Monday, December 31, 2018

A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do that?

Friday in
this riddle is the name of a conveyance: a horse, car, motorcycle, etc.anything that can be
ridden.

The other clue word in the phrasing of the question is on. The
riddle could be worded came into town on, arrived in town on, or even went to town
on.

Since we pair ride and on in English, the riddle will work with
anything that can be sat on and ridden. Traditionally, the answer is that the mans horse is
named Friday. While Friday is an unusual name, it is not unheard of. Other examples of English
names that refer to more than one thing include April, May, and Robin.

Also,
the length of time the cowboy (or man, or woman) stays in the town can vary to anything short of
a week (if the cowboy stayed one week, it would be Friday again, so he would of course leave on
a Friday).

What are the three main points of "Hills Like White Elephants" and two pieces of evidence for each point?

First, this story
conveys the idea that it is often difficult for human beings to honestly
communicate their feelings to one another
. Jig, the girl, struggles with this, as
does the American man. The American seems to want Jig to have an abortion, though he does not
want to pressure her, so he doesn't come right out and name his preference. Instead, he says
things like, "'It's really an awfully simple operation . . . It's not really an operation
at all.'" Jig seems quite unsure, perhaps wanting to keep the baby. However, she wants to
please the man. She asks things like, "'And if I do it you'll be happy and things will be
like they were and you'll love me?'" Neither really says how they feel honestly.


Second, this story conveys the idea that some gifts feel more like
burdens than blessings
. Jig's statement that the hills in the distance
"'looked like white elephants'" draws attention to this idea. White elephants used to
be quite valuable, however, they are very expensive to care for. One...

Each of the stories in Interpreter of Maladiesdeals with loss, whether the loss of a child in A Temporary Matter, the loss of tradition in...

Ron Michael Miraflores

Although writerwho was born in London and grew up in Rhode Islandis not a native of
India, she is still a member of its global diaspora. Lahiri's parents were born and raised in
India, particularly West Bengal, and they instilled Bengali/Indian cultural values in her at a
young age. Although Lahiri was born twenty years after the Partition of India, she has studied
the history and political and cultural complexities of the event. In the same way that scholars
of World War II or the Cultural Revolution study these historical events despite being born
after their...

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Saturday, December 29, 2018

What types and forms of artwork were produced during the Ancient Rome--Roman Republic to Roman Empire--time period that provide information about the...

When studying
ancient art the type of documentation that describe life as the ancients knew it, aside written
documentation, is the graphic representations seen in colored painting and pottery. In Ancient
Rome the Etruscans were the pioneers in arts and architecture, creating the unique style that is
representative of the era.  

This being said, most of the documentation that
we get from Ancient Rome comes in the decorations that are mainly found in vases. Imitating
the...

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Thursday, December 27, 2018

Where can I find analyses of each chapter, via the internet? Mainly chapters Part 1 chapter 16, part 2 chapter 4 and part 3 chapter 8

Both the
websites provided above are decent sources - certainly they are quite accessable and definitely
free.  But I would encourage you to read several sources as anything free on the Internet may or
may not be the best information. ...

In The Scarlet Letter, what is the "black flower" of civilized society?

When the narrator
describes the town, he says,

Certain it is that, some
fifteen or twenty years after the settlement of the town, the wooden jail was already marked
with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave a yet darker aspect to its
beetle-browed and gloomy front [....].  Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the
wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-pern,
and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so
early borne the black flower of civilized society, a prison.


Thus, he describes the prison's appearance, quite unfavorably, as well as the space of
land between the street and the jail.  This grassy area has been taken over by ugly plants that
seem to match the unpleasant appearance of the prison.  The narrator suggests that these gross
weeds have found something agreeable, something with which they can get along, in rooting
themselves in the same soil as this prison.  He calls the prison the "black flower of
civilized society," implying that it is our shame, a black mark on us.  Perhaps this is
because a truly civilized society would have no need to imprison anyone: maybe crimes wouldn't
be committed in the first place, or, if they were, then a civilized society would have more
civilized ways of rehabilitating those who break its laws.  The existence of the prison implies
that a society is, perhaps, not as civilized as it purports to be, even€“€“and maybe,
especially€“€“the Puritans, who felt they were so righteous and yet made early plans for dealing
with law-breakers.

What do the reader and Calvin learn about Meg's math ability?

The
answer to your question can be found in chapter three of 's .  Calvin and
Meg are at Meg's house, and Meg's mother is getting dinner reader.  Mrs. Murry suggests that
they finish up their homework before the food is ready.  Calvin says that he does have some math
homework, and the mother suggests that Meg help out.  Calvin doesn't think that Meg will be able
to help, because he is several grades ahead of her.  

Mrs.
Murry smiled. "Why don't you get Meg to help you?"

"But, see,
I'm several grades above Meg."

"Try asking her to help you with
your math, anyhow," Mrs. Murry suggested.

It turns
out that Meg is really, really good at math.  She knows a bunch of short cuts, because she and
her father used to play math games together.  Apparently, Meg is not only good at math, but she
is also a good teacher as well, because Calvin finally begins to understand his math homework.
 

"Well, we have to do it their way. Now look,
Calvin, don't you see how much easier it would be if you did it this way?" Her pencil flew
over the paper.

"Hey!" Calvin said. "Hey! I think I get it.
Show me once more on another one."

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Copper Corrosion

trophyhunter1 When copper or iron
combine with oxygen, this process is known as oxidation. Another term is corrosion. These
metals, along with aluminum over time corrode and lose strength, conductivity and luster. With
iron, reddish flakes form when it rusts. The chemical equation in words is-- iron plus water
plus oxygen forms rust. In symbols, it is 4(Fe)+ 6 H2O+ 3 O2 forms 4Fe(0H)3 which is rust.
Copper reacting with oxygen will produce copper oxide. The chemical equation is4Cu+ 02 forms
2Cu20. In other words, copper plus oxygen forms copper oxide.]]>

Which pieces of federal labor legislation do you believe are most important? Why?

The Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ensures
that American workers receive a minimum wage for their work.
Before the
minimum wage was fully introduced in 1938, employers were free to pay their
workers
whatever the largely unregulated labor market dictated.


When levels of
unemployment were high, employers had the power to
drive down wages, safe in the knowledge that
there would always be enough
people willing to take a job for very little money. This gave
employers an
unfair advantage over their workers, who'd often have to take on a number of

different jobs to make ends meet.

Chronically low wages also tended
to go
alongside dangerous, unsafe working conditions. Employers
unwilling...

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

How is the mood created in Our Town by Thornton Wilder?

Literary mood, also called , is created by a
combination of many elements including , setting, description and . Mood is something that has a
focus within the setting. It is sometimes confused with the narrator's "tone" but is
different in that the narrator's tone (or tone of voice) has a focus outside the setting. For
example, a calm narrator can tell a scary ghost story: the tone is calm the mood is
scary.

As in all literature and drama, mood in created in
by a combination of setting, diction, characterization, and description.
Examples of how setting and diction contribute to mood are as follows.


Setting has a lot to do with mood in that the stage is starkly dressed, in fact, almost
empty. Another element contributing to mood is that the scenes jump and time jumps with little
feeling of a flow of continuity. In fact, the Stage Manager's speeches are needed to establish
the continuity that is missing otherwise.

Diction is the choice of words and
includes high, low, formal, informal, , concrete, abstract. The vocabulary of the narrative
established the mood as well and the tone of the narrator and the style of the author.


In this case, the diction is low and informal with some trace of dialect as in
"our mount'in." the vocabulary is concrete talking about stars, mountains, main
Street, churches; these are all concrete objects. The dialogue between characters is generally
carried on in short sentences and often only one sentence per speaker: "Morning, Joe."
"Somebody been sick, Doc?" "No. Just some twins born over in Polish
Town."

Jem's Character Development in To Kill a Mockingbird Explain Jem's character development in To Kill a Mockingbird.

starts out as a
child.He plays with his younger sister , and Dill who is also much younger.He takes part in the
role-playng, and fears his father's disapproval when he sneaks onto the Radley property and
loses his pants.However once the trial starts, he becomes an adult in some ways.He understands
much more than Scout.Yet he is still childlike, because he does not accept the verdict and
doesn't understand his society.]]>

What is Big Brother's function in 1984?

Big Brother
is a father figure, who, like Stalin or Hitler, is supposed to be deeply beloved, honored, and
obeyed by all the people in his country. He is a symbol of the state and the Party. The Party
wishes for him to become the only being anyone loves and to be followed
with slavish, mindless devotion.

Big Brother is a threatening father figure,
too, which the motto most associated with him suggests: "Big Brother is watching YOU."
This motto could mean that he is watching over and protecting each of his people, as a good
leader might, but in reality, it means that the Party has its citizens under constant
surveillance. Any deviation from orthodoxy is severely punished.

One of the
chief signs of 's deviance, in the eyes of the Party, is his hatred of and desire to destroy Big
Brother. However, by the end of the novel, he has adopted the proper slavish attitude of
complete devotion to this figure.

Monday, December 24, 2018

what rock and roll song has six different uses of figurative language songs with figurative language

David Bowie may
count. "Life on Mars" and "Ashes to Ashes" speak in metaphors and can be
taken in so many different ways. "Life on Mars", in one lyric, can be making a
reference to either Lenin or Lennon.

Then there is Queen and their body of
work. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is overflowing with metaphors, as well as most their early
work (prior to 1981).

 

The nations that marched off to fight in the fall of 1914 all expected a short, sharp, and victorious war. Why did the First World War instead devolve...

This
description of WWI mainly describes the Western Front, as the Eastern Front was more dynamicwith
Germany making significant inroads into the Russian Empire.

One major reason
that the Western Front turned into a stalemate was defensive technology. Trenches became quite
advanced, and many could survive anything short of a direct artillery hit. Soldiers used barbed
wire to slow down incoming attackers. Automatic rifle fire also turned the space between the
trenches into killing fields, thus making an advance of a few hundred yards
remarkable.

Artillery grew to unprecedented levels, and the large shell holes
that pockmarked the battlefield also made maneuver difficult, especially when these were filled
with water. The muddy conditions of no-man's land also contributed to the deteriorating health
and morale of the solders on both sides.

Another factor was that the tactics
remained relatively unchanged since the days of linear warfare. Soldiers continued to come out
of their trenches in waves and were thus mowed down by automatic rifle fire. Rolling artillery
barrages often hit the soldiers they were trying to protect. The tank proved little help for the
Allies as it was not until late in the war that it was used in conjunction with
infantry.

The stalemate on the Western Front consumed Britain, France, and
Germany. After the first year of the war, neither side wanted to quit fightingas it became a
matter of national honor to continue the war to its conclusion no matter the cost. Tactics could
not keep up with advances in weaponry; as a result, millions lost their lives in an event that
is one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century.

Saturday, December 22, 2018

What similarities exist between the ancient civilizations of Harappa and Mesopotamia?

There are
indeed a number of similarities between the ancient Mesopotamian and Harappan civilizations.
Much more is known about the Mesopotamian civilizations than Harappa as the former left
decipherable textual histories. All we know about the Harappan people must therefore come solely
from archaeological interpretations.

Both civilizations relied heavily on
rivers. They used rivers for transportation as well as irrigation. Having a relatively reliable
source of water meant that they were able to support large-scale agriculture that allowed them
to feed a large population. In order to best make use of the available water, both civilizations
developed irrigation and water storage techniques and technology.

Agriculture
requires complex divisions of labor. Both the Mesopotamians and the Harappans had a large farmer
class which was responsible for growing the food to feed centralized urban populations. City
dwellers, free from the burden of growing food, were employed as merchants and artisans. This
gave rise to trade, manufacturing, and commerce. Indeed, the Mesopotamians and the Harappans
even engaged in trade with each other.

There is some evidence to suggest that
early in these civilizations' history, women were relatively empowered for the ancient world. In
Mesopotamia, written records indicate that women could make their own business and trade
contracts and own property. The large number of shrines to female deities in the Indus River
Valley suggests that women there had a certain degree of independence as well.


Both civilizations were ruled by a king who also likely had a religious function. The
king made laws, conducted treaties, headed the bureaucracy, led the military, and settled
disputes.

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In Mexican Whiteboy, where was Danny's dad?

Danny's father
disappeared from his life a long time before the story takes place. His father is Mexican
American, while his mother is white. Danny feels a sense of isolation and confusion because he
does not know how to define himselfas white or as Mexican in origin. He attends a private school
where he feels a shade darker than everyone else, but with his dad's family he feels very white.
While Danny does not know why his dad left, he believes that his dad went back to Mexico because
his son is part white....

Who are the protagonist and antagonist of the story? Characteristics of each?

While
the narrator, Leo, could certainly be considered to be aof , it seems more
apt that the novel's namesake and central focus be considered, as she faces the central conflict
more directly. Stargirl is a free-spirited and eccentric teenager who puts off the many
high...

At the end of 1984, what "victory over himself" does Winston realize he has won?

To understand
whatmeans by this phrase, take a look at the line which follows:


He loved Big Brother.

In other words, Winston no
longer thinks of rebellion; he is no longer concerned with bringing down the Party. His
experiences in the Ministry of Love, particularly in Room 101, have successfully moulded him
into an obedient Party member. His sense of individualism and his desire for free thought which
dominated the previous chapters of the novelhave disappeared. 

This is,
perhaps, not the ending that the reader might have expected, but it is significant because it
demonstrates the power of Big Brother and, more importantly, how the processes of torture and
brainwashing can erode any personal loyalty, like the loyalty between Winston and
.

Friday, December 21, 2018

This was always august favorite holiday

's
favorite holiday was always Halloween. He loved Halloween because it was the one day a year when
he could take the opportunity o be someone else, if only for one day. Auggie loved pretending
that he was someone else, and when he was younger he used to wear an astronaut helmet
everywhere. This allowed him to hide what made other people stare at him and imagine that he was
living a different life. He couldn't wear the astronaut helmet after an eye surgery, and then he
lost it (or thinks he did), and he adjusted to life without it, but Halloween remained his
favorite holiday.

That seems to change on the holiday he experiences at his
new school. Auggie had planned on dressing up as Boba Fett for school and the Halloween parade,
but when Halloween morning arrives, he is unable to put on his Boba Fett costume. It requires
the help of an adult, and Auggie's dad is busy with Via. In the interest of time, Auggie chooses
to wear his Bleeding Scream costume instead. He wears it to school and nobody recognizes him.
Unfortunately, Auggie overhearsmaking fun of him to , because Jack has been expecting Auggie to
come to school as Boba Fett. He has no idea that it is Auggie under the Bleeding Scream costume.
This very nearly ruins Auggie's Halloween. After school he is devastated and crying and has
decided that he won't go to the Halloween parade. Via is able to soothe him and convince him to
dress up as Boba Fett and go with her to the parade.

Thursday, December 20, 2018

What is Emerson's style as well as his literary techniques in chapter 3 of his text Nature?

Emerson employs
logos, appealing to his audience's logical faculties, to discuss
the beauty of nature: its source, its appearance, and its effects. He presents his arguments
quite logically, such as when he describes the laws of light and how perspective is produced.
His is also precise and somewhat formalthough not stilted or
without emotionlending further to his logical presentation of these ideas.

He
also speaks from his own personal experience, not restricting his
comments to the merely rational. He employs when he describes the
sight of the sunrise from his house: "The long slender bars of cloud float like fishes in
the sea of crimson light. From the earth, as a shore, I look out into that silent sea."
This is a good example of visual imagery, as he describes the beautiful and colorful
sight.

Further, in this and other descriptions, he employs
similes, comparing the clouds to fish, the light to the sea, and
the earth to the shore.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

What is the significance of 1984's plot structure being broken up into 3 sections?

It's
instructive that the three-act structure of mirrors Oceania's tripartite
class system. At the top of the pyramid, we have the Inner Party, the political elite, which
makes up around 2% of the population. They are simply known as "The Party" because,
for all intents and purposes, whatever they say becomes law. The members of the elite determine
the State's often rapidly changing policies. They enjoy special privileges denied to everyone
else, such as good food, comfortable living quarters, and the right to turn off their
telescreens. That said, it can still be tough at the top, and Inner Party members are no less
subject to brutal torture and punishment than anyone else should they be foolish enough to step
out of line.

Below the Inner Party, we have the Outer Party, of whichandare
members. These are the regime's functionaries, expected to carry out the Inner Party's
directives to the letter. They are also expected to display exemplary ideological zeal,
participating...

Why does racism still exist? Why does racism still exist?

Racism still exists
because parents are still teaching their children to hate.When a child is raised in an
environment of hate, he will learn to hate.Children need to be taught to hate, or be raised
surrounded by hate, in order to learn to be racists.Schools cannot entirely counteract
this.]]>

What are some cases where drug-testing programs have been overruled by the United States Supreme Court because the school did not demonstrate a robust...

There are
several major cases that established this precedent. First, we have Board of Education
v. Earls
(2002). In this case, it was established that drug testing was
unconstitutional for people outside of athletics. Within athletic programs, drug testing was
required to ensure that no performance enhancing drugs were being used. Outside of that,
however, there was no valid reason students should be required to undergo drug testing, and
therefore it was ruled unconstitutional.

The case of New Jersey v.
TLO
(1985) is one of the biggest cases for this precedent. Not strictly related to
drug testing, though encompassing it, this case established that schools did not have authority
for unauthorized search and seizure of students' goods on campus. Searches and drug tests were
performed without consent or warrant, and this was a major violation of the Fourth Amendment and
was summarily overruled.

Vernonia School District v. Acton
(1995) upheld the need for students to participate in voluntary drug testing to
participate in sports and athletic activities but at the same time restricted the drug testing
to those activities alone. This case was instrumental in defining the line between mandatory and
unauthorized drug testing. In either situation, it established that consent is mandatory for any
drug testing performed.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

As seen in "Charles," describe Laurie's behavior at home and define how is it similar to Charles' behavior at school?

Laurie's behavior
mirrors that ofin a number of ways. On his first day, for example, Laurie speaks to his father
"coldly" when he tells him that he did not "learn nothing" at school. This
is comparable to Charles's "fresh" attitude toward the kindergarten teacher.


Similarly, on the second day of school, Charles get in trouble for hitting the teacher
while, at home, Laurie misbehaves by calling his father "dumb."

On
the following Monday, Laurie tells his parents that Charles had to stay behind after school
because he yelled so loudly that it disturbed another class. Similarly, at home, Laurie insults
his father again. This time, he calls him an "old dust mop."


Laurie's mother and father believe that Charles's bad behavior is unsettling their son
and causing him to misbehave at home. In reality, Laurie and Charles are the same person, but it
is not until a meeting with his teacher that this fact becomes apparent.

According to Orwell, what was life in 1984?

In 's
classic novel, the world is controlled by three superpowers in the year ; these superpowers are
dystopian totalitarian regimes that control virtually every aspect of society. Theof the story,
, lives in the dystopian nation of Oceania, where citizens are under constant surveillance and
have absolutely no individual rights. Telescreens are everywhere, and the Thought Police patrol
society and arrest political dissidents on a regular basis.

The
authoritarian regime also continuously alters and fabricates historical documents to control
propaganda and...

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Why did France's overseas trade suffer during the French Revolution?

First of all,
you should probably look in your own text for this because different texts can emphasize
different things and what I think is most important may not be what your text's author
thinks.

To me, the most important factor that harmed France's overseas trade
during the Revolution was the fact that the Revolution really hurt France's domestic
industries.  In order to sell stuff to people overseas, you have to make it first.  France's
"manufacturing" sector was really tied in to the old order and so it was seriously
disrupted when the Revolution started to destroy that old order.  Since it was disrupted, there
was less in the way of goods for France to sell overseas.

In Paulo Coelho's book, The Alchemist, how does the crystal merchant's explanation for not taking the pilgrimage to Mecca make sense?

In 's
book, , the crystal merchant's explanation for not taking the pilgrimage to
Mecca makes sense to the boy.

The crystal merchant, who has hired the boy in
hopes of selling more crystal, describes what the Prophet teaches in the Koran.


The fifth obligation of every Muslim is a pilgrimage. We are
obliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca.


The merchant shares that he never went on the pilgrimage because he
could never trust his crystal in someone else's care. When the boy asks the merchant why he does
not go now, after thirty years of working, the merchant explains that the
idea of Mecca is what keeps him moving forward, that without the dream,
he'd have no reason for living. He also notes that if he went to Mecca, he might be
disappointed, so he just dreams about it instead.

As time goes by, and the
boy earns more money, he dreams of getting his sheep back. That has become
his new dream. The boy understands:


...because Egypt was now just as distant a dream for him as Mecca for the
merchant.

In essence, both the crystal merchant and the
boy have lost their hope and their faith in their dreams. It is because the boy has lost his
dream of ever reaching Egypt that the merchant's reasons for not traveling to Mecca make sense
to him.

Materialism After WW2 My friends and I are doing a project about Materialism and Art after the Second World War, and we need to write about how and...

The term
'disposable income' did not exist before the 1950's, and although during the 1920's many
Americans flirted with material excess, during the 1950's Americans had a full blown love affair
with consuming 'stuff' thus materialism. For example, between 1950 and 1960 almost 50 million
cars were sold in the United States. There is no doubt the the federal interstate highway system
which began in 1956 offered many Americans the 'incentive' to buy a car. In addition, I think
the Servicemen's Readjustment Act otherwise known as the G.I. Bill was responsilbe for creating
an enormous shift in the American economic mindset. After the war a farmer's son who fought for
his country did not have to go back to the farm, he could  become a New York City doctor. The
personal economics of many Americans had changed...more income....more material goods...it could
be argued this was for better or worse depending upon ones' point of view.

Friday, December 14, 2018

Do you support students' exams in the school curriculum? As a teacher, do you support students' exams in the school curriculum? And why?? As a...

If you are talking about
standarized tests such as end of course testing, I agree that they often fall short of their
goal.The idea is that these tests will provide a viable assessment that can be compared to other
students in other areas.This isn't always what the tests accomplish though.In terms of other
exams or exams in general, I think they are a necessary evil.Teachers have to be able to assess
their students.Students will never be able to escape exams all together no matter what they
choose to do later in life.Of course, there are many forms of assessment other than just the...]]>

In Robinson Crusoe, how does Daniel Defoe explore the idea of individualism?

In the early
eighteenth century, writers such
as Jonathan Swift and , spurrred on largely by the Cook's
exploration in the
South Pacific, set their stories in the exotic locales about which they had

read.  In Defoe's specifically, the author integrates the novel's
setting
into the themes he examines in the text.  Foremost among them is the
idea of individualism and
the individual's ability to survive in the
world.

Defoe's , Robinson Crusoe,
though certainly not a
brave or courageous character, finds himself on a remote, deserted
island, a
setting that should demand both.  At the very least, Crusoe's situation requires
him
to find a way to survive on his own.  Crusoe's relative lack of bravery
or courage make him a
good candidate for this "experiment."  He is not
particularly suited for the task at
hand.  Throughout the early stages of the
novel, Crusoe, assuming the role of an adventurer,
embarks on adventures
around the island to search for food, shelter, and hopefully, a means of

escape.  When his hopes of rescue begin to fade (and by this time he has encountered
Friday),
Crusoe is presented with a greater challenge. Having no cues for how
to define his relationship
with Friday, Crusoe adapts the social system with
which he is familiar, relegating Friday to the
level of servant. 


As the novel progresses, Defoe presents Crusoe with
continued
challenges to test his ability to overcome them.  Ultimately, Defoe implicitly
argues
for an individual's ability to survive, even when presented with such
daunting
circumstances. 

 

Thursday, December 13, 2018

In Animal Farm, what is the importance of the song "Beasts of England"?

The song is initially
used as a tool to promote unity among the animals of Manor Farm, to inspire them and give them
an opportunity to give voice to the oppression they feel under the rule of Mr. Jones, the
farmer, and his family, people who exploit the animals' bodies and labor for their own gain.
After their successful rebellion, the song is sung to celebrate their new freedoms and encourage
them in their continued work, now for themselves rather than the lazy humans. However, it does
not take long after the rebellion against the humans for the three pigs who led the resistance
to begin to separate themselves from the rest of the animals. Afterrunsoff the farm, his motives
become more clear to the reader, if not the animals. Eventually, the song is outlawed, probably
to prevent the animals from realizing that they have simply traded oppression by the humans for
oppression by the pigs. In order to discourage an animal rebellion against the pigs, Napoleon
outlaws the song.

In chapter 25, why did Jem not want Scout to tell Atticus about Bob Ewell's comment? Was this a wise thing to ask her to do?

Inof
,tellsthe story of how he and Dill saw Helen Robinson receive the news of
her husband's death. Later in the chapter, Jem tells Scout what he overheard when Stephanie
Crawford was speaking with Aunt Alexandra:

"Mr. Ewell
said it made one down and about two more to go. Jem told me not to be afraid, Mr. Ewell was more
hot gas than anything. Jem also told me that if I breathed a word to , if in any way I let
Atticus know I knew, Jem would personally never speak to me again" (page 245; page numbers
may vary according to the edition).

Bob Ewell wanted Tom
Robinson dead, and he most likely wants to go after anyone else who defended Tom, including
Atticus (who is likely one of the "two more to go"). Jem does not want Scout to tell
Atticus that he has told her this news, as Atticus would not want her to worry. However, Jem
feels that Scout is getting older and is capable of hearing this news.

This
is likely not a wise decision in some ways, as even if Scout knows about Bob Ewell's threats,
she has no way to defend herself. On the other hand, Jem is helping her become more mature by
revealing to her the reality that Bob Ewell is an evil man. Jem should have also told Scout not
to trust Bob Ewell and not to put herself in a vulnerable position, but he tells her that it's
likely an empty threat (while Bob Ewell's threat is not at all empty). By playing down the
likelihood that Bob Ewell will carry through with his threat, Jem does not give Scout a serious
enough warning about what Bob Ewell is likely to do.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Why did the Federalist Party fail?

The
northeast had long been a Federalist stronghold. As the center of international commerce, the
northeast also suffered terrible economic hardships during the War of 1812. This conflict
brought virtually all overseas commerce to a halt. To make matters worse, the war started off
terribly for the United States. As the situation worsened, Federalist leaders gathered in
Hartford in December 1814 to enumerate their complaints against the way the
Democratic-Republican controlled federal government was waging the war. They even petitioned the
federal government for financial compensation for those...


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Explain the relationship between the atomic structure and the position of an element on the periodic table.


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trends identify relationships between atomic structure and characteristics and
their
position on the periodic table. Below are several periodic trends and a
short explanation of
each:

1. Atomic radii


Atomic radii increase as one moves
down a group. This is because
additional energy levels are being added. 


Atomic radii
decrease as one moves to the right of a period. This is because additional

protons are being added, making the nucleus more positive. This added positive charge
within the
nucleus pulls the electrons inward more- decreasing the size of
the atomic radii. 


2. Electronegativity and ionization
energy

Electronegativity is the
affinity an atom has for
electrons. Ionization energy is the amount of energy needed to remove
an
electron from the outermost orbital from a neutral atom in the gas
phase. 


Both ionization energy and electronegativity
increase as one moves to the right of the
periodic table. This is
also because additional protons are being added, making the nucleus more

positive. The added positive charge results in the electrons being pulled and held on
tighter by
the nucleus. Thus, they are harder to remove. It also results in
the atom having a greater pull
for additional electrons. 


Both ionization energy and electronegativity
increase as one moves
up a group. This is because there are less orbitals, so the electrons are

closer to the positive nucleus. Thus, the atom has a greater pull for more electrons.
The
electrons that are present are held on more tightly. 


 

Within The Scarlet Letter, what is Roger Chillingworth's salvation from sin?

, the
estranged husband of , has as an ultimate
goal: to see who is the man with which Hester Prynne
committed the sin of
adultery. He aims to find out who is this mysterious character for whom

Hester has rendered herself as a pariah just for the sake of keeping his
identity
safe.

This quest for the identity of Hester's
lover leads Chillingworth to
enter Hester's settlement as a "practitioner" of
medicine, ending up in the care of
Reverend ; the man who is actually
Hester's lover although this is only suspected, not known, by

Chillingworth.

Once Chillingworth becomes aware of who Dimmesdale
really is,
the psychological punishment under which he puts the man
is...

What were the impact and influence of Christianity in the Anglo-Saxon period?

The
strongest buildings in all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were the churches. The mortar that tied
together the massive stones of these churches would be a perfectto what Christianity was to the
Anglo-Saxon period.  The Christian church acted as sort of a bonding agent to all of the
different Anglo-Saxon groups in England.  With no real national identity, people saw the church
as a unifying force.  This was especially true when the Vikings raided England.  The Vikings
were there to loot the exquisite wealth accumulated by the church in monasteries.   


Monasteries were great centers of learning, art, and culture in Anglo-Saxon England.
 It can be said that the church was responsible for educating the masses and teaching the
classical languages.  Abbesses governed over the monasteries and were given great influence and
prestige, making them some of the most powerful women in Europe.  

The church
played a secular role in society as well.  It was common practice to have high church officials
advising kings.  The bishops also managed large estates of lands and made them profitable.
 Anglo-Saxon England prospered because of the prosperity of the Christian monasteries and
church.  


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In Animal Farm by George Orwell, in what ways did Boxer work harder than the other animals?

,
being the biggest and strongest animal on the farm, adopted the maxim, "I will work
harder!" soon after the Rebellion. He was keen to do his best for the good of all and was
motivated by the freedom the animals experienced at the time. His commitment is clearly
illustrated in the following excerpt from chapter three:


Boxer was the admiration of everybody. He had been a hard worker even in Jones's time,
but now he seemed more like three horses than one; there were days when the entire work of the
farm seemed to rest on his mighty shoulders. From morning to night he was pushing and pulling,
always at the spot where the work was hardest. He had made an arrangement with one of the
cockerels to call him in the mornings half an hour earlier than anyone else, and would put in
some volunteer labour at whatever seemed to be most needed, before the regular day's work began.
His answer to every problem, every setback, was "I will work harder!"which he had
adopted as his personal motto.

It was after 's expulsion
bythat Boxer really proved his mettle. Three Sundays after Snowball's removal, Napoleon declared
that the plans for the building of a windmill had actually been his idea and that they would
start erecting it. The construction, however, presented a number of problems since the animals
had to drag huge stones from the bottom of the quarry to the top, where they would then be
toppled over the edge to shatter into manageable pieces below. 

This was a
slow and very difficult process, but Boxer inspired everyone with his hard work. Whenever Boxer
encountered a problem, including when a boulder was ready to slip, he would use every ounce of
his strength to stop it from rolling back into the quarry, as revealed in :


Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer, whose strength
seemed equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together. When the boulder began to slip
and the animals cried out in despair at finding themselves dragged down the hill, it was always
Boxer who strained himself against the rope and brought the boulder to a stop. To see him
toiling up the slope inch by inch, his breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the
ground, and his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration. Clover warned
him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her. His
two slogans, "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right," seemed to
him a sufficient answer to all problems.

Later in the
novel, Boxer gave specific instructions so he could do even more work:


He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him
three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour. And in his spare
moments, of which there were not many nowadays, he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load
of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted.


He was even prepared to come out at nights during the harvest moon
to do extra labor.

Unfortunately, the half-built structure was destroyed
during a terrible storm and the animals had to start all over again, but Boxer was up to the
task. After the animals' exhausting efforts finished by autumn, the windmill was finally
finished, butstruck again when Frederick and his men blew it to pieces. Once again, it had to be
rebuilt and, once again, Boxer proved his mettle and dedication. 

Boxer
worked so hard that it eventually affected his health. He suffered a split hoof, which took a
long time to heal. We read in chapter nine, however, that he refused to give up:


Boxer refused to take even a day off work, and made it a point of
honour not to let it be seen that he was in pain. In the evenings he would admit privately to
Clover that the hoof troubled him a great deal. Clover treated the hoof with poultices of herbs
which she prepared by chewing them, and both she and Benjamin urged Boxer to work less hard.
"A horse's lungs do not last for ever," she said to him. But Boxer would not listen.
He had, he said, only one real ambition leftto see the windmill well under way before he reached
the age for retirement.

Once Boxer's hoof was healed, he
worked harder than ever. He had, however, lost much of his vitality and looked weaker than ever
before, but continued working, even though Clover and Benjamin expressed concern and asked him
to look after his health. He only repeated his motto, "I will work harder!" and
continued to work.

Boxer's hard work was never really rewarded. We read in
chapter nine that he fell desperately ill and was lying on his side with blood trickling from
his mouth. The poor beast believed that he would be able to retire and then live a life of
comfort and relaxation. It was not to be. The pigs sold him to the knacker and bought a case of
whiskey with the proceeds.later spun a story about how bravely Boxer had passed away, stating
his last words were to encourage the other animals by whispering in his final breath:


"'Forward in the name of the Rebellion. Long live ! Long live
Comrade Napoleon! Napoleon is always right.' Those were his very last words,
comrades."

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

When was "Annabel Lee" written? How did she die?

The poem was written in

1849. 

The poem, "" does not state directly how Annabel Lee
died. 
In the 3rd stanza the line, "Chilling my Annabel Lee", and the lines
in the 4th
stanza, ..... , chilling / And killing my Annabel Lee" might
indicate that she died of
influenza or pneumonia which would have been common
in the 19th century. This is conjecture, of
course, since the poem does not
represent any one person in particular.  Many have speculated
that the
inspiration for the poem was Poe's young wife, Virginia Clemm, but she outlived Poe
so
her death was not an issue with him.

How is George resentful of Lennie? What does George wish he could do?

Ifwere a
childcould look forward to having him
grow up and take care of himself. But Lennie is an adult
with a child's mind.
He seems destined to become a permanent responsibility and burden. As

illustrated in the Weed incident, Lennie is creating more problems for George than had
been the
case before. It is evident in Chapter One that George is becoming
wearied and bewildered by his
burden. In an angry outburst at the campsite he
tells Lennie:


God a'mighty, if I was
alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an'
no trouble. No
mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks
and
go into town and get whatever I want. Why, I could stay in a cat house
all night. I could eat
any place I want, hotel or any place, and order any
damn thing I could think of. An' I could do
all that every damn month. Get a
gallon of whisky, or set in a poolroom and play cards or shoot
pool....An'
whatta I got,...I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I
get.
Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time. An' that ain't
the worst. You get in
trouble. You do bad things and I got to get you
out."


On the other hand, George is
used to having Lennie with him. George may realize that he
wouldn't really
like being alone. He sees that most itinerant agricultural workers are loners

and that they are not to be envied. The sort of life he describes in his angry tirade is
a
dead-end life. He would be working hard all month and then blowing all his
money on cheap
whiskey and other specious pleasures. Furthermore, he realizes
that Lennie is good-hearted and
loyal. When Lennie offers to go away and live
in a cave, George regrets his outburst. Obviously
he has a severe internal
conflict regarding Lennie. He would like to be free, but he doesn't
want to
be alone. Besides, the two men share a dream of attaining freedom and independence
by
owning a little subsistence farm. He never resolves that conflict by
himself, but he is forced
to resolve it when Lennie kills Curley's wife in
the barn and then flees the
scene. 

Monday, December 10, 2018

According to Hawthorne, what are the first two places allotted for in any new community in "Scarlet Letter"?

According to
Hawthorne, the first two places allotted for in any new community are a cemetery and a prison. 

In the context of the early days of colonial New England, Hawthorne
says,

"The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of
human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among
their earliest practical necessities to allot a protion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and
another portion as the site of a prison".

The
practical reality of having to account early on for death and crime in any plan for community
establishment is a stark testimony to the inescapability of "human frailty and sorrow"
().

Which composer wrote music that juxtaposed unrelated harmony and chromatic progressions

This is a
complex issue, and the answer depends on how broadly, or conversely how specifically, we define
the juxtaposition of unrelated harmony and chromaticism. We'll use the broader approach and
identify instances that fit this description in many different ways.


Throughout what is known as the common practice period (from 1700 to 1900), when
composers wrote in a "tonal-harmonic" style (meaning their music was
tonal, that is, written in a particular key), at intermittent points they
would use jarring harmonic progressions and extreme chromaticism for emotional effect and to
support the meaning of the text in religious music or in opera and song. Just a few examples of
many from the Baroque and Classical periods:

Bach. In the
"Crucifixus" section of the Mass in B minor.


Mozart. In the climactic scene of Don Giovanni.


Haydn. In the opening section of The Creation.


Beethoven. To some extent in all of his symphonies, especially in the development
section of the first movement of No. 3 (the Eroica), and in No.
9.

The above are a mere handful of examples. In the Romantic period
(1825-1900) chromaticism and unusual harmonic shifts came to be used even more frequently. We
can continue to point out individual instances. In the second movement of Schubert's late B-flat
Piano Sonata (D.960) there is a sudden progression to a distant key so striking it has sometimes
been termed the "magic modulation." As the nineteenth century progressed, however, the
two composers whose music most showed continuous chromaticism and harmonic progressions in which
the basic sense of being in one tonality (key) was lost were Liszt and Wagner. See, especially,
Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde, and Liszt's B-minor Sonata and late
piano works. These prefigured various techniques that became common in the modernist period,
beginning around 1910.

In modernist, or avant-garde, twentieth-century music,
composers no longer wrote tonally (in the tonal-harmonic style of the
common-practice period). Thus music was no longer in a single tonality or key, but could combine
or superimpose multiple keys upon each other, as Charles Ives (see his The Unanswered
Question
) and Igor Stravinsky (see his Petrushka and
The Rite of Spring) did. This is called bitonality or polytonality. Even
more radical was Arnold Sch¶nberg, who developed a system called
dodecaphony--also called twelve-tone music, serialism, or atonality--in
which all notes of the chromatic scale are equal. Here the music is heavily and continuously
chromatic, and is not written in any key.

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Explain the meaning of following quote: Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, itsbecause that desire...

This
quote largely revolves around the concept of dreams and the necessity to at least attempt to
achieve them. In The Alchemist, Melchizedek tells this to Santiago in
regard to his own dreams of visiting the pyramids. Before this point, Santiago had been filled
with doubt that his dreams were no more than simply that, dreams. He thought that attempting to
see them through was silly or selfish. However, Melchizedek informs him that dreams are simply
the medium by which people receive hints regarding their place in the world. He says that it is
not only a good thing for Santiago to follow his dream, but that it is, in fact, of the utmost
importance. In Melchizedek's opinion, dreams are callings that will help Santiago find where he
needs to be.

It is this quote that introduces the "soul of the
universe," which largely concerns the oneness of all living things. It deals largely with
the concept of fate, and the idea that Santiago's destiny is not entirely his own, but a
responsibility that only he can fulfill. By following his dreams, Santiago will eventually find
the place that he absolutely needs to be in the world, contributing to the oneness and
perfection of existence.

Friday, December 7, 2018

In act 3 of The Crucible, what does John openly admit to Danforth?

In act 3
of , John Proctor goes to the court in order to free his wife. During this
testimony, he admits a number of things to Danforth and all those present.


First, he says Mary Warren "never saw no spirits." This is news to Danforth,
as Mary has spent other days in court following Abigail's lead in claiming citizens have sent
their spirits out to bewitch the girls.

Other characters do not approve of
John's testimony and seek to undermine him by informing Danforth of his various faults. Cheever
tells Danforth that when they arrested Elizabeth (in act 2), "he damned the court and
ripped your warrant." Hale is also a witness to this, and so John must admit "It were
a temper, sir. I knew not what I did."

Parris then puts forth the fact
that John does not come to church every Sunday, the way a good Christian is expected to. John
must admit the truth of this as well: "I have no love for Mr. Parris. It is no secret. But
God I surely love."

Danforth is an outsider, and so he learns these
things about John. The other citizens are familiar with John's behaviors and can attest to them,
so John must openly admit the truth of the public knowledge to Danforth.


Cheever pipes up that John plows on Sundays. Again, John cannot deny this and can only
admit the truth and try to explain that last year he had to plow on a few Sundays because the
land was giving little and he needed to provide for his three children.

John
confesses these things to show his honesty. But when the court continues to believe Abigail's
testimony, he finally admits that he had an affair with her. He admits the reason Abigail was
dismissed from his service is because Elizabeth found out about the
affair.

Thursday, December 6, 2018

What are some primary sources that provide us with information about Adolf Hitlers rise to power?

For PRIMARY
sources, you might consult The Nazi Germany Source Book, an anthology of
original sources from The First World War through the aftermath of the war and the historical
debate over Hitler and his rise to power. It is edited by Rodereick Stackelberg and Sally A.
Winkle, and published by the Routledge company. it contains many documents which previously were
only available in German. Many of the documents were only recently discovered.


Mein Kampf, cited above, gives one some insight into  Hitler's thinking; but one must
remember that it was dictated by Hitler often in a ranting style rather than carefully planned
and edited. One should give strong consideration to point of view.

Two other
SECONDARY sources which provide abundant references and quotations from original sources and
lengthy bibliographical references (although many are only available in German) are:


  • The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler by Robert G.L.
    Waite.
  • Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives by Alan
    Bullock

Please bear in mind that there have been more words
written about Adolf Hitler than any other person with the exception of Jesus Christ. Most are
secondary sources, such as those cited in the first answer. However secondary sources normally
make frequent use of primary sources; so this might be a good place to search
also.

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

How similar were the methods of Bismarck and Cavour in the unification of Germany and Italy?

The
similarity between the methods that Cavour and Bismarck used in their attempts to unify their
respective nations can be summed up in their employment of the concepts of
realpolitik, war, and diplomatic manipulation.

Both men
were strong nationalists and monarchists, but that seems to be where their ideals ended. They
did not shy away from lying and cheating to achieve their goals. In their efforts to unite their
nations, they focused on "practical" matters, even if many would find their actions
immoral. To Cavour and Bismarck, the ends justified the means.

For instance,
Cavour knew that he could not achieve his goals without outside help from a strong foreign
power. Napoleon III seemed like a good potential ally for him. Cavour secretly negotiated an
alliance with the French and then instigated a fight between Sardinia and Austria to get them
involved. Following this short war, Sardinia and Lombardy were joined. Later, Cavour organized
votes in other Italian lands his army had...

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In which areas do you think people's rights and liberties are at risk of government intrusion? What solutions would you impose?

There is a
certain level of privacy that is
bordering on being infringed upon with government intervention.
Access to the
internet, phone lines, and travel is monitored so closely that the government
can
know anyone's whereabouts and activities at almost any time day or night.
This level of
oversight is in some ways necessary to prevent threats like
terrorism and violence, but it
infringes on the rights of ordinary people
everyday.

Another thing that is
jeopardized is
communication. Authoritarian regimes suppress means of communication when
they
feel the need to quell rebellions or temper resistant sentiment. Since
most communication is
currently monitored, it is also at risk of being easily
and swiftly restricteda right to which
people should be entitled.


The humorous joke travels around the internet
about everyone having
an FBI agent watching through laptop cameras, and while people aren't

monitoring our actions that way around the clock, the access is still available.
I
believe...

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

What are the most prominent genres and compositional techniques of the Baroque era?

During periods
of dramatic expression such as the Baroque era, the listener's attention is meant to focus upon
the music as expression of the general states of the soul. With the powerful and contradictory
currents of the Baroque period, the visual arts certainly fostered ornate splendor and
complexity. Thus, composers sought a more expansive musical language in order to express a wide
range of emotions. In this approach, they reached for new resources of harmony and dissonance,
rhythm, and form. Choirs experimented with new ways to use voices and multiphonic
sound.

Claudio Monteverdi introduced modern
tonalities
by mixing polyphony and
harmony with a focus upon the solo voice and its supporting bass
line. Instrumental music remained popular, and the harpsichord became essential. Dance music was
popular for ballets and the popular social dancing. Improvisation was not unusual as it showed
off a performer's virtuosity. Franz Liszt was such a virtuoso that some of his music could only
be performed by him. Composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederic Handel, and
Antonio Vivaldi are among this period's most popular.


Bach - A virtuoso on the harpsichord and piano, Bach wrote
for almost all the popular forms. He composed over 300 cantatas and
is known for         music that is artistic, highly technical, and of intellectual depth. He was
skilled on the organ.

Handel - His most famous
work is Messiah, and with it he created the musical
oratorio, a musical narrative with a religious theme, as there are
fifty movements with a three-act structure. He also created a technique known as
text painting, in which a line of music imitates a written line.
e.g. the Hallelujain which the word repeatedly underscores the other
vocals.

Vivaldi - He is credited with the
ritornello, (a form that has a theme running through it). He is
best known for his concertos for the violin, an instrument on which
he was a virtuoso. He also wrote some opera.

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In the book The Egypt Game, what are some similarities that April and Melanie share?

Although
April and Melanie have different backgrounds, they have some things in common that help them
forge a strong friendship. They are the same age, live in the same apartment building, and go to
the same school. However, the most important similarity they share is that they both have strong
imaginations and like immersing themselves in a world of make-believe. While some girls their
age would have looked down on Melanie's paper-doll family game, April is able to engage in it
with Melanie. Both of them are in sync when they play the Egypt game. They build on each other's
ideas and are able to cooperate and not compete with each other. They are also in agreement on
many things, including whom they should allow to join the game. They have similar attitudes
about boys; in general, they don't want to hang out with boys, but they find Ken and Toby funny
and interesting. April and Melanie become close friends because they enjoy a style of play that
relies on active imagination and the ability to lose themselves within a make-believe
world.

To what does John Steinbeck compare the town in chapter three of The Pearl?

The
very first paragraph of chapter 3 has the descriptive comparison that the question is asking
about.

A town is a thing like a
colonial animal. A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. A town is a
thing separate from all other towns, so that there are no two towns alike. And a town has a
whole emotion. How news travels through a town is a mystery not easily to be solved. News seems
to move faster than small boys can scramble and dart to tell it, faster than women can call it
over the fences.

As a biology
teacher, this paragraph has always intrigued me because the first statement declares that a town
is like "a colonial animal" instead of saying that a town is like an animal colony.
Flipping those two words around is a big deal. An animal colony is the big picture. It is the
group of same-species organisms that are living and working together to form a cohesive and
working unit. Ant colonies and bee colonies are good examples of animal colonies. A key to these
colonies is that a certain amount of specialization exists: not all of the individuals in the
colony have the same abilities or responsibilities. Comparing a town to an animal colony makes
sense; however, comparing a town to a colonial animal doesn't make as much sense to me. This
would focus on a single animal within the colonyfor example, a worker bee. It has its own
responsibility to the greater colony, just as a shopkeeper has a responsibility to the town.
Saying a town is like that single individual doesn't quite make sense, unless that town is an
individual piece of an entire state or country, yet the narrator never opens up that
possibility. What is also disconcerting to me as a biology teacher is that the second sentence
begins describing an individual organism. It narrates about specific body parts and body systems
that function to keep the individual organism functioning. A colonial animal has those parts,
but the description makes it seem like those individual parts are key components of the larger
entity/colony/town.

But ultimately, whether or not the wording matches the
scientific jargon isn't what is important. What is important is that the narrator shows readers
how a town is like a living, unique entity made of many unique parts that work in harmony with
each other to do something as simple as send a message across town.

Monday, December 3, 2018

I need help compare and contrast the two images. Rembrandt, Storm on the Sea of Galilee and Renoir, The Skiff I can look at the pictures but I...

I would have
to agree that finding the contrasts in these two works of art will likely be quite easy to
accomplish. As far making comparisons you are going to have to look at the obvious ones, as
mentioned above. You might also look at the circumstances of the two artists and make some
comparisons.

How is Buddhism applicable in everyday life?

First,
Buddhism is not something you learn or believe, it is something you do. In theological terms, it
is all about orthopraxis (doing) not orthodoxy (believing).

Following any
form of Buddhism therefore means engaging yourself in practices that help you get beyond desire.
This is because, according to Buddha, all the miseries in the world are caused by desire. We
want and want and grasp and are not satisfied, so we grasp for more and more, and in the process
make ourselves and the world...

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Why does Gatsby disappear after lunch in The Great Gatsby? What does he know that Nick and Tom don't know?

This
question is asking about a short sequence that occurs in chapter four.andare out for lunch, and
Nick sees thatis there as well. Nick tells Gatsby that he wants to say hi, and Tom jumps up
excitedly at the sight of Nick. Gatsby is not too keen on meeting Tom, and readers are told that
an unfamiliar look of embarrassment came upon Gatsby. Gatsby is normally all poise and
confidence.

When Nick tries to introduce Gatsby, Nick turns to discover that
Gatsby is no longer with them. Both readers and Nick are left confused. What Nick and Tom do not
know is that Gatsby already knows who Tom is. Gatsby knows that Tom is married to , and meeting
the husband of the woman that he is trying to win over and steal from that marriage is
definitely awkward.

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Can you please give me some good kennings for an airplane? Can you please give me some good kennings for an airplane?

This
is a cool question. Kennings are a lot of fun to read and create. We don't see too many kennings
in modern English. They are more specific to Old English and Old Norse poetry. Ais a
metaphorical compound word or phrase that is used in place of a more concrete single word noun.
For example, a boat could be called a "wave traveler" or a "sea steed." For
an airplane, I like "air beast." You could easily modify the previous boat examples to
work for an airplane. "Wind traveler" and "sky steed" both sound way more
descriptive than "jet." "Sky streaker" isn't bad because of the contrails
that they leave at high altitudes. So far, the kennings listed all make an airplane sound more
glorious; however, you can use a kenning to make an airplane (specifically an airliner) sound
quite boring"sky bus."

Friday, November 30, 2018

Why did South Carolina want to secede from the Union?

The South
seceded because they did not want the North to be able to tell them what to do.  In specific,
they did not want the North to be able to do anything that would hurt the institution of
slavery.  They feared that the North would do that once Abraham Lincoln became
president.

Lincoln had been elected without getting any votes from Southern
states.  This made the South believe that he would govern only for the benefit of the North.  As
part of this fear, they were afraid that he would abolish slavery in the South.


The South wanted to be left alone to rule itself, which meant having slavery.  They
feared that Lincoln would not let them have slavery, so they seceded.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Why is Alexander the Great considered the first true superhero of the Western Civilization?

The term
"superhero" is not really used to refer to Alexander the Great, as superheroes are
fictional beings with supernatural powers. Instead, Alexander is considered one of the great
military leaders of the world due to his success in conquering vast amounts of
territory.

Alexander III of Macedon (356 BC €“ 323 BC), usually known as
Alexander the Great, was the son of Philip of Macedon. His father, whose accomplishments are
often overshadowed by those of his son, was in fact an impressive military leader and capable
administrator, who greatly expanded Macedonia, transforming it from a rather small and
unimportant barbarian kingdom to an empire spanning much of northern Greece and becoming the
de facto ruler of much of the rest of what is now the Greek
nation.

Part of what makes Alexander such a storied figure is that he became
regent over the kingdom of Macedonia at the age of sixteen, then was given increasing military
responsibilities, and became king at the age of twenty when...

Do the poems "The Tyger" and "The Lamb" By William Blake utilize end stop, enjambment, or both, and how does that affect the sound of the poem?

Enjambment is derived from a French word that means to step over. In a poem, enjambment
means to move from one line of verse to another without any kind of end punctuation mark. The
reader is meant to move from one line to the next without a pause. As a general rule, enjambment
will make the poem sound like it has a faster pace/rhythm. This is different from an end-stopped
line of poetry. An end-stopped line will have some kind of punctuation mark that causes a reader
to pause. It could be a colon, semi-colon, period, or comma. Using end-stopped lines will make a
poem sound more regular and methodical.

Both " " and "The
Lamb" use both structures. In "The Tyger," the first line of stanzas...


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The narrator of "The Pit and the Pendulum" is often uncertain about how much time has elapsed and about the physical details of the prison. What does...

The
uncertainties that the narrator experiences regarding the physical details of his prison and the
passage of time are an intentional part of the torture that the Spanish Inquisition is
conducting. Much of their efforts are put not just into physically tormenting the man but to
playing "mind games" with him, and the man, although he fights these manipulations as
best as he can, nevertheless falls prey to them. For example, when he first wakes up in the
dungeon after presumably having been drugged, he is in total darkness. The dungeon is capable of
being lit, but the tormentors make sure it is pitch black when he awakens. That makes it more
likely that he will fall into the pit, but if he doesn't, it doesn't matter to the Inquisition
because the terror of being in deep darkness for so long also suits their purposes. Drugging him
periodically keeps him in a state of confusion. Obviously when one wakes from a drug-induced
slumber and has no clock or access to natural light, one cannot determine how much time has
passed. Likewise, when the man is under the pendulum, he becomes disoriented as to time.
Sometimes he sleeps, and when he wakes, he feels that he may have only slept a moment because
the pendulum has hardly progressed. However, his mind is sharp enough to realize that his
captors may be manipulating him; he realizes that "there were demons who took note of my
swoon, and who could have arrested the vibration at pleasure." The man's
uncertainty about his physical location and the passage of time are not necessarily indicative
of his failing mental powers; they show that his captors are seeking to manipulate his mind as
well as his body.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Is the subject of Emma only marriage and matchmaking?

Romance and
marriage are definitely topics in
. In the nineteenth century when

Emma was published, women had very few opportunities to earn money
to
support themselves; there were very few jobs available to women. Marrying
well was one of the
only methods women had to achieve comfortable homes. Some
women (often from upper class
families) wanted to marry individuals of equal
financial and social status, so they could
maintain their level of comfort
and societal respect. Women from lower classes, too, tried to
marry men of
upper classes to increase their comfort and respectability. Sometimes women
from
wealthy homes fell in love with men with very little money or status. If
a woman loved a man
enough, she might be willing to sacrifice her material
comforts for love. Families generally
disapproved of their daughters (or
their sons) marrying someone of a lower social or financial
status.


In 's novels, marriage is not simply a matter of love and romance;
it
is a financial transaction. This is clearly seen in the idea of marriage
dowries, the gift of
money that a bride brings to her husband, which is seen
in Emma (and other
nineteenth century stories). Emma, we
find out, is an heiress of a substantial dowry. Men, such
as Mr. Elton, try
to woo Emma. It is likely that money is a part of his interest in her, since

he immediately goes on to romance other rich women after Emma rejects
him:


and if Miss Woodhouse of
Hartfield, the heiress of thirty thousand
pounds, were not quite so easily
obtained as he [Mr. Elton] had fancied, he would soon try for
Miss Somebody
else with twenty, or with ten. (ch. 16)



Additionally, friendship is a significant theme in Emma.
Early in
the book, Emma is introduced to a new friend, Harriet Smith. She is
highly involved in Harriet's
romances, as she tries to help her friend marry
a wealthy and respectable gentleman. Emma's
ideas about love and marriage
mature throughout the novel. She maintains a close friendship with
her
lifelong friend, Mr. Knightley. Emma has important conversations with Mr.
Knightley
throughout the book. Many of these talks help Emma to grow in her
understanding of life and
love.

In "The Catcher in the Rye", describe Holden's attitude and relationship with his parents, Allie, DB, and Phoebe.

The first
family member with whomshould first be connected is , his little brother who passed away from
cancer.

Allie's death set Holden's life in motion towards the paths that he
chose. His relationship with him was affectionate, as he was often more connected with all
things juvenile, and innocent. When Allie died, Holden was in such grief that punched out the
windows around him and wanted to punch those out of the family car as well, but his hands were
already cut, and he was rushed to the hospital. It was this moment that set im into that
depression that would come and go randomly, and which ultimately made him want to become a
"catcher in the rye" when he grew older, so that he can save children who are in
danger.

His parents, both normal, but affluent, and obviously caring, are not
mentioned as much as Holden's relationship with his siblings. He does mention that his mom is as
"insane" as every other mother, but he does seem to have an affection for them. He
simply does not openly show it.

D.B. is a famous Hollywood writer who used to
write stories. Holden held him in high esteem until the brother switched from working for books
to working for movies. Holden has a hard time with D.B. because D.B. is the shining star of the
family, and Holden feels like a lesser person around him. He also accuses D.B. of
"prostituting" himself for working for the phonie Hollywood- because, of course,
Holden hates movies.

is the strongest connection that Holden has in his
family, again, here we see the same pattern of connection to all things innocent, juvenile,
innocent, and genuine. She is 10, and yet seems to be a the same intellectual and/or emotional
level as Holden. She can tell his behaviors and comments on his decisions because she is clearly
aware of how he is. He loves her to death as well.

In 1984, what is the reason why Winston is sent to room 101?

To answer this
question, take a look at chapter 4 in part 3. At the end of this chapter,comes to visitin his
cell and he asks him about his feelings toward Big Brother. When Winston responds that he hates
Big Brother, O'Brien decides to send him to Room 101.

Remember that Room 101
is the worst possible place that a Party member can be sent to. Inside lies Winston's worst
fear, waiting to be unleashed by O'Brien. Winston is being sent to this place because he has
committed the worst possible crime: he hates Big Brother. How can he be a true Party member if
he does not idolize Big Brother completely? The answer is that he cannot.

As
O'Brien comments in this section, there is nothing intellectually wrong with Winston, meaning
that there is no obvious barrier to prevent him from loving Big Brother. Winston's problem is an
"emotional" one. In other words, he is lacking the devotion and the will to surrender
himself entirely to the Party's manipulation. This is why O'Brien...

Monday, November 26, 2018

Why is Question Period an important part of the Canadian democratic system? This is about the House of Commons in Canada

One
important part of a liberal democratic system like Canadas is that the government must be
answerable to the people.  Another important aspect of liberalism is that the people should have
the freedom to express their opinions.  Both of these aspects of democracy are enhanced (at
least ideally) by Question Period.

Question Period allows the people,
through their representatives, to express...

What is the tension between outward and inward conformity in 1984?

Throughout Oceania, Big Brother is constantly
watching each Party member and observing day and night for symptoms of "unorthodoxy."
Party members must not only display their unquestionable affection for Big Brother publicly but
also remain orthodox at all moments in their private lives. Big Brother expects every Party
member to fully accept government propaganda and logic through the process of doublethink, a
practice by which individuals accept two opposite ideas simultaneously. The Party also maintains
continual surveillance through their network of strategically placed telescreens, Thought
Police, and Youth League institutions.struggles throughout the novel to both outwardly and
inwardly conform to the Party. He finds it difficult to suppress his hatred toward the Party at
social events and is forced to pretend that he loves Big Brother at all times. Despite his
hatred and painful emotions associated with the Party, Winston must smile and cheer for Big
Brother in the...

Saturday, November 24, 2018

What was the primary reason that the Cicones were able to do such damage to Odysseus€˜s men?

In Book IX of the
Odyssey,
Odysseus sacks Ismara, the city of the Cicones, kills the men and
enslaves
the women. He then wants to move on immediately, but his men disobey him and remain
in
Ismara, drinking and feasting. They are soon attacked by other Cicones who
live further inland.
These men are better warriors, stronger,
better-equipped, and more numerous than those they had
just
defeated.

As well as being more numerous, the Cicones take advantage
of
the element of surprise in attacking the Ithacans. They know the terrain
and are fighting for
their native land. Odysseuss men have just been eating
and drinking immoderately and are in no
condition to join battle. The Cicones
therefore defeat them easily, killing six men for each of
Odysseuss ships.
Odysseus stresses the greater numbers of the Cicones as the primary reason
for
their victory, while mentioning the other factors in
passing.

Discuss the extent to which Douglas may be considered a Transcendentalist in his view of human nature and the future of the United States?

Douglass is in many ways
a Transcendentalist, as he believes in the power and freedom of the individual. The
Transcendentalists believe that the individual's soul is all powerful and that a person should
be guided by his or her inner inspiration. Douglass is guided by his innermost thoughts and
feelings to break out of slavery and free himself. From a young age, he trusts himself and his
thoughts and beliefs over those espoused by the society, as he never considers himself inferior
to whites and refuses to believe that he is undeserving of his freedom. He is receptive to
arguments, such as those published in the abolitionist newspaper The
Liberator
, that each human being has the right to freedom. It is this message that he
later spreads as a speaker on the abolitionist circuit.

His vision of
American society in the future is one in which individualism will triumph. He believes that
enslaved people have the right to pursue their own dreams and destinies and that they should not
be confined by the limitations of what their society thinks they were capable of. In addition,
he believes that people should not be judged by the color of their skin or their backgrounds but
based on their own merits.

Thursday, November 22, 2018

How does Goodman Brown react to his wife and others upon his return to Salem?

More
specifically, he shrinks away from the blessings of the minister.He grabs a child away from
Goody Cloyse as she is teaching her the catechism, he refuses to greet his wife Faith, and he
worries and wonders as he sits in church for the rest of his life why the roof does not cave in
every time a prayer is said or a hymn sung.He becomes solitary and despairing, a man who has
become disillusioned with the one thing he had proudly built his life around, his
faith.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

In Things Fall Apart, who is Unoka? How is he very different from Okonkwo?

is 's
father, who is a notorious alcoholic and debtor. Unlike Okonkwo, Unoka is depicted as feminine
and lazy. He enjoys spending his time indulging in palm wine and playing the flute. Unoka never
attains any titles and amasses a significant amount of debts owed to his neighbors. Although
Unoka is a lazy debtor, he is a charismatic, peaceful man. Unoka is not a controversial,
resolute individual and refuses to fight in battle. Unfortunately, Unoka is inflicted with
swelling of the abdomen and limbs, which is considered an abomination to the earth goddess and
left to die in the Evil Forest.

Okonkwo feared growing up to become like
Unoka and was determined from a young age to be a success. Unlike his lazy, unaccomplished
father, Okonkwo develops into a strong, masculine, successful man. Okonkwo is an accomplished
wrestler and revered throughout Umuofia for his performance in battle. Okonkwo is also a
successful farmer and even earns two titles.

Who are the characters in The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster?

 byis a children's novel written in 1961. It begins with Milo, the
young , spotting a mysterious package. When he opens it, he finds instructions for constructing
a magical tollbooth. Once constructed, the tollbooth opens up to him a magical world in which he
has adventures and is given a quest to rescue two princesses. The plot structure is that of a
fantasy quest.

The protagonist of the novel is Milo, a...

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

In George Orwell's 1984, what are the two aims of the Party?

In 's
, the objective of the Party is quite simple:  control.  Though the Party
seeks to achieve this goal in a number of ways, they are encompassed under two specific
methods.  The Party first manipulates the population's ability to express itself.  In the
Ministry of Truth, the news of current events is "rectified" so that a certain
perspective - the perspective that presents Big Brother in the most appealing light - is the
only view expressed.  The population, not knowing anything different, does nothing to question
what they hear or read.  The use of Newspeak, the rather abbreviated language of the Party,
prevents the people from expressing themselves freely.  With a much smaller vocabulary, the
creativity of language is stifled, as is any real ability to form a dissenting opinion against
Big Brother.  Not only does the Party control the knowledge the population takes in but also the
way in which it can express itself.

The other form of control is a much more
physical one.  While Newspeak will eventually silence dissent by the process of eliminating
problematic vocabulary, the Ministry of Love provides a much more immediate deterrent to
dissent.  Those caught by the Thought Police are taken to the Ministry of Love, where they are
"re-educated," or "vaporized."  In the latter case, the Party erases any
evidence of a person's existence.  In the first case, somethinghimself experiences, his mind is
remolded in the pattern favored by the Party.

In both cases, the Party
establishes its one goal - control.  They control the thoughts of the population not only by
psychological and epistemological means but also by physical ones.

Saturday, November 17, 2018

How did commercial exchange on the Silk Road foster other changes?

In human
history, commercial exchange tends to promote other changes because the people who engage in the
commercial exchange also engage (whether purposefully or not) in other sorts of
exchanges.

Perhaps the most important change that was fostered by commercial
exchange on the Silk Road was religious.  It was along the Silk Road that Buddhism made its way
from India to China.  Buddhism became a very important religion in China.  Chinese monks ended
up moving back and forth on the Silk Road to India to study and collect texts.


In this and other ways, the trade that was conducted along the Silk Road caused
cultural change to occur.

"""But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself." This...""

In the
first chapter of the novel,begins to describe her small, boring town of Maycomb, Alabama and
alludes to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address by saying, "Maycomb
County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself" (Lee, 6).
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's said the famous phrase "Nothing to fear but fear
itself" during his inaugural address, which took place on March 4,...

Why is it, in the book Night, that Elie Wiesel could have wept with rage when his father begs for rest upon arrival at Buchenwald ?

By the time
Elie and his father arrive at Buchenwald, Elie has been fighting to keep them together and alive
for a long time. He is again faced with the task of trying to guide both of them through the
processing that was necessary before they could go to sleep. Elie's father, however, was too
exhausted physically and too tired mentally to continue the battle. He was ready to give up.
"I can't anymore...It's over...I shall die right here..."

To Elie,
this was unacceptable. He had worked too hard, had made too many sacrifices in order to keep his
father with him and to protect him so that he could stay alive. For his father to now wish to
die was beyond Elie's capacity to understand and allow - it was infuriating.


To have lived and endured so much; was I going to let my father die
now?...I knew that I was no longer arguing with him but with Death itself, with Death that he
had already chosen.

Elie's anger with his father and with
their situation enraged him. His response was to weep with anger and frustration and
exhaustion.

 

Friday, November 16, 2018

What is oblique asymptote of graph y = (x^2-6x+m)/(2x-4) if m=9?

The line
`y = ax + b` is the oblique asymptote for the function `y = (x^2-6x+m)/(2x-4)` if there exists
`a = lim_(x->+-oo) y/x` and `b = lim_(x->+-oo)(y - a*x)` .

You need
first to evaluate a, at `m = 9` , such that:

`a = lim_(x->+-oo) (x^2 - 6x
+ 9)/(x(2x - 4))`

You need to force factor `x^2 ` to numerator and `x` to
denominator, such that:

`a = lim_(x->+-oo) (x^2(1 - 6/x + 9/x^2))/(x^2(2 -
4/x))`

Reducing duplicate factors yields:

`a
=...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Who wears glasses in A Wrinkle in Time?

Knowing exactly who and who does not wear glasses in a
novel is a bit of a guessing
game.  A character might be wearing glasses, but
the narrator might decide not to tell readers
that detail.  I always assume
characters in books are wearing shoes and pants, but texts very
rarely
include that detail.  


Tuesday, November 13, 2018

How does Orwell represent female characters? How does he represent males characters? Why is there an imbalance and why is this significant?

depicts the
female characters in this book as being almost asexual. The Party had attempted quite
successfully to eradicate the sex drive and the need for close meaningful relationships like
marriages. While there are husbands and wives, they are unions purely created for procreation.
In fact, the Party will not even allow unions of love. People who wish to marry must have
approval from the Party to do so and they examine the match to make sure there is no attraction
there....

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, what are the commonly espoused answers to Yali's question (other than the answer that Diamond suggests)?

Yalis question,
which is essentially, Why did some areas of the world develop wealth and
technology in greater quantities than others?
has been answered several times
throughout history. Diamond himself asks on page 18, Does Yalis question really need another
book to answer it?" Obviously he believes so, and he proves his case by rejecting three
previous proposals before presenting the final potential answer that he believes is much more
likely.

1. Per Darwinian evolutionary theory, some sections of
humanity evolved to be physically or intellectually superior to others.
The
Europeans are more highly evolved than other populations of the world. This is rejected, as
there is no evidence to support this claim, and it boils down to modern-day racism. It is
difficult to assess the average IQ of an entire population, and intelligence can be measured
differently between populations.

2. Cold climates require more
innovation than warm climates.
While this would support a Northern European
answer to Yalis question as to why Europe was more technologically advanced that other areas,
this is also rejected. Warmer climates had their share of innovation, as Diamond cites the
development of writing, pottery, and agriculture in areas not previously considered cool enough
to require stricter innovation.

3. As evidenced by the Fertile
Crescent, the Nile, the Indus, and the Yellow and Yangtze Valleys, agriculturally productive
environments created more complex and centralized forms of government.
In fact,
Diamond argues that this chicken and egg question goes the other way and that agricultural
abundance (in the form of complex irrigation systems) comes after centralized government,
according to modern archaeology.

4. The fact that Europeans had
guns, infectious diseases, steel tools, and manufactured products
appears to be
the correct answer, according to Diamond. This is why Europe developed more wealth and
technology than other areas of the world, and this can be proven through multiple methods. That
being said, Diamond acknowledges that this is not a sufficient answer to Yalis question, and he
will spend the rest of the text exploring this particular answer.

What is satire, and how is it used in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"?

In the
short story "" by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, an old man with wings like a buzzard's is
swept into the courtyard
of the home of some villagers by a powerful rainstorm. Although a
neighbor
concludes that the man must be an angel, the householders, unable to communicate
with
him, lock him up in their chicken coop. The local priest comes to
inspect the old man, but he is
suspicious due to the stranger's terrible
smell, parasites, and the fact that he cannot speak
Latin, which the priest
considers the language of God.

The householders
decide to
charge admission...

Monday, November 12, 2018

What are some connotations, personifications, similes, hyperboles, onomatopoeias, couplets, and rhymes in the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The speaker says
that"lived with no other thought / Than to love and be loved by me."This is an example
of ; hyperbole is an exaggeration or overstatement of the truth.It
is unlikely that loving the speaker is the only thought Annabel Lee ever
had.She must have thought of things like eating and sleeping, etc.; however, this hyperbole
emphasizes how important the speaker's love was to her in her life.

The
phrase "Of the beautiful Annabel Lee" is used as a refrain in the poem:
refrain is the repetition of words, lines, or groups of lines.The
repetition of this particular line emphasizes the speaker's obsession with his lost love and
his...



Saturday, November 10, 2018

For the short story "Man and Wife" by Katie Chase from The Best American Short Stories (2008), I ask that you take one of the identity markers, make a...

Let's
examine identity markers in Katie Chase's short story "Man and Wife." At first, the
society seems to be our own until we find out about the arranged marriages of young girls. In
this society, gender is an important identity marker. Parents arrange for girls to be married
off to men in business agreements. This is standard and expected of them:


Now it was real: my future was just the same as any other
girl's.

Before she goes to live with Mr. Middleton, Mary
Ellen's mother teaches her how to cook, sew, and complete other duties expected of a wife.
Gender roles are extremely prevalent and define what the characters do with their lives. It is
rare for women to be included in business:

Mr. Middleton
has made me apprentice to his business, which he says one day when he is dead, I will take over.
Even ifand the decision to have children is entirely up to me, he saysone day we have a son.
This is highly unusual and very...

Using integration by parts, we find that `int x^(n)e^(-x) dx=`

The integral
`int x^n e^-x dx` has to be determined.

Integration by parts gives us the
rule: `int u dv = u*v - int v du`

Let `u = x^n` and `dv = e^-x dx`


  `du = n*x^(n-1) dx`

`v = -e^(-x)`

`int x^n
e^-x dx`

`= x^n*-1*e^-x - int -1*e^-x*n*x^(n-1) dx`

=
`x^n*-1*e^-x + n*int e^-x*x^(n-1) dx`

= `-x^n*e^-x + n*int e^-x*x^(n-1)
dx`

`int e^-x*x^(n-1) dx`

= `-x^(n-1)*e^-x + (n-1)*int
e^-x*x^(n-2) dx`

Substituting this in the original integral


`int x^n*e^-x dx`

= `-x^n*e^-x + n*(-x^(n-1)*e^-x + (n-1)*int
e^-x*x^(n-2) dx)`

= `-x^n*e^-x- n*x^(n-1)*e^-x + n*(n-1)*int e^-x*x^(n-2)
dx`

= `-e^-x*(x^n+n*x^(n-1))+n*(n-1)*int e^-x*x^(n-2) dx`


This can be continued n times to yield the final result.

=
`-e^-x*(x^n+n*x^(n-1)+ n*(n-1)x^(n-2)+...n!)`

The integral...

Friday, November 9, 2018

How might the USA's policy during the 1920's-1930's be seen as a contributory factor in causing the Second World War?

Of course,
the United States policies were not the major contributing factor to the outbreak of .  Instead,
it was the actions of Germany in Europe and Japan in Asia that were the most important factors. 
However, it is possible to argue that the US could have prevented the war from happening (or at
least made it much less likely) if the country had been more assertive and less
isolationist.

We can say...

How is Joe McCarthy related to the play The Crucible?

When we read its important to know about Senator Joseph McCarthy. Even though he is not a character in the play, his role in histor...