What are three ways that Atticus Finch shows his intelligence in the beginning, middle and end of To Kill a Mockingbird?

After 's
first day of school, she wants to quit and be "home schooled" ashad been. Atticus is
adamant, however, that she receive a proper education at the local public school. He realizes
that it may not be easy to convince Scout to return, so he devices a "compromise": He
will continue to read to her each night without revealing this to Miss Caroline. Scout goes
along with the slightly devious plan, and she slowly learns to adapt to her teacher and the ways
of the school. Atticus adds other wise words of advice, that Scout would

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

Atticus teachesa lesson about
respect and "real courage" when he forces his son to read for Mrs. Dubose for a month
as punishment for nearly destroying her prize camellias. In the end, Jem learns that he has
helped the old lady to kick her morphine addiction and that there are different forms of
bravery: It does not always come in the form of "a man with a gun in his hand," as
Atticus had done when he killed the mad dog. Instead, real courage

"... is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and see
it through no matter what."  ()

Atticus's intellect is evident throughout the trial of Tom Robinson. He is able to
determine that Mayella's injuries could only have been caused by a left-handed man: Tom's left
arm was crippled. He gets Mayella to admit with nod of her head that her father was not always
"tollable" when he had been drinking, presenting the possibility that it was Bob who
had beaten her. And when he "rained questions on her," Atticus managed to extract
contradictory statements from Mayella. He even presents the possibility that it was not the
first time Bob had beaten--or possibly even raped--Mayella when Tom reveals that

"... she never kissed a grown man before... what her
papa do don't count."  ()

In all, it was enough damning evidence to convince an honest jury to acquit his
client--had his client not been black and the jury all-white.

In what ways do both Romeo and Juliet act impulsively in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

Tamara K. H.

To behave
impulsively is to act upon or to be swayed by
emotions rather
than by reason. Since uncontrolled, passionate emotions vs. rational thought
is
a dominant theme in , there are certainly
many
instances in which both
andact
impulsively.

One
example of Romeo acting
impulsively can be seen when he allows
himself to be swayed into
crashing the Capulets'
ball with. Romeo is very hesitant to go, even believing
that
it is unwise and will lead to danger. He even relays a dream he had that he considers to
be
prophetic, and the dream reveals that the "night's
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What different feelings does Winston experience during the Two Minutes Hate?

At
first, when Goldstein's image flashes on the screen,feels his diaphram constrict. He can't look
at Goldstein without feeling "a painful mixture of emotions." The people are so well
conditioned to experience fear and rage when they see Goldstein's face that half the people in
the room are uncontrollably angry before even thirty seconds are up. The narrator tells us that
people can't avoid at least acting as if they are participating, but by the time that they are
thirty seconds in, nobody has to act any more because they are all sucked into the moment. It is
impossible to avoid joining in. Winston is with the crowd, feeling rage, and "hideous
ecstacy" of fear, vindictiveness, a desire to torture and kill. He has joined the others
and is screaming like he is crazy. Then Winston shifts--he still feels hatred, but it is not for
Goldstein any more, but Big Brother. Then he switches again, and feels connected to the crowd,
and hates Goldstein again. In these moments, he loves Big Brother, and feels like he is their
saviour and protector. The narrator says that people can shift the object of their hatred by an
act of will at this point. So he shifts from hating Goldstein to hating the dark-haired girl
behind him. At the end of the two minutes of hate, the people start to feel delirious with joy.
Winston shares their joy, but when they start to chant, he feels "his entrails go
cold"--that is intense fear. He hides his fear by chanting with the crowd, pretending he
does not feel what he feels.

What were the achievements of Mohenjo-Daro?

It is
probably best not to talk about Mohenjo-Daro specifically, but the larger Indus Valley
civilization of which it was an example. Archaeological finds at Mohenjo-Daro indicate that it
had a highly organized, though not necessarily stratified society that had a bureaucratic
mechanism for exacting grain tributes from area peoples. The buildings at Mohenjo-Daro, and its
contemporary sites throughout the region, show remarkable precision in brick cutting and
architecture. They also seem to have a high degree of division of labor, extensive trade
relations with neighboring peoples, precise systems of weights and measures, and some kind of
writing and numeric systems. All of these are hallmarks of an advanced
civilization.

What is John Proctor's relationship to Mary Warren?

Mary Warren is
John Proctor's servant, helping
out with the domestic chores around the farm and home.  His
relationship with
her varies a bit during the play, and is strained to say the least.  As a

servant, she would have had very few rights in the 17th century, and we get the sense
that
verbal chastising of Mary by Proctor was common, even the threat of
physical punishment for
disobeying him.

Mary is also one
of the "afflicted girls" who
become daily fixtures in the Puritan court and
ever more involved in the increasing net of
accusations against the citizens
of Salem.  Proctor is also perhaps a bit worried that Warren
spends so much
time with Abigail Williams, lest she spill the beans to Warren about their
love
affair.  Once Proctor's wife is mentioned in court, he tries to compel
Warren to come
clean.

Within Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay titled, "The Poet," what are the references made to the crisis in the relationship held between the individual and...

In "The
Poet," Emerson writes: 

For all men live by truth,
and stand in need of expression. In love, in art, in avarice, in politics, in labor, in games,
we study to utter our painful secret. The man is only half himself, the other half is his
expression. 

Since the poet is he/she who can best
express the virtues and beauty of our nature, the poet is our best "representative."
In the context of individuals and government, the indication is that a politician who lacks this
poetic skill (being sensitive to the impressions of nature, in form and character) will be an
inadequate representative of humanity. Emerson actually uses the word "representative"
to describe the poet. 

The breadth of the problem is
great, for the poet is representative. He stands among partial men for the complete man, and
apprises us not of his wealth, but of the common-wealth. 

Just as the poet is in tune to, and thrilled by, the common, daily occurrences in
nature, the poet is therefore in tune to the daily experiences of the common man. A potential
solution to this problem (that poets understand more than governments) is to elect poets instead
of politicians; or it is for every common person to pursue this poetic skill of expression. Even
if a person can't become a published poet or a public/political speaker, he/she can become more
attuned to nature and what's going on the in the world by paying attention to things in nature
and culture. Since half of man is expression, he (/she) should pursue poetic expression not just
for self-completion but to understand the world more fully. 

Another
interpretation/solution from this context about "expression" is that people should
vote for "representatives" who truly represent and express significant truths: those
who understand the connection between words, symbols, and nature. It is a lesson not just for
poets and politicians but for all people (which returns to Emerson's theme of
). 

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How do the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg relate to the American dream in The Great Gatsby?

The billboard with the
eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg relate to the American Dream because they are a symbol of a business
that did not survive. Presumably, Dr. Eckleburg's practice has closed, and this is why his
advertisement has been allowed to fall into disrepair.assumes that the doctor must have
purchased the billboard as a way to drum up more business, and this doctor was attempting to
achieve the American Dream by working hard and using his skills to advance himself in the world.
It is quite difficult, however, to succeed when one runs one's own businessmore difficult than
the Dream would have one believe, as we see withand his sad garage. Commercial enterprises are
precarious and inconsistent, and the dreams one has of developing a robust business can be
crushed, as Wilson's are. This billboard, then, is a symbol that shows that the American Dream
is actually just an alluringand not a real possibility, or, at least, an incredibly rare
one.

What allusions does Martin Luther King make to the Declaration of Independence in his "I Have a Dream" speech? How do they advance his argument?

Early in
the speech, King directly mentions the Declaration of Independence, which, along with the
Constitution, he describes as a "promissory note." He means that when the United
States came into being, its founders made a promise to the American people that the new
government would be one where all men were created equal:

This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

So in a
sense, this "promise" made by the Declaration of Independence is the concept around
which the entire speech is framed. King goes on to say that for African Americans, the
Declaration has been a "bad check," one which they have arrived at Washington to urge
the nation to cash. So the first part of the speech, which King delivered directly from prepared
remarks, was organized around a direct reference and consistent allusions to the Declaration of
Independence as a "promissory note." When King picks up the more famous "I Have a
Dream"...

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Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson. Is she considered a typical Maycomb female? What do the children think of her?

Miss Maudie
Atkinson is anything but a typical Maycomb white woman. She thinks for herself, treats all
people as equally human, and shares 's conviction that Tom Robinson deserves a fair trial. She
is one of the most likablein the book.

Miss Maudie loves to be outside
gardening. She finds her house a burden and feels liberated when it burns down. This symbolizes
that, unlike the typical Maycomb lady, she is not wedded to the past. She is willing to give up
old prejudices and outmoded ways of thinking rather than clinging to the so-called glory days
when the South was in its heyday.

The children love Miss...

What are five differences between the two film adaptations of "Romeo and Juliet"? What are five differences between the two film adaptations of...

The
film film versions are the 1968 film that is directed by Franco Zeffirelli and the 1996 film
that is directed by Baz Luhrmann. Both films do an admirable job of following Shakespeare's
original text, and both films do a great job of showing audiences the doomed love story that is
. At their core, they are similar in many ways, but there are differences.
Most of those differences are cinematic differences in terms of the way scenes are shot. Here
are some differences.

• The setting in both films is Verona;
  however, Zeffirelli's Verona is Italy. Luhrmann sets his film in "Verona
  Beach."
• Luhrmann's film makes liberal use of director quick cuts. The
  audience's point of view is being constantly cut to a new angle and vantage point. This is
  especially true during action sequences. This filming technique gives the film a much more jerky
  feel. Zeffirelli's film makes more use of longer takes.
• Luhrmann's film
  moves the camera through intense differences in zoom levels. Audiences...

Is In Cold Blood a creative work? Is it more than journalism? Why or why not?

claimed
that he had created a newwith . He called it a nonfiction novel. To make
his book more dramatic, he employed imaginative description and imaginary dialogue. He also used
his creative imagination to describe the emotions of many of the characters involved, including
members of the Clutter family, their friends and neighbors, the police, and the two killers. All
these descriptive elements, which are common to traditional novels, were based on Capote's
observations and interviews, as well as on whatever news reports he had read, but they were
interpreted and colored by his creative imagination. His novel might be compared with Theodore
Dreiser's much earlier novel, An American , which was also based on an
actual murder. Dreiser, however, took much greater liberties with the actual characters and
events. Capote is one of the leading exponents of the so-called New Journalism, which is a kind
of reportage in which the author inserts his own opinions, impressions, interpretations,
personality into his accounts of actual events. New Journalism is like Impressionism compared
toin painting. New Journalism is more subjective than traditional
journalism, which aims at being factual, truthful, unbiased.

Who is your favorite poet? List a favorite poem by him/her and explain why you love it. My favorite poet is Emily Dickinson. Her life is...

Although
my favorite poem of all time is Shakespeare's "Sonnet 116":

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration
finds..." (1-3)

My tastes usually run more modern,
and I find myself drawn to reading collections.  I really love Kelly Cherry's collections
God's Loud Hand or Relativity and Adrienne Rich's
Diving into the Wreck; both collections include poems with strongand really
vivid, crisp .  I just have always appreciated the perspective and insight a strong female
poet's voice can bring.  I was actually able to meet Kelly Cherry at a Women's Conference one
time at my university, and listening to her read her poems aloud completely inspired my younger
undergraduate self. 

What are the figures of speech used in "Richard Cory," and why did the author use them?

"" byis a short narrative poem
first published in 1897 in Robinson's book . The language tends to be
simple and direct; it uses fewer figures of speech than might be found in Metaphysical or
Romantic poetry. 

Figures of speech are defined as departures from ordinary
language intended to enhance the effects of a piece of writing on the reader. They are normally
divided into "figures of sound" and "figures of thought."

In terms of sound, you will note that the poem is divided into four stanzas, each
comprised of four lines of slightly irregular iambic pentameter. These lines exhibit a regular
rhyme scheme of "open quatrains" (normally abbreviated as "ABAB"). There are
some instances of(repetition of consonant sounds) such as "worked, and
waited."

The main figures of thought we see are amplification
and(overstatement or exaggeration). We can observe both of these in the following
line:

And he was richyes, richer than a king

First, we have the repetition of "rich ... richer." Next,
we have the exaggeration of "richer than a king"; a moderately well-off resident of a
small town is not actually richer than, say, the King of England. Many of the descriptions of
Cory are exaggerated, helping us understand the gulf between him and the other residents of the
town in wealth, social class, and personal lifestyle. 

To what degree does the protagonist believe in and live by the social order he is a part of in Death of a Salesman? Give examples

Willy totally
believes in the social order he is part of, and tries vehemently to be a success within this
system. Sadly, he cannot see that he is not equipped to succeed in the system he chooses to be
part of, and he refuses to accept help to change the way he lives in order to survive.

For example, Willy has always worked to be a self-made man. He is a salesman, seeking
out markets and striving for the commission which will help him support his family in the way he
wants to. Willy has never really been able to succeed in this environment. In Act 1, we see him
reminisce over returning from a sales trip....

Describe the character of Beatrice in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Rappaccini's Daughter."

Rappaccinis
daughter, Beatrice, first appears as a devoted and dutiful daughter who seems to have accepted
her fate as sister of a toxic flowering plant. (Note, for example, how she sighs and crosses
herself after the drops of sap from the plant kill first a lizard, then an insect.) This is
something she has become accustomed to, although she claims to not have a knowledge of the
science of plants like her father. Beatrice speaks lovingly to her father and also to the plant,
which she embraces as if to escape the dreariness of common life.

She acts
like a coy maiden when Giovanni tosses her a bouquet. However, just as the flowers and plants in
Rappaccinis garden appear somewhat artificial, one detects this in Beatrice as well. She is
almost too good to be true and seems to have something unnatural about her. Indeed, she does.
Her fathers love for her has led him to make her poisonous and unlovable by others. She lives
for her sister plant and surprises herself when,...

Do you prefer contemporary or classical music? I prefer the classical musics. They seem to have a lot more work and creativity put into them, creating...

How about
contemporary classical?  Arvo Part? Philip Glass?  Or the Icelandic mod groups? or
Bjork?

 

Interpret the closing passage in "Araby."

""
ends with this passage:

Gazing up into the darkness I saw
myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and
anger.

The narrator speaks these words as he leaves the
bazaar after failing to find a gift for Mangan's sister that will impress her and win her love
and approval. The passage expresses his disillusionment and the end of his dreams. The bazaar,
Araby, had lived in the narrator's mind as a place of beauty and enchantment in contrast to the
drabness of his life on North Richmond Street. To him it held the allure of romance. He says,
"The syllables of the word Araby [sic] . . . cast an Eastern
enchantment over me."

The narrator's illusions about Araby coincide with
his feelings of first love for Mangan's sister. When he learns she wants to go to the bazaar but
cannot, he promises to bring her a gift from Araby. He thus goes on a quest to win the heart of
the woman he loves, a romantic adventure.

Araby turns out to be a cavernous
warehouse filled with cheap goods. There is no enchantment. Araby is ordinary. Arriving at
closing time, the narrator finds the lights going out and the help going home. He leaves, angry
and disillusioned. He blames himself for being so foolish in believing that somehow his life
could become more beautiful and exciting than the circumstances in which he
lived.

Does Friar Lawrence have an aside in Romeo and Juliet?

In drama,
asides are used to allow the character on stage the chance to communicate directly with the
audience. When characters use the asides, its accepted that the other people on stage cannot
hear them. These asides let the audience in on a joke or give more information about the plays
action.

In Shakespeares , numerous asides are used
throughout the play.uses this strategy to communicate with the audience. In act 4, scene 1,is
with Friar Lawrence making plans to marry . Friar Lawrence knows that she is already married
toand that this marriage cannot take place. Paris explains thatwants the marriage to occur
quickly:

Now do you know the reason of this
haste?

Friar Lawrence responds with an aside:

I would I knew not why it should be slowed.

This reminds the audience of Juliet's previous marriage, as well as
the role he played in the ceremony.

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

Symbolism
in literature is the power of objects and images within a text to represent larger, figurative
ideas. Symbolism can be very effective in rhetorical writing and speech, because it allows for
the audience to latch on to a memorable image that will resonate the idea in their memories. ,
as a preacher, leans heavily on symbolism, since religious texts are full of them. In
"," Edwards employs the use of symbolism in order to make tangible the horrors and the
proximity of hell, as he perceives it.

One example of Edwards's symbolism is
as follows:

The God that holds you...

In Romeo and Juliet, is Juliet too young to marry?

Shakespeare himself must have felt that
thirteen was pretty young for a girl to get married. Otherwise, he would not have spent so much
space seemingly apologizing for 's tender age. She herself says she feels to young to think
about getting married to . Juliet's mother seems to think it is okay for her daughter to get
married, especially since Paris is such a good catch. Juliet's zany nurse assures Juliet that it
will be just fine for her to get married at thirteen. Juliet's father tells Paris that he thinks
his daughter is too young. Paris argues that lots of girls Juliet's age are already married and
have even become mothers. This sounds like Shakespeare's argument and justification. He must
have had some reason for making Juliet thirteen when he could have made her fifteen or sixteen
with just the stroke of a quill. I suspect it had something to do with the boy-actor who was
going to play Juliet. He may have been only twelve or thirteen himself. If it was so common for
thirteen-year-old girls to get married in older times, then why did Shakespeare make such a big
issue of it? Why did he even specify Juliet's age at all?

Explain how a company can change its method of costing inventory?

Inventory
costing is an accounting technique that allows a business financial manager to change the way
inventory is recorded on the companys books. The primary reason and purpose to...

Why does Hester refuse to reveal her partner's sin? Why does Hester refuse to reveal her partner's sin?

I agree
that there are many components to 's refusal to reveal Arthur as the father of her child. One
which has not been mentioned but I think has merit is that she is hopeful they can resume their
relationship one day. It's clear that Hester never stops loving Arthur (though he does not
appear to share those sentiments in the face of his guilty conscience) and, like most women
would be, she is hopeful she can be with him again at some point in time. If she tells, there is
no chance of that ever happening.

Interestingly enough, I've always thought
there was a point in their journey when the town just might have accepted Hester and Arthur as a
couple withas their child. At the beginning, though, there is just too much for Hester to lose
by telling.

Why did the third estate pay most of the taxes even though the higher classes had most of the money?

First, it
should be noted that Early Modern France did not practice a class system as we understand it
today. The modern class system is based in income. The estates were much more
heterogeneous.

The First Estate was the Church, including everything from the
Bishops to the Parish Priests.

The second estate was the nobility, which
likewise contained multiple threads and could include courtiers, the officer corps, the
magistrates, and the courts, as well as impoverished country nobles, who could be just as poor
as the peasants they lived beside.

We likewise see great degrees of
heterogeneity in the third estate, which contained the vast preponderance of the French
population. That being said, the French monarchy certainly left a lot of money on the table, and
this contributed greatly to France's fiscal crisis.

One thing that needs to
be recognized is that governance in early modern France was largely relational in nature, played
out between the monarchy and all the various subsets of the French population.

Furthermore, be aware that if you ever read Absolutist thinkers such as Jean Bodin,
you'll find there is a focus on the importance of custom and tradition. Good rulers were
expected to respect traditions and honor them. Indeed, the early moderns themselves drew this
distinction between what they understood as legitimate Absolutist-style monarchy, which was
contrasted against despotic or tyrannical ones, in which power was unbounded by these
traditions.

Thus, while the Absolutists could be quite autocratic, they also
had to be wary about breaking too sharply with the traditional rights and privileges on which
their own legitimacy and effectiveness as rulers ultimately rested. Indeed, this is precisely
the reason that the estates general was finally convoked as a means to create systemic
reform.

What are the two major themes of the book of Exodus?

Knowing and Making
Known

God expresses the desire to know Israel and for the
people of Israel to know him. In Exodus 3:15, God, addressing Moses, tells him that he, God, is
to be remembered throughout all generations. God instructs Moses to tell the people of Israel
that he, Moses, has been sent to them by the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob.

As Exodus progresses, God gradually reveals himself. We see God as the
God who remembers, rules, rescues, judges, speaks, provides for, and dwells among his people.
God remains a transcendent figure to whom all glory and honor are owed. But he also shows the
immanent nature of his awesome divinity as he comes to dwell among this chosen people.

The Covenantal Relationship between God and the People of
Israel

Exodus develops the covenant first handed down by God
to Abraham in the Book of Genesis. The Mosaic covenant established with the people of Israel at
Mount Sinai carries forward the purpose of the original covenant. In Genesis 12:1-3 God had
promised that he would make Israel into a great nation, and the Mosaic covenant of Exodus
represents the next stage of fulfillment of that original promise.

In the book "1984" by George Orwell, why does the Party rewrite the past?

People depend
on their understanding of their history (the past) to make judgments about their present.  If
the party can control the past, tell people what WAS in the past (even though it wasn't), they
can control what people think about now and the future.  A simple, if political, example will
make this clear in our own time.  We have been told by our present administration that the Bush
administration caused just about every problem that we are presently experiencing.  In order to
correct this we MUST do the things they tell us.  Is any of this true?  Did Bush make the
mistakes that led to the situation we are in?  Is the economy under anyone's control?  If it
were, wouldn't they have "fixed" it so that they could hold on to their
jobs?

Most of us don't know the answers to these questions; we might not even
be able to find them.  But if we believe what we are told without supporting evidence, then we
can be led to believe almost anything.  There are many thing that I/we will never know about for
sure; if these gaps can be filled with anything the government wants, then we can be made to
believe almost anything ... and act on that belief.

For the party, the past
is just a tool to control the present.  They rewrite it to serve any purpose they
wish.

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."  Thomas
Jefferson

What is Evelind's conflict and why?

's
"" is a story that centers around a dilemma (and in that context, I think its primary
conflict should be understood as one of person vs. self). However, at the same time, Eveline's
dilemma is informed by various other tensions that have influenced and impacted her life, and
the general misery that has defined it (in this sense, you can observe elements of person vs.
society and person vs. person conflict, the later of which is most notably expressed in
Eveline's abusive father).

In "Eveline," Joyce depicts his 's
existence as one defined by misery, with her mother dead, and Eveline herself faced with an
abusive father. And yet, Eveline herself is torn, because miserable as her current existence is,
it is also familiar to her (and she can take some small comfort in that familiarity). On the
other hand, she does have hope for a better future, should she run away with Frank, leaving
Ireland. However, in this moment when she finally has the chance to escape, she finds herself
second guessing that decision. This is ultimately a watershed moment for her, with consequences
that will, in all likelihood, shape the rest of her life. This dilemma weighs down on her,
bringing her considerable distress.

In "The Catcher in the Rye", how does Holden describe his mother? What is their relationship?

is
emotionally distant from his mother.  The loss of her younger son has locked Mrs. Caulfield in a
state of nervous exhaustion that is characterized by constant headaches and anxiety which causes
her to lose sleep and chain smoke.

Holden knows that his mother has not
gotten over the death of her youngest son, so she is still grieving, which leads the reader to
understand that she is sad.

In , Holden describes how his mother will react
when she finds out that he has been kicked out of another school. He wants to arrive home after
his parents have received the letter from Pencey Prep indicating that Holden has been
expelled.

"I didn't want to go home or anything till
they got it and thoroughly digested it and all.  I didn't want to be around when they first got
it.  My mother gets very hysterical.  She's not too bad after she gets something thoroughly
digested, though." (Salinger)  

In , when Holden
sneaks into his apartment, he talks about his mother again.  Holden tells the reader that his
mother is a light sleeper, she can hear a pin drop a mile away.

"You can hit my father over the head with a chair and he won't take up, but my
mother, all you have to do to my mother is cough somewhere in Siberia and she'll hear you.
 She's nervous as hell.  Half the time she's up all night smoking cigarettes.
(Salinger) 

Holden doesn't have a very good relationship
with either of his parents.  He can't confide in them.  He has not opened up to anyone about his
grief over his brother.  He sneaks into his apartment and listens to his mother scold , while he
hides in the closet, he can't even confront her, he doesn't trust her.

Holden
believes that his mother is in a fragile state, suffering from a nervous condition with constant
headaches is how he describes her in .  Holden's mother is so grief stricken over the death of
her son, , that Holden feels really guilty about being such a burden to her, that is why he
doesn't go home right away and that is why he chooses to hide while in NYC rather than go home,
even after he has no where else to stay.

The only person in the book that
Holden has a genuine relationship with that is based on trust and real love is his little sister
Phoebe.

In Lauren Sheilds's The Beauty Suit: How My Year of Religious Modesty Made Me a Better Feminist, what reasons does Shields give for deciding to...

In
The Beauty Suit (Salon, July 2013), Lauren Shields describes her
experiences with eschewing Western beauty standards for 9 months. During this period, she
avoided wearing makeup, covered her hair and only wore high collared, long-sleeved
shirts.

When considering how to detail why Shields decided to conduct this
social experiment in her life, review her narrative leading up to that point. She notes that she
had previously been a filmmaker, a position that required her to dress up in the latest fashion,
to wear makeup and to have her hair perfectly styled. Shields expresses frustration and fatigue
at having to spend so much time on her appearance.

She later is enrolled in a
seminary program and attends a lecture by a Muslim woman living in the United States. The
woman's story surprises Shields--she expected to be offended by the woman's talk. However, this
lecture is one of the primary motivations for Shields's 9 month experiment.

Consider the following quote in your analysis of The Beauty
Suit:

The speaker explained very clearly how
much she had enjoyed (and admittedly, sometimes hated) dressing in accordance with modesty
rules. She talked about her daughter who, being half-Muslim, had decided to wear a headscarf at
age 8 soon after returning to the States from overseas. The speaker didnt advocate for hijab,
but she certainly wasnt opposed to it.

This was not the podium-pounding,
acrimonious discussion I had prepared for. Instead of feeling self-righteous and angry, I felt
inspiredand profoundly unsettled. I didnt know it then, but what I had learned about modest
dress was teaching me about my own hypocrisy.

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Research Topic: Lyric PoetryWhat is the orgin of lyric poetry or what was the time it was most prevalent? I am looking for a reliable source that...

From your
question, I am guessing that you are actually looking for reliable sources on this topic (as for
a research paper?) rather than a direct answer to your question.

, as a
research topic, is much easier to research using books rather than the Internet.  It is easier
to look at it as a topic of history and literature, and in my experience, the Internet is
insufficient compared to the many publications that already exist.

Because
lyric poetry began in ancient Greece, the first place you could...

How does Winston regard the room over Charrington's shop?

Wheninitially walks into Mr. Charrington's
apartment above the antique shop, he experiences a feeling of a nostalgia and it seems to awaken
a sort of "ancestral memory" in him. Looking at the antique furniture and taking note
of the old-fashioned glass clock gives Winston a sense of comfort and satisfaction. Winston also
feels secure in Mr. Charrington's apartment and is pleased that there is not a telescreen on the
wall. Winston...

What is the meaning behind the "Spirit of Liberty" speech by Judge Learned Hand?

I am basing
my answer to this question on the excerpt in the link below.

In this excerpt,
Hand starts by saying that all Americans either chose to come to America or are the descendants
of those who did (in those days, people didnt think much about the fact that African Americans
were descended from people who did not get to choose).  He says that people came here because
they wanted liberty.  So then he asks what liberty means.  What was the liberty for which people
came to America?

First, he says that liberty cannot be saved by laws or
constitutions but only if it lies in the hearts of men and women.  What he means is that our
constitutional guarantees of rights are useless if people dont want to support them.  For
example, during his time, African Americans were denied the equal protection of the law even
though the 14th Amendment guaranteed it.  If the majority is strongly against some form of
liberty, it will die, even if the Constitution guarantees it.

So what is this
feeling of liberty, he asks.  He says it is not the freedom to do whatever we want.  That is not
the kind of liberty he is talking about.  Instead, he says, liberty is more about toleration. 
He says a person with the spirit of liberty in them does not believe they are always right. 
They accept that they may be wrong so they allow others to have their own opinions.  A person
with the spirit of liberty in them tries to understand other people and to think about what
other people want and need.  They do not automatically think that something is bad if it is bad
for them.  Instead, they think about whether that thing might be good for others or might be
something that others feel is important.  Finally, he says, referring to Jesus, the spirit of
liberty is the idea that the needs and ideas of the poorest and weakest will be paid attention
to just as much as the needs and ideas of the richest and most powerful.

He
says that Americans know that we will never achieve perfect liberty in our hearts, but he says
that we have to aspire to feel these things.  We have to think that our liberty is more about
being tolerant and understanding of others than it is about doing what we want and having things
our way.

Analyze the debate in the United States over what role the country should play as the world conflict grew in the early stages of World War II.

Before the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, there was serious debate as to whether or not the United States
should take an active role in the conflicts in Europe and Asia. Many Americans were not eager to
enter into a fight that seemed like a repeat of the First World War. During that conflict, there
had been significant American casualties, but the lasting peace that Woodrow Wilson had promised
had clearly not come to pass. Many Americans felt that the current conflict would prove just as
futile in bringing about world peace. They took up an isolationist stance, feeling that it would
be better if the United States stayed away from the violence and destruction across the oceans
on focused on domestic matters.

On the other side of this debate were the
so-called interventionists. As democracy became increasingly threatened as the Nazis marched
across Europe and American interests in Asia were subverted to the will of the expanding
Japanese Empire, these people said it was time for the United States to take direct involvement.
They argued that isolationism in the face of Japanese and Nazi conquests would put the United
States in the increasingly vulnerable position of having to stand alone as the only free nation
in the world.

By 1940, there were some interventionists who argued that the
United States should go to war right away. They argued that sooner or later their hand would be
forced and it would be best to send a military force to Europe before the situation got too
dire.

Others took a more restrained approach. They argued that the country
could take a larger role in providing material and financial support to Great Britain, which by
the summer of 1940 stood alone against the Nazis. This is in fact what initially happened under
the Lend-Lease Act. Those supporting this middle-ground approach argued that by indirectly
helping Great Britain fight the Axis, they would be able to avoid direct military involvement on
the part of the United States.

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Evaluate the war on terrorism in America in chapter 25 of A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

George W. Bush
Jr. launched a "war on terrorism" after the attacks against the United States on
September 11, 2001. In chapter 25,(1922€“2010) writes about the futility of Bush's
war.

One of Zinn's criticisms of the "war on terrorism" is that it
buttresses America's already bloated military-industrial complex. Both Republicans and
Democrats, Zinn notes, are happy to spend huge amounts of money on weapons, and 9/11 was a
justification to increase defense budgets even further. Zinn argues that American money would be
better spent helping people around the globe. He argues that the US could save millions of lives
globally by spending more to fight tuberculosis; America could achieve this by using only a
small fraction of the hundreds of billions it spends on defense.

Zinn argues
that the "war on terrorism" cannot be won. He provides many examples for this view:
Britain's experience in Northern Ireland, Israel's occupation of Palestine, and President Bill
Clinton's response to the bombing of American embassies in Africa in 1998. Zinn points out that
Bush even indirectly admitted the futility of American policy in his State of the Union address
in 2002.

Zinn forcefully argues that America's killing of innocent people in
Afghanistan is not a logical or humane response to 9/11. Although America's invasion of Iraq is
not in chapter 25, Zinn was a vocal critic of that war, too.

The role of economics in national development? With focus in Ghana as country

Following its
independence from Great Britain, Ghana had arguably the strongest economy among the new West
African countries. It has continued to build on its economic strengths to become a middle-income
country. This economic growth has fueled development that has increased the standard of living
for many people in Ghana post-independence. However, development has not reached everyone
equally, and this could cause problems in the future.

In 1957, Ghana
achieved its independence with one of the best-educated populations in West Africa, reserves of
gold and oil, and a population (temporarily) unified around the popular nationalist leader Kwame
Nkrumah. Ghana made some strong economic moves out of the gateinvestment in cocoa production for
export, construction of a hydroelectric dam to support industrialization, creation of homegrown
manufacturing industries to replace expensive foreign imports, and promotion of economic
cooperation with its neighbors. Nkrumah attempted to implement...

In the soliloquy of Act II, Scene 2--"O what a rogue and peasant slave am I"--what is Hamlet saying, and how does this set of words help to move him...

In hisof
,chastises himself for his weakness and inaction in avenging the murder of his father, and he
considers a method to confirm the guilt of .

Steeped in melancholy over the
death of his father and what he views as his mother's incestuous act of marriage to
Claudius,finds himself in a quagmire of thoughts and emotions that immobilize him. In his
soliloquy of Act II, Scene 2, Hamlet muses upon the emotion that an actor of the visiting troupe
brings forth in his speech about the Trojan queen Hecuba, the prototype for bereft and mourning
women. He wonders what this man would do if he "[H]ad the motive and cue for passion"
(Act II, Scene 2, line 517) that he has in his current situation. 

Upon
further introspection, Hamlet berates himself for his lack of passion and courage:

But I am pigeon-livered and lack gall
To make oppression
bitter, or ere this 
I should'a fatted all the region kites
With this slave's
offal. Bloody, bawdy villain (Act II, Scene 2, lines 534-537)!

Further, Hamlet calls himself "an ass" for his inaction. He then remembers
that sometimes people who watch a play whose plot resembles circumstances of their own lives are
"struck so to the soul" (Act II, Scene 2, line 548) that they are driven to confess
the crimes they have committed.

Resolved to act, Hamlet decides to have the
actors perform a play whose plot involves situations similar to those which have recently
occurred in reality. Then, as Claudius watches this play, Hamlet can "catch the
conscience of the king" (Act II, Scene 2, line 562).

As with Hamlet's
other soliloquies, his third soliloquy moves him toward action and provides more insights into
his soul.

What are the main points of Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"?

As with many of
's short stories, the author intermingles a realistic portrayal of people living in the
southeastern part of the United States with larger questions of good and evil.

The story begins with a husband, wife, children, and their grandmother going on trip by
car from Georgia to Florida. At one point in the journey, the grandmother recalls an old
plantation with a secret panel, behind which a cache of the family's silver was hidden. The
grandmother's story spurs the children's curiosity and so they compel their father to turn
around and try to find the old house. The fact that the plantation is near
Toombsboro may foreshadow that this place will soon become a scene
of death for them all.

While they look for the house, they have a car
accident when the grandmother's cat leaps out of its basket and lands on the father, who is
driving. As the dazed family gathers outside of the car, they encounter three men, one of whom
is a notorious escaped criminal named The Misfit. The grandmother recognizes the man and
immediately blurts out, "You're The Misfit!"

Unfortunately, now
that the criminal has been recognized, he decides to kill the entire family. He has his two
comrades kill the family, while The Misfit himself kills the grandmother.

One
of the main issues raised by the story is what constitutes goodness. The grandmother seems to
have the notion that a person's goodness can be determined by the way they appear. If they seem
to be good, then they must have some goodness in them. As soon as the grandmother realizes that
The Misfit intends them harm, she tries to convince him that he is a good man. She feels sure he
comes from "nice people" and she is sure he is "a good man at heart" just by
looking at him. The grandmother continues to insist to The Misfit that he is a good man, but
finally he declares to her that he "ain't a good man". After The Misfit kills the
grandmother, he declares that she would have "been a good woman...if it had been somebody
there to shoot her every minute of her life." Thus, the story ends with this enigmatic
statement which leaves the reader continuing to ask, "How do I know if the people I
encounter are 'good' or not?"

What are the themes of the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

Because Peyton Farquhar
believes that "all is fair in [...] war," he behaves in a manner that proves it, and
he is hanged for this behaviors, readers can come to the conclusion that such a belief is an
inappropriate one.  Farquhar, the narrator tells us, feels like a soldier at heart, and he
obviously believes that, during war, one might do things that would, other times, be considered
wrong or unacceptable; this is what the expression signifies.  In other words, for him -- and
for others who share his belief -- the ends justify the means; put differently, the goals of war
justify whatever brutality is necessary to achieve those goals.  Farquhar is executed by the
Union army for believing this and for acting on this belief, and so we might infer that such a
belief is both wrong and dangerous.  

In addition to a denunciation of the
belief that all is fair in war, Bierce seems determined to point out the extent of the toll that
war takes.  It doesn't simply ruin the lives of soldiers who must fight and kill and die, but
also the lives of civilians.  War causes suffering and death, no matter what, and Bierce appears
to discourage it as an appropriate way of negotiating change.

How do Scout and Jem mature through Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

Bothandmature into morally upright
individuals with sympathy and perspective. At the beginning of the novel, both Jem and Scout
fearand do not understand the prejudice throughout their community. Both children learn valuable
lessons and experience significant events, which affect their perspective of life. Jem learns
about real courage from his experience with Mrs. Dubose, and Scout learns about perspective from
her interaction with Miss Caroline.also teaches his children important lessons concerning race,
respect, tolerance, and equality. After witnessing racial injustice for the first time, both Jem
and Scout lose their childhood innocence. Although Jem becomes jaded, he realizes the importance
of standing up for what is right. Scout also understands the importance of protecting innocent
beings and comprehends the significance of her father's defense of Tom Robinson. By the end of
the novel, neither child fears Boo Radley, and both of the Finch children...

Why was Peyton Farquhar hanged?

In
Section II of "," the scout who is posing as a Confederate soldier tells Peyton
Farquhar:

"The commandant has issued an order, which
is posted everywhere, declaring that any civilian caught interfering with the railroad, its
bridges, tunnels, or trains will be summarily hanged. I saw the order."

The Union officers know they are in enemy territory. There were
many Southern civilians like Farquhar who were trying to help the Confederate cause by
committing sabotage or even bushwhacking Union troops. That is why the order is posted
everywhere. The South was a huge place and the Union forces were surrounded by hostile
civilians. The commandant posted the order quoted by the scout because he had good reason to
fear attacks from self-appointed guerrillas, all of whom owned rifles and hated the
invaders.

Peyton Farquhar just happened to be one of the Southern activists
who got caught. He was hanged from the bridge mainly to set an example. No doubt his body was
left hanging for a long time, so that other Southerners would see it and be frightened. A
hanging body sends an eloquent message. 

 

 

What are some historical events that happened in the book Fever 1793?

's historical novel
takes
place in Philadelphia. As portrayed in the book, Philadelphia was
then the
nation's capital. The narrator of the novel mentions the State House, where
the
Congress then met. Coffeehouses, like the one portrayed in the novel,
were common in
Philadelphia at the time, and they were places where people
could gather to speak about politics
and to exchange ideas. The character of
Eliza in the novel is a freed slave, and Philadelphia
was home to about 2,000
freed slaves at the time. 

In...

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What is the meaning of the story "Axolotl"?

The short
story "" byfollows the magical transformation of the narrator into an axolotl--an
amphibious creature (known as the "Mexican walking fish") which does not undergo
metamorphosis and originates in Mexico City in Lake Xochimilco. 

The
narrator spends hours watching these creatures at the aquarium at the Jardin des Plantes and is
"unable to think of anything else." After...

What is the setting of Journey to the Center of the Earth, and why is it important?

Large
portions of the setting for this story are fictional. At the time that Verne wrote this book,
geologists were not sure what the interior of Earth was like. In typical Verne fashion, the text
weaves known science with. After descending through a volcano into the Earth's interior, the
setting is fictional locations inside Earth. Regarding actual locations, the story begins in
Hamburg, Germany in the spring of 1863. The story begins with Axel explaining to readers that
Otto Lidenbrock had discovered a manuscript written by a 16th century Icelandic man. The
manuscript supposedly narrates a path to the center of Earth, and the path begins at Mount
Snaeffels in Iceland. The men then travel to Reykjavik, Iceland in order to gain access to the
starting location. The...

I have to make a concept board on the play of Antigone. It needs to be abstract representation of the world and the characters from the play Antigone...

Previous answers
have addressed some specific aspects of the story itself, but I can add some tips for designing
concept boards in general.

A concept board (even a 3-D version, like the one
in the assignment) is a lot like an infographic. Pick two or three main points that you are
trying to make, and focus on getting those across as clearly as possible. (Do not retell the
whole story on one board; you will just overload your design and confuse your
audience.)

Plan your design before you start sticking images and other
material to the board. You might use one shape to represent characters, another to represent
action, a third to represent consequences, and so forth. Geometric clues like this will help
your audience decode your message easily.

Is your message linear
(beginning, middle, end)? To show a linear progression, your images should be placed to read
logically from left to right or top to bottom. Alternatively, are you going to convey a lot of
open-ended possibilities and...

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What were the Democratic-Republican and the Federalist party's beliefs and ideals about Jefferson's expanding agrarian republic?

The
Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists
were the two main political parties in the early
United States.  The two
parties had different opinions on most issues.  One of the important
issues
on which they differed was Thomas Jeffersons idea of an agrarian
republic. 

Thomas Jefferson was one of the most important
members of the Democratic-Republican
Party.  This means, of course, that his
party supported his idea of an agrarian republic. 
They...

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Why do Muslims consider Jews and Christians to be "people of the book"?

Muslims
consider Jews and Christians to be People of the Book because they believe that the Jewish and
Christian scriptures were inspired by God in much the same way that the Koran was.  They honor
the Jewish and Christian prophets and consider them to be important prophets in Islam as well. 
For this reason, they believe that the Jews and the Christians are part of the same religious
tradition that Muslims belong to.

Muslims believe that the Jewish prophets
and Jesus were all divinely inspired.  They accept that Jews and Christians are monotheistic and
that the God that all three religions worship is the same God.  They believe that God first
revealed himself to Abraham.  This made Abraham the first Muslim.  While Muslims do respect Jews
and Christians as People of the Book, they also believe that these faiths have drifted away from
Gods true word.  They believe that the older religions became imperfect and that God revealed
himself (through his angel) to Muhammad to get people back on the right track.  They believe
that Muhammad was Gods final prophet and that the revelations given to him are the ultimate
indicators of what God wants.

Muslims, then, believe that Jews and Christians
are People of the Book because they are all part of the same religious tradition with and they
all revere the same God.  The scriptures that the Jews and Christians believe in are also holy
to Muslims,  but Muslims believe that the revelations given to Muhammad and written down in the
Koran supersede and perfect the Jewish and Christian scriptures.

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How does alliteration develop the theme of love transcending death in "Annabel Lee"?

You stated
that your theme was that their love transcends death. Though the lovers were young whendied, his
love for her has lived on past her death.is an important factor in this poem, and I think the
reason you may be having trouble is that you are looking mainly within the line or the next line
to find the repeated sound. As the lines in Annabel Lee are short, the repeated sounds later in
the stanza also figure in.

In the first stanza: repetition of M €“ many,
many, maiden, maiden

In the second stanza: repetition of L €“ loved, love,
Lee , love

In the third stanza: repetition of S €“sea, so, shut, sepulcher,
sea

In the fourth stanza: repetition of H €“ half, happy, heaven

In the fifth stanza: Repetition of W €“ we, who, wiser, we

In the
sixth stanza: Repetition of B €“bringing, beautiful, bright, beautiful

If
the theme is eternal love, found in youth, but never forgotten, then part of the function of
sound devices should be to remind us of that youthful love. Poe is a master of sound, and it is
no accident that he reminds us of the youthful lovers by repeating so many short words
(generally no longer than two syllables). The repetition gives the poem a rhythmic, sing-song
tone that lingers in our memory long after we have read it.

How is their guide, Mr. Kapasi, characterized? (Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies)

Mr.
Kapasi is a romantic who empathizes with the pain of others. While these characteristics are
useful in his job as a medical translator, the interpreter of maladies of the title, they also
sometimes block him from accepting lifes practical realities. One of those realities is that his
earnings as a translator are inadequate so he must supplement them, which he does through
working as a tour guide.

In the second job, Kapasis empathy is less
advantageous. Imagining himself having the tourists lives, he romanticizes them and sometimes
places himself as a subject within their very different reality. Kapasi will probably never have
disposable income to travel the world. When he envisions himself in a relationship with Mrs.
Das, he soon learns that her life back home is far from idyllic. Although she enjoys material
comforts, her romantic yearningsin that case, acted upon through an affairhave not been
significantly fulfilled much more than his own, unstated desires. Through this interaction, he
has perhaps progressed as an interpreter of his own maladies.

Give an example in contemporary politics of the use of an oxymoron, such as "War is Peace." Definition: An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory...

In my
opinion, there are not any oxymorons in
contemporary politics, at least not on the level of
"War is Peace."  Any
politician who used anything that blatant would become a

laughingstock.

I can think of at least a few things that would be
called
oxymorons by their opponents.  Democrats
didn't...

Why is Romeo and Juliet considered romantic?

byis a tragic romance
between the two titular characters. There are many factors that may make one doubt the veracity
of their love for one another, but the story in the play can certainly be considered one of the
most iconic love stories of the age.

In the first act of the play,is
introduced to the audience as a youth pining for a young woman, Rosaline, who does not return
his love. It is only later, when his comrades bring him to a party to forget Rosaline, that he
meets . Romeo instantly forgets his earlier woe and claims immediately that he neer saw true
beauty till this night (act 1, scene 5). It would be easy to doubt the truth of his love for
Juliet.

Juliet herself seems enamoredbut hesitantafter her first meeting with
Romeo. Multiple times during the iconic balcony scene, Juliet chides Romeo for being too
rash€¦ too sudden, and claims that he mayst prove false in his love for her. However, by the
end of the scene she says that if he intends to marry her, he should to send [her] word
to-morrow and theyll be married straight away. Again, it would be easy to think of Juliet as
being too rash herself when it comes to their sudden romance (act 2, scene 2).

Ultimately, what cements the actions of Romeo and Juliet as romantic is their
dedication to each other. Their violent delights do indeed yield violent ends, but the
feelings they have for each other are still present (act 2, scene 6). Phrases such as parting
is such sweet sorrow and what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet
is the sun! (act 2, scene 2) stick in the minds of the audience with their sincerity.

Their reluctance to leave each other after their wedding night and their own despair at
seeing, or believing, their lover to be dead is undeniably heart-wrenching, even if one views
their actions as youthful foolishness. Whether their love is true or not is up to the audience,
but the actions and relationship between the two young lovers is undeniably
romantic.

What is the need of the environment?

An
environment can be defined as all the surroundings that make it possible for a given organism to
live. This can include air, water, climate, minerals, soil, and sunlight. In addition to all
these non-livings components, an environment also consists of the other living organisms in a
given area.  However, for man there are two environments a natural one and a manmade one, such
as a city or suburban surrounding. This consists of all...

What does the first soliloquy reveal about Hamlet's state of mind (act 1, scene 2, lines 129€“159)? This speech occurs before Horatio reports the...

has
been deeply traumatized by the death of his father and the fact that his mother, , has hastily
remarried , his wicked uncle. Indeed,is so traumatized by recent events that he wishes he could
commit suicide, that "[T]his too, too sullied flesh would melt, / Thaw, and resolve itself
into a dew." But, as he then goes to say, killing himself would go against Christian
teaching, which regards suicide as a sin. As Hamlet still prides himself on being a Christian
prince, he reluctantly adheres to the Church's strictures against
"self-slaughter."

But this only torments...

How might you have reacted to this sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" if you had been a Puritan?

"If you
were a Puritan" is a complex idea. Let's unpack it a bit.

To begin with,
"Puritan" is a more complicated label than, say, "Roman Catholic." First, on
the whole it wasn't something people called themselves. The term was originally pejorative, an
insult directed at English Protestants who disagreed with the mainstream Church of England
(Anglicanism in England; Episcopalianism in the United States and elsewhere). They fell within
the broader category of "Dissenter," which was the general term for English
Protestants opposed to the Church of England, ancestors of modern Congregationalists, Methodists
and many other denominations now considered part of mainstream Protestantism. Both
"Puritan" and "Dissenter" were labels imposed from outside, generally by
people who disagreed with the people they were describing.

Second, it's old,
arguably out of date when we're talking about. The term "Puritan" is dated to the
1560s (see reference). It was most current in the 1600s,...

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What are some scenes displaying loneliness in the book To Kill A Mockingbird?

Loneliness
is a fact of life for many people,
and thein 's are no different. Here are
two scenes from
the book that are tinged with a sense of loneliness.

Early
in
the novel, in ,introduces her family and her community to the reader. When
she mentions her
mother, she explains that she was so young when her mother
died that she never knew her well
enough to miss her; however,was older, and
Scout describes a scene that would happen sometimes
when they were playing
together. Without warning, Jem would sigh and then remove himself to go
and
be alone. The subtext of this description emphasizes the loneliness of a young boy who
has
lost his mother too early.

Scout's descriptions of
the Radley house, also in
chapter 1, heighten the sense of loneliness that
surrounds the place. On Sundays in particular,
Scout describes a lonely
scene: a house with shutters and doors closed. This message of the
Radleys'
rejection of the outside world...