Why do animals freely admit or claim to be dealing with or conspiring with Snowball even though they know they will be executed? My students and I...

There are a
number of theories that come to mind. According to E-notes, it is anof the Great Purge of
193738. Stalin received confessions from Russian leaders for crimes...

What are some quotes and page numbers containing figurative language in The Scarlet Letter in chapters 19-20? Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In her was visible
the tie that united them. (Page numbers will vary depending on edition, but I will
include those from my own book, for reference. Page 141)

This quote is ashowing the bonds thatcreates. She is partand part ,
and for seven years she has quietly kept them bound together without even knowing it.

She had been offered to the world...as the living hieroglyphic, in
which was revealed the secret they so darkly sought to hide. (Page 141)

Thiscompares Pearl to hieroglyphs, which were symbols used by the
ancient Egyptians in some of the earliest recorded forms of writing. To our modern society,
these little symbols are almost like puzzles, each pictoral representation seeming to contribute
a bit of meaning to a larger effort. Thus, Pearl is a representation of the shared and secretive
past between Hester and Dimmesdale.

I have a strange fancy
that this brook is the boundary between two worlds... (Page 143)

Hester's world collides...

What was Tokchae's mission for the league?

Unfortunately, the story does not provide an answer to this question. Tokchae has been
captured, and he is being escorted by Songsam to a new location. The two men are on opposite
sides of the Korean conflict, but they grew up as friends in the same small village. As they are
walking together, Songsam demands to know what Tokchae's mission was.

If you were vice-chairman of the Communist League, why didnt you
run? You must have been lying low with a secret mission.

Tokchae did not
answer.

Speak up, what is your mission?

Tokchae never answers the mission...

Who is the antagonist in Getting Out by Marsha Norman?

Identifying thein a literary work depends
largely on two factors. The first is establishing whether there is a central conflict and, if
so, what type it is. The second is identifying the . Once we know what kind of conflict we are
examining and how it affects the protagonist, we can see what relationships the protagonist has
with other characters.

The effectiveness of Marsha Normans play depends
precisely on the difficulty of identifying one antagonist. Arlies life before being incarcerated
was filled with conflicts; existing in opposition to many people in her life and to society at
large, she became a criminal. All three types of conflict involving a person are present in the
play. Arlie has strong internal conflicts, which exemplify "person versus self." In
her limited support network, her relatives and friends often seem to encourage negative
behavior. As she tries to change her life, she experiences conflicts with them, often as
individuals: "person versus person" conflicts. As a recently released ex-prisoner, she
is still tightly controlled by numerous social institutions, so we can also identify
"person versus society" as a strong conflict.

Ultimately, Arlene
must take responsibility for changing her own life to the extent possible. She finds support
from her neighbor, Ruby. Although we can identify specific characters who made things difficult
for her, and continue to do so, none of them individually constitutes a primary antagonist. The
way Norman structures her play and the kind of development she shows Arlene undergoing suggest
that Arlie, her former self, is the antagonist.

What is the role of the gods in The Epic of Gilgamesh, and how are they characterized?

The gods
play very active roles in . Gilgamesh himself is the son of an immortal
mother and is often called two-thirds god and one-third man (although he was still unable to
achieve immortality). Gilgameshs best friend, and arguably the second most important character
in the Epic, is the wild man Enkidu, who is made out of clay and water by a creation goddess
named Aruru. Aruru creates Enkidu to be Gilgameshs equal in order to check his power and help
put an end to his arrogance.

Another goddess who involves herself in
Gilgameshs life is Ishtar. She is an important deity of love and war in Sumerian religion. In
The Epic of Gilgamesh, she proposes to the , but Gilgamesh refuses her.
Enraged by the rejection, Ishtar sends down a Bull of Heaven which wreaks havoc until Gilgamesh
and Enkidu succeed in slaying the divine beast. This event leads to Enkidus death and ultimately
propels Gilgameshs quest for immortality.

The gods in the world of Gilgamesh
can be petty, wrathful, merciful, and lovingbut they are certainly endowed with humanistic
qualities. They effect the mortal world directly at their leisuresimilar to the Greek
pantheon.

Do you think that Thoreau felt his time at Walden was well spent? Do you think that Thoreau felt that his time at Walden Pond was well spent?

If Thoreau
could feel that his night in jail was time well spent, then he certainly could have felt that
his time atPond was well spent.  In his "Conclusion," Walden writes that he left the
woods "for as good a reason as I went there.  He wanted to live deliberately and not fall
into a "particular route and make a beaten path for myself."  That he felt satisfied
and better for the experience is conveyed in these words of Thoreau:

I learned this, at least, by my experiment:  That is
one...

In The Bronze Bow, how are Leah and Samson similar characters?

Throughout , Samson and
Leah have several similarities. Both individuals are loyal, innocent, and talented. Samson not
only obeys Daniel, but also helps and protects him throughout the story. Leah also respects her
older brother and follows his instructions. Both characters value and appreciate Daniel. Samson
and Leah are both considered outsiders in their respective environments. Leah does not leave her
home and is afraid to be in public. Her reclusive nature and demonic fits give her a negative
reputation throughout the community. Leah's neighbors pity her and think she is strange.
Similarly, Samson is viewed as an outcast in Rosh's band. The members of Rosh's band make fun of
Samson and continually ridicule him for being silent. Also, both Samson and Leah have talents
that are admired throughout the story. Samson's impressive strength allows Rosh's band to get
more work done, and Leah makes beautiful garments on her loom that she sells for
profit.

What function does Faith's ribbon have in the story "Young Goodman Brown"?

It is also
important to consider Faith's context -- the wearing of pink ribbons by a Puritan woman (who
dressed very conservatively and avoided bright color) may be seen as an expression of joyful
innocence or the budding sexuality of a young wife (remember, she wants him to sleep beside her,
and she can barely restrain herself from kissing him in the street), but it may also be seen as
an indication that she is not a "good" Puritan, and thus serve to foreshadow her later
presence at the Black Mass.

Brown believes that because Faith is elected to
Heaven, he will be as well -- and when he sees her ribbons in the forest, that belief crumbles.

What does Mrs. Whatsit change into in A Wrinkle in Time?

Mrs.
Whatsit, like Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which, is a guardian angel of the children. These three
supernatural beings were once stars. They destroyed themselves as stars in an attempt to
eradicate the Black Thing (evil) from the universe. They are now wholly good spirits, who can
take on different forms.

Mrs. Whatsit initially appears to the Murrys on
Earth as a friendly old lady wrapped up in a multitude of scarves. Later, on the planet Uriel,
Mrs. Whatsit turns into a beautiful flying horselike creature with rainbow-colored wings. She
adopts this form so that the children can sit on her back and fly with her beyond the planet's .
This way, they can have a better view of the Black Thing, which they will be required to fight
on Camazotz in order to save Mr. Murry.

What is a summary for Chapter 11 in Katherine Paterson's book Lyddie?

In chapter
11,is having trouble adjusting to her new life, so Betsy lifts her spirits by reading
Oliver Twist to her at night. She confides to Lyddie that she is working to
pay her way through Oberlin College. Diana invites Lyddie to a mass meeting of the ten-hour
movement, which is trying to get limits to the work day; however, Lyddie decides not to  go.
During the summer months, when most of the girls go home, Lyddie stays and works even harder so
that she can make extra money. She gets the book Oliver Twist from the
library and decides to buyher very own copy to keep.

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From the book The Catcher in the Rye what are 10 things that depress Holden Caulfield?

Just
pick any ten things and that depressesCaulfield.  He's not exactly a ray of sunshine about
anything.  

1. He doesn't like phoniness, which basically will complete a lot
of this list. 

2. He doesn't like the stereotypical jock or frat boy.  He
thinks that are phony and posturing. 

3. He doesn't like the movies. He
thinks actors are phony.  

4. He doesn't like stupid girls.  It's possible
that Holden has a thing against women in general, because of this quote: I mean most girls are
so dumb and all."  I suppose the key is "most" which means that he doesn't get
annoying with ALL women, but MOST. 

5. The Biblical disciples annoy Holden.
 He feels that they were more or less useless to Christ while he was alive.  He can't stand
that.  That one cracks me up, because Holden isn't exactly a useful guy
himself. 

6. He doesn't like school cliques.  

7.  Along
the lines of social cliques, Holden can't stand economic social status divisions.  

8. Adults.  He doesn't have high regard for adults.  Thinks they are all phonies.
 

9.  Despite the fact that he is a young kid, he is depressed by his own
childhood.  

10.  Teachers deciding things for him. 

11.
Not being able to say goodbye.  

Which statement BEST describes Rousseaus view of the relationship between governments and the rights of the people? A. If governments are to...

Statement B
best describes Rousseau's views.

In The Social Contract,
Rousseau posited that people, when they remained in the state of nature, were not corrupt.
Instead, it was society that corrupted them, particularly the competition for material wealth.
In his view, society created inequalities that were unnatural. Prior to the French Revolution,
France was a very unequal society with an increasingly desperate working-class and a willfully
blind aristocracy. For Rousseau and other Enlightenment figures, this situation was
untenable. 

Rousseau believed that a government formed by popular
sovereignty, or with the consent of the people, would be most sustainable in the
long-term.

Rousseau had a positive view of human nature. On the other hand,
Thomas Hobbes had a negative view. Statement C best reflects Hobbes's view as explained
in Leviathan. He believed that, without a strong monarch, citizens would
give in to their worst instincts. 

However, neither Hobbes nor Rousseau
favored the abandonment of minorities. It was a government's responsibility, whether it be a
popular sovereignty or a monarchy, to protect the interests of all
citizens.

How are Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Jem like mockingbirds? Why does the author portray them this way?

Though Tom
Robinson, , andare very differentin many ways, they all share an innocent quality that defines
the mockingbird motif. Tom's innocence is a legal one, Boo Radley's innocence is misunderstood
as threatening, and Jem's innocence is characteristic of a child.

Tom
Robinson is characterized as a kind father and husband, but his character is not very
well-defined. This superficial treatment of the character of Tom is deliberate. By giving
readers a limited view of Tom, one that focuses on his positive qualities, the reader never
really gets to know Tom Robinson. This means that the reader doesn't know Tom well enough to see
him as anything but innocent and undeserving of the suffering he endures, both in a legal sense
and in a personal sense.

Boo Radley is a misunderstood figure in Maycomb,
and his need for solitude contributes to his status as an innocent victim of gossip. By the end
of the novel, it is revealed that his subtle ways of connecting with the...

How is the theme of pride used by Shakespeare in Julius Caesar?

This
play explores pride in a variety of ways; however, I like examining the two different prides
that are explored through the characters of Caesar and Brutus. The two different types of pride
that psychologists distinguish between are authentic pride and hubristic pride. Authentic pride
is the positive kind of pride. It is a socially desirable trait, and a person with authentic
pride is generally emotionally stable, conscientious, and agreeable. These are all traits that
we see in Brutus. He deeply cares about Rome and is willing to risk his life for it.
Additionally, he stands up for what he believes in, and he doesn't seem too concerned with
personal gain. He is a proud Roman.

Brutus had rather be
a villager

Than to repute himself a son of Rome

Under these hard conditions as this time

Is like to lay upon
us.

On the other hand, hubristic pride is negative and
is not socially desirable. It involves such traits as aggression, egotism, and arrogance. Caesar
shows this kind of pride. He's...

What qualities are dominant in Oedipus ?

I would
say that one of ' most dominant qualities would be his commitment and his belief in his own
authenticity.  Throughout the narrative, there is little ambivalence in Oedipus.  He sees
reality through a prism where his action is always absolute.  While the creeping rumors and
insinuations about his own background might be present, he is resolute.  While ' prophecies
might be elusive and ambiguous, Oedipus is strong in his convictions.  There is a belief and
dominance that represents his own sense of beliefs.  Even when he is confronted with the
horrific truth of his own life, he fails to be vague in his actions.  Understanding that he has
committed a rather unspeakable act and that his position as King is no longer tenable, his self
exile followed by his removal of his own eyes both represents a sense of strength.  The will
required to do both demand an absolute certainty in action, something that he represents in
different forms throughout the drama.

How is Odysseus intelligent in the Odyssey?

One of
the most understated, but important, examples of Odysseus's intelligence
(metis, a combination of cunning and intelligence) is in Book 3 when
Nestor, known in The as the wisest of Agamemnon's counselors, tells
Odysseus's son, Telemachus, about the Achaeans' disagreement over when to sail from Troy after
Troy's destruction:

And all the time we were there,/not
once did Odysseus and I, in assembly or council,/ speak on opposite sides.We were both of one
mind,/and we always agreed about how to advise the Achaeans. (3: 109-12)

That Nestor and Odysseus are always of one mind in matters of
strategy speaks to Odysseus's intelligence in all matters requiring a strategic decision.Nestor,
whose counsel Agamemnon relies upon completely, relies on the confirming counsel of Odysseus, a
clear indication that the wisest among the Achaeans looks to Odysseus for intelligent
counsel.

When, in Book 6, Odysseus is washed up on the shore of the
Phaeacians and encounters Nausicaa, the daughter of...

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What would be a good thesis statement for a Holocaust essay? What would be a good thesis statement about how inhumane the concentration camps were in...

You
need to consider the facts before you think about the thesis statement. By its very nature, a
thesis statement must be developed to fit the evidence, rather than the other way
around.

Obviously, the concentration camps during the Holocaust were
inhumane; this is not a thesis statement, because it cannot be disputed. Therefore, you need to
think about what in particular the evidence shows. What are the main points you want to cover?
Do you want to discuss only the death of Jewish prisoners during WWII, or are you thinking more
inclusively? You could also debate the definition of what is inhumane and what this meansthink
about the use of numbers instead of names in the camps, for instance.

Your
thesis statement needs to have some individual quality to make it different from everyone elses.
What specific topics do you want to cover in your essay? Start with these, and then lay out what
it is you feel they show.

A raft is constructed of wood having a density of 508.0 kg/m^3. The surface area of the bottom of the raft is 5.4 m^2, and the volume of the raft is...

The raft is
constructed of wood with a density 508.0 kg/m^3. And the volume of the raft is 0.55 m^3. This
gives the mass of the raft as 508.0*0.55 = 279.4 kg.

When the raft is placed
in fresh water with a density 1010.3 kg/m^3, it floats when the mass of the volume of water
displaced is equal to the mass of the raft. Let the bottom of the raft be M m below the water
level. The surface area of the bottom of the raft is 5.4 m^2. The volume of water displaced is
5.4*M

5.4*M*1010.3 = 279.4

=> M = 0.0512 m

The bottom of the raft has to be at a depth of 0.0512 m below the surface of the water
for the raft to be able to float.

Why did Andrew Jackson want Native Americans to move to the West?

In his
speech on the Indian Removal Act on December 8, 1829, Andrew Jackson argued that Native
Americans were savages whose removal would facilitate the development and strengthen the
security of the Southern states:

It will place a dense and
civilized population in large tracts of country now occupied by a few savage hunters. By opening
the whole territory between Tennessee on the north and Louisiana on the south to the settlement
of the whites it will incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier and render the adjacent
States strong enough to repel future invasions without remote aid.

Andrew Jackson believed that such an approach was fully consistent with the general
historical evolution of the US as a whole:

What good man
would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our
extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the
improvements which art can devise or industry execute, occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy
people, and filled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization, and religion?

He also argued that this removal was in the best interests of the
Native Americans themselves, as it would, in his view, prevent their disappearance amidst the
growing white population and allow them to maintain their way of life under the protection of
federal government west of Mississippi:

It will relieve
the whole State of Mississippi and the western part of Alabama of Indian occupancy, and enable
those States to advance rapidly in population, wealth, and power. It will separate the Indians
from immediate contact with settlements of whites; free them from the power of the States;
enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude
institutions.

Jackson believed that the Southern states
had the sovereign right to expel the Native Americans and that the federal government had no
right to intervene; he argued that federal intervention would infringe on state
sovereignty:

For the justice of the laws passed by the
States within the scope of their reserved powers they are not responsible to this Government. As
individuals we may entertain and express our opinions of their acts, but as a Government we have
as little right to control them as we have to prescribe laws for other nations.

Andrew Jacksons military experience in the Indian Wars shaped his
racially biased views of Native Americans. He perceived them primarily as an obstacle to the
further growth of the South. As slavery spread and cotton cultivation expanded, Southern
planters demanded the remaining Native American land. Jackson hoped that by implementing the
demands of the white Southerners for the expulsion of Native American peoples, he could improve
the tense relationship between the federal government and the Southern political elites, who
were angry about the protectionist tariffs imposed on the import of manufactured
goods.

Note: You can read President Andrew Jacksons Case for the Removal Act
at mtholyoke.edu.

How does dehumanization change Elie Wiesel's outlook of the world in Night?

witnessed the most ghastly horrors in human history, and survived to write about them. That is
no small feat. As the reader absorbs Wiesel's thoughts and memories, however, in his memoir
, one is quickly introduced into precisely the kind of environment in
which one's perceptions of humanity can be permanently transformed from one of brotherhood to
one of vengeful hate. What Wiesel observed, and experienced, had an indelible impact on this
perceptive young man, and wrought within him feelings that would take many years to resolve.
Early in his and his father's time in one of the numerous concentration camps maintained by the
Germans for the sole purpose of exterminating Jews and others deemed unworthy, while working to
death those deemed fit to serve the interests of the Third Reich, young Elie finally reached a
breaking point upon listening to his fellow Jews praying to God while hoping for the rescue by
the outside world. In the following passage, Wiesel describes his...

What's the indirect and direct characterization of Madame Forestier in the story "The Necklace"?

utilizes direct by describing Mathilde Loisel as
"pretty" and "charming." He once again usesby describing Mathilde Loisel as
plainly dressed and "unhappy" because she is not a member of the upper class. Guy de
Maupassant also directly characterizes Mathilde as "tortured" by her station in life
and "angry." After Mathilde loses Madame Forestier's imitation necklace, she exhausts
her funds and life savings to purchase an expensive new necklace. For ten years, Mathilde works
endlessly for money, and her appearance is significantly affected by her arduous life. Guy de
Maupassant utilizes direct characterization by writing that Mathilde dressed "like a woman
of the people" and "looked old." He once again utilizes direct characterization
by writing that Mathilde had "frowsy hair, skirts askew, and red hands."

Guy de Maupassant utilizes by describing Mathilde's
reaction to the invitation at the beginning of the...

Were the Persian Wars a victory for Greek civilization and democracy, or were they the beginning of the end for the Greek ideal of freedom?

Taking a
grand view of history, the Greco-Persian Wars was most definitely not the end of the Greek ideal
of freedom. However, if we look at what happened to the Greek city-states in the aftermath,
there was a loss of immediate freedom in many parts of the peninsula. The Persian wars harken
back to Cyrus the Great, who conquered the Ionian provinces of Greecewho, when he took the
Ionian lands, was challenged by the Spartans, though it never progressed beyond
threats.

In the time of Darius I, the Athenians attempted to help the Ionian
Greeks revolt against the Achaemenid Empire. Their attempted revolution was not well planned,
and Athens was singled out by Darius for retribution. The Persian wars included the battle of
Marathon, in the first invasion, and other battles like Thermopylae and Plataea, in the second
invasion. Overall, the Greeks resoundingly defeated the Persian invasionsecuring their territory
and protecting themselves from further Persian incursions.

The Athenians
and...

How is male aggression explored throughout the play Romeo and Juliet?

is a play about the
tempestuousness of emotions, reflected in its treatment of both
love and
hatred. Violence is a key recurring theme within this play, which follows two
feuding
families caught up in vendetta. It's worth noting that (following a
brief ) the play opens on a
scene in which violence is very much on the
forefront, with the stage directions for Act 1,
Scene 1 reading: "Enterand ,
armed with swords and bucklers." Two servants of the
Capulets emerge armed on
stage, run into two servants of the Montagues, and the situation
escalates
with the arrival ofand the hyper-violent , drawing in still more participants as
the
situation turns into open violence in the streets.

Violence is central to the
world of and , but
it's also a critical component to the personalities of
many of the
characters. Tybalt more than anyone else seems consumed by his hatred of the

Montagues, and his aggression ultimately leads to his death....

In To Kill A Mockingbird, how is justice portrayed throughout the story and why is it important?

Justice is
portrayed or symbolized in this
novel as a mockingbird. A mockingbird is an innocent creature
that harms no
one and sings beautiful songs. As Miss Maudie tells , it is a sin to kill

it.

Therefore, killing or harming an innocent person is at the heart
of how
injustice is understood in this novel. The two people who are
mockingbirds treated unjustly are
Tom Robinson and .

Tom
Robinson is the main mockingbird. Although he has done
nothing but try to be
helpful to Mayella Ewell, she accuses him of rape. In the racist world of
the
South, the word of a white woman is always automatically believed over the word of a
black
person. Although Robinson is clearly innocent of rape, he is unjustly
convicted by a jury that
places upholding the racial hierarchy over making a
fair decision based on evidence.

Boo Radley, being white,
suffers a far less dire fate than Tom Robinson, but the
prejudice with which
the children treat him is a parallel story to the...

Martin Luther King, Jr., became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement by doing things that no one else had tried before. What gives you the willpower...

To answer
this question for yourself, think about something you have done that other people weren't doing.
It doesn't have to be something that no one in the world has ever done before. It could be the
fact that no one in your family ever wanted to own a dog, and you were the first to get a pet
dog. It could be there was a group project at school or in a club you are part of that no one
else was volunteering to lead, so you stepped up to lead it. Once you have thought of a
situation where you "went out on a limb" and out of your comfort zone, think about
what motivated or inspired you to do that. When you think about it,
you may find that, like many other people, two things provided you with the inspiration or
willpower to take on a task that others had not. 

First, you probably
became aware of a felt need, and that need stirred up emotions in
you--perhaps sympathy or maybe anger. This was certainly the case for Martin Luther King, Jr. In
his day, black people were suffering under unjust laws and discrimination, causing him to feel
sympathy for those who were being mistreated and anger at the unjust legal system of the
Southern states. In the case of adopting a dog, it might be seeing the sad look in the eyes of
an animal at the Humane Society and feeling sorry for it. Or when volunteering to take on a
project, it might be that your group members need someone to take charge, and you want to
help.

Second, you probably took stock of your strengths and
realized that you were well suited to the task in question. You
believed you could be a loving master to a dog, or you felt you had the ideas and communication
skills to lead a group. For Martin Luther King, Jr., he probably recognized his leadership
skills and his ability to make a good argument and express his ideas in ways that inspired
others. 

Depending on how significant the task is that a person is taking on,
a person can also be motivated by a feeling that he or she is called to do a certain type of
work. Some people feel a sense of destiny, and others who are people of faith may feel that God
wants them to take on a project. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a Baptist minister, so faith was
an important part of his life and certainly played a role in his ability to persevere in his
goals even when the way was rough. 

You may find that other things, such as
the encouragement of family or friends, was also helpful to you in
trying something new. But becoming aware of a need that stirs your emotions and believing you
have the skills the task requires are two factors that probably helped you attempt what others
did not try. 

What is the climax of "Eveline"?

Joyce
has an incredible talent for taking classic tropes and turning them on their heads, and the
story of "" is no exception. The story begins with the trope of a young woman in
distress having been promised to be delivered from her live of toil and sorrow by a dashing
young man. As the story progresses, the reader can sense something is wrong. Her resolve wavers.
She begins to think fondly of her oppressive father. However, when she finally stands up from
the window, her path seems clear once again. "She must escape."

Thecomes when Frank and Eveline are in line for the boat. When...

What does Holden think about the word ''grand''? What does this tell you about him?

As others
have said,despises and abhors the idea of being "grand." One illustration of how he
feels about those who inflate themselves or act overly important is in the story of "this
guy ."

Ossenburger, a large donor to Pencey who has financed a wing of a
building, comes to the school to give a speech. The student body has to give him a
"locomotive" or cheer and then listen to his inspirational speech. Ossenburger,
according to Holden, made his money starting a chain of cheap funeral homes. He arrives in
Cadillac and talks to students about always praying to Jesus. Holden says:

I just see the big phony bastard shifting into first gear and asking
Jesus to send him a few more stiffs. The only good part of his speech was right in the middle of
it. He was telling us all about what a swell guy he was, what a hot-shot and all, then all of a
sudden this guy sitting in the row in front of me, Edgar Marsalla, laid this terrific
fart.

Ossenburger typifies the kind of phoniness
that...

Discuss what the major reforms of the Progressive Period were. Do you think they were effective? If the Progressive Movement existed today, what...

is the common
name for the period in American politics that stretched from 1890 to 1920. During this era, the
Progressive Movement targeted corrupt political machines and big business, instituting Antitrust
laws and supporting unionization as a mean to better working conditions. They also widely
believed in technological innovation as a means to combat old problems. Many progressives
supported Prohibition, especially as a means to make alcohol manufacturers less powerful.
Progressives also tended to support policies of segregation as the ultimate solution to problems
of race relations.

These goals are similar to the goals of many prominent
Democratic party candidates today in that they seek to challenge large bodies of established
power but also seek to maintain the cohesion of the political superstructure that the
established powers exist within.

Using a simple example, explain how Aristotle responds to Plato's Theory of Forms, focusing on how Aristotle approaches the issue of change and the...

Aristotle
criticized Plato's notion of the existence of forms as things-in-themselves with independent
reality. Instead, he believed that the phenomena were real, as opposed to shadows of
noumena. He saw the forms as embodied, or en hule
eide. Rather than being prior to the sensibilia, the forms were
merely concepts derived from them.

This notion of the relationship between
forms and matter is fully conceptualized in the theory of the four causes, which could be
understood by applying them to a table:

• Material cause: the stuff
  of which things are made or its physical properties (e.g., the material cause of a table is
  wood).
• Efficient cause: the agent that caused the thing to be made, or in
  the case of the table, the carpenter.
• Formal cause: the shape or design of
  the table. This is what distinguishes a table from a chair or a bench.


• Final cause: the purpose of the table, such as its use as a surface by
  people.

What were the similarities and the differences in the North American Indian societies? My text for this is Bentley and Ziegler's Traditions &...

In your text,
the discussion of the natives of North America lists differences between various societies, but
no similarities that hold true for all North American Indian societies.  Let us look at
differences noted in the text, at some things that many cultures held in common, and at one
major similarity between all Native American societies that is not mentioned in the
text.

The text mentions one difference between various Native American
societies that is of paramount importance.  It notes that some societies had large-scale farming
while other societies did not.  This is very important because it affected the ways of life in
those societies in important ways.  Agricultural societies could have larger populations.  They
were able to have more complex societies and become more militarily powerful than societies that
lacked agriculture.  This difference is a very important one.

One thing that
many societies had in common was a hunter-gatherer economy.  These Indian societies lacked the
resources that would allow them to farm.  Instead, they lived by hunting animals and by
gathering plant resources that grew wild.  This brings us to another difference. 
Hunter-gatherers in different regions had different food sources.  Your text mentions, for
example, that regional peoples consumed fish while those in the interior based their diets on
large land animals like deer and bison. 

The major similarity between all
these societies is that they lacked metal technologies.  None of the North American societies
knew how to make bronze or iron or other metals that could be made into tools and weapons. 
Therefore, they all used stone technologies for things like arrowheads and knives.  This was to
be a major disadvantage for the natives when the Europeans came to the
Americas.

In A People's History of the United States, why does Howard Zinn name Chapter Ten "The Other Civil War?"

"The Other Civil
War" is about the ongoing class war in the United States during the 1800s. This is the
other civil war, alongside the Civil War that was fought between the forces of slavery and those
of freedom. Zinn discusses several revolts of the oppressed working class against the ruling
class, including the Anti-Renter movement in the Hudson Valley against the patroon system and
the Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island, which agitated for electoral reform so that more
working-class people could vote. In answering these questions, the Supreme Court decided it
would essentially be conservative. It deferred to the legislative and executive branch, and the
federal government defended business interests.

In this climate, revolts by
working-class people, including Lowell factory girls and other unions, continued. Though the
poor lived in squalor and working people toiled in unsafe conditions, the government remained a
staunch defender of the rich and of the business class. The government did...

How did the Cold War contribute to the conformity of American society in the 1950s, and how was this dangerous to freedom?

While the
United States's society has always
been characterized by diverse strands of thought, the Cold
War contributed to
a push towards conformity in the US during the 1950s. A chief figure driving

this conformity was Senator Joseph McCarthy; he held Senate hearings accusing people of
being
communists who were determined to undermine the US government. Such
accusations could and did
destroy careers, whether they were true or not.
Thisof fear led people to be very careful that
nothing they said or did could
be interpreted as communist or showing communist
sympathies.

The McCarthy hearings had an especially chilling effect on the

entertainment industry, as many Hollywood figures were hauled before the Senate and
accused of
being communist sympathizers. The careers of some actual
communists in the industry were
destroyed, along with people who were not
communists at all; the accused no longer could get
jobs and no longer could
get their message out. Other artists, fearing false...

death of salesman hi i have question please help me to answer it Q1- expline the death of willy loman ? thanks so much

Willy tragically
concludes that he is 'worth more dead than alive', having scrimped to keep up with insurance
payments. His suicide illustrates the sad fact that he can still only equate worth with money
and popularity: not the love of family.

Why was Stanley Yelnats' family cursed in Holes?

Stanley Yelnats is
arrested for a crime he did not commit. His family blames their bad luck on the person they
refer to as "Stanley's no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather"
(page 7). Stanley's great-great grandfather stole a pig from a one-legged gypsy who cursed the
entire family. His great-great grandfather was a man named Elya Yelnats from Lithuania. He
wanted to marry a young girl named Myra Menke, but Myra's father wanted to marry her to Igor
Barkov, who offered the father a fat pig in exchange. Elya sought help from Madame Zeroni, an
old Egyptian woman who gave him a pig in exchange for his promise to carry her up the mountain
so she could drink from a stream and hear his song. Elya wound up not marrying Myra, and he went
to America as a deck hand, forgetting his promise to the gypsy.

As a result,
the family always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and never has any luck.
Stanley's father, for example, is an inventor, and though he is intelligent and diligent, he
never experiences any luck. His inventions never work out, and the Yelnats are
poor. 

When did separation of powers start?

In the modern
world, separation of powers was first put into practice when the Constitution of the United
States was written and ratified. This was the first time that there was a government with a
clear separation between its legislative, judicial, and executive branches.

The idea of separation of powers did not come directly from the minds of those writing
the Constitution.  It had existed to some extent in Ancient Greece and in the Roman Republic. 
After that, it had been promoted by some of the most important political philosophers of the
Enlightenment era.  The man who is most clearly connected to this idea was
Montesquieu.

You could say, then, that separation of powers in the modern
world started with these philosophers and was put into practice by the United
States.

What did combatants on each side of the Civil War believe they were fighting for?

There are many
answers to your question.  However, the simplified view is that the south was fighting to
protect their economic livelihood which at the time was slavery.  The industrialized north was
fighting against slavery which they saw as an inhumane institution.

With that
being said, you could begin by looking at the governmental clash with the issue of slavery.  In
the Constitution, you have in Article II listed that slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person for
representation purposes only in the House of Representatives.  You also have the various
compromises authored by Henry Clay, such as the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
These compromises were about keeping the status quo and not tipping the balance of slave states
and free states. Even in Kansas, there was an outbreak of violence over slavery, which many
historians call Bleeding Kansas. It was an attempt to stack the deck in voting for or against
slavery and the settlers, both from the north and south,  to the region fought over their
beliefs about the issue of slavery.  John C. Calhoun with the Nullification Crisis tried to set
the south up to be able to over turn or nullify federal law.

The
industrialized north was concerned with the mistreatment of slaves. However, the north really
did not treat its workers much better than the southern slave owners treated their slaves. The
industrialized north had poor housing, low wages, and long hours for their workers; the only
difference was the north did not beat their workers. For the north was about protecting the
Union and stopping the mistreatment of the slaves.

A great document to look
at is the South Carolina Secession Statement.  Which you can find at the civilwar.org website.
 Here is what Calhoun wrote about South Carolina and he used the words of the Declaration of
Independence against the Union.  He stated, "...A struggle for the right of self-government
ensued, which resulted, on the 4th of July, 1776, in a Declaration, by the Colonies, 'that they
are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES; and that, as free and independent
States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish
commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.'"
Calhoun believed that war was the only way to protect the southern way of life -
slavery.

Who is Mark Fein and Annika?

Hello! In
the novel The Art Of Racing In The
Rain, Annika is a fifteen year old cousin of Eve's who
is infatuated with Denny. On a mid-winter trip to the mountains, Annika is part of the group of
Eve's extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins who go along with Denny, Eve and Enzo for
some skiing and snowshoeing. Enzo, the dog narrator, is worried that Denny is oblivious to
Annika's attraction for him; later on, due to a fortuitous bark from Enzo, Denny is saved from
giving in to Annika's seduction.

Mark Fein is
Denny's lawyer. When Eve dies, Denny resists Eve's parents' offer to raise Zoe, his daughter.
Eve's parents threaten to sue him for custody. Meanwhile, Mark assures Denny that Eve's parents
do not have legal rights to their grandchild and that as the sole, surviving parent, Denny's
rights supercede that of Eve's parents. He tells Denny that grandparents are nothing but trouble
and that they only want to raise their grandchildren to make up for prior mistakes in raising
their own children. When Denny is apprehended for supposedly raping Annika, Mark wants to know
if there is any truth to the accusations that Denny is a rapist and a pedophile. Denny tells him
that he is innocent, and Mark suspects that Eve's parents are manipulating the situation so that
they can eventually win custody of Zoe.

Thanks for the
question.

What value does reality TV have for society? What value does reality TV have for society?

A lot of reality TV
is garbage, but there is some benefit to the other shows.I am referring not the game shows but
the documentary-like shows.These can educate and inform, and make people aware of lifestyles and
facets of our lives that we could not know otherwise.]]>

Axis Controlled Countries In WW2

In 1936, Japan and
Germany signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist alliance that Italy joined in 1937. In
1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan (the Axis powers) signed the Tripartite Pact and pledged
military assistance to each other. Later, other nations also joined the pact.

The Axis powers began to take over many nations. In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia, and,
in 1939, Italy made Albania a protectorate. Japan invaded Manchuria (in China) in 1931 and
invaded Beijing in 1937. Japan also controlled Taiwan (since 1895) and Korea (since 1910). In
1937, Nazi Germany took over the Rhineland and then, in 1938, took over Austria and the
Sudetenland (part of Czechoslovakia). By the end of 1939, Nazi Germany also controlled Poland,
the Memel Territory in Lithuania, and the rest of Czechoslovakia. When the Nazis took over
Czechoslovakia, they created the Protectorate of Moravia and Bohemia and the nation of
Slovakia. 

What is the onomatopoeia in "The Raven"?

is a
word that sounds like its meaning, such as bang, pop, or fizz. Using onomatopoeia in literature
allows readers to hear the sounds of the words, which helps them become part of the world they
are reading about. It can also add excitement and action into the piece.Edgar Allen Poe uses
onomatopoeia throughout his poem . The onomatopoeia starts in the first stanza, when Poe
writes that suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my
chamber door. The word tapping and rapping are examples of onomatopoeia, since you can hear the
action within the words themselves. These words repeat throughout the poem, but other examples
of onomatopoeia can also be found. Words like flutter, croaking, tinkled, and shrieked are also
examples. By reading the poem carefully, you should be able to find more words that sound like
their meaning, which will give you additional examples of onomatopoeia.

Why does Charles Wallace start singing nursery rhymes when the man with red eyes starts to interrogate the children?

This strange man
is speaking directly into the minds of Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace rather than out loud. He
is trying to control their minds...

Consider the incident in Just Mercywhere Stevenson's car was searched illegally by the police. Do you think the officers acted appropriately? Should...

One
night, 's sitting in his car in front of an apartment complex in a run-down neighborhood of
Atlanta. He's not doing anyone any harm or breaking any laws, he's just minding his own
business, listening to music. All of a sudden, he's surrounded by several police officers, one
of whom points a gun at him. The officers then proceed to conduct an illegal search of
Stevenson's car, which makes him feel embarrassed, hurt, and angry.

I would
argue that the police...

How does Dimmesdale feel as the much respected minister in the community and why doesn't he thrive among the people who so admire him?

Unlike , who
has violated a law of society but not a personal moral code (she is the one who claims
"what we did had a consecration of its own"),has violated the core of his being. 
Hawthorne's description is telling:  "In no state of society would he [Dimmesdale] have
been what is called a man of liberal views; it would always be essential to his peace to feel
the pressure of a faith about him, supporting, while it confined him within its
iron framework."  

When Dimmesdale violated an central component of his
faith, he lost the structure that had been supporting him.  Much like Hooper in ","
his acquaintance with his fallen humanity makes him more understanding of other's failures, and
better able to minister to them.  But none of this external approval could change that fact that
he no longer approved of himself; without that approval, there is no thriving.

What degrees of success do the different animals have in learning to read and write?

The
different animals experience different variances of literacy.  Clover andhave some basic grasp
of some letters.  Boxer knows the first four of the alphabet.  Muriel is literate and Benjamin
possesses literacy.  However, both of these animals are relegated to the periphery of discourse,
and this becomes the critical element.  While the animals might possess some level of literacy,
none of them are able to read and write like the pigs.  It is in this control of language that
the pigs are able to consolidate power.  The pigs are able to use their ability to read and
write to exercise power over the farm, but also use it to control the other
animals. "spins" this most persuasively.  He argues that there has to be a
consolidation of the "brain trust" that is able to read and write and in the process,
this makes the rest of the animals' life easier.  Squealer and the pigs essentially depict the
ability to read and write as something of a struggle that they are "willing to endure"
for the benefit of the animals' welfare.  In this, the rest of the animals are persuaded to not
bother with grasping functional literacy for this is seen as the domain of the
pigs.

What are 12 components of non-verbal communication?

People
communicate in both verbal and
non-verbal manners. In fact, most communication is non-verbal and
can come in
a variety of forms. In order to learn to recognize the different forms of
non-verbal
communication, it may help to study an interaction and ask
yourself the following
questions:

1. 
   Spatial proxemics: How
   does a person use the
   space around them? Do they sit close/far away from people? Do they
   gravitate
   to the center of a room or hang out near a wall?
2. 
   
   Interpersonal proxemics: Does a person stand close to other
   people?
   Do they maintain a large distance?
3. 
   Gestures:
   Do they wave with an open hand? Do
   they use head nods or bows?
4. 
   
   Posture: Does a person slouch in their seat? Stand tall
   in
   conversation? Lean to one side toward or away from other
   people?
5. 
   Non-verbal voice
   cues: Does a person speak with a monotone voice?
   Are they
   animated? Do they speak loudly or softly? Fast or slow?
6. 
   
   Non-verbal sounds: Does a person sigh or grunt? Do they
   giggle or
   hum?
7. Interpersonal
   touch: Does a person touch
   other people when they communicate?
   Do they touch people without words?
8. 
   
   Intrapersonal touch: Does a person touch their face or hair
   when
   they talk? Do they fidget with their own hands? Do they play with their
   clothing?


9. Facial
   Expressions: Is the person intentionally
   expressive? Subtly
   expressive? Do they smile and frown or are they stoic?
10. 
    
    Eye contact: Do they maintain too little eye contact? Too
    much? Do
    they have trouble looking at or away from people?


11. 
    Objects: Does a person use objects in
    communication? Do they hold
    an object as an extension of themselves (for
    instance, a phone or a cane)?
12. 
    Use of
    body: Does a person clap, snap, or pop their joints? Do they
    
    use sound to communicate?