In "Everything That Rises Must Converge," how does Julian show the important theme of hypocrisy?

Julian shows his hypocrisy in his attitudes,
beliefs, prejudices, and actions. For instance, Julian accuses his mother of and condemns her
for racist condescension while openly practicing condescension by trying engage a man on the bus
solely because of his race.  Julian advocates the liberality of his views while being selfish
and mean and illiberal of understanding of and compassion for his mother.

Julian prejudicially accuses his mother of living in a fantasy world, that being her
recollections of the life she was reared in, while fantasizing about humiliating
and...

Describe what Winstons room looks like in 1984.

's room
on the seventh floor of the dilapidated Victory Mansions is depicted as a tiny, worn-down
apartment, which includes a living room, a massive telescreen, and a small kitchen. The
telescreen in Winston's apartment is placed in an unusual position, where it cannot command the
entire room. It is positioned on the longer wall by the window and to one side of the telescreen
there is an alcove, where Winston Smith can write in his secret diary without being in the
telescreens view. There is also a small table positioned in the alcove and Winstons apartment is
sparsely furnished. Similar to the rest of Victory Mansions, Winston's apartment is a worn-down
dump, which is extremely small and uncomfortable. Winston's entire...

The fine arts were defined as crafts during the Middle Ages. How were they redefined during the Renaissance?

During the Middle
Ages almost all art
production was in the service of religion and the Church. The general belief

was that man must never put himself above God, the ultimate Creator. The Middle Ages
view of art
was that it was inspired solely by God and thus the human maker
of that art was only following a
plan or template given by the deity. Thus,
the majority of the artwork in the Middle Ages was
not signed (many works
still...

What are the key moments in Things Fall Apart that reflect the various themes in the story?

tells the tragic story of
,
an Igbo man who comes into conflict with the changing landscape of colonial Nigeria. At
the
storys start, Okonkwo fits well into the traditional society of his Igbo
village. He repairs his
name through feats of strength, he owns land, he has
three wives and many children, and he
commands respect throughout the
village. Two main events in the story reflect some of the main
themes that
play out in the downfall of Okonkwo.

The first event
happens
before the colonization by the British. Okonkwo is selected to care
from , a young boy who is
serving as the blood debt of a neighboring village.
Ikemefuna, though personally innocent, is to
be sacrificed to pay for the
blood of a woman from Okonkwos tribe who was murdered by someone
from
Ikemefunas tribe. An issue arises with Ikemefuna because everyone in Okonkwos family
grows
to like and appreciate him. Ikemefuna, however, is supposed to die as a
part of the ritual of
justice. When the time comes, Okonkwo participates in
the murder so that he doesnt appear weak.
However, he feels a deep emotion
for Ikemefuna and loves the boy. Okonkwos flaw, his
all-encompassing pride,
leads to the guilt of Ikemefunas blood haunting him for the future of
the
story. The theme that a hot temper can lead to mistakes shows in Okonkwos quick
decision. He
takes up the machete against Ikemefuna based on a split-second
worry about appearing weak, but
that decision haunts him and leads to other
issues later in the novel.

A
second event that
demonstrates a different theme is when Okonkwo attempts to take up arms

against the British colonial government at the end of the novel. Okonkwo, when he
returns from
exile, finds that his entire clan and culture have been altered
by the British. Facing the death
of his culture, Okonkwo pushes the others in
his tribe to take up arms and fight. However,
others in the tribe understand
the danger of doing so and do not join in his rebellion after he
kills a
white messenger. The text relates his feelings,

He
knew the Umuofia would not go to war. He knew because they had
let the other messengers escape.
They had broken into tumult instead of
action. He discerned fright in that tumult. ()

Okonkwo comes face-to-face with the reality that he is living in
the
past. No one in his tribe wants to fight as they might have before his exile. So, in a
fit
of passion and sorrow, he hangs himself. It is ironic because by hanging
himself, he ensures
that he will not be honored or respected like he worked
so hard to be early in the
story.

The theme we see develop
from this event is focused on the difficulty
of change. Change can be
painful, and it can cause hardship for inflexible people. Okonkwo is
the
definition of inflexible, and because the world changes around him, he

suffers.

I need a quote from the novel "Frankenstein" that describes Victor Frankenstein's character and that portrays his characterization. I am in AP...

is a man
driven by one single-minded, all-consuming sense of purpose. First, his all overarching goal or
purpose is to create life from inanimate matter. Once he does this and sees in horror what he
has createdand after it kills his loved ones in response to being rejected and scornedVictor's
new all-consuming purpose becomes tracking down and destroying his creation. Single-mindedness
at the expense of all else, coupled with pride, are Victor's salient characteristics.

While he is chasing , he visits a magistrate who is largely unconcerned about the
creature. What Victor says to the magistrate helps characterize him:

My revenge is of no moment to you; yet, while I allow it to be a
vice, I confess that it is the devouring and only passion of my soul. ...

When the magistrate, thinking Victor is half crazy because of his
passionate speech, tries to soothe, him, Victor is angry and expresses the pride that is his
other predominant trait. It is this pride...

In the phrases "lyric tenor" or "lyric baritone" what does the word "lyric" signify?

As you
probably already know, musicians categorize the human voice according to range using terms like
bass, baritone, tenor, countertenor, contralto, and soprano. According to the Baker's Student
Encyclopedia of Music available on the tenor has a typical range of "two octaves,
from the C below middle C to the C above (c0-c2)"  and a baritone is "the medium-range
male voice, lower than the tenor and higher than the bass, with a compass from A to about
f1." According to European classical tradition, voice types can be classified even further
than just range, using the "weight" of a voice.

Think about
different tenors you may have heard. Some of them have a darker, heartier, earthier, heaviness
to their tone. Others seem lighter, fluid, and soaring. These two tenors may have the same
range, but they have different vocal weights. Wikipedia calls vocal weight "the perceived
"lightness" or "heaviness" of a singing voice." The article goes on to
state: 

 Lighter voices are often associated with the term
lyric and are usually brighter and more agile; heavier voices are
often associated with the term dramatic and are usually powerful,
rich, and darker.

Lyric voices are those with a lighter
vocal weight. Keep in mind that this doesn't neccesarily mean that lyric sopranos or lyric
baritones can sing higher that others in their vocal range, but they sound
"lighter." Lyric voices may not have the power of their dramatic counterparts, but
when it comes to long, fast runs of notes in their range, they make it sound angelic and
effortless.

What makes Winston a heroic figure in 1984?

is not a traditional hero. He is full of self doubt and he doesn't win in the end. However, he
shows bravery first through questioning the world he lives in and not accepting it as others do
around him. Once he begins to...

What are the similarities and differences between speed and velocity?

Speed is the distance
covered by a moving object in a single unit of time, for instance 1 second. On a distance-time
graph, speed is the gradient of the graph, or the derivative of the equation of distance against
time with respect to time.

Speed, however, has no
direction associated with it. It is said to be a scalar quantity as it has
zero dimensions. The speed of a moving object is calculated by measuring how far from a starting
point A the object gets (say it gets to point B) in 1 unit of time. If A and B are say 3m apart,
then we know that the object is moving at 3m per second say. To calculate speed, we only need to
know how far A and B are apart in 3D (Euclidean) space (the space that we experience around us
that is), or in 2D space if we are considering travel on the flat only. We do not need to know
what direction B is from A.

Whereas, velocity has both
direction and magnitude (as the character Vector says in Despicable Me), and not just magnitude
as is the case with speed. It is said to be a vector quantity
because it has more than zero dimensions. So velocity has a speed associated with it,
measuring how far the object gets from point A (say it gets to point B) in 1 unit of time,
but also has a direction associated with it. For velocity, unlike speed, we
need to know what direction B is from A. For this, we could say how many degrees the direction
of B from A is off North - if it is directly East of A, this would be 90 degrees clockwise off
North; or, we could say what direction to go in in gridded 3D (or 2D if on the flat plane) space
- say, to get to B from A go sideways 2, forwards 3 and upwards (towards the sky) 1, which we
could write as a vector (2,3,1). Velocities are usually written in speed and vector form, so we
would say the object is travelling at eg 3m per second in the direction (x,y,z) eg (x,y,z) =
(2,3,1). The length of the vector determines the number of dimensions of space we are travelling
in, which in the real spatial world is at most 3.

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What is the irony of the title "Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe?

The title
is also ironic because it uses the word "affair," which can mean several different
things. 

The word "affair" can refer to an incident or an
occurrence. As the other educators pointed out, it can also refer to a private matter or
concern. However, another meaning of the word is understood as, "an illicit relationship or
dalliance."

The title states that "marriage is a private
affair." Normally, no one would refer to a marriage as an illicit dalliance. In fact,
marriage is a public declaration of fidelity. As is the usual practice, "forbidden"
affairs are often conducted in secret, and the parties involved are usually not too keen on
their secret being discovered. Much is at stake in such an arrangement.

In
Achebe's story, the title indicates what is made clear in the story. The groom's father (Okeke)
makes his disgust with his son Nnaemeka's impending marriage to Nene public knowledge in his
community. The men from Okeke's community unequivocally sympathize with Okeke's
grief...

Compare and contrast ancient Persian civilization to ancient Greece. Did Persia influence Greece or vice versa?

Maureen Powlowski

Ancient Greek and Persian civilization were both long lived. The history of ancient
Greece can be divided into fairly distinct periods ranging over several thousands of years, and
the history of ancient Persia spanned nearly a millennium. Both civilizations were also diverse.
Minoans and Mycenaeans of the Bronze Age and Athenians and Spartans of the Classical Age all
belong to ancient Greece. An empire is, by its essence, multiethnic and multilingual, and such
was the Persian Empire. The Persian army at the time of Xerxes's invasion of Greece in 480 B.C.
included Persians, Medes, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Ethiopians, and dozens of other ethnic groups,
including Greeks. For these reasons, generalizations are problematic.

That
being said, certain comparisons can be made. For example, around the time of the Persian Wars,
there were many different political entities in Greece, ranging from democracy to oligarchy to
monarchy, but they had all developed a sense of the rule of law. By contrast,...

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Is Call of the Wild an appropriate teaching novel for grade 12 wherein English is a 2nd/3rd language? Is this novel too simplistic?

Regardless of the
"reading level" The Call of the Wild would provide lots of
challenges for 12th graders-challenges in stretching, learning and discovering. As pohnpei said,
this should not be a major concern with this novel. In all honesty, I completed a Frye
Readability assessment on an Albert Camus novel, and it assessed at a 5th or 6th grade
level.

What prompts the madness in Lord of the Flies?

One of
the primaryin is examining what provokes a community to abandon their
humanity and revert to savagery and madness in times of serious crisis. Some might argue that
it's simply the boys' removal from society that causes them to descend into madness and that
civilization's rules help us keep our sanity in check. Others might suggest that it's the trauma
caused by having to fend for themselves on the desert island and the plane crash that cause them
to lose their inner decency.

Finally, it can be argued that every person is
suppressing madness and animalistic urges just underneath the surface. Some characters, like ,
succumb to their primitive instincts earlier than others. But even , who's able to hold onto his
humanity longer than some of the others, eventually goes insane and aids in 's
murder.

What are the major social issues in "The Lovely Bones" that you can support with three examples from the novel?

The two
other social issues in the novel are violent sexual crimes against children and the difficulty
of identifying pedophile sex offenders.

Let's discuss the social problem of
pedophile sex offenders. What is the typical profile of a child predator? It's often difficult
for children to identify who these predators may be. The book addresses this problem. Mr. Harvey
is portrayed as an eccentric character, but he betrays nothing about his depraved intentions to
Susie.

Often, such predators succeed in deceiving even the adults around
him. After he kills Susie, Mr. Harvey expresses his sympathy and condolences to Susie's mother.
He tells her: "I hope they get the bastard. I'm sorry for your loss." At this point,
Franny and Susie (who are in heaven) agree that Mr. Harvey has no shame. Therein lies the
problem: pedophile sex offenders may not be readily identifiable based on their exterior
behavior alone. Meanwhile, Mr. Harvey is able to leverage the natural curiosity of a child to
lure her...

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In Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, what do bees symbolize?

In
literature, symbolism is a literary device that gives meanings to things which are different
from their original meaning or purpose. It then ties these symbols to significant themes within
the story. There are a number of things/objects in , by , which have
symbolic significance. For example, there are scars, Ruths corn husk doll, seeds, Curzons red
hat, a water pump, and bees.

The bees symbolize what is going on inside
Isabels head: not only her feelings of depression and confusion, but also her desire for escape
and revolt against her oppressors. Sometimes the bees start to buzz and make a commotion as
Isabel thinks about her family and struggles to deal with her situation. The quote below shows
how dead bees are used to symbolize Isabels feeling of positivity when she thinks about joining
the British:

The thought washed over me like a river,
sweeping away the dead bees that filled my brain with confusion.

Also, when Isabel is feeling melancholic...

Select three key symbols in "Everyday Use." How do they differ in the way that Dee and her mother understand them?

The short
story "" bytells of a family of a mother and two daughters. It is narrated by Mama.
She lives with her younger daughter, Maggie, a simple and shy girl whose skin is scarred from a
house fire. Dee, the older daughter, is more intelligent and attractive. She comes to visit with
a man who is either her boyfriend or husband. It's clear that Mama and Dee have very different
worldviews, and there are numerous symbols in the story that support this. I'll list several,
and then you can choose which three you think are most important.

The first symbol that is presented is the yard. Mama keeps it swept and clean and
considers it an extension of the house, but Dee does not even notice it.

The TV show that Mama describes is a symbol of the way that she wishes that
Dee would see her: as an ideal mother in a sort of fantasy reality. It is obvious, however, that
Dee does not see her mother and sister like that, but instead she looks down on them and
considers herself...

In Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants," why is the American in Spain?

Americans were also living in Europe because
the cost of living was cheap, and Spain was probably the cheapest of all. When the man calls the
waitress to order two Anis del Toros, she thinks they are finished and says, "Four
reales." That is four reales for two large glasses of beer. It is hard to figure the
exchange rate between American dollars and Spanish currency in 1927, but according to an article
in Wikipedia the U.S. dollar would apparently  have been worth 122.6 pesetas. In other words, a
peseta was worth less than one cent. And a real was worth one-quarter of a peseta (!!!). So it
would seem that Jig and the American are getting two beers for less than the equivalent of one
American penny.

It seems likely that the American is a struggling writer,
like Hemingway himself, and is able to devote his full time to writing only because the cost of
living is so low in Europe. There is also the fact that prohibition is the law of the land in
the U.S. This drove many younger Americans to Europe. Hemingway frequently mentions alcoholic
drinks in his stories and novels (notably in ); it seems as if he is taking a delight in making
his American readers see how they have been deprived from an innocent pleasure by a
sanctimonious minority of provincial voters. The fact that drinking is illegal in the States
would naturally make the cost of bootleg liquor abnormally higher.

 

What does Matilda Cook look like in the book Fever 1793?

was written byin the
year 2000. The main character of the book, Matilda (or Mattie), finds herself caught up in an
yellow fever epidemic that all but destroys Philadelphia in the summer of 1793. Mattie lives
with her mother, her grandfather, and a hired cook named Eliza, and together they run a
coffeehouse in Philadelphia.

We know that Mattie is a teenager of fourteen
years of age, but there are few descriptions of her actual physical appearance. Instead, the
novel chooses to focus on how the epidemic changes Mattie as a person.

At the
beginning of the story, Mattie behaves as a typical teenager: more concerned with her own
affairs than those of her family. She enjoys sleeping in, is content to let others do her
chores, and isn't particularly physically strong. As she sets out to depart with her grandfather
in one scene, we get some sense of Mattie's physicality:

"She looks like a china doll," observed Grandfather as we departed.

"I will break just as easily," I muttered.

Once the yellow fever outbreak is in full swing, Mattie herself falls ill but recovers
fairly quickly. Mattie's mother then becomes seriously ill, so Mattie has no choice but to take
on much more responsibility. This includes the harrowing task of having to inter her
Grandfather's body once he dies from the fever. Mattie also decides to keep the coffeehouse open
and asks Eliza to become her equal partner. By the end of the novel, Mattie is making very adult
decisions. I would argue that her appearance is not nearly as important as the development and
growth of her character.

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Find the derivative of f(x) = 1+tan(x) / 1-tan(x)

We need to know
the following trigonometric function here.

`cos2x = cos^x-sin^2x`

`sin2x = 2sinxcosx`

`sin^2x+cos^2x = 1`

 

`(1+tanx)/(1-tanx)`

`=
(1+tanx)/(1-tanx)xx(1+tanx)/(1+tanx)`

`= (1+tanx)^2/(1-tan^2x)`

`= (1+sinx/cosx)^2/(1-(sin^2(x))/(cos^2(x)))`

`=
((cosx+sinx)^2/(cos^2x))/((cos^2x-sin^2x)/(cos^2x))`

`=
(cosx+sinx)^2/(cos^2x-sin^2x)`

`=
(cos^2x+sin^2x+2sinxcosx)/(cos2x)`

`= (1+sin2x)/(cos2x)`

 

`f(x) = (1+tanx)/(1-tanx) = (1+sin2x)/(cos2x)`

 

`f'(x)`

`=
(cos2x*2cos2x-(1+sin2x)(-2sin2x))/(cos^2(2x))`

`=
(2(cos^2(2x)+sin^2(2x)+sin2x))/(cos^2(2x))`

`= (2(1+sin2x))/(cos^2(2x))`

`= (2(1+sin2x))/(1-sin^2(2x))`

`=
(2(1+sin2x))/((1+sin2x)(1-sin2x))`

`= 2/(1-sin2x)`

 

So the derivative of f(x)
is `f'(x)= 2/(1-sin2x)`

 

In George Orwell's novel 1984, what literary techniques does he use to develop the theme of rebellion?

In addition
to the other techniques mentioned,
, in , uses description and dialogue to
develop the
theme of rebellion. Starting with the first chapter, he places us firmly and
with
specific detail into the dystopian world of Oceania, showing it to us
through the eyes of a
sympathetic everyman, . From the start, Orwell shows us
Winston rebelling against the oppressive
system he lives in by writing in a
journal. The descriptions of the creamy paper of the
old-fashioned journal,
the small nook where Winston can write undetected by the view screen, and
the
pent-up desire Winston has for self-expression cause us to identify with him and
participate
in his longings. It seems a small thing to be allowed to write in
a journal, and the penalties
Winston describes for itdeath or twenty-five
years at a hard labor campimmediately put us on his
side in rebelling. What
he asks for seems little enough.

Orwell

also...

What is Doug's father like in Ray Bradbury's short story "The Rocket Man"?

In 's short
story "The Rocket Man," one of many in his anthology titled ,
Doug's father, referred to as Dad in the story, is a very
conflicted man. His internal conflicts
are expressed in his conflicting desires. On the one hand, he longs to be on Earth and continue
his relationships with his son and wife; yet, on the other hand, he is passionate about his job
as a Rocket Man and, not long before he returns home from his journeys, he is always off again
for another three-month stretch.

One way in which Dad displays
his longing to be on Earth is that, whenever he returns to Earth, the first day
he is back, he practically buries himself in the earth through his gardening. He continues to
dig and dig in the earth, all day long, never looking up, unless Doug and his mother are
standing right beside him, and never looking up at the sky.

There is also
evidence that shows his longing to be with his son and wife. For
example, Doug makes note of the fact that he never brings them home any presents from outer
space the way other fathers who are rocket engineers do. The reader can presume it is because it
hurts Dad too much to think of his family while in space. Similarly, he says he never calls his
family while in space because, as he phrases it, "If I called you, I'd want to be with you.
I wouldn't be happy."

Yet, at the same time, when asked, he says that
being in space is "the best thing in a lifetime of best things" and only
remains on Earth for three days. At the end of the three days, he always departs
once again for three whole months, showing just how addicted he is to his
job as a Rocket Man.

In what way does Blanche symbolize the Old South and Stanley the North in A Streetcar Named Desire?

Although
is most overtly about gender roles in post-World War II New Orleans, a
case can be made for a metaphorical interpretation that would comment upon the relationship
between the southern and northern states at the time of and immediately following the Civil
War.

In such an analysis, Blanche is the character who most clearly
represents the South. Blanche comes from a family line that once owned a large plantation, which
was eventually lost for taxes and debts. Similarly, the Civil War put an end to the plantation
economy by outlawing the slave labor that kept it...

How can I write a critical appreciation of the poem "When I'm An Old Lady" by Joanne Bailey Baxter?

The poem
"When I'm An Old Lady" by Joanne Bailey Baxter is a poem meant to convey to the
reader, in a humorous way, the trials and tribulations of being a parent. Joanne Bailey Baxter
has written a six-stanza poem of four lines per stanza. Sandwiched in between each stanza is a
one-line refrain orto drive home the point that this woman looks forward to living with her kids
when shes aged so she can engage in some payback in a way.

She is not
vindictive at all; she just wants her adult children to realize that raising them was not a
piece of cake, and now they can experience what she went through as they take care of
her.

The poem employs rhyme in each stanza. In addition, the tone of the poem
is delightfully mischievous as this woman plans ways shell get back at her kids. She says
I'll not eat my green beans or salads congealed.  I'll gag on my okra, spill milk on the
table€¦ Her goal is to do all the annoying things to her kids that her children did to her when
they were young.

She actually sees the fun in all of this and knows that her
children will ultimately see the humor in this as well. In reality, this woman will probably not
do all these things, but she may do some of them, in jest, to make her point. Its obvious that
shes a lively, vibrant person and is embracing forthcoming old age with exuberance and a unique
sense of purpose.

Whats funny in this poem, written in clear, everyday,
straightforward language, is that her children will probably trumpet the refrain that this woman
no doubt did so many times at the end of each tiring daythey will ultimately say:

"She's so sweet when she's sleeping!"

In other words,
their respite at the end of the day will come when this aged woman is sleeping peacefully,
building energy for the next adventurous day to come, when she can once again, with
tongue-in-cheek, engage in some payback!

`x e^y = x - y` Find `(dy/dx)` by implicit differentiation.

Note:- 1) If y = e^x
; then dy/dx = e^x

2) If y
= x^n ; then dy/dx = n*x^(n-1) ; where 'n' = real number

3) If y = u*v ; where both u & v are functions of 'x' ;
then 

dy/dx = u*(dv/dx) +
v*(du/dx)

Now, the given function is :-

x*(e^y) = x - y

Differentiating both sides w.r.t 'x' we
get

x*(e^y)*(dy/dx) + (e^y) = 1 + (dy/dx)

or, [x*(e^y) -
1]*(dy/dx) = [1 - (e^y)]

or, dy/dx = [1 - (e^y)]/[x*(e^y) -
1]

Compare Jay Gatsby and George Wilson in The Great Gatsby.

Whileandare noticeably different , they have similar attributes and experience similar
issues. Both Jay Gatsby and George Wilson hail from humble beginnings and know what it is like
to be poor. Gatsby grew up in a poor household in North Dakota while Wilson resides in the
valley of ashes, where he attempts to make ends meet by running an automotive shop.

Both characters are also in love with shallow women who are interested in other men and
end up breaking their hearts. Jay Gatsby is in love with , who plays with his emotions and is
married to the unscrupulous . Although Daisy carries on an affair with Jay Gatsby, she does not
genuinely love him and is not willing to give up her secure, wealthy life to be with him.
Similarly,does not love George and plans on leaving him to be with Tom Buchanan. Once Wilson
discovers that his wife is cheating on him, he is heartbroken and decides to move out
west.

Jay Gatsby and George...

The Necklace Theme

I would
say that the moral lesson of " " is that deception is often a mistake which has bad
results for the deceiver. Mathilde wishes to deceive the people attending the ball by making
them think she has a higher social status than is actually the case. The borrowed necklace helps
her to do this. Men want to dance with her, not only because she is young and beautiful, but
because they think she must be a member of the aristocracy. But her worst mistake is trying to
deceive Mme. Forestier by telling her she is having the clasp repaired and then substituting a
real diamond necklace for the one she borrowed without knowing it was a fake. Many readers have
expressed the feeling that Mathilde should have simply told the plain truth, that she lost the
borrowed necklace. Mark Twain once said: "When in doubt, tell the truth." There are
many similar wise sayings, such as "Honesty is the best policy." And "Honesty is
the best policy" might stand as the moral for Maupassant's story....

What is the complication in Maupassant's "The Necklace" that sets up the conflict?

The
complication that causes the conflict in "" is for Madame Loisel to find the things in
life that will make her fit into a higher social class.  This is based on material things.  In
her mind she feels that she was deprived the life of a socialite and that she deserves to have
whatever it takes to get her there.  Mr. Loisel begins to take her on this journey by getting
her a ticket to a very prestigious event that only "the  finest" are invited to.  Once
she has the invitation, she now pouts because she has nothing to wear.  When  her husband gives
her the money, he has been saving for a rifle, it still is not enough.  She then complains that
she has no jewelry to wear, so her husband tells her to ask her wealthy friend, Madame
Forestier, to borrow a bauble to wear.  Based on these three problems, the conflict is set. 
From the time she borrows the necklace, to the end of the story, her life is all downhill,
reducing her to a lower social class than when she started. It just goes to show you, be happy
with what you have because the grass isn't always greener on the other
side. 

Reference:  The Literature and Language
Book by McDougal Littell

Discuss the roots of jazz and the elements of jazz that make it unique.

New Orleans
is the birthplace of jazz,
specifically an area called Congo Squarea town square which was a
gathering
place for slaves and free blacks during the 19th-century, as well as a site
for
drumming celebrations, which played a role in the development of jazz.
Congo Square still exists
and is a part of what is now Louis Armstrong Park.
Armstrong is regarded, along with Sidney
Bechetanother New Orleanianas one of
the fathers of jazz. Bechet, technically, was the first
jazz soloist; he
recorded his first album several months before Armstrong entered Okeh
Records's
studio in Chicago in 1922.

Jazz was born from
New Orleans's creole
culture. It used African beats,
European melodies, and some elements of traditional
Native American music to
create a new and uniquely American form. No one is quite sure where the
name
'jazz,' sometimes also spelled or pronounced 'jass,' comes from. Jazz is
traditionally
played along four beats, with improvisation on the fourth beat.
Improvisation is...

What are some advantages and disadvantages of decision trees?

Decision trees are
diagrams that help you consider and map out outcomes that occur after an initial decision. For
example, a decision tree could help you decide between two jobs. After you construct a diagram
showing each path branching out from your initial choice, you can consider where the initial
decision might lead you.

The advantages of decision trees are that you can
see where an initial decision might lead you and consider the effects and ramifications of that
decision. For example, if you take one job, you might have to move, and that move would incur
extra expenses, and you can consider all the ways in which the job would affect your life. The
disadvantages of decision trees are that it is sometimes hard to predict the exact ways a
decision will affect you because you may not have enough data to make accurate predictions about
the future. In addition, you might be too optimistic or unrealistic to predict the future
branches of a decision tree accurately. 

What is a summary of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

was one of
the most famous ministers of his time; his work has lasted to the present day because of his
great use of visualization and .  In "," Edwards points out that everyone has sinned
and that no one is worthy of God's mercy.  Edward points out that Hell is only a breath away and
that only God's whim keeps one out of eternal fire and brimstone.  Edwards even gives the image
of one being held above a bottomless Hell by a spiderweb.  Edwards points out that God is angry
with sinners and that he cannot look directly upon sin without feeling anger. Edwards's examples
of visualization workedreports from that period tell of congregants weeping and fainting.
 Edwards ended the message by asking his congregants to accept God's mercy and to avoid Hell,
which many of them no doubt did.  Edwards was a circuit preacher, and he would preach this same
sermon to many churches.  A powerful delivery combined with powerfulhas...

How does the character of Babu in Tariq Rehman's short story "Babu" find peace in his profession? Please explain with reference to the story.

Babu finds peace and joy in the marble
chippings that make art out of the floors he creates.

The narrator explains
that Babu's preferences were tiles in the beginning. He was completely preoccupied with tiles.
However, he changed his focus to marble chipping that he could use to mix with cement and then
lay it all out as a slab on the floor. This change is how the narrator says Babu achieved the
mason's nirvana.

Babu explains to the narrator's father that the marble chips
bring peace of mind. They are expensive but that money brings peace. It brings a beautiful and
cool floor that cools a person down when they walk on it. That makes it worth the added
expense.

As the world changes, Babu is less respected and finds it harder to
get work. His attitude and willingness to be strict make it so that he isn't getting work. When
the narrator is married with a child, he recognizes that Babu has become an old man who now does
handy work for money and doesn't talk about the marble chips he loved so much anymore.

The narrator gives him a job to help with their home but warns him that he can't afford
the marble chips for the floors. They have to be plain cement. Babu says he understands and
works hard to surprise the narrator and his wife. When he unveils the house, they find out he's
spent his life's savings and his daughter's dowry to give them the marble floorshis artthat he
loves so much.

Are all the people emotional like us', refer to the poem no men are foriegn by james kirkup

The fundamental
issue here is whether or not one accepts
the collective identity that Kirkup is advocating in
his poem.If one does buy
it, then yes, there is an emotional component to all people.As the
previous
post indicates, what might trigger it could vary from person to person, but all of
us
would contain some level of emotional affect.There is another side that
flat out rejects
Kirkup's idealism in suggesting that some have foregone the
right to be considered "like
us" because they do not wish to be "like
us."When suicide bombers seek to
advocate their cause throughforce, they are
not "like us."When Hitler and the Nazis
obliterate millions, they are not
"like us."Part of what makes this debate such a
challenge is that it strikes
at the fundamental view people have of the world and the inherent
problems in
each viewpoint. If there is a belief that commonality can transcend
differences,
then Kirkup is absolutely right.No countries can be deemed
strange and nothing else foreign.The
problem, of course, is that if nothing
is different from us, then we are unable to pass
judgments on behaviors
because it's all relative and "since we are the same, I guess I
would do the
same in their position."The other side of this coin reflects that if there is

a belief that there are distinct differences, this can lead to demonizing other nations
and
other peoples.One does not have to go very far to find the detrimental
examples of this
practice, either.Kirkup's poem in its simplicity raises
these issues to the surface for
discourse and analysis.]]>

Mr. Browne's October precept is "Your deeds are your monuments.-inscription on an Egyptian tomb". Discuss one character who has behaved in a way that...

In the
novel , Auggie's teacherintroduces his students to preceptsrules to guide
behaviors and thoughts. In October, Mr. Browne's precept was "your deeds are your
monuments." Auggie recognizes that this means that your actions and how you behave toward
people will leave as lasting an impression as a statue or monument. 

There
are manyin the novel who behave in a way that affects Auggie a great deal. One such character
isWill, who affects Auggie both negatively and positively in the story. Auggie meets Jack before
school begins, and Jack is very kind toward...

What are some examples of allusion in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

An is a moment
when an author makes a reference to another work of literature. The
reference can include "a person, place, event, or another passage" found in another
piece of literature (Dr. Wheeler, "Literary Terms and Definitions").
is most definitely full of allusions. Several
different allusions can actually be found in the very fist scene. Most of Shakespeare's
allusions refer to either Greek or Roman mythology, and these serve
as allusions because Greek and Roman mythology was recorded in writing. Therefore, any reference
to Greek or Roman mythology is a literary reference. Below are a few allusions explained to help
you get started.

After Prince Escalus breaks up the whole-city riot, we
seetalking withabout how he is concerned about his son . One thing Montague says is that Romeo
has been seen at dawn crying morning after morning. He also says that at dawn, Romeo finally
retires to his room to sleep, drawing the curtains. Montague describes the
dawn in the lines:

... But all so soon as
the all-cheering sun
Should in the farthest East begin to draw
The shady
curtains from Aurora's bed... (I.i.130-32)

The phrase
"draw the shady curtains from Aurora's bed" refers to
Roman mythology and is therefore an example of allusion.
Aurora was the Roman goddess of the dawn. The image portrays the
sun drawing the curtains from the goddess of the dawn's bed.

Romeo later
makes two more allusions to Roman mythology. Romeo refers to Cupid
in the lines, "Alas that love, whose view is muffled still, / Should without eyes see
pathways to his will!" (169-70). Cupid is the Roman god of erotic love and is always
portrayed as being blind folded. Hence, we know that this reference to love with a
"muffled" view, or blind view, is actually an allusion to Cupid. Later, when talking
about Rosaline, he says:

She hath Dian's wit,

And, in strong proof of chastity well arm'd,
From Love's weak childish bow
she lives uharm'd. (211-13)

Diana was the goddess of both hunting and childbirth.
However, ironically, as the goddess of childbirth, she was also a sworn virgin. Hence, Romeo is
saying here that, like Diana, Rosaline has vowed to remain chaste. Therefore, we see that this
reference to "Dian" and "Chastity" is an
allusion to the goddess Diana of Roman
mythology.

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In "Eveline" by James Joyce, what are the language techniques that the author uses in the narration?

's story
"" portrays the internal reality of a disappointing and repressive existence. In doing
so, Joyce employs several literary techniques:

1. Allusions

There are several religious allusions. The dust refers to the ashes given before Lent
as a reminder of man's mortality; the saints and the priest are reminders of the domination of
the Catholic Church in this Irish family.  Eveline "prays to God to direct
her."

2. Back-story

The background of Eveline's past
with the neighborhood that has changed, the abusive father, and her promises made to Blessed
Margaret Mary Alacoque add meaning to the current action of the plot.

3. 
Flashbacks

As Eveline sits at the window and ponders her consent to go away,
she recalls her childhood and her abusive father. There was the "invariable squabble for
money" as well and all the hard work of taking care of the house.

4. 
Flashforwards

While she considers her promise to leave with the sailor Frank,
and how people will treat her with respect in the new place. Eveline envisions her supervisor at
work being glad that she has left, and recalls the details of what Miss Gavan has always
criticized. She also ponders her new life with Frank.

5.  

As an abused child and depressed young woman whose also has strong religious ties with
her promises to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, as well as her promise to her dying mother to
care for her younger brother, it appears that it will be difficult for Eveline to leave her
family.  In addition, Frank is a sailor who has traveled around the world and suggests moving to
Buenos Aires, a city of many emigrants and adventurers where there may be temptations for
him.  

6.

The funerealof cretonne and dust and brown in
theof the story suggests the depressive state of Eveline and the dismal quality of her life and
the future death of her dream of escape.

The religious imagery of the saints
and the priest suggest the tremendous oppression of Eveline's Catholicism with its
obligations.

7. 

The promise of the Sacred Heart, I will
give peace in their homes, is not kept; and the promises that Eveline has made to the Blessed
Margaret Mary Alacoque seem falsified by the fact that this beatified person engaged secretly
in severe corporal mortifications upon herself until paralysis confined her to bed for four
years.  Of course, the irony of her paralysis cannot be missed, either.

8.
Repetition

Eveline tries to convince herself by repeating, "Frank would
save her....He would save her."

9. Stream of Consciousness

Most of the narrative of this story is written as theof Eveline.

10.
Thematic Patterning

Throughout Eveline's interiorof the past and of her
future hopes, there is the motif of paralysis. Eveline cannot control her own life; instead, she
sees herself as a victim of her father's abuse and Miss Gavan's control and her religious
obligations.

 

Explain the connection between the poem, A Dream Deferred and A Raisin in the Sun.

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up 
like a
raisin in the sun? 
Or fester like a sore-- 
And then run? 
Does it
stink like rotten meat? 
Or crust and sugar over-- 
like a syrupy
sweet?

Maybe it just sags 
like a heavy load.

Or
does it explode?

Lee Younger is a dreamer. He dreams of
having his own business. When that dream falls apart, Walter's dream can be compared to
Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred." In Hughes poem, he compares a broken dream
to various concepts.

No doubt, Walter is carrying a dream deferred. It is as
a raisin that dries up in the sun. Walter loses all of Mama Younger's insurance money and Walter
is left with a dried up dream. His deferred dream is like a sore that festers and runs from the
infection. Walter's dream can be compared to a sore that festers and runs. He erupts from all
the disappointment of his broken dreams. He drinks heavily and comes home verbally abusive. He
is sarcastic and filled with infection from his festering dream. His dream "stink[s] like
rotten meat." Walter's dream is gone, along with the money that Willy Harris took from
Walter.

Truly, Walter can relate to Hughes's poem. His dream sags and
explodes, leaving Walter to pick up the pieces of his broken dream. Walter screams and yells
like a wounded animal. His dream explodes as he explodes. He shouts out in anger and hurt. Willy
Harris has destroyed Walter's dream of having his own business. What happens to Walter's
deferred dream? Does it resemble Hughes poetic comparisons?

No doubt,
Walter's dream is found among the deferred dream of Hughes's poem. He is a bitter man who has
lost all hope. His dream is an infectious sore which runs and sags until it explodes. Hughes, in
his descriptive , understands what a dream deferred looks like. The visual images he conveys are
metaphorically expressed and show a connection to Walter and his deferred dream.

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How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to World War II?

The main
issue with the Treaty of Versailles was that it was disastrous for Germany. After punishments
are levied, a typical nation should accept them and go about its business, but when Hitler took
charge, he used the punishments delivered by the treaty as a rallying point and openly defied
them to begin .

Namely, the Treaty of Versailles severely hampered Germany's
military, forbidding it from rebuilding its navy after World War I. Not only did this leave
Germany unprotected from potential attack, it also gave rise to major dissatisfaction among the
German people. Because the nation was not allowed to engage in many of its former industries,
unemployment skyrocketed, and people were left homeless and hungry. Hitler and the other Nazis
used this ill will to galvanize the nation, garnering enough support to rebuild their army and
launch attacks on neighboring countries, which eventually led to World War II.

How do Scout and Jem show respect to Boo Radley in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird?

Towards
the beginning of the novel,anddo not
showmuch respect and continually attempt to invade his
privacy by
participating in fantastical schemes to lure him out of his home. They also play
a
game in their front yard, where they reenact stories about Boo Radley's
childhood, which is
rather disrespectful. Jem and Scout also trespass onto
Boo's property several times and even
attempt to peek in his windows at
night.

However, the children mature and Jem
finally
realizes that Boo Radley is a friendly, benevolent neighbor. In, the siblings write
Boo
a thank you note, which is considered a respectful gesture.
Unfortunately, they cannot deliver
the note because Nathan filled the
knothole of the tree with cement. After missing out an
opportunity to thank
Boo for his small gifts, the children respect Boo Radley by leaving him
alone
and ceasing to play their game "One Man's Family." Toward the end of the
novel,
Boo Radley heroically saves Jem and Scout from
Bob...

What Does The Ghost Of Christmas Present Represent

The Ghost
of Christmas Present represents what an authentic life, truly lived, with family, friends, love
and celebration really looks like.  Scrooge does not know what it is like to live a real life;
his life is dark and gloomy, dominated by the pursuit of material wealth.  He is alone, choosing
to cut himself off from any associations with family or others.  He even treats himself in a
miserly way; his home is dark and cold, bare and empty.

His wealth has not
made him happy, in fact in stark contrast to The Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge's wealth is
insignificant compared to what this spirit shows him. 

It is a wealth that
does not bring him happiness, a wealth that he does not share but rather uses as protection from
the world.  He blocks any and all contact with family or members of society by shielding himself
behind his fortune.

The bounty that The Ghost of Christmas Present shows
Scrooge is in direct contrast to his meager life.  This ghost is careful to show Scrooge not
only his own nephew, Fred, who lives comfortably and is happy, but also Bob Cratchit, who lives
on the small salary he earns working for Mr. Scrooge yet is happy and surrounded by
family.

This ghost's job is to show Scrooge that money is not the path to
happiness, a truth that he will discover but must first be forced to look
upon. 

What are the differences and similarities between elements, compounds and mixtures?

Atoms,
elements, compounds, and mixtures are all forms of matter. Matter is defined as anything that
has mass and volume.

Atoms, elements, and compounds are all pure substances.
A pure substance is made of only one type of particle. This contrasts mixtures, which are made
of more than one pure substances that do not chemically combine.

An atom is
the smallest unit of matter. An element is simply a type of atom that has a specific number of
protons. The periodic table is a chart that displays all of the different known
elements.

Compounds are composed of more than one atom. The atoms of
compounds are chemically bound via either ionic, covalent, or metallic bonds. Compounds consist
of two or more atoms of different elements. 

What contributed to Jackson winning the election of 1828?

One of the
significant factors that allowed
Andrew Jackson to win the presidential election of 1828 was
that he was
running against just one other candidate: incumbent John Quincy Adams. In many
ways,
this election was seen as a rematch of the previous election between
Jackson and Adams. In 1824,
Adams won the presidency by the decision of the
House of Representatives when no candidate won a
majority of votes. This
occurred even though Jackson had won more votes than Adams, leaving
Jackson's
supporters eager to correct this perceived error in 1828.

In
1828,
with only the...

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Would you talk about the ending of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, especially the last several pages? Explain Palome's feelings about "beauty," as...

Throughout the
novel, Renee and Paloma discuss and grapple with the meaning of life, death, beauty, friendship
and many other weighty topics. Renee and Paloma had just discovered each other and, under the
guidance of Mr. Ozu, were becoming "kindred souls." The novel ends with Renee running
out into the street, trying to help the neighborhood vagrant. As she does so, she is struck by a
dry cleaner's van and killed. She then utters some thoughts as she is dying, one of which is
that the beauty in her life she realizes has come from simple things: her cat, her friends,
Paloma, Ozu, her dead husband, etc., NOT philosophy, art, music, etc. These are the real
"camillias" in her life, not her books. People have provided what is truly beautiful.
Even though she has enjoyed books, art, music, philosophy, etc., they have not brought her
happiness.

With Renee's death, Paloma decides to live. She decides not to
burn down the apartment building and kill herself. Renee and Ozu have shown her that she should
continue living (in fact, Renee states this as her dying wish, that Paloma would continue on) to
search for the beauty in life. Paloma's reaction to Renee's death is hurt, but this is the first
time in her life that she is able to experience hurt, so it is a good thing. Ozu's reaction to
Renee's death is also sad, but he is respectful and takes Paloma down to Renee's
"loge" for a final contemplative moment of silence. Paloma says she now realizes what
hurt looks like "on a wise face."

Paloma has grown up at the end of
the novel.

Notice, too, that the rich people in the apartment building have a
very different reaction. Madame Josse, Paloma's mother, sighs with relief when she realizes that
it is ONLY the concierge that has been killed, not one of her elite friends. The author is
criticizing the French class structure throughout the novel, so this is significant. Remember
that when Renee goes out to dinner with Ozu, they pass two tenants and the tenants do not even
recognize Renee because she is dressed up, looks lovely, and is with Mr. Ozu. They can't even
concieve of something like this in their haughty opinions of themselves.

Analyze the social, political, and economic ramifications of World War One on the U.S. home front. What were the social, political, and economic...

World War I had
numerous impacts on America. As the country's first conflict of the twentieth century, it was
the first modern war.

The war led to the expansion of national government.
The public was exhorted to buy bonds. The economy was put on a wartime footing. The Food
Administration, under Herbert Hoover, increased agricultural production and reduced domestic
consumption. The War Industries Board, ably led by Bernard Baruch, fixed prices and set
production quotas.

As millions of men joined the military, there was a
severe labor shortage. Women and minorities entered the labor force. There was a Great Migration
as thousands of people, especially blacks, moved to the North for employment. However, they were
not usually welcomed, and there were bloody race riots in E. St. Louis and Chicago. Women
assumed many jobs that had hitherto been held only by men. After the war, most women returned to
their prior roles. Even though women's gains in the labor force were transitory, their
contribution helped win them theright to vote after the war.

The government
spread propaganda and did not allow dissent during the war. The Committee on Public Information
was a propaganda machine. A movie, The Beast of Berlin, portrayed Germans
as rapacious brutes. The Espionage and Sedition Acts targeted socialists and other dissenters.

What is the general topic (theme) of The Color of Water?

I assume
by "topic" you mean theme--in other words, what is the primary message or focus of
this book. byis one man's journey to discover how, exactly, he fits into
this world. He is in search of his cultural identity. This is something most people kind of
already know or can generally figure out; however, James has many elements of his life which are
confusing to him until he is able to uncover his mother's life story.

James
grows up in the projects of New York, and his identity as a black person is fairly well defined
by the men in his life. His father was a black man and so was his stepfather. There is no
ambiguity to them. When it comes to his mother, though, there are so many ambiguities and she
flatly refusesto talk about any of them with her children. It is James's nature that he needs to
know her story in order to make sense of his own.

First, she is not black but
presents herself as such in the way she talks, the way she behaves, and where she lives.
Despite being white, she clearly identifies herself with black women in ways that can be
seen. On the other hand, Ruth acts against the black stereotype by
insisting her children go to the best schools she can manage for them--almost always white, and
often Jewish. This does not fit with who Ruth appears to be.

Second, Ruth is
Jewish but raises her children as protestants; her Jewishness is one of the ambiguities about
her that James finds unsettling. Third, she values family above all things and is adamant that
her children never speak about family matters outside of the family; yet, ironically, she never
speaks at all about her own family or about her time before marrying James's dad.

All of these ambiguities are a consistent undercurrent in James's life, and he is one
of Ruth's only children to "act out" because of it. As he finally gets his mother to
speak to him, James is able to put the pieces together and make some sense of his instincts and
intuitions. Once he knows from where his mother came, her rather odd behaviors make more sense
to him and in turn help him make sense of his own life.

All of these things
are disconcerting to James as he tries to understand his heritage; once his mother tells him the
truths of her life, James is able at last to reconcile his feelings with his
experiences. 

In "The Pigman", what are some problems that Lorraine faces at home with her mother?

Here is a
quote by Lorraine about her mother:

"If I
made a list of every comment she's made about me, you'd think I was a
monstrosity."

This is the basis of the
problems that Lorraine has at home.  Her mother, having been left by her husband to raise
Lorraine alone, has become a bitter and angry woman.  She doesn't like her life, and she spends
her time complaining about it, complaining about men, complaining about her patients, and
complaining about Lorraine.  She directs her bitterness towards her daughter, whether it is in
telling her that men are worthless or in suggesting that she herself (Lorraine) is worthless. 
This last part she does by criticizing Lorraine's looks and behaviors.  She shows that this
attitude isn't just related to Lorraine in comments that she makes about
clients:

"I wish this one would go ahead and
croak because her husband is getting a little too friendly lately."

However, for a teenager, it doesn't matter much
that her mother acts that way to everyone.  What matters is that she acts that way towards her,
causing Lorraine to be overly self-conscious and to lack self-esteem.  However, her mother's
criticisms also cause Lorraine to be sensitive to the feelings of others and mature for her
age.

What is meant by "social and institutional dimensions" in religion?

This
concept is used by Ninian Smart and others to differentiate between the public and overt face of
a religion and other aspects of it.

The social and institutional face or
dimension of a religion are the public beliefs and attitudes widely held by an entire faith
group. These dimensions encompass the faith's dogmas and creeds. They include the officially
approved version of what the group believes. They are the officially sanctioned public practices
and activities the group engages in.

It is important to differentiate
between this-- what we might call collective faith expression--and the...

Figurative Language In Animal Farm

The animals
are said to have a "stormy debate," for instance, over retirement ages. "Stormy
debate" is aused to describe the arguments that arise between 's and 's ideas. Since it is
not literally rainy and windy as they debate, the word stormy is being used as a , or a
comparison that does not use the words like or as, to describe the tension of these
debates.

Whensays to the other animals that "Day and night we are
watching over your welfare," the phrase "day and night" functions as a figure of
speech. The pigs are not literally watching over the animals twenty-four a day, as they have to
sleep and do other things. The phrase is an example of(exaggeration) used to emphasize a point.
Further, it is a cliche, or an overused term that has been repeated so many times it has lost
most of its power. It is just filler language, which is very typical of Squealer. Finally, the
words "watching over your welfare" are also a figure of speech....

In Jack Kerouac's On the Road, what might be some good analytical questions to ask about chapters 9-11 of Part Three?

A number of
analytical questions might be asked about chapters 9-11 of Part Three of s One the
Road. Among such questions are the following:

• How does
  Dean explain his love of cars, women, and travel?
• How does Sals attitude
  toward Dean change as they drive toward Chicago?
• What serious thoughts does
  Sal ponder during the trip toward Chicago?
• How, once they arrive in New
  York, does Dean behave as Sal expected?
• Discuss the kind of language Dean
  uses when describing bop musicians.
• What are the attitudes of both Sal and
  Dean toward contemporary music?
• How does Dean himself resemble various
  religious figures?
• What is the general role of music in this section of the
  book?
• How are Sals attitudes at the end of this section the same as his
  attitudes earlier?
• How does Sal respond to the country girl he
  meets?
• What are Deans attitudes about the prospect of visiting Chicago for
  the first time?
• Discuss the significance of the following statement by
  Sal:

it was remarkable how Dean could go mad
and then suddenly continue with his soulwhich I think is wrapped up in a fast car, a coast to
reach, and woman at the end of the road.

• What
  do Deans memories, early in this section, reveal about Dean as a character and about his
  values?
• Discuss the symbolic significance of Deans decision to race against
  another car.  What does this decision reveal about his personality?
• During
  the race with the other car, what do we learn about some of the ways in which Sal differs from
  Dean?
• How should we interpret Deans fearlessness?


• Would you want to be a passenger in a car driven by Dean?  Why or why not?


• What does Deans decision to pick up two hoboes reveal about his character?


• What was the average speed at which the car was travelling between Denver and
  Chicago?
• Discuss the potentialof the fact that Dean and Sal spend time at
  the Young Mens Christian Association in Chicago.
• Which specific jazz
  musicians does Dean admire, and why might he have admired those particular musicians?


• When George Shearing appears, Dean says, God has arrived.  Discuss the various ways
  in which this is a significant statement that is relevant to the themes and meaning of the book
  and to Kerouacsof Dean.
• Besides an appreciation of jazz, what are some
  other personality traits shared by Dean and Sal?
• Discuss the significance
  of Sals conversation with the country girl.  What does the conversation reveal about both of
  them?
• Discuss the significance of Sals memories about his time in Boston. 
  What does his recollection reveal about his values?  How are his values relevant to the larger
  themes of the book?
• What, if anything, does the man who gives Sal and Dean
  a ride to New York admire about them?
• Discuss the significance of the
  behavior of Sal and Dean as soon as they arrive in New York.

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possible answers to these questions, see link below dealing with these chapters]

Pearl, now seven, begins to display the quality of intuition. Give a few examples.

I think Pear
begins to display the quality of intuition even before she is 7.  It starts in- whenseems to
only recognize her mother because of the scarlet letter.  As a baby and a small child it is
referenced that she is frequently touching it and responding to it, almost as if she knows and
understands its power over her mother.

As she gets older, she starts to show
signs of understanding things about people in the rest of the colony.  She is unafraid to chase
the children to attempt to throw rocks at her and her mother as they walk through town.  When
asked at the Governor's house (loosely quoting here) "Where did you come from/Who made
you?" (this said to see ifwas raising her child in proper catechism), Pearl responds with
something to the effect of: "I was not born at all.  I was plucked from the rose bush that
grows beside the prison door."  What a response from a 7 year old.

It is
also right about this time that Pearl begins to repeatedly question her mother about the scarlet
letter.  And this question always comes coupled with another, (again, loosely quoting) "Why
do you [Hester] wear the scarlet letter on your breast" and "Why does the minister
hold his hand over his heart?"  She also asks why the minister is always seen with
.

Rather than coming across as innocent questions, these seem meant to be
rhetorical.  It is as if only Pearl recognizes the answers the lie in these questions, and by
asking them, she is attempting to reveal the answers, rather than her
curiosity.

What is the central argument in chapter 2 of In Cold Blood?

One of he central
arguments in this second chapter is the way that Smith is presented in his full psychological
complexity, and how Capote explores his background and the various forces that turned him into
the adult character that is presented in this text. What is important about this is the way that
Capote seeks to present all of the forces and influences that have gone in to creating Smith and
are responsible for the disturbed adult who is capable of perpetrating such a terrible
crime.

We are told that Smith's childhood was disrupted thanks to the
separation of his parents and his siblings who killed themselves and his father who dragged
Smith around America. When he was placed in orphanages, he was abused at the hands of those who
should have cared for him. The impact of this disturbing childhood reaches into Smith's adult
years, as we are told of how Smith dreams of a giant, yellow bird that attacks those who are
persecuting him and takes him to paradise. Smith is a character who Capote therefore tries to
fully develop, presenting him in his full psychological complexity.

Describe the major differences between President Lincolns and Congresss plans for Reconstruction.

Lincoln's
Ten Percent plan was quite lenient in letting the former Confederate states back into the Union.
Ten percent of the state's voters in 1860 would have to swear loyalty to the Union and draw up a
new state constitution. High-ranking Confederates would not be hung for treason, but they would
be ineligible to regain their citizenship.

The Wade-Davis bill was the
highlight of Congressional . The Radical arm of the Republican Party had taken over and sought
to punish Southerners. While the bill that would end slavery was passed on Lincoln's watch, they
made black citizenship and suffrage a condition for a state to be allowed back into the Union.
They also demanded that all men swear loyalty to the Union in order for a state to be
readmitted.

It is important to note that Lincoln devised his plan while the
war was still in progress; Lincoln hoped to break states away from the Confederacy by making it
easier for them to rejoin the Union. The Radical Republicans saw a...

What special gift does Charles Wallace seem to have when it comes to Meg and his mother?

Charles
Wallace has the special gift of intuitively understanding people and can communicate on another
level with people and nature. Charles Wallace is the youngest member of the Murry family and is
depicted as a child prodigy. Despite his stunning vocabulary and unique ability to understand
Meg and his mother on another level, Meg's peers believe that he is unintelligent because he
never speaks around people. Meg is often perplexed by Charles's ability at the beginning of the
story and he seems to know whenever she is upset or awake. Charles Wallace's uncanny ability to
understand Meg and his mother's thoughts is similar to the ability to read minds and his parents
acknowledge that he is neurologically superior and different. Unfortunately, Charles falls
victim towhen he attempts to understand IT and is hypnotized by the man with red eyes on planet
Camzotz.

What is it about the events in this story, "Araby," that cause the narrator to remember them years later?

Although it
is likely after the fact, there is no direct indication that the narrator is recalling these
events from a point in time that is specifically "years later." However, this is a
striking moment in his life, so it is reasonable to assume that this is something he will
remember into adulthood. 

There is a progression of events inwhich leads the
narrator from a state of mind of youthful idealism to adolescent disillusionment. The narrator
is so overcome by his crush on Mangan's sister that all other things in his life are absorbed
into the world of that infatuation. He waits in the parlour every morning to catch a glimpse of
her like it is a religious ritual. He thought of her while saying his...

What is the correct defination of pygmalion? What is the definition of "pygmalion?"

"" is not a thing to be defined,
but rather the name of a character from ancient mythology. According to Ovid's
Metamorphoses, Pygmalion was a sculptor who carved the image of a woman so
beautiful that he fell in love with her and pleaded with Venus to turn the statue into a real
woman. Venus was touched by his plea and granted his wish.

later used
Pygmalion as the title of his book about the transformation of a young
Cockney flowergirl into a highbrow woman of British society through the efforts of a linguist by
the name of Henry Higgins. The play was later popularized as the musical and movie, My
Fair Lady.

Why does Dee change her name in Alice Walker's "Everyday Use?"

In 's
"," the narrator speaks of herself, her home and her two very different
daughters.

There had been a fire ten or twelve years before that had harmed
Mrs. Johnson's daughter, Maggie. However, as the house burned, the narrator saw her other
daughter's face and the hate she had for their home. As the story goes on, the reader comes to
understand that it was what it meant living in such a house that Dee hated,
more than the house itself. Dee would never be satisfied to live in such a place, or have the
meager life her mother and sister have.

Mrs. Johnson has had a difficult
life. There is no mention of having a husband to help her on her homestead. Quite
matter-of-factly, she acknowledges (with some pride) that she can "kill and clean a hog as
mercilessly as a man." One year she "knocked a bull calf straight in the brain between
the eyes with a sledge hammer..." She had the beef hung up to cure before the sun went
down. Not a complainer, she has done what needed to be done. Mrs. Johnson is a realist; she is
also comfortable with who she is.

Maggie is almost the shadow of a
person. 

"How do I look, Mama?" Maggie says,
showing just enough of her thin body enveloped in pink skirt and red blouse for me to know she's
there almost hidden by the door.

Her mother describes
Maggie's behavior as similar to that of a dog that might have been hit by a car, now lame and
looking for someone to be kind to her. She is quiet and unassuming. She has the posture of one
who hopes not to be noticed.

Dee, on the other hand, has been a force to be
reckoned with since she was young. She is more attractive than her sister. She was the one to
leave home after her mother and the church put together the funds to send her to school in
Augusta. She learned, then and forced her learning on her uneducated mother and sister

...forcing words, lies, other folks' habits, whole lives upon us
two, sitting trapped and ignorant under her voice.

Dee
showed no desire to help her mother or sister advance through learning, but wants to control
them with what she knew. It demonstrates how far removed the life she lives
is from that of her past and her family.

Dee wanted nice things. Her clothes,
though gifted to her mother and worn before, were transformed so that Dee was proud to wear
them, as they transformed her from a country girl to a woman with prospects:

At sixteen she had a style of her own: and knew what style
was.

Now Dee comes to visit and makes a dramatic
entrance. Not only is she wearing long and flowing African garb and real gold jewelry at her
ears and on her wrists, but she also carries herself like a princess. She treats her mother's
house and homestead like they are part of a museum rather than the remnants of a life
she once lived herself. She takes a photo of the place, and another of her
mother and sister. Like an outsider looking in, she has no connection with these people or her
ancestors.

Dee arrives with grace and style. With her is a stocky man who
tells them to call him Hakim-a-barber. As they approach, Mrs. Johnson addresses her daughter by
her name. However, Dee corrects her and tells her that her name is now "Wangero Leewanika
Kemanjo," and that Dee "is dead." She refuses, she explains, to be named after
the people who "oppressed her," though she was actually named after her aunt, and the
family has passed down the name through countless generations.

Changing her
name is just another way in which Dee has attempted to break away from her family and its
far-distant past. While she may express the need to remove herself from a young woman descended
from slaves, she seems more embarrassed than entitled in her new "position" in the
world. She sees no value in things that belonged to her grandmother or mother except as they can
be used to promote the new identity she has created. The benches and the butter dish are not
worthwhile because they were hand-made by someone in the family, but because they will fit
nicely in her new homewhich is an extension of her new identity. Both have been created in the
image Dee wishes to adopt for herself: how she hopes to be seen by the
world. There is nothing to connect her to the men and women who came before her, making
her personal transition possible in the first place. She has no regard for
her mother who worked so hard to provide Dee with a home, and managed to send Dee away to
school. She has no compassion for her injured sister. 

Dee changed her name
because she was ashamed of where she came from and did not want to be known as a poor kid that
started out in hand-me-downs. She has changed her name and appearance to disassociate herself
from her family, descended from slaves. She has returned only to take things that she believes
will be admired in her home, not because she acknowledges the significance of the sacrifices of
those who lived before her. In this way, Dee is very different from Maggie.

Maggie is actually the daughter who is richer by far because she sees the pricelessness
of the things and people of her past. Maggie is not defined by the past. Dee, ironically, is
completely defined by the past she is trying to reject. Dee doesn't really know who she is, but
Maggie (like her mother) knows exactly who she is. Maggie is not only
satisfied with her situation, but also happy with the life she will carve
out for herself with her soon-to-be husband, along with the patches of the past, sewn into a
quilt she will use everydayspecial because of the history it comes with, and the love of the
women who created it.

How can Oedipus be seen as a victim of fate in Oedipus Rex?

Aswas unable to avoid
fulfilling the
terrible prophecy laid upon him at birth, we can see him as being powerlessly

subjected to his fate. 

When we consider the great lengths that
Oedipus went
to in order to escape killing his father and marrying his
mother, we can clearly see that his
will was bent on mastering his destiny.
He did not want to fulfill the prophecy. He did not want
to be dominated by a
negative fate. 

The evidence of Oedipus' efforts can be

found...

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How did Calpurnia's church differ from the white people's church? To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In 's
, , one salient difference between the church of Calpurnia and the Maycomb
Methodist Episcopal Church South is that the black church allows the children,and , to remain
whereas the white churches are strictly segregated.  Thus, the spirit of charity abounds in the
poor, little church that has few hymn books and no organ or piano. 

On the
other hand, the ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church who practice charity abroad by
sending missionaries and charity to Africa, help no one at home who is outside their
perimeters.  Clearly, Chapter 12 points to the religious hypocrisy of the white
community.

That the congregation of Calpurnia's church are poor and oppressed
as well is evident when the hymns, which are sung jubilantly, end "in a melancholy
murmur."  

When the preacher gives his sermon, the children notice that
Reverend Sykes "used his pulpit more freely to express his views on individual lapses from
grace."  The Reverend scolds the more recalcitrant of his congregation, even to the point
of defining their sins.  Scout also notes that, to their amazement, Reverend Sykes chastises the
church members:

....Reverend Sykes emptied the can onto
the table and raked the coins into his hand.  He straightened up, and said, 'This is not enough,
we must have ten dollars.'

But, then, he explains that
the money is for the family of Tom Robinson.