September 2015

To begin, readers of
poetry must consider that a poem does not always speak to the poet's own ideologies. When
referring to a poem's message, readers must refer to the speaker's intent with regards to the
action. (Just a little side note on poetry.)

The admiration and fear of
the speaker (or narrative voice) of "The Hunting Snake" regarding the snake is
obvious. 's word choice allows the speaker's admiration and fear to be openly seen.

Fear

The
fear of the speaker is denoted with the use of the following words: froze, reeling, lost breath,
fled, and fierce.

Admiration

The speaker's
admiration for the snake is denoted through the use of the following words: great, diamond
scale, lost breath, eyes went with him, and splendid.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

https://lmscontent.embanet.com/NEU/MKTG6200/Files/Week_2/Case2_Dyson.pdf Read the following case, and answer the following questions: Write a...

A
market-oriented mission statement for Dyson
would read something as follows: "Dyson
products are revolutionary household
devices that will allow you to clean and improve your house
with ease and
efficiency." This mission statement is quick, and it relays to the customer

what they can expect the devices to do and what competitive benefit those devices
give
them.

Dyson's goals and objectives are the following,
according to the link
provided: to make life easier for its customers, to
provide real solutions to improve existing
products, and to make mundane
tasks such as cleaning the house more exciting and
enjoyable.

A business portfolio is a collection of the products a business

offers. Dyson has a variety of products, from cutting-edge vacuums (e.g., wireless,
handheld,
upright) to hand dryers and blade-less fans.

A
marketing mix is a company's
utilization of certain aspects of marketing to
create a promotional campaign, emphasizing some
combination of the following:
availability, price,...

Sunday, September 27, 2015

What were the similarities between Indus River Civilization and ancient Mesopotamia?

The hunting
and gathering lifestyle of
humanities earliest ancestors required a great deal of energy and
netted very
little in return. When the climate became warmer, it should come as no surprise
that
people around the world decided to settle down and farm. It also makes
sense that they developed
in a similar fashion. Humans headed toward the
rivers.

Two of the earliest
civilizations in the world
were the Indus River civilization and the civilization at
Mesopotamia. There
are a number of similarities between the ancient river civilizations of

Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley. Both civilizations relied on a fertile river
valley to
support agriculture. The importance of managing the river through
irrigation and canal systems
was of paramount concern for both river
civilizations. They harvested enough crops to create a
surplus of goods to
trade with one another. Both civilizations were at the mercy of
unpredictable
rivers that routinely flooded, causing tremendous property damage. The two

civilizations were politically and economically developed enough to support large urban
areas
that were technologically advanced for the time. These developments
were made possible because
of the success that both civilizations had in
farming the land. The religion of all of the
ancient civilizations was
polytheistic with special gods worshiped to control the rivers. Both

civilizations developed writing systems to manage tax collection and

commerce.

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How does Baldwin propose to alter the balance of power? What is his vision for change?

One of
the most praiseworthy features of , I believe, is that Baldwin does
not give a direct proposal, or prescription, for how to change the
status quo. To do so would be simplistic. The reader must infer, based on
the thoughtful and path-breaking analysis of race relations he presents, the steps that
individuals and the nation need to take.

An important point is that white
Americans, in general, do not seem to understand their own history or acknowledge that race has
affected everything in America. Baldwin is writing in the early 1960s, but his point, in spite
of the progress we have made as a...

Saturday, September 26, 2015

In Chapter 27, what happened at Judge Taylor's house in To Kill a Mockingbird?

At the
beginning of ,mentions three events that indirectly involved her family and Bob Ewell. First,
Scout recalls how Bob Ewell was fired from the WPA for laziness and blamedfor
"getting" his job. The second strange thing happened to Judge Taylor. On a Sunday
night, Judge Taylor was quietly reading alone in his home when he heard an irritating scratching
noise coming from the rear of his house. When he got up and went to the back porch, he found the
screen door swinging open. Judge Taylor then saw the shadow of a man running from the side of
his house. When Judge Taylor's wife returned home from church later that night, she found her
husband reading with a shotgun over his lap. Bob Ewell was the man responsible for prowling
around Judge Taylor's home in hopes of seeking revenge. Fortunately for Judge Taylor, Bob Ewell
is a coward and did not go any further while he was snooping around his
home.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

How did Henry VIII change Christianity?

When
Henry VIII consolidated the wealth and power of his throne, he did so in part by dismantling the
monasteries, taking their valuablesessentially for his own wealthunder the guise of tearing down
the opulence of the papacy and its influence in his kingdom. And many monasteries were literally
dismantled and torn down. As a result of this, you have the near-extinction of monastic life in
the United Kingdom at that point.

Henry's influence on Christianity can also
indirectly be seen in particular through one of his wives and his children. Anne Boleyn and her
family had long been supporters of the evangelical movement (although still moderately
Catholic). With Anne's growing influence on Henry and her eventual rise in status, she found
herself in a position to show greater support through patronage to reformers like Simon Fish.
Young King Edward, upon Henry's death, continued to support the new Church of England and
disfavor Catholicism. When Mary took the throne, however, all that changed: she openly
persecuted Protestants and re-established Catholicism. Finally, we have Elizabeth, with the
strongest role in the further development of Anglicanism/Church of England, striking a
compromise between the beliefs and practices of Catholics and Protestants in her
realm.

So, you can see, beyond Henry's direct influence on Christianity, his
actions carried influence down the line. He is really to be credited with the stronghold of
Protestantism in England, Scotland, and Wales, in spite of the fact that he was still
essentially Catholic in everything but name and papal allegiance!

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

To what extent did developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution?

The most
important change brought about by this time period were the constitutional changes which ended
slavery; gave citizenship to Blacks and gave everyone the right to vote. This was accomplished
by means of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments respectively. By far the greatest change was the
passage of the 14th Amendment, whose ratification was made a condition of Southern States
receiving full representation in Congress. The Amendment provided that no state would deprive a
citizen of the United States of life, liberty or property without due process of law; or deny
any citizen of the United States the equal protection of the law. This provision, primarily
the...

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

In To Kill a Mockingbird what are 2-3 quotes on prejudice about Boo Radley?

is a
symbolic mockingbird in the novel and is a victim of the prejudice that results from his
unorthodox, reclusive lifestyle. In chapter one,elaborates on the many false rumors surrounding
Boo Radley, saying,

People said he [Boo] went out at night
when the moon was down, and peeped in windows. When peoples azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was
because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work
(Lee, 9).

Boo is unfairly blamed for any "small
crimes" simply because the citizens find his reclusive nature strange and
menacing.

Boo also has a bad reputation among the local children and is
unfairly perceived as a "malevolent phantom" who goes out of his way to harm
children.demonstrates his prejudice towards Arthur "Boo" Radley by telling
Dill,

Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging
from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, thats why his hands were
bloodstainedif you ate an animal raw,...

In a motor neuron, substances have to move across the membrane to ensure the correct functioning of the nervous system. How is the movement of Na+/K+...

Na+ and K+
ions move across the membrane of motor neurons by an enzyme called Na+/K+ATPase, found in the
plasma membrane of motor neurons and all other animal cells. Na+/K+ATPase consumes energy in the
form of ATP in order to move three sodium ions out of the call and two potassium ions into the
cell, resulting in a net export of a single positive charge per cycle of the enzyme.

Conversely, neurotransmitters are much larger and more complex molecules and they do
not pass through the cell membrane of the neuron at all. Instead, they are released into the
synaptic cleft from vesicles in the axon terminal of the initiating nerve cell. Then, they
attach to neuroreceptors on the dendrites of the receiving neuron. When a neurotransmitter binds
to the appropriate receptor, it triggers further changes within the cell.

Monday, September 21, 2015

trigonometry How calculate cos of 165 (sum or difference of what angles)? cos(165)

We need to find
the values of cos(165).

We will need to rewrite the number (165) as a sum of
two known angles.

165 = 210 - 45 (210 is the angle 30 in the third
quadrant).

==> cos(165) = cos(210 - 45)

Now we will use
trigonometric identities to solve.

cos(210 - 45) = cos210*cos45 +
sin210*sin45

= -sqrt3/2 * sqrt2/2 +
(-1/2)*(sqrt2/2)

= -sqrt6/ 4 - sqrt2 /4

= (-sqrt6 - sqrt2)/4

=
-sqrt2(sqrt3 +1) /4

==> cos(165) = -sqrt2(sqrt3 +1) /
4

Sunday, September 20, 2015

What does Jem call somebody who cant get to heaven and just wallows around on lonesome roads?

Inof 's
, calls someone who can't get to heaven and just wallows
around on lonesome roads a Hot Steam.

Jem andare released from
school for the summer and are awaiting the arrival of their best friend, Dill. Two days after
Jem and Scout are out of school for the summer, Dill arrives from Meridian, Mississippi to stay
with Miss Rachel, his aunt.

Jem, Scout, and Dill typically spend their summer
days playing games in the yard and acting out different imaginary scenarios. As the three kids
begin to play one of their standard games, "Tom and Sam and Dick," they quickly become
bored and wish to find a new game to play. Dill, who is known to exaggerate about his
experiences and breadth of knowledge, tells Jem and Scout that he can smell death,

"No, I mean I can smell somebody an' tell if they're gonna die.
An old lady taught me how." Dill leaned over and sniffed me. "Jean-Louise-Finch, you
are going to die in three days."

Dill lies and
teases about his ability to "smell death" to keep the games going and make their long
summer day more interesting. Dill's fib scares Scout and prompts a conversation of what Jem
refers to as "Hot Steams." A Hot Steam is essentially a
ghost or spirit that is said to be stuck on Earth due to having unfinished business, so are
unable to pass into the afterlife.

"Yawl hush,"
growled Jem, "you act like you believe in Hot Steams."

"You
act like you don't," I said.

"What's a Hot Steam?" asked
Dill.

"Haven't you ever walked along a lonesome road at night and passed
by a hot place?" Jem asked Dill. "A Hot Steam's somebody who can't get to heaven, just
wallows around on lonesome roads an' if you walk through him, when you die you'll be one too,
an' you'll go around at night suckin' people's breath-"

Scout tells Dill not to believe Jem about Hot Steams, but the kids are known to be
superstitious and intrigued by eerie mysteries, as seen in their fascination with . Jem, Scout,
and Dill's captivation with bizarre and otherworldly things sparks their new summer game, 'Boo
Radley.' The kids' interest in the unknown fuels their imaginations and sets the stage for an
unpredictable summer.

Friday, September 18, 2015

In Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Scout help Boo Radley?

In the
novel,savesandfrom Mr. Ewell, and he earns the gratitude of bothand the children.

When Sheriff Tate and Atticus discuss the aftermath of Mr. Ewell's attack and Jem's
possible culpability for Mr. Ewell's death, Boo Radley is present. However, because of his shy
ways, Boo doesn't join in the conversation. Scout instinctively knows the reason for his
reticence, and she's respectful of Boo's quiet ways. With a compassion and sensitivity beyond
her years, Scout quietly leads Boo to the farthest corner of the porch, where he will feel more
comfortable in the shadows. Scout doesn't judge Boo; she helps him by extending him the gentlest
of courtesies, but she doesn't make any effort to change who he is or to cause him
discomfort.

After Sheriff Tate and Atticus decide on the best course of
action regarding Mr. Ewell's death, Boo gets ready to leave. Before he leaves, however, he nods
towards...

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Summarize the movie The Prince of Egypt.

The movie
Prince of Egypt
(1998) opens with the culling of the Hebrew slaves' newborn
sons
and introduces the hero, Moses, as a baby sent into the river by his mother in hopes
of
saving him. We witness the adoption of Moses into the royal family, and we
are aware that his
sister, Miriam, knows that the second prince of Egypt is
her younger brother.

There is a time skip, and we see
Moses and his elder adopted brother, Ramses, as
mischievous young princes.
Later, we are introduced to Tzipporah, who was captured in the desert
and
given to Moses by his brother. When she escapes from the palace, Moses follows her and
runs
into his biological siblings. His sister, Miriam, attempts to convince
him of their sibling
relationship, but he refuses to believe her until she
sings their mothers lullaby, introduced at
the very beginning of the film,
and Moses flees.

Moses then returns to the
palace and
confirms the truth of his past with his adoptive parents, but he also learns of
the
atrocities...

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Why doesn't Melanie from "The Egypt Game" worry when people call April "February"?

Melanie is
not worried when people call April "February" because if the kids at school care
enough to call her by a nickname, it means she has been accepted.

When April
first moves into the Casa Rosada, she acts fake and stuck-up. Melanie, an exceptionally
perceptive child, understands that April has a difficult homelife and is upset about being
shuttled off by her mother to live with a grandmother she barely knows. Although Melanie
herself makes allowances for April's behavior, she is worried that the kids at school will not
be so tolerant. April insists on acting as if she, like her mother, is a Hollywood star, and
she gets "furiously angry when she (is) teased". Melanie predicts that "to the
kids at Wilson, all (that) stuff" would make April appear to be "a smart aleck",
and her "wonderful difference" only "kookiness".

April is
indeed perceived as "an odd-ball" when school starts, but with Melanie acting as a
"go-between" to smooth the waters, the other kids eventually begin to accept her.
When "two of the biggest wheels in class" start calling April "February",
Melanie knows that "everything would be all right...it (is) teasing, maybe, but not the
kind you use on outsiders" (Chapter 6).

What is Hannah Tupper's religion in The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

Hannah
Tupper is a Quaker. The Quakers did not
believe that a minister was needed to lead a church.
They believed that God
was within everyone. At the meetings, which is what church

services...

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Who should be involved in curriculum evaluation? Who should be involved in curriculum evaluation?

I think teachers should definitely be involved in curriculum evaluation. Administrators
should also be involved, because they have to oversee implementation and need to understand the
process. To a certain extent, parents and community members should be involved. They should give
feedback, but not have any direct say in decisions.

Monday, September 14, 2015

Is the title "Hills Like White Elephants" symbolism or a metaphor?

In order for something
to be a symbol, it must be have both literal meaning and figurative
meaning. Therefore, there would actually have to be white elephants present
in some literal way, and then they'd have to carry some figurative meaning on top of that (such
as referring to something that is generally unwanted, or a burden, as other educators have
said), in order to function as a symbol. Since there is no literal white
elephant, it is not a symbol.

That being said, a
is, technically speaking, literal, because a simile only says that
something is like or as something else, not that it
is something else (as a does). If the title
of the story were "The Hills Are White Elephants," this would be a clear-cut
metaphor). At the same time, however, I have sometimes seen the simile, as a , lumped in under
the broader category of "metaphor" because similes are similar to, though less
powerful than, strict metaphors. Therefore, if you are only given two optionseither symbolic or
metaphoricalI would place the title in the metaphorical category.

What is the argument in the book 1984?

's
primary argument in his classic novel is against oppressive totalitarian
regimes and how they undermine humanity. In the wake of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany,
Orwell felt the need to warn England about the dangers of totalitarianism and the tactics used
by oppressive governments. In this novel, Orwell depicts a dystopian society which is loosely
based on the practices of the Soviet Union and the Nazis. The government interferes in
civilians' lives and dramatically restricts their personal freedoms. The Party spies on
civilians, alters history to coincide with the government's current policies, manipulates the
population via pro-government propaganda, and strikes fear into citizens by holding public
executions and engaging in constant warfare. Citizens' lives are completely controlled by the
government, and they are constantly reminded that they are being watched. The ,, attempts to
rebel against the Party but is eventually brainwashed into an...

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Think of a situation that tested your ethical behavior. For example, maybe your best friend forgot about a term paper due the next day and asked if he...

The first
alternative is agreeing to your friend's suggestion. Ethics is usually defined by the
individual; therefore, if you think that it is okay to help your friend cheat, it's up to you.
Since most people believe that cheating is immoral, you will be disrespected by most of your
peers. Those that find out what you did will question your integrity and avoid your company.

The second alternative is refusing your friend's request. However, you don't
just leave them after that. You offer to help them finish the work by providing guidance. You
will be like a tutor to them, which means that you won't do the work for them. That way, you
help a friend out and maintain your integrity. The consequences of this decision are greater
self-esteem and respect from your peers. In other words, you become more confident in yourself
and gain admiration from your peers.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

In Act 1, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, how does Tybalt react to Romeo's presence at the party and what does Lord Capulet say about Romeo?

Inof
,is enraged by 's
presence at the party at which Romeo falls in love at
first sight with .
Tybalt says:

"What
dares
the slave/Come hither, coverd with an antic face,/
To fleer and scorn at
our
solemnity?/Now, by the stock and honour of my kin,/To strike him dead, I
hold it not a
sin."

Tybalt is quick to
be angry and assumes that
Romeo has come out of spite, to "scorn" the
Capulets, while Romeo has not come for
that reason at all, but out of motives
of love. Tybalt also expresses his willingness to kill
Romeo, which he does
not regard as a crime, to protect the honor of the Capulets.

In contrast to Tybalt,assumes that Romeo has good motives. Capulet
says:

"And, to say truth,
Verona brags of him/To be a
virtuous and well-governd youth:/I would not for
the wealth of all the town/Here in my house do
him disparagement:/ Therefore
be patient, take no note of him."

Capulet senses that Romeo is a well-intentioned person and asks

Tybalt to ignore Romeo's presence at the party. Instead, Tybalt answers with anger that
he will
not patiently tolerate Romeo's presence at the Capulets' party. When
Lord Capulet insists that
he do so, Tybalt answers: "this intrusion shall/Now
seeming sweet convert to bitter
gall." Tybalt means that he will store this
situation away in his memory as gall, or anger.
This scene foreshadows the
bitter fight between Romeo and Tybalt that will ensue later in the

play.

What is the significance of Justinian's Code?

Justinian I, the
Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565, sponsored committees of jurists who reviewed existing laws
and, after eliminating outdated or contradictory laws, placed the laws and legal opinion into
one work. The work was significant in that it formed the basis of western law for centuries and
inspired the categories used in the Napoleonic Code of 1804, which was drawn up under Napoleon
and abolished feudal laws.

Justinian's Code also placed regulations on Jews
in the Byzantine Empire and began to take away the Jews' ability to practice what was formerly a
legal religion. The code allowed the state to intervene in religious Jewish questions, and
Justinian often did so. For example, he disallowed the reading of the Pentateuch in Hebrew. The
code also prohibited Jews from giving testimony in court against Christians, though they were
eventually allowed to testify in cases between Christians and the state. Though Jews had an
elevated status compared to other non-Christians, they were relegated to a lesser status than
Christians in the Byzantine Empire, and the law became an instrument in their
oppression.

How does Dickens explore the theme of redemption in A Christmas Carol?

The famous
novella bytells of a cold-hearted miser named Ebenezer Scrooge, who
dislikes Christmas and refuses to socialize during the holiday. On Christmas Eve, he is visited
by the ghost of his deceased partner, Jacob Marley, who tells him that the only way to save
himself from a dreadful afterlife bound by heavy chains forged by his greed is to heed the
messages of three spirits that will visit him. These spiritsthe Ghost of Christmas Past, the
Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Comeshow Scrooge images from his
childhood and youth, Christmas celebrations of those related to or associated with him, and a
Christmas day in the future after he has died. Through it all, Scrooge comes to realize that he
needs to change his ways, and he becomes much more kind and generous.

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the word "redemption" means "the state of
being kept from evil or of improving morally." The Oxford Learner's...

Friday, September 11, 2015

Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is the best example of a new idea of modern man. Why?

Crusoe is
an example of the modern man because he represents an ordinary person who makes his own way in
the world. His whole story can be read as one of upward mobility. He lands in a situation which
is adversarial, stranded on a deserted island, and makes the best of it through his hard work,
wit, and ingenuity. By carefully retrieving what he can salvage from the submerged ship,
cultivating wild grapes and other crops, hunting, and building, he makes the island his own
kingdom. This is entirely opposed to old-fashioned notions of hereditary inheritance and
entitlement from birth. A reader does not simply have to watch...

What is the style of the poem "The Raven"?

Although he is often regarded as one of the
major voices of American Romanticism,describes the composition of "" in his essay
"" as a cool and logical exercise, closer in spirit to the Augustan school than the
Romantics. He had recently read and reviewed a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning called
"Lady Geraldine's Courtship," which begins,

Dear my friend and fellow-student, I would lean my spirit o'er you!

Down the purple of this chamber tears should scarcely run at will.

I am humbled who was humble. Friend, I bow my head before you:

You should lead me to my peasants, but their faces are too still.

Poe used the meter of Mrs. Browning's poem, trochaic octameter,
but wrote in six-line stanzas, adding internal rhymes and frequent assonance and . The gloom of
the poet's chamber and its richness are accentuated together in images like "the silken sad
uncertain / Rustling of each purple curtain" and the grandiose vocabulary and classical
allusions add to this . The length of the lines also adds a certain stateliness to the progress
of the verse and allows Poe to crowd in a great many descriptive adjectives.

Although critical opinion is divided, there is nothing else in
world literature quite like "The Raven." The narrative is rather foolish, meaning that
the genius of the poem lies in its unique atmosphere and style: gothic, gloomy, portentous,
verbose, sumptuous, and, as one would expect from one of Poe's unreliable narrators, not quite
sane.

How would you use "Tempo" and "Timing" to the greatest effect within a drama? Hi. I am doing drama this year and I don't quite understand what the...

They are
also terms used by directors and actors when communicating about pace, a very important element
in any play production. Tempo refers to the rate of speed that a scene follows. Most comedies
have a faster tempo than a . A tragedy requires a slower tempo, for the gravity of the events
or words. A comedy requires a faster tempo, to keep the laughs rolling. Timing refers to when
you do a particular thing. You may have heard the expression, "it's all in the
timing". In the production of the play, that refers to the timing of different actions.
For example, in a door-slamming , the timing of entrances and exits must be perfectly timed for
maximum effect.

Whenever I am unhappy with a show (whether it's under my own
direction or somewhere else), it's almost always about the pace. It either is moving too slowly
to sustain my interest and energy, or it is moving too quickly to allow me to connect with the
characters or the moment, or the timing is off, causing moments to fall
flat.

What can be done to address the health and social needs of the aging population?

The
aging population has many health and social needs. In order to address the health needs of the
aging population, their caregivers must receive support. Caregivers can be family members or
home health services. Caregivers who are family members may experience their own stress and
social needs associated with...

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

How are light and darkness used by Joseph Conrad in his novel Heart of Darkness?

[Page
numbers from which quotes are taken are
not available, as the Kindle version of the book was
used.]

s uses light and darkness as metaphors

for mental awakening and for representations of death, evil and emptiness. The mere
title,
Heart of Darkness, is a reference both to
the metaphorical
darkness that resides inside of man €“ or, more
specifically, in the European colonialists who
systematically enslaved
millions while exploiting their resources €“ and to the image of the
deepest
parts of Africa as dark, both in terms of the literal absence of light beneath
the
heavily-canopied jungles and to the long-discredited notion of Africa as
devoid of culture and
worth (the dark continent). Early in his novel,
Conrads , Charles , references his travels
down the Congo River into the
heart of Africa, and how the experience of visiting that location
and finally
encountering

seemed somehow to throw
a
kind of...

What type of God is presented in the sermon "Sinners In the Hands of an Angry God"?

It may
seem a bit obvious, but one way to describe God in Edwards's sermon is "angry."
Edwards was preaching to a congregation who he considered insufficiently committed to their
faith, and this sermon was intended to promote a new sense of diligence and piety in the
community. To do so, Edwards portrays God as angry and wrathful toward sinners.

God is a great deal more angry with great numbers that are now on
earth, yea, doubtless with many that are now in this congregation, that it may be are at ease
and quiet, than he is with many of those that are now in the flames of hell.

These were strong words for those who felt comfortable, even lax in
their faith. Edwards further emphasized that God was all-powerful and capable of casting any of
them into hell. The only thing keeping anyone out of hell is the "mere arbitrary will, and
uncovenanted unobliged forbearance of an incensed God." Edwards claims people are suspended
above hell like a "loathsome insect," and God holds them in his hand only out of
mercy. Edwards used such words as "loathe" and "fury" to describe God's view
of man. He urged his people to accept the opportunity presented by accepting divine mercy,
an

extraordinary opportunity, a day wherein Christ has
flung the door of mercy wide open, and stands in the door calling and crying with a loud voice
to poor sinners.

Edwards contends the Christian faith
is the only buffer between human beings and a wrathful and angry God.

Saturday, September 5, 2015

In the book Animal Farm what are some examples of racism?

Racism is
ranking peopleor in this case, animalsin a hierarchy that assumes some types of animals/people
are inherently superior to others and so deserve to be in charge and amass more of society's
privileges. The most glaring example of "racism" in is the pigs,
who, almost from the start, set themselves apart as a superior and more deserving group. The
dogs also gain special privileges as an elite "race," second only to the pigs. The
animals that do the heavy labor of the farm are ranked lower in the hierarchy. This racism is
enshrined when the Seven Commandments are reduced to one, which states,

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than
others.

However, it is interesting to note that there is
some racism against rats and birds at the beginning of the novel. The animals have to decide
whether rats are really part of Animal Farm, and they have to come to understand that the birds
really qualify as having "four legs" if their wings are included as legs....

Thursday, September 3, 2015

In The View From Saturday, what are the major events in chronological order?

This is an
excellent question because the author uses an unusual style, presenting events in a manner that
is completely non-chronological.

These events take place before the Souls'
sixth grade year:

- Mrs. Olinski is crippled in an
accident.

- Noah Gershom is the best man at the wedding of Izzy Diamondstein
and Margaret Draper at Century Village.

- The next summer, Nadia Diamondstein
learns about turtles at Century Village.

These events
take place during the Souls' sixth grade year:

- Ethan
meets Julian on the bus.

- Julian invites Noah, Nadia, and Ethan to
Sillington House for tea.

- Mrs. Olinski, who is having trouble adjusting to
her sixth grade class, picks Noah to be on the Academic Team because of an essay he wrote, and
is considering Nadia and Ethan.

- At a gathering at Sillington House, the
Souls decide to help Mrs. Olinski.

- Nadia has her dog Ginger try out for the
school play, Annie.

- Hamilton Knapp tries to sabotage
Ginger so his dog can be in the play instead - his unkind behavior when Ginger gets the part
causes Mrs. Olinski to eliminate him from consideration for the Academic Team.

- Mrs. Olinski is invited to Sillington House.

- Mrs. Olinski
chooses Julian to complete the Academic Team, which already consists of Noah, Nadia, and
Ethan.

- The sixth grade Souls win the Epiphany School Academic Team
competition, beating the eighth grade in an unprecedented victory.

- The
Souls beat Knightsbridge in the district championship meet.

- The Souls
defeat Maxwell to win the state championship.

What is the relationship between quality and productivity?

Quality experts such
as W. Edwards Deming have stated that quality is positively associated with productivity because
as the quality of a product or service increases, there is less need for correcting work or
fixing mistakes, so productivity improves. However, many experts disagree with Deming's view and
instead believe that as quality improves, the cost of production goes up. The result is higher
prices and reduced productivity.

Other experts believe that quality can only
be increased through Total Quality Management (TQM), a process that requires an overhaul of
systems and behaviors. The idea is to make organizations more competitive through improving the
quality of the product or service and to improve the organization's ability to meet the
customer's needs through continuous improvement of the process. TQM is a process that aims to
improve productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction. Therefore, to increase both quality
and productivity, an organization can use a process of continuous improvement that addresses
both goals simultaneously.

Source:

Kontoghiorghes, C. (January 2003). "Examining the association between quality and
productivity performance in a service organization." Quality Management Journal,
Vol. 10 (1).

In "A Raisin in the Sun", why does the author go to such lengths to describe the furnishings of the Younger family's apartment?

Hansberry gives a vivid, extensive
description
of the Youngers' apartment on the South Side of Chicago, which represents the

family's struggles. The furniture in the Youngers' apartment is worn out and old, and
Hansberry
writes that the primary feature of the apartment is that it is too
small to accommodate that
many people. Hansberry uses words like "weariness"
and "depressing" to
describe the apartment's features, which correspond to
the emotions and feelings of the Younger
family.

There is
also very little natural light and virtually no privacy in
the cramped
apartment. The Youngers' worn out apartment creates anof restriction, tension,
and
stress. The family is sick of living in close quarters and is anxious to
improve their living
situation, which explains the attitudes and behaviors of
each character.is weary, and her
husband is anxious to use the $10,000
insurance check to establish his liquor business, which he
hopes will improve
the family's financial status.also wishes for her family to live in a

comfortable, accommodating home, which is why she purchases the house in Clybourne
Park.
Overall, Hansberry's extensive description of the Youngers' tiny
apartment furthers the
portrayal of their suppressed, tired emotions and of
the motivation Lena has to purchase a new
home.

How does Kazuo Ishiguro present Tommy to make the audience feel sorry for him?

Tommy is
presented as one of life's outsiders, a chronic misfit who doesn't really belong anywhere. By
showing Tommy as a victim of merciless teasing and mockery, Ishiguro makes him a sympathetic
character, despite his regular childish tantrums.

Although Tommy attended
Hailsham along with the rest of the clones, there was always a sense that he was somewhat apart
from everyone else. This would explain why he was always marginalized and singled out for
bullying. For Ruth and the other clones, their whole identity is intimately bound up with their
time at Hailsham. If Tommy was never a "real" Hailsham studentas Ruth seems to
thinkthen the implication is that he lacks the kind of stable identity enjoyed by the others.
Our sympathy for Tommy is heightened by the fact that he...

Who is the swamper in "Of Mice and Men"?

Candy is
the "old swamper" in 's novella . The term "swamper"
simply refers to the fact that he literally "swamps" or washes out the bunkhouse where
the men on the ranch live. When we first meet Candy in chapter two, he is carrying a broom in
his left hand because he lost his right hand in a work related accident. Steinbeck describes
him,

The door opened
and a tall, stoop-shouldered old man came in. He was dressed in blue jeans and he carried a big
push-broom in his left hand.

He's followed around by a "a drag footed sheepdog" with
"pale, blind old eyes." He seems happy enough in the beginning and is used by
Steinbeck to describe the various characters on the ranch, including the Boss, Slim, Crooks,
Curley and Curley's wife.

At the end of chapter two, however, Candy's life
takes a depressing turn as Carlson, a "powerful, big stomached" worker on the ranch
suggests to Slim that Candy's dog is too old and decrepit and should be put out of its misery.
He wants Slim to give Candy one of his puppies (one of them is given to ). Slim, being the de
facto leader of the men approves Carlson's idea, and in chapter three Carlson shoots Candy's
dog.

The old swamper becomes despondent over the loss of his dog untilbegins
to describe the "little piece of land" he and Lennie hope to one day have. Because
Candy received a settlement from the ranch over the loss of his hand he has $350 which he can
contribute. He tells George:

Spose I went in with you guys. Thas three hunderd an fifty bucks Id put in. I aint
much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some. Howd that
be?

George agrees and the "thing they had never really
believed in was coming true." Candy also serves to providefor the ending of the book as he
tells George,

I
ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldnt ought to of let no stranger shoot my
dog.

Rather than let Curley or one of the other men kill Lennie,
George takes Carlson's gun and shoots his friend in the back of the head. With the dream gone,
Candy expresses his bitterness over the loss his future as he stands over Curley's
wife,

You done it,
dint you? I spose youre glad. Everbody knowed youd mess things up. You wasnt no good. You aint
no good now, you lousy tart. He sniveled, and his voice shook. I could of hoed in the garden
and washed dishes for them guys.

World War II brought new prosperity to many Americans. Who benefited most from the wartime economy? What financial limitations did various members of...

The answer
to this would be substantially different if you are asking about the impact ofas a whole than if
you are asking about the economy during the years 1941 to 1945. In other words, WWII certainly
brought new prosperity to many Americans, but it brought that prosperity to different Americans
in the actual war years than it did in the years after the war.

After the
war, prosperity came to many Americans as a result of the war. This came about in large part
through the GI Bill. The GI Bill allowed many Americans from all classes of society to go to
college. This allowed them to become part of the middle class. It also allowed many Americans
to buy their own homes for the first time. This...

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Do you think Mr. Harvey is a developing character?

The
term character development can be used in two
senses, and one sense is sometimes used interchangeably with
. In the first sense,
character development refers to the facts and information
revealed about a character in various parts of the narrative, or over the course of the story,
in order to make clear the character's inner and psychological traits and qualities, beliefs,
values, motivations, and intentions (intent). [This sense is sometimes used interchangeably with
the term characterization.] These revelations
may all be consistent with each other. In other words, what the character thinks, believes,
wants, understands, etc. may be the same at the end of the story as they are at the beginning.
On the other hand, what a character wants, believes, etc. may undergo an alteration, or
change, through the course of the narrative. This leads to the second sense in which
character development is used.

In this second sense, character
development is used to indicated the alterations, or changes, a
character undergoes throughout the course of a story in response
to other characters and events over time as time is represented by the
story in the narrative. In other words, this sense of character
development refers to the way or ways in which a character comes to
believe or want different things as a result of a revelation or epiphany; to understand
something different about life, the world, themselves or other people; to develop different
psychological dynamics, motives, or intents; etc.

In the first
sense of the term, Mr Harvey
does have character develop throughout the
course of the story because new traits are revealed over time, for example, after Lindsey breaks
in to his house and when he decides to end Lindsey's life. In the second
sense of the term, Mr. Harvey does
not have character development throughout the course of the story
because his psychological dynamics, his motives, his beliefs, his desires, his intents remain
the same (though details may vary, e.g., Lindsey instead of Susie; retaliation murder instead of
otherwise; etc.) from the beginning of the story throughout to the end of the
story.

Give an example of a humorous introduction in any literary text.

The use of a humorous
opening is very important when the author is trying to gain the attention of the reader. Given
that many readers decide if the text is worth reading within the first few pages of a piece, an
author can use humor to capture the reader. Examples of humorous first lines in texts are as
follows.

1. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is
unhappy in its own way." (Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy)

- This is humorous based upon the fact that it speaks so honestly about
families.

2. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing
you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how
my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of
crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the
truth."
(The Catcher in the Rye by J. D.Salinger)

-This opening contains humor based upon the fact that Holden is telling his story, but
does not wish to go into it.

3. "It was the day my grandmother
exploded." (The Crow Road by Iain M. Banks)

- Theof
a grandmother exploding, while morbid, is funny.

4. "Once upon a time,
there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person." (Back
When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler)

-This opening can be found
humorous based upon the fairytale-like opening.

5. "Most really pretty girls have
pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden."
(The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace) -Here, the
"fact" that pretty girls have ugly feet is quite hilarious. 6. "Granted: I am an
inmate of a mental hospital." (The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass) -This
opening forces the reader to see the humor in the story about to be told given it is being told
by a mental patient.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015