In 1984, what are some of Winston's characteristics and traits, with evidence (from up to the end of part 3)?

is
depicted as an intuitive, astute individual. He is not only an expert at his job in the Ministry
of Truth, but is one of the few Party members who is not fooled by the Party'sand propaganda.
Winston recognizes the Party's hypocrisy and is aware of how they cultivate anof hysteria and
fear to control the populace. He refuses to practice doublethink or believe the government's
inflated statistics and illogical declarations.

Winston also recognizes that
the Party attempts to control reality by continually altering past documents and requiring Party
members to practice doublethink. He is aware of "unpersons" and is not fooled by the
Party's paradoxical mottos. When reading Goldstein's The Theory and Practice of
Oligarchical Collectivism, Winston admits that he learned nothing new from the book
and that it simply confirmed his initial thoughts regarding the Party's reign.

Winston is also a curious individual who questions
everything about Big Brother, the Party,...

How does time affect the progression of the feud in Romeo and Juliet?

The fact that
the Capulets and Montagues cannot even remember the reasons for their feud (as it occurred so
long ago) makes 's demise all the more tragic. 

As both families suffer
immense grief from the loss of their children, they are left with the harrowing realization that
they don't even remember why they were fighting. Their children died over a feud that neither
family could even remember the reasons for.

Theof the play is that this feud,
which is clearly rather trivial at this point in time, could only be resolved through the deaths
of two innocent young people. Essentially,andpaid the price for the folly of their older family
members, who should have known better than to feed their own pride by perpetuating their feud.
With the deaths of their loved ones, their selfish behaviors are thrown into stark relief: both
families realize just how pointless the feud was in the first place, and that their children
lost their lives for no good reason.

What are the main points of "The Anthropocene: The Promise and Pitfalls of an Epochal Idea" by Rob Nixon?

"The Anthropocene: The Promise and
Pitfalls of an Epochal Idea" examines the argument advanced by Paul Crutzen and Eugene
Stoermer that the Holocene epoch, usually regarded by geologists as the current geological
epoch, is actually over. Humans have had such a profound effect on the planet, including its
geology, that we have created a new epoch: the Anthropocene.

The Anthropocene
began with the Industrial Revolution, but its effects have been particularly pronounced since
1950, according to Nixon. These effects include altering the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle
and the rate of extinction; the building of megacities; and changing the pH of the oceans.
"Of vertebrate terrestrial life, humans and our domesticated animals now constitute over
90% by weight, with less than 10% comprised by wild creatures," Nixon writes.

The article stresses the enormous influence that the idea of the Anthropocene has had,
first in academia, where is has led to a great deal of interdisciplinary study, then in
politics. However, it has been a controversial idea as well as an influential one, principally
because the type of grand narrative it encourages risks a loss of subtlety in the discussion of
environmental change, as though all the humans in the world are acting in the same
way.

There is also a split between those who see the Anthropocene epoch as a
crisis, and those, like the geographer Erle Ellis, who regard it as "the beginning of a new
geological epoch ripe with human-directed opportunity." Others see the very name
"Anthropocene" as evidence of humanand narcissism. The article ends by mentioning the
Anthopocene Cabinet of Curiosities, an exhibition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
intended to use objects to tell the story of the Anthropocene (website attached). Nixon
concludes,

The work on display here seeks to give immense
biomorphic and geomorphic changes a granular intimacy. Collectively, these Anthropocene stories
have the power to disturb and to surprise, hopefully goading us toward new ways of thinking and
feeling about the planet we have inherited and the planet we will bequeath.

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Discuss the society of 1984, with all of the techniques for propaganda and manipulation, and speculate on Winston's life. To what extent does he...

One of the
strange things about the society,
which in many ways mimics that of the communist bloc, is the
very clear
distinction between party members and the proles, this always striking class

difference in a style of government that is supposed to eliminate those class
differences.  The
party maintains this order forcefully and by creating a
clear difference in privilege and
lifestyle between the
inner...

Lyric
poetry is a broad category of poetry that encompasses most of what the average person means when
they say the word "poetry." While a lyric poem doesn't have to be sung (it is not the
same as "lyrics"), most lyric poems are structured in rhythmic lines and stanzas,
usually with rhymes, so they sound somewhat like songs. Sonnets, odes, and elegies are examples
of genres that qualify as lyric poetry. Another defining characteristic of the lyric poem is
that it is usually written as the poet's reflection or in the voice of an assumed
persona.

With this in mind, we can examine some examples of poems that
qualify and do not qualify as lyric poetry. Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening" is lyric poetry. It consists of four rhyming stanzas in iambic tetrameter, spoken
as a reflection by the persona "I." Robert Frost's poem "Death of the Hired
Man" is not a lyric poem. It is a dramatic dialogue written inand features the voices of
two characters discussing a...

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In what ways can customers gain and lose from the behaviour of firms in an oligopoly? In what ways can customers gain and lose from the behaviour of...

While a
"monopoly" is a market dominated by a single firm, an "oligopoly" is a
market dominated by a small number of large firms. The main characteristic of an oligopoly is
that it reduces competition.

The strongest negative of this is that
companies in an oligopoly have less incentive to reduce prices or improve services due to the
lack of competitive pressure. One major concern is that oligopolies can provide opportunities
for collusion or price-fixing, in which companies keep prices artificially high. Oligopolies can
also create barriers to the entry of new and innovative firms by...

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Identify connections between Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.

The major connection
between these two texts comes in the way that both Kathy and Gogol, as the protagonists of the
two novels, have to move towards acceptance and discovery of their true identity. Of course, the
true identity of both of these characters could not be more different. For Gogol, he battles
against the Indian identity that is somewhat forced upon him by his parents, who, even though
they live in America, do not embrace American culture. The rejection of his name given to him by
his father is symptomatic of the way in which Gogol rejects the Bengali culture that his parents
are so keen he adopts, and the novel is the story of his struggles with his identity and his
eventual acceptance of who he is, that tragically only comes after his father's death when he
reads the work of the author he was named after.

For Kathy in Ishiguro's
classic, the novel charts her slow acceptance of her identity as a clone who is not meant for
happiness and can only expect an early death as her...

In Chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby, what does Gatsby want from Daisy?

concernsand
s first visit to s mansion, for one of his splendid parties.  Daisy is impressed at the
celebrities in attendance, but overall doesnt have a very good time.  She was appalled by West
Egg, Fitzgerald writes, and despite her politeness it was very clear how she felt, for when the
party was over Gatsby approachesand says, with no prelude, She didnt like it.  He wanted
desperately for Daisy to be impressed by his party, by his lavish guests and his lavish
decorations; he wanted her to fall in love with his extravagance, and by extension be
overwhelmed with admiration and love for him, for Gatsby himself.  Nick
states soon after this initial interchange that He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she
should go to Tom and say:  €˜I never loved you. 

In Chapter 6, we see that
Gatsby wants Daisys admiration, and he wants her love.  He wants her to become dissatisfied with
the life she has, he wants her to leave...

How does the mood affect the play Hamlet?

The first scene of the
play begins to establish the mood as one of menace, suspicion, and foreboding. Barnardo, a
palace guard, comes at his appointed hour to relieve Francisco, another guard, who has been on
duty until then. Barnardo should be expecting to see Francisco because he knows he is relieving
someone, and Francisco should be expecting to see Barnardo because he knows that he is going to
be relieved by the next shift. However, Barnardo demands to know who is there, which is
Francisco's job, and then Francisco makes the same demand. They seem frightened and nervous, and
their anxiety begins to poison the play's mood right away. They are right to be afraid because
terrible things have happened and will continue to happen in Denmark.

What is the character Jig like in Ernest Hemingway's short story, "Hills Like White Elephants"?

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"Jig" is the name given to the
girl in 's "." The American, her
lover, calls her that toward the beginning
of the story, but Hemingway refers to her as
"the girl." This infantile
designation fits with Jig's generally uncertain, insecure,
anxious, dependent
personality.

Hemingway is notorious for writing passive

female characters, and while Jig is more nuanced than many of the author's heroines,
she's still
dependent on her male lover. She agonizes over whether or not to
have an abortion and worries
about the state of her relationship with the
American. Through her questions and...

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Discuss the importance of modernity. Why is modernity important to sociologists?

A key concept
within sociology is recognizing the interplay between individual agency and social or other
macro-level forces. While many see the course of history as shaped by individuals making
choices, sociologist are mindful of the fact that the way in which individuals are taught to
make choices is due to social processes. And which individuals can rise to positions of power
where their choices can affect the course of history is again due to social forces.

Sociologists can then note that the course of history is not driven by "great
men" but by technological, ecological, epidemic, and other forces that shape the social
landscape within which individuals historical actors make their choices.

Due
to this framework, sociologists have great reason to be interested in working to identify key
characteristics of a historical era. Many, for example, identify modernity with a breakdown in
trust in religion, a strong belief in rationality, a tendency towards bureaucracy, etc.
Modernity...

What were Sparta's achievements?

The image of
Sparta as a brutal, illiterate,
unenlightened civilization is rooted more in Athenian propaganda
then in
truth.  While the Spartans are mostly remembered for their heroism on the field
of
battle, this is a very narrow-minded understanding of their true legacy to
the Western world.
 Sparta was actually more important to warfare because of
its innovative diplomatic techniques
than its military strategies.
 

Sparta is actually the capital of province of
Laconia.
 Laconia was a very prosperous community that utilized its resources and abundance
of
fertile land to its economic advantage.  The province was the first to
enact land reforms aimed
at creating equality of class.  The city of Sparta
itself was a place of tree lined roads and
architecture that made it a
tourist attraction for generations to come.

The
education
system of Sparta should be considered a stunning achievement. While most view
the
agoge as strictly a military preparation mechanism,
it actually taught
Spartans to be a philosophical, literate society. The
great Athenian philosopher Plato credits
Sparta as the birthplace of Greek
philosophy.  In the agoge, girls received a formal education,
which was
unprecedented in Greek city-states.

Another striking
accomplishment
of Sparta was its treatment of women. Women were afforded
political, social, and economic rights
that were not possible in other areas
of Greece.  Women could own property, make business
transactions, and be
involved in the politics of Sparta.  

While Athens is

often credited with establishing the first democracy, Spartan democracy actually
predates the
reforms of Solon by at least fifty years.  The Spartan voting
methods were free from corruption
and did not lack in transparency.  This is
because voting was measured by how loud a crowd
screamed for different
candidates.  

Summary: Accomplishments of
Sparta:

• Strong economic
  system

• 
  

  Expert diplomacy

  
  

• Rights for women

  
  



• Strong education system



• Worlds
  first democracy

What does this odd reaction suggest about Gregor in "The Metamorphosis"? When Gregor wakes to discover he has become a gigantic insect, he is mostly...

byexamines the concepts of loss, isolation, and the epiphanies that manifest when a person must
confront an extraordinary situation.

Dehumanization, monstrosity, and
people's reactions to these states of mind and body play a significant role in many literary and
genreclassics and horror movies. But Gregor Samsas rather detached reaction to his metamorphosis
indicates that he became dehumanized by his job and life circumstances long before the
transformation took place. His worries about train schedules, money, and his boss, and his
jealous thoughts about other salesmen suggest that the demands of the working world dehumanize
people more than any monster dreamed up by storytellers.

Soon after waking,
Gregor tells himself to go back to sleep and dismisses his experience as nonsense. His
diminished capacity for feeling or happiness in his hectic traveling salesmans life is
symbolized by the magazine picture of a stylish woman on his...

What effect did United States v. Nixon have on students today?

The Supreme
Court's unanimous decision in August of 1974 had an immense impact of how students today, as
well as citizens in general, view presidential power, how skeptical they are of politicians, and
how little they trust those men and women who hold the highest offices of the land. The ruling
by the Supreme Court in United States vs. Nixon demonstrated to the country that nobody, not
even the President, was above the law, or beyond reach of its power. By forcing Nixon and his
administration to release the now infamous secret recordings that he and his aides had made in
the White House, the Judicial Branch reasserted its power and laid bare to the nation the
criminal misconduct and mendacity of a sitting president. The fact that the court publicly
checked presidential power was shocking at the time. 

Many students today
take it for granted that corrupt politicians who flagrantly abuse their power for
self-advancement will be removed from office and likely prosecuted. That was not the case prior
to United States vs. Nixon. At the time, the power of the president, as well as the power of
senators and other high office holders like governors, was considered almost absolute, at least
while they were in office.

Part of the reason for this sentiment was that
generally speaking, before Watergate, most Americans just assumed that their leaders acted in
good faith, and that they exercised their powers judiciously. Before Watergate, journalists gave
presidents and other men in power tremendous leeway: no major publications published stories
about JFK's extra-marital affairs while he was in office, just as no major news outlets reported
on the fact that FDR was wheel chair bound when he was in office. Before Watergate, a sort of
"gentlemen's agreement" existed between journalists and politicians: people in power
were shown great deference. If the president claimed that something was true, it reported as
true, unless and until some very compelling evidence to the contrary could be found, and that
rarely happened. 

The United States vs. Nixon set both a legal and
journalistic precedent that made the Pentagon Papers, and other whistle-blower accounts, like
those of Edward Snowden, possible. When the public found out that Nixon and his aides had been
lying to the American public and perverting the course of justice, their faith in government
disappeared. Consequently, investigative journalists went from being portrayed as mud-slinging
nerds to the true heroes of democracy, whose mission it was to expose the power-hungry crooks in
government who would otherwise run roughshod over the people they were supposed to protect. Most
students today learn that they must question authority, think for themselves and do their own
research, particularly when it comes to deciding on how to vote. That way of thinking is
diametrically opposed to the old teachings that preceded Watergate and Nixon's resignation,
which stressed unquestioning loyalty to the government, as well as a pledge of
allegiance. 

What value does Burke see in revolutions of any kind?

Burke,
though he nowhere mentions the American Revolution in the Reflections, had
fifteen years earlier been sympathetic (very publicly) to the colonists. This did not, however,
mean that he wished the colonies to become independent, as they eventually did. He and others in
the Whig party believed the colonists's rights as Englishmen had been violated. Thus, their
rebellion against the Crown was in some sense justified. The solution, in Burke's view, was for
the King and his administration to make concessions to the Americans, which, of course, never
happened, and the result was the independence of the...

Evaluate the limit of the function ln(1+x)/(sinx+sin3x) x-->0

We have to
find the value of lim x--> 0 [ ln(1+x)/(sinx+sin3x)]

substituting x = 0,
we get the indeterminate form 0/0. Therefore we...

What was the significance of Maximilien Robespierre in the French Revolution?

The name
of Maximilien Robespierre has come to be associated with the most violent phase of the French
Revolution, The Reign of Terror. It is this particular phase that tends to epitomize the French
Revolution for most people: that terrible period in European history when violence and bloodshed
were the order of the day and countless innocent victims were dispatched by the swift blow of
the guillotine.

Robespierre, like most political fanatics, genuinely believed
that what he was doing was right. He regarded himself as the paragon of revolutionary virtue, an
incorruptible man of integrity whose determination to defend the Revolution at all costs was
second to none. Robespierre looked about him and saw only traitors and backsliders, who lacked
his firm, unshakeable conviction. He developed a paranoid mindset which encouraged him to
believe that the Revolution was under threat from all sides and that only he could save the
nation from traitors both within and without.

To do this, Robespierre
insisted on the necessity of terror. As head of the notorious Committee of Public Safety,
Robespierre became the most powerfuland fearedman in the whole of France. He used his immense
power to root out and destroy anyone he thought might be a threat to the Revolution, using the
most ruthless methods available. Violence and bloodshed had always been part and parcel of the
Revolution from day one, but under The Terror it became a regular feature of public
life.

So long as France was besieged by hostile foreign powers who wanted to
restore the French monarchy, then terror could in some ways be justified as a necessary measure
to protect the nation from traitors and saboteurs. But once the tide began to turn in favor of
the French Revolutionary Army, which chalked up a remarkable string of victories on the
battlefield, then it became much harder for Robespierre and the other radical Jacobins to
justify their increasingly repressive policies.

Inevitably, Robespierre,
intoxicated with power, overreached himself. By threatening to extend The Terror, he frightened
many of those politicians who'd previously kept their heads down to side with his most bitter
enemies. The ensuing coalition made its move, and Robespierre, along with many of his comrades,
ended up suffering the same fate to which he'd consigned thousands of innocent people: death by
guillotine.

What role does Athena play in The Odyssey and why is she often called its main female character?

Athena is
the goddess of wisdom, as well as a multitude of other things, but it is this wisdom that makes
her the ideal character to truly play opposite Odysseus.  While Penelope is stuck home, waiting
for her husband's return (which might never happen, but she is faithful and continues to wait
for him), it is Athena who guides and helps Odysseus throughout his long journey home to his
wife and son.

Odysseus is known as a trickster, a clever man, even back in his
days in "The ," where, in addition to many other examples, he was the one who
concocted the idea of using the Trojan Horse to get into the walls of Troy.  As you'll see in
the link below, some scholars feel thathad to use an immortal, and a very wise immortal at that,
to be the "leading lady" of this story.  Homer wanted to highlight the wisdom and
cleverness of Odysseus, and so he chose the goddess of wisdom to help him through his journeys. 
He also wanted to illustrate the fact that Odysseus was a worthy person - the gods and goddesses
didn't just help any old person on the street - they only interfered in the lives of mortals who
were deserving of the help.

Check the link below for more information about
Athena and the other characters of this story.  Good luck!

What happens to end the Witches' Sabbath in "Young Goodman Brown"?

sees his wife, Faith,
and she him at the Witches' Sabbath.  The Devil welcomes them to the "communion of their
race," implying that what characterizes the human race is our propensity for sinfulness (a
common Hawthorne theme).  They both stand, hesitating about whether or not they will allow
themselves to join everyone else in the village and be "baptized" by Satan into this
depraved congregation.  It is at this moment that Young Goodman Brown cries, "'Faith!
Faith! [...].  Look up to Heaven, and resist the Wicked One!'"  However,

Whether Faith obeyed, he knew not. Hardly had he spoken, when he
found himself amid calm night and solitude, listening to a roar of the wind, which died heavily
away through the forest. He staggered against the rock, and felt it chill and damp, while a
hanging twig, that had been all on fire, besprinkled his cheek with the coldest dew.

As soon as he implored Faith not to give in to the Devil, the
entire Witches' Sabbath vanished around him and Goodman Brown was alone in the calm night.  A
branch that had, a moment before, been alight was now wet with dew.  It was his appeal to Faith
(the person, and also the concept) that removed him from the Hellish Sabbath.  In asking her to
resist, he, too, resists the Devil, and so the Devil disappears.

In "The Pit and the Pendulum" how does the narrator determine the size of his prison? What error does he make?

The
prison where the narrator is placed is completely dark, leaving him unaware of the boundaries
and dimensions of the cell. Initially, the narrator walks forward with his arms outstretched
thinking about the numerous horror stories he has heard regarding the dungeons in Toledo. When
the narrator touches a wall, he begins to follow it and realizes that he has no understanding of
the dimensions of the prison because he may be walking in a circle. He then tears a long strand
of cloth from his robe and places it at a right angle against the wall so that he will feel the
cloth when he walks over it. While groping his way around the prison, the...

In 1984, what are the three sacred principles of Ingsoc?

The
three sacred principles of Ingsoc are Newspeak, doublethink, the mutability of the past.
Newspeak is the official language of Oceania and the totalitarian regime's attempt to alter
human thought and completely eradicate political dissent. Each year, the Newspeak dictionary
becomes smaller and smaller as government agents delete adjectives and incendiary words while
they combine opposite words that can be used to describe contradicting thoughts.

The illogical Newspeak words directly connect to the second principle of doublethink,
which is the ability to believe two contradicting ideas simultaneously and accept whatever
information the Party declares. The Party attempts to control reality via the practice of
doublethink. Essentially, the Party can make false, contradictory claims and the public with
fully accept, believe, and embrace the information by practicing doublethink.

The third principle is the mutability of the past, which is the government's ability
to continually alter...

What are four examples of foreshadowing in "The Veldt?"

In 's
short story "," there are many examples of . Foreshadowing is a literary device that
authors use to give hints to upcoming events in the story. The first example comes at the
beginning of the story:

George, I wish youd look at the
nursery.

Whats wrong with it?

I dont know.

Well, then.

I just want you to look at it, is all, or call a
psychologist in to look at it.

What would a psychologist want with a
nursery?

You know very well what hed want. 

It's clear from this conversation that Lydia is worried and that her concern is not a
simple problem. She also hints that George knows what the problem is, as well. This grabs the
reader's attention and makes them want to read on to find out what could be so wrong with a
nursery that a psychologist would need to be called in to investigate. 

The
nursery in this story is a high-tech, interactive room that will project all the sensory
information for whatever the...

What is the main character's conflict on "The Face on the Milk Carton"?

The main
character Janie from 's story "" must deal with secrets that surface from Janie's
childhood.  Janie was kidnapped as a child and then adopted by another family who did not know
the child they adopted was kidnapped.  Years go by, Janie grows up in her adoptive parent's home
very happily.  Then, she sees her face on the back of a mil carton where faces of children gone
missing would appear. Essentially, Janie must deal with being pulled between two families that
love her. When the truth comes out, Janie must go back to live with her biological parents even
though her adoptive parents are the only family she has ever known. She must move to a new
house, live with a new family and start a new school.  She must fight to understand who she
really is now and what she really wants for her life.

What challenges does Odysseus face in The Odyssey?

Odysseus faces a great
many challenges in .  First, although he cautions his men that they should
move on quickly after the Trojan War, they "did not heed" him, got very drunk in
celebration of their victory, and then were attacked by the Ciconians on Ismarus.  Next, he had
to face a different kind of challenge when three of his men wanted to stay on the land of the
Lotus-eaters after they had eaten the lotus flower.  He had to muscle them back to the ship
despite their protests.  After this, he had to fight the Cyclops, Polyphemus, who ate several of
his men and then involved his father, god of the sea, Poseidon, who then made it even more
difficult for Odysseus to get home. 

Once they escape the Cyclops, he had to
deal with the challenge of his disloyal men who opened the bag of winds Odysseus was given by
Aeolus.  This bag contained all the winds that would blow his ships away from Ithaca, and when
his men opened it (thinking that it contained treasure), they are blown all the way back to the
island of Aeolia.  Then, his crew is attacked by giant cannibals in Laestrygonia.  After this,
Odysseus was challenged by the witch, Circe, who turned his crew to pigs.  He stayed with her
for a year before he felt he could leave without insulting her.  After this, travelled to the
underworld to speak with the dead prophet, Teiresias, and get his advice on how to get home. 
After this, he had to get past the Sirens (not that hard since he'd been told how), Scylla (who
ate six of his men), Charybdis (in which he almost drowned), and his disloyal crew again when it
came to not eating the Sun god's sacred cattle.  Then, he had to deal with the challenge of
being held captive by Calypso for several years, and when he gets home, he has to meet the
challenge of the many suitors who have been abusing his family's hospitality and attempting to
force his wife to marry one of them.

How can I CHANGE the tone of this SENTENCE? Change the sentence "The SMART STUDENT RECEIVED good GRADES", into a more positive tone and a more negativetone

Clearly, , the
choice of words, sets
the tone of sentences. So, in selecting words to create a more positive
tone,
the writer must consider both the(literal definition) and
the(what meanings are
suggested) of words.

With respect to
the word
smart, for
instance, there are differing denotations such as mentally
quick,
intelligent, clever, shrewd.  Connotations of this word include being capable of
turning
situations to one's advantage and resourceful and clever more than
having high innate mental
capabilities. Therefore, in order to give the
sentence a more positive tone, perhaps the writer
can use what the editor has
noted, and write

The shrewd
and
mentally quick student earned As and Bs.

Features Of Bureaucracy

There are
many possible ways to describe the features of a bureaucracy.  I will use a famous enumeration
of these features put forward by Max Weber.  I will examine five features of bureaucracy that
Weber identifies.

The first aspect of bureaucracy is a division of labor.  In
a bureaucratic system, there have to be different people who do different jobs.  If you have a
loose group of (for example) three lawyers who are together in an office simply to share rent
and the cost of a receptionist, there is no bureaucracy.  Bureaucracy only exists if there are
different people doing specific different jobs.

The second aspect is a
hierarchy of authority.  A true bureaucracy needs to have a chain of command.  There must be set
lines of authority where each person in the bureaucracy knows who they report to and whose
commands they must obey.

Third, there are written rules and regulations.  A
bureaucracy is run on the basis of formal rules.  Bureaucracies are not run on the whims of
their employees.  A manager does not get to simply make up the rules on a day-to-day basis. 
Instead, there are written rules so that everyone knows what is required of them.

Fourth, a bureaucracy is impersonal.  What that means is that it does not take into
account personalities or the identity of people involved in any particular issue.  If, for
example, you want to take vacation, you get exactly the number of days that the rules say you
get, regardless of whether you are the bosss nephew.  If you violate rules, you incur the
consequences, again regardless of your personal connections to anyone. 

Finally, employment in a bureaucracy is based on competence and qualification.  It is
sometimes said that life is about who you know, not what you know.  In a bureaucracy, this
should not be the case.  You get hired or promoted based on whether you are qualified for a
given job, not based on whether you have personal connections.

In these ways,
bureaucracies are very rationalized, formalized systems for getting work
done.

What is your opinion of Benjamin in chapter 9 of Animal Farm?

Benjamin is portrayed as an extremely cynical, intelligent donkey. He does not get
excited or outraged by the events that transpire on the farm and remains detached. Being the
oldest animal on the farm, Benjamin is wise and not easily fooled or manipulated by the pigs
like the other animals. For the majority of the novella, the readers perceive Benjamin as
pessimistic, and they might be frustrated by his lack of motivation to alter the current
political environment on the farm. While his intelligence is an admirable trait, Benjamin's lack
of concern and detachment are troubling.

However, Benjamin demonstrates his
loyalty and concern inaftersuffers a serious injury. Benjamin remains by his side while Boxer
suffers and does his best to keep the flies off him. In...

How does the gay and lesbian "problem" impact society?

Society
impacts society. It is the perception of there being a  gay and lesbian "problem" that
is the problem.

The westernised society has certain "norms" by
which it measures and judges others. This causes a problem because the world, or the
"Global Village" as it is so quaintly put, is not all westernised and different ideals
create misunderstandings that can cause war.

In the past, countries were more
isolated, tourism was limited and interest in other cultures was not necessarily encouraged.
This is why it was less of a problem or was a geographical problem depending on
location.

Now that society has access to basically everything, well-meaning
"Westerners" (particularly) visit culture-rich communities, share their own culture
and learn enormous lessons about the culture of others. At the same time, they discover wealth
that they are lacking in their own country and which they want to have a share of. There is
nothing essentially wrong with that. Other cultures benefit enormously from the technology and
processes that a westernised country can introduce them to and a mutually beneficial
relationship develops - some of the time.

The cultural aspect has been
mentioned here in order to link it to the gay and lesbian "problem." Westerners have
set ideas. They do not like (and unfortunately this is a characterisation as it is certainly not
true of all Westerners) norms that do not match their own. So other cultures are frowned upon -
they must be wrong! - and are duly avoided. But when gay and lesbian people are in their midst,
they do not know how to cope with this "problem" or how to avoid them.

Words themselves and concepts become so important that the essence is lost. A huge
problem is the "marriage" issue. It doesn't seem to matter that heterosexual couples
are rejecting traditional marriage for live-in arrangements, or treating marriage
disrespectfully by marrying and divorcing repeatedly, but let a gay person suggest they want to
"marry" and it becomes a travesty. Society causes its own problems due mostly to
communication.

Even if one believes that gay and lesbian people may never be
able to "marry" in the same sense of a bond between a man and a woman, they can have
meaningful, ever-lasting relationships which they want to commit to paper. Is that a problem?
They want to call it marriage. They want to swear before God. Why then not let God be the judge?
Just as the gay man does not judge a person (or maybe he does) when this person divorces and
stands before God AGAIN and swears a lifelong bond. People argue - and it's one of societies
hottest debates - that gay and lesbian marriages are against God. Are they the same people who
stand in Church and swear an everlasting bond to their second or third wife/ husband?

The basic problem is that essentially gay and lesbian people look the same as everyone
else.  Many of the people of a different religion or culture look a little different - they
dress differently, their skin color is different or there are obvious characterisitcs that show
their difference. Gay and lesbians look the same. How can a "normal" person avoid this
sector of the community?

There's the problem: society.

What are some themes in Shirley Jackson's short story "Charles"?

's short
story "" has a simple plot as well as a relatively simple theme. A young boy named
Laurie goes off to his first day of school, and he comes home and tells his parents all kinds of
outrageous stories about another boy in class named Charles. 

This boy is
naughty in just about every way, and Laurie takes great delight in repeating every bad word and
rascally act that Charles said or perpetrated that day. In doing this, Laurie insults his
parents, talking to them in ways he would not be allowed to do if he were simply being
himself.

Look up, he said to his
father.
What? his father said, looking up.
Look down, Laurie said. Look
at my thumb. Gee, youre dumb. He began to laugh insanely.

Charles gets in trouble with the teacher at school, but Laurie only gets his parents'
full attention at home when he tells about Charles's exploits and even repeats them.

Both parents look forward to parent-teacher night so they can meet Charles's parents;
however, they are unable to attend the first one, and they again have to settle for hearing all
about Charles's wicked deeds. Laurie's mother does get to attend the second meeting night, and
her husband eagerly suggests she should invite Charles's mother over for a cup of tea after the
meeting.

At the meeting, of course, Laurie's teacher says,

We had a little trouble adjusting, the first week or so, she said
primly, but now hes a fine little helper. With occasional lapses, of course. 

This indicates that the behaviors Laurie has been describing are
real, and then Laurie's mother discovers that there is no one named Charles in Laurie's
class. 

Any theme for this story has to do with Laurie's motivation for doing
such things and telling such stories. His mother remarks at the beginning of the story that she
is sending her son off to school and remarks that her little boy is all grown up now, and this
may be one theme of the story. Once we are old enough, we get to make some choices in life; we
can choose to be obedient and respectful or we can choose to break rules and hurt people. Laurie
obviously makes the choice to do the latter--and then lie about it to his parents, playing them
rather for fools.

Another possible theme suggests that Charles is some kind
of altar ego for Laurie, a second personality which he can or cannot control but which is known
to his parents. We know that he "laughs insanely" at times, and Jackson may be
suggesting that his parents see him act out and do nothing about it (except laugh), indicating a
child's difficulties in molding his identity--perhaps in dysfunctional family structure--as a
possible theme.

How many levels of hell are there in Dante's The Inferno? What does Dante see on each? From the book The Inferno,Canto 33 and 34 by Dante Alighieri.

Here are the
levels:

Level 1) Limbo: a peaceful and sad place, a place of unbaptised, non
Christian souls.

Level 2) The level of the lustful. Strong winds violently
blow their souls to and fro for eternity.

Level 3) The level of the glutton.
There is constant cold, heavy, filthy rain. A great and ugly dog, Cerebus, bites at the sinners
in the storm.

Level 4) Here, near the river Styx, the greedy and insatiable
roll great weights against each other. Plutus, the wolf of wealth threatens all who dwell
here.

Level 5) The realm of the River Styx. Here the people who spent their
lives in anger bite at each other constantly, and those who were ever gloomy and negative fight
with the black mud at the bottom and gasp for air.

Level 6) The City of Dis.
Satan's city where a vast land is enclosed by iron walls. Those who didn't believe in God, the
heretics, buen here forever in their graves. The three bloody furies dwell here.

Level 7) A place of boiling blood. The deeply wicked, the sinners, the criminals, all
of society's lowlifes are here. They are all eternally pierced by arrows. Bodies are ripped
apart again and again, and sinners drown in excrement.

Level 8) The Maleboge.
A large oval arena, filled with pimps, seducers, liars and cheat, and the like. They are whipped
here by demons and thrown into boiling tar pits.

Level 9) Cocytus: Where
Satan dwells. His great wings bring icy winds. Sinners against God, family and country are here
frozen in ice and the torment of eternal despair.

What are some quotes that show that Romeo and Juliet are ignorant of the feud in Romeo and Juliet?

The feud between the Capulets and Montagues has been a part of 's lives since they were
born. They've grown up with the feud.andhave never known a time in their entire lives when there
hasn't been a feud. It's as much a part of their daily lives as breathing.

To
plant the feud firmly in our minds, Shakespeare begins Romeo and Juliet
with athat gives us background information on the feud and what we should expect to see because
of it, and in the very first scene of the play Shakespeare gives us a full-fledged brawl in the
streets between Capulets and Montagues.

: Two households,
both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient
grudge break to new mutiny . . . (Prologue, 1€“3)

"Ancient grudge." It's entirely possible that the Capulets and Montagues don't even
know how the feud started. Shakespeare gives us no reason for the feud. There's not a word about
it in the play other than it's been going on for a long, long time and...

What were the main effects of the American Revolution?

The
conclusion of the American Revolution in 1783 had many different effects on both North America
and the world.

The most immediate effect of the end of the revolution was the
independence of the colonies. It was not known immediately after if the colonies remain
independent republics or if they would form into a nation, but the independence of the colonies
changed the geopolitical reality of the late 1700s.

Britain lost a
considerable amount of territory at the end of the war. In addition to the colonies themselves,
the entire interior of North America, a region known as the  Ohio River Valley, was lost. This
area would provide the U.S. with the opportunity for expansion after the fighting
ended.

The effect on the British economy was also sobering. With their
largest market gone, British trade revenues plummeted. It took Britain many decades to recover,
especially since they had a new global competitor for markets that had always been
theirs.

The introduction of Americans into the world of European politics
also had major repercussions. During the wars of the next few decades, the colonies were a weak
but strategic presence in many conflicts, even when it didnt want to be. Some nations impressed
American sailors while others hired them out as privateers.    

The biggest
effect of the revolution was how it inspired numerous subsequent revolutions around the globe.
Using the colonies as their model, France had their own revolution in 1789. From that point on
most global revolutions, even some very recent ones in the Middle East, borrowed from the
playbook of America when they began their own struggles for independence.

It's
difficult to say for certain whether the
Lady of Shalott enjoys her confinement in this island
fortress. For one
thing, she's subject to a curse that inevitably distorts her perspective on

things. Under these circumstances, it's unlikely that normal human emotions, such as
enjoyment,
have much purchase.

Nonetheless, it can be
said with a fair degree of
certainty that the good Lady leads a carefree
life,...

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I am trying to compare Empire of the Sun to The Alchemist. What would be Jim's personal legend?

I think
that Jim's Personal Legend would be survival.  The Personal Legend is what one is meant to do:
...There is a force that wants you to realize your Personal Legend€¦[but] in order to find the
treasure you will have to follow the omens.  For Jim, his would have to be survival through his
ordeal.  From a life of comfort and privilege, he is hurled into a world...

Why do people enjoy poetry? I am in middle school and doing a project about poems and part of it is why do people enjoy poetry. Please answer my...

appeals
to the same things as music appeals to--rhythm andand emotion.  Poetry, like music, draws a
picture of things or emotions to which we can relate.  Everyone has been sad or depressed or
thrilled, and we can feel that again through poetry.  We like reminding ourselves of those great
emotions through poetry.

How does Jig feel about motherhood?

Determining
the definitive "feeling" that Jig has about motherhood is difficult because of the
style in which the story is written. However, there are a few places in the awkward conversation
between Jig and "the American" that imply that, although she is considering keeping
the child, her feelings about motherhood are negative. From the beginning of the story, Jig
characterizes herself as a woman who is extremely self-conscious and dependent upon others. She
remarks several times how little she cares about herself and how much she wants to her lover to
be happy. These qualities indicate that Jig is immature in many ways and does not want the
responsibility of someone depending upon her.

Also, Jig's own statements
reveal her thoughts and fears about motherhood. One of the most telling statements that Jig
makes, after saying that she and the American "could have everything and every day we make
it more impossible," is this: "No, it isn't. And once they take it away, you never get
it back." She claims a few lines later that she "knows" this to be true. The
pronouns "it" and "they" are used several times in the text as euphemisms
for the child, so she is essentially claiming that the child would ruin their chances at living
the life to which they are accustomed.

How does everybody in Oceania forget certain things existed in 1984? I'm just confused on how the Party is able to create such obvious lies into truth...

I
think it's important to consider our own social context in order to grasp how this could happen.
Regardless of political affiliation, you often hear people claiming that the media is
perpetuating "false news" segments for television and print. In fact, I once witnessed
this locally. National news organizations were reporting riots in a town near me when no rioting
was actually happening; it appeared that they used old clips from previous conflicts. It may
surprise you to know that this is not a new media strategy.himself fought as a resistance
fighter in Spain and noticed that newspaper articles often portrayed inaccurate information.
Sometimes they would report battles that hadn't existed, and at other times they reported no
battles when many men had been injured. So without actually seeing the reported events happen,
how can anyone know the truth? Perhaps this life experience laid the foundation for 's job in
.

Winston works at the Ministry of Truth as a records
editor. His job is to go into old newspaper articles and rewrite them so that they support the
Party. The actual facts are then destroyed, never seen again.

This could seem
a stretch at first thought, but consider how this could change over time. If people were hired
to constantly revise all written records of history, altering them to fit the needs of the
government, how long would it take before people who recalled a different history began to
question it themselves? Because the details of history are so extensive, it would be impossible
for any one person to recall all of it, and we rely on written records to aid our recall. Once
those written records are no longer reliable, history becomes messy.

In some
ways, history is always being rewritten, with new voices emerging from different cultures and
contexts to bring a varied perspective to light. And most often, these new voices are valid and
represent an attempt to deepen the truths of history. But occasionally, people emerge who try to
recreate the events of history with less noble causes. This can be quite dangerous.

The citizens in 1984 have great loyalty to the Party (and great
reason to fear speaking out against it). With no real way to discern fact from modified history,
they are left living in the present and simply accepting what their government
portrays as the truth. This shows a truth of human nature: Often what
people believe to be the truth is a more powerful force than the facts of
the actual truth.

`int_0^(2pi) t^2 sin(2t) dt` Evaluate the integral

You need to
use the integration by parts for `int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt`   such that:

`int udv = uv - int vdu`

`u = t^2 => du = 2tdt`

`dv = sin 2t=> v =(-cos 2t)/2`

`int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt =
t^2*(-cos 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) + int_0^(2pi) t*cos 2t dt`

You need to use the
integration by parts for `int_0^(2pi) t*cos 2t dt`  such that:

`u = t=> du
= dt`

`dv = cos 2t=> v = (sin 2t)/2`

`int_0^(2pi) t*cos
2t dt = t*(sin 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) - (1/2)int_0^(2pi) sin 2t dt`

`int_0^(2pi)
t*cos 2t dt = t*(sin 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) +  (cos 2t)/4|_0^(2pi) `

`int_0^(2pi)
t^2*sin(2t)dt = t^2*(-cos 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) + t*(sin 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) +  (cos 2t)/4|_0^(2pi)`
 

Using the fundamental theorem of calculus yields:

`int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt = (2pi)^2*(-cos 4pi)/2 + 0*(cos 0)/2  + 2pi*(sin 4pi)/2 -
0 +  (cos 4pi)/4 - (cos 0)/4`

`int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt = -2(pi)^2 + 1/4 -
1/4`

`int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt = -2(pi)^2 `

Hence, evaluating the integral, using  integration by parts,
yields `int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt = -2(pi)^2.`

How does the title "Good Country People" apply to the characters in the story?

's 1955
story, "," can be considered slightly ahead of its time for the cynicism andimplied by
its title and by its portrayal of the characters Mrs Hopewell and Manley Pointer.  A devoutly
Christian woman and her educated, atheist, physically disabled daughter, Joy, welcomes the
Bible-carrying Manley into her and Joy's life.  Impressed by this "Christian" Bible
salesman, Mrs. Hopewell refers to him as "good country people," unaware of Manley's
true nature.  That true nature is revealed when, at a picnic with Joy, who harbors plans of
seducing the presumably virginal Bible salesman, Manley removes from his hollowed-out Bible
condemns, whiskey and sexually-explicit photographs.

[There] were only two Bibles in it.  He took one of these out and opened the cover of
it.  It was hollow and contained a pocket flask of whiskey, a pack of cards, and a small blue
box with printing on it.  He laid these out in front of her....

The Freeman daughters who live nearby, and whose mother is a tenant farmer, are
similarly questionable representatives of the meaning of the phrase used as the story's title.
 The younger one is a pregnant teenager and the older daughter known for her friendliness with
individuals of the other gender.  Clearly, the mythical world in which Mrs. Hopewell prefers to
exist is not present in her reality.

The use of the phrase and title
"Good Country People" is clearly intended to be ironic, in that the more saintly
character turns out to be anything but -- a recurring theme in O'Connor's
work.

What was happening to the wealth of Vermont during this time period?

begins in the year
1843. This places the book during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution caused a
lot of changes in the world. One of those changes was a redistribution of people and wealth.
Prior to industrialization, an area's population was fairly spread out because farming and
ranching was what large numbers of people did for income and food. The Industrial Revolution
changed a lot of that. The emergence of things like factories caused large numbers of people to
move into the...

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What Does Piggy Symbolize In Lord Of The Flies

is the much-hated, overweight boy on the island who represents exactly what the boys are turning
away from: rational thinking. It is Piggy who determines that they need to count the number of
boys on the island. It is Piggy who decides to use the conch to assemble the boys. It is Piggy
who wants to learn everyone's name. It is Piggy who tells the group that the beast can't be
real. And it is Piggy who notes that the signal fire should be moved to increase their chances
of survival.

Piggy's ideas aren't valued because of his weight and physical
challenges; the other boys find him pathetic...

What does the letter which Armand's mother wrote to his father symbolise in "Desiree's Baby"?

The letter at the end of
this excellent story is of course a wonderful yet devastating example of situational , as we
realise that the dark-skinned gene came not from Desiree, as both we and Armand had assumed, but
from himself, and thus he realises that it was his false accusation and terrible behaviour
against his wife that led to her death and the death of his child. Note what the letter
contains:

"But, above, all," she wrote,
"night and day, I thank the good God for having so arranged our lives that our dear Armand
will never know that his mother, who adores him, belongs to the race that is cursed with the
brand of slavery."

The contents of the letter show
what a shame it was considered to be at the time of the story to have any "black
blood" in your system. Armand's mother thanks God that her son can remain ignorant of this
fact because of the way it would have affected his standing in society, yet ironically his
mother's success in this respect gives rise to Armand's greatest , as he loses his loving wife
and child. As such, we could argue that the letter symbolises mistaken good intentions: Armand's
mother saw it as a good thing that Armand remained ignorant of his genetic background, but the
tragedy of the story clearly shows that she was wrong. Equally, we could also argue that the
letter shows the danger of jumping to conclusions: the orphaned Desiree with no known relations
seems to be the easy person to blame for the dark skin of her child, whereas in fact it was
Armand who was responsible. Appearances may not always be what they seem.

How would one explain the situational irony in "Richard Cory?"

In situational
, an event occurs that directly contradicts expectations.

This contradiction
lies in the perspective of the townspeople with regard to . In descriptions of Richard Cory, it
becomes clear that the residents of the town perceive him as greatly elevated from them in
social and economic class. First of all, he does not live where they do. The narrators are
"on the pavement"; that is, they dwell in the heart of the city. Their main
occupations are centered in the city where the jobs used to be for the men. There, too, women
care for their families at home, or they work as servants for the wealthy like Mr. Cory. But,
during the Depression of 1893, the setting of this poem, many people are out of work. This is
why they "went without the meat, and cursed the bread," their main form of
subsistence.

As one of the upper class, Richard Cory does not suffer as do
the citizens of the town. He is "richer than a king" and "imperially slim,"
not starved as they are. Therefore, because of their dire poverty during the Depression, the
citizens feel completely estranged from Richard Cory, perceiving him only as a typical member of
the wealthy class, except for the fact that he speaks to people. Nevertheless, they misinterpret
his "good morning" as simply an example of how he is "schooled in every
grace" rather than his genuine desire to communicate with others because of his wealthy
isolation.

The (situational) irony, of course, is that the common people
misinterpret Richard Cory's demeanor and speech. Convinced that Cory is happy because he suffers
no financial want and he is handsome, so much so that he "flutter[s] pulses" when he
speaks and "glitters" as he walks, they are shocked when, "one calm summer
night" Richard Cory commits suicide. This act of despair does not fit with their
perceptions and expectations of such a wealthy gentleman, at all.

where did the family spend christmas

Each year, the Finch siblings (, Alexandra,
and Jack) gather at Finch's Landing, which includes the ancestral home and property which have
been in their family for generations. Aunt Alexandra still lives there with her
husband.

loves picking her Uncle Jack up from the train station and being
able to spend some time with him. She does not love spending it with Aunt Alexandra or
Alexandra's grandson Francis. Scout begs to break with tradition but notes that "no amount
of sighing could induce Atticus to let us spend Christmas day at home. We went to Finch's
Landing every Christmas in my memory."

Trying to socialize with Francis
bores Scout endlessly. Aunt Alexandra criticizes Scout's attire and forces her to sit at the
"little table" whileand Francis are allowed to eat with the adults. Uncle Jack
chastises her for swearing.

When Francis calls Atticus a "nigger
lover," Scout has finally reached her breaking point. She slugs Francis, splitting her
knuckle on his teeth.

Uncle Jack appears in time to see the assault and
decides to teach Scout a lesson for using inappropriate language and whips her, leaving seven or
eight red marks. Atticus decides it is time for his family to exit Finch Landing and takes the
kids home.

Later Uncle Jack comes to Scout's room; Scout informs him that he
really doesn't know much about children and tells him why she'd hit
Francis. Uncle Jack is fairly dumbfounded and swears to never marry for fear that he one day
might have children.

In all, Christmas Day at Finch Landing isn't the warm
and festive day that fond memories are built upon.

How does the setting enhance the apocalyptic atmosphere of 1984?

There are
three ways the setting enhances the apocalyptic :

1. The circumstance of
continual war: At the time the book was written, people feared the atomic bomb and the fallout
of a nuclear war. War is constant in . People accept it as a way of life.
People expect prisoners to be taken through their cities, and hearing warheads go off and seeing
wreckage are both normal life...

`int u sqrt(1 - u^2) du` Evaluate the indefinite integral.

You need to
use the following substitution  `1 - u^2 = t` , such that:

`1 - u^2 = t=>
-2udu = dt=>u du = -(dt)/2`

`int u*sqrt(1 - u^2) du = -(1/2)*int sqrt t
dt`

`-(1/2)*int sqrt t dt = (-1/2)*(t^(3/2))/(3/2) + c`

Replacing back `1 - u^2` for t yields:

`int u*sqrt(1 - u^2) du =
(-1/3)*((1 - u^2)^(3/2)) + c`

Hence, evaluating the indefinite
integral, yields` int u*sqrt(1 - u^2) du = -((1 - u^2)^(3/2))/3 + c`

Are the American and the Girl Married?

Though
it is never said explicitly either way, there are many reasons to believe that the American and
the girl in s are married. Their conflict is about her having the baby, not about getting
married. The subject of marriage never comes up. But in the 1920s it seems unlikely that the
girl would want to have the baby without being married. The American actually tells her five
times that she can go ahead and have the baby if it is important to heralthough he makes it
obvious that he does not want to get tied down to domesticity and a steady job. The labels on
their luggage show they have been traveling all over Europe together. It would have been
difficult for an unmarried couple to share the same hotel room in the 1920s. In some countries
it may have even been illegal. People could register as Mr. and Mrs., but they would have to
turn over their passports each time they registered, and it would be obvious if they were not
married.

Hemingway based many of his short stories on personal experience. He
wrote about some things as a sort of confession to free himself from his guilty feelings. He and
Hadley, his first wife, had actually had a baby they called Bumby a few years before Hemingway
published Hills Like White Elephants (Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas were his godparents);
the story could have been written long before Hemingway managed to get it accepted for
publication. It seems extremely likely that he was recalling his mixed feelings when Hadley told
him she was pregnant. If there had been a conflict over the issue at that time, apparently it
was Hadley who had prevailed. Hemingway, however, did not adapt well to fatherhood and
domesticity. He and Hadley were divorced in January 1927, when Bumby was only about three years
old.

Also, Hemingway may not explain that the couple in Hills Like White
Elephants are married because he was trying to avoidalmost entirely. His next short story, ,
is written in a similar objective style. Hemingway at that time was trying to see how much he
could leave out of a story in order to focus on drama. One of his many biographers, A. E.
Hotchner, quotes him as saying the following:

I guess I left as much
out of "The Killers" as any story I ever wrote. Left out the whole city of
Chicago.

And in The (1935), Hemingway
expressed his now-famous iceberg theory:

If a writer of prose
knows enough of what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the
writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the
writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to only one-eighth of it
being above water. A writer who omits things because he does not know them only makes hollow
places in his writing.

Describe some of the military accomplishments of the Assyrians.

The
Assyrians, like the Spartans of ancient Greece, were a warrior society. Every male member of
that society was expected to fight as and when required. And as the Assyrians eventually came to
defend a rapidly expanding empire, this became ever more imperative.

It is
therefore not surprising that, over the course of centuries, the Assyrian Empire achieved a
formidable reputation as a military power, building in the process the largest empire in the
ancient world until the time of Alexander the Great. The chief basis of their extraordinary
might came from having an exceptionally strong, well-trained, disciplined standing
army.

Initially, the Assyrians, like other armed forces in the ancient
world, relied on conscripts to fight their battles. This was to enable crops to be harvested as
the vast...

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What is Hester Prynnes punishment? What do the Puritan magistrates hope to accomplish with this punishment?

The
first scene of 's novel depicts 's public punishment at the hands of the
Puritan society of mid-17th century Boston. Hester has committed adultery, an action that, in
Puritan times, was illegal and a punishable crime. Hester's adultery was discovered when she
birthed a baby whose father was unknown.

Hester is forced to stand on a
scaffold in town for three hours with a scarlet letter "A" branded on her dress. The
"A" is a symbol for Hester's adultery, and the government has decreed that she must
wear this "A" for the rest of her life. By putting her on public display, the
townspeople are made aware of Hester's crime, and she endures much humiliation and ridicule on
the scaffold.

Hester's public punishment is indicative of what the Puritan
society did to people it saw as transgressors. It's worth noting that Hawthorne's ancestor, John
Hathorne, was one of the judges that presided over the infamous Salem witch trials. Hathorne
apparently...

In what ways are the animals of Animal Farm building a new society?

I thought
that, at first, they do have somewhat of a new society. By getting rid of Jones, they controlled
all the means of production: they had to contend with maintaining their capital - which caused
problems. Jones had been the provider for that capital, but the animals felt they could do just
as well themselves. Until the feud betweenandand until the 1st windmill disaster, the animals
seemed to be doing alright as a commune: raising their own crops, and essentially taking care of
themselves. But the pigs created a division and got greedy, and started to see that this greed
would rely on outside capital and harsher working conditions for the animals. This meant
alliances with other corrupt farmers (Frederick) and basic enslavement of...

How do the Cratchits react to their Christmas feast, and what does their celebration show Scrooge in Dickens' A Christmas Carol?

The Cratchit family is grateful
for their feast even though it is meager, and Scrooge realizes that you do not need much to be
happy as long as you have people you love.

The Cratchit family
reminds Scrooge what it means to be deliberately happy.  The Cratchits are happy because they
want to be.  The enjoy each others company.  They make the most of small luxuries.  They love
each other, and because they do not have much they savor what they have.

Scrooge, who is a stingy miser who spends his nights eating alone and usually just has
gruel because it is cheap, is astonished when he sees how excited the Cratchits are about their
Christmas feast.  They are making much of little.

And now
two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they
had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and
onion €¦ (Ch. 3)

The Cratchits all enjoy their goose, and
their gravy, apple-sauce and potatoes.  The goose was cooked at the bakers because they didnt
have a way to cook it.  They were too poor.  When they were praising the goose, the fact that it
was cheap was one of the things they were most proud of.  The pudding was also a source of
admiration for all.

Everybody had something to say about
it, but nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. It would have
been flat heresy to do so. Any Cratchit would have blushed to hint at such a thing. (Ch.
3)

The Cratchits would never complain that there wasnt
enough to eat or the dinner was not fine enough. When Scrooge is toasted as the Founder of the
Feast, Mrs. Cratchit objects at first, calling him odious.   Bob tells her to think of the
children and she agrees to toast.

The celebration the Cratchits have tells
Scrooge that family is more important than money, and you should savor what you do have.
 Holidays are about more than spending and presents.  Holidays are about being with the ones you
love and enjoying time with them.

Why was the Bataan Death March given that name?

This event
was given this name because each of the words in the name apply to it.  

Bataan is one of the provinces in the Philippines.  It is a peninsula that helps to from Manila
Bay.  After the surrender of the US and Filipino forces on Corregidor, they were ferried over to
Bataan where...

Compare how Mr. Jones and Napoleon ruled the animals in Animal Farm.

As the other
educators have noted, Mr. Jones andboth ruled the animals using a combination of violence and
oppression.

Remember that the character of Mr. Jones is a representation of
Tsar Nicholas II. Like the tsar, Mr. Jones is not a malicious dictator. The rebellion to oust
him from the farm, for example, is caused by Mr. Joness forgetfulness. Instead of feeding the
animals as he ought to, he forgets because he has spent all day drinking alcohol. Similarly, the
people considered Tsar Nicholas to be an inept leader, out of touch with the needs of his
people.

In contrast, Napoleon is a representation of Joseph Stalin. Like
Stalin, Napoleon is power-hungry and determined to rule absolutely. The show trials in Chapter
Seven, for instance, show that unlike Jones, Napoleon was an active oppressor of the animals,
determined to root out any hint of discontent on the farm. This event mirrors what happened in
Russia in the 1930s.

Through his depictions of the rule of Mr. Jones and
then...

In Oedipus Rex, according to Ode 1, which god will inevitably punish the murderer of Laius?

Although
Athene, Artemis, and Apollo are called upon in this Ode to help the people of Thebes, it is
ultimately Zeus who is called upon to slay the murderer of King Laius.

Father Zeus, whose hand

Doth wield the lightning brand,

Slay him beneath thy levin bold, we pray,

Slay him, O slay!

King Laius had been killed at a crossroads when he
andmet and each refused to give the right of way on the road to the other.  Odepius killed Laius
and then arrived in Thebes.  He was ultimately was given the crown of Thebes and the widowed
queen as his wife when he solved the riddle of the Sphinx.  Oedipus did not know the man he
killed was the king, not did he know that Laius was his biological father, and the woman he
married, , was his biological mother.

Frederick Douglas slave life what was life like for frederick douglas as young american slave boy in maryland ? think about his family ,childhood...

Below is a
link to an essay that compares and contrasts Douglass and Jacobs in great detail.  I found this
essay by searching Google Books for "compareand Harriet Jacobs." That search turned up
many items, but this one seemed especially relevant to your question. Notice that the publishers
generously allow Google Books to "preview" the essay in its entirety.

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Elucidate on the theme and provide a critical overview of the poem, Our Casuarina Tree by Toru Dutt.

has used
the image of the tree which she
fondly remembers in recalling memories of her childhood where
"Beneath it we
have played." The tree is strong and "... gallantly The giant
wears the
scarf," which is significant as she has identified with the tree and its
ability
to withstand even the harshest creeper which has the capacity to
choke the tree "LIKE a
huge Python." In understanding the tone and theme of
, the reader
sympathizes with Toru Dutt's words as she
longs to revisit memories without the painful
association, as it is not only
the tree that is "deep with scars."

To the narrator, the
tree represents nature and nature shares feeling and emotions and,
in fact,"
the trees lament" comforts the narrator as she "saw thee, in my own
loved
native clime." This also links to the tree as representative of her culture as she
is
far away in "distant lands," but is safe in the knowledge that the tree
shall "be
ever dear" due to her recollections of her childhood and her loved
ones "Who now in
blessed sleep for aye repose."

The tree
represents all life as
"all day are gathered bird and bee"and "to their
pastures wend our sleepy
cows" and it has the capacity to unite all things
together to the point that this theme of
unity with her past and therefore
her family, her beloved country and even the future as she
wishes that
"may Love defend thee" is confirmed. When she is dead, the tree is so
strong
and represents so much that she hopes it will be saved from

"Oblivion." 

What were the effects of European exploration and colonization on the nation-states(Spain, Portugal, France, England, and Holland) who carried it out...

Put
simply, this idea is best summarized through the Columbian Exchange. Foods, ideas, cultures and
diseases were all exchanged between the nation-states and the native cultures. The likes of
Spain, England, Portugal and France all played vital roles in the European exploration on places
such as the Americas, Canada and Africa.

For the nation-states, the positive
impacts were mainly found through cultural enrichment and economic advances. For instance,
bringing sugarcane and tobacco from the Americas sparked a gigantic economic improvement for
England, Spain and Portugal. In fact, sugar and tobacco became staples of the world economy
because of this exploration. Politically, the growth of the economies of England and Spain
essentially bolstered their position as world powers.

The situation for the
natives was much more grim. Although there were some positive effects, such as democratic forms
of government, religion and food, disease and death defined this relationship. Natives did not
have the proper immunity built up for the diseases that the explorers brought. Politically,
these native areas took on the leadership style of the nation-state. Moreover, these natives
were often caught and held as captive slaves. The demographics of these areas changed as
Europeans began to settle into the native areas and, sometimes, reproduce with the
locals.

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What would happen to Ichabod when he would walk home at night after spending the afternoon reading?

"" byis set in a small, isolated
valley
renowned for its legends of ghosts and haunted places. Chief among these
spectral
apparitions is a "figure on horseback without a head" that many
people believe is the
ghost of a Hessian trooper. Belief in these
supernatural entities fills the minds of the locals.
As the tale tells us
early on:

They
are
given to all kinds of marvelous beliefs; are subject to trances and visions; and
frequently
see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air. The
whole neighborhood abounds with
local tales, haunted spots, and twilight
superstitions...

Into this valley beset with superstition comes the new

schoolteacher, an odd-looking man named Ichabod Crane. Besides playing with the
children,
helping local farmers, and singing with the church choir, he likes
to go off by himself
sometimes and read until the evening dusk has settled so
that it is hard for him to see. At this
time he walks back to whatever
farmhouse he is at the time residing. However, Irving describes
Crane's
weakness:

His appetite
for
the marvelous, and his powers of digesting it, were equally
extraordinary; and both had been
increased by his residence in this
spellbound region.

In other words, Crane is susceptible to supernatural stories and
influences,
and living in Sleepy Hollow has made him even more sensitive to
them. As he walks home in the
darkness after his reading sessions, he
imagines ghostly sources for natural sounds around him
of whip-poor-wills,
tree-toads, screech-owls, and flocks of birds. He is startled by the sight
of
fireflies and the shadows of beetles. His walks home are very frightening experiences.
He
attempts to alleviate his fears by singing psalm tunes out loud, but these
walks leave him even
more vulnerable to terror later on when, on the way home
from Van Tassel's party, he believes he
sees the ghost of the headless
horseman.

In Interpreter of Maladies, what is the impact of cultural displacement on the characters in "Mrs. Sen"? Thanks for your help!

Hello! You
asked about the impact of cultural displacement on the characters in "Mrs.
Sen." 

1) Mrs. Sen

It is
obvious to Eliot that Mrs. Sen misses her home in India. She finds it difficult to adjust to the
cherished notion of western individualism and the concept of personal space in American culture.
Mrs. Sen misses just being able to call out when she needs something: in India, an expression of
any kind, whether of sorrow or joy, would immediately bring around concerned neighbors willing
to minister comfort and/or extend needed companionship. It is not so in America.

Mrs. Sen resorts to personal rituals such as wearing saris and painting the bridal
vermillion powder on her forehead in order to hold on to her Indian identity. Despite this, it
depresses her that there are no suitable occasions to wear her most cherished and beautiful
saris. Despite Mr. Sen's insistence that she learn how to drive, Mrs. Sen is not overly
enthusiastic about the...

Was the invasion of Poland in WWII a walk in the park like Austria and Czechoslovakia were?

The invasion
of Poland was not difficult for the German army.  However, it was not as easy as the German
occupations of Austria and Czechoslovakia.

The Germans did not actually have
to invade either Austria or Czechoslovakia in any serious way.  In the case of Austria, there
was no military component.  In Austria, there was an internal coup detat in March of 1938.  This
was carried out by the Austrian Nazi...

In act III of The Crucible, how does John Proctor stand up for other citizens' rights? This is in the court, when Proctor says that he can't drop...

When Danforth asks John Proctor his purpose in coming to court, he simply replies: I
would free my wife, sir. However, when Danforth offers a years stay of execution for Elizabeth
on the grounds that she is pregnant (pointing out that a year is long and hinting that this
delay might save Elizabeth permanently), John refuses, saying:

These are my friends. Their wives are also accused.

When John presents his deposition to Danforth, it is one that testifies to the good
character of Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey as well as Elizabeth. This demonstrates his concern
for and solidarity with his neighbors and foreshadows his refusal to save himself by implicating
them in Act IV. The number of names he has collected, ninety-one landholding farmers in a small
community of a few hundred, demonstrates the amount of public support he has.

Johns personal mission to free Elizabeth quickly becomes a public matter, in which he
has to stand up for his friends and neighbors and the...

Which characters of Hamlet and 1984 have the same experiences? Please explain.

Whileof  is certainly no Hamlet, and the genres of these two works
are so disparate, perhaps the reader can, at least, find in the two protagonists some
commonality in their conflicts of Self vs. Society.

• Both Hamlet
  and Winston feel a certain malaise in their worlds.

In his first
, the deep melancholy of Hamlet is evident as he expresses his disappointment in his
world,

How wear, stale, flat, and
unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!....
....Things rank and
gross in nature
Possess it merely (1.2.133-136)

This disappointment is, perhaps, not so directly stated by Winston Smith in theof
1984; however, it becomes apparent that he is quite unhappy with his life
in Oceania. For, life is a pretense; he must set his face in 

an expression of quiet optimism which was advisable to wear when facing the
telescreen.

Winston dreams of his childhood, a vague
memory in which he is not certain what has happened to his mother, but he remembers love.
His...