Why Does George Call Walter Prometheus

s play
about a low-income African American family struggling to better itself in a predominantly white
and racist world contrasts the intellectual underpinnings of those members of the family who
lack formal education (especially the main , , and culturally conservative Mama) with those who
represent higher levels of academic achievement but who subscribe to vastly different
perspectives on racial relations (mainlyand George). This contrast is a major component of
and is nowhere better exhibited than in the brief exchange between Walter
and George in act 2, scene 1, in which George, exiting the Younger family apartment with
Beneatha, addresses Walter as Prometheus.

Prometheus is a figure from
Greek mythology, a Titan who famously created humans and who, unforgivably, gave to his creation
the instrument of fire....

Give an example as to how Homer's The Odyssey can be considered an allegory?

Anis
defined as:

...an extendedin which a person, abstract
idea, or event stands for itself and for something else.

It says one thing on a literal level, but also makes a point or demonstrates a
figurative meaning.

The term [allegory] loosely describes
any writing in verse or prose that has a double meaning.

's can be seen to be allegorical in many ways for the many tales
we read about. As the story begins, Odysseus has been gone from home for twenty years. He went
to fight in the Trojan War and served valiantly. On his return, his reputation is secure. Strong
and smart, now he only wants to return home to his wife and son. For all the good he has done,
and as deserving as he is, his journey home is not an easy one. The message Homer
may be sharing is that Odysseus, for all his physical prowess and
dedication in battle, is not as humble as he should be, and it is this lack
of humility that costs him another ten years away from home. The stories Odysseus
shares...

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Why does Winston hate the Party?

There
are numerous reasons whyhates the Party. Winston cannot stand the fact that the Party controls
literally every aspect of his life. The Party determines where Winston works, as well as what he
does during his free time. The Party influences Winston's relationships and represses his sexual
desires. The Party propagates false information and, using a technique known as doublethink,
attempts to convince its members that Big Brother is never wrong. The Thought Police spy on
Winston, and his every move is recorded using strategically placed telescreens. Winston cannot
enjoy his life in Oceania and lives in constant fear of being arrested, tortured in the Ministry
of Love, and executed. Winston is continually reminded of Big Brother's presence everywhere he
turns and has difficulty trusting anyone. As an intellectually bright individual, Winston also
has a difficult time living in a world where reality is controlled by the Party. He struggles to
come to terms with the fact that the Party controls the past, present, and future. He feels
completely helpless and trapped living in Oceania's authoritarian regime. From Winston's
perspective, the Party has absolutely no redeeming qualities, and he loathes virtually every
moment of his life before he meets . The second Winston writes "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER"
in his journal, he realizes that he is a dead man. Ultimately, the Party tortures Winston and
brainwashes him into loving Big Brother and worshiping the Party.

What are some of the obstacles Thoreau faced on his journey?

Thoreau
moved to the shoreline ofPond in order to find himself as a writer and to work on a book about
the boat trip that he and his brother John made six years earlier. He had three basic needs (as
do we all): a place to live, enough food to survive, and enough money to pay for everything. In
the Economy chapter of Walden, he tells us how he built his 10 x 15
house, which cost him less than $30 in materials. In The Bean-Field, he explains that he
planted a large garden to grow vegetables that he could either eat or sell. And near the end of
Economy, he claims that he found work as a day laborer, with a variety of jobs that generated
enough income in just six weeks to last him an entire year. According to what he tells us, the
Walden Pond experiment succeeded on these counts. He also had lots of time to study nature, and
he finished writing the book, .

In addition, Thoreau
also contended with the perception of the local townspeople. They thought he was crazy for
living in the woods, because no rational person would do this. After he moved back to the town
center, he was asked so many questions about what he had done at Walden that he began to give
public lectures on the subject. Coupled with the notes he had already made at the pond, these
pieces eventually became a full manuscript and were published as the book Walden; or,
Life in the Woods, seven years later.

Why did Atlanta become an important goal for the Union in the Civil War?

There are
two main reasons why Atlanta was a particularly important goal for the Union in the Civil War. 
First, it was the main industrial center for the Confederacy.  It had many...

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what specific evidence did Atticus Finch use in the courtroom to prove Tom Robinson's innocence?

During
's brilliant defense of Tom Robinson, he presents several important details of the incident,
elaborates on Bob and Mayella's motivations to fabricate their testimonies, and makes Mayella
contradict her statements, which proves his client's innocence. Atticus initially focuses on the
location of Mayella's injuries as Sheriff Tate testifies that the majority of the bruises were
located on the right side of her face. After Bob Ewell confirms Tate's testimony, Atticus
illustrates that Bob Ewell is left-handed, which suggests that his punches would have landed on
the right side of Mayella's face. Atticus then cleverly shows the jury that Tom Robinson is
handicapped and his left arm is virtually useless, which means he could not have inflicted those
injuries. Atticus implies that Bob was his daughter's perpetrator.

Atticus
proceeds to mention that there was no medical evidence to suggest that Mayella was raped, and
his hard line of questioning influences her to contradict her story on the witness stand. After
emphasizing Mayella's lies, commenting on the lack of medical evidence, and reminding the jury
of Tom's handicap in relation to the location of Mayella's injuries, Atticus then comments on
her motivation to lie. In his closing remarks, Atticus mentions that Mayella had broken a
time-honored code by tempting a black man and was motivated to cover up the incident in order to
avoid public shame as well as her father's wrath.

How did Montesquieu's view of separation of powers and John Locke's theories related to natural law and the social contract influence the Founding...

These two
political philosophers were two of the most important influences on the thinking of the Founding
Fathers.  Lockes ideas can be seen very clearly in the Declaration of Independence while
Montesquieus can be seen in the Constitution.

Locke believed that
governments only exist as a result of a social contract.  That is, the people all agree to be
ruled by the government.  The reason they do so, he says, is to protect their natural rights. 
He says that the people give up minor...

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Why did Americans want independence?

The
Americans wanted independence for many reasons, however the most important one was the fact that
the British Parliament and the king were adamant about imposing unreasonable taxes and
regulations on the colonists. When the Americans realized that the taxes exist only
because...

Discuss the theme of ''redemption'' in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Redemption can be defined as the action of
saving or being saved from some kind of sin or evil. It is a frequently used term in the
Christian faith because it refers to the work that Christ did and will do. As such it is usually
a spiritual term; however, that still fits with this story because Scrooge is brought through a
massive change due to the work of the spiritual realm. He is visited by a total of 4 ghosts that
help him see how his life has become extremely unloving. They also show him the consequences of
such a life, and Scrooge wakes up a transformed and redeemed character who uses his Earthly
blessings to improve the lives of the people around him. Scrooge is no longer full of sinful
selfishness. He also benefits by becoming a much more loved individual who also, once again,
learns to love others.

Explain the exposition, rising conflict, climax, and resolution for "A Good Man is Hard to Find".

Theincludes the background information regarding the
Grandmother and her family, which
includes her son, Bailey, his unnamed wife,
and their children, John Wesley and June Star. The
exposition also includes
the family's plan to travel to Florida instead of Tennessee, which is
where
the Grandmother wants to visit. There is also information about an escaped convict
named
the Misfit, who is heading towards Florida.

The
rising action includes the
family's road trip to Florida with the Grandmother
riding in the backseat in between her two
grandchildren, their stop at a
barbecue stand, Bailey's decision to listen to his mother by
turning down a
dirt road, and their car accident, which leaves them stranded on the side of
the
road. The three armed men approaching the car is also included in the
rising action, as well as
the Grandmother recognizing the Misfit. The family
members being escorted into the woods
one-by-one to be killed is also
included in the rising action.

Theis

the...

understanding the language of the world What does he mean by the lanuage of the world and by the quote "Courage is the quality most essential to...

In
, the language of the world refers to the oneness of
all things: that the universe is tied together. During the 1960s this idea
came into prominence with the belief that the damage we did to the world would damage those
living in it, which has been proven with studies about pollution, etc. This is not a new
concept: writers in England and the United States responded in the same way with the advent of
the Industrial Revolution and its damaging effects to the environment many
years ago.

Because we are all connected, according to Coelho, we are not only
made of the same "stuff," but we can communicate with nature if,
as Santiago tells the Englishman, we "listen" to nature speaking to us. In this
regard, we should also, then, be able to speak to one another regardless of where we come from,
which Santiago discovers in being able to understand people who do not speak his
"native" language.

Based on this assumption, Santiago tells the
Englishman that by speaking the language of the world, nature will help us as we move
about the worldin their case, by allowing them to successfully navigate the
desert with the caravan. The universal language is something that, as seen in the book, is
something that many people know about (like the gypsy, the alchemis, the King of Salem,etc.),
but others (like the Englishman) do not. Believers feel the language links people to the world
and to each other. This is my "take" on the language of the
world.

In Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain, what is the metaphoric meaning of the second paragraph in Chapter 3 as to what is vital to a racecar...

In the
second paragraph of Chapter 3 in 's ,
the extended that relays advice about driving directly
parallels Enzo's own view of a dog's afterlife and of steps needed
to take to achieve the afterlife.

One of the most important
details in the metaphor is Denny's explanation that racecar drivers must drive
"having no memory" of even things done only a second prior regardless of whether or
not the thing done was good or bad. The reason why is because "to remember is to disengage
from the present." A racecar driver must be completely focused on the here
and now in order to avoid fatal mistakes and achieve successes.


Denny's advice about driving...

In "1984" what is the significance of the second stanza of the woman's song outside of Winston's window? Book 2, Chapter 4

The song
thathears the prole woman singing out of the window of Mr. Charrington's rented room could mean
a variety of different things.  The first stanza refers to the power of a mere glance in
stirring up dreams and emotions--this ties in to Winston's thoughts and feelings about . 
O'Brien merely glanced at him, but in that glance, he sensed that O'Brien knew things, things
about the rebellion, about how to lash out against the party, and that he felt the same way that
Winston did.  That hope was enough to haunt his dreams and stir his excitement quite a
bit.

The second stanza is a bit more vague, and could refer to a number of
things. ...

What did Scout learn from each of the following characters? Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, Miss Maudie, Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia, Mrs. Dubose, Mayella...

.  From
Boo,learns that rumors and gossip are not always true, and that people are not always what they
seem. 

TOM ROBINSON.  Scout discovers that Tom,
a poor crippled Negro, is far more honest and humble than the Ewells who accuse him and
the jurors who convict him.  

MISS MAUDIE. 
Scout learns many things about her father from Maudie--that he was the "deadest shot in the
county," a man to whom people in the town relied upon, and that he was born to do people's
dirty work for them.  

AUNT ALEXANDRA.  Scout
learns that Aunt Alexandra's ideas about heredity, "Fine Folks" and "gentle
breeding" don't seem to fit in with 's own style of parenting.

CALPURNIA.  Scout learns that Calpurnia leads a
"double life": Her behavior and language is much different in the Finch household than
it is among her own people at the First Purchase Church.

MISS
DUBOSE.  Throughand Atticus, Scout learns that Miss Dubose has a special kind of
courage, unlike that of a man holding a gun.

MAYELLA
EWELL.  Scout learns from Mayella's appearance and testimony in the courtroom
that she must be

... the loneliest person in the world,
even lonelier than Boo Radley.

ATTICUS.  Scout learns from her father about humility, the
importance of going to school, and the necessity of being a good role model for his children.
She also learns that innocent beings should never be harmed--

"... it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

and about intolerance--

"You never really
understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his
skin and walk around in it."

What is an important event in this story?

The single
most important event is that...

Why does Bruno lie about his friendship with Schmuel to Kotler?

The
original question had to be edited.  Bruno's lying to Kotler about Shmuel is motivated by fear.
 While Bruno's actions are in the name of resistance, he, himself, is not a resistance fighter.
 He only knows what he does as a reflection of his own good nature.  He is still a child in the
midst of overwhelming conditions of order and authority.  It is here in which Bruno lies to
Kotler.  Bruno is confronted with an agonizing moment.  If he stands up for Shmuel, there is an
immediate challenge to a brutal authority structure.  It is this structure that tormented Pavel,
a memory still fresh in Bruno's mind.  

Bruno does not consider the
implications of his actions until afterward.  Bruno realizes that he let his friend down,
prompting him to apologize to him.  At the time, Bruno's fear took over and he capitulated.  It
was one of the few moments where  Bruno did not represent what should be as opposed to what is.
 In this moment of panic and fear, he lies to Kotler about knowing Bruno.  It is an instant of
regret, something that he recognizes is wrong, but also something that he does do.  Certainly,
Bruno's instant of fear that makes him lie is offset with his strength and heroism at the end,
when Bruno needs him the most.

How and why do Beneatha and Mama's dreams conflict in A Raisin in the Sun?

It is
not too surprising that mother and daughter are in opposition a bit in this play. The
mother/daughter conflict exists in most of humanity. In , Mamas dreams only
conflict with s dreams when those dreams oppose traditional ideas of family life.

Any (and only) Beneathas dreams that oppose family are the dreams that Mama is
against. Because Mamas generation considers the man to be the natural head of the family, many
of Benethas dreams oppose this older idea of the woman as subservient. (Some say this has to do
with Mama being a Southerner who...

Did Bob Ewell rape his own daughter, Mayella Ewell?

A difference of
opinion will surround
this question.  There are some that think Mayella may not be referring to

anything more than the kisses most fathers give their daughters out of love, protection,
etc. 
However, in the context of the questioning at the trial and the timing
of Mayella's answers,
there's a chance that Bob may have engaged in some
inappropriate actions with Mayella.  Did he
rape her?  Nothing real concrete
is evident to support that, but there might very well be
something more than
simple physical abuse occurring at the Ewell house.  If Bob had been
involved
in inappropriate behavior with his daughter, jealousy would have been another
motive
for him to legally attack Tom (and physically attack Mayella).  Like
most great stories, you'll
get to decide for yourself what you truly believe,
but there is certainly many questions
surrounding this family that don't get
answered very clearly.

What major philosopher is the target of Voltaires satire when he talks about the best of all possible worlds? Who is this?

The
primary target of 'sinis the German philosopher Leibniz who claimed that our world is "the
best of all possible worlds". Leibniz argued that, in spite of its many imperfections, our
world must be the best of all possible worlds because it was created by an all knowing, all
powerful God who would not have tolerated anything less than the best possible world. Leibniz
claims that every other possible world that God could have created must have been worse, all
things considered, than our world. Fresh off the horrors of the Lisbon Earthquake in 1755 which
is thought to have killed as many as 100,000 people, Voltaire found Leibniz's argument pompous
and ridiculous and decided to demonstrate this ridiculousness through Candide. In the story,
Candide and his philosophical mentor Pangloss witness countless tragedies only to respond with
Leibnizian optimism that they live in the best of all possible worlds. 

What is an analysis of the poem "Da Same, Da Same" by Sipho Sepamla?

Sipho
Sepamla is a South African poet born in 1932. He wrote during Apartheid and had some of his work
banned by the Apartheid regime. Apartheid was a strict and violently enforced system of racial
segregation in South Africa that was enforced by the Dutch Empire and lasted from 1948 to 1990,
though informal...

Disease played a major role in ancient Greek and Roman civilization, especially in helping to bring them to an end. What were these diseases, and how...

Disease has the power to test civilizations. If a government is strong, it can
withstand the spread of disease. If a government is weak, oftentimes disease exposes these
problems and can lead to drastic decline or change, such as the famous Black Death that
undermined the European feudal system and helped usher Europe into the Early Modern phase of
monarchies and budding nation-states. Disease tests us still, with the rise of spread of Ebola
and many mosquito-born viruses. However, the ancient world also experienced major outbreaks of
disease, and two famous cases help demonstrate this: the plague of
Athens and the Antonine Plague of Rome.

In the 400s BCE, the Athenian city-state was embroiled in war with the Spartan
city-state. As the Spartans and her allies moved north to attack Athens, Athens walled herself
in, connecting the port of Piraeus to the main city. While this was a brilliant military tactic,
as the Spartans relied on a land-based army, General Pericles did not anticipate a...

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How does racism affect the children's lives in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Racism,
Maycombs usual disease," affects every
aspect of the childrens lives. Althoughraises them
to be accepting and loving
and to see the good in everyone, racist attitudes are shown to the
children
in their daily activities. , , and Dill do not succumb to the pressures from
their
neighbors but instead are disturbed, outraged, and spurred to action.
Their attitudes come from
their deep respect for Atticus but also from their
interactions with other .

Maycombs residents can be
shockingly ignorant. They participate in mobs bent on killing
an innocent man
before he has even gone to trial. They use racist terms and really believe
that
skin color makes a difference in morality. They treat people as servants
or second-class
citizens because their skin is black. One even commits a
heinous crime and blames an innocent
manBob knows he can blame Tom because
people will believe a drunken, sleazy white man over a
decent, hard-working
community member who is a black man.

Seeing and hearing

all of this has a great effect on the children, yet they hold to their morals because
they have
positive role models in their lives. To combat the racist
attitudes, there are many good people
who seek to overturn ignorance. Atticus
is the most vocal in fighting for Tomboth in and out of
the courtroom. He
does everything he can to help Tom, and even though its not enough to save

him, Atticus has a profound impact on his children, Jem vows to grow up to fight
too.

Heck Tate is the one who appointed Atticus, the best
attorney, to defend Tom; his
action at first goes unnoticed by the children
until it is pointed out to them. They realize
that sometimes fighting behind
the scenes can help. Miss Maudie is a vocal supporter of
morality, and she is
also fighting behind the scenes. Her influence on the children combats the

negative influence of people like Aunt Alexandra.

Therefore, Scout,
Jem, and
Dill may see the evils of racism in their neighbors and even in
family members, but they luckily
have a balancing force in people who are
level-headed and moral.

What signs do we see in the text of "Young Goodman Brown" that this destination is a frightening one on this particular night of the year?

Hawthorne
certainly foreshadows the malicious
nature of Brown's destination, long before Brown reaches the
Sabbath itself.
This is established from very early in the text. As Brown sets off on his

journey, Hawthorne writes,

With this excellent
resolve for
the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more
haste on his present evil
purpose. He had taken a dreary road, darkened by
all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which
barely stood aside to let the
narrow path creep through . . .

Note
the specific wording, that Brown had an "evil purpose"; furthermore,
note how
the road and the forests are described as off-putting and potentially dangerous
within
the text itself. As Brown continues, next we will find him running
into "the figure of a
man, in grave and decent attire, seated at the foot of
an old tree." As Hawthorne proceeds
to describe this individual, we learn the
following:

But
the only thing about
him that could be fixed upon as remarkable was his staff, which bore

the...

A People's History Of The United States Chapter 1 Summary

Zinn opens
with an account, from the Arawak Indian point of view, of the horrific slaughter and suffering
that came to them and Indians on other nearby islands when Columbus and his followers arrived.
Zinn states that the genocide inflicted on the Indians is not ignored, but quickly brushed over
by traditional historians such as Samuel Eliot Morison, encouraging us as readers to slide over
it as well. What is traditionally emphasized in histories, at least up until 1980, when Zinn
published this book, is the Western achievement in gaining the New World. Atrocity is brushed
aside and justified as the price of progress. This, Zinn says, is simply one version of history,
one that chooses to side with the ruling classes in society. As Zinn puts it,

The historian's distortion is more than technical, it is
ideological; it is released into a world of contending interests, where any chosen emphasis
supports (whether the historian means to or not) some kind of interest, whether economic
or...

What makes something ethical or unethical and how do you know if something is right or wrong?

Since you
have placed this under , I will answer it in the context of business ethics.  It is, in all
cases, very hard to put forth a universal criterion that tells us what is right or wrong in all
situations.  Therefore, this is a very tough question to answer.

I would
argue that, in the area of business, an action is right or ethical if there is no real
likelihood that it will harm innocent people.  There are two parts to this criterion, both of
which must be explained. 

First, I say that ethical actions should not harm
innocent people.  I say this because, in...

Identify the appropriate steps in the communication process.

The
communication process is a cyclical process continually repeating until any of the steps in the
process degrades to the point of destroying the communication link. To categorize the
appropriate step in the process it is best to start with identifying the steps leading up to the
current situation.

There are five steps to the communication
process.

Creation is the first step.
The creator must determine the message and the optimal method for transmitting the message to
the desired recipient.

Transmission is distributing the created message to the recipient
usually in writing or orally....

In Coelho's The Alchemist, what does Melchizedek consider to be "the world's great lie?

In the
novel , much of the story revolves around a theme of fate and
predestination. Santiago believes for a vast majority of the tale that he is being guided by
fate and that he can do nothing to change his future. He believes in the constraints of fate, in
short.

However, Melchizedek, the ancient king of Salem and precursor to the
Jewish Kings and Christ himself, appears to him to counsel him otherwise. He tells Santiago that
the greatest lie in life is that we are controlled by fate and that we lose our free will. When
we become convinced of this, we lose the power in our life and stop striving to reach our goals
and succeed. This advice motivates the young man to continue on his journey.

Explain one characteristic of a Gothic setting present in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Although
the streets of London and Soho where Mr. Hyde pursues his evil business recall the dark and
seedy strains of the Gothic, the primary Gothic setting in the story must be Dr. Jekyll's
laboratory building. A Gothic setting is often an old, decaying edifice, perhaps empty except
for the supernatural creatures that haunt it, or a secret, forbidden wing or room in an occupied
building. Jekyll's laboratory is a separate wing or building from his main home, and it is
accessed through a courtyard. Stevenson foreshadows the final scene of the story when Utterson
and Enfield, on their "usual walk," take the "back way to Dr. Jekyll's."
There, standing in the "premature twilight" of the courtyard, they see Dr. Jekyll in
an upper window. After a short, depressing conversation with him, they see his face change to an
"expression of ... abject terror," and he slams the window down. 

Later, when Poole comes to get Utterson, they make their way into the laboratory building. Its
surgical theater...

Burris Ewell

Burris Ewell
is one on the seven children Bob
Ewell has.  He is the same age and in the same grade as .  On
the first day
of school, Miss Caroline notices lice in Burris hair.  She is appalled by the

cootie crawling out of his hair.  The Ewell children are known for only coming to school
on
the first day of school and never coming back.  The Ewells are the true
white trash of the
community, and Burris shows the effects of growing up in
poverty and the conditions in which he
lives.  He is filthy and unkempt. 
When Miss Caroline asks Burris to leave, he is disrespectful
to her and
causes Miss Caroline to cry on the first day of school.  The only other mention
of
the Ewell children (except Mayella) is when Scout says she remembers just
seeing dirty faces
pressed against the window whenever she passed their
home.

They are a sad
family, and including Burris Ewell
early in the novel gives us a good idea of the dynamics of
the Ewell
family.

How did Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson differ in their respective approaches to the problem of regulating and controlling big business in the...

As
president, Theodore Roosevelt used an expansive definition of executive power to pursue
monopolies, or trusts, that he saw as injurious to the public welfare. This led to some
high-profile showdowns with powerful businessmen, such as his successful lawsuit against the
Northern Securities Company, a railroad trust controlled by plutocrat and financier J. P.
Morgan. As a result of this case and a handful of others (as well as Roosevelt's talent for
self-promotion and image creation), he became known as the "trust-busting" President.
But in truth, Roosevelt generally preferred to regulate the...

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How are women depicted differently than men in Never Let Me Go?

Before
tackling the subject of men and women in , it is important to understand
the time periods in which the story takes place. Although the book opens in the 1990s, the
actual story begins in the 1960s with Ruth, Kathy, and Tommy all at Hailsham, the boarding
school that is part preparation and part distraction from the dark fates awaiting each
character. While the events take place in our world, it is a world off kilter. Technological
advancements have created a kind of scienceutopia/dystopia, depending on whether you are a
recipient or a donor. Couple this with the attitudes toward men and women in the 60s, 70s, and
80s, and you have a heartbreaking environment in which to explore Ruth, Kathy, and Tommys
coming-of-age tale.

Immediately, you should notice that each gender has
certain roles ascribed to them. Men are to be more physical, masculine, and prone to anger and
outbursts when their emotions overwhelm them. Women, on the other hand, are expected to
be...

In what ways does George show how he protects Lennie?

From the
beginningexhibits solicitous, or caring, actions toward .

Soon after their
arrival in the clearing, Lennie flings himself down at the sight of a pool covered with algae,
gulping the water from his huge "paw." Immediately George scolds him, telling him not
to drink so much while also expressing his doubts about the water's quality. Then, as they
discuss the new job to which they are reporting the next day, George reminds Lennie that he
holds both of their work cards. Further, he instructs Lennie to keep quiet; George will do all
the talking when they meet the boss tomorrow. Both these actions are done to protect
Lennie.

George acts much like an older brother to Lennie: He complains that
he could get along better sometimes without Lennie, but he also speaks of their fraternity as he
mentions how other "bindle stiffs" roam from job to job and are very lonely, unlike
them. George and Lennie always have each other, as George states whenever Lennie asks him to
recite their...

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what is the injustice about Tom Robinson's death?

I think
that Tom Robinson's death is the very embodiment of injustice.   himself points this out when he
suggests that the jury and the town embrace "the evil assumption . . . that all Negroes are
basically immoral beings."  This represents the basic injustice that governs Tom Robinson's
life as well as the lives of  all African- Americans in the South of the time period.  Tom
experiences injustice in the fact that he is automatically presumed guilty because he is a man
of color in a word stratified by race. Such a condition embodies injustice.

Tom being imprisoned is a reflection of this injustice.  When Tom is killed by the
guards, it represents injustice because he should never have been imprisoned in the first place.
 The setting that brings about his death should not have been a place in which he existed.  The
fact that he was shot 17 times under the cover of needing to restore order in response to him
escaping is another example of injustice.  When Tom tellsat the end of the novel that most
people are [real nice] "when you see them," it is a stinging reminder that the death
of Tom Robinson represented the essence of injustice.  Tom was never "seen" by those
in the position of power.  He was never seen as a human being.  In this, the injustice that
envelops his life and brings about his death is most evident.  Tom's sense of goodness was never
validated.  He never received due credit for helping someone who needed it, expanding his sense
of compassion and empathy.  Instead, he experienced scorn and rejection, and in the process died
a death rooted in injustice.

What is unusual about the Party's mottos? WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH--- Each one seems to contain two contradictory words?...

The first
answer here has a good, detailed in-depth discussion of why the Party chose those mottos. 
However, it is not clear to me that that answer really goes with your question.

In response to your particular question, I would say that you are right -- what is
unusual about the mottos is simply that they seem to (and do) contradict themselves.

You would not expect a party or, in this case, an entire society, to be built around
ideas that cannot possibly be true.  But that is the case in 's vision of the future.  The first
answer gives a good discussion of why he might have had the Party use these slogans.

 

How does a lack of communication lead to a lack of emotional connection in the Interpreter of Maladies? Can this be used as a theme?

The lack
of communication between Mr. Kapasi and the Das family leads to a lack of emotional connection
by making it hard for the parties to comprehend the mannerisms and behaviors of each other.
First, Mr Kapasi is shocked by the way the Das family treats each other; the father and mother
(Raj and Mina) act like older siblings instead of parents to their children (Bobby, Ronny, and
Tina). According to Kapasi, Mina seems to hate doing things for her...

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How does Macbeth's ambition lead him to his tragic demise in Shakespeare's Macbeth?

, theand tragic hero in
's , possess hamartia. Hamartia, named by Aristotle in Poetics, is a tragic
flaw possessed by any tragic hero. This flaw is just that, tragic (meaning deadly).

Macbeth's hamartia is his ambition. While his ambition grows over the course of the
play, it exists prior to his hearing of the prophecy of. Given that he is a renowned
soldier,...

How does the author create suspense in "The Open Window"?

The author
creates suspense by using a narrative style that is unique and characters who are believable.
The narrative structure is that offrame story. Usually, in a frame story we have one narrator
and it is impossible to check to see if that narrator is truthful. Here, Vera seems to be
truthful when she tells Nuttel the story of Mr.Sappleton and the...

In Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, what is the analysis of cultural displacement in "Mrs. Sen," and how does it impact the characters?

Gaia Chandler, M.A.

Cultural displacement means being plucked out from my place and dropped into an alien
environment. What makes a place mine? The food we love, friends and family, the weather,
shared experiences? For some people, migrating from the cozy small town they grew up in to study
at a large university can also be a form of cultural dislocation. Add to this issues of race,
language, and geographical distance, and you begin to get some idea of the displacement the
eponymousofs short story Mrs. Sen (1999) feels. Mrs. Sen is in a New England university town,
far from her native Calcutta in India. The chilly New England weather, the habitually reserved
nature of its inhabitants, and its vast, windswept empty stretches may as well be Jupiter for
Mrs. Sen, who is used to warm, crowded, festive Calcutta. While her Bengali husband goes to work
at the university, Mrs. Sen decides to offer her services as a babysitter to fill her days,
taking in eleven-year-old...

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Why did the Thirteen Colonies revolt?

The
American colonies revolted over what they perceived to be a lack of disrespect for their rights
as British subjects. Britain practiced salutary neglect towards the colonies for years, thus
granting them a bit of self-rule unofficially, as the colonists often found ways around
following the British navigation acts and British taxation laws. After the French and Indian
War, Britain sought to tighten its controls on the American colonies in order to strengthen the
treasury. The colonists revolted as they stated that they were not represented in Parliament.
Parliament countered that they were not a representative body and that they had a rightful duty
to tax British subjects wherever they lived.

The American colonies also
revolted against British punishments. After the French and Indian War, violators of the
Navigation Acts could now be tried in front of Admiralty courts. This meant the lack of a jury
trial. Britain also closed down the port of Boston and...

Ä°n "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, is Dee wholly unsympathetic? Is the mother's victory over her altogether positive? What emotional ambivalence is...

In
"," Dee is not a wholly unsympathetic character.  In the story, she represents the
voice and ideology of the Black Power Movement, so her motivation for wanting to preserve her
family's items as cultural artifacts is understood.  As a result, Mama's victory over Dee in the
end is not entirely positive; in fact, the story suggests that Mama and Maggie may never see Dee
again because they cannot come to a compromise on where they stand regarding how best to honor
the family's heritage.  Mama does not buy into the notion of "preserving" culture.
 

The emotional ambivalence at the end of the story occurs when Dee tells
Mama that she does not understand anything about her heritage.  She goes on to say that "it
is a new day for us," meaning that black people have more opportunities in the country than
ever before, but Maggie just smiles and Mama says nothing.  The reader is left to consider which
side to support:  Dee's or Mama's.  The story does imply that Walker's message sides with Mama's
perspective; however, readers are left to consider Dee's perspective too.  This ambivalence
represents the tension in critical thought at the time regarding the ideas posited by the Black
Power Movement.

Write a brief character sketch on Mrs Sappleton (Vera's Aunt) in "The Open Window."

's ironic wit
is at its best in his short story, "" as the precocious niece Vera who cleverly
fabricates a tale around the truth of Mrs. Sappleton's husband and brothers' disappearance tht
terrifies the guest, Framton Nuttel, also suggests some things about her aunt.  While Vera
depicts her aunt as delusional--"Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back some
day"--she does reveal some truth about Mrs. Sappleton: she is fastidious.  For, the window
is open because Mrs. Sappleton has never wanted the hunters to traipse across her
carpets. 

As Vera is in the middle of her tale, Mrs. Sappleton "bustled
into the room" offering "a whirl of apologies" for her tardiness in coming down
to greet Mr. Nuttel. She then apolgizes for the open window, explaining that it serves to retain
her "poor carpets."  Then, she expresses a gender bias, though not meant to give
offense:  "So like you menfolk, isn't it?"  Without noticing Framton Nuttel's
horrified reaction, Mrs. Sappleton "rattled on cheerfully" on topics relative to the
men's hunting. As she speaks, Mrs. Sappleton eyes flit to the window and the lawn beyond it.  As
Framton decides to discuss his ailments, Mrs. Sappleton is barely able to stifle a yawn of
boredom which is instantly relieved when she spots the hunters returning.  One of the men,
having neared the window, is heard calling to the dog not to run so.  Hearing this ghost speak,
Framton Nuttel flees in terror.

All that Mrs. Sappleton can do is remark on
how extraordinary Nuttel is.  She is appalled at his talk of illnesses and then his
"dashing off" so rudely.  "One would think he had seen a ghost."  Vera
explains to her that Nuttel fears dogs because he was once hunted by a "pack of pariah
dogs."

Obviously, Vera is far more clever than Mrs. Sappleton, who seems
to live her life in a fairly confining fashion, absorbed in what occurs with her immediate
family only.  For, she is in no hurry to meet Framton Nuttel and simply appears out of some
sense of obligation and civility.  She is fairly myopic, as well, as she does not observe any of
the dynamics between Vera and Framton before she sits down.  Nor does she ask Framton anything
about himself; instead she "rattles on cheerfully" about her family that is out
hunting.  When Framton flees, she demonstrates no real concern for him then, either, as she does
not call him back, but only remarks upon what an odd man he is.

Religion Class: How is Maximus characterized in the film "Gladiator" with Russell Crowe

is the direct
and indirect description of a character.occurs when the narrator of a story tells us precise
details of the character, both physical and psychological. 

is what the
audience infers from a character based on the reactions that a character displays as a result of
different situations. 

In movies there is hardly any narration, so the
audience immediately builds the bond with the character after watching it, creating the indirect
characterization themselves. 

According to the screenplay, the
characterization of Maximus is that of a soldier, son of a good friend of Marcus Aurelius, and
born in Hispania in 152 A.D. He was a Standard Bearer in the military at age 17, and moved from
optio to centurion, to Primus Plius. 

Maximus characterizes himself in the
movie with the lines: 

Commander of the Armies of the
North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father
to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife.

While
there is no direct characterization in terms of the physical traits of Maximus, a bust found in
the Tiber river in the 18th century may have been used to inspire the looks of Maximus in the
movie, but that is unlikely as actors are often chosen prior to production. 

Indirectly, we can characterize Maximus as the embodiment of the Roman virtues. His
distinction in battle, as a husband, as a father, and as a citizen basically imply that he is a
whole man, one who is well-rounded and capable of a multitude of things. So great is his
capacity that the emperor even bypassed his own bloodline to favor Maximus as his heir. That he
is courageous and strong is no doubt; that he is also unafraid, an gifted is also a fact. If you
review the Via Romana, or the Roman Way, Maximus posesses every single factor that delineates
the true Roman citizen; one who is unimpeachable and whose depth of character is
incorruptible. 

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What is the powerful message conveyed to the readers in the poem 'War Photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy, and how is it conveyed?

Like many
poets, Carol Ann Dufy poses many questions in poetry.In the poem 'War Photographer' the word
'question' or 'ethics' might be more suitable than message, because the questions she is asking
are still being asked today around conflict, war and suffering and in discussing how best to
report it in order to deal positively with differing sides. The goal would ideally be to please
everybody and have all sides agree, but one of her messages is that 'it's
complicated.'

There are many differing opinions on the reporting of world
conflicts. Some say it is important to get the news out, to get pictures, to get eye witness
reports out. But like most things, media technology changes. For example we now have
instantaneous social media reporting opportunities the war photographer could never have dreamed
of in Belfast or Beirut. In some ways this is good, as each of us now has power to speak the
truth and to document it. But as always, the truth can be bent and twisted, angles put on
things, facts and opinions deliberately omitted, timing scheduled deliberately to create or dim
effect and so on - even on social media channels. Others believe that some fighters (tyrants and
terrorists for example) should not be covered at all, their story left untold and unsupported,
their war cries denied the boosting 'oxygen of publicity.' Either way, Duffy asks the questions
and each reader takes their own message away.

What is Kafkas message about human nature?

is arguably the best work
of s career, and part of its enduring legacy is that it
defies any singular
reading. Gregor Samsas transformation from an unfulfilled salesman to a
giant
bug can be dissected through a number of different lenses. Kafka might have been
making
the point that the daily grind of the modern world turns everyone into
the spiritual equivalent
of insects. He might have been saying that within
every human is a primal, uglythough in some
ways, freeingforce of life and
nature. The bug might have been anfor how Gregor views himself
and his state
of being.

One often overlooked aspect of The

Metamorphosis is how Gregors relationship to his family changes after
his
transformation. His family is understandably surprised, and in some
scenes fearful and
disgusted, by what Gregor has become. Not only is his
family put off his outward appearance, but
because he is no longer capable of
supporting them financially as he was before, his father ends
up throwing an
apple at him, which lodges in his back and eventually helps to kill him. Yet
even
with Samsas dying breath, he is thinking fondly back on his
family:

He thought back on his family
with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would
have to disappear
was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's€¦Then, without his consent,

his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak
breath.

It is difficult to interpret
what to make of this ending. Samsas
family is not able to see past his
grotesque exterior and love him unconditionally, as love for
a family member
should be. Samsas love, on the other hand, seems to be unconditional to the
last
breath. He sees himself as a burden on his family and does not blame
them for their negative
feelings. The point Kafka might be making about human
nature is that unconditional love is
possible, though it is very rare. He
might also be saying that only when we exist outside of
normal societal bonds
are we able to see what is most important in life. Finally, he could hold
the
bleak view that life is essentially meaningless and even the love we hold onto to give
it
meaning is, in its basest form, only a lie.

What is Thoreau's doctrine of simplicity as described in Walden?

Thoreau
believes that through simple living, one can have what is most important in life.  He explains
his doctrine of simplicity in Chapter 2, saying, "as long as possible, live free and
uncommitted...we are happy in proportion to the things we can do without". Thoreau tells
how he once thought about buying a farm, but realized that he could better experience and
appreciate the important things in life, such as the beauty of nature and the landscape around
him, without being tied down by ownership of material things.

Why is Illegal Immigration an important issue to talk about?

I think the most
obvious importance of this issue is the fact that the current system of immigration and border
security in the United States is broken.  There is little incentive for people to come here
legally since the process is so expensive and time consuming, while most people who come here
are doing so because they are economically desperate.

While it is certainly
true that the labor force immigrants (both legal and illegal) provide is currently necessary for
our economy to expand and function, we cannot continue to both employ them and call for their
expulsion and denial of services.  We either have to revamp our economy so that immigrant labor
is not needed and the prevailing wage will attract citizen workers (quite unlikely), or we need
immigration reform to create a functional system that allows these workers to come here, find a
path to citizenship, and become an open and valued part of the American
workforce.

What's the relation between business and a market economy?

I think that
the answer you are looking for is that a market economy allows people to form their own
businesses to sell pretty much whatever they want (as long as they do not try to sell something
illegal).  In a market economy, choices like whether to create a business or what to have your
business make and sell are left up to the individual.

This is why a market
economy is often referred to as a free market economy.  It is an economy where people are free
to make economic decisions based on what they feel is best.  This is different from, for
example, a command economy where a government would be deciding what businesses could exist,
what they could sell, what their prices would be, etc.

So businesses are
freest to exist and to make their own decisions in a market economy.

What is the stream of consciousness and how is it exemplified in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?"

Stream-of-consciousness writing usually
involves the narrator speaking of whatever comes into their head, without any predictable or
planned structure or topic.  It is as if you set your thoughts into a stream, and allow the
currents to take you wherever they may go.  It is an interesting form of writing because it can
reveal quite about about a person's character; where their mind rambles in their journey reveals
how their thoughts work, what they worry about most, and can expose vulnerabilities and
interesting revelations that would be kept under check in more structured, planned
writing.

In "," Eliot uses stream-of-consciousness writing to
reveal the character traits of the narrator, Prufrock.  The central thought that his character,
Prufrock, is pondering is whether or not to ask a loved one an important question, presumably a
marriage proposal or some other feelings-related question.  However, as he ponders if, when and
how to do this, his mind rambles along a lot of other pathways, which reveal important character
traits.  As he speaks of parties, he reveals his distaste for their futility; as he speaks of
women, he reveals his intimidation of them; as he speaks of great men and literature, he reveals
his disconnect with their heroes; as he speaks of himself, he reveals his incredible insecurity
and longing for meaning in life.  Every time his mind wanders off on its stream of thought,
however, it always loops back to the stressful issue at hand--his desire to communicate
something important to his loved one.

"The Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock" is a great example of stream-of-consciousness writing and how it can be used to
reveal character in a creative way.   I hope that those thoughts helped; good
luck!

What is a simile in Edgar Allan Poe's poem, Annabel Lee?

Ais a , a
literary device which adds emphasis,
gives visual clarity and makes a comparison between things
that would not
normally or literally be compared. It is distinct fromwhich also makes a

comparison because a simile uses the word "like" in its description or it may
use
" as...as."

In 's poem , Poe
gives his poem a
lyrical, but at the same time eerie quality. At the
beginning, the reader may be encouraged to
settle down and listen to a story
about the idyllic life of Annabel Lee who has "no other
thought / Than to
love and be loved by me," the narrator. However, it soon becomes clear
that
this first person narrator is quite apparently obsessed with her to the point that
he
imagines that even "the winged seraphs of heaven / Coveted her and me"
which means
that they were jealous of the extent of his and Annabel's love
for each other, an example
ofwhich is gross over-exaggeration. 

As the poem progresses, the narrator
makes use ofand we see it in
the repeated h-sound in the fourth verse when he suggests that,
"The angels,
[are] not half so happy in heaven"

as he and Annabel Lee have been on earth. Alliteration is
often
used with similes (for example, as busy as a bee) and the above
statement is the closest to a
simile as possible with the narrator saying
that the angels are not
as happy
as he and Annabel Lee are.
Angels' happiness
could not normally be compared to earthly happiness and angels are not

comparable to humans. "As happy as a lark"  or "as happy as Larry" are
common
similes and "Larry's" origin is mostly unknown and only

presumed.