Who, besides Mr. Nuttel, is the victim of Vera's hoax?

It might
be said that Mrs. Sappleton is also the victim of Vera's hoax, but that would depend upon what
happened after Framton Nuttel fled from the house. He might report to other people that the
woman was insane. That seems unlikely, however, because he would be required to tell about the
whole incident. If he did that he would find out that the three "ghosts" he thought he
saw were still very much alive, in which case Mrs. Sappleton was perfectly sane in expecting
them to come home and in leaving the window open. It seems unlikely that Nuttel would not relate
his experience to his sister and that she would make inquiries of the minister with whom she
stayed when she was in the area. Vera herself might become the victim of her own hoax in that
case. Everyone would realize that she had played a cruel trick on their poor, neurotic visitor
and that she had also misrepresented her aunt as a lunatic.

"Here they are at last!" she cried. "Just in time for tea, and don't
they look as if they were muddy up to the eyes!"

     Framton shivered
slightly and turned towards the niece with a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension.
The child was staring out through the open window with a dazed horror in her eyes. 

Vera would be subject to some form of punishment--or at least a
severe scolding from more than one of the members of that family. That might not discourage her
from frightening other visitors with the same ghost story in the future, since it had been such
a big success with Framton Nuttel. The same scenario seems to be repeated practically every
night. Mrs. Sappleton leaves the big French window open for the three hunters, and they return
at about the same hour for tea. Bertie sings the same awful song with the words:

"I said, Bertie, why do you bound?"

It is a little bit like the movie Groundhog
Day in which the same things keep happening every day. The entire family, including
Vera, might be somewhat victimized by the girl's hoax if word got around in this uptight
neighborhood that the entire family was conspiring to frighten visitors out of their wits with
ghost stories and bizarre behavior. It seems possible that Nuttel might have gotten the idea
that the whole family was in on the hoax and had actually rehearsed
it.

On the other hand, if the family's
reputation was not compromised, Framton Nuttel's sister, who does not appear in the story, might
be slightly victimized because she might not be welcome to return to the rectory or the
neighborhood because of her relationship with a man who was obviously a lunatic. Friends and
neighbors of the Sappletons would be more likely to sympathize with them than with a couple of
strangers who lived in London.

A fruiterer had the same number of apples, pears and oranges at first. After 98 oranges, some apples and pears were sold, there were 392 fruits left....

For the stated
word problem, we need to use
variable to represent the unknown counts per each fruit. We may

let:

o = original number of oranges

a= original
number of
apples

p = original number of pears.

 To set-up an
equation, we translate the given conditions in the
problem.

Condition 1: A
fruiterer had the same number of
apples, pears and oranges at first.

 This
implies that we
can equate them as `o =a=p` .

Condition 2:After 98 oranges, some apples and pears were sold, there were 392
fruits
left. 

We may let:

unsold
oranges = o'

unsold apples = a'

unsold
pears = p'

 It...

At the beginning of the novel, Sal Paradise admits to having ambivalent feelings about Dean, at first thinking him to be a little too tough, a real...

On one
hand, Dean represents the freedom of the Beat Generationunwilling to be tied down, always on the
move. However, Sal does find problems with the darker side of this trait: for instance, Dean's
inability to ever really love one woman (or man), his irresponsibility, his attraction to
teenage girls, and his drug addictions.

In the end, though, Sal always seems
to forgive his friend for his bad behavior. (Or perhaps a better word might be
"overlook.") Dean abandons Sal while traveling on more than one occasion, yet these
events are never enough to make Sal write Dean off completely, since Sal thinks Dean's
complicated family and love life have made him what he is and, therefore, he cannot shoulder all
the blame for what he does. Even at the end of the novel, when Sal muses about his unfaithful
friend, he thinks, "He'll be alright," with a sense of peaceful resignation.

However, after being abandoned by Dean in Mexico during his delirium and illness (right
after Dean's idea of the perfect night: partying with sex workers), Sal does not seem interested
in emulating Dean's lifestyle any longer. Though he admires Dean, he knows his way of fast
living with no attachments will never satisfy him. So while he still idolizes Dean as a holy
goof, he is done trying to be a holy goof himself. This is as close to resolution as his
feelings for Dean Moriarty ever come.

Tell me about the age of Chaucer?

In the
"Canterbury Tales"describes an age that was much different to our own modern one in
terms of social practices, customs and beliefs - and his depiction of them makes very
entertaining reading. The church played a far more powerful role in influencing people, society
and state than it does now, and was often accused of using religion and scare stories to cowe
the people into submission, as well as improve their souls and chances of getting into heaven.
These chances were improved still further if you were free enough, and well-off enough to to be
able to gain more brownie points along the way in your path on earth! One way to avoid the
dreadful fires of hell, torturing devils and evil smug looking gargoyles (replicated at every
turn on churches!) was to undertake a pligrimage of repentance and forgiveness - such as the
popular little jaunt to Canterbury!

According to Guns, Germs, and Steel, how was the rise in human population density linked to the origins of food production starting around 8500 BC?...

The answer
to this can be found in Chapter 6.  Specifically, it starts on p. 111 in the paperback version
of the book and ends on p. 112.  Diamonds argument can be summed up when he says

A fourth factor was the two-way link between the rise in human population density and
the rise in food production. 

What that means is that neither was the cause
or the effect.  They were both causes and they were both effects.

Diamond
says that human populations were already rising in the late Pleistocene, even
before...

Describe three images of Douglass's grandmother as defined in Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,...

Chapter eight of '
, Written by Himself provides three images of his grandmother. First, he
describes his grandmother as "poor" and "old." This image allows readers to
see her as one broken by a life of slavery. The word poor, here, does not refer to wealth.
Instead, it refers to the miserable nature of the life of a slave.

Second,...

In Lord of the Flies, what is the first sign that Piggy is an organized thinker?

is
the most organized and rational of the boys on the island. The reader gets the first sign of
this in Chapter One when Piggy proposes the idea of using a conch shell to summon the other
boys.

Piggy believes the group must band together and continue
to...

What does Amelia want Lyddie to do on the sabbath? Why? How does Lyddie feel about this?

Amelia
wantsto attend church on Sundays. Amelia feels that everyone should go to church on Sunday, so
she is not exactly picking on only Lyddie. Amelia's church pressure is also not the only church
pressure. As part of working the factories, the girls are expected to appear virtuous. Their
clothing and behavior are both aimed at selling this image, and regular church attendance is one
of the factory's requirements of the girls.

The church expectation comes as a
surprise to Lyddie, who isn't used to going to church, and Lyddie tries to explain that she
wasn't planning on attending church. Amelia is somewhat taken aback by Lyddie's hesitance and
further stresses that Lyddie must attend church:

Lyddie
looked up in alarm. Living as far as they had from the village, the Worthens had never even
bothered to pay pew rent in the village congregational church. "I-I hadn't thought to
go."

Amelia sighed, reminding Lyddie that she was proving a harder case
than the older girl had bargained for. "Oh, but you must," she said.

As the conversation continues, Lyddie learns that the factory
doesn't care which church Lyddie attends. The factory only cares that she attends. Part of
Lyddie's reticence is that churches generally required attenders to pay pew rent, and earning
and keeping money is hugely important to Lyddie. Betsy recommends the Methodist church because
Lyddie can attend those services for free:

"They'll probably make you put in an appearance from time to time somewhere. The
Methodists don't press girls for pew rent, so if you're short on money, best go there. You have
to pay for it in longer sermons, but nonetheless I always recommend the Methodists to new girls
with no particular desire to go anywhere."

Which statement best summarizes the story "Araby"? a) Confusion eventually leads to depression b) Dreams often end in disillusionment c) Hatred...

The best
summary is "B." The story shows how dreams end up in disillusionment.

The boy narrator of "" tries to escape through dreams from his dull existence
as a Dublin schoolboy. His dreams center mainly around Mangan's sister, an older girl he
develops a crush on, and the bazaar called "Araby," which is coming to Dublin. He
promises to get Mangan's sister a gift at the bazaar. In his mind, the bazaar and the girl seem
to conflate or merge to represent all that is desirable, exotic, and different from his mundane
life.

However, the bazaar, when he arrives to it late, is cheap and mundane,
just like the rest of Dublin. He ends the story filled with bitter disillusion as his dream of
encountering a more sublime existence crumbles.

The ending of the story is
called an epiphany: it is not an event, but the boy's realization or sudden insight that he has
put his hopes in false dreams.

What role do you believe Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) should play in international relations ? Is there a difference between how advanced of...

As a matter
of personal opinion, I think intergovernmental organizations can be more effective than
governments themselves at international policy. The major benefit is that these organizations
can be formed to focus on specific tasks and duties, and they can work in conjunction with one
another to accomplish their goals.

Organizations like the United Nations and
World Health Organization are well equipped to take care of foreign affairs if they remove
themselves from bureaucracy and governmental red tape. With certain tasks that are transcendent
and more important than simple foreign relations, these organizations can supersede governments
and inspire actionessentially forcing solutions to occur.

One example of this
is climate change. An intergovernmental organization dedicated to fixing climate change would be
able to unilaterally make decisions in the best interests of the planet and override individual
government's opinions and limitations.

The main issue is that, unfortunately,
they are intrinsically tied to governments and sovereign nations. Because of this, it is hard to
overcome the red tape and take decisive measures. If these organizations were able to act
independently of government bodieslike multinational companiesthey would be able to affect more
lasting and powerful change. As it stands, they are certainly limited, but they could take more
action.

In Lord of the Flies, what are some quotes from Lord of the Flies that best demonstrate Ralph's or Jack's understanding of others' feelings or concerns?

may appear to have all
the elements of a typical story about boys stranded on an island, and may even begin that way,
that is, with an air of predictability. The boys struggle to create shelter and have a few
disagreements along the way, but it seems thathas it under control, and is the best choice of
leader, with a lesser leadership role for . Ralph and Jack even have a respect for each other,
as they "smiled at each other with shy liking," in chapter one. 

They initially want the same thing; both try to appease the scared boys by suggesting
that they can have fun and do whatever they want because there are no "grown-ups."
Ralph talks about his own father coming to save them, and "the assembly was lifted towards
safety by his words." However, it does not take long before they begin to clash over what
may or may not be important, and how to best manage their time on the island. When the two boys
talk in chapter three about the shelter, hunting, and the other boys' nightmares, they are both
very aware that something has to be done. Jack says," I know how they feel. See? That's
all." He is referring to the sense that there is something sinister lurking on the
island. 

Jack is aware that the boys are excited by the prospect of hunting,
but hunting comes at the expense of the fire and any potential rescue. In chapter four, Jack is
excited by the results of his exploits and hunting skills, but he does apologize about the fire
which earns him respect. As stated in the novel, "the buzz from the hunters was one of
admiration... Jack had done the decent thing." Jack has been very clever and understands
that his feigned apology will help his cause and make Ralph look bad.

In
chapter five, Ralph needs to help the boys focus on what is important. Having called a meeting
at the end of chapter four, Ralph addresses the boys. He understands 's contribution, as Piggy
"ha[s] brains." He understands that he needs to repeat everything at least twice, and
that he needs to keep things simple for the "littluns." Ralph understands that the
boys are vulnerable to Jack's idea of fun, so he sets out the rules and repeats himself. He also
talks about their fears because he knows that they need to be addressed. He says, "We've
got to talk about this fear." 

Jack also tries to support Ralph in
discussing the boys' fear. However, his methods are different from Ralph's, and although Jack
does understand the boys' concerns, he sometimes makes matters worse, not better. He calls the
boys "sissies" but tells them categorically that "there is no animal" that
is after them. He goes on to say that "there is no beast in the forest." His words
have the desired effect, and the boys "applauded him with relief." 

The meeting does not go well but Ralph shows that he does have an understanding that
Jack and the hunters have different priorities. He says, "We're all drifting and things are
going rotten." 

While both Ralph and Jack know that the beast is now
dominating the boys' thoughts, Ralph remains conscious of his responsibility to the
"littluns." He also knows that the boys want to be rescued, and uses that to persuade
them that they should be listening to him. He and Jack decide to go to the only part of the
island that Jack has not explored because they know how important it is. Ralph takes the lead
because he is chief, but Jack does support him. As usual, however, Jack is distracted, and by
the end of chapter six, Jack is becoming more influential over the boys. 

In
the end, it will not be enough to understand what the other boys may want, or think they want,
as Piggy andwill die, and "Ralph we[eps] for the end of innocence." 

 

 

What is the evidence of the effects of the teachings of theological antisemitism, supersessionism, and claim to covenant in Man's Search for Meaningby...

Frankl does
not speak of these theologies directly in Man's Search for Meaning.
However, his description of the suffering of the Jews in the lagers or concentration camps can
be seen as a manifestation of these teachings.

Theological anti-semitism
asserts that Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus and that, by not responding to the
Christian call for salvation, Jews are a cursed people. Supersessionism and the claim to
covenant both assert that the arrival...

"""The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost talks about two roads. Are these roads mere roads or do they symbolize some aspect of a person's life?""

Robert
Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken," talks of the narrator- possibly Frost himself-
standing at a fork in the road in the middle of a wood, and contemplating which path he should
take. He looks to one that has been often walked on and has seen a lot of wear. But then he
looks to the other, one which is more grassy and fresh looking, that has received much less
attention. Torn between the two, he stands there and ponders which path he should take-
ultimately landing upon the less-explored territory. Upon reflection, Frost says in his final
line "and that has made all the difference." 

Now, looking at this
work at face value, it is indeed about a man travelling in the woods and talking about two
roads. However, a poem- no matter the author- can never be taken at face value. As readers of
poetry, we must always assume that poetry is rife with metaphors, , and hidden themes and
meanings begging to be uncovered- and it is our job to uncover them. 

With
that said, Robert Frost's roads are not literal "roads," but rather an extendedfor the
choice that any person must make as to what path they wish to take in life. In this famous poem,
Frost explores the proverbial "fork in the road" that everyone faces, in which they
must make a life-altering decision about who they are and what they expect out of life and how
they will define themselves. In this poem, both the author and the reader find themselves
contemplating "should I follow the beaten path? or shall I strike out on my own?"
Ultimately, it is the decision between what is comfortable and secure, and what is new and
unknown. Frost decides to start down the "path less travelled by," though not without
some trepidation. He is aware that once he starts down this path, there may be no going back. He
understands that he may regret his decision later, but it nevertheless needs to be made.
Whatever path he takes, it will make all the difference in his life- good, bad, or indifferent.
It is a common interpretation that Frost is advocating "the road less travelled by" as
the better path of the two, indicating that the poem speaks of "not following the
crowd," but this is only one interpretation. It can be argued that Frost valued the two
paths before him equally- as they both have equal value- but merely had to make a choice. We can
see the difficulty at this decision when he says in the first stanza:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I
could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one
as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth

Frost contemplates these roads for a long time, and weighs his decision carefully-
wishing he could take both. In so doing, he gives both equal credit and importance. And though
he decides on one road, he says in the final stanza that he, "shall be telling this with a
sigh/ Somewhere ages and ages hence," the "sigh" indicating that he may still
wonder what would have happened or how his life could have been different if he had only taken
the other path. 

- poetry especially- is widely open to interpretation. A
work can mean countless different things to many different people, and there is no real
"right" answer so long as you can support your argument with the text. This
interpretation of Frost's poem is only one of many, but one thing for certain is that the reader
must never take a work of poetry at face value. There is almost always a deeper meaning.
 

What are examples of alliteration in Jonathan Edward's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?

is the
repetition of the sounds at the beginning of words. It is frequently used to add weight and
strength to certain words and emphasize thoughts and feelings. The use of repeated fricative
sounds can add a ticking sound to a text or imitate the sound of footsteps or something similar.
When used effectively, it can be a great addition to a text. In"

Was secession the best course available to the South following the election of Abraham Lincoln?

Secession
was probably the only course South
Carolina saw available to it if it's culture and lifestyle
were to be
maintained. Prior to formation of the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln had been
a
Whig. The Republican Party formed from the old Whig Party to oppose the
spread of slavery into
the Western territories. South Carolina saw the
election of Lincoln as an indication that
slavery would be confined to the
South; expansion into the West was a dead letter. This prospect
would not be
so terrible (in fact most Northerners were happy to see it continue only in
the
South) except South Carolina knew that Western territories would one day
be States; that those
States would come in as free States, and the necessary
constitutional amendment to end slavery
was a foregone conclusion. This was
the reasoning behind the South's insistence that the balance
of free and
slave states remain the same, --the reasoning behind the Missouri Compromise and
the
Compromise of 1850--slavery would thereby...

What conflicts does Eliezer experience with God in Night?

'' started with
Elie being a staunch adherent of his religion and a strong believer in God. However, his views
changed due to the terrible experience under German Nazis.

Elie witnessed the
hanging of a young boy (pipel) and exclaimed that God was also dead hanging from the gallows.
The young boy died a slow painful death as the rest of the prisoners watched. The boys weight
was insufficient to cause instant death by hanging.

Behind
me, I heard the same man asking:

"For God's sake, where is
God?"

And from within me, I heard a voice answer:

"Where He is? This is wherehanging here from this gallows €¦"

Elie was unable to...

What's the main message of the book? Who was the audience? What is the impact of the context of the times on the message of the book, and how does...

One of
Dante's messages is his belief that various types of sin will have different consequ3encesz in
the afterlife.  Of course, the religious control of almost all aspects of life during Dante's
lifetime certainly played a part in his choosing his message.  However, The Inferno
also allowed Dante to express personally what he felt were the worst sins and even
more specifically whom he found to be the most egregious sinners from the
past.

At what point in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" does the reader get the first hint that the escape is a hallucination?

In Part III
with the distortion of time and the illusionary nature of the narrative, the reader begins to
suspect that Peyton Farquhar merely imagines his escape.

Certainly, the break
from the typical realistic style of 's narrative in Part III of "" alerts readers that
the story may be taking a different direction. In fact, there is a direct change from the
matter-of-fact tone of Part II to the stirring plunge into the stream-of-consciousness narrative
in Part III. For instance, in this section of the story, Farquhar seems to be merely an observer
of his own hands that struggle to free the rope around his neck. Then, when he is freed from the
noose, he believes that he has called out to his hands to put the rope back.

"Put it back! Put it back!" He thought he shouted these
words to his hands, for the undoing of the noose had been succeeded by the direst pang that he
had yet experienced. His neck ached horribly; his brain was on fire; his heart...gave a great
leap, trying to force itself out at his mouth. His whole body was racked and wrenched with an
insupportable anguish!

In reality, this is probably the
point at which Peyton Farquhar has been hanged.

There are other incidents in
this section which seem unrealistic and hallucinatory. For instance, after Farquhar comes to the
surface of the water, he sees the bridge and the soldiers standing upon it, particularly the
captain, the sergeant, and the two privates that have been assigned as his executioners. When
these soldiers spot him, they behave oddly. The captain draws his pistol "but did not
fire," and the other soldiers "were unarmed."

Their movements were grotesque and horrible, their forms gigantic.

Certainly, this description of the soldiers seems unrealistic, and
it creates a credibility gap with the first part of the narrative. This gap should also suggest
to the reader that the escape is merely Farquhar's hallucination.

"""For always roaming with a hungry heart"€”explain the phrase "hungry heart" from Tennyson's "Ulysses."""

Joaquin Ebert

Tennyson's poem "" depicts the poet's vision of what Ulysses (also known as
Odysseus) is like in his later years, after he settles down to rule his kingdom.

Ulysses is bored with ruling; his subjects don't know the real person behind his
facade, and they do not appreciate him. Worse, he knows he is aging and fears he hasn't much
time left before "Death closes all." Ever the adventurer, Ulysses cannot merely sit
around ruling a kingdom. He yearns to return to the sea and have one last adventure before he
dies. This poem is his plea to his former mariners to set out on that last journey with
him.

Before he addresses his main argument to the mariners, Ulysses recounts
some of their adventures. He attempts to explain to his friends the source of his boredom.
"For always roaming with a hungry heart/ Much have I seen and known." Since he always
had a drive, a thirst for adventure, Ulysses has encountered many cultures, people and sights.
The hunger...

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In George Orwell's Animal Farm, what was Napoleon doing during the Battle of the Cowshed?

is
strangely absent during the Battle of the Cowshed. We see no sign of him during the fighting. It
iswho charges bravely at the humans, accompanied by all 35 pigeons, all the sheep, Muriel,
Benjamin and . At the end of the battle, Snowball and Boxer, who both fought bravely, are
awarded the honor Animal hero, first class, but Napoleon is conspicuously missing from the honor
roll. The conclusion one is led to draw is that Napoleon was carefully taking cover in the
background while the other animals risked life and limb for the cause. We can assume Napoleon
was there, somewhere, during the battle, because at the end of the battle Molly is noticed to be
missing and everyone goes in alarm to search for her. Later, Napoleon will use propaganda to try
to change the other animals' memories of what happened in this battle. 

Solve for x, y and z, given the following equations: x + y + z = 6 2x - y + 3z = 9 -x + 2y + 2z = 9

We have to
solve for x, y and z using

x + y + z = 6 €¦ (1)

2x €“y +
3z = 9 €¦
(2)

-x + 2y + 2z = 9 €¦ (3)

Add (1) and

(3)

=> 3y + 3z = 15

=> y + z =
5

Substitute this in (1)

=> x + 5 =
6

=> x =
1

substitute this in
(2)

=> 2 €“ y + 3z = 9

=> 2 €“ (5
€“ z) + 3z = 9

=> 2 €“ 5 + z + 3z = 9

=> -3 + 4z = 9

=> 4z = 12

=> z
=
3

y + z = 5

=> y = 5 €“
3

=> y =
2

Therefore x
= 1, y = 2 and z =
3.

How does globalization affect tranportation?

The major
impact of globalization on transportation is that it creates a huge amount of demand for
transportation.  Globalization involves the creation of closer economic ties among the countries
of...

What role does race play in A Raisin in the Sun?

Race plays a
crucial role in the play whose title, , alludes to the "a dream
deferred" mentioned in Langston Hughes's poem entitled " href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46548/harlem">Harlem."

Symbolic of 's deferred dream of owning a home is the lonely plant that sits in the
kitchen window, the sole source of natural light in the apartment. Whenever she can, Mama sets
the plant outside the window so it can receive more light. Keeping it alive means a great deal
to Mama because she and her husband wanted a house with a garden in which they could plant
whatever they wished. However, they never had enough money to buy a home. Now, the plant reminds
her of her youthful wishes and their poverty. She hopes to have this dream of a home realized
after the life insurance check for her deceased husband arrives.

's dreams
have also been deferred because of his race. He must work, as many African Americans do in
the time period, in a service job as a chauffeur for a wealthy white man. Walter's wife,, takes
care...

Who was George Grenville, and why was he important?

George
Grenville was a British Politician and member of the Whig Party. He held various ministerial
roles in the British government, including Lord of the Admiralty, Northern Secretary, and
Chancellor of the Exchequer. He also held the position of Prime...

In "Araby," what does Mangan's sister do to make a trip to the bazaar so important to the narrator?

Mangan's sister doesn't
need to do anything special to make the trip to the bazaar important to the narrator. He is so
enamored of her that the fact that she simply speaks to him about the bazaar would probably be
enough to make him want to go. He says,

At last she spoke
to me. When she addressed the first words to me I was so confused that I did not know what to
answer. She asked me was I going to . I forgot whether I answered yes or no. 
It would be a splendid bazaar; she said she would love to go [....]. She could not go, she said,
because there would be a retreat that week in her convent [....]. The light from the lamp
opposite our door caught the white curve of her neck, lit up her hair that rested there and,
falling, lit up the hand upon the railing.

Not only does
the narrator hope to make her happy by bringing her a gift from the exotic Araby, but he
describes her appearance as though she were magic, lit up, and purely beautiful. Even before she
speaks to him, he thinks of himself as her champion, a hero. Just prior to their conversation,
he says, "I imagined that I bore my chalice safely through a throng of foes. Her name
sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not
understand." When Mangan's sister mentions her disappointment that she cannot go to the
bazaar, she, in essence, gives him his quest.

I disagree, incidentally, that
the narrator's failure to name her means that his childhood feelings for her were, in fact,
silly or childish. He is unnamed as well. As the other commenter states, this is a coming-of-age
story, and the narrator does lose his innocent naivety, but the namelessness of both himself and
his childhood love serve to make this story feel more universal.

I need to write a metaphor poem. Can you please help me write an extended metaphor poem?

Ais

ain which a word or phrase is applied to a person, idea, or object
to which it is not literally applicable. It is an impliedor unstated comparison which
imaginatively identifies one thing with another.

So,
your first task is to decide what type of comparison you would like to make in your poem. It
needs to be something that makes sense but is not directly...

How does the world of Winston Smith in 1984 resemble our own?

• It is not uncommon nowadays to hear various pundits and news commentators speak of
  "Orwellian conditions" or "the Thought Police."

 In his political commentary of 17 July 2014, Charles Krauthammer, who writes
for The Washington Post, remarked,The rest of the world's reaction to
what's happening in Gaza is Orwellian....It is shocking, especially in Europe. He
continued,

Apologists for Hamas attribute the bloodlust
to the Israeli occupation and blockade. Occupation? Does no one remember anything? It was less
than 10 years ago that worldwide television showed the Israeli army pulling diehard settlers off
synagogue roofs in Gaza as Israel uprooted its settlements, expelled its citizens, withdrew its
military and turned every inch...

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Why are the relationships with Marmee and Grace so important in shaping who March is and becomes in March?

Grace was vital in
forming the grown upwho
decides to enlist and fight in the Civil War against slavery. It is the

account that he gives ofhis time at the Clement's plantation, and of the whipping that
Grace
receives on his behalf, that clearly shows him the evil in slavery and
the injustice of
black-white relations. Note how this is reflected in the
following quote, which comes as the
young eighteen year-old March exchanges
eye contact with Grace after her whipping has
finished:

If an anvil had fallen from the sky at that

moment and landed upon me, I could not have felt more crushed.

This sense of guilt and responsibility is
something that haunts March for the rest of
the novel, even after Grace, at
the very end of the story, has released him from any obligation
he may feel
he has towards her.

In the same way, his relationship with
Marmee
helps to develop March's character in the way that he feels that he
always has to work hard to
live up to the standards that Marmee has and her
fierce, anti-slavery beliefs. It is this in
part that leads him to enlist in
the Civil War and fight against the forces that champion
slavery, as he seeks
to make himself worthy for his wife. His account of her beliefs about
slavery
and her struggles against it lead him t become involved in transporting slaves
illictly
through to Canada and freedom. Both Marmee and Grace therefore have
a massive influence on
March's character and this can be seen in the man that
records his thoughts and feelings in this
novel.

In the evidential problem of evil, the argument starts from: perhaps it is possible for God and Evil to co-exist, but it is not possible for there to...

I
think that one of the basic premisesthat God would eliminate all evilis flawed.

This requires several leaps which are not addressed in your supports. First, it
requires a knowledge of God's intent, which is impossible. All gods throughout history have been
acknowledged to have thoughts higher than mankind, and humans have accepted that they cannot
know the will of God as they exist in physical separation. To therefore assert from a human
standpoint that God would definitely make any decision is an unsupported assertion.

The very definition of "evil" also defines some...

Critical Appreciation Of A Poem

The best starting point when writing a
critical appreciation of a poem is to determine what the author's message or
theme is. Once you determine this key point, the rest of the paper falls into
place much easier.

I tell my students to next look at
the author's tone. What is the author's attitude toward the subject
of the poem? How do you know? What words do they use to convey that tone? You can then discuss
how the tone is important to the theme of the poem.

It's important to then
look for literary elements you're familiar with. Do you see a ?
What about great ? Is there an example of ? Once you find these, the key point to remember is
that the author made these poetic choices for a reason. How does that simile contribute to the
tone or theme? How does the imagery utilized bring deeper significance to the tone or
theme?

For example, in the poem "Because I could not stop for Death
€“," Emily Dickinson chooses to personify Death. Why does she make that choice? The image
provides a way for her to discuss the transition into the afterlife as though she is a passenger
in a carriage with Death. By doing so, she is able to reflect upon the life she's lived in light
of the knowledge of death that all people face.

In the poem "Stopping by
Woods on a Snowy Evening," Robert Frost uses imagery to convey the peaceful scene before
him as he pauses in snow-filled woods on a dark evening. Why does he use imagery there? The
peaceful imagery he utilizes contrasts with the "But" at the end of the poem; he has
"promises to keep" and "miles to go" before he sleeps. He is in a hurry and
doesn't have time to enjoy this peace often.

Each choice the poet makes is
for a specific purpose. It's important, therefore, to not simply identify those literary
elements but also to analyze how each one brings deeper significance to the author's
work.

Where (what level) would the character of Gilgamesh in The Epic of Gilgamesh be placed in the Hell of Dante's Inferno?

This
question is interesting because within the framework of Dante's worldview, Gilgamesh is pretty
much doomed no matter what he does. As a pagan born long before Christ, he has no chance of
redemption at all.

Gilgamesh, before the completion of his character arc,
would probably end up in the seventh circle, which punishes the violent. At the beginning of
The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is a tyrannical bully, fighting those
weaker than himself and raping women who cannot protest against their king. He is a violent,
cruel man. In the setting of Gilgamesh, religious faith does not redeem
him, but friendship and love do, setting him on the path to wisdom.

After
his arc is completed, Gilgamesh would end up in the first circle with the other...

Discuss the relevant elements of the poem "Night" from the Rig-Veda. The goddess Night has drawn near, looking about on many sides with her eyes. She...

I think
that the poem reflects much in way of Hindu beliefs regarding the forces of the divine.  The
fact that the poem exalts the Goddess of the Night reflects how Hinduism's pantheism attributes
different natural elements to different gods.  Notice in the poem how the Goddess of Night
"pushes aside her sister the twilight."  In this light, one can see how Hinduism
utilizes its pantheistic nature to attribute different aspects of consciousness to other forms
of the divine.  Another uniquely Hindu element brought out in the poem is the yearning for a
brief and close promixal interaction with the divine.  This is seen in Hinduism in many forms in
that the devotee is thankful for a brief interaction with the divine. Hindus frequently ask the
Gods to "open their eyes" and smile upon the devotee, and this same tendency to yearn 
for a close and brief encounter with the divine is present in the poem.  Rest for humans only
happens when the Goddess of Night is "near to us today."  The idea of the Goddess
briefly coming near the devotee is a strongly Hindu idea.  Along these lines, Hindu practices
follow the idea of "warding off the evil eye" or asking the powers of the divine to
remove evil with the idea of "warding" it off.  The removal of obstacles is something
of vital importance to the devotee.  This is seen in the poem with the plea to "ward off
the she- wolf" and "the wolf" and "the thief."

Describe Dee Johnson's character in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker.

Dee Johnson
superficially searches for her
African heritage.  In by , the author suggests Dees search for
her heritage
is artificial.  Despite her education, Dee has no appreciation of her true

inheritance.

Throughout her life, Dee was the pretty and intelligent
Johnson
girl. Her attitude toward her sister and mother was negative.  To
Dee, her home and her family
were an embarrassment. When her house burned,
Dee stood and watched rather than show concern for
her sister Maggie who was
severely injured.

While she lived at home, Dee
would read
to her mother and sister, but not for their enjoyment but to make them feel
her
superiority.  Mamas church provides the money for Dees education which
she appears not to really
appreciate. During and after her time in college,
Dee never visited her home because she was
ashamed of her family. 

The story centers on Dees return visit. Both her
mother and sister
anticipate her coming by sitting out on the lawn awaiting her arrival. The

visit is nothing like what her mother had hoped for in her dreams.  Dee has changed her
name to
Wangero, a black muslin name. Everything about her is shiny and yet
unreal. She tells her mother
that Dee is dead, despite the fact that she was
named after her grandmother.  Naturally, Dee has
ulterior motives for her
visit. 

Oh, Mama, she cried. 
I never
knew how lovely these benches are.  You can feel the rump prints, she said€¦Then
she
gave a sigh and her hand closed over Grandmas Dee butter dish.  Thats it.
I knew there was
something I wanted to ask you if I could have.

 

Dee has always wanted
something.  With no regard for her mother,
Dee wants to take things that have
come from her relatives.  Lacking in respect and with no
genuine
understanding of the importance of the things that her mother has saved, Dee places
no
value on her mothers things as a part of her family legacy. Dee wants what
she wants and that is
to decorate her house with the black heritage items so
that it will be
fashionable.    

When Dee rummages through
her mothers trunk, her attitude
shines through. When she left for school, her
mother offered her a quilt which Dee refused.  Now
she wants to take the
quilts that were handmade by her grandmother and mother. 

They are important to Maggie and her mother because they understand that the
cloth came
from clothes of their loved ones all the way back to the civil
war.  In addition, the
grandmother who made the quilt was the one for which
Dee was unnamed.  Dee just wants to hang
the quilts on the wall.

For the first time, her mother refuses her
something.  Mama tells
her that she promised the quilts to Maggie. Shocked, Dee is immediately

antagonistic.

Maggie cant appreciate these quilts!
she
said.  Shed probably be backward enough to put them to everyday
use. 

Dee is so incensed that her
mother will not give into her that she
decides to leave.  Ironically, she
tells her family that they do not understand their heritage.
She tells her
sister that she ought to try to do something with her life.

Then, she gets in the car and leaves.  In her selfishness, Dee has shown
herself to
completely lack in respect and consideration for her mother or
sister. Her actions and gestures
indicate that her only reason for coming
home was to take things with no thought of the hurt
that she might
inflict.

How does the narrator's attitude change towards the raven as "The Raven" progresses?

At first
the speaker does not take the Raven very seriously. He assumes it is a tame bird that somehow
escaped from its owner and is only seeking temporary shelter. He describes it in a facetious
manner.

Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or
stayed he,
But with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber
door--

He actually smiles at the bird and jokes with it:

Then the ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into
smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it
wore...

Tell me what thy lordly name
is...

He assumes that the Raven will leave him eventually, and he
is still feeling some amusement in the middle of the poem:

But the
Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling...

But he
begins to speculate about what, if anything, the bird means by ""Nevermore." The
narrator is beginning to take the black bird more seriously.is not a symbol of a lost maiden but
a symbol of death and always had been a symbol of death since the saintly days of yore. When we
are young we are immortal because we do not know we are mortal. When it occurs to us that some
day we are going to die we think it is funny because that event is so far off that the day will
never arrive--or maybe somebody will invent an immortality pill before our turn comes! The poem
is about the way we view death throughout our lives. At first it seems amusing, then intriguing,
then a little frightening, then ominous, then like a big black cloud hanging over us and
everyone else, including those we love, and making life seem meaningless and horrible.

The Raven makes the speaker remember his lost , whom he had hoped to meet again in a
later life. Actually the speaker had been half-hoping that the tapping he heard at his window
might be the ghost of Lenore, which is why the only word spoken when he looked out the window
"was the whispered word, "Lenore?" The name is followed by a question mark to
show that the poet is wondering if he is being visited by his dead paramour. When the Raven
tells him he will see her "Nevermore," he reacts with anger.

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or
devil--

He asks if there is balm in Gilead? This is a way of
asking if there is any truth to the customary, conventional religious answer to the mystery of
death, specifically as contained in the Bible. Is there really any hope of resurrection? And the
Raven tells him "Nevermore," meaning that death is nothing but eternal oblivion
without any hope.

He tries to expel the Raven from his home.

"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked,
upstarting--

This is the speaker's way of saying that he will
simply refuse to think about the subject of death. After all, what good is there in thinking
about something so unpleasant? But the bird refuses to leave. This is how the shadow of death
stays with us as we grow old. We have given up hope and can only await our final hour.

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the
floor|
Shall be lifted--nevermore!

was preoccupied with death, as shown, for instance, in "," in which he dwells on the
idea that death is inescapable, and in the story "," in which he includes the poem
"The Conqueror Worm" and has his heroine express the horror and desperation which
apparently haunted Poe himself and made him such an unhappy person.

"O God!" half shrieked Ligeia, leaping to her feet and extending
her arms aloft with a spasmodic movement, as I made an end of these lines --"O God! O
Divine Father! --shall these things be undeviatingly so? --shall this Conqueror be not once
conquered? Are we not part and parcel in Thee? Who --who knoweth the mysteries of the will with
its vigor? Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the
weakness of his feeble will." 

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," what does the second cat (with the patch on his neck) remind the narrator of?

The
narrator of 's "" explicitly states that the second cat reminds him of Pluto, the
first cat that he mistreated and killed. However, as the narrator spends more time with the
second cat, it also begins to represent certain incorporeal aspects of the narrator's own
character.

Firstly, the two cats share a number of similarities.  Like Pluto,
the second cat shows a fondness for the narrator.  To his surprise, the narrator soon finds
"a dislike to it arising within [him]" due to this.  He continues,

By slow degrees, these feelings of disgust and annoyance rose into
the bitterness of hatred. I avoided the creature; a certain sense of shame, and the remembrance
of my former deed of cruelty, preventing me from physically abusing it. I did not, for some
weeks, strike, or otherwise violently ill use it; but gradually -- very gradually -- I came to
look upon it with unutterable loathing, and to flee silently from its odious presence, as from
the breath of a pestilence.

Because the cat reminds the
narrator of Pluto, it reminds him of what he did to the first cat as well.  This connection is
furthered by how nearly identical the new cat is to Pluto, as the very next day after the
narrator brings the cat home he discovered "that, like Pluto, it also
had been deprived of one of its eyes."  With the exception of a patch of white on its
chest, it is nearly identical to Pluto.  The wound elicits sympathy in the narrator's wife,
which eventually contributes to the wife's murder later in the story.  The cat continues to show
strong affection toward the narrator, and he grows more and more angry at this, calling its
caresses "loathsome."  He feels the desire to kill it, just as he killed Pluto, but is
stopped by his "absolute dread of the beast."  Unlike with Pluto, and perhaps even
because of what he did to Pluto, the narrator feels afraid of the creature.

There are a number of reasons why the narrator is reminded of Pluto.  However, as the
story progresses, the narrator begins to focus in on the one discernible difference between the
cats, stating:

My wife had called my attention, more than
once, to the character of the mark of white hair, of which I have spoken, and which constituted
the sole visible difference between the strange beast and the one I had destroyed. 

Over time, this patch begins to take on a more specific form in the
narrator's mind:

The reader will remember that this mark,
although large, had been originally very indefinite; but, by slow degrees -- degrees nearly
imperceptible, and which for a long time my Reason struggled to reject as fanciful -- it had, at
length, assumed a rigorous distinctness of outline. It was now the representation of an object
that I shudder to name -- and for this, above all, I loathed, and dreaded, and would have rid
myself of the monster had I dared -- it was now, I say, the image of a hideous -- of a ghastly
thing -- of the GALLOWS ! -- oh, mournful and terrible engine of Horror and of Crime -- of Agony
and of Death!

Through the narrator's meticulous focus on
the mark, it eventually takes on the shape of the gallows in his mind.  Like many of Poe's
narrators, the man is most likely projecting.  In this case, the narrator is projecting his
feelings of guilt for his previous crime, and perhaps even for the crime he is about to commit,
onto the cat, which looks very much like the victim of an earlier crime.
 

The second cat represents a number of things to the narrator: an earlier
mistreatment, an earlier victim, and perhaps, through the patch of white, even the narrator's
future act for which he is arrested and (probably) sentenced to death.  All of these acts
represent the narrator's guilt, even if, in true Poe fashion, he is unable to recognize and
accept it for himself.

If you are representing the song "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton, what could be a very intersting introduction to engage your audience?

If you
can afford or are able to do so, I would suggest opening with Whitney Houston's rendition of the
song from the film, "The Bodyguard."  Before she became fodder and inspriation for the
tabloids, Houston could really deliver a song and she belted this one out in a dominant manner. 
I think that it would...

What makes Gilgamesh a hero?

Gilgamesh exemplifies a traditional epic hero, who possesses extraordinary abilities and is
admired for his numerous achievements. Gilgamesh is a demigod, two-thirds god and one-third man,
who is considered the strongest person in the world and is the King of Uruk. Gilgamesh is also a
brave, accomplished warrior and is an ambitious architect, who constructs massive walls around
Uruk and erects magnificent ziggurats. Similar to traditional epic heroes, Gilgamesh embarks on
numerous quests to attain glory and cement his legacy with the greatest kings to ever rule the
earth. After wrestling...

When Winston succumbs to the torture and accepts his place in society and love for Big Brother, does that change of heart seem sincere?

This
answer is definitely going to change based on individual readers.  Yes, I think 's love of Big
Brother is sincere.  I don't believe that Winston would have been let go unless his feelings
were sincere.  In ,asks Winston how he feels about Big Brother.  O'Brien says that he will know
if Winston is lying, so Winston tells the truth.  

"Tell me, Winston -- and remember, no lies: you know that I am always able to
detect a lie -- tell me, what are your true feelings towards Big
Brother?" 

"I hate him." 

"You hate
him. Good. Then the time has come for you to take the...

What figurative language is present in chapter 21 of The Scarlet Letter?

Hillard Thiel

Figurative language is any wording that helps create an enhanced picture in the
reader's mind of what is going on. In its broadest sense, it can include any number of
deliberate techniques that enhance the effectiveness of the writing (see href="https://literarydevices.net/figurative-language/">list of literary
devices).

Hawthorne adopts a slightly archaic style so that
hisseems a little unnatural, but not so much as to be fully off-putting: "Betimes on the
morning of the day" is slightly archaic.

Descriptions of the
"little metropolis" draw on prior symbols.had earlier been described as having lost
her human warmth and womanhood and as becoming like a statue; here her face is
"marble" and she is "actually dead."had been described as lacking humanity
and is again described as a "bird" flitting about.

Reading the
heart is idiomatic and cliche, but it also connects to Hawthorne's enterprise in The Custom
Houseto craft a type of, which he calls Romance, that involves such imaginative acts of reading,
in comparison...

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What were the Navigation Acts and how did they effect the colonies?

The
Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed to regulate trade between Great Britain and her
colonies, including America. The overall purpose of these laws was to ensure self-sufficiency in
the British Empire by reducing reliance on foreign imports. The first Navigation Act of 1651
stipulated that all trade between England the colonies should be carried in English or colonial
vessels. This immediately put the British Empire at odds with her main...

Describe instances of symbolism in chapter 12 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

is rich with
symbolism that represents the
conflict of man vs society. First,is portrayed in a political
cartoon wearing
short pants, without shoes, and chained to a desk as young girls call out to

him. These images suggest that he is a slave to his work--a slave who is also defending
a
descendent of slaves--and he is wasting his time preparing for the trial
rather than enjoying
life. Then, when the children visit Calpurnia's church,
the minor confrontation with Lula
represents the quiet resistance to whites
which is never publicly shown by the black community.
The way Lula seems
seven feet high, with her "left elbow in the curve of her hip, pointing
at us
with upturned palm," personifies and symbolizes an attitude of shock, confusion
and
disgust that is usually...

What is Scout's perspective on Boo Radley in Chapter Eight of To Kill a Mockingbird?

In ,is
slightly perplexed but begins to viewas a harmless individual. At the beginning of ,tells Scout
that when he went back to the Radley yard, his pants were folded neatly and hemmed. Scout
comments that somebody in the Radley house had to know Jem was coming back to retrieve them. At
this moment, she is beginning to wonder if Boo Radley is really as bad as everyone says he is.
Later on, Scout and Jem begin to receive gifts from the anonymous Boo Radley in the knothole of
the tree in his front yard. Scout mentions that Jem was on the verge of telling her something
significant but would change his mind at the last second.

Throughout Chapter
8, Scout and Jem are woken by their father in the middle of the night and watch Miss Maudie's
house ablaze from the Radley front yard. The next morning,notices that Scout has a blanket
wrapped around her. When Atticus tells her that she should thank Boo Radley, she nearly throws
up. Jem holds out the blanket...

What is Hawthornes ultimate message regarding conformity and individual identity?

My personal
response is directed at the power and persecution visited by a one group upon the members of
another groupand that it is done so with overwhelming hypocrisy.

The Puritans
fled to the New World to escape persecution at the hands of the aristocracy in England.
Ironically, when they arrived, they proceeded to do the same to others. We see this in
and in The Crucible, as well.

In
The Scarlet Letter,  is a member of a Puritan community and, having
"lost her husband" some time before, finds herself pregnant, obviously not from time
spent with her husband.

Hester is ostracized and forced to wear the scarlet
"A" (for "adultery") which forever brands her as an adulteress. She never
names the father and suffers silently, even after her child is born. However, with the need to
survive, she stays with the community, and after many years, is accepted by the community for
the good works she does and her skills with sewing.

I believe that Hawthorne
sees that conformity within a society is necessary to survive in the wilderness in which these
people live, but that the enforced conformity contradicts the very nature of the God these
people believe they are serving: they see Him as an angry and vengeful God, whereas Hawthorne
seems to argue for a more Christ-like acceptance of the sinner, in this case Hester. For she is
certainly not the only sinner in their midst: truthfully, they are all sinners, but they act as
if her sin is worse than other kinds of sins.

In terms of individual
identity, I believe Hawthorne is saying that conformity is healthy only to a certain extent; at
a certain point every person must look within that conformity to find and nurture their
individual identity. What makes Hester such a memorable character is not
her sin, but her willingness to accept her individualityeven as an outcastto be the best person
she knows how, to be a good mother and neighbor, and show forgiveness and tolerance that those
around her have lost sight of.

For Hawthorne, conformity is necessary to an
extent, but the gifts and strengths of the individual are lost if conformity of a society
becomes more important than the individual traits of its members. Hester's goodness, in her
individuality, sets the best example to this hypocritical group that is so ready to censor
her.

Jonathan Edwards introduces two comparisons for God's wrath in paragraphs 2 and 5 of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." Describe what is being...

Because
there are so many different editions of Edwards's sermon in publication, it is impossible to
know what paragraphs this question references. However, there are a few things that Edwards
compares God's wrath to, and here are two that have not been mentioned in other
answers:

1. "There are black clouds of Gods wrath now hanging
   directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm, and big with thunder; and were it not for
   the restraining hand of God, it would immediately burst forth upon you." Here, Edwards
   compares God's deep anger with sinners to the clouds of a destructive and dangerous thunderstorm
   that has yet to break. It is threatening, but it has not yet been unleashed.


2. Edwards also likens God's fury to "a great furnace of wrath, a wide and
   bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over . . ." to compare it to
   traditional imaginings of Hell itself. Edwards implies that God could drop sinners into the
   fiery furnace at any time because his fury is equal to...

In the late 18th century, the King of England sent representatives to China to increase trade. What did the Qing Emperor Qinglong's response say about...

Your question
refers to the Macartney Embassy, which was led by George Macartney. This embassy went to China
in 1793. It was meant to increase trade with China as well as to open a British embassy in
Peking. It failed on all counts. The emperors response clearly shows that the Qing
Dynasty felt that European goods were unnecessary and inferior.

Most of Emperor Qinglongs response to King George III is about his reasons for
rejecting the idea of a permanent British embassy in Peking. However, toward the end of the
response, he gives his reasons for rejecting increased trade. The most important line comes when
he says:

...we possess all things. I set no value on
objects strange or ingenious, and have no use for your country's manufactures. 

A little later in the document, he insists that China has never
needed imports from foreign countries. He says:

€¦our
Celestial Empire possesses all things in prolific abundance and lacks no product within its own
borders. There was therefore no need to import the manufactures of outside barbarians in
exchange for our own produce.

From these passages, we can
see that the Qing Dynasty felt that there was no need for European goods. Since China already
had all things in prolific abundance, there was nothing that it could want from Europe. The
emperor dismisses the English goods that Macartney brought as objects strange or ingenious. He
seems to be saying that they are mere curiosities, not things that would actually be useful.
From these lines, we can see that the Qing Dynasty did not think that European goods were useful
or necessary.

href="http://academics.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China/208/READINGS/qianlong.html">http://academics.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China/208/READI...

I need a short "literary" essay on the theme of fact & fiction in "The Scarlet Letter". i can't really get it...~~" the custom house theme is obvious,...

Can you write
your essay on how the fact drives the ?  Afterall, it is the scarlet letter found in the customs
house which generates the fictional story ofand the moral truth...

Can heroism exist in a totalitarian state like that of 1984 or does a totalitarian state eradicate heroism and a sense of self?

This is a
really fascinating question.  We must start by defining heroism.  For the purposes of this
answer, I will define it as acts of moral courage.  A hero would be someone who has firm beliefs
about what is right and who is willing to take serious risks in pursuit of the right.  A hero
would not waver in the face of danger.

Given this definition, it is
clearly...

Who is the murderer in The Egypt Game?

April
and her friends live in a neighborhood that has many children. This would suggest that the
neighborhood is quite safe. Unfortunately, two children have been found murdered, and the
murderer is completely unknown. The reader is led to suspect that the murderer is the reclusive
Professor; however, that ends up being false. The murderer turns out to be a relative of Mr.
Schmitt that struggles to find work. Readers are told that something is mentally wrong with the
man, and that explains why he can not seem to keep a job. Mr. Schmitt feels obligated to help
out a relative of his, so Mr. Schmitt always agrees to let him work as a stockboy for a
relatively low amount of payment. The man will work for a bit, earn some money, leave the area,
and return again.

What are the positive effects of imperialism in Africa?

If you were
to call the effects of any kind of imperialism as positive, it would be more in the sense of
considering it to be the "white man's burden" to civilize the developing
world.

It cannot be denied that in geographical areas around the World, like
Africa, Asia, Australia, there were only small states created by individual tribes and due to
the result of the animosity between them progress was slow and limited. But that was the
situation that Europe was in to start with, wasnt it?

Imperialism never had
an objective of benefiting the areas that were being conquered. It was always done in the quest
of resources, like mineral wealth, land, laborers, resources from animals and plants that were
in short supply, etc.

If one were to look at civilizations around the World
before they were imperialized, a majority of them had a great amount of knowledge of science,
mathematics, technology, medicine, etc. Examples abound to prove this.

Similarly, in Africa, though one could say that progress has been limited to only a few
nations and this was mainly the effects of Imperialism, and in most of the continent the areas
which have been freed are now in a dire state, it would not be entirely correct to give
Imperialism all the credit.

If the continent had been left alone, eventually
the small states would have consolidated and grown larger; there would have been a reduction in
tensions between them; and the results helped by the immense natural resources available in the
continent would have resulted in tremendous progress.

How does Poe create suspense in "The Pit and the Pendulum" through the use of various literary devices? What are the different types of suspense...

was the
master at using a number of literary devices in his works.is one of his most famous stories. In
this story he sets up great suspense and a wonderful use of literary devices.

The story opens with a man on trial. It is during the Spanish Inquisition, and the
narrator is telling us his story of what has happened to him. We don't know why he is on trial,
and there are seven tall candles on a table. As he watches the candles melt her feels his hope
for surviving diminish. As he goes to the torture chamber, we see Poe using his literary
devices. Poe uses a couple different devices to make us see what is happening. He uses
anadiplosis, which is when the last word or words of a sentence is used as the first word or
words in the next sentence.

"That I could not force my imagination to
regard as unreal. Unreal even when I breathed." The next example could be "For the
moment at last I was free. Free and in the grasp of the inquisition" these are just a
couple of examples he uses.

He also uses vivid descriptions of things. When
he wants to really make something stand out to the reader, he uses such great descriptions. The
description of the torture chamber is an example of this. 

"I now
observed with what horror it is needless to say, that its nether extremity was formed of a
crescent of glittering steel, about a foot in length from horn to horn; the horns upward and the
under edge evidently as keen as that of a razor appended to a weighty rod of
brass."

He also uses symbolism throughout all of his works. The darkness
of the torture chamber is a symbol of the darkness happening during the inquisition.

The suspense we feel is so very clever. We have suspense in the fact that we have no
clue what the narrator is on trial for. What was his crime? When he is in the torture chamber,
we have no idea what is going to happen to him or how far the torturer is willing to go. We see
that the narrator is frightened by what he sees at the bottom of the pit, although we are not
told what it is he has seen. We are left wondering the horrors of what could be at the bottom.
Edgar Allan Poe was so creative in his works. He uses words and descriptions that put the reader
inside the story.

What are the differences between the world views of First Nations people and the European immigrants who settled Canada, and how have those...

The
world view of the First Nations peoples can best be summarized by the First Nations
themselves:

"First Nations worldview representes a unique perspective
of the world and the interconnectedness to one another in the circle of life.  Each Nation has
their own ceremonies, protocols, and ways of relating and living this perspective.  The main
element of the worldview is to live in harmony with all created things and to ensure that all is
in balance with one another.  The worldview considers all things of the natural world to have a
spirit, equally valued and that we cannot live one without the other.  We experience worldview
through oral traditions, ceremonial practices, stories, and dance.  There is a balance of the
spiritual, physical, emotional, and intellectual self.  First Nation peoples acknowledge the
Creator as the giver of life."...

What is the history of suburbia?

There
are many factors in the history of suburbia in the United States, which, before World War II,
was a largely rural country and still trying to come out of the Great Depression.  During World
War II, there was no production of cars at all, because all manufacturing resources went toward
the war effort, and very little construction of housing.  However, there were jobs now,
particularly war-related production, and World War II marked the end of the Great
Depression. 

Once the war was over, there was a pent-up demand for cars,
which began production again, a pent-up demand for housing, and a baby boom, resulting from all
those...

Why does grandmother call father a puppet on a string?

In
chapter 8, Bruno recalls the last Christmas celebration he spent with his grandparents. During
the family gathering, Bruno's grandmother expresses her displeasure with her son's promotion in
the Nazi Party. Bruno's grandmother is unimpressed by her son's new Nazi uniform and calls him a
puppet on a string. Grandmother calls her son a puppet because he is casually carrying out
horrific orders handed down to him by his superiors in the Nazi government. Grandmother believes
that the Nazi regime represents and practices intolerance, violence, and oppression. She is
aware of the Nazi atrocities and feels like she has raised Ralf better than that. Bruno's
grandmother believes that her son is mindlessly following orders, like a puppet, without
exercising his better judgment. Despite the fact that Ralf knows right from wrong, he acts upon
the violent orders without hesitating. Bruno's grandmother causes such a disturbance that she
ruins the Christmas celebration, and Bruno and Gretel are sent to their rooms while the heated
argument continues.

How are debates over American foreign policy in the years since 9/11 similar or different to debates over American foreign policy during the Cold War?

When the
Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989 and, two years later, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
disintegrated, the debate over the future foreign policy challenges and opportunities in a
post-Cold War world focused primarily on what was called asymmetrical threats to U.S. national
security. Policymakers debated the steps that should be taken with respect to the former Soviet
republics suddenly, and unexpectedly, independent (e.g., Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Estonia, etc.).
Asymmetrical threats refers to the potential growth in military and political problems
associated with non-state actors, such as terrorist organizations, organized crime, unaffiliated
cybercriminals, and so on. Absent the compelling threat from a major military power like the
former Soviet Union, it was considered unlikely that another major power would soon emerge to
rival the threat once posed by the Russian Empire. U.S. foreign policy, consequently, lost its
focus to a large degree, the Cold War having provided a certain eaily-defined structure and
predictability now lacking. China was not yet the focus of attention except in the contexts of
international trade and the situation involving Taiwan, which the Chinese view as a breakaway
province and the native Taiwanese as an independent nation-state.

If US
foreign policy lacked focus, that changed dramatically with the terrorist attacks of September
11, 2001. Prior to that date, al Qaeda (Arabic for "The Base") was the principle
target of US counter-terrorism policy, but was not yet receiving the level of attention some
terrorism experts in the US government believed was warranted. Immediately after the 9/11
attacks, however, al Qaeda and terrorism in general became the primary focus of foreign policy.
The administration of President George W. Bush viewed the attacks by al Qaeda and its leader,
Osama bin Laden, in the gravest terms. In his first speech before Congress on September 20,
President Bush notified the world that the war against terrorism was being considered an
existential threat, and that the stakes could not be higher:

This is not, however, just America's fight.  And what is at stake is not just America's
freedom.  This is the world's fight.  This is civilization's fight.  This is the fight of all
who believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance and freedom.

By presenting to the American public and the world the threat from terrorists as
existential, the president was also notifying the world that the era of studied neutrality on
the part of so-called non-aligned nations was effectively over. In one of the presidents more
consequential statements, which occurred in that same address to Congress, President Bush
declared to the world, Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. This statement
had major ramifications for U.S. foreign policy, as many nations around the world did not
believe they had a particular need to choose sides between the United States and its allies on
one hand, and Islamist militants on the other hand. Bushs comment, then, was seen as
unnecessarily polarizing, despite the fact that state support for terrorism had been a serious
problem since the 1960s, and remains so today (see: Iran).

While the struggle
against Islamist terrorism became the primary focus of foreign policy, the Bush Administration
was also focused heavily on Iraq, which some within the Administration viewed as complicit in
the 9/11 attacks, despite the absence of compelling evidence to support that assertion. While
Iraq was heavily involved in supporting terrorists, its focus was mainly on terrorist
organizations that targeted Israel, which Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein hoped to destroy through
the development of nuclear, chemical and biological weaponry. Allegedly unbeknownst to the U.S.
Government, however, was the fact that Saddam had decided to get rid of his banned weapons
programs in 1998. On the premise that Saddam still had these weapons, and that his regime was
tied to al Qaeda, the president decided to launch an invasion with the intention of removing
Saddams regime from power and replacing it with a democratic form of government. The subsequent
invasion and its still-ongoing aftermath fundamentally changed the Middle East and, with it,
forced more attention on that region than the American foreign policy establishment had
anticipated.

U.S. foreign policy today is confronted with myriad challenges,
from a resurgent Russia to a rising China to intractable conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and
Syria and the relatively recent problem of the rise of the Islamic State. In short, there is a
plethora of foreign policy challenges confronting the United States and no real answer to any of
these assorted problems. The Cold War, as serious as it was in terms of the nuclear stand-off
between the two superpowers, was, at least, easily definable in terms of the scale and nature of
threat to U.S. interests. The post-Cold War world has lacked that level of clarity and forced
the foreign policy component of the federal government to think in entirely new terms. The
asymmetrical threat posited after the fall of the Berlin Wall certainly materialized, but in
far greater intensity than anticipated. And, the rise of China as a military and economic force
with which to contend in the Asia-Pacific region, combined with Russian President Vladimir
Putins determination to reassert his countrys role on the world stage, have resulted in a more
complicated and potentially dangerous world. U.S. foreign policy no longer has the luxury of
focusing on a single major threat; the threats today are more varied and less
predictable.

 

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In what ways do the sacred texts of Hinduism continue to inform Hindu ritual and practice? How does Hinduism shape daily lives in the large population...

Hinduism
and its sacred texts are still a major influence on the cultural and political nature of India
and its surrounding nations. First, much of the political tension between India and Pakistan
resides in religious differences, with Pakistan having been created in the Partition of India:
the division of British India in 1947 into India, as a majority Hindu nation, and Pakistan, as a
majority Muslim nation. In India, Muslims remain a minority and often face religious
discrimination and persecution. In Sri Lanka, the Tamils are a minority Hindu group oppressed by
the majority Sinhalese Buddhists; the two religious groups have engaged in a bloody civil
war.

In India, Hindu nationalism, as espoused by the Bharatiya Janata Party,
is a dominant political ideology. Its philosophy of hindutva (Hindu-ness)
includes such ideological moves as renaming Allahabad to Prayagraj and protecting cattle
(criminalizing the act of killing cows). It opposes the secularism of the Congress Party
and...

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What are two poems with the same theme by different poets?

Two
understated poems about the love of nature and the importance of capturing its fleeting moments
of beauty are "Loveliest of Trees" by A. E. Housman and "Stopping by the Woods on
a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost.

In "Loveliest of Trees," the
speaker uses simple language to convey his appreciation of the beauty of the blooming cherry
tree in early spring, which looks, in full blossom, as if its branches are hung with snow. He
notes, at age twenty, that he can only expect to have fifty years left to see the brief moment
of the cherry tree in bloom, so he plans to take advantage of every opportunity. He
writes,

And since to look at things in bloom

Fifty springs are little room,

About the woodlands I will
go

To see the cherry hung with snow.

In "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," a busy man stops on horseback
to spend a few moments watching a beautiful snowfall in the woods, struck by the beauty of the
feathery white snowflakes against the black sky. He regrets that he has

promises to...

How was the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1834 a victory for the common man?

The
Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1834 was convened in response to a growing clamor among
the public for greater involvement in the political system by the common man. This was in
keeping with the prevailing political , in which Jacksonian democracy was rapidly becoming the
order of the day.

At both the federal and the state levels, the Democratic
Party under Andrew Jackson sought to open up politics to the common (white) man, to the small
farmers and tradesmen who formed the backbone of Jackson's election-winning coalition. And in
Tennessee, a Constitutional Convention was convened in 1834 to put the principles of Jacksonian
democracy into effect.

At the Convention, a number of democratizing measures
were passed, such as the abolition of property requirements for voting. A wide range of public
officials, such as sheriffs and trustees, were now opened up to the democratic process for the
first time, giving the common man a greater say in how he was governed. For good measure, the
lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the House of Representatives, was greatly
expanded, providing more opportunities for more ordinary citizens to get themselves
elected.

It should be noted, however, that such measures applied to white men
only. Women were still to be denied any participation in the political process, as were free
black citizens of either sex. This was something of a regressive measure, as free black citizens
had been allowed to vote under the terms of the 1796 state constitution.

In The Alchemist, how did the alchemist help Santiago?

Santiago,
the main character in 's novel , receives help from another character, the
alchemist, in a variety of ways. The alchemist acts as a mentor as well as a teacher to
Santiago.

The alchemist acts as a mentor by encouraging Santiago to learn
through his own experiences. One example of this is when the alchemist and Santiago grab snakes
from holes in order to find life in the desert. The lesson here is that life attracts
life.

The alchemist also acts as a mentor by guiding Santiago into believing
in himself. Shortly after they meet, the alchemist tells Santiago that he already knows all he
needs to know and that he is only going to point him in the direction of his treasure.
Throughout his entire journey, Santiago learns that his personal treasure is not an actual
treasure but is becoming a person who is in control or his or her own life and is connected to
the world.

While the alchemist acts as a mentor for Santiago, he also
teaches him. The alchemist teaches...

From chapters 7 to 10 in part 2, write an analysis on three important or interesting passages considering the following points: -surprising or...

One of the key
moments in , occurs whenrecalls how he had greedily eaten all of the chocolate ration that was
to be shared by him, his mother, and his sister. He recalls grabbing the chocolate, fleeing from
their apartment, and eating the chocolate. When he returned to the apartment, his mother and
sister were gone. This sort of betrayal may forshadow Winston's betrayal of

When and where did Jonathan Edwards give his sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

The
setting of Edwards' sermon "" was his church in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1741, given
during what is known as The Great Awakening that roared through the American colonies from about
1738 to 1742.  Edwards addressed the sermon specifically to those of his parishioners whom he
felt were lacking in religious convictions.

What is arguably more important
than the setting, however, are the forces that created the sermon.  During The Great Awakening,
the...

Make a list of the examples of paradox, logic, and illogicality in chapters 6€“8 of 1984.

There
are numerous places in chapters 6 through 8 where logical contradictions are exposed. In this
section of the novel,is questioning many of the fundamental premises by which society is
governed, although he knows it is dangerous to do so. As he wonders about whether and how social
changed might be implemented, he is constantly confronted with the logical impossibility of such
change ever occurring.

In chapter 6, he reviews the rules governing sexual
relations. The Party, he understands, aims to remove all pleasure from the sexual act. One of
the paradoxes of Party practice relates to the kinds of unions that are allowed between men and
women. ( discusses only heterosexual relationships.) All marriages had to be approved in advance
by a Party committee; the logical contradiction is that even the appearance of sexual attraction
between the two people means that the marriage will not be permitted: though the principle was
never stated ... permission was always refused. That is, people are supposed to know the rules
even though they are not written down anywhere. Winston does not know why the Party wants to
kill the sex instinct, but he thinks of that goal as natural.

Chapter 7
deals with the topic of social change through rebellion. Winston raises what becomes a recurring
theme of hope of a prole revolt. Here theis that the necessity for change must go unacknowledged
because of the total mental conditioning people undergo, which in turn effectively blocks people
from formulating the idea of change. He states this logical contradiction: Until they become
conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled, they can never become
conscious. He thinks about the ways the Party controls the proles so that they cannot formulate
political ideas, and their discontent ... could only focus on petty specific grievances. Those
who are at the bottom of the social order and would benefit most from its total transformation
are those least capable of effecting, or even desiring, such a radical
change.

How does Ishiguro represent Kathy in Never Let Me Go?

This is a
big question, one that drives a lot of the novel's tension. First of all, if you haven't already
done so, you should definitely read Ishiguro's  because it is a beautiful,
powerful, and strange story. 

Kathy is the first-person narrator
of Never Let Me Go, so right away Ishiguro gives us an intimate connection
to Kathy, as well as seemingly complete access to her thoughts. Kathy controls how we view the
entire story and its characters, including her own character.

Kathy's POV,
however, can be frustrating at times. Ishiguro, through Kathy's narration, depicts Kathy as
rather hesitant and unsure. Many times throughout the...

Evolution is not always perfect. Find some characteristics that are a product of evolution that are not perfect or the most efficient. Explain why it...

Evolution is the development of physical
attributes or behaviors that provide a benefit in a certain environment. If the environment
changes, or any element of the food chain changes, those attributes may become handicaps or
cease to provide a benefit.

Every organism develops genetic mutations that it
can pass on to offspring. Mutations are random; an organism cannot decide what to change.
Sometimes by chance a mutation proves beneficial to the organism, and in this case the theory of
natural selection proposes that those beneficial traits are more likely to be passed down to
offspring. Other times, also completely by chance, the mutations might be detrimental, in which
case natural selection says they should gradually disappear from the general population. It is
also possible that a mutation has no benefit or detriment and is simply a neutral
characteristic.

One example of an imperfect evolution is in the case of
Sickle Cell Disease. Sickle cells evolvedoriginally as a random mutation, rememberin several
distinct communities, most of which were located in Africa. Red blood cells are usually round,
but sickle cells are crescent-shaped. As a result, malaria parasites cannot attach to them. In
populations where Sickle Cell Disease is common, there was a historic exposure to malaria.
Therefore, there was enough evolutionary benefit for sickle cells to survive and be passed on to
offspring, but it also results in a deadly disease if a child has two copies of the gene. In
this case, clearly, evolution is not working for the benefit of many individuals. You could
definitely use this as an example of the imperfect, even random, nature of
evolution.

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Did the British Empire during the Revolutinary War have more advantages than the United States during the Vietnam War?

Great
question.  These were very similar situations and I always compare them when I teach about
Vietnam.  I would argue that the British had a few more advantages than the US had.

First, I would argue that the British had the advantage of not being as democratic as
the US would be and in not being a democracy with television.  The televised nature of the
Vietnam War was a major reason for the decline in American public...

What are common themes in The Lovely Bones and The Memory Keeper's Daughter?

What a
great question!  In first looking at the two novels, there might not seem to be many common
themes, but there are.  In fact, there are at least two: the theme of secrecy and the theme of
childhood .

Let's take the theme of secrecy first.  In ,
Susie Salmon is raped and murdered in the early seventies.  It is, of course, the character of
George Harvey who has the issue with secrecy.  Being a serial killer who lures Susie into his
makeshift abode in the middle of a field before raping and killing her, he must keep his
actions, his place of operation, and in fact his life a secret.  Here is how the secret ends up
affecting George Harvey:

A moment later, the icicle fell.
They heavy coldness of it threw him off balance just enough for him to stumble and pitch
forward. It would be weeks before the snow in the ravine melted enough to uncover him.

He lives as "a neighbor" to everyone in Susie's
neighborhood and seems to be a very innocuous person, but lives with a big secret.  In
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, the theme of secrecy is based around the life
of Dr. David Henry.  When his wife, Nora, has twins (which was unexpected) and one of the twins
has the tell-tale signs of Down syndrome, David THINKS he gives the daughter away to an
institution.  (The truth is that Caroline, a nurse at the hospital, raises Phoebe on her own.) 
David then tells the family that the baby girl twin has died.  This secret tears their family
apart.

Now let's approach the theme of tragedy from a parental point of
view.  In The Lovely Bones, Susie Salmon is murdered and the family goes
through all of the typical emotions of horror, grief, anger, acceptance, etc.  Susie's death
doesn't tear the family apart, but affects the family to no end.  In The Memory
Keeper's Daughter, the theme of parental tragedy is based on the supposed death of
the girl twin (which isn't reality) and the secret that David keeps from the family.  Nora goes
through all the grief and anger about her daughter's "death," but then finds her
husband has locked himself into an emotional prison. Why?  Not only because of the guilt of the
secret, but also because of this fact that Caroline is finally able to tell him:

You missed a lot of heartache, sure. But David, you missed a lot of
joy.

Meanwhile, David loses himself with his music. 
David's secret absolutely destroys the family.

What is cultural capital and how does it impact education?

Lorraine Caplan

Cultural capital is the sum of our cultural experiences and knowledge that we bring to
the educational table.  In the United States at least, the prevailing culture is white, western,
and largely middle-class, thus those students who do not bring this capital to school are
seriously disadvantaged. 

We learn by incorporating new ideas and information
into our minds, connecting those new ideas and information into what is already in our minds. 
The more there is in our minds already, the more easily we can file new information and ideas
and make connections between them and what is already there.

Generally, how
students are taught in American schools is based upon a presumption that all students bring the
same or similar cultural capital with them to school. The middle-class child has likely grown up
with books, music, and art at home.  The middle-class child has attended summer camp, taken
dancing lessons, and played soccer. He or she has been to art galleries, museums, zoos,
plays,...

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During Edwards' lengthy sermon, members of his congregation cried loud and fainted in terror. Which parts of his sermon incited this terror? What are...

Edwards uses
plenty of conventionalto describe hell (a pit, fire, the serpent, etc.) and the various violent
means God will use to dispatch sinners. What is different and noteworthy in the sermon are the
terms that Edwards uses to describe what else will happen to the unconverted by contrasting
God's elect with the sinners:

"How awful is it to be...

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What two things did Mrs. Whatsit do that concerned Meg and Charles Wallace?

When the
children are going to Camazotz the first time, Mrs. Whatsit gives Meg the gift of her faults as
her protection and offers Charles Wallace the gift of his resilience.

Later,
when Meg returns to Camazotz on her own to find and rescue Charles Wallace from the grip
of...

How does the notion of "the more private the character, the more sinister the intentions" come into play in The Scarlet Letter?

This quote
pertains most completely to Chillingworth. Chillingworth is a secretive individual who has evil
intentions.

Chillingworth getsto agree not to let anyone know he is her
husband when he returns to town. He doesn't want to be associated with the shame of her scarlet
letter. However, an added advantage to the secrecy is that it gives him power.

Chillingworth uses this power with sinister intent against . He realizes that
Dimmesdale is the father of . It is much easier for him to make Dimmesdale suffer because
Dimmesdale has no reason to suspect Chillingworth would have any reason to hate him.

Chillingworth, especially in his role as a doctor, is able to cosy up to Dimmesdale and
become close to him, in order to make his enemy's conscience writhe. The townspeople understand
that Chillingworth is evil and see him as being sent by Satan to test their good pastor, who
they have no doubt will prevail. Public opinion is that Dimmesdale is:

haunted either by Satan himself, or Satan's emissary, in the guise
of old .

Dimmesdale does suffer greatly from
Chillingworth, though eventually, at least for a brief moment, he does
prevail.

Who is Malthace in Elizabeth Speare's "The Bronze Bow"?

Malthace, also known as Thacia or Thace, is
Joel's sister and the leading female figure in Elizabeth Speare's novel .
Thacia is portrayed as a beautiful, intelligent, intense young girl, who caters to the needs of
others and correctly interprets the verse regarding what it takes to bend the bronze bow. Like
her brother and Daniel, Malthace anticipates the coming of the Messiah but chooses to wait
patiently for Him instead of resorting to violence against the Romans.

After
initially shunning Daniel, Thacia dresses his wounds after he is injured by a Roman soldier,
hides him in their home, and nurses him back to health. She also comes up with a plan for Joel
to learn the names of the rich guests attending the banquet, dresses up as Joel so that he has
an alibi, and carries a heavy load on her back for a mile while Roman soldiers watch her
closely. Thacia is also a positive influence on Daniel's sister, Leah, and she goes out of her
way to spend time with the shy, traumatized girl. In addition to her compassion and strength,
Thacia also has faith in Jesus and proves to Daniel that only love can bend the bronze
bow.

To what extent does religion become important in Roy's The God of Small Things?

Religion
plays an important, if tangential, role in the novel . There are a great
many religious undertones and references, and there are prominent actions that are caused by
religious involvement. One of the first events that happens in the novel is when Baby Kochamma
falls in love with Father Mulligan, a Catholic Irish priest, and she joins a convent hoping to
get closer to him. When this fails, her life is turned upside down. She leaves for America,
where she grows into a bitter old woman.

Later in the novel, after Ammu's
affair with lower-caste Velutha is discovered,...