As seen in Night, how does the relationship between Elie and his father change during their time in Auschwitz?

gives us a
firsthand account of the horrors that the Jews faced during WW 2. Elie Weisel's experiences in
the concentration camp take us into a world where death and sacrifice were made daily. Elie and
his father are kept together when they first arrive at Auschwitz. They are thought to be strong,
healthy men who can do hard manual labor. Elie wants to stay close to his father, at first, to
make sure he stays alive. However, as the story progresses, we see that Elie grows to resent his
father. When his father becomes ill, Elie feels disgust with his father. When his father is
beaten, Elie is mad at his father, not the officer, for just letting himself get
beat. 

Elie also resents the fact that he is now taking on the role of
caregiver to his father. Elie is torn about his feelings for his father. On the one hand he
wants to try to protect his father, and on the other hand, he wants to be away from
him. 

"(Rabbi Eliahou's son) had felt that his
father was growing weak, he...

Why does Hamlet kill Polonius through the arras even though he passed Claudius praying?

Whenis
summoned by his mother he doesn't know
whether she had any involvement in his father's murder.
She might have been
an accessory before the fact or after the fact or completely ignorant of

whatwas going to do or what he had done after it was done. She has good cause to think
her son
is insane. He knows he is not insane. He has also assured himself
(and the audience) that he
intends no harm to her. In Act 3, Scene 1, he
tells himself:

Now to my mother. />O heart, lose not thy nature. Let not ever
The soul
of Nero
enter this firm bosom.
Let me be cruel, not unnatural.
I
will
speak...

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What is the point of mentioning the stars in the end of Act III in the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder?

The
stars mentioned in Act III of connect to the Act I mention of "the
Universe; the Mind of God" and are part of the thematic element thus initiated in Act I.
One of Wilder's themes is that humanity is part of that which is big and important, specifically
the "Universe" and "the Mind of God." The stars symbolize the
"Universe" as part of an age old literary conceit and metaphoric association. The
stars also symbolize "the Mind of God" as being one of the most splendid parts of the
creation that is attributed to the mind of God.

In Act III, Emily has been
advised not to return to the living world, but she does anyway. On her return her reaction is
that humans are all "blind" and unseeing of the important human essence of each
passing busy moment. She asks her mother while revisiting the land of the living to look at her,
just look at her.

The dead characters indirectly respond to Emily's remarks
by talking about stars. Though the audience doesn't know that the connection is not necessarily
clear to the speakers, we can make the connection back to the address on Jane Crofut's envelope
and come to the realization that, indeed, for all the smallness of the routine of daily
life--the stirring of oatmeal so it doesn't lump or burn, the watching of eggs so they don't
overcook, the giving of speeches and donning of dresses--humanity is part of that which is big,
significant and important and thus is even more splendid than the splendorous stars.

As the Stage Manger says in the end of Act III, amidst all "the stars doing their
old, old crisscross journeys in the sky," Earth is the only know shinning element in the
universe that is "straining," striving--that houses humanity which is
"straining," striving--"all the time to make something of itself." The final
mention of stars by the Stage Manager puts humanity's desire to "make something of
itself" in perspective in relation to that which it is a part of.

When and where does Frankenstein take place?

The story begins with
letters written by oneto his sister, Mrs. Saville, as he journeys toward the North Pole in an
effort to make some important discoveries that he hopes will benefit humankind and confer glory
on him. His first letter is written in St. Petersburgh, Russia, and
his second is posted from Archangel, in Northern Russia. As he
travels further north by ship, he eventually reaches the polar
region, and this is when his ship becomes trapped in the ice and he
meets.

When Frankenstein begins to tell his story to Walton, the story begins
in his home in Geneva, Switzerland. When he comes of age, he is
sent away to college in Ingolstadt, Germany, a city in the Bavarian
region of that country. Later in his life, he travels with his family to the valley of
Chamounix, in southeast France. He also travels with his best
friend, , to the United Kingdom, visiting England and Scotland.
This is where he begins to build the second creaturewhich he eventually destroys.

Whendescribes his experiences, he describes the woods in
Germany where he met the DeLacy family, and this is where he lived
for the majority of his miserable existence.

The entirety of the tale seems
to take place at the end of the eighteenth century and, perhaps, carries over into the
early-nineteenth century.

What is international trade policy? What is the government's role in international trade policies?

International trade policy is a policy
related to trading across national boundaries. A government establishes an international trade
policy that encompasses actions they will take to protect the best interests of their citizens
and companies.

Some of the major actions governments take are free trade
policies or tariffs. Free trade policies encourage trade between certain countries. A good
example of this is NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, which allowed free trade
throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Tariffs are sometimes imposed on other
countries as possible punishment for negative actions or to prevent the industry in those
countries from damaging similar domestic industries; a tariff ensures the nation gets money from
that trade and also discourages as much trade in those certain areas.

What views of love are expressed in Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

Tamara K. H.

One view of love that we see expressed in the balcony
scene of Act II, Scene II is that it is a feeling of passion, even
lust. We see bothexpressing their lust in this
scene.

expresses lust when he first seesappear
in the balcony window. In particular, he refers to her beauty by
comparing her to the moon, saying that she is "far more fair," or far more beautiful
than the moon (II.ii.4). Focusing on her beauty is a way of focusing on his
physical attraction for her, or his lust. We further see Romeo illustrate his
lust for her when he metaphorically tells her in his mind to cast of her clothing or her
virginity. We see him say this in his extendedabout the moon:

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with
grief
That thou her maid art far more fair than she.
Be not her maid, since
she is envious.
Her vestal livery is but sick and green,

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How does the Amnesty Act of 1872 help to show that Reconstruction was a failure?

One of the
goals of(in some people's opinion) was to destroy the Old South and make it more like the
North.  Part of that process was going to be the creation of a new class of Southern elites who
would be involved in government.

The Amnesty Act helped to prevent this from
happening.  It allowed almost all of the former Confederate elite to regain their right to vote
and to hold office.  This meant that the political power structure of the South would not really
be changed.  If it did not change, Reconstruction would be (in that way, at least) a
failure.

What are the parts of an atom?

An atom has 3
basic particles that it is composed of.  They are protons, neutrons, and electrons.  The protons
are located in the nucleus of the atom and have an atomic mass of about 1 amu (atomic mass
unit).  They are positively charged.  How many protons an atom has is called the atomic # of the
atom and atoms on the periodic table are arranged according to their atomic #s.  Calcium, for
example, has an atomic # of 20, meaning that it has 20 protons. 

   
 Neutrons are the other atomic particle that are found in the nucleus of the atom.  They are
also about 1 amu, but they do not have a charge.  Together the number of protons + the number of
neutrons = the atomic mass of the element.  Calcium has an atomic mass of 40.  So to figure out
how many neutrons there are:

  Protons + Neutrons = atomic mass

     20     + Neutrons = 40

so subtract: 40-20= 20 Calcium has 20
neutrons.  

The number of neutrons will not always equal the number of
protons.   

      The last atomic particle is the electron.  The electrons
are very small compared to the protons and neutrons (1/1840 amu) and are negatively charged. 
They orbit around the nucleus.  In a neutral atom, the number of electrons will always be equal
to the number of protons.  So, calcium has an atomic # of 20, which means it has 20 protons and
20 electrons. 

These are the 3 basic particles that make up an
atom.

What is the situational irony in "The Open Window" by Saki?

Situationalis when something happens that is
completely opposite to what the audience expects. When the neurotic Framton Nuttel arrives at
the Sappletons' country home to rest his nerves, Vera meets him at the door and immediately
assesses that he is a vulnerable, gullible man. Vera proceeds to tell a haunting tale about why
her aunt leaves her large French window open. Vera tells Framton that three years ago, Mr.
Sappleton and his two younger brothers-in-law went hunting and left through the French window.
Tragically, the three men were lost in a bog that day and never returned. Ever since they
disappeared, Mrs. Sappleton leaves her French window open in anticipation of their return.
Suddenly, Framton sees the three men walking toward the window and panics. He works himself into
a panic and ends up fleeing the Sappleton home without saying goodbye. The situational irony
occurs when Framton...

Describe, in order, the events that happened from the last day of Passover until Pentecost in Night.

During
Passover week, Jews gathered in private homes, especially those of the rabbis, because all the
synagogues had been closed. Rejoicing, as the Bible directed, did not come easy, because people
were so apprehensive. On the seventh day, the anticipated changes were put into effect as
Germans arrested Jewish leaders. Elie Weisel writes, "The race toward death had
begun." Jews were forbidden to leave their home for the next three days, and the following
day the Hungarian police conducted raids all down the street. As they were seizing valuables,
which Jews were now forbidden to keep, Elie's father buried their savings in the
basement.

At the end of the three days, the decree went into effect requiring
Jews to wear a yellow star. This caused consternation and much debate, and they wondered about
the consequences of disobeying. From that point, more and more decrees were quickly issued that
restricted them from traveling, patronizing cafes, or being in the street past 6:00
p.m.

The next significant phase was the establishment of ghettos into which
the Jews already living there were confined (and into which many who were living elsewhere were
forced to move to). Several relatives moved in with Elie's family. Their neighborhood was ringed
with barbed wire. The Jews formed a council and tried to consider their community as
self-governing. Elie describes theas generally positive: "We were living among Jews, among
brothers." They thought the ghettos would be permanent until the war's end.

By Pentecost, people had gotten used to the situation, but it changed again quickly. A
policeman came to summon Elie's father to a council meeting. While the family waited for him to
return from a very long meeting, his mother commented on having seen Gestapo on the streets,
whereas they usually stayed out of sight. After midnight, Elie's father returned with the worst
news: they were being deported. Removal would begin the next day. Elie as well as his father
went around the neighborhood, waking people up and telling them to pack and prepare for
travel.

What effects did Watergate have on Americans and their political institutions?

The
political institutions of the United States survived the turmoil of the Watergate scandal. The
Supreme Court asserted its growing powers with its decision to force President Nixon to turn
over the White House recordings in US v. Nixon, and it was the threat of
impeachment and removal by Congress that led Nixon to resign in August of 1974. The federal law
enforcement bureaucracy found itself under scrutiny after Nixon's attempts to use it to
investigate political opponents, but it remained powerful in the aftermath of
Watergate.

Watergate's effects were not necessarily on political institutions
themselves but were rather on the political attitudes of American voters. It led to sharp
declines in public trust in the presidency, attitudes that combined with a stagnant economy in
the 1970s to hamstring the presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Ironically (considering
Richard Nixon was a Republican) the scandal, and the distrust of government it fostered,
bolstered the "small-government" conservatism espoused by Ronald Reagan in the 1980
election.

In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, Presidents were the
subjects of far more intense scrutiny from the national media, which took an unprecedented
interest in the private lives of Presidents as well as their conduct while in office. This was
manifested twice in the decades that followedin the Iran-Contra scandal that plagued the Reagan
White House in its later years and in the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky that led to Bill
Clinton's impeachment in 1998.

In short, the effects of Watergate were more
on public faith in the institutions of the federal government than on the structure or functions
of these institutions.

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Whats is humanism and how was it reflected in the arts of the early renaissance?

Humanism is
the school of thought that focuses more on human philosophies, values and concerns rather than
focusing on the divine. Humanism came to the forefront just before the start of the...

From Gregor's point of view, what might be some positive aspects of his metamorphosis into an insect?

When Gregor
Samsa wakes up one morning to find that he has changed overnight into a large insect, he
struggles to figure out how to control his new body. He cannot move the way he used to, he can't
make himself understood by his family, and he injures himself when he moves. He soon adjusts to
his insect body, realizing he can walk on the walls and ceiling, and fall without injury. His
teenage sister copes better with his transformation than his parents, and brings him the types
of food she has found he prefers.

Gregor may indeed find some positive
changes that go along with his transformation. For at least five years he has been the sole
support of his family, working as a traveling salesman for a demanding supervisor. Since his
father lost his business he has grown fat, old, and unable to work. Although at first his family
was grateful that Gregor supported them they soon came to take him for granted. Gregor had no
real life of his own. The picture frame in his room contained a photo of an anonymous woman he
clipped from a magazine, and his mother tells his employer that Gregor spent what time he had at
home reading the trade journals. Now, although his parents are afraid and disgusted by the sight
of him, he is fed and does not have to work. His new body appears to heal more quickly than his
old one, at least at first. When he sees his father after about two months, his father has
apparently taken a job and is standing straight. His mother and sister are also employed. After
an incident in which Gregor's father tries to kill him, his father seems to accept Gregor for
who or what he now is. By the end of the novella with Gregor dead, the three remaining members
of the family are in a much better state than they were when they let Gregor support them all;
even his death as an insect has brought some positive aspects to his
family.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what is the testimony of Heck Tate, Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell, and Tom Robinson, and what is Atticus's summary?

Heck Tate is the first to testify and states that when he
arrived on the scene, Mayella Ewell was severely beaten on the right side of her face. He also
mentions that there were marks around Mayella's throat, which indicated that she had been
choked.

Bob Ewell states that when he came
home, he saw Tom Robinson "ruttin on my Mayella!" through the window. Bob Ewell then
testifies that he immediately ran for Sheriff Tate instead of calling a doctor. Bob then
testifies that he agrees with Sheriff Tate's testimony regarding the location and extent of
Mayella's injuries.then makes him write...

In Paulo Coelho's book The Alchemist, which character is the first to support the boys desires: Santiagos father, the Gypsy, Melchizadek, or...

Santiago's
father is the first to support his son's dream to be a shepherd rather than forcing him to
become a priest against his will. However, when Santiago is a shepherd he has the
dream...

In "Barn Burning," how does Sarty's character change and grow?

Faulkner's
"" is a character-driven story, as what moves it forward is Sarty's internal growth as
a character. We see him begin as a young child with strong trust in his beloved father and end
as a young boy beginning to think for himself and develop a sense of independence and grow into
a stronger character.

Sarty's father is a challenging character to like. He
is rude, violent, and argumentative, traits revealed in his behavior throughout the story. He
rudely and intentionally wipes his dirty shoes on de Spain's rug, argues over the fee he must
pay for the damage he's caused, then attempts to burn de Spain's barn in a fit of spite.
Throughout this progression of events, Sarty is faced with a difficult choice: remain loyal to
his father and come to the man's defense or speak out. Initially, the boy remains silent. He
insists in court that his father is innocent of burning Mr. Harris's barn (an earlier offense we
don't witness but nonetheless are led to believe Mr. Snopes is guilty of by the end of the
story), despite being bullied by his peers over the matter and the increasing evidence that his
father is a criminal.

By the end of the story, Sarty finally breaks away from
his childish defense of his father. The last straw is when his father attempts to burn de
Spain's barn down out of spite. The boy runs to de Spain, confesses his father is a barn-burner,
and escapes to the woods just as he hears gunshots that presumably signal his father's death,
though the story never makes this certain. We are left with the image of poor Sarty waking up
peacefully in the woods, alone, away from the chaos of his father, and remarkably calm. By this
point, the boy has made a tremendous leap in his development as a free thinker and a braver,
bolder individual. He no longer blindly clings to his father like a child but instead is able to
see his father's true character and bravely break away from a toxic relationship. Sarty's
character growth is thus not just in maturity but also in grit. Informing de Spain of his
father's barn-burning plans is a brave act that the Sarty in the beginning of the story would
have been incapable of.

What is an example of propaganda in Animal Farm?

Whenis
expelled, andtakes control of the farm,
it is announced that the windmill will be built. This
surprises the animals,
as Napoleon was vehemantly opposed to it. Spinning the truth is a common

tactic of propaganda;takes control of the public discourse with his circular logic and
outright
lies:

That evening Squealer
explained privately... that
Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the
windmill... Why, then, asked somebody, had he
spoken so strongly against it?
Here Squealer looked very sly. That, he said, was Comrade
Napoleon's cunning.
He had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of

Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence.
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msxnet.org)

By showing Napoleon as a
brilliant tactician instead of as an
opportunist, Squealer alters public
opinion of Napoleon's brutal regime to one of selfless
sacrifice. After all,
if the windmill was Napoleon's idea, it was evil of Snowball to take
credit
for it; additionally, if Snowball had been plotting to overthrow Napoleon and
become
ruler of the farm, then his actions must be evil, and Napoleon's
actions must be good. Without
any dissenting opinion, the appeal to fear
covers up the outright lies and gives Napoleon carte
blanche to do whatever
he wants.

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What were the consequences of imperialism in China? What were the consequences of imperialism in China?

Imperialism
greatly weakened and exploited China, a proud people and the land of dynasties and empires
herself.  The long term occupation, exploitation and humiliation at the hands of European and
the Japanese empires, I believe, gave rise to the communist movement under Mao-Tse-Tung, or at
least gave it momentum and opportunity.  In this way we can say that modern communist China is a
direct result of imperialist wars and policies in the 1800s and 1900s.

How did the construction of the Berlin Wall help to create Cold War tensions?

Cold War
tensions certainly existed before the
construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. However, the wall
certainly
increased those tensions. Most of all, the presence of the Berlin Wall was a
physical
sign of the Cold War and a symbol of the divide between Eastern
Europe and Western Europe. It
stood for the difference in communist and
capitalist ideology. Its purpose really depended on
who you asked at the
time. Was it a wall built to protect those within it or to imprison them?
At
any rate, it marked the border between the two ideologies in Europe.

To
the West, the wall was a symbol of the tyranny and oppression of
the communists. It distinctly
defined the frontier between freedom and
despotism. When President Reagan famously called on
Premier Gorbachev to
"tear down this wall" in 1987, he was ratcheting up Cold War .
The Soviet
Union interpreted the speech to be "openly provocative,

war-mongering."

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How are Vera and Mr. Nuttel similar and different in "The Open Window"?

Despite
their many differences, Vera and Framton Nuttel share several similar character traits. Both
Vera and Framton have active imaginations. Vera displays her active imagination by
instantaneously crafting a believable Gothic tale about her aunt's large French window.
Similarly, Framton also has an active imagination, which significantly contributes to his
nervous condition. Framton believes that he is very ill and that nearly everything around him is
dangerous and threatening. Both characters are also affected by their surrounding environments.
Vera is inspired by her aunt's house to fabricate a tragic story while Framton finds the
countryside to be peaceful and reduce his stress. Vera and Framton also do not particularly
enjoy each other's company or want to be in the same room. Vera finds Framton to be extremely
boring while Framton simply wants to introduce himself to Vera's aunt.

Despite their minor similarities, Vera and Framton Nuttel have significantly
different...

Advantages Of Computer

While there
are advantages and disadvantages to computers, mostly the positives far out weight the
negatives. First, just think about the potential flexibility a computer gives us. Not only can
people work on a computer, communicate on a computer, and shop on a computer, they can also
access what they need any at any time. This is a life saver to people with kids who need to
reserve parts of their day to spend with their children. In theory, people no longer are
restricted to a 9 to 5 working day.

Second, computers make it much easier to
store and access files. In the past, an institution such as a hospital would have whole rooms to
hold what would probably be a very complicated filing system. They may even hire specific people
to retrieve the files for them. Now people can access files and information at the click of a
button, saving time, money, and energy.

Create three questions that could lead to discussion and controversy, answering them using specific and detailed references to the text for support in...

One
example of a question that could lead to discussion and controversy would be how the political
control of Big Brother is relevant to the modern setting.  It is easy to dismiss 's work as
something that exists only in Oceania, that it means nothing today because we are
"free."  A good discussion point would be to examine how government is able to use the
elements of control and repression in order to advance their own political agenda.  Is
government monitoring of personal web browsing habits or the expansion of government intrusion
into phone call listening elements that Big Brother would appreciate?  Essentially, is the way
in which citizens today understand the need to sacrifice some personal liberties in "the
war on terror" similar to the perpetual state of war in which Oceania is immersed?  This
would instigate healthy and reflective discussion.

Another point of
discussion...

In what sense may Oedipus be regarded as a better man, though a less fortunate one, at the end of the play than at the beginning? What has he gained...

In the end,now
recognizes that he is not the authority on everything in the world. Though he was able to answer
the Sphinx's riddle, free Thebes of her tyranny, and rule for many years in peace, Oedipus now
sees that he is "the gods' abhorrence." Thus, he is "willing" to be lead by
, Oedipus's brother-in-law and uncle, who is the new king of Thebes. He was never willing to be
led by another's judgment before. Oedipus tells Creon that the god of prophecy, Apollo, clearly
set out to "destroy / The parricide, the scoundrel; and I am he." In other words,
Oedipus now recognizes his true powerlessness in comparison to the gods; he recognizes their
authority and his own weakness, despite the immense pride that he had exhibited for the majority
of his adult life. He is, therefore, a better man because he has gained perspective and become
humbler as a result of his experiences.

What is the main theme in Animal Farm by George Orwell?

William Delaney

The weakness of all Utopias is this, that they take the greatest
difficulty of man and assume it to be overcome, and then give an elaborate account of the
overcoming of the smaller ones.                   C. K. Chesterton,
Heretics

I think the above quote
states pretty accurately whathad in mind. Changing institutions does not change human nature,
which is "the greatest difficulty of man." Some people will work hard, cooperate, and
share with others, but there will always be those who don't want to work, don't want to share,
and don't want to cooperate. And there will always be...

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In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, how does John Boyne create tension in Chapter 9?

Well,
considering the title of the book () and considering that Bruno has not met
any such boy yet,creates tension by introducing the situation in which the two boys will meet.
 This is the cliffhanger at the end of Chapter 9.  Bruno has been told that the fence of
Auschwitz is "Out Of Bounds At All Times And No Exceptions."  Bruno is not allowed to
approach the fence, explore around the fence, or get near the fence.  The fence runs the length
of the landscape as far as Bruno can see.  At the end of Chapter 9, Bruno decides to disobey his
parents and follow the fence to the right.  Therefore, John Boyne creates tension precisely by
creating a cliffhanger and allowing the character of Bruno to break the rules.  In Chapter 10,
Bruno will meet Shmuel.

What two disadvantages did the Dodo, Moas, and giants of Australia have as described in Guns, Germs, and Steel?

Diamond talks about the megafauna of
Australia in connection with the arrival of humans on the continent about 40,000 years ago. His
argument is that these creatures were hunted out of existence by early man, or died because of
man-made habitat destruction. Even though there is no direct evidence that early man hunted
these animals, the fact that they disappeared shortly after man appeared strongly suggests a
connection for Diamond.

The chief disadvantage these animals had was simply a
lack of fear of humans. Unlike animals in Africa, which had evolved together with humans for
thousands of years, animals in Australia were surprised by human hunters. The dodo is a case in
point: it was famously hunted to extinction by mariners because it had no natural fear of
humans. It was a simple matter for sailors to kill as many as they wanted. In the same way,
Diamond theorizes that these large animals were easy prey for the early inhabitants of Australia
and New Zealand.

As teachers, what factors differentiate teaching Science from teaching other subjects?

I have
been teaching science since 1981. What differentiates teaching this discipline from others is
that it must be hands-on as often as feasible to illustrate concepts that may be difficult to
explain verbally or by reading text. The most meaningful learning takes place when students
apply the concepts they learned in an experiment. Therefore, although teachers in all areas need
to differentiate their lessons in terms of the type of learners they have in their
classrooms-auditory, verbally, kinestheically, etc, in science, it is extremely meaningful when
students can do trial and error learning, and come to their own conclusions about a concept from
the curriculum.

Where does Phoenix Jackson live?

Born in
Jackson, Mississippi,attended college in Mississippi, then went to the University of Wisconsin
in order to further her studies . In 1935, she began working for the WPA, the Works Progress
Administration, a bureau begun by the Roosevelt Administration during the Depression. In her
duty as a publicity agent, Welty gathered stories and interviewed people; in addition, she
snapped photographs of daily life in Mississippi. Thus, it was in her home state of Mississippi
that Welty observed the Southern life and human relationships so dear to her about which she
wrote in her short stories.

In Welty's "," anis made to Phoenix
Jackson's living "away back off the Old Natchez Trace." This particular area is
located in Mississippi, although the Old Natchez Trace finds itself extending to Tennessee.
However, because of Welty's background it is more likely, then that Phoenix lives in the area of
Mississippi.

Of course, the home of Phoenix is probably very humble and in a
rural site that is most likely off a nearby dirt road. Welty describes her walking in the
:

Far out in the country there was an old Negro woman
...coming along a path through the pinewoods....and she walked slowly in the dark pine
shadows....the woods were deep and still.

The path that
Phoenix follows goes deeply into the forest and is an arduous and long path as she must cut
through several fields. When she comes to the end, there are only wagon tracks. Phoenix's trek
takes her hours, and then she finally sees a steeple and cabins, knowing that Natchez  and the
hospital are ahead.

In "An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog", by Oliver Goldsmith, what does he mean when he writes "the naked every day he clad, when he put on his...

In
"Anon the Death of a Mad Dog", Oliver Goldsmith means that the narrator of the poem
covers the naked, poor, and destitute of the town with his caring concern, when he writes that
"the naked every day he clad, when he put on his clothes".

 

Oliver Goldsmith highlights that the man from Islington is a
godly, praying, good man. This man has a €˜kind and gentle heart. This is the essence of this
man -  what he is. Therefore, with this personality imbued with these inner spiritual qualities,
this man is a comfort to his friends and enemies alike. Thats why he is able to clothe the naked
that he meets.

 

A reader can see a duality in the lines
"the naked every day he clad, when he put on his clothes". This man may actually
provide the physical clothing that the poor need to survive in a harsh and sometimes unforgiving
world. So the reader can take this line literally.

 

However, there is a deeper and secondary meaning to these lines. The community where
the man lives sees him as a caring and compassionate individual. Thats why they believe the dog
lost his wits when he bit the man. The citizenry wonders how anything living - man, woman, or
beast -  could want to harm this sincere, caring, kind person. So, the townsfolk have a high
regard for this man.

 

Fundamentally, this man clothes the
people he meets with love. His outgoing concern for others is a blessing to people he meets, no
matter their standing and station in society. He is like a protective covering, so-to-speak, to
these people, who must feel that life can be a bit easier after they have an encounter with this
man. It is obvious that hes an inspiration to people and helps lighten the burdens of life that
people carry on a daily basis.

 

On what page is Thoreau's passage beginning "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and...

As the above
answer indicates, this quote is in chapter 2, about 15 or 16 paragraphs in. The page on which
you find it will differ depending on the edition you are using. But if you search the middle
part of chapter 2, you will come to it fairly easily.

The passage is perhaps
the most famous in . In it, Thoreau summarizes, in memorable prose, why he
chooses to spend the time he does living by Walden Pond. He says he wants to learn what life
really is about, unmediated by all the busyness and consumer goods that screen us from life's
essential core. Is life a good ("sublime") thing or a bad ("mean") thing? He
wants to know the answer to that question, and the only way he can find out, he believes, is to
strip living of all its non-essentials. "Simplify, simplify" he writes. That way you
can be sure you are facing the important things in life, not the mere distractions. You can be
sure you are living, and not simply existing or sleepwalking through a life someone else has
devised for you.

The passage is worth quoting at length. Thoreau
writes:

I went to the woods because I wished to live
deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it
had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live
what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was
quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily
and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close,
to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean,
why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or
if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my
next excursion.

Analyze the quote "you never go out and this is a great occasion. I had tremendous trouble to get it" from "The Necklace."

Mathilde Loisel's husband makes this comment after his wife throws the invitation to the ball at
the Ministry of Public Instruction onto the floor. Mathilde Loisel is clearly not as excited to
attend the ball as her husband, who is a lowly clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction.
Monsieur Loisel had thought his wife would be glad that they were invited to...

What is the plot of "The Open Window"?

Frampton
Nuttel suffers from a nervous condition and has come to spend some time alone. His sister sets
up introductions for him with a few members of the community. His first visit is to the
Sappleton house where he meets fifteen-year-old Vera, the niece of Mrs. Sappleton. Vera keeps
Nuttel company while he waits. Upon hearing that Nuttel has not met the Sappletons, Vera tells
Nuttel some information about the family. Vera says that three years ago to the date, Mrs.
Sappletons husband and two younger brothers went on a hunting trip and never returned. Vera goes
into detail about the clothes they were wearing, the dog that accompanied them, and the song
that Mrs. Sappletons brother sang upon their return. Vera says that her grief-stricken aunt
watches out the window expecting their return. When Mrs. Sappleton enters, she tells Nuttel that
she expects her husband and brothers to return at any moment. Nuttel listens, thinking that Mrs.
Sappleton has in fact gone crazy. Suddenly, Mrs. Sappleton brightens as she tells Nuttel that
they have returned. Nuttel turns only to see the "dead" hunters. He becomes frightened
and leaves in a rush. Mrs. Sappleton doesnt understand Nuttels strange behavior, but Vera
replies that he is deathly afraid of dogs.

Not until the end of the story
does the reader realize that Vera has tricked Mr. Nuttel. This is revealed with the last line of
the story: Romance at short notice was her [Veras] specialty.

How is "Our Town" an allegory?

Good
points by the previous posters.  This is a classic American story, covering the stages of life
from birth to death and everything in between.  It's allegoricalin this sense:  while this is
set in a rural town in the early 1900s, it is everyone's story.  Who hasn't had the classic
friend misunderstanding, or the acquaintancewho died too young, or the fellow church member who
has "issues," or cried at a wedding, or lost a loved one.  And who isn't moved by the
idea that we live too quickly, without really looking at one another, as Emily says to her
mother.  It's everyone's story, and that's what makes it an .

What is the relationship between Mr. Higgins and his mother ?

Henry Higgins
is an only child whose only living parent is his mother, Mrs. Higgins. He is also an eternal
bachelor who will not change his single, arrogant ways.  He is highly educated and treats all of
the women in his life like peons. The only one he truly listens to is his mother. He may not
follow through with her advice completely, but he shows her more respect than the other women in
the play.  He yells and screams like thestuck-up, lonely brat that he is while she gives quiet
advice. She is not a helicopter mother because she doesn't hover.  She allows him to make his
own decisions and mistakes, but she won't agree with him or be intimidated by him.  She makes
and follows through on her own decisions, too; like the time that she admits Eliza into her home
without consulting Henry. This shows that she is also independent and unintimidated by her son
even though he screams a lot. There doesn't seem to be anything unusual within their
relationship because the mother/son relationship remains in tact without any melodramatic or
unnatural occurrences getting in the way.

In "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge," what was the method used to hang Peyton Farquhar?

Peyton's
execution is staged at the center of a covered railroad trestle that spans Owl Creek. The train
tracks are laid on top of railroad ties that make up the floor of the bridge. There are open
spaces between the ties. If you were to step into one of these spaces, you would fall into the
water below. 

The rope used to hang Peyton is tied to a timber over his head
in the bridge's covering. A plank is laid across one of the railroad ties with each end of it
hanging over spaces in the floor of the bridge. Payton stands with the rope around his neck on
one end of the plank. A sergeant stands on the other end of the plank to balance it. At the end
of Part I, the sergeant "steps aside," which causes Peyton's body, on the other end of
the plank, to fall through the opening on the floor of the bridge. His body falls straight down,
hitting the end of the rope, and breaking his neck.

Executing Peyton is no
casual affair. His hanging is carried out with formal military ceremony, precision, and a
certain kind of respect:

Death is a dignitary who when he
comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most
familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of
deference.

Peyton was hanged in a very civilized manner,
according to strict military procedure--not that these circumstances gave him any comfort before
he died.

What legal argument can be made against drug testing of students in private schools that are state actors?

There
are numerous reasons that drug testing should not be mandatory in a private school. The school
must make a valid case that it expects to find evidence of a particular crime; otherwise, the
invasive procedure is "unreasonable." Students' right to privacy is a crucial factor.
Most high school students are minors, so the question of parental consent is involved, and
parents bring the lawsuits.

The legal argument using the US Constitution's
Fourth Amendment barring unreasonable search and seizure can be found in the 1985 US Supreme
Court case New Jersey v. T.L.O, 469 US 325. This resulted in a landmark
decision affirming students' rights to protection from such searches.

More
recently, the 2002 Supreme Court case Board of Education of Pottawatomie v.
Earls (from Oklahoma) interpreted federal law to allow "suspicionless" drug
tests but acknowledged that state laws vary. In the Pennsylvania case of Theodore v.
Delaware Valley School District (2003), the state Supreme Court used state law on
search and seizure as the basis of its ruling that random drug testing of students is
unconstitutional.

The applicability of state laws governing public schools to
private schools has been widely interpreted. A 2002 opinion by New York's state school board
association claimed they did not apply.

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Simplify the expression. Assume all variables are positive. ( 3sqrt x times sqrt x^5 )/sqrt(25x^16) the 3 is in the root. sqrt stands for the square...

`(^3sqrt(x)
sqrt(x^5))/sqrt(25x^16) `

`(x^(1/3)(x^(5/2)))/(5x^8)`

`x^(1/3+5/2) /...

Informal assessment -types, disadvantages and advantages Please discuss the types of informal assessments (what teachers do in the classroom each...

One simple
method of informal assessment which I often used when teaching difficult material was to put a
question and answer about the material on the board and then ask the students if they understood
the question, and then if they understood the answer.  At their desks, they could put a thumb up
for "yes, I get it", a thumb down for "I don't get it at all, I'm lost", or
put a thumb halfway for "I sort of get it but need more help".  We also at times used
a three sided card which had those messages written on the card which could be turned to the
appropriate answer for each student.  It kept their answer rather private, allowed me to review
the material again, and then again, ask if they understood.  Once most of them indicated they
understood, then I began to ask students specific questions about the material.

 

Why does Bruno not know what his father does for living?

There are a
couple of reasons why Bruno is kept in the dark about his father's profession. Bruno has a very
strained relationship with his father.

Bruno is nine years old and is forced
to move to Auschwitz. He hates being there and resents his father for making them move there. He
knows that he has been forced to move because of his father's work. He doesn't know what his
father does. His father is very strict and very proud of being a Nazi. He wants his son to think
like he does, but Bruno feels the complete opposite. Bruno befriends a Jewish boy and they
become the best of friends. His father does not like jews at all and wishes his only son would
become a man like he is. His father is very patriotic. He has great pride in his country and for
what they stand for. He is very stoic and never shows his emotions. Bruno looks at his father
with disdain. He has no respect for him. The job his father has now, is as a commander in the
concentration camp. Everything that he does and orders to be done, is of the highest secret.
They do not want anything to come to light of what they are doing. Bruno is kept away from this
by his father, but by befriending Shmuel, Bruno learns first hand the horrors that await so
many.

is a book that is heart-breaking. It takes you on an emotional journey
of childhood. You see the childhood of Bruno, who is raised with money, and the childhood of
Shmuel, who is in the concentration camp. The two boys are from different world, yet in the end
they are just alike. The horror of the holocaust is brought to life in the world's of Bruno and
Shmuel.  

What is a reason Samuel and Lindsey end up running home in The Lovely Bones?

Samuel and
Lindsey run home for two reasons.

The first and simplest is that the
motorcycle breaks down in the rain, and they have no other way to get home. After the rain
stops, they run the eight to ten miles together, giddy with happiness that they are
engaged.

Samuel slowed his pace and she joined him. . . .
Lindsey had fought off a cramp in her side, but as the cramp lifted she ran with Samuel
full-out. Suddenly she was covered in goose bumps and smiling ear to ear. "Were getting
married!" she said, and he stopped short, grabbed her up in his arms, and they were still
kissing when a car passed them on the road, the driver honking his horn.

The second reason is that Lindsey doesn't want to worry her father
by getting home late. Years before, her...

Why did Achebe choose the title Things Fall Apart for this book?

chose
the title for his book from a poem by William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming." In
this poem, the Christian era falls and gives way to the modern era, an event which, in Yeats's
mind, occurred as a result of World War I. The poem states that as anarchy is imposed on the
world in the wake of the fall of religion, "things fall apart."

This idea is especially poignant in the book, as the Igbo culture begins to fracture. It seems
as if the characters are living near the end times, at least for their culture. With the arrival
of the Christian missionaries, something of a reverse from the intent of the poem, the culture
begins to fragment and crumble. Achebe's idea is that the upheaval that breaks down religion and
culture will send society into stagnation and destruction, as occurred when the...

What are the important pages of George Orwell's book, 1984? By "important," I mean the main events in the book; for example, when Julia and Winston...

The
following pages and quotes are taken from
the online Planet eBook edition of 's classic novel,
.
The website for the online pdf file of the book is listed in the
"Further
Reading" section below the answer.

One of the most

significant moments of the novel takes place in part one, chapter one whencommits
thoughtcrime
by writing in his secret journal,

DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER (Orwell,
23).

Winston is established as a political dissident,
who
is opposed to the oppressive, authoritarian regime.

Another significant
moment takes place in Part Two, chapter one
whenpurposely falls in front of Winston Smith and
slips him a tiny piece of
paper that says, "I love you" (Orwell, 136). This event
takes place on pages
133-136 and is the beginning of Winston's relationship with
Julia.

At the beginning of part two, chapter four, Winston and Julia
arrive
at their rented apartment above Mr....

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What does the following quote reveal about Winston's emotional needs? "Having caught O'Brien's eye, Winston reflects that he wasn't even sure. ....

This quote from
Part One, Chapter Two reveals a couple of important things about 's emotional needs. First of
all, it shows that Winston needs to feel a connection with another
person. It does not matter that Winston andbarely know each other; Winston is so
starved of human affection and genuine interaction that he is prepared to believe that O'Brien
is connected to him.

Secondly, Winston needs to feel like he is
not the only rebel in Oceania. Remember that O'Brien has not expressed any
anti-Party sentiment to Winston but, as this quote shows, Winston has convinced himself that
O'Brien is also against Big Brother. His only evidence for this is a "flash of the
eyes."

Above all, this quote demonstrates that Winston
needs to feel a part of something that is not related to Big Brother or the
Party. He wants to break free from the Party's oppressive rule and is prepared to
ally with anybody to do that.

In Romeo and Juliet, what relationship does Friar Laurence see between plants and people?

Of course
in the play "" by ,is thinking of the sedative properties of plants, among other
things. The relationships between plants and people are those of co-existence and co-dependency
(in terms of medicinal plants grown for their palliative properties.) Friar Laurence, and monks
in general, knew more about this than most. Monks were traditionally responsible for growing and
administering healing ointments and medicinal herbs and each monastery would have had a kitchen
garden specifically for that purpose. Sick and elderly monks would have been treated in the
infirmary. The friar would not have grown the plants if they had no purpose, and the people also
depended on their restorative qualities.

How does Rousseau apply the social contract when it comes to property?

For
Rousseau, property and the ability to own it fall under the construction of amour de soi. 
Rousseau sees the development of amour de soi within individuals as a destructive type of self-
love.  This love of self comes at the cost of others, as it is a type of self- love that seeks
to dominate.  If left unchecked, this base emotion and human experience threatens to dominate
everything and everyone.  For Rousseau, the acquisition of...

Based on Andrew Jackson's speech "Veto of the Bank Bill on 1832" What are Jackson's major objections to the National Bank? Do you find them convincing?

The Bank
of the United States was set up in 1791 based upon a proposal by Alexander Hamilton. It was to
function as a national bank, securing federal funds and serving as the financial agent of the
government. The Second Bank of the United States was approved and established in 1816 with a
20-year charter. Proponents of the bank proposed a renewal of the bank's charter in 1832, four
years before the expiration of the old charter, in order to make the bank's existence and
importance an issue for the 1832 presidential elections. Despite the threat of possible
political backlash, President Jackson vetoed the bill. He delineated his reasons in his message
on July 10, 1832.

Jackson's primary reason for the veto was that he felt
that the bank existed as a monopolynot for the benefit of the American people, but only for the
richest segments of the population as well as foreign investors. He felt that the renewal of the
Bank Act would comprise a gift to the privileged few and to foreigners...

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What are the benefits of prostitution to the prostitute? What are the benefits of prostitution to the prostitute?

There are many
reasons that a woman becomes a prostitute, but it is usually because there are no other
options.Women are often subjugated by pimps because they have debts or drug habits.Once they
have gotten into the life, it is very hard to get out.This is often because the pimps are
abusive and keep the girls on drugs.It is also a dangerous life because of the tremendous health
and safety risks.]]>

What was a common job in the 1920's for a teenager who still was attending high school?

You may get a
different range of answers. What is fact is that, prior to the fall of the market and the Great
Depression, the 1920s were prosperous post-War years and jobs were very easy to be found.
Teenagers did not even need to finish High School and they were quite free to make a living on
their own.

As far as what they could do, just focus on the service and
consumer industry for what would have been the easiest to get: In the restaurant industry, car
shops, servers, gas station attendants, theatre clerks, ushers, cooks. Anything that has to do
with industry, customer service, and services to consumers would have been their first
hit.

How does author use syntax and specific examples throughout?

is
the arrangement of words that make up a sentence. It is closely related to . Diction is the
author's word choice, and syntax determines how the author uses those words within a sentence.
Take the following three sentences as an example.

• The boy kicked
  the ball happily.
• The boy happily kicked the ball.


• Happily, the boy kicked the ball.

Those three
sentences are all grammatically acceptable, but they vary in syntax to allow a writer to place
emphasis in specific locations or make the sentence more exciting.

An
effective author is capable of manipulating syntax and diction to create various moods and tones
in a text. 's is a good example of how an author changes syntax to paint a
particular picture. Krakauer isn't afraid of slowing the pace of the book down by using longer,
more convoluted sentences that require readers to take the text more seriously and deeply
contemplate what Krakauer is saying. Take the following quote as an example.

In trying to understand McCandless, I inevitably came to reflect on
other, larger subjects as well: the grip wilderness has on the American imagination, the allure
high-risk activities hold for young men of a certain mind, the complicated, highly charged bond
that exists between fathers and sons.

These kinds of
sentences occur when Krakauer is attempting to analyze what McCandless may have been thinking or
doing. Krakauer also does this in the chapters that focus on comparing McCandless to other men
that lost their lives in the wilderness. The final sections of the book also offer good examples
of Krakauer changing up his standard reporter syntax for longer, more contemplative sentences
filled with diction not commonly used.

There is something
disquieting about this Gothic, overgrown landscape. It feels more malevolent than other, more
remote corners of the state I knowthe tundra-wrapped slopes of the Brooks Range, the cloud
forests of the Alexander Archipelago, even the frozen, gale-swept heights of the Denali
massif.

These longer, more contemplative sentences
contrast sharply with sentences that Krakauer uses to describe McCandless's known actions or
when Krakauer paraphrases things that McCandless said. Krakauer will use much shorter sentences
in these cases, and they result in a quicker, more clipped, and decisive feel to the read. Take
the following quote as an example. It doesn't ask the reader to contemplate large ideas and
themes. It presents factual data in a quick and concise manner.

It was a two-hour drive from Fairbanks to the edge of Denali Park. The more they
talked, the less Alex struck Gallien as a nutcase. He was congenial and seemed
well-educated.

Generally speaking, this is how Krakauer
presents McCandless. He doesn't talk much, and when he does, it is direct, to the point, and
doesn't beg for follow up discussion.

Hell, no, Alex
scoffed. How I feed myself is none of the governments business. Fuck their stupid
rules.

Overall, the syntax of the book is reminiscent of
what readers might read in a magazine feature article. That shouldn't surprise readers, as
Krakauer has written many feature articles in his life for magazines. The book itself is
actually an extension of a feature article that he did write for Outside
magazine.

Analyze Shaw's Pygmalion in regard to Freytag's analysis of dramatic structure, which is based on five-act plays.

Christopher Jerde

Freytag's theory of dramatic
structure is usually referred to as Freytag's Triangle.
This triangle charts
the development of a story's action, separating these developments into
five
categories: , rising action, , falling action, and .

Exposition involves setting up the story to come.
Here,
the writer gives the audience information about setting and
characters.

's exposition largely
occurs in the first act. Right away, we know
the story is set in London
during the 1910s. The major characters all make their introductory

appearances here: Eliza, Professor Higgins, and Colonel Pickering. We learn about what
drives
these characters, as well: Higgins is a bully fascinated with
linguistics; Eliza is unrefined
but strong-willed and hoping for a better
life; and Pickering is an amiable man who treats
everyone with basic respect,
regardless of their station.

The stage set,
exposition
gives way to rising action . Rising action is where
the
events build: characters start...

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In "The Black Cat," how does the narrator feel about what he did to the cat?

The narrator is
telling the story because of the terrible burden of guilt he feels over his crimes. One of these
is of course the murder of his wife but he feels perhaps just as guilty about his treatment of
Pluto, his most beloved pet. He recounts that these events "have tortured" him and
"have destroyed" him.

He recounts in detail the great fondness he
had for Pluto. This cat, amongst all his other animals, was the most dear to him. The cat
demonstrated an obvious affection for him and would have followed him everywhere if possible.
But once the narrator succumbs to the demon of alcoholism, he quickly descends into a dark place
where he begins to feel a terrible annoyance and anger about Pluto. The cat had begun to avoid
him as he was in a terrible state nearly constantly.

Once he cuts out Pluto's
eye in a fit of rage, he decides that he must hang the cat. This is not to put the cat out of
its misery but in fact is to damn himself. The narrator feels so guilty that he feels the need
to place his soul beyond any hope of mercy.

Why does John describe the game he played on the telephone as a telephone marathon?

In the novel
The Pigman, the game that John and his friends refer to as telephone
marathon consists on choosing a random phone number from the telephone book with their eyes
closed.  Once they get the phone number, they call it and try their best to keep the person on
the other side of the line...