What is some evidence that Tom is cheating on Daisy in The Great Gatsby?

In the
first chapter of the novel,visits his second cousin, , where he reunites with her arrogant,
unscrupulous husband, Tom.is portrayed as a pompous, ignorant man, who is domineering and proud.
During dinner, the phone rings and the butler requests Tom's presence in the house. Shortly
after Tom leaves, Daisy also excuses herself and follows him into the home. Outside,exchanges a
short glance with Nick and attempts to eavesdrop on their conversation. When Nick brings up ,
Jordan immediately silences him and proceeds to tell him,

Toms got some woman in New York (18).

Nick is
confused by Jordan's comment, and she proceeds to criticize Tom's mistress for calling in the
middle of dinner. Tom and Daisy then return to the table and attempt to carry on a casual
conversation before the phone rings for the second time. The awkwardness of the situation causes
their entire conversation to pause and completely ruins the rest of the evening.
Nick...

Of watching the little pipelthe camp was weeping!what caused feeling of guilt

href="">Elie
Wiesels book href="">Night
chronicles the horrors he endured in the Nazi death camps. People became inured to death because
it was all around them all the time. For instance, Elies interaction with another prisoner,
Juliek, shows just how much people became inured to death. Elie and Juliek watch a hanging.
Juliek whispers, will it be over soon? I'm hungry."

These feelings
also make them turn away from G-d. Wiesel asks himself, What are You, my God? I thought
angrily. However, every now and then, the prisoners are able to recall their humanity. One such
time occurs during the execution of a young boy with a delicate and beautiful face. Called
the little pipel, the boy was beloved by the inmates. Suspecting that he had helped sabotage a
power plant, the SS condemn him to death. The little pipel is hanged.

One day, as we returned from work, we saw three gallows, three
black ravens, erected on the Appelplatz. Roll call. The SS surrounding us, machine guns aimed at
us: the usual ritual. Three prisoners in chainsand, among them, the little pipel, the sadeyed
angel.

It soon becomes apparent that the boy is not dead,
but hanging from the noose and dying slowly. Wiesel writes:

the third rope was still moving: the child, too light, was still
breathing€¦

And so he remained for more than half an hour, lingering between
life and death, writhing before our eyes. And we were forced to look at him at close range. He
was still alive when I passed him. His tongue was still red, his eyes not yet
extinguished.

Behind me, I heard the same man asking: "For God's sake,
where is God?" And from within me, I heard a voice answer: "Where He is? This is
wherehanging here from this gallows€¦ "

That night, the soup tasted of
corpses.

The camp was weeping over the unnecessary death
of a young boy and over the fact that he remained strong and brave until the end. He did not
tell the SS anything when they tortured him and he did not break down before they hanged him.
The prisoners are repulsed by this event, not only because they loved the little pipel, but also
because he was so young. The soup tasted of corpses that night because it is virtually
impossible for the prisoners to get the image of the little pipel out of their minds and they
are sick over his death.

Moreover, they likely feel some remorse over his
death and even, ironically, survivors guilt. The reason that this is ironic is that, as
prisoners in a death camp, they are barely surviving themselves. In fact, they are merely
holding on to life by the slightest thread.

What is the importance of the information provided by Professor Willard in Our Townby Thornton Wilder? How does the audience react to this information?...

The Stage
Manager in byprovides background information for the town. All towns
across the United States have geographic differences, diversity in cultures, immigrants from
around the worldthe Stage Manager at every opportunity points out the similarities between
Grovers Corners and all of the other little towns in and around the United States in
 1901.

This kind of theater was experimental.  It was unique in American
Drama.  It was praised and awarded for its daring.  No other play had tried to encompass all of
these interesting and fun elements before.  No scenery, no properties, pantomiming in regular
life, a Stage Manager in front of the curtainthis was untried territory.  It was so thrilling
and so moving to see the progression through life of these two wonderful young people without
the need for all the properties, just two human beings falling in love.

What was the purpose of Professor Willard and his
mini-lecture? 

One of the ways that...

How old was Romeo in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

Althoughand  in 's  are

often considered archetypal young lovers, Shakespeare does not specify Romeo's
age.

We do know that Juliet was 13 at the time of her
death. To a modern audience, this may
seem rather young for marriage, but in
the Renaissance, women were married as soon as they
reached puberty, due to
the high infant mortality rate. For a woman to bear a male child
surviving
into adulthood, and a second male child in case the first one died in adulthood
(an
"heir and a spare"), she needed, on the average, to bear eight children,
for which
marrying early in her reproductive years was necessary.

For Romeo, the first
thing that gives is a clue to his age is his
impetuous, imprudent character, something that in
drama of this period was
normally attributed to the young. As he is still to a degree under
parental
control, unmarried, and unemployed, and his parents are middle aged rather than
elderly
and feeble, we can assume that he is under 30. He is referred to in
the play as
"young" Romeo:

Nurse: ...
where  I may find the
young Romeo?

Romeo:  I am the
youngest of that name...

Arthur
Brooke's The Tragicall History of Romeus and
Juliet,
which was Shakespeare's main source, describes him as "beardless",
which
would suggest under 18, but older than 14 or so because he is as tall and strong as
adult
men, and referred to as a young man rather than as a child. 

Overall, a range
of approximately 16 to 21 seems most
probable.

What does Odysseus promise to the drover and the swineherd in the Odyssey, and why does he make the promise?

In book
21, Penelope decides to set up an archery contest between the suitors to choose who she will
marry. Penelope retrieves Odysseus's bow and sets up twelve ax heads in a row. Penelope promises
to marry the suitor who can successfully shoot an arrow directly through the ax heads using her
husband's bow. Several suitors attempt the feat but cannot even draw Odysseus's bow. While the
suitors are struggling with the bow, Odysseus bides his time and remains disguised as a lowly
beggar.

Odysseus then summons the cattle herder Philoetius and the swineherd
Eumaeus into the courtyard, where he tests their loyalty before revealing his identity. Odysseus
tells the men that he has returned home after twenty years and will finally cleanse his palace
of the suitors. He then promises Philoetius and Eumaeus that he will give them each a wife,
cattle, and build houses for them near his palace. He also promises that they will become
kinsmen of Telemachus before showing them his scar as proof of his identity.

Odysseus makes this promise in order to cement their trust and gain their assistance to
defeat the suitors. Odysseus is also recognizing and rewarding their loyalty. After being gone
for twenty years, Philoetius and Eumaeus have remained loyal to him and have done their best to
protect his household. These gifts serve as social and economical improvements for both
servants, who proceed to help Odysseus reclaim his home.

How is this quote important to The Color of Water? "But there was a part of me that feared black power very deeply for the obvious reason. I thought...

The
quotation is important because it illustrates one of the book's main themes: how difficult it
was for McBride to come to terms with his mixed racial heritage and forge his own
identity.

Though brought up black in a black neighborhood, the very notion of
black power still filled him with much foreboding. He internalized white society's prevailing
racist notions to such an extent that he shared the generalized fear of black people as somehow
dangerous and savage. McBride therefore needed to overcome this fear if he was to develop a
stable racial identity.

But this was easier said than done. First, he needed
to accept that black power is not necessarily the same as black domination and that it therefore
represents no threat to people like his white Jewish mother. Only then was he be
able...

What is a good, exciting synopsis of The Scarlet Letter, exciting enough to appeal to readers and making them want to read it. What is a good,...

Love and
shame in a Puritan town.

is found guilty of the crime of adultery because
she's pregnant, but she refuses to give the name of her lover.  The town wonders and gossips,
but the woman remains mute.  She must find a way to live in the same town with the man she
loves--as well as her long-lost husband and her young daughter--without divulging her
secret--and his. 

`f(x) = 3x/(sqrt(x^2 + 1))` Find the derivative of the function.

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`f(x)=3x/sqrt(x^2+1)`

Using the quotient rule of the
derivative,

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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...

Characterize Dee from "Everyday Use." Using the Longman anthology, is she flat, round, static?

Dee, at least
in the story proper, is a static character: she doesn't change.  Her goals are to take the
Johnson family artifacts (quilt, butter churn) as museum pieces for which to brag about her
rural Afro past.  Her mother does not grant her either the heirlooms or even a voice.  She is
passed over and silenced, much like a stepsister in Cinderella.

As such, I
think Dee is a flat character as well.  First of all, this is a short story, and Dee only
appears in half of it.  Because her mother does not grant her wishes in the end, she does not
develop enough, even though her name has been changed.  Name alone does not a round character
make.

Dee is also an archetypal Alazon, an impostor, one
who thinks she is better and more deserving than she really is.  She is driven by whim, fancy,
and passion instead of substance, courage, and humility.

What impact did monasticism have on the development of Christianity in the Middle Ages?

During
the Middle Ages, monasteries contributed greatly to the cultivation and dissemination of ideas.
It was the monastic orders, most notably the Franciscans and the Dominicans, which provided the
theological and philosophical foundations for the Church's temporal and spiritual rule.
Monasteries were great centers of learning throughout Europe and were normally at the cutting
edge of the latest intellectual developments.

Thomas Aquinas, arguably the
greatest medieval philosopher and one of the greatest thinkers of all time, was a Dominican
friar. His remarkable synthesis of orthodox Christian theology with the newly-discovered work of
the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle would go on to form the basis of the Church's teaching,
ensuring that the Church would be able to accommodate the best of pagan learning within a
Christian framework. Thanks to the efforts of Aquinas and other thinkers who developed their
ideas within a monastic context, the Church was able to maintain its...

In what ways does the veil affect Mr. Hooper's relationship with his congregation?

The veil affects Mr.
Hooper's relationship with his congregation because, initially, the sight of him is so shocking.
The veil makes his parishioners quite uncomfortable: they doubt it really is him, they think
he's gone mad, and they believe he's changed himself into "something awful." In fact,
"more than one woman of delicate nerves was forced to leave the meeting-house" while
Mr. Hooper preaches his sermon. And all these responses occur only as a result of the minister's
appearance.

However, the content and effects of Mr. Hooper's sermon are
influenced by the veil as well. As a result of it,

A
subtle power was breathed into his words.  Each member of the congregation, the most innocent
girl, and the man of hardened breast, felt as if the preacher had crept upon them, behind his
awful veil, and discovered their hoarded iniquity of deed or thought.

Mr. Hooper's parishioners feel this sermon more deeply and
personally than they seem to have felt any of his sermons before. They are certainly more
affected by it, and they "hurried out with indecorous confusion, eager to communicate their
pent-up amazement" at the change in Mr. Hooper. In short, he makes everyone nervous.
Further, they never really get used to the veil, especially because they actually have a good
idea of what it symbolizesthough no one will admit it to themselves, let alone one another. 
Even his fiancee cannot abide it.

 

Metaphors In The Pearl

In s
story , it is the precious stone itself that serves afor the greed
and avarice that naturally accompany the discovery and revelation of sudden wealth in the hands
of desperately poor people.  Kino and his wife Juana hope to use the proceeds from the sale of
the pearl they found to both secure financial resources needed to have their infant son Coyotito
treated for his sickness from the scorpion bit, and to elevate their social status among their
community.  Whether this constitutes greed or simply a determined effort at helping his family
find a better life is worthy of debate, but The Pearl clearly is
intended to act as warning against avarice and greed.  Since finding the pearl, Kino becomes
entangled in a number of menacing confrontations and, very soon, his previously peaceable nature
becomes supplanted by a more threatening, defensive posture that merely wants to preserve the
pearl until it can be sold.  It is one such confrontation where Steinbeck employs ato describe
the descent of hisfrom peaceable, happy father into angry, defenseless and ultimately murderous
protector of the pearl.  It is in Chapter Five where one finds Steinbecks use of a metaphor in
comparing Kinos canoe, which had originally belonged to his grandfather and, consequently, holds
a personal and spiritual value that transcends its otherwise questionable condition.  Reflecting
on his having killed one of the men who had intended to rob  him of the pearl, Kino subsequently
notes the condition of the canoe, through the hull of which somebody had poked a sizable
hole:

The killing of a man was not so evil as the
killing of a boat. For a boat does not have sons, and a boat cannot protect itself, and a
wounded boat does not heal. There was sorrow in Kino's rage, but this last thing had tightened
him beyond breaking. He was an animal now, for hiding, for attacking, and he lived only to
preserve himself and his family.

Kino has become that
which he has previously eschewed: a violent murderous member of the lowest echelon of society. 
He has incorporated the pearl into his very being, protecting and revering at the expense of his
values and worth as a human being.  As Steinbecks protagonist notes following the egregious acts
that have taken place in the interest of possessing this valuable deposit of calcium carbonate
formed from the shell of a mollusk, a crustacean, a bottom-feeder: "This pearl has become
my soul," said Kino. "If I give it up I shall lose my soul. Go thou also with
God."

What is the rising action in the pit and the pendulum? I find the whole story impossible to understand, I don't get anything that he is talking about....

Background:
During a time when the Spanish Inquisition was taking place, prisoners were being tormented.
Poe's narrator is undergoing torture by the Spanish inquisitors.

In
"," there seems to be oneafter another. The prisoner is in a dungeon. There is a pit
at its center. He nearly falls into the pit. Then, as the rats pervade the apartment or dungeon,
the smell of the spicy meat attracting them, the prisoner develops an idea to prevent his death
from the slowly, lowering, swinging pendulum.

While the reader eagerly
anticipates what the prisoner's idea of escape is, the tension or rising action grows. With the
pendulum upon him, the prisoner smears the meat on the ropes that bind him, and his ingenious
idea liberates his very soul and physical being. While this would appear to be the climax--this
moment of scarce escape--the metal walls of the dungeon begin to heat like a fire, forcing the
prisoner to the edge of the pit.

The prisoner contemplates putting his body
to the walls to burn himself alive. Anything but the pit would be a welcomed death. The prisoner
comments that he would rather die in any way other than the pit:

I could have clasped the red walls to my bosom as a garment of eternal peace.
"Death," I said, "any death but that of the pit!" Fool! might I have not
known that into the pit it was the object of the burning iron to urge me? Could I resist its
glow? or, if even that, could I withstand its pressure.

Again the action is rising. Will the prisoner burn himself alive or will he descend to
the hell of the abyss? At this very moment, with only and inch of floor beneath him, the
prisoner is falling toward the abyss, the hellish pit. The story is at its highest point of
interest, the climax, when General Lasalle comes to his rescue and grabs the prisoner as he is
falling:

An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell,
fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French army had entered Toledo.
The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies.

The
falling action begins as the prisoner is saved from his torment, from his horrible death. He
escaped the pit and the pendulum.

Compare and contrast between the Romantic period poets with the Victorian period poets.

Romantic period poetry is specialized for its advocacy of the common person as subject
matter and common language as a fit language for poetry, as was propounded by Wordsworth in
Preface to Lyrical Ballads. Coleridge, however, did disagree with much of
Wordsworth's theory about commonality and low, saying it required a poet with a masterful
command of...

In The Catcher in the Rye, is Holden himself a phony?

Perhapsis a phony
because life and those in his life have forced him to be so. His parents don't want to hear the
truth. However, Holden doesn't even seem to be honest with himself, and until he is, he is
probably the biggest phony.

If an employer does not provide a bulletin board at the workplace, do the employees have a right to provide and mount their own bulletin boards?

Employers are required to post certain information.  They do not have to
allow workers to post their own bulletin boards.

First of all,
the federal government of the United States requires employers to post certain information for
employees to see, though not necessarily on a bulletin board per se.

[F]ederal employment laws require employers to post notices ... that
are conspicuous and accessible to all employees. (shrm.org)

This information includes laws, and especially health and safety information.  For
example, all...

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What is the symbolism of the forest?

In early
American Literature, the forest is the home of the strange and threatening (Indians) and is also
viewed as the home of the devil (there was probably some relationship to the Indians in their
minds).It was the perfect setting for the trip that Brown (may) have made that night.

For a good comparison with the use of the forest, read "The Devil and Tom
Walker."

What custom of the Danes does Hamlet say gives them a poor reputation in other nations?

In
act 1, scene 4,is waiting forwithand Marcellus when they hear trumpets and cannons around
midnight.explains that the Danes have a poor reputation with other countries for drinking too
muchand then causing a scene. In this case, the king is up late drinking and instructs that a
trumpet be sounded each time he finishes another cup.

Hamlet explains to the
men,

This heavy-headed revel east and west
Makes
us traduced and taxed of other nations.
They clepe us drunkards and with swinish
phrase
Soil our addition. (I.iv.19€“22)

Hamlet
isn't a fan of these boisterous traditions and thinks that Denmark would be better served to
show some restraint and preserve its reputation. He explains that drunken antics reduce some of
the other great achievements of Denmark, staining the country's successes. Hamlet realizes, as a
good leader would, that it only takes one blemish of character to ruin a great deal of otherwise
positive qualities:

The dram of evil
Doth all the
noble substance of a doubt
To his own scandal. (I.iv.38€“40)

Although Hamlet is native to Denmark , he doesn't agree with all of
its customs, particularly those which would put his country in a precarious position. Therefore,
he thinks that the traditions of drunken revelry are much "more honored in the breach than
the observance," which speaks not only to his character and passions for ruling Denmark
well, but for the lack of character shown by the current king, Hamlet's
uncle.

How was the Warsaw Pact similar to and different from NATO?

In many
ways, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact were mirror images of
each other. NATO was established in 1949 out of fears that the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin
would aggressively try to spread communism into Western Europe. The Warsaw Pact was created in
response to NATO, which the Soviets understood as an organization dedicated to the destruction
of the Soviet Union. Each organization operated on the principle of "collective
security," i.e., that an aggression against one member nation was an aggression against
them all. If West Germany (which joined NATO in 1955) had been attacked by Soviet forces, for
example, other NATO countries would respond militarily.

As for differences,
many of these were related to the disposition of the nations that formed them. Generally
speaking, NATO was more of a voluntary organizationFrance, for example, pulled out of the
military arrangements of NATO in 1967. This was part of a broad nationalist political stance by
President Charles de Gaulle, who had become annoyed with several aspects of NATO. France pulled
out of its military obligations without major incident. On the other hand, the Soviet Union
actually used Warsaw Pact troops to crush uprisings in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The idea was
that the Warsaw Pact existed not just to deter outside threats, but to respond to internal
threats to communism.

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What are the effects of computers on society?

The widespread
adoption of computers has had lots of effects on society. First of all, it has impacted the way
that we shop and make purchases. In some ways this change is positive, since the rise of online
retailers like Amazon has given us greater choice as consumers over where we buy our goods. It
also means that we can make purchases without having to leave the house. However, the ability to
do our shopping online has affected physical stores by increasing the competition between
companies.

In addition, computers have also changed the way we communicate
with each other. The rise of email and social media networks, for example, has made it easier
than ever for people to stay in touch with family and friends and to meet new people. Moreover,
access to these services is free, making online communication a far cheaper alternative to
sending letters or making phone calls.

For more changes, please see the
reference link provided.

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In Taoism and Confucianism, how are religious experiences helped by the practice of the rituals of these religions?

Taoism and
Confucianism both seek harmony through religious ritual practice aimed at unity with unseen
spiritual forces.

Mostly, Taoist ritual is largely conducted by priests
attached to temples, with loyalty and offerings to temples being the most outward form of
religious practice by lay people. Meditation, purification, and offerings to deities combine as
the mainstays of ritual in Taoism. Priests, with their assistants, also dance and perform
mystical music, mostly from wind and percussion instruments. An example of...

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In To Kill a Mockingbird, who were the four witnesses at Tom Robinson's trial?

A
witness is defined as anyone who can present evidence in a case
("Witness," West's Encyclopedia of American Law, 2nd. ed.). In
Harper Lee's , Tom Robinson's trial was extremely unusual due to
lack of evidence and the fact that only two out of four people who
testified at the trial can genuinely be considered witnesses,
though the plaintiff and the defendant of a case certainly can testify as
witnesses.

In the case, Mayella Ewell is
considered the plaintiff, the person who is accusing another of
wrongdoing. Tom Robinson is considered the
defendant, the person who is being accused of a crime or offense
and is denying involvement (West's Encyclopedia of American Law, 2nd. ed.).
Both the plaintiff and the defendant certainly can serve as
witnesses by taking the witness stand to state their own testimonies of what
occurred; however, their testimonies are given less weight than the testimonies of actual
witnesses, and the burden of proof always rests on the plaintiff. In other words, it would have
been Mayella's responsibility to prove the crime actually took place, and her own
testimony alone would not serve as proof. In the
case, both Mayella and Robinson served as witnesses by taking the stand. While it is more common
for plaintiffs to take the witness stand, it is less common for defendants to take the witness
stand, and defendants are Constitutionally protected from having to do so. Often, a defense
lawyer will not call a defendant to the witness stand should he/she say something that damages
the case under cross-examination by the prosecuting attorney. However, in this case,felt he had
no witness to call other than Robinson himself.

One key
witness in the trial is Sheriff Heck Tate, who
testifies having seen Mayella looking very beaten up. Sheriff Tate gives two crucial statements
that give Atticus grounds to motion to dismiss the case, a motion
he sadly does not make. Sheriff's first crucial statement is that a doctor was not summoned to
examine Mayella on the evening in question. Sheriff Tate states the following to Atticus in
defense of having not called a doctor:

It wasn't
necessary, Mr. Finch. She was mighty banged up. Something sho' happened, it was obvious. (Ch.
16)

However, Mayella isn't just accusing Robinson of
having abused her; she is accusing him of having raped her, and based on the principle
corpus delicti, meaning body of the crime, it is illegal to try a defendant
without concrete evidence that the crime actually took place. A doctor's testimony would be
essential for Mayella's proof, and without such proof, the case could have legally been
dismissed. The second crucial statement Sheriff Tate makes is that Mayella was bruised in her
right eye, which could have only been accomplished by a left-handed person facing her. Since
Robinson is crippled in his left arm and hand, this second statement of Sherrif Tate's also
gives Atticus grounds to motion to dismiss the case, which he sadly
does not do.

Last, Bob Ewell, Mayella's father,
serves as the only eyewitness in the trial. He testifies hearing
Mayella scream inside the house and running up to the window to see "that black nigger
yonder ruttin' on my Mayella" (Ch. 16). However, Ewell's testimony is later
contradicted by Mayella's own testimony, in which says she saw her father
"standing over [her] hollerin' who done it, who done it?" (Ch. 18). If Ewell had truly
witnessed the event, he would have had no reason to ask Mayella who the culprit was, which helps
to expose the Ewells' lies.

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What is the relationship between Dick and Perry in In Cold Blood?

Although
possessing the literary structure and techniques of a novel, is actually a
nonfiction work bypublished in 1966. It describes the murders of Herbert "Herb"
Clutter; his wife, Bonnie; and their children, Nancy and Kenyon in 1959 by Richard
"Dick" Hickock and Perry Smith. Capote traveled to Holcomb, Kansas, where the murder
occurred and did extensive research concerning the crime and interviewed both Smith and Hickock
several times before they were executed in 1965.

Perry Edward Smith (October
27, 1928 €“ April 14, 1965) was the older of the two killers, but despite that, he is portrayed
as more of a follower than a leader. Of mixed Irish and Cherokee ancestry, he was abused as a
child by his father, briefly raised by an alcoholic mother, and then sent to an orphanage, where
he may also have been abused. After a tour in the military, Smith had a motorcycle accident
which left in him with chronic pain in his permanently injured legs. Capote portrays him
somewhat sympathetically as a dreamer who loved painting and wrote poems and felt remorse for
the killings. He often functions as a sidekick, having ideas and dreams but being less
practical, driven, and motivated than Hickock.

Richard Eugene
"Dick" Hickock (June 6, 1931 €“ April 14, 1965) began as a popular student athlete but
was disfigured in an accident and unable to attend college for financial reasons. He is
portrayed as more practical and ruthless than Smith and the driving force in the pair's
activities, making decisions and translating plans from ideas into reality. He also seemed to
lack remorse and the capacity for self-reflection and second thoughts. He is shown as the leader
of the pair.

According to Jonathan Edwards, what keeps sinners out of the fiery "pit of hell" in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

In his
fire-and-brimstone sermon, "the last Puritan," , declares that it is only the hand of
God that keeps sinners from falling into the fiery pit of hell.

The Reverend
Edwards asserts that God holds sinners over the pit of hell in much the same manner as a person
may hold a spider or some other repugnant insect over a fire. He tells his congregation that God
abhors the sinner:

....He looks upon you as worthy of
nothing else but to be cast into the fire...you are ten thousand times more abominable in His
eyes than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours...and yet it is nothing but
His hand that holds you from falling into the fire....

Further, Edwards informs his listeners that they could easily have
gone to hell the previous night, or even when they arose in the morning but for the hand of God.
In fact, he adds that there is no reason that God should not drop into hell these sinners who
sit listening to his sermon in the house of God.

"Sinners in the Hand of
an Angry God" is unquestionably Edwards's most famous sermon. As may be expected, this
sermon had a powerful effect upon his listeners, so much so that he had to ask his screaming and
swooning audience for quiet at several points in his delivery.

Teachers, what kind of environment do you like to have in your classroom? Teachers, what kind of environment do you like to have in your classroom?

I try to
keep my classroom both businesslike and friendly.  From the very beginning, I establish that we
will do a lot of work and there is no wasted time, but we will also laugh and I will tell corny
jokes.  I tell silly jokes and smile a lot from the beginning to show that I am human and not
scary.  I also have students working, and working together, from the very beginning.  I try to
keep things light but busy.  I think that classroom management breakdowns happen from the very
beginning, and if you establish a pattern from the beginning you will avoid trouble later on. 
How you react to the small tests that students give you in the beginning sets the tone forever
after.

Who takes charge of the conversation between Winston and Julia on page 121 in 1984?

This page refers to the
first time thatandactually exchange words. What is interesting about it however is the way that
we realise Julia has obviously thought very carefully about this conversation and stage manages
it, deliberately falling so that Winston will rush to help her, which will give her the
opportunity to pass him a note in secret, as Winston discovers:

Not to let one's feelings appear in one's face was a habit that had acquired the status
of an instinct, and in any case they had been standing straight in front of a telescreen when
the thing happened. Nevertheless it had been very difficult not to betray a momentary surprise,
for in the two or three seconds while he was helping her up the girl had slipped something into
his hand. There was no question that she had done it intentionally.

What is so interesting about this scene is that it reveals a lot
about Winston's character. It is Julia, not Winston, who brings about their meeting and their
union, showing her greater resourcefulness and bravery. The reader gets the feeling that Winston
would only have continued to admire Julia from afar and never would have actually done something
to try and meet her. This makes the reader question whether Winston can be correctly termed the
hero of this novel, as in many ways he seems to be a rather passive character, waiting for
others to make the first move.

What is the setting of the poem "The Heart of the Tree" by Henry Cuyler Bunner?

This is an interesting question, because the poem has no obvious setting. It is not a narrative
with an external location; rather, it is a hypothetical train of thought. Therefore, the literal
setting of the poem would be the mind or brain of the speaker, though that is
likely...

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What is the characterization of Monsieur Loisel in "The Necklace"?

"" is not Monsieur Loisel's story,
so most of what we know about him is conveyed through his connection to his wife
Mathilde.  

M. Loisel is a man who is content with what he has and
appreciates the simple things in life.  In contrast to his wife who is literally never content
(until the end), Loisel is happy with their simple meals.  The first time we meet him,
he

uncovered the soup tureen and declared with a delighted
air, "Ah, the good soup! I don't know anything better than that."

He loves the idea of his wife adorning herself with simple flowers
because she is already beautiful, and we know whatever she is or does is fine with
him.

We also know that M. Loisel wants to please his wife.  Knowing her
desire to be part of the social whirlwind of society, he manages to obtain an invitation to a
formal ball--something that doesnot interest him in the least.  He foregoes his own desire and
savings for a rifle and gives Mathilde the money instead, so she can buy a dress for the ball. 
When she is still discontent, he suggests she borrow some jewelry from a friend, which of course
she does.  At the party, he'd much rather go home early; instead, he manages to stay awake after
allowing her to be as frivolous and flirtatious as she wishes.  Once the necklace has been lost,
there are no complaints or recriminations from him; he simply does what he has to (with whatever
unsavory characters he has to deal with) in order to recover from the loss.

Finally, it's clear that Monsieur Loisel is willing to sacrifice for someone he loves. 
The money he had saved for the gun, as mentioned before, is one example; however, what he does
to pay back the money for the necklace is the definition of "labor of
love."

Why was Andrew Jackson popular with voters in the South and West during the 1820s and 30s?

The general
reason for this was that Jackson was a politician who was from the "common people" and
who tried to cater to their needs and wishes.

Jackson was not from a
privileged background like previous presidents had been.  This...

Were the Sons of Liberty justified in their action?

As to
whether the Sons of Liberty were justified in their actions, I must leave that to you to decide.
Since the other educator has already addressed the Boston Tea Party, I will address other
aspects of the organization's activities.

First, the group was considered a
paramilitary organization. Its members were made up of patriots who objected to "taxation
without representation." The Sons of Liberty resented the British government for levying
varied taxes on the colonies while denying colonists a voice in the English Parliament. The Sons
of Liberty originated in Boston, with later chapters forming in New York and the rest of the
thirteen colonies. The organization was initially formed to protest the Stamp Act. 

One of the organization's first acts was to terrorize Andrew Oliver, a public official
with the authority to enforce the Stamp Act in Massachusetts. Accordingly, the Sons of Liberty
created an effigy of Oliver, which they paraded through Boston's streets and later burned.
Angry...

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Using the essay "How Body Modification Ended the War Against my Body" by Sharon Haywood, explain the symbolic meaning that body modification holds for...

In her essay
How Body Modification Ended the War against My Body, author Sharon Haywood explains that body
modification can have symbolic meaning.For the author, body modification can be a way to
overcome and heal from personal issues surrounding ones body, such as shame, self-hatred, and
harsh criticism.

Haywood talks about two examples of body modification:
getting her navel pierced and getting tattoos.Her navel piercing was a direct response to her
struggle with anorexia and bulimia; she always hated her stomach, so piercing her belly button
was the perfect way to reinvent her self-image and develop some self-love.Similarly, she
carefully and intentionally chose the images for her tattoos in order to reflect the personal
transformation of her body image.

Haywood writes about her tattoos:

They remind me that I am brave with the world and myself.

They remind me that I am not a victim.

They remind me of my strength
that carried me through periods in my life that I thought were too dark to move
beyond.

They remind me to keep growing.

Overall, Haywoods experiences show that body modification should not necessarily be
interpreted as an act of self-harm, but rather as important personal symbols.

In Oedipus the King, what good qualities does Oedipus have?

Like many great
kings,has many good qualities. First, he learns of the prophecy that he is to grow up and kill
his father and marry his mother. Not knowing that he is adopted, Oedipus leaves his home and
family in order to prevent the prophecy from manifesting itself true. No doubt, he is saddened
by the fact of leaving his homeland, but he does so to protect his parents. He proves he is
unselfish by leaving. He proves he cares about others more than himself.

Sadly enough, in all his efforts to prevent the horrific homicide of his own dear
father, Oedipus runs directly into his terrible destiny. Unknowingly, he murders his father and
marries his mother. Again, unknowingly, he seeks out the murderer of King Laius, his father, in
order to rid the land of the plague from the gods. Oedipus displays a genuine, deeply concerned
attitude. Truly, Oedipus cares for his new kingdom and its people. He meets directly with his
subjects and promises to kill the man who has caused the plague. Oedipus deeply cares about
others.

Lastly, not knowing that he himself is the murderer, Oedipus searches
the land for King Laius' killer. When learning that he himself is the murderer of his own
father, Oedipus tragically takes his own eyesight through blinding himself. He cannot bear to
look upon himself. Although his horrible fate comes to pass, Oedipus had tried in every way to
prevent it. Nonetheless, Oedipus accepts total responsibility for thethat occurs in his life. He
doesn't blame anyone but himself. Again, this is a great quality. He did all that he could do to
benefits others. The real tragedy is that so great a man had to suffer for crimes he never meant
to commit.

Overall, the reader has no ill will toward Oedipus. The reader
only has pity for such a horrible outcome in his life. After reading the Oedipus tragedy, the
reader views the character of Oedipus as a good man who could not escape a terrible prophecy.
Due to Oedipus' honest character, the reader never questions the integrity if Oedipus. The
reader is left with the impression of a great man who greatly suffered despite his good
intentions.

What purpose does each dwelling serve in Robinson Crusoe? Compare and contrast his fortress (near the coast) and his "country home" (further...

Let us remember that
the first dwelling thatbuilds is done quickly and soon after he finds himself stranded on his
island. His immediate needs are to build a shelter for himself that he could use to protect
himself from any savages that might be on the island or any wild beasts that could come to harm
and destroy him. Thus it is that this shelter is chosen and built primarily for its defensive
capabilities. Later on, of course, Crusoe finds that the earthquakes that the island is subject
to makes the location for this shelter--beneath a mountain--not very wise, however, it is
important to remember that the cave-like shelter he creates with its defences are for the
purposes of protection above all.

However, as time goes by, it is
clear...

What are five issues mentioned in Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech?

The Emancipation
Proclamation established that all slaves could enjoy new freedom. The Declaration of
Independence guarantees unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all
people in America. Yet King states that when African Americans have shown up to cash in this
metaphorical check guaranteed to them through those foundational documents, they have been told
that there are "insufficient funds" available.

An
Urgent Need for Action

King responds to those who say that he
needs to take a less direct approach in his methods and that gradual progress is good progress.
King refutes this idea, stating:

Now is the time to rise
from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is
the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of
brotherhood.

King asserts that these long-awaited
freedoms can wait no longer.

The Need for Unity with the White
Community

King weaves the importance...

Identify a significant moment in A Christmas Carol that suggests that true happiness and fulfilment can be found only when one is generous to others.

I would
consider the entire Fifth Stave as an example of how true happiness can only be found when one
is generous to others.  It is significant that the final stave is dedicated to this as it helps
to reemphasize the thematic relevance of the work and highlights the trajectory of Scrooge's
transformation.  Scrooge is thankful for his second...

Can somebody please help me to write an introduction to the question: What is the function of technology in 1984? Thanks so much.

I suggest
that you begin your introduction by describing the function of government in society within the
book.  Because the government controls technology, you should be...

How does Judge Taylor react to Scout's performance at the pagaent?

In ,
Maycomb County High School hosts a Halloween festival and Mrs. Merriweather organizes a pageant
to entertain the community during the festivities. Mrs. Merriweather composes an original
pageant entitled Maycomb County: Ad Astra Per Aspera, where the local
children wear costumes representing the town's agricultural products and walk onto the high
school stage. 's role in the pageant is to wear a ham costume and march onto the stage when Mrs.
Merriweather calls out "Pork." After calling out the various agricultural products in
order, the children will align on stage and proceed to sing "Maycomb County, Maycomb
County, we will aye be true to thee" as the grand finale.

During the
pageant, things do not go as planned and Scout falls asleep while Mrs. Merriweather is giving a
thirty-minute explanation of Colonel Maycombs exploits. Just before the grand finale, Mrs.
Merriweather calls out "Pork" several times but Scout does not respond. As the band
begins to play Dixie, Scout suddenly wakes up and recognizes that she should be on stage. While
Mrs. Merriweather is proudly holding the state flag, Scout runs onto the stage and interrupts
the grand finale. Later on, Scout learns that Judge Taylor was laughing so hard that he went
behind the auditorium and could not stop slapping his knee. Judge Taylor's wife eventually
brought him a glass of water and one of his pills to settle him down. Overall, Judge Taylor
finds Scout's actions hilarious and struggles to compose himself.

In The Boy in The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, what did Shmuel's father do?

In
chapter 12, Shmuel describes his former life before he was taken to Auschwitz and separated from
his family. From the other side of the fence, Shmuel tells Bruno that he used to live with his
parents and brother above his father's watch shop. Shmuel's father collected, repaired, and sold
watches for a living. Shmuel goes on tell Bruno that his father once gave him a beautiful watch
with a gold face before the Nazi soldiers took it away from him. Shmuel then elaborates on how
the Nazi troops invaded his community and began issuing edicts which separated and oppressed
Shmuel's family and the rest of the Jewish population before they were transported to
concentration camps. Toward the end of the novel, Shmuel's father disappears, and he petitions
Bruno for help finding him. Tragically, Shmuel is not aware that his father has been executed in
the gas chambers along with the other Jewish prisoners and desperately searches the camp with
Bruno before they are also herded into a gas chamber.

What connection did the American civil rights movement have to the struggles for human rights in other areas of the world? Consider* * what...

One of the
most underrated aspects of the Civil Rights Movement was its presentation of a paradigm in a
globalized manner.  Many of the activists who fought for rights at home were not afraid to bring
the issue into a worldwide frame of reference.  When Malcolm X goes to Mecca and comes back as
El Hajj Malik el Shabazz, he is quite vocal in attempting to bring the issue of rights for all
people of color as a worldwide struggle.  Moments like these helped to feed the drive for
independence in a post- Colonial world that was present at the time.  The Vietnam War was cast
as a conflict between the ruling race over other people of color.  Part of this was present in
the roots of the Civil Rights Movement, when Dr. King appropriated the Gandhian tactics of civil
disobedience in trying to reach out to appeal to a moral sense of indignation at discrimination
and the practices of racism.

In Hamlet, what advice does Polonius give Laertes?

Asis leaving
for France in ,tells him to be careful about what he says. He also tells Laertes to keep his
trusted friends close. Polonius continues with different bits of advice which include avoiding
quarrels, reserving judgment, and dressing with sophistication (in France). Polonius closes his
comments to Laertes with the more famous lines: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be, / For
loan oft loses both itself and friend, / And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."
(I.iii.75-77) 

Polonius' last bit of advice is perhaps more central to the
play: 

This above all--to thine own self be
true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst
not then be false to any man. (I.iii.78-80)

Laertes heeds
this advice. When he returns to Denmark, he plans to avenge his father. Laertes is tricked
byinto conspiring againstbut Laertes never hides his true feelings, one of thein the play that
really doesn't act falsely. Claudius and , on the other hand, are constantly conspiring and
hiding their true feelings. 

What is the onomatopoeia in the poem?

While the most
classic examples ofare words such as "bang" or "woof," in which an
individual word sounds like the concept it signifies, we can also see onomatopoeia in individual
sounds. In the case of "," we can think about how Poe uses sounds in the text to call
to mind the constant crash of the waves and the hiss of the wind. We can hear a bit of the wind
in "chilling and killing" at the end of the forth stanza. Similarly, the head rhyme in
the last two lines of "sepulchre ... sea / ... sounding sea" suggests again the sounds
of the wind and the crash of the waves. You can also look at the s's and
v's in "Can ever dissever my soul from the soul," as well as the
effect of the v's, th's, and the
s in "But we loved with a love that was more than love" and other
lines.

In Poe's poem "The Raven," is the raven a symbol for wisdom?

In a
literary work, symbolism is open to interpretation. One item may seem obviously symbolic to one
reader while the next reader sees it as a simple object. Similarly, the same object might
represent one concept to one reader and a different concept to another reader, or a single
object may have several symbolic meanings. The raven in 's eponymous poem could possibly have
multiple interpretations as a symbol. However, any symbolic interpretation of the raven must be
supported by evidence from the poem.

The most obvious meaning of the unusual
speaking bird is that it represents depression, pessimism, or grief. The bird is black, a
depressing hue and speaks a single pessimistic word, "Nevermore." The persona of the
poem calls it a "prophet," a "devil," and a "thing of evil." These
appellations are consistent with it representing something negative, dark, or harmful. The
speaker assumes it comes from "the Nights Plutonian shore"that is, the underworld or
the abode of...

What impact does Martin Luther have on our lives today? What impact does Martin Luther have on our lives today?

Martin
Luther has an impact on our lives today. One impact is that the Bible is printed in many
languages. The Roman Catholic Church only allowed the Bible to be printed in Latin. By printing
the Bible in other languages, more people would be able to read and understand it. It also makes
the prayers more meaningful to those who are praying.

Martin Luther also
encouraged all people to study the Bible. Translating the Bible into different languages helped
accomplish this. Martin Luther stressed the importance of individual people learning about the
Bible and studying it. He didn't believe the Roman Catholic Church should control what people
would know about the Bible. Today there are over nine hundred translations of the New Testament.
People have Bibles in their homes and in their offices. The Bible is no longer found only in
churches or in the hands of the elite.

To some the degree, the idea of
religious tolerance that many people enjoy today is related to what Martin Luther believed
and...

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What are the metaphors used in the poem "Night of the Scorpion"? Please identify all of them and include a detailed description.

As
another reviewer stated, "Night of the Scorpion" is not heavy on metaphors. There is
moreand descriptive detail in the way Nissim Ezekiel presents the anecdote of a scorpion
stinging his mother and the way the community reacted as she was poisoned and then eventually
freed of the poison.

Still, you could argue that some of the poet's
descriptions of the scorpion are metaphorical, as they are not literal. For example, Ezekiel
writes,

Parting with his poisonflash
of diabolic
tail in the dark room
he risked the rain again.

The peasants came
like swarms of flies
and buzzed the name of God a hundred times
to paralyse
the Evil One.

In these stanzas, the scorpion has a
"diabolical tale" and is referred to as "the Evil One." These phrases
indicate that the poet and the community see this scorpion as Satan incarnate. In the second of
these stanzas, we see more figurative language in the description of "The peasants."
They are compared to "flies" as they "buzzed" against the evil scorpion's
power by invoking God. The poet uses "like" to state this comparison, though, so it is
arather than a .

Generally speaking, the act of trying to heal the poet's
mother from the scorpion's poison is presented as a sort of ritualistic cleansing. At the end of
the poem, the mother's final thought after being cleansed of the poison is to "Thank God
the scorpion picked on [her] / And spared [her] children." This final stanza implies that
the mother's experience is a metaphor for or a symbol of her love for her children and the
sacrifices she is willing to make for their well-being.

Please explain one example of Edwards use of powerful sensory imagery in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God".

This single
sentence contains a variety of :

Were it not for the
sovereign pleasure of God, the earth would not bear you one moment; for you are a burden to it;
the creation groans with you; the creature is made subject to the bondage of your corruption,
not willingly; the sun does not willingly shine upon you to give you light to serve
sin and Satan; the earth does not...

When Does The Alchemist Take Place

Spain, the
1700's, presumably.This was a pretty tough answer to find, so I hope the one reference helps you
out.

Sara

How is the pursuit of self-fulfillment reflected and developed in the film A Beautiful Mind?

Many themes
can be observed in the film A Beautiful Mind, but the theme mentioned in
the question, the pursuit of self-fulfillment, is one of the more significant ones.

A viewer is able to trace the development of this theme through John Nash's academic
career, from his early days as a graduate student all the way through to his later years in the
university classroom. John Nash sought self-fulfillment through his ambition and his intellect;
he achieved this dream while a graduate student, but then, when his mind fractured, his
self-fulfillment became secondary to his mental health problems.

Thanks to
the support of his wife Alicia, John Nash is able to pursue and achieve self-fulfillment once
again, even after his diagnosis of schizophrenia. Once he has control of his illness, Nash is
able to make light of his condition, manage his thoughts and hallucinations, and continue with
the career and work he loves.

What is rhyme scheme?

A rhyme
scheme is found in poetry (and in songs). It is a pattern of rhyme that is used, with similar
sounds found at the end of lines grouped together.

[A
rhyme scheme is] the pattern of end rhymes or lines. A rhyme scheme gives the scheme of the
rhyme; a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem (the end words).

The rhyme found at the end of lines can be seen in the following
example from Shakespeare's Sonnet 29:

For thy sweet love
remembered such wealth brings

That then I scorn to change my state with
kings.

Sounds are assigned letters. One sound is assigned
an A; when a new sound at the end of a line is introduced, it is given a B. If a sound is
repeated in two subsequent lines at the start of the poem, the duplicated sounds are shown as
AA.

In a poem where the first and third lines rhyme and the second and fourth
lines rhyme, it is "charted" as ABAB, also as seen in Sonnet 29:

When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,

I
all alone beweep my outcast state,

And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless
cries,

And look upon myself and curse my fate,

"Eyes" and "cries" rhyme, and "state" and
"fate" rhymethey have the same sound. This is a popular rhyme
schemecharted, as mentioned, as ABAB.

Another popular rhyme scheme is seen
with ABCB. Refer to the stanza (four-line section) below from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic
(long) poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:

The ice was here, the ice was there,

The ice was all
around:

It cracked and growled, and roared and howled,

Like noises in a swound! (58-61)

With this
example, "there" (A) and "howled" (C) do not rhyme (and are given different
letters to reflect the different sounds), but "around" (B) and "swound" (B)
do rhyme, and the rhyming pattern of this stanza is written as ABCB.

is
very much like music. A variety of literary devices can create a musical quality in a poem. One
of these devices is found in the end rhyme of a group of lines, where a pattern of rhyme has
been followed by the author. This is the rhyme schemethe rhyming pattern that the author uses in
writing his poem.

List the conflicts in Ender's Game.

There
are a lot of internal and external conflicts present throughout this book.  I'll try to list as
many as I can. 

• Ender's conflict with Bonzo.  This one ends with
  physical violence and Bonzo's death. 
• Ender's conflict with Stilson.  Like
  the previous conflict, Ender kills his opponent.  
• Ender's conflict with
  the commanding "officer" of each army that he is a part of in the battle room.  When
  Ender first gets to Battle School, no army or commander wants anything to do with
  Ender. 
• Ender's conflict with the other commanding officers once he himself
  gets control of Dragon Army.  Even as a fellow commander, Ender doesn't immediately gain the
  respect of the other commanders.  Ender also struggles to gain the respect of the soldiers
  assigned to his army. 
• Ender's real conflict and battle against the buggers
  at the end of the book. 
• Ender's conflict with Graff and other Battle
  School adults.  Ender knows that he's being manipulated.  
• Ender struggles
  with being a "third."  
• Ender struggles to remain good while
  knowing that he must at times be violent and cold like Peter. 
• Valentine
  and Peter struggle against each other regarding their plan to influence politics on Earth.
   
• Valentine and Peter have a fake struggle against each other
  as Demosthenes and Locke. 
• Every time Ender steps into the battle room, he
  is in conflict against another army.  
• Ender struggles with depression as a
  result of feeling extremely isolated throughout various parts of the book.  

I need some examples of economic decisions made by individual, family and the country.

Economic
decisions are those decisions in which people (or families or countries) have to choose what to
do in a condition of scarcity.  Scarcity occurs because people have unlimited wants but only
have limited resources with which to fulfill these wants.  This means that people have to make
economic decisions because they want more things than they can actually get.  Therefore, they
have to choose between various options.

An individual person has to make
economic decisions. You might have to decide which pair of jeans to buy, or how many pairs of
jeans to buy as opposed to how many shirts. You may have to decide whether you will go to a
university or whether you will go straight into the labor force. You may have to decide whether
you should buy the newest mobile phone or keep your old one a while longer.

Families have to make essentially the same kinds of decisions.  A family might have to
decide how many pants and shirts their children need.  They might have to decide how often (if
at all) they can go on vacation. If they decide they can go on vacation, they will have to
decide where they want to go and how much they want to spend on souvenirs while they are there. 
They may have to decide what car they can afford and when to replace it with a new
one.

Countries have to make bigger decisions. They have to decide what level
of taxation they will impose on various types of economic activities. They have to decide how
much they will spend on their military as opposed to domestic programs. They may have to decide
what economic activities they want to subsidize.

All of these are decisions
that have to be made because people (as individuals or as groups of people) want many more
things than they can have and therefore must choose between various
alternatives.

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In Chapter 17, of A People's History of the United States, how does government respond to the Civil Rights Movement?

Zinn states that the
federal government
responded to the question of Civil Rights in the 20th century by doing very

little to protect the people risking their lives in the movement. For example, during
the
Freedom Rides to New Orleans, the buses were torched in Alabama, and
activists were savagely
beaten. However, state police and the FBI did not
intervene. SNCC, or the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee, asked for
protection from the Department of Justice for their ride from
Nashville to
Birmingham, but they were denied this protection. However, after they were
attacked
in Montgomery, Alabama, the government wanted to avert further
violence. District Attorney
Robert Kennedy agreed that authorities in
Jackson, Mississippi could arrest the protestors in
return for preventing a
mob from developing. 

By passing civil rights laws
in
1957, 1960, and 1964, Congress promised voting and economic equality but did not
necessarily
enforce these laws. As Zinn writes, the federal
government...