What does the name Jig mean in "Hills Like White Elephants" and why does he call her that?

The jig
is a dance in Ireland. Giving the girl the nickname of Jig may suggest that she is from Ireland
and that she is, or has been, a lively, spirited girl, since the jig is an extremely lively
dance. The girl may have performed this dance on more than one occasion during their travels.
They have been together a long time. This is shown by all the hotel stickers on their
luggage--possibly also indicated by the fact that they are carrying so much luggage. Jig is
obviously an affectionate nickname. Hemingway is writing this story from an strictly objective
perspective. That is why he doesn't give his characters names. The reader only knows what he can
see, hear, and deduce from what he sees and hears. The nickname Jig may suggest the girl is
Irish. She has to be from someplace, and evidently she is not from America. She speaks good
English, so she would have to be frp, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Canada, Australia or
New Zealand--most likely from the European places since the American must have met her in
European.

What is the plot of Pygmalion?

Act 1:
Colonel Pickering , Henry Higgins, Mrs.
Eynsford Hill and her children Freddy and Clara are
leaving the theatre.
Freddy collides with flower girl Liza Doolittle who demands payment for her

flowers. Higgins, a linguist, boasts that he could train her to talk like a duchess in
3
months,  and goes to dine with Pickering.

Act 2:
Liza wants speech lessons
from Higgins and Higgins and Pickering agree to the
project as a bet. Doolittle, Lizas father
offers to sell her to them. />
Act 3: Liza, despite her improved accent, is
awkward at
parties to which Henry takes her to practice conversation.

Act
4:
Liza worries about her future. She and Freddie fall in love. />
Act V: Liza and
Freddy plan to marry and set up flower
shop.

When you write a longer summary,
you should
focus on themes of language and class.

What are examples of modern drama?

I disagree with
the definition of "modern drama" being plays written in the 19th and 20th centuries as
being too broad.

While the word "modern" implies current art work,
the term "modern drama" is frozen into the historical dramatic movement away from
Victorian drama, with its exaggerated and non-realistic characters, to the realistic depictions
of psychological, genuine characters depicted in realistic settings. 

Ibsen's
A Doll's House is often considered the first "modern drama" (see
The idea of the modern in literature and the arts, New York, Horizon Press,
1967) and Chekhov's plays are always held up as models of "Modern Drama."
Post-modernism began after WW I, so "Modern Drama"
flourished between 1800 and 1914.

Did the Japanese American (and other Asian American) experience in the United States reflect the acceptance of diversity? Was this cultural pluralism?

Japanese Americans, among other Asian
American groups, were not initially well accepted in the United States. In fact, there is a
history of clear exclusion and discrimination. This is most notable with the infamous 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act, which specifically targeted Chinese immigrants and prevented them from
settling in the United States. As the numbers of Japanese immigrants began to rise, in 1907
there was a Gentlemens Agreement between the governments of the United States and Japan,
designed to restrict the immigration of the Japanese. And, of course, there is the tragic
history of concentration camps and forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast
during World War II. The success of so many Asian Americans today is incredible, considering the
walls of injustice that have been placed before Asian immigrants and their American-born
children throughout history.

That brings us to the question of cultural
pluralism. Cultural pluralism is defined as a minority group retaining their own distinct
culture while also participating in the larger community. On the whole, I think yes, the
experiences of Japanese Americans can be considered an example of cultural pluralism. While
fully integrated into the broader American culture in many waysthe example of baseball comes to
mind, not to mention the many military servicepeople of Asian descentJapanese Americans also
maintain some traditions unique to their culture: for example, the tradition of removing shoes
before entering the home. Some traditional clothing that is used for special occasions (e.g.,
wearing a kimono for the New Year celebration) or cultural foods (e.g., mochi) are also still
commonly seen today. Japanese Americans have always maintained their unique culture while also
entering into the American way of life.

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Describe Hawthorne's use of figurative language and sentence structure in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter.

Hawthorne's sentence
structure is characteristically complex and/or compound.  He typically employs a profusion of
dependent clauses to explicitly describe his subjects, scenes, or symbols.  His treatment of
these in this chapter, "The Market-Place," is typical of his writing.

Figuratively, he uses two allusions that help to characterize both the women of the
town as well as.  First, he says that the Puritan women in Boston were very similar to the
"man-like Elizabeth," by whom he means Queen Elizabeth I, a monarch who refused to
marry and maintained...

In Gulliver's Travels, how does Gulliver eventually leave the first islands of Lilliput and Blefuscu?

Gulliver is
first marooned on the island of Lilliput, where the people are no more than six inches tall.
Gulliver assists Lilliput in defeating the army of a neighboring island, Blefuscu, but refuses
to help Lilliput subjugate Blefuscu. He is sentenced to be blinded for treason, but escapes to
Blefuscu, where the rulers want him to act as their weapon against Lilliput. However, Gulliver
finds the wreck of a boat sized for him, and deals with Blefuscu to be allowed his
freedom.

I humbly begged to be excused. I told him,
"that since...

The Stolen Party

In the story
Stolen Party the monkey represents the unattainable upper class.  Rosauras mother tells her
that if she believes in the monkey, shell believe anything.  Symbolically, her mother is telling
her that it isnt really possible to go up in class, or be equal with the upper class.

When Rosaura arrives, she asks about the monkey.  She is told that the monkey is a
secret and taken to the kitchen.  Once again, the monkey symbolizes the unattainable goal.  It
is not a conincidence that the monkey is in the kitchen.  Rosaura thinks she is going to the
party, when in reality she is not there as a guest.  She is there to work.

How does the author John Steinbeck use naturalism in the book The Pearl?

used
naturalism, showing believable, everyday events, to showcase his story. Kino is a pearl diver,
living in a primitive environment, despite it probably being in the contemporary age of the late
19th- or 20th-century. The description of the surroundings of Kinos hut by the sea is typical of
the lifestyle of the natives of the time....

What are a few themes of the short story "The Destroyers" by Randall Garrett?

One theme of The Destroyers is that a persons way of life is just as
important as his life.  Another is that you should not assume you know what is best for others.
 Finally, sometimes the simple life is the happy one.

Any war is made up of a horde of personal tragedies--but
the greater picture is theof the death of a way of life.

The story opens with these ominous lines.  We know that the theme
of the story will be related to the death of a way of...

What does "Araby" symbolize to the boy, and how is the conflict of the story resolved when he goes there?

The narrator
in "" conflates (combines) his religious passion with his emerging romantic and sexual
desires. Note that in the beginning of the story, he shows his interest in texts related to
religion and romance: The Abbot (about Mary, Queen of Scots), The
Devout Communicant (dealing specifically with religion), and The Memoirs of
Vidocq (the adventures of a criminal-turned-detective who inspired many writers).
Vidocq turns from a criminal into a policeman. The narrator in "Araby" similarly is in
a period of transition: from boy to man. He builds up this image of himself as a devout,
romantic, adventurous knight whose purpose is to be a knight to Mangan's sister. He is so
passionate about his devotion to her, it combines his romantic and physical desire with a kind
of spiritual devotion. Therefore, his quest to "Araby" becomes much more significant
than simply picking up a gift at a bazaar. For the narrator, it is as if Mangan's sister were a
princess and he is off to a foreign land on a quest for her (note "Arab" in
"Araby"); as if he's going to the Middle East to find and reclaim the Holy Grail
itself. Araby represents the destination of a quest. It is a foreign land to the narrator; it's
exotic and strange, being outside the parameters of his Dublin streets. 

In
the end, his aspirations of himself as knight errant and his dreams of Araby as some exotic
foreign land from which he will discover his princess's grail are all destroyed when he sees the
bazaar as nothing more than a profit-driven fair, run by indifferent people. He is not only
upset that this fantasy has been broken by his disappointment with Araby itself. He is also
upset with himself. He let himself get caught up in his own fantasy (about being this kind of
knight, about Araby as this otherworldly place, and about Mangan's sister), only to be let down
in the end. 

Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a
creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger. 

He doesn't buy anything for Mangan's sister. Instead, he leaves
dejected. The conflict is resolved when he realizes, in "anguish and anger," the
delusion that was his fantasy. 

What were the contributions of the Sumerians?

The Sumerians were
an ancient people who settled in Southern Mesopotamia, now present-day Iraq, around 4500 BC. The
Sumerians were one of the first urban civilisations in world history and are responsible for a
number of important inventions and techniques:

• They invented
  cuneiform, the first system of writing that was made up of wedge-shaped strokes. Sumerian
  children then went to school to learn how to read and write this complex script - another first
  in history.
• They invented and used the wheel.
• They
  developed a system of counting that is based on 60. They used this primarily for telling the
  time, as we do today.
• They were the first people to cast and use
  glass.
• They invented a system of irrigation as a means of overcoming the
  dry and hot summers of this region and ensuring successful harvests.
• They
  wrote the first history, law and religious books.

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Why does Winston hate Julia before he even speaks to her in part 1, chapter 1 of 1984?

lives
in a dystopia where his personal rights and independence are severely oppressed and he
completely lacks agency and autonomy. Winston Smith is attracted tobecause she is young, pretty,
and alluring. Despite being attracted to the girl with the dark hair, Winston knows that he
cannot have her and that she is off-limits. As a member of the Junior Anti-Sex League, Julia
wears a scarlet sash and appears to be a staunch proponent of the Party. Winston believes that
she is bigoted and completely orthodox, like most members of the Junior Anti-Sex
League.

He also experiences a sense of danger when he is around her, which
makes him think that she may be a member of the Thought Police. Despite the fact that Julia is
actually a dissident who hates Big Brother, Winston believes that she is an orthodox supporter
of the Party and loathes her. Winston's primary reason for hating Julia stems from the fact that
he cannot have her. She embodies the Party and is a sexually...

Describe the Battle of the Cowshed in Animal Farm.

At the
beginning of the novel, the animals become increasingly discontented due to Farmer Jones's
drinking, which leads him to neglect them. Finally, the animals get hungry enough and angry
enough to spontaneously rebel, driving Farmer Jones and his men off the farm.

As the animals expect, the humans fight back, and the animals name this fight The
Battle of the Cowshed. The battle unfolds in an orderly way, forhas studied the strategies of
Julius Caesar in preparation. First, the birds, pigeons and geese, meet the advancing men with
an attack, from the air and the ground, then Muriel and Benjamin kick the men while the sheep
butt the men. At this point, however, the men are winning and the animals have to retreat.
Nevertheless, Snowball is well prepared and uses pigs and horses to cut off the men from the
rear. Snowball himself runs straight at Farmer Jones, who shoots at him with a gun, grazing him
and killing a sheep. But Snowball is so heavy he knocks Farmer Jones down and the farmer's gun
flies from his hand. Thensprings into action, rearing and kicking. He kills a "stable
lad" and at that point, the frightened humans flee, pursuing by biting, kicking animals.
The animals are victorious and give the battle its name. 

How did Andrew Jackson help the "common man"?

Jackson
was, by the time of his presidency, far from a "common man." Rather, he was a wealthy
white Tennessee planter and politician who had risen to national prominence through his military
exploits. His background as a backcountry lawyer and his keen political instincts made him a
compelling candidate to many ordinary white Americans. Jackson's "common man" appeal
was in large part related to style, but he also promoted policies that were at least framed as
beneficial to white small landowners. One, of course, was his removal policy toward Native
peoples in the South and the upper Midwest. Thousands of Native Americans were uprooted from
their lands and "removed" to Indian territory in the West. This policy was enormously
popular among southern whites, who gobbled up land in what is today Alabama and Mississippi to
establish small farms and especially cotton plantations. Jackson's policy deliberately appealed
to their economic interests as well as long-held prejudices against Native...

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In Of Mice and Men, why does George stay with Lennie?

's
Aunt Clara andknew each other; after she died, Lennie started traveling around with George.
George also likes having Lennie around.

When he's asked why he stays with
Lennie, George says he stays with Lennie because it's nicer to travel around with someone you
know. Slim finds it strange that he does so, saying that other guys don't travel around
together.

George explains that both he and Lennie were born in Auburn. Clara
adopted Lennie when he was a baby. Once she died, Lennie started traveling with George. Though
it's not said directly that Clara asked George to take care of Lennie, it's somewhat
implied.

Later on, George reminds Lennie not to run so fast because his Aunt
Clara wouldn't have liked it. Lennie also remembers his aunt and says that she gave him a piece
of velvet to pet. He also hallucinates a vision of her later in the story.

Discuss the intellectual aftermath of World War I. What were the changes that came about in the arts, and attitudes towards science and religion...

The
intellectual aftermath ofwas a fundamental "shift" in how human beings saw the world
and their place in it.  In 1924, Virginia Woolf articulated this condition of being in the
world: All human relations shifted...and when human relations change there is at the same time
a change in religion, conduct, politics, and literature.  Many of the attitudes articulated in
the wake of World War I centered on this shift and the alienated condition of the individual.
 The horrors of World War I resulted in a human consciousness that was fundamentally removed
from any notion of solidarity and unity.  Forces such as capitalism and nationalism had
conspired to move individuals into the most savage of conditions and commit the most brutal of
actions towards one another.  Elements that were seen as constituting order and unity were shown
to be filled with disunity and fragmentation.  This realization becomes one of the most
significant intellectual aftermaths of World War I.  The "shift" of which Woolf speaks
fundamentally transformed the individual and their world. There was a stunning lack of trust
within the individual about the world and their place in it.

The attitudes
towards science and religion was reflective of this sense of disarray.  Ezra Pound once wrote
his views of society as an old [b] gone in the teeth . . . a botched civilization . . . two
gross of broken statues . . . [and] a few thousand battered books.  The unity and coherence that
was advocated in expressions like science and religion were not devoid of meaning as a result of
World War I.  Religious notions that advocated young man making the ultimate sacrifice in World
War I rang hollow once the war had ended.  Modernist thinkers could not embrace a notion of the
divine that would so readily sacrifice young and old alike in the worst of conflicts.  Science
also no longer enjoyed a privileged position of unity and totality.  The science that was
coopted by the governments in World War I with its use of poison gas and advanced notions of
destruction demonstrated the lack of meaning in science.  It was seen as a branch of
destruction, something that Modernist thinkers articulated with their own sense of mistrust and
alienation. The attitudes of women and men emerging from World War I was a sense of mistrust
about the "advances" of science and the "meaning" of religion.

James Joyce writes that  history is a nightmare from which I am trying to
awake."  This becomes the predominant belief that comes about in the intellectual aftermath
of World War I.  There is little in way of hope and redemption in such a condition.  There might
exist some notion of hope, but it certainly did not exist in socially sanctioned modes of
thought as seen in science and religion.  This becomes the intellectual legacy and aftermath
after World War I, a world as intellectually scarred as any battlefield.

Summarize the movie Babel?

This
movie was directed by Alejandro Gonzales Inrritu and was written Guillermo Arriaga. The story is
a combination of stories that take places in Morocco, Japan, Mexico and the United States. The
characters are intertwined.

A Japanese hunter (Yasujiro Wataya) gives a
Morocco man a gift of a rifle as a token of his friendship on a hunting exhibition. The father
from...

Could someone tell me whether Hemingway is a reliable author in "Hills Like White Elephants" please? Would someone be able to help me with this...

I think
all authors can be considered reliable. They may sometimes use a narrator who is or is not
reliable. But in "," Hemingway is not using a fictitious narrator; he is writing in
what is called third-person omniscient. Whatever he says is reliable, although he may have left
out a great deal of information, as he liked to do in his short stories. There is a big
difference between a reliable author and a reliable narrator.

In Rappaccini's Daughter by Hawthorne, does Giovanni ever truly self-reflect? If not, do you think he will do so after this story is over?

Giovanni is filled with
rage at Beatrice and
vents his anger to her for being poisonous. After he insults her, he still

dreams that there is a way to change her nature and for her to be united with him on
earth. In
short, Giovanni dreams the impossible and he rashly goes to procure
an antidote that only winds
up killing Beatrice. He does not reflect that his
anger can not be turned back into love and
that Beatrice can never be his.
Instead, he is angry, selfish, and rash, and he does not take
time to reflect
on the unchanging nature of Beatrice's poisonous being. After Beatrice dies,
he
will likely still only mourn his own fate without considering his effect
on her. Giovanni is the
epitome of a self-interested lover who does not truly
love Beatrice but only wants what he
cannot have.

What is the relationship between the two characters in the story? What is the point of contention between them?

The man
and the girl he calls Jig are lovers. It is possible that they are married. They have been
traveling around Europe together for a long time, judging from all the hotel labels on their
luggage. Jig has become pregnant, and the man has persuaded her to have an abortion in Madrid.
They are waiting at a transfer station for the express train to Spain's capital
city....

`int_1^4 ((4 + 6u)/sqrt(u)) du` Evaluate the integral

`int_1^4(4+6u)/sqrt(u)du`

`=int_1^4(4/sqrt(u)+(6u)/sqrt(u))du`

`=int_1^4(4u^(-1/2)+6u^(1/2))du`

`=[4(u^(-1/2+1)/(-1/2+1))+6(u^(1/2+1)/(1/2+1))]_1^4`

`=[4(u^(1/2)/(1/2))+6(u^(3/2)/(3/2))]_1^4`

`=[8u^(1/2)+6*2/3u^(3/2)]_1^4`

`=[8(4)^(1/2)+4(4)^(3/2)]-[8(1)^(1/2)+4(1)^(3/2)]`

`=(8(2^2)^(1/2)+4(2^2)^(3/2))-(8+4)`

`=(16+4(2^3))-12`

`=(16+32)-12`

=36

What kind of work did the village blacksmith do?

"" bydoesn't really go into detail
about the work of the blacksmith, because readers would have been familiar with it. Especially
before mass production became common, the blacksmith would have been responsible for making and
repairing most metal goods used in a village.

The typical process began with
placing a metal bar in a special type of kiln known as a forge. Bellows (air pumps) were used
(often operated by apprentices) to keep the interior temperatures of the forge hot enough to
soften the metal. The smith would remove the softened metal from the forge using long, heavy
metal tongs and place the heated metal on a flat surface called an anvil. The smith would then
use a hammer and files to shape the metal. This was dangerous and difficult physical
labor.

Blacksmiths made and repaired most common metal household and farm
implements, including shovels, axes, plow parts, needles, and pots and kettles. They also made
weapons for soldiers. Many blacksmiths also made horseshoes and would shoe
horses.  

Hamlet is seen as being indecisive throughout the first three acts of the play. Which of these lines from acts 4 and 5 show that Hamlet is finally...

's
determination to focus on avenging his father's murder actually begins right after the
"play-within-a-play" in act 3, scene 2, whendecides thatis telling the
truth.

HAMLET: O good , I'll take the ghost's word for
a
thousand pound! (3.2.275€“276)

Hamlet's desire
for revenge suffers a setback in act 3, scene 3, when Hamlet talks himself out of killingwhile
Claudius is praying. Hamlet reasons that if he kills Claudius while he's praying, Claudius will
go to heaven. Hamlet prefers to send Claudius elsewhere and defers killing him until Claudius is
behaving badly.

HAMLET: Up, sword, and know thou a more
horrid hent.
When he is drunk asleep; or in his rage;
Or in the incestuous
pleasure of his bed;
At game, a-swearing, or about some act
That has no relish
of salvation in't
Then trip...

What is the main conflict in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker?

The main
conflict in 's short story "" might be seen as the choice that the mother needs to
make in how she treats her two very different daughters. To me, the mother-as-narrator calls
attention to her central role in the main conflict, and the use of the phrase "everyday
use" calls attention to the two daughters' different views of the quilts and other family
heirlooms.

As might be expected in this conflict, the reader is prompted to
take sides, too. I have the strong impression that most readers side with Maggie and believe
that she, not Dee, truly knows how to value the family heirlooms and the heritage that they
represent. All it takes are a few questions, though -- such as "Is it always wrong
to protect unique and irreplaceable quilts from the wear and tear of 'everyday use'?" or
"Is it always wrong to leave home when you grow up and to make deliberate, conscious
changes in how you live your life?" -- to challenge the oversimplified view that one
daughter is correct and the other is wrong in all things.

How are the characteristics of the Roman Empire different from the Roman Republic?

This is a
great question. The first point we need to make is that Rome changed under the Republic and the
Empire quite a bit. Therefore, we need to be flexible and speak in terms of the big picture. If
we do this, here is what we have. 

First, the Empire had an emperor. This is,
undoubtedly, the most distinguishing mark of the Empire and what sets it apart from the
Republic. The Republic had consuls, praetors, and quaestors, to name a few of the magistrates.
Moreover, there was always a number of them, so that power was diffused. In the Empire, we still
had these magistrates, but there was no question who had power - the Emperor. 

Second, In the later Empire, post-Diocletian, the Roman Empire was divided into the
West and the East. This might seem like a small thing, but this is an important point, because
the Empire would develop on two tracks. In fact, under Constantine, a new city was built, which
will survive until 1453 - Constantinople. 

Finally, I would say that the
Roman Empire by the time of Constantine changed religiously. The Empire embraced Christianity
and this would spread to Constantinople as well. From Rome and Constantinople, unwittingly, Rome
gave birth to Roman Catholicism and East Orthodoxy. 

How do regional organizations enhance/support globalization?

First of
all, we have to note that not everyone would say that regional organizations actually do promote
globalization. There is a clear argument to be made that such organizations only promote
regionalization, not globalization.  This argument must be accounted for in this
discussion.

We can argue that regional organizations like the European Union
or the North American Free Trade Agreement region promote globalization. This is because they
encourage countries to look beyond themselves. ...

Why did Geoffrey Chaucer write The Book of the Duchess?

The
reason why Chaucer wrote The most often is given as a straightforward
explanation. Blanche, the wife of his patron (person who commissioned and paid for poems and
provided livelihood) the Duke of Lancaster, John of Gaunt (son of England's King Edward III and
father of King Henry IV), died (1368) and Chaucer wrote The Duchess
(1368-69) as a memorial to her life and death: he wrote Blanche an
. Yet other scholars find
problems with this explanation.
Firstly, the poem deviates from standard elegy form and devotes
much attention to the virtue and worthiness of the Black Knight, who is recognized as the
representation of John of Gaunt, making the claim of elegy a little less tenable.

Secondly, Chaucer was not a courtier of John of Gaunt but
rather was a courtier and emissary for King Edward III and received an annuity (livelihood
income) from Edward III before his marriage to Philippa who was in service to Edward's Queen
Philippa. While Chaucer...

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How does Dickens present Scrooge's character in stave five of A Christmas Carol?

After the
visit of the three spirits, Scrooge is a changed man. Not only is he full of the joys of
Christmas, but also of the milk of human kindness. Old Ebenezer has finally seen the error of
his ways, and it's truly a sight to behold. But as it's so out of character for Scrooge to
behave in such a kind and friendly manner, it's also a little unnerving at first. Bob Cratchit
can't quite believe his eyes when he sees Scrooge laughing and joking at the little prank he
plays on him when he returns to work. And he definitely can't believe his ears when the man
who'd always been such a mean old skinflint actually tells him he's going to give him a generous
raise. But it soon becomes clear to everyone that this is no sudden mental aberration on
Scrooge's part: he really does love Christmas; and he really has changed for the better, once
and for all.

In Lord of the Flies, what are some of Piggy's character traits, and what are some quotes that demonstrate them?

is very
much the voice of reason on the island. It is he who understands the necessity of building a
rules-based civilization if the boys are to survive and thrive. While so many of the other boys
are having fun and just generally jerking around, Piggy's getting down to the practical business
of building fires and shelters, and thinking how best to organize everything.

He doesn't only do this because it's important, because it's absolutely essential for
the boys' survival, but because he wants to be accepted by the others. Overweight,
short-sighted, and asthmatic, Piggy's one of life's outsiders, constantly picked on and bullied
for his unimpressive physical appearance. So one can understand why Piggy sees his contribution
to this nascent...

What are the exposition, rising action, and climax of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins?

Unfortunately, you asked more than one
question; it seems to me this one would give you the most information, so I edited out the
other.

, byis set in the future in a country named Panem
(formerly America). The Capitol of Panem is rich and prosperous, a stark contrast to the poverty
of the thirteen districts. District twelve is the poorest district, and that is where the ,
Katniss Everdeen, lives.

She is hunting with her friend when the story
begins, and we quickly get the sense of poverty in this district. Each year in Panem, one boy
and one girl are chosen from each district to compete in the Hunger Games. It is a competition
to the death as a punishment for some long-ago rebellion by the districts against the Capitol,
and this year Prim Everdeen's name is drawn.

Everything up to this point is
the novel's . Katniss volunteers to take Prim's place as Tribute, knowing she is better equipped
that Prim to fight and survive the Games; that is the inciting action which begins the rising
action.

Kaitness and her District twelve partner, Peeta, begin training with
Haymitch. Though the man is a former winner of the Hunger Games, he is also a drunkard; however,
Haymitch is the best chance Peeta and Katniss have to succeed, so they heed his
instruction. 

The rising action continues as, one by one, the other Tributes
die or are killed. Soon the unthinkable happens, and only the two district twelve Tributes are
left in the Games, and they refuse to obey the new rule which says there can only be one
winner. 

Theof the story has to be when Katniss and Peeta threaten to commit
suicide by eating poisonous berries Katniss has. She cannot explain the complete plan to Peeta
because they are being watched so intensely, but she asks him to trust her and he does. Katniss
narrates the moment:

He holds my gaze for a long moment
then lets go. I loosen the top of the pouch and pour a few spoonfuls of berries into his palm.
Then I fill my own. "On the count of three?" Peeta leans down and kisses me once, very
gently. "The count of three," he says. We stand, our backs pressed together, our empty
hands locked tight. "Hold them out. I want everyone to see," he says. I spread out my
fingers, and the dark berries glisten in the sun. I give Peeta's hand one last squeeze as a
signal, as a good-bye, and we begin counting. "One." Maybe I'm wrong. "Two."
Maybe they don't care if we both die. "Three!" It's too late to change my mind. I lift
my hand to my mouth taking one last look at the world. The berries have just passed my lips when
the trumpets begin to blare. The frantic voice of Claudius Templesmith shouts above them.
"Stop! Stop! Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the 74th Hunger
Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark! I give you - the tributes of District 12! 

Clearly this is the moment of most intense action; everything after
this is falling action and resolution. 

How does Dante utilize the depiction of characters in The Inferno to express social satire and satirical commentary?

Dante had
reasons to use social commentary--he was exiled from Florence for picking the wrong side in the
Guelph-Ghibelline conflict and for this was threatened with death if he came back to Florence.
 In The Inferno, Dante sends the people who committed various sins into
their own circle of Hell.  Each circle fits the crime.  Gluttons are left to wallow about in
waste.  Lustful people are blown about by the winds, as they cannot stay attached.  Murderers
and suicides get their own grisly punishment.  Dante sends many people who have wronged him into
Hell.  There are even popes in Hell.  Even in the lowest circle, the most treacherous people in
his view of history, Brutus, Cassius, and Judas Iscariot are being chewed by a three headed
Satan-like beast encased in ice, which is supposed to be the exact opposite of the Trinity used
in Christianity.  Dante wanted to write an epic for Florence that would be the equal of the
ancient Greek and Roman epics.  He also wanted to state to his enemies that their eternal
punishments would fit the crimes.  

What makes the communication between Higgins and Liza difficult in Shaw's Pygmalion?

The
simple answer to why communication between Liza and Henry Higgins is difficult is
"her" and "his overbearing, pompous attitude"! However, we'll try for
something more useful. Liza is poor, was raised in a village called Lisson Grove far to the west
of London, and had only the most basic education. Therefore, with all these factors combined,
she speaks in an English dialect that is an extreme version that never yielded to the influence
of the...

How long had Nene Atang and Nanameka been married?

The story
begins with Nene Atang and Nnaemeka engaged to be married. The first part of the story focuses
on Nnaemeka's father's objections to the marriage, on the basis that his son's fianc©e is from
a different tribe. Nnaemeka hopes that his father (who is named Okeke) will change his mind, but
his father is obstinate and refuses to give his blessing to the marriage.

Later in the story, Nnaemeka receives a letter from his father, which begins, "It
amazes me that you could be so unfeeling as to send me your wedding picture." We are told
that this letter is received "Six months later."

We are then told
that, "For eight years, Okeke would have nothing to do with his son." The story then
concludes with Okeke reading a letter from his son's wife, Nene Atung. In the letter, Nene
implores Okeke to see his grandchildren. Okeke, thinking about the grandchildren he has never
seen, feels "the resolution he has built up over so many years falling in."

By the end of the story, we can thus infer that Nene Atang and Nnaemeka have been
married for approximately eight years.

How did Frederick Douglass make an impact on the world that we live in today?

I
count myself among the list of historians who
think thatmay be one of the most underrated civil
rights leaders in American
history. Though Douglass is primarily known for his abolitionist
views, his
influences in womens rights, social justice, and civil rights are cornerstones in
the
modern way these fundamental rights have become a part of our nations
consciousness. Douglasss
legacy is inseparable from the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, which may be
one reason he has not been
given the same historical prominence as DuBois, Tubman, Carver,
Anthony,
Garvey, or Stanton. If Douglass had lived during the 1960s, his voice would have
joined
with civil rights icons like King, Young, Abernathy, Jackson, and
others in promoting civil
rights and world social justice.

With the passage of what is sometimes called
the Civil War
Amendments and other times theAmendments to the Constitution, Douglass
achieved
what many considered his lifes work. The significance of these three
amendments extended beyond
the turbulent times associated with the Civil War
and Reconstruction period. These three
amendments would impact future
generations, as they formed the basis for future Supreme Court
civil rights
battles and for civil rights legislation. After the ratification of the
Amendments,
Douglass continued to speak to matters related to the rights of
African Americans but also
turned to speak on issues related to the rights of
women.

The Seneca Falls
Convention (1848) was the first
large-scale convention on behalf of womens suffrage. Douglass
was one of many
prominent participants at the meeting, and some historians credit his

behind-the-scenes work for passing a resolution in support of womens suffrage. His
signature,
along with those of many other prominent feminists such as
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, appears on
the Declaration of Sentiments, a call for
womens right to vote.

Douglass
would use his newspaper to
promote the rights of women throughout the remainder of his life. In
a
historical twist of fate, Douglass would pass away shortly after attending a Womans
Council
Meeting. His early support and impact on the womens movement is
overshadowed by his work on
civil rights issues but is a prominent
achievement that needs to be brought to light.

Douglass
was a well-known advocate in Great Britain and parts of Europe for what in

modern times is known as social justice. Douglass, to escape being returned to slavery,
left the
United States to travel abroad. While abroad, he promoted a wide
array of civil rights and
social issues throughout his time in Great Britain
and Ireland before returning to the United
States. The money he earned on his
speaking tour was enough to purchase his freedom from bondage
and start his
newspaper, The North
Star.

Frederick Douglass lived a life of
possibility. As an escaped slave, an abolitionist
leader, an advocate for
womens suffrage, a journalist, a business owner, and a promoter of
social
justice issues, his influence continues to live in the modern civil rights
movement
worldwide.

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Cite a situation in Pygmalion and relate this to a prevailing global issue.

's play
" " focuses on economic, cultural, and linguistic disparities between different social
classes. The issue of the gap between rich and poor is very much a global concern today, as new
technologies have reduced the gap in some ways (for example, through widespread access to
cell...

Why did Hamlet pretend to be insane?

After
speaking with his father's ghost,learns
that his uncle, , assassinated his father by pouring
poison into his ear
while he was sleeping in an orchard. Upon discovering his uncle's

treachery,promises to avenge his father's death by murdering King Claudius. Hamlet
also
understands that Claudius will be wary of him and does not want him to
suspect that he is
plotting against him. Hamlet is also aware that Claudius
will begin spying on him and threatens
to interrupt his bloody plans.
Therefore, Hamlet decides to feign madness as a way to confuse
Claudius and
distract him from becoming suspicious. Hamlet essentially desires to conceal
his
malevolent intentions and suppress Claudius's suspicions. Initially,
Claudius entertains the
idea that Hamlet may be acting strange because he is
lovesick. However, Hamlet's madness
influences Claudius to send him away to
England, where Claudius plans on having him murdered.
Unfortunately, Hamlets
madness influences Claudius to act more suspicious of him and draws
attention
to himself. While Claudius may not suspect that Hamlet is plotting his murder, he
does
eye him with suspicion and wants him as far away from Denmark as
possible.

Much of the conversation seems to be about trivial things. What purposes does this conversation serve? "Hills Like White Elephants"

As is so
typical of 's minimalist style, much of the meaning of "" comes from what is not said
and what lies beneath the surface--his renowned "iceberg effect."  Often a second
reading of his stories reveals more to the student since knowing the outcome assists in finding
how it came about.  However, in this story, even the outcome is unresolved.

Nevertheless, it is this ambiguous conclusion that leads the reader to an understanding
of the character of the man who is myopic in his relationship with Jigs, the girl.  For
instance, while the couple are waiting for the train to Barcelona and sit at a table, Jig
"looks off at the line of hills" and reflectively notes that they look like white
elephants, but the man replies without interest without pausing in his drinking of a
beer:

"I've never seen one," the man drank his
beer.

"No, you wouldn't have."

"I might
have," the man said.  "Just because you say I wouldn't have doesn't prove
anything.

He becomes angered at the suggestion that he
cannot expand his thinking, a contention made relevant in the ensuing conversation as Jigs tries
to escape her thoughts by drinking absinthe, known for its psychoactive properties:

"It tastes like licorice," the girl said and put the glass
down.

"That's the way with everything."

"Yes," said the girl.  Everything tastes of licorice.  Especially all the
things you've waited so long for, like absinthe."

The man, "who lacks imagination" as a character from another of Hemingway's
stories describes such a man, dismisses her reflections.  Likewise, he seeks to dismiss the
subject of his desire for Jig to have an abortion so that they can "...be fine afterward. 
Just like we were before."  Repeatedly, the man speaks of his concern for Jig--"if you
don't want to you don't have to."  But Jig's knows that things will be different:

"...But if I do it, then it will be nice again if I say things
are like white elephants, and you'll like it?"

Another aspect that develops the meaning to the apparently trivial conversation is the
few lines that Hemingway puts between this dialogue.  For example, towards the end of the story,
the man tries to convince Jig by saying, "But you've got to realize---" and she
abruptly responds with "I realize"; however Hemingway narrates that she looks across
at the hills on the dry side of the valley and the man looks at her and at the table.  These
actions of the girl and the man indicate their points of view on their serious topic.  For, Jigs
sees beyond to a dry, dispassionate relationship, while again the man is myopic and selfish. 
Thus, there is no resolution to their conflict since there is no change in
character.

What do rats symbolize in the book 1984?

In
, the rats represent 's deepest fears because he is more afraid of them than of
anything else. On a deeper level, however, the rats also symbolize the extent of
the Party's control over the people of Oceania. In Part Three, Chapter Five, for
example,describes the rats as being "intelligent" and deliberately preying on the
"sick and dying." Just like the rats, the Party also uses its intelligence to prey on
and manipulate Party members. The Thought Police, the telescreens, and Room 101 are the
instruments of violence and terror (much like the rats' claws and teeth). The rats are a
particularly appropriate symbol of the Party's power because they illustrate how the Party has
been able to dig deep into Winston's most private thoughts and fears to find the thing that will
terrorize him most.

The rats, too, are single-minded in their pursuit of
prey. O'Brien, for example, tells Winston that a baby cannot be left alone in the poor quarter,
even for five minutes, because the rats are certain to attack it. This is symbolic of the
Party's relentless pursuit of power: the Party will never let go of power and control, just as
the rats will never relinquish an opportunity to feed or attack. 

In Never Let Me Go, what are the restrictions in this utopian society?

The massive restriction
that the central characters face as clones is that they are not free to live their lives as they
would like and that they do not have ultimate control over their futures. This is the shaping
reality that becomes more and more clear as we read this excellent book. It starts from the
beginning, as we hear the kind of restrictions that the children face at Hailsham as they are
told not to smoke or do anything that could harm their bodies, because of their
"special" status, and then of course we see this as they move towards adulthood and
Tommy and Kathy form a relationship based on true love that is doomed to a tragic
ending.

This novel above all paints a very bleak and unyielding picture of
what it is to have life but with no control over it. The moments of happiness that Kathy and
Tommy enjoy in their relationship are only brief glimpses of joy against an unyielding
background of gloom and depression as we see the kind of destiny all the clones must face. The
clones are ultimately presented as humans, but humans who are unable to actually live fully as
humans because of the way that they are used for harvesting. This is the massive restriction
that exists in this world.

In the Two Minutes Hate in George Orwell's 1984, what are three Party slogans?

In Part One,
Chapter One,describes the Two Minutes Hate. As this event draws to a close, the face of Big
Brother appears on the telescreen followed by the three slogans of the Party:

WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

These slogans are
paradoxical but demonstrate the extent of the Party's power. The Party is so powerful, for
instance, that it can make people believe that two opposing and illogical ideas are one and the
same.

Furthermore, it is significant that these slogans appear at the end of
the Two Minutes Hate. On a practical level, they bring the Hate to an end, functioning like a
calm after the storm. Looking deeper, however, they make people feel safe and protected by the
Party. We see this most strongly in the description of the "little sandy-haired woman"
who calls out "My saviour!" when she sees Big Brother's face and the slogans on the
telescreen.

How to write A LETTER TO MY ENGLISH teacher that I don't deserve this LOW score and you I WANT to see MY EXAM paper?

Have you
actually discussed this with your english teacher yet? If you have not approached your teacher
yet you may actually want to do this first. Maybe your teacher will be happy to show you your
score. Your teacher will like the fact that you are concerned about your grade. I would make
sure that your teacher knows that your grades are very important to you and you want to do
whatever it takes ti improve yourself.

The above responders gave you some
very good advice in regards to writing a letter to your english teacher. Just remember to keep
it very professional and make sure that your teacher knows that you want to know what you can do
to improve yourself.

How did Hinduism influence Gandhi's actions?

Hinduism
influenced Gandhi's actions in many ways.  Even though he was raised as a Hindu, he didn't read
the Bhagavad Gita until he was a little older.  He studied many religions and combined some of
the beliefs of other religions with Hindu beliefs when he returned to India.  One important
Hindu belief is the concept of the sacredness of life and the need to practice non-violence.
 This is why Gandhi's protests were non-violent in nature.  Hinduism believes all religions have
value.  This taught Gandhi the concept of tolerance.  This was important since Hindus and
Muslims lived together in India.  Hindu beliefs also include striving to know the Divine power.
 This explains Gandhi's  spirituality and religious practice.  Additionally, Hinduism encourages
a lot of self reflection, discipline, and purification.  Gandhi often fasted to achieve this
goal.  Hinduism had a significant impact on Gandhi's life and actions.

When Elizabeth started playing the game in The Egypt Game, whom did she become?

When
Elizabeth started playing the Egypt Game, she became the queen, Neferbeth.

When Elizabeth had first moved into the neighborhood, the original Egypt girls, and
April especially, had not wanted to ask her to join in their game. Once they got to know her,
however, April and Melanie both agreed that Elizabeth would be a perfect fit, especially since
her profile resembled that of the famous Egyptian queen, Nefertiti. April had gotten a bust of
the ancient queen at the Professor's antique store, and that single item had been the original
inspiration for the Egypt Game. The girls had set up a shrine with the bust as its focus, and
their subsequent role-playing developed from that.

Elizabeth, who is a tiny
Asian girl, resembled, when looked at from the side, the bust of Nefertiti in April and
Melanie's minds. Her curly ponytail, tightly bound,

"pulled her hair back away from her face and neck; and there was certainly
something about her delicate, slender-necked profile that was very like the statue of
Nefertiti."

Using a creative combination of her own
name, Elizabeth, and the queen's, Nefertiti, the girls called Elizabeth "Neferbeth" in
the game. With April and Melanie playing the role of priestesses, and Marshal playing the king,
Elizabeth was the perfect addition as the queen modeled after the famed
Nefertiti.

What is one example of irony in "The Open Window," and what type of irony is it?

There is
a truly deliciousin Vera's name. Vera is the Latin word for truth, and yet
this mischievous young lady has shown herself constitutionally incapable of telling the truth. A
chronic teller of tall-tales whose name is truth is ironic indeed. This is an example of verbal
irony.

Vera also provides us with an example of dramatic irony when she spins
her tale about Framton Nuttel being afraid of dogs. We know full well this isn't true, but her
family seems utterly convinced.

And there's also an example of situational
irony when Mr. Sappleton and his brothers return home from their hunting...

In Orwell's Animal Farm, how does Napoleon become increasingly like a typical dictator?

I would
just add to 's comments by saying thatbecomes richer and richer while the other animals
become poorer and poorer.  Futhermore, the way Napoleon wields his power slowly becomes resolved
around fear - fear that Jones will return, fear thatwill return, and finally fear of Napoleon
himself after the execution of the pigs and hens.

What are some examples of authority figures being ignored and how they are ignored in West Side Story?

In the musical
West Side
Story there are few adult characters present to represent

"authority" figures. Because the plot focuses mainly on issues that are being faced
by
the younger characters, the adult characters are scripted as eitheror just
ineffective people.
As such, they are ignored by the younger characters who
have bigger matters with which to
concern themselves. The adult characters
are Officer Krupke, Lieutenant Schrank, and Doc the
drugstore
owner. 

One example of authority characters being ignored
or
disrespected occurs in the very first scene of Act I. Officer Krupke and
Lieutenant Schrank
arrive right after a fight has taken place and question
the boys in the Jets gang about what has
just happened. The Jets give them
smart-alecky comments rather than straight answers, even
referring to Schrank
as "buddy boy". After Krupke and Schrank forbid them to fight any
further
with the Sharks and leave the scene, various Jets boys mock the things that the two
men
had just told them. At last Riff, the leader of the Jets, gathers his
gang together and incites
them to plan what he hopes will be a decisive
battle against the Sharks. This is in direct
opposition to what Krupke and
Schrank just told them to do.

Another example
of an
authority figure being ignored is in scene six at Doc's Drugstore. Doc tries to make
all
the kids leave, telling them that it is curfew time. Baby John, A-rab,
and Snowboy explain that
they are there to hold a war council with the Sharks
to decide on weapons for their upcoming
rumble. Doc starts to protest against
this dangerous plan, but is repeatedly interrupted by
Action, who explains
why he thinks that Doc and all the other men in Action's life just do not

understand what young people are like. Doc tries to make the point that their deadly
desire to
rumble with the Sharks is going to destroy them, but he is
continually contradicted. In spite of
his warnings, the war council is held
and the rumble is planned. Later in the same scene Tony is
alone with Doc,
and Doc expresses his fear about Tony's involvement with Maria as well as the

upcoming fight. But in spite of this Tony does not change his plans or

behavior.

How is the epigraph at the beginning of T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" relevant to the meaning of the poem? Try in particular to...

The epigraph
at the beginning of s poem is relevant to the rest of the poem in various ways, including the
following:

• The epigraph comes from s
  Inferno, thus suggesting that the ensuing poem will depict a kind of dark,
  hellish experience.
• If we assume that the epigraph is by Prufrock himself
  (the speaker of the poem), then the epigraph implies Prufrocks learning, his depressed state of
  mind, and his tendency to describe his own situation in somewhat hyperbolic terms.


• If we assume that the epigraph is not by Prufrock but is Eliots...
  
  

What is the religious message in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe?

was a
Dissenter, a term used for English people in his period who were not members of the Church of
England but instead belonged to other Protestant denominations; in Defoe's case, the
denomination was Presbyterian. Dissenters in this period incurred many civil disabilities: they
were unable to attend the English universities of Oxford or Cambridge and barred from holding
many government offices.

A key distinction between Dissent and the Roman
Catholic and Anglican churches in this period was the dissenting belief in the "priesthood
of all believers." In other words, rather than believing that salvation could only be
obtained within the Church through regular participation in sacraments offered by the clergy,
Dissenters saw salvation as a matter of individual faith and as a direct personal relationship
with God. Thus Crusoe, rather than being saved by attending Church, confessing his sins, doing
penance during Lent, and then taking Easter Communion, instead develops his...

In "The Minister's Black Veil," how does the black veil affect the wedding?

In the
sin-obsessedof the Puritan era, the Reverend Mr. Hooper's black veil, which hides the lower
portion of his face and casts doubt in the minds of his congregation that their minister may be
hiding some dark secret, casts a portentous gloom upon the wedding ceremony when he
arrives.

This congregation of Puritans who carry an unforgiving view of human
nature wonder at their earlier church service what their minister is hiding behind "his two
folds of crape [crªpe]." The "gloomy shade" that Mr. Hooper continues to wear to
a funeral and now to a wedding is very unnerving to the people.

Each member of the congregation, the most innocent girl, and the man of hardened
breast, felt as if the minister had crept upon them, behind his awful veil, and discovered their
horrible iniquity of deed or thought. 

Thus, when the
minister arrives at the wedding wearing the dark veil over his face, the mood of the gathering
is greatly affected. Whereas the guests have supposed that the minister would discard his veil
and adopt his usual "placid cheerfulness" for this happy ceremony, he instead enters
wearing this small pall-like cloth. Thus,

...a cloud
seemed to have rolled duskily from beneath the black crape and dimmed the lights of the
candles.

To the wedding guests it appears that the pale
bride resembles the maiden who has been buried only a few hours before, and this deathlike
maiden is one and the same.
So powerful an effect has this black veil of the minister
produced that even when he catches a glimpse of himself in a looking glass, he himself shudders
with horror, spills his untasted wine, and rushes out into the dark night. "For the Earth,
too, had on her Black Veil."

The minister's black veil casts a pall upon
the occasions Mr. Hooper attends so that the funeral differs little from the wedding. From his
donning of this veil, then, there evolves a feeling of dread in the congregation whenever they
encounter the Reverend Mr. Hooper, on whose face they can only detect the "glimmering of a
melancholy smile," and he is avoided. 

Disadvantages of being bilingual? Could I have a paragraph which explains the disadvantages of being bilingual?

I have taught at many
schools with populations of poor immigrants.I found that the parents often desperately wanted
their children to learn English, so they would often discourage use of their own language.They
thought that if they talked to their children in their own language, their children wouldn't
learn English as well.I often tried to explain to them that it was better for their children to
be bilingual.However, neighborhood wisdom suggested that the best way for the children to learn
English was to not speak or hear their own language, and it's hard to get past neighborhood
wisdom.]]>

For many times in the play we get a reference to blindness/vision. Why is that? What is the intent or purpose of these many references?

The repeated
references to sight / seeing / vision and blindness are a literary device called a
"leitmotif."  By examining a leitmotif in its different contexts, we can arrive a
theme of a literary work. Here it has to do with theof "sight" as knowledge,
especially knowledge of the self.  We "see" when we understand, just as we
"see" when we turn on the lights; we don't see in the dark.  In developing the
leitmotif of "seeing" metaphorically, as knowledge, and literally, as physical
vision,

What effect does Big Brother have on Winston in 1984, and how is his obsession with O'Brien different from his attitude toward Big Brother?

's father
disappears when he is young, and his mother is left to raise Winston and his younger sister
alone. One could argue that throughout the novel, Winston is in search of a father-figure. Big
Brother should be that figure to him according to the ideology of the state, but Winston rejects
him. He can't look up to Big Brother because he hates what Big Brother stands for: as endless
surveillance and a regimented life without freedom. Big Brother is the father he rebels against
and of whom he wants to break free.

Winston therefore turns toas a more
satisfactory father-figure. He believesdespite a complete lack of evidencethat O'Brien is
fighting the government and shares his hatred of it. He falls into O'Brien's trap and admits to
wanting an active role in a conspiracy against the state because he is so sure that O'Brien is
on his side and is willing to guide him in the right direction. While Big Brother is the
father-figure who represents oppression to him, O'Brien...

What does light symbolize in A Streetcar Named Desire?

Light
represents reality, the very thing Blanche Dubois dreads most. She says to Mitch right up front,
"I don't want . I want magic!" Blanche is a romantic who detests ugliness and
brutality. She also detests how the beautiful society world she grew up in is fast vanishing,
and she detests how she is no longer a beautiful, young southern belle. When Mitch tosses aside
the paper lanterns and forces Blanche into the light, he is seeing her for the first time,
stripped of her illusions about who she is.

To disguise her aging, Blanche
puts paper lanterns on the bare light bulbs in her room and she avoids being seen in direct
light. She wants to retain the illusion that she is a southern belle and not a sad, desperate
woman determined to forget she's no longer sixteen and virginal with the hopes of a dashing
gentleman as a husband.

What is Ray Bradbury's tone about the rocket men?

Tone, of
course, is an author's attitude towards his or her subject.  I am intrigued by your question
because more than one of the stories within collection byconcerns the
"rocket men" you mention in your question.  In reality, though, that doesn't matter
because Ray Bradbury's tone toward any of "the rocket men" you ask about is always the
same:  it is a tone of both disillusionment and disagreement.

There are three
stories in question all of which contain the aforementioned "rocket men":  "The
Rocket," "The Rocket Man," and "Kaleidoscope."  In the former story, a
guy wastes his savings in order to simply pretend or "simulate" a real rocket trip
because he can't pay for a real one.  The author, Ray Bradbury, reveals his tone indirectly
through the happenings of the story.  In "The Rocket Man" a husband leaves his wife
and family time and time again in order to go back to the alluring "drug" of the
stars.  Humanity is left behind for the romantic ideal of starlit space.  Again, Bradbury shows
his own thoughts indirectly by showing that no good comes from this husband's space travel.  The
latter story, "Kaleidoscope," all of the "rocket men" here are thrown
tragically into space (to certain death) when their spaceship explodes.  Here, Bradbury reveals
his thoughts in the character of Hollis who realizes that the illusion of dreams can't
constitute a memory of reality.  One of the best quotes that sums up the tone is about the
mother in one of the stories who is steeped in reality (as opposed to the "dreams" of
the "rocket men"):

Mother wasn't afraid of the
sky in the day so much, but it was the night stars that she wanted to turn off, and sometimes I
could almost see her reaching for a switch in her mind, but never finding it.

In conclusion, it's important to note that no matter which story
you are referring to, Bradbury's tone remains the same:  one of disagreement or disillusionment
towards the "rocket men" and their space travel.  This leads to a further idea that
the simpler the life is, the better for the human race.

What was the basic ideology of the Progressive movement?

arose in the
late 1800s in reaction to the excesses of the Industrial Revolution, which had led to political
corruption, wealth inequality, assimilation difficulties from mass migration, and the rapid
growth of cities as interior migration took place. The basic ideology of this era held that
reform of society through legislation is possible, beneficial, needed, and appropriate and that
these reforming laws can best be created through application of the scientific method. The
movement eventually affected all areas of society from business through the professions and
academia.

While this impulse arose from laudable intentions, it
led...

How does the tone contrast between the two essays?

The
first essay of is addressed to the author's nephew, on the occasion of
the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Baldwin's purpose is to give the young
man an assessment of the situation in the US as it exists, in which, despite all the time that
has passed since the Civil War, so much is still wrong. Baldwin writes to his nephew in the tone
of one man to another who already has at least an intuitive grasp of the facts, as all African
Americans do, but may still lack the maturity to have a complete understanding of them. His
purpose is to articulate, as a writer such as himself would best be able to do, an objective
view...

What are some biographical facts about George Orwell that can connect to his book 1984?

There several
aspects of s life that relate directly to his novel .

One of the more general and basic is thatwas a long term socialist. He was not,
however, purely theoretical in his politics, but instead lived them first hand, fighting against
Franco in the Spanish Civil War.

There are more specific...

In "Charles" by Shirley Jackson, what is Laurie's relationship with his parents like? How would it be described?

On the
surface, the relationship between Laurie and his parents seems quite typical. When he starts
kindergarten, he starts wearing jeans instead of overalls and this shows how he is becoming more
independent. He begins taking a more active role in who he is. Laurie uses this stage of his
development to try different things. The narrator (mother) notes how he becomes more thoughtless
and insolent when talking with his father. Laurie is testing the limits of what he can and can
not get away with. Laurie tests his parents' and teacher's patience. While this is also a
typical phase that many children go through, it does seem that Laurie goes a bit too far. Laurie
knows this as well. That's why he creates an alter-ego in order to do the things that he knows
are wrong. On the other hand, he also attributes his good deeds with . Note that it is Charles
who acts as the teacher's helper. By acting out, via Charles, Laurie creates a problem in his
relationship with his parents. He uses a lie (not telling them that he is Charles) in order to
tell the truth. 

The relationship between Laurie and his parents is
troublesome because Laurie lies about what he has been doing at school and he is rude to his
parents. On the other hand, Laurie tells them everything he does; he just uses his alter-ego as
a way of disclosing everything. Their relationship would best be described as complicated or
problematic. He tells them everything Charles does but does not tell them that he is Charles.
So, it is an oddof lies and truth. Their relationship is therefore paradoxically healthy but
also problematic. 

In Candide, what is it about Voltaire's critique that qualifies it as "enlightened"?

When we
speak about the intellectual and literary trends of the eighteenth century, we largely speak in
terms of the Enlightenment, or the Age of Reason (in whichis usually featured prominently). The
Enlightenment was characterized by a mindset championing rationalism and human progress. It
attacked superstitions and irrationalities present within Early Modern Europe. This is the
source of its moniker the "Age of Reason": one might understand the Enlightenment as
being shaped by a vision in which social and political progress could only be achieved through
the use of the intellect.

Where things get trickier, however, is this: while
we have a tendency to view the Enlightenment in terms of a unified movement, it was, in reality,
far more fractal in nature. Enlightenment thinkers were not in lockstep with each other. There
was no unified doctrine tying it all together. Indeed, consider that, with its
representation...

In Fahrenheit 451, why does the old woman choose to burn herself with her books, and what effect does her decision have on Montag?

Unlike
most people in this dystopian society, the old lady is not prepared to go quietly. She's not
prepared to sit back and allow these so-called firemen, these bibliophobic vandals, to destroy
her large, extensive book collection without at least some resistance, however futile.

The old woman cannot defeat the firemen, but she can at least become a martyr to the
cause of knowledge. Her self-identification as a martyr is confirmed by her quoting the dying
words of the sixteenth-century English Protestant Hugh Latimer, burned at the stake as a heretic
during the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary Tudor.

Montag is deeply disturbed
by the old woman's death. But he's also struck by the sheer bravery of her defiance as the
flames lick around her. He figures that if people are willing to die rather than acquiesce in
the destruction of their books, then there must be something special about them, irrespective of
what the government might say.

Was the Reconstruction Era after the American Civil War a success or failure? Why?

I believe it was
a failure.  A ten-year period of attempting to re-program Southern society into behaving fairly
towards all races did little to address the real problem - entrenched belief systems that aren't
altered by policing and policies.  You cannot change a person's heart issues.  Racism goes
deeper than behavior.  The following decades proved that although some progress was begun, the
old regime regained power despite efforts to turn over all old governmental footholds.  Many
African Americans found their way to the North to gain opportunities they would never have been
afforded in the South.  If the goal of Reconstruction was to reunite the nation and rebuild the
South, it's hard to look at any of the evidence and say it was a success - judging from the
direction of American society in the years following:  still divided, still
broken.

How did Jonathan Edwards use fear in his sermon to motivate his audience?

Edwards
gave this sermon to his congregation in Enfield, CT, in 1741, during what is known as The Great
Awakening in American religion, a period in which leaders of the church were hoping to
re-instill religious convictions, which they felt were weakening, in their congregations.  It is
almost a shame, by the way, that Edwards is chiefly remembered for this harsh sermon--most of
his writing and his service to the church was much more positive than this sermon
indicates.

The title of the sermon itself--""--is enough to create
fear among people who believe a) that everyone is sinful to some degree and b) that their God is
full of wrath rather than peace and light.  In their belief system, God is not primarily a
merciful being but rather a stern, demanding, angry God who may just as readily toss them into
Hell as let them into Heaven.

We know, for example, from accounts of the
actual sermon that some people were so shaken by Edwards' sermon that they either fainted or had
to leave the church.  That alone tells us how seriously they took the threat articulated by
Edwards.

One of Edwards' most powerful threats is his reminder that

They are already under a sentence of condemnation to hell.  They do
not only justly deserve to be cast down thither, but the sentence . . . of God . . . is gone out
against them. . . . 

Rather than believing they are
destined, if they are good and holy, to go to heaven, every listener understands that he or she,
as a sinful being, is already destined to end up in hell.  We need to keep in mind that hell for
these folks is a physical place full of every kind of horrible torture that one can
imagine.

Edwards uses very concreteto depict the congregation's dangerous
position:

Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as
lead, and to tend downwards with great weight and pressure towards hell; and if God should let
you go, you would immediately sink. . . .

The imagery
here--lead rolling down and being held up only by God's hand--is meant to convince the
congregation that they are literally full of sin and on the verge, by virtue of their weight, of
dropping into hell--stopped only by God's hand for the moment.  For people who believe in this
angry God, as well as their own sinfulness, this is an incredibly perilous situation over which
they have no control.  Their total lack of control over their fate may be the most powerful and
frightening concepts in Edwards sermon.

In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, what does Marley's face on the door knocker symbolize?

Walter Fischer

, of course, is a bit of a horror story, albeit one with a moral
and an exceedingly happy ending. From the beginning of ' classic, it is established that the
character of Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly, bitter old man whose sole function in life appears
to be the generation of revenue, usually at the expense of those less fortunate than himself. It
is, however, that very sour demeanor that propels the story's narrative and that prompts the
visits by four ghosts, beginning with that of his late business partner Jacob Marley. We are,
however, getting ahead of ourselves. The opening pages of Dickens' story establish the fact that
Scrooge is not a very nice man, and that his bitterness and outlook have adversely affected the
lives of those upon whom he actually depends, primarily the Cratchit family. 

Dickens, having established a generalin which his story will take place, then depicts
the figure of Scrooge making his seemingly routine trip from...

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What some descriptive phrases that characterize the United States and Europe after WWI?

There are
many possible phrases that could be used, with different phrases to describe the US and various
countries in Europe.  As some examples, we could use:

• Idealistic
  and pacificistic.  This would describe the US and many European countries.  This is why they
  made treaties like the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
• Economically devastated.  This
  could apply to Germany more than any country since much of its wealth was taken to pay for the
  damages from the war.
• Full of political unrest.  This would apply most to
  Russia and Germany.  However, you could apply it a bit to the US where there was a "Red
  Scare" in the time immediately after WWI.