarian. 
When his son is rude to him, he does not correct him.  You can draw a direct connection between
this and his behavior at school toward his teacher.

At
lunch he spoke insolently to his father, spilled his baby sisters milk, and remarked that his
teacher said we were not to take the name of the Lord in vain.

Lauries also calls his father dumb, playing a game with him and then stopping to
laugh insanely.   It is typical kindergarten behavior, but it also shows disrespect and is
somewhat manic.

Lauries mother is focused on s behavior, and Lauries comments
about him.  She does not notice her own son and what he is doing in front of her own eyes.  In
the meantime, her own husband is absent while being right there too.  He just doesnt seem aware
of his son or care what he is doing.  He finally asks Laurie about Charles.

What are they going to do about Charles, do you suppose?  Lauries
father asked him.

Laurie shrugged elaborately. Throw him out of school, I
guess, he said.

He may be displaying some presence of
mind here, aware that Laurie actually is Charles.  Whether he is or is not, he is at least
bringing the concept of consequences home to Laurie.  Nonetheless, he manages to get worse and
worse, convincing a little girl to swear and telling his father what word she said.

What word? his father asked unwisely, and Laurie said, Ill have
to whisper it to you, its so bad. He got down off his chair and went around to his father.  His
father bent his head down and Laurie whispered joyfully.

His father is definitely gullible.  Both of his parents are na¯ve and just a little
too trusting.  This is why the Charles thing goes on way too long.  When Lauries mother goes to
the PTA meeting and finds out about her sons true character, they really should have known all
along.  All of the warning signs were there.

The focus of this story is
usually on the mother, but when you shift to look at the father, you notice that the mother is a
little overwhelmed.  Both parents are gullible about Charles, but the father in particular seems
to be manipulated by his son and his son's particular plaything.  The relationship between
father and son actually goes a long way to explain Laurie's behavior.

Parents
always want to believe what's best of their children.  You never imagine that your child is the
one who is causing the trouble, or having the bad reputation.  One way or another, it is the
parents who influence their child's behavior. 

What ideas does the poem Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson convey to you about the factors involved in risk-taking?

The
closing line might sum it up quite nicely.  The idea of taking a position in life where one is
driven "to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield," is one that embraces a life
committed to risk- taking.  Remember the premise of the poem is what happens to Odysseus when he
returns to Ithaca.  He is reunited with Penelope and Telemachus, and in Homer's work, this is
the end of the narrative.  Yet, someone who was so driven in taking risks, involved in some of
the most intense of experiences, Tennyson concludes, would not embrace the life of domesticity
so easily.  There is a natural element to risk taking that was a part of Odyesseus' life and
this cannot be forsaken now that he has successfully navigated through his quest.  Like
Odysseus, Tennyson seems to be suggesting that all individuals have a natural penchant for risk
taking and for challenge that should never leave our psyches and our experience as a human
being.  This is where we, in Tennyson's mind, are like Odysseus in embracing a life that is not
"dull" or without distinction.  Rather, it is one where we are constantly immersed in
risk taking and making choices that compel us to stand by them and seek out new domains to
exercise this autonomy.

What is literature? definition regarding literature as well as some explanation of the term 'literature'

I enjoyed
reading the above posts, but
I tend to agree most with the previous one by kplhardison. I
consider
literature an aggregate of the written word, knowledge and grammar, comprised in
a
superior fashion and exhibiting heightened values to set it apart from
other standard
writing.

What is Ernest Hemingway's claim in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

One
of the objectives of Hemingway's style of
minimalist writing is to open the truth of subjects up
to thoughtful
contemplation. For this reason, his narrators are objective though sympathetic
and
distanced though astutely observant. Since Hemingway often chooses
settings for their symbolic
value, the narrator's observation of the
surroundings reveals as much as the narration of
events.
/> Since Hemingway aims to expose the truth of difficult situations and

open them to...

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What are the disadvantages of the Fertile Crescent?

Since the
world's earliest civilizations
developed in the Fertile Crescent, it is not hard to imagine that
there are
many geographical advantages. The presence of two rivers and the sediment they
leave
behind after flooding made for successful crop surpluses. But the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
were also a disadvantage for the Fertile
Crescent. The reason for this is because they were
prone to unpredictable
flooding. Sometimes the floods would inundate homes and property which
would
make it necessary to exert resources to rebuild and repair the damage. Other years,
the
rivers would not flood enough and food shortages and famine were real
possibilities. In
addition, the flooding did not occur at regular intervals,
so preparing was difficult.

The fertile crescent also is a
very flat area. There are few natural barriers which
would protect it from
invasion. Since the area was capable of producing large agricultural
yields,
it was an attractive place and the lack of natural protection meant more
resources
needed to be allocated for defense.

Another
disadvantage of the fertile
crescent is that there are few natural resources.
As a result, the people of the region needed
to depend on trade networks to
bring goods into the area.

Where does the plot of James Joyce's short story "Araby" take place?

s short story
titled is set in Dublin, the capital of Ireland.  This is one of the reasons the story
appeared in a collection of similar stories by Joyce titled . The story
opens by noting that

North Richmond Street, being blind,
was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free. An
uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a
square ground. The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at
one another with brown imperturbable faces.

North
Richmond Street, in other words, is a dead-end street (a fact that symbolizes the speakers
sense of the limitations he faces in life). The street is where the narrator lived, but it also
houses the school attended by the narrator of the story when the narrator was young. Yet the
main focus of the story is on a different kind of education, as the narrator recalls his
youthful infatuation with a young woman known as Mangans sister and his later disappointment
when he tries to buy her a gift at the "Araby" bazaar.

The school
mentioned in the story still exists and still is located in North Richmond Street. A search on
Google Images for North Richmond Street Dublin will pull up many interesting photographs,
including images not only of the school but of the kinds of houses the story describes. One of
the images, linked below, actually provides a map of all the key locations in the tale.  That
map also charts the boys route to the Araby bazaar, both by foot and by rail.

Joyce sets his tale in the city he knows best, partly to make his descriptions seem
credible and realistic. Yet the events the story describes and the feelings it both depicts and
evokes are universal and do not require a detailed knowledge of Dublin in order to be felt and
appreciated.

 

In the second paragraph of the speech (beginning with "five score years ago ..."), which extended metaphor does Dr. King introduce?

In the second paragraph
of this famous speech, Dr. King describes the Emancipation Proclamationthe document signed by
President Abraham Lincoln that freed all enslaved peoplesas a "great beacon light of
hope" to millions of enslaved individuals. Dr. King further describes the freedom it
promised as a "joyous daybreak" that would end the years and years of darkness and
oppression. Thiswhich compares freedom to light and oppression to darkness extends through these
few sentences. However, Dr. King goes on to use other powerful metaphors in this paragraph,
comparing discrimination and segregation to chains and manacles, like those which would have
bound slaves' hands and feet. He compares the material prosperity enjoyed by many whites to an
ocean while blacks continue to live in poverty, likened to lonely islands.

A teacher has to make groups from her class of 24 boys and 18 girls. Each group will have the same number of girls. Each group will have the same...

Hello!

Denote a number of
groups as `n .`

Because each of `n` groups should have the same number of
boys, this number `n` must divide the number of boys, i.e. `24 .`

The same
way, because each of `n` groups should have the same number of girls, this number `n` must
divide the number of girls, i.e. `18 .`

So, `n` must be a divisor of both
`24` and `18 ,`in other words, it must be their common divisor.

The question
is what is the greatest such number `n ,`and we see it is the greatest common divisor of `24`
and `18 .`

To find it, we perform prime factorisation of `24` and `18 :`

`24 = 8 * 3 = 2^3 * 3 , 18 = 2 * 9 = 2 * 3^2 .`

The greatest common degree of the prime factor 2 is 1 and the greatest common
degree of 3 is also 1, so the greatest common divisor is `2*3=6.`

The
answer: the maximum number of groups is 6.

How is social control described in 1984?

Social
control is achieved by maintaining constant warfare and requiring patriotic support for the
cause, making thoughtcrime illegal and having the Thought Police enforce apprehension and
punishment for infractions, constant surveillance by Big Brother, and running a massive
propaganda apparatus that issues information in Newspeak.weaves his descriptions of the
mechanisms of control into the novel, making it seem natural to the citizens but sometimes using
s questioning as a way to highlight specific aspects of control.

Winstons
work for the Ministry of Plenty involves the production of statistics that support the myth of
victory and prosperity. He understands that his work is largely

€¦the substitution of one piece of nonsense for another. Most of the material you were
dealing with had no connection with anything in the real world€¦. Statistics were just as much a
fantasy in their original version as in their rectified version.

The commitment to...

Why does Daniel continue to visit the shore of Capernaum in "The Bronze Bow"?

Daniel
continues to visit the shore of Capernaum because he wants to hear more of the words of Jesus. 
He had initially gone to hear the teacher because Joel had asked him to, but after that first
time "he could not get the words of the carpenter out of his head".  Daniel finds
himself rising before dawn nearly every morning in the following week so that he could walk the
three miles to the city "to join the little crowd that always waited at the
shore". 

Jesus preaches a message of love and acceptance that goes
totally against the creed that Rosh, the insurgent fighter whom Daniel had heretofore idolized,
espouses.  Daniel does not always completely understand what Jesus is saying, and he often
returns home "puzzled and impatient", but inexplicably, "a few nights later,
almost against his will, he would go again".  Daniel is not sure what Jesus intends to do,
and he also does not know how what he is saying fits in with everything he had once believed,
but he returns to Capernaum "day after day" because "the hope and promise in
Jesus' words (draw) him back".

Daniel's sister Leah is fascinated by the
stories Daniel tells her about what Jesus says and does.  Sometimes Daniel thinks that, if
nothing else, his long hours journeying to Capernaum have been valuable because they have
"at least given him something to talk to Leah about" (Chapter
15).

Suppose that the variable x must satisfy all of these conditions: `x -3` ; `x= -5/2` . Graph on the number line, the regionthat...

First,
arrange them in order from smallest to largest so you can see where your number line will start
and end:

`x> -3; x>= -5/2; x<=2; x<5/2`

On a
number line the ones that are only...

What is the attitude expressed toward life and death in Tennyson's "Ulysses?"

is old,
world-weary, and coming to the end of a long, illustrious life. Far from enjoying his twilight
years, however, he's feeling thoroughly bored and miserable. It's a huge comedown for a
legendary hero and warrior to spend all his time at home with his wife, dealing with the tedious
minutiae of governing Ithaca. He longs for those golden days of youth when he regularly took to
the high seas in search of glory and adventure. Ulysses has always been a man of action, so any
prolonged period of enforced idleness must feel like hell on earth.

Ulysses's
general mood, then, is one of boredom, but he's also defiant. He still has enough of the old vim
and vigor within him to contemplate heading back out to sea and exploring new worlds. He knows
that he doesn't have long to live, but he's determined to make the most of his few remaining
years upon this earth. Above all, that means keeping his mind and body active, which is good
advice for anyone approaching the sunset of their lives.

Why does Winston call his and Julia's sexual encounter a political act?

Afterand's first sexual encounter in the
secluded meadow, Winston views the affair as a "blow struck against the Party" and
perceives their sexual encounter as a solely "political act." Winston has yet to
develop genuine feelings for Julia and his entire existence is impacted by the Party's
oppressive presence. All of his energy is focused on opposing the authoritarian regime, which he
realizes is a suicidal mission. Winston's desperate attempts to challenge the Party comes to
fruition by successfully sleeping with Julia. Winston is not so much concerned with satisfying
his physical desires as he is with disobeying and outwitting the Party. Essentially, Winston
takes more pleasure in committing a serious offense...

Can we build a temporary upper-class society according to Shaw's "Pygmalion"? Can we built temporary upper class society according to shaw's...

Language is
and always will be culture.  It
does shape how people think and act; for instance, when Eliza
tries to return
to the vernacular of her flower-girl days, she is unable--she has changed. 
Yet,
she is not a lady, either, simply because she can speak like one.  For,
a social class entails
customs, ways of thinking and acting that are
inculcated through generations, not just
months.

Explain four basic underlying causes of the American Civil War, which one cause was most significant Explain four basic underlying causes of the...

The causes of the
civil war have been a point of contention lately.First of all, its causes were economic.The
North relied on the South's agriculture for its industrial wealth.When you add to this the
problem with slavery, which was also economic but philosophical too.]]>

Who exactly is "The Woman" in The Death Of A Salesman?

"The
Woman" is someone Willy is having an affair with.  Her presence feeds into the theme of
illusion vs. reality.  Biff thinks the world of his father, but doesn't know until it's too late
that his dad is cheating on his mom.  "The Woman" has been forced to hide in the
bathroom upon Biff's arrival because she is a secret herself.  She is "hidden" from
the rest of the family. She is completely different from Linda, the boys' mother.  Willy buys
gifts for "The Woman" like silk stockings, while Linda has to sew the holes in her own
stockings.

In the afterword, the commentator describes George Orwell's 1984 as "a warning." Orwell plants both subtle and overt warnings to the reader. What are...

 

's  presents a frightening picture of a
society that has been subjugated to its rulers, to the extent that the citizens of this future
England are not permitted to think for themselves, for fear of committing "thought
crimes". This novel, like much of Orwell's other work, is aof totalitarianism as the
natural end of Communism (not Socialism)--another excellent example
is , which warns against many of the same fears brought up
in 1984. Chief among these is perhaps the idea of an engineered
"truth" being created by the government and issued to the people. This is evidently a
, thinly veiled, of the USSR's newspaper, Pravda, which means
"truth" but which was used as a propaganda tool. In 1984, Orwell
creates the concepts of doublethink and newspeak, which are tools in the arsenal used by the
government to control the populace. Newspeak is a modification of language to prevent
rebellion, while doublethink is a means of...

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What is Hawthorne's tone toward the character of Goodman Brown and if the tone changes during the story, how? Give me evidence from the story if...

Since Goodman
Brown's name is ironic, it seems thatmaintains a rather skeptical tone toward his character,
especially in the beginning of the narrative.  For instance, as Goodman resolves "after
this one night I'll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven," it is evident that he
intends to "tarry" not with his wife, but with temptation and may not be so good. 
That he is rather sanctimonious is also evinced by his feeling "himself justified in making
more haste on his present evil purpose."

As
Goodman proceeds, he expects evil:

"There may be a
devilish Indian behind every tree," said Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced fearfully
behind him as he added, "What if the devil himself should be at my very
elbow?"

Because he suspects evil, Goodman does,
indeed, discover it in the second traveller who appears. Yet, he deludes himself, telling the
old man with a staff who...

Describe Holden's relationship with Jane Gallagher in The Catcher in the Rye.

s
relationship with Jane is rather curious.
Jane never actually appears in the story, but Holden
frequently thinks about
her. She seems to be the one girl - indeed, the one person - of his own
age
whom he genuinely likes. He remembers her as a quiet and caring kind of person, who has
also
suffered from a €˜lousy childhood(). This is one of the things that
probably makes him more
protective of her €“ he physically attacks Stradlater
after Stradlater has been on a date with
her. He is appalled at the very
thought of Stradlater being with her, but we cannot be entirely
sure if
Stradlater is really as unscrupulous as he fears or whether his overreaction is
more
indicative of his own desire for her, which he doesnt seem to want to
acknowledge too
much.

Holden, then, regards Jane as a
close friend and is probably deeply
attracted to her. However, he can never
bring himself to even phone her. This may be because she
functions as an
idealized female figure for him to some extent, and he cant cope with
actually
meeting her.

Jane is not infallible in Holdens
view, however; he recalls her
once dating Al Pike, €˜a terrible guy, €˜a
show-off bastard (), and afterwards resolutely
sticking up for him:

Jane said he wasnt a show-off. She
said he had an
inferiority complex. She acted like she felt sorry for him or something, and
she
wasnt just putting it on. She meant it. (chapter 18)

Holden appears amazed that €˜even smart girls
like Jane fail in judgement when it comes
to conceited guys like Al Pike
(chapter 18).  Maybe this is his way of saying that Jane doesnt
appreciate
him, Holden, quite as much as she ought to, and that is why he puts off meeting
up
with her.

What was a popular machine that everyone wanted to own but could not buy during World War II?

Automobiles
could not be purchased duringbecause the plants in which they were manufactured began to be used
for the production equipment such as jeeps, trucks, tanks, airplanes, bombs, torpedoes,
ammunition, and steel helmets in accordance with government contracts.

On
February 22, 1942, automobile manufacturing was ended, and the Automotive Council for War
Production began two months later. Since production from January to February 22 had stockpiled
520,000 vehicles, these...

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of incumbency?

To answer
this question, it's important to understand through whose lens we are judging incumbency and at
what level of office the incumbent currently holds. For the sake of this answer let's assume
that the incumbent is someone high-profile (i.e. a US senator).

From the
incumbent's perspective, the primary advantage is the incredible amount of free publicity that
comes with being the incumbent. You are already a part of the political machine and, depending
on your station within the senate, you have the ability to hit the CNN/MSNBC/etc. talking head
circuit to discuss either your policy views and your intentions for office, current and
futureor, cynically, whatever will get people to vote for you in the next election. A secondary
advantage of incumbency is that if you've made friends as a senator you get, more or less, free
support from other people who share your public reach.

Conversely, and
perhaps ironically, the aforementioned advantage can simultaneously be the primary disadvantage
of incumbency. Because of your visibility, everything you do and say is under a microscope. All
your previous votes, snippets from speeches, appearances, etc. are potential fodder for
opponents and a 24-hour news cycle that feasts on controversy. In addition, if you haven't made
friends in office (or you just so happen to be a weak candidate), your fellow congress-people
will not hesitate to fan the flames of discontent of your stint in office.

In
conclusion, the advantages and disadvantages of incumbency are, while well-documented,
functionally immaterial. Incumbents rarely lose (see reference) primarily due to the
never-ending fundraising they do while in office (thus come out of the gate with a massive
financial advantage over opponents).

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What is the meaning of this quote? "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows." How is this...

The idea
presented in this quote is that freedom means being able to interpret the facts of the world
around you for yourself. You can look at the equation 2+2 and rightly deduce for yourself the
answer. In other words, you are allowed the freedom to make your own decisions, come to the
right conclusions, and rely on your own senses. In the world of the novel, Big Brother controls
all the information. Because of this, there is no freedom to discern the truth.

In the context of the novel, the phrase 2+2=5 is used to represent the lies the
government is propagating on the people. While it is self evident that the result of that
equation is 4, the government has forced upon the citizens their version of the
truththat...

In Dante's Inferno, what is Dante's reaction to the sinners introduced in Circle 9?

Early in
Dante's poem, we learn that Dante must
gird for battle like an epic hero, though his battle is
against pity. In the
early cantos, Dante struggles with his impulse to empathize with the

sinners's suffering. He even faints when he contemplates Francesca's story in the
lustful
.

With each contrapasso, Dante contemplates that
the sinners have become
what they had wanted in life, though in an ironic
way. As he becomes more illuminated regarding
the errors in choices the
sinners have made, he becomes more aligned with God's way of seeing
human
sin. When he gets to the icy lake at the bottom, in the circle of the betrayers,
he
understands sin so well that he can only feel indignant at these
sinners
experiencing...

Why was it Western Europe rather than China, the Muslim world, or some other non-Western society which effected the globalization era of the sixteenth...

There
are a few factors to take into consideration in order to understand why Western Europe was able
to rise as the dominant region of the world. First, we should consider that Europeans had
developed greater immunity to certain diseases that were common in Europe. An example of this
would be smallpox. When Europeans arrived in the Americas, they brought smallpox with them, but
the natives did not have the immunity that the Europeans did, and this killed off many
natives.

Another factor to consider is technology, particularly the use of
gunpowder. While gunpowder was invented in China and had been in use in Asia, it was Europeans
who really harnessed its true power. Gunpowder led to the use of guns and cannons, which could
be utilized in multiple ways in war, including in forts and on ships. One theory argues that
these improvements came about as a result of greater control by European kings and their ability
to tax. With European governments able to collect more money through taxes,...

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Who in his family does Elie seem most attached to?

This
question is difficult because the circumstances described in are so
horrific that it is impossible for family relationships to be maintained as they are in
"normal" life.

In his hometown of Sighet before the deportations
occur, Eliezer tells us relatively little about his feelings toward his parents and his sisters.
He appears to bond more closely with Moishe the Beadle than with his father, because his chief
interest is religious studies, which Moishe helps him with. About his father, he says,

[He] was a cultured man, rather unsentimental. He rarely displayed
his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than
with that of his own kin.

Yet once the deportees arrive
at Birkenau and the men are separated from the women, Eliezer never sees his mother and his
sisters again. His father is therefore the only family member left to him, so whatever the
closeness had been between the two of them in "normal" life, the two must become close
now because they have no one elseat least no one in their family.

Still, in
the camp, there is nothing to suggest that Eliezer's relationship with his father had not been
close to begin with. Eliezer is shaken when he sees the changes that occur in his father once
the horrors of the camp become obvious:

I glanced over at
my father. How changed he looked! His eyes were veiled. I wanted to tell him something, but I
didn't know what.

Eliezer's statement after his father's
death is, "Free at last!" His father had become a "burden" to him, but this
in no way reflects upon the feelings the two had for each other. It is, rather, an indication of
how the concentration camp has plunged people into a bare struggle for existence. Life has
become a moment-to-moment battle against the odds created by genocidal conditions. Yet in every
respect Eliezer and his father had, in life, kept the bond between them normal for a father and
son. If the relationship between them in Sighet had been a somewhat impersonal and unemotional
one, in the camps it was one of devotion and showed a triumph of the spirit against those forces
calculated to destroy it.

How many years was Boo Radley locked inside his house in To Kill a Mockingbird?

initially got into some trouble thatrefers to as "running with the wrong crowd" and
was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. Mr. Radley insisted that
he be allowed to take Arthur (Boo) home and that he would never bother anyone again. After this,
it was 15 years before anyone saw him again.

Miss Stephanie insists (through
her typical gossipy manner) that one day Mr. Radley came running from the house, insisting that
Boo had stabbed him in the leg and was going to kill them all. He was taken to the courthouse
basement for a while but was again released back to his father, who seemed to keep him locked in
the house upon his return:

Nobody knew what form of
intimidation Mr. Radley employed to keep Boo out of sight, butfigured that Mr. Radley kept him
chained to the bed most of the time.said no, it wasn't that sort of thing, that there were other
ways of making people into ghosts.

Whatever tactics his
father used, Arthur never comes out of his...

What are the factors that led to the evolution of management?

The first
major factor in the evolution of business management was the growth in the size and complexity
of organizations following the industrial revolution. Although imperial administration in places
such as Persia, China, the Roman Empire, and even the Papal chanceries could be considered
important precursors to the development of management, modern management, with its emphasis on
efficiency, was really a product of manufacturing as an industry. Another major factor was the
rise of capitalism, which made the bottom line increasingly important.

Modern
management began in the early twentieth century with the effort to codify and apply scientific
tools to the problem of productivity. This was symbiotic with increasing automation of various
processes and the development of the assembly line. An important figure in this process was
Frederick Winslow Taylor, who innovated in the area of time and motion studies.

An increase in the power of computers allowed managers greater visibility and more
accurate information on which to base improvements in productivity. The twenty-first-century
improvements in technology have allowed increasing use of big data and fine-grained use of
algorithms as part of the management toolbox.

How does Napoleon gain power over Animal Farm, and how does he maintain it?

gains power overfirst and foremost by
careful planning. As early as , when the other animals are busying themselves with the harvest
andis organizing committees, Napoleon quietly appropriates Jessie and Bluebell's nine puppies
and takes them to a loft where he keeps them in seclusion until they are grown. It may be that
if Napoleon's campaign "Vote for Napoleon and the full manger" had been successful, he
would not have used the dogs against Snowball in . Probably he would have found occasion to call
on them sooner or later in any case. The point is that he had a back-up plan in case Snowball
won the popular vote and that this plan was conceived a long time in advance.

Once Napoleon has gained power through planning and the use of force, he uses more
force and propaganda to maintain it. The dogs are always there, ready to treat any dissidents in
the same way as Snowball. The pattern is set immediately after Snowball's expulsion. When four
of the pigs spring to their feet to protest against Napoleon's new regime, the dogs growl and
the pigs promptly sit down. Then the sheep begin aof "Four legs good, two legs bad,"
which silences any further discussion. And, soon afterwards,is sent round to feed the party line
to all the animals on the farm. This combination of latent force and propaganda is repeated
throughout the remainder of the book.

Identify and explain the similarities and differences in both the structure and use of service contracts compared to traditional APIs.

Traditional
API's and Service Contracts are fairly different concepts. The main difference between the two
is how robust and all-encompassing the piece of programming is. An API, or Application
Programming Interface, is a far more holistic and robust piece of software than a Service. A
good way to define them is to think of an API as a Formula 1 race car while a service is a
Toyota Corolla. The API will deliver speed and performance, accomplishing tasks the service
can't approach, and doing so rapidly.

A service, however, is about
efficiency, cost, and function. A Toyota Corolla will not break the bank and will take you to
and from work every day with little upkeep or maintenance. In this way, a service is very
functional, while also being very standard. You can go and select a service from a shelf and it
will accomplish what it is designed torepeated tasks that are time consuming for a
human.

An API is much more customized and is difficult to create a
"ready-to-use" option. These have to be tailored to specific functions and customer
needs. They are significantly more expensive, but when they are complete, they will be far more
robust and accomplish more than a standard service.

What is Winston trying to learn in his conversation with the old man? Why? What is the result?

wants to
learn about the past. The totalitarian state has destroyed all independent historical sources;
there is no longer any reliable means of finding out what life was really like before the Party
took control. Winston spots an old man entering a dingy little pub. He figures that the old man
must be about eighty years old and therefore must have been middle-aged when the revolution took
place. He is one of the last surviving links with the capitalist era. Among other things, this
means that his ideas were formed prior to the revolution; he could provide Winston with valuable
information concerning the past. And as a prole, his truthfulness is not to be
doubted.

Winston is driven by what he concedes is a "lunatic
impulse," but he approaches the old man in the pub nonetheless. He wants to ask him all
kinds of questions about life under capitalism:

Tell me
about your life when you were a boy. What was it like in those days? Were things better than
they are now, or were they worse?

The results of their
conversation, however, are deeply disappointing. Winston and the old man are at cross-purposes.
Winston asks a question about the most salient features of capitalism, but the old man can only
seem to recall trivial details such as the top hats that people used to wear, instead of the
economic system that they symbolize in Party propaganda.

Winston ruefully
concludes that the old man's mind is nothing but a "rubbish-heap of details." He can't
even answer the simple question whether or not life was better before the revolution. Winston is
suitably deflated. It's not just the history books that have been falsified, not just official
records, but memory itself. And when memory fails there's no alternative but to accept the
Party's version of events as there's absolutely nothing it can be evaluated against in order to
get at the truth.

Explain what James means in the book when he tells readers "I felt like a tinker toy kid building my own self out of one of those toy building sets?...

Are you
referring to , by ? If so, The full quote is:

"...I felt like a tinkertoy kid building my own self out of one of those toy
building sets; for as she laid her life before me, I reassembled the tableau of her words like a
picture puzzle, and as I did, so my own life was rebuilt."

This work is the author's autobiography. The chapters are narrated in the first person
by the author's mother and by the author himself. He describes his struggle to find his identity
through exploring his mother's story. In the quote above, he likens his search to a child,
constructing his life out of Tinkertoys. His mother's words are like the Tinkertoys. He uses her
memories like a puzzle, to put together the story of his life. He was able to
"reconstruct" his life from her words.

Tinkertoys were wooden toys
that one fit together to make all sorts of things - the precursor to Leggos, only Tinkertoys had
round wooden wheels with holes in them and long spindles that fit into each other.  You are no
doubt too young to remember them but if you want to see what the looked like, do an online
search.

Describe the Kingdom of God and its values. I listed some values below: 1)Money (economic) general sharing ­ 2)Prestige (social/ cultural)...

You give
a pretty full answer in your question.
The kingdom of God is a central teaching in the gospels
as Jesus proclaims
that the kingdom of God has come. This begs the question of what is the

kingdom of God. 

Many people in Jesus' day misunderstood the nature
of the
kingdom. They thought that Jesus was going to usher in a physical
kingdom, which he did not.
What Jesus meant is that his rule and reign will
begin to take shape in the world through the
church. This is why
some...