In a classroom , 4 students are wearing red shirts, 11 students are wearing blue shirts, and 10 students are wearing black shirts. What is the ratio...

We are given
that 4 students are wearing red shirts, 11 students are wearing blue shirts, and 10 students are
wearing black shirts. We are asked to find the ratio of students wearing red or black shirts to
the students wearing blue shirts.

A ratio can be written as `a/b` or `a:b` .
A ratio can be thought of as a fraction. Ratios differ from rates in that the units for ratios
must be the same so that the ratio represents a number. (A rate has different units: i.e., miles
per gallon.)

For this ratio the numerator is the number of students wearing
red or black shirts, while the denominator is the number of students wearing blue
shirts.

For the numerator we see the word "or". The number of
students wearing red or black shirts can be found by adding the numbers together. Thus there are
4+10=14 students wearing red or black shirts.

Thus the ratio of
students wearing red or black to the number of students wearing blue is 14:11 or
`14/11` .

(Note that `14/11` considered as a fraction is an improper fraction
and could be written as `1 3/11` ; however as a ratio we do not rewrite in this manner. However,
we typically write rations in simplified or reduced form. Thus `6/4=3/2` or 6:4 is the same as
3:2.)

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What is Hawthorne's point in "Young Goodman Brown"?

This
is an interesting question. You could probably answer sufficiently by choosing a theme from the
story and providing an analysis and support of the theme. The answer is undoubtedly subjective.
Consequently, different readers could think that Hawthorne has a different main point.
Personally, I think that a main point of this story is about hidden sin. This should make sense
because Hawthorne has written other pieces that focus on hidden sin. and
"" both have a strong emphasis on hidden sin. " " shows readers the hidden
sins and secrets of a town through...

In "Mirror," what is the speaker's tone?

The persona that Plath
creates in this wonderful poem is shown to speak in a tone that perfectly represents its
character. The mirror tells us that it is "silver and exact," and it seems to speak in
a rather clinical voice that presents its view as being somewhat detached and completely
unemotional. This can be shown through the short sentences and the very matter of fact way in
which the mirror reports to us what it sees:

I am silver
and exact. I have no preconceptions.
Whatever I see I swallow immediately
Just
as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.

There is therefore
almost a clinical tone to the way in which the mirror speaks and how it describes the woman that
spends so much time looking into it. There is no pity or sadness expressed through the speaker's
tone, only a factual and unemotive reporting of what happens.

I'm writing an essay on the changing place of women in European society between 1880 and 1930. Reflect on the growing visibility of woman and the...

The
socioeconomic and political position and role of women in the European society in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth century was constantly changing. As far as women's history is
concerned, this period is mainly characterized by the women's rights movement and its fight for
equality, social reforms, and socioeconomic and cultural independence. One of the most important
achievements was the successful fight for women's suffrage. The first European country and the
second country in the world which gave the right to women to vote was Finland in 1906. Germany
followed in 1919, which also marks the culmination of the women's rights movement and the early
beginnings of feminism in the Weimar Republic.

Around this time, women also
began the battle for equal educational opportunities and demanded various traditional
institutions and universities to open their doors to women. Great Britain and Germany were among
the first European countries which gave women the right to pursue a higher level of education.
Motivated by their successes and armed with new knowledge and skills, women also began to demand
equal employment opportunities and equal pay. With the start of World War I, a growing number of
women were given jobs in sectors which were formerly reserved for men, such as clerks, farmers,
railway workers, and munition factory workers. After some time, the women began to advocate
against low wages and the overall unsatisfactory working conditions. Thus, during the late 1910s
and early 1920s, female workers led several equal pay strikes, and many women abandoned their
workplaces in order to demand a higher minimum wage.

The main goal of the
women's liberation movement was to destroy the stereotypical perception of women as the weaker,
secondary gender and allow them to equally participate in the socio-economic, political, and
cultural climate of the European society and the world in general.

According
to Helen Boak, author of Women in the Weimar Republic, the Weimar Republic
granted women many new freedoms and liberties; however, despite the progressive changes and
reforms, women still faced many obstacles and dealt with a lot of gender discrimination. Near
the end of and after World War I, many women were often given more "female-friendly
jobs," such as civil workers or nurses, and they were actively encouraged by the government
and the political leaders to focus on marriage, family, and household chores. Thus, the
so-called new and modern women in the Weimar Republic were, basically, forced to make a choice
to either partake in the new educational and employment opportunities or become housewives and
embrace more traditional societal roles and values.

As far as the book you've
mentioned, I wasn't able to find that exact title, but I did find href="https://www.academia.edu/498100/Women_in_Weimar_Politics">Women in
the Weimar Republic by Helen Boak (that I've mentioned earlier) and href="https://journals.sagepub.com/action/cookieAbsent">Women in German
by Ute Fervert, which I used as sources to give you some guidelines and
starting points for your essay.

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Why did the farm's name change from Manor Farm to Animal Farm?

Manor
Farm is a name devised by humans. As such, it symbolizes the control they have over the farm and
over the lives of the animals who live there. Once the animals take control, however, the
ideology of Animalism is put into effect. Among other things, this means that the old name has
to go, along with all other signs of domination by the hated human enemy. According to
Animalism, humans are exploiters of animals. They must be overthrown and expelled from the farm
if the animals are to have freedom over their own lives. So, to symbolize the new order, the
name of the farm is changed to . The farm belongs to the animals now. It is
their farm, not the humans'.

Equally symbolic is the
fact that the name of the farm changes back to Manor Farm when the pigs
learn to walk upright and are almost indistinguishable from humans.

In 1984, what is "the book" and what does it contain?

In
, "the book" is a pamphlet written by a party opponent and enemy
of the state called Emmanuel Goldstein. Its official title is "The Theory and Practice of
Oligarchical Collectivism" andreceives a copy of this book shortly before Hate Week begins,
in .

In essence, the book offers a scathing indictment of Big Brother and the
party and seeks to explain the unequal distribution of wealth and power in Oceania. One example
of this is Goldstein's explanation of the party slogan, War is Peace. According to the book, it
is in the party's interest to maintain a constant state of war in Oceania. Specifically:
"It eats up the surplus of consumable goods, and it helps to preserve the special
mentalthat a hierarchical society needs." In other words, instead of using the surplus of
goods created by the people of Oceania for the benefit of everyone, the party redirects them to
maintaining a constant state of war and keeping the people impoverished and
controlled....

href="http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/16.html">http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/16.html

I have to write an essay comparing and contrasting an Oedipus the King film with the play. I watched the 1986 BBC version of Oedipus the King, but I am a...

Instead
of the BBC version, I would suggest you take a look at two films from the 1960s:
(in Italian, Edipo Re), directed by Pier Paolo
Pasolini, and the King, starring Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, and
Lilli Palmer, and directed by Philip Saville. Both of these, especially Pasolini's version, are
more cinematic than the 1986 one to which you refer, which is basically a filmed stage-play with
the one novelty of being performed in modern dress.

In Pasolini's film, not
surprisingly for him, there are several unusual, offbeat features. The story is told beginning
not asdoeswith Thebes in crisis and Oedipus already kingbut with Oedipus's earlier history and
childhood, showing his infancy, his rescue by the shepherd, and his youth in Corinth. The
emphasis is more visual than verbal. Sophocles tells the details not only in flashback, but in
the words of thethemselvesthe, the Shepherd, and of course Oedipus and Iocastaas they
recall...

How did the Stevens family act toward the Worthens in "Lyddie"?

The Stevens
family is kind and supportive towards the Worthens.  Quaker Stevens, who lives on the farm five
miles down the road, is always willing to helpand her brother.  Lyddie, however, with a spirit
that tends to be proud and stubborn, is envious of the family, and resentful that she is in a
position where she needs their aid.  When Lyddie and Charles must sell off their livestock and
go away to work, it is Quaker Stevens who buys their calf for the handsome sum of twenty-five
dollars, even though as the owner of its sire, the calf is technically half his property
already.  He chides himself for not having "come to call on (his) neighbors" when he
learns that Lyddie and Charlie have been alone, invites them to share "a hearty noon dinner
with the family", and arranges for one of his boys to give them a ride to town on the
pretext that he needs something from the store there (Chapter 2).

When
Lyddie's uncle determines to sell their farm, Charlie, knowing that Quaker Stevens will look out
for their interests, asks him to take care of the sale.  Unable to convince the uncle to hold
the farm for the children, Quaker Stevens puts down the purchase price himself.  His son Luke,
who cares for Lyddie with a love that is pure and true, wants to earn the deed from his father
and asks Lyddie to return as his wife (Chapter 18).  Although she is not ready to accept his
proposal, Lyddie does finally recognize that his kindness is genuine, and foresees that one day,
she "would love...the gentle...man that he would...become" (Chapter
23).

How did Andrew Jackson solve the nullification crisis?

The
nullification crisis that arose during
Andrew Jacksons presidency was a serious challenge that
he had to face. The
people of South Carolina was very unhappy with the high protective tariff of

1828 because they believed it hurt the South while benefitting the North. John C.
Calhoun
believed a state should be able to reject a law if it hurts a state
or region while helping
another state or region. This would violate the
Constitution because the Constitution states
that federal laws are
supreme.

President Jackson had a clear stance on this

issue. He said that states couldnt nullify federal laws. He indicated that the tariff
would be
enforced throughout the country. When South Carolina threatened to
secede over this issue,
Jackson indicated there would be a military response
by the federal government. President
Jackson was not going to just allow
South Carolina to secede. Fortunately, a compromise was
reached that allowed
for a gradual lowering of the tariff over a ten-year period. South Carolina

stayed in the Union and the issue was resolved, at least in the

short-term.

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What are some examples of similes and personification in the book Walden by Henry David Thoreau?

In the first
chapter of Thoreau utilizesin his comparison of age and youth.He writes
"Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not
profited so much as it has lost."Neither age nor youth can literally instruct, profit, or
lose; these are qualities that can only, in the literal sense, apply to human beings and their
constructs.

Later in the first chapter, Thoreau utilizes a , "One
generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels."In this sentence,
Thoreau observes that the initiatives of a generation are rejected and left behind when the next
generation comes along, like boats that are either dead in the water or washed ashore and
vacated by the people sailing in them.

Also in the first chapter, Thoreau
personifies the sun in saying "I never assisted the sun materially in his rising."He
assigns the male gender to this star and affirms that it was important that he was there to
witness its ascent...

In "The Crucible," what are the ultimate effects of vindictive feelings expressed in Act I? Describe the feelings the characters have toward each...

Each group
of people has a motive for punishing one another. However, since they are Puritans who believe
in a strict interpretation of the Bible,...

how to integrate [log({sqrt(1-x)}+{sqrt(1+x)}] where lower limit is 0 and upper limit is 1

`(sqrt(1-x)+sqrt(1+x))^2` />
`=1-x+1+x+2sqrt((1-x)(1+x))`
/>`=2(1+sqrt(1-x^2))`


So:
/>`"log"
(sqrt(1-x)+sqrt(1+x))`

`=

"log"((2(1+sqrt(1-x^2)))^(1/2))`

`= (1)/(2) ("log" 2 +

"log" (1+sqrt(1-x^2) ))`


So:
/>`int
("log" (sqrt(1-x)+sqrt(1+x)) ) dx`

`=(1)/(2)
int ("log"
2) dx + (1)/(2) int ("log" (1+sqrt(1-x^2))) dx
` />


The first integral is just

constant:

`(1)/(2) int_0^1 ("log" 2) dx = (1)/(2)
("log"
2) (1-0) = ("log" 2)/(2)`


/>For the second
integral, we start with:

`int_0^1
("log" (1+sqrt(1-x^2)))dx
`

We start with a trig
substitution:

`x = "sin"
theta`
/>`dx = "cos" theta d theta`

`1-x^2 = 1 -
"sin"^2
theta = "cos"^2 theta`

`sqrt(1-x^2) =
"cos"
theta`

If `theta = 0` then `x=0`

If
`theta
= (pi)/(2)` then `x=1`


/>And the integral
becomes:

`int_0^(pi/2) ("log"
(1+ "cos" theta)
"cos" theta) d theta`

Now we use
integration by
parts:

`u = "log" (1+ "cos"

theta)`

`dv = "cos" theta d
theta`
/>So:

`du = (-"sin" theta)/(1 +
"cos" theta) d
theta`

`v="sin"
theta`

/>`int ("log" (1+ "cos" theta)
"cos" theta) d theta`
/>`= "log" (1+ "cos" theta)
"sin" theta - int (("sin" theta)(-"sin"
theta)/(1 +
"cos" theta)) d theta`

`= "log" (1+
"cos"
theta) "sin" theta + int (("sin"^2 theta)/(1 + "cos" theta))
d
theta`



Now: />
`("sin"^2
theta)/(1+"cos" theta)`

`=
(("sin"^2
theta)(1-"cos" theta))/((1+"cos" theta)(1-"cos"

theta))`

`= (("sin"^2 theta)(1-"cos"

theta))/(1-"cos"^2 theta)`

`= (("sin"^2
theta)(1-"cos"
theta))/("sin"^2
theta)`

`=1-"cos" theta` />

Thus our
integral becomes:
/>`= "log" (1+ "cos" theta)
"sin" theta + int (1-"cos" theta) d
theta`

`=
"log" (1+ "cos" theta) "sin" theta + theta -
"sin" theta
|_0^(pi/2)`



/>
`int_0^1 ("log"
(sqrt(1-x)+sqrt(1+x)) ) dx` />
` = ("log" 2)/(2) + (1)/(2)(
"log" (1+ "cos" theta) "sin"
theta + theta - "sin" theta
|_0^(pi/2) )`

` = ("log"
2)/(2) + (1)/(2)( "log" (1+ 0)
*1 + (pi)/(2) - 1 ) - (1)/(2)( "log" (1+ 1) *0
+ 0 - 0 )`

` =
("log" 2)/(2) + (1)/(2)( (pi)/(2) - 1
)
`



/>

What are the cultural aspects discussed in A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

provides the reader with an in-depth look at the life of an African American slave. Douglass
shares the horrors and struggles of slavery from the perspective of a slave in order to disprove
certain myths white people had concerning slavery and also to expose slavery as a dehumanizing,
immoral institution. Douglass gives insight into the constant fear slaves face on an everyday
basis and also chronicles the numerous crimes committed against slaves, which included murder
and rape. Douglass also provides insight into the differences between being a slave in the city
and being a slave on the plantations. In Douglass's experience, nothing could compare to the
horrors he witnessed on the Southern plantations, where slaveowners were unashamed to treat
their slaves like animals.

Douglass also provides insight into the nature
and lives of slaveowners. Douglass illustrates how the immoral institution of slavery negatively
affects the slaveowners, turning them into callous,...

How does Dickens present Scrooge's character in chapter 1?

In stave
one, Ebenezer Scrooge is depicted as an extremely cold, callous businessman who is insensitive,
cold-hearted, and miserly. Dickens vividly describes Ebenezer Scrooge by writing,

Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching,
covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous
fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old
features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red,
his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice.

Scrooge's character is synonymous with the cold, frigid environment, and his features
seem to highlight his miserable, unfriendly demeanor. Dickens further characterizes Scrooge as a
bitter, callous man by revealing how the citizens of London go out of their way to avoid him in
the street. Even animals purposely avoid Scrooge and never make eye contact with him.

Scrooge is further characterized as a greedy, solitary man during his interactions with
his nephew and with his employee, Bob Cratchit. Scrooge rejects his nephew's offer to celebrate
Christmas, threatens to fire his employee, and dismisses the two gentlemen collecting holiday
donations to the poor. Dickens's portrayal of Scrooge's unfriendly, miserly personality only
emphasizes his remarkable transformation after he is visited by three spirits that night. By the
end of the story, Scrooge has transformed into a loving, charismatic, friendly man who is
generous, warm, and hospitable.

How does Elie Wiesel's father die in Chapter 8 of Night by Elie Wiesel?

When
they arrive at Buchenwald, Eli's father is
growing ever weaker. Clinging to each other's hands,
they try to keep moving
and keep together. The rumor is making the rounds that they are to have

showers then be sent to barracks. While awaiting an opportunity to join the throng
trying to get
into the showers, Mr. Wiesel collapses on a snowbank in
weakness and exhaustion. Elie screams at
his father to get up and keep trying
but too much has happened to Mr.Wiesel. In delirium, he
responds that Elie
must allow the corpses to sleep and not awaken them with shouting.

Their personal agony is interrupted by the sound of the air raid warning. Elie
runs for
cover in the barracks--foregoing the crush to get into the
showers--discovering in the morning
that his father has not followed him into
the barrack. He feels horror at himself for not
insuring his father's safety.
He goes looking for him. After hours of searching, he finds him
and sees that
Mr. Wiesel has deteriorated significantly since the scene on the corpse
snowbank.
This deterioration ushers in a more rapid decline. He sometimes
cannot recognize Elie. Then, to
add cruelty to pitiless fate, Mr. Wiesel
develops dysentery.

"He is very
sick."
"The doctor won't do anything for
him."
He
looked me straight in the eye. "The doctor cannot do anything more
for him
...."

On the night of January 28th in
1945,
Elie goes to his bunk in exhaustion with his father still alive and
still in the bunk below
him.

I had to
go to sleep. I climbed into my bunk, above
my father, who was still alive.
The date was January 28, 1945 ....

In
the morning, another inmate is in Mr. Wiesel's bunk. Mr. Wiesel had been taken
in
the night--whether dead or still alive--to the crematorium. Elie felt no
tears, only relief
"deep inside":

if I
could have searched the
recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found
something like: Free at last!

This is
how Mr. Wiesel dies: surrounded by his son's desperation
shrouded in guilt;
exhausted and worn beyond endurance; suffering dysentery and the thirst of

it, with no help at hand; in the night, amidst the rock-hard slumber of those near dead;
perhaps
in a pathetic bunk, perhaps in the
crematorium.

What are some satirical quotations from Gulliver's Travels?

Many of
the best satirical quotations in  relate to Swift's insinuated political
commentary. As someone cynically disillusioned by his own unhappy involvement in the world of
politics, Swift's ill-concealed bitterness brings an added satirical bite to these quotations'
impact upon the reader.

Of so little weight are the
greatest services to princes, when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their
passions.

Gulliver is reflecting on the ingratitude of
the Emperor of Lilliput, despite his having saved the Lilliputians from a Blefuscu invasion. He
has refused to enslave the Blefuscudian prisoners at the Emperor's behest on moral grounds. The
message here is that politics and morality do not always align; if you want to get on in the
political world then be prepared...

In the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, why does Boxer do so much for Napoleon?

represents the loyal and uneducated proletariat, who would do everything for their leaders. They
are servile and respectful and admire their current rulers from having saved them from
the...

What are examples of figurative language used in the first two chapters of Lord of the Flies?

Joaquin Bednar

The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of
rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and
trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his
forehead.

This is how begins, and
already we can see a few different examples of figurative language. There is a rhyme in
"fair hair," evoking the sing-song quality of a . There are multiple examples ofin
which the first letter is repeated: in "few feet," "school sweater," and
"shirt stuck."

Golding uses lots ofin the text, especially when
first describing the setting in the first chapter:

The
beach between the palm terrace and the water was a thin stick, endless apparently, for to s left
the perspectives of palm and beach and water drew to a point at infinity; and always, almost
visible, was the heat.

He uses ain calling the water a
"thin stick," and helps us picture the endlessness...

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What is the analysis of the poem "No Problem" by Benjamin Zephaniah?

This
short poem by Benjamin Zephaniah is an account of the racism that he has experienced,
documenting society's tendency to pigeonhole him into a specific role. The poem is careful to
showcase Zephaniah's individual voice and, therefore, his personality.

The
verse is written with the phonetic pronunciation of words that display Zephaniah's Jamaican
heritage. This is a gesture of complete fairness on the part of Zephaniah. He is not attempting
to appeal to a white audience by adopting the speech patterns that they would consider
acceptable. Instead, he showcases himself exactly as he is, issuing a bold challenge to any
preconceived notions that the world may have about him.

With the last line
of the poem, Zephaniah is flipping a common rebuttal on its head. He is acknowledging that
oftentimes when white people are forced to confront their own racism, they respond with the
assertion that they "have black friends." Zephaniah is disarming the assumption that
he is antagonistic toward white people before they even have a chance to direct that argument at
him. He is making a claim against patronizing racism that does not call out any particular
person for being deliberately antagonistic, but instead addresses ignorance in general and the
frustration that he feels with it.

In The Catcher in the Rye, what does Allie's baseball mitt symbolize?

's younger brotheris a
special figure in this novel. Holden has two experiences with death in the book, the most
important one being the death of Allie. 

When Allie dies, Holden becomes
distraut and depressed and we might argue, given evidence from the text, that Holden still has
not recovered from the loss of his revered and beloved brother. 

Allie was
not just Holden's brother. Allie was the exemplar of certain qualities that Holden cherishes and
esteems. Allie's baseball mitt relates directly to these qualities. 

Like the
oldest brother in the family, Allie is interested in writing and literature. He covers his
baseball mitt in poetry so that he has something to keep him entertained in the
outfield. 

Allie's love of poetry is evidence of his integrity, which, for
Holden, is an attribute of Allie's ability to believe that there is beauty in the
world. 

This is an aspect of innocence. It is innocence that Holden admires
most in the world and he finds it only in Allie and his sister, . These are the two figures that
support Holden, in different ways, as he goes through the breakdown depicted in the
novel. 

Phoebe is the only human being with whom Holden
can communicate except for the memory of Allie, for whom he continually grieves.

The baseball mitt, then, serves to connect Holden to Allie,
symbolize the qualities of Allie's goodness (his belief in beauty), and acts generally as a
symbol for Allie himself.

What are some of Scout's character traits in To Kill a Mockingbird? Give some quotes that show the traits.

is spirited. She doesn't back down from a challenge, whether that's her teacher's ineffective
(in Scout's determination) instruction, a difficult conversation about race, or new plans to
getto emerge from his house. Scout doesn't mind setting adults straight when she feels the need
to do so, even new teachers who haven't quite determined the culture of Maycomb:

You're shamin' him, Miss Caroline. Walter hasn't got a quarter at
home to bring you, and you can't use any stovewood ()

Scout is also loyal. Even through their occasional disagreements and childhood growing
pains, Scout is loyal to those she loves. She,, and Dill form...

Describe the characters' dominant traits.

Jane Ames

byrevolves around the Binewski family, the owners and performers
in a traveling circus, or "freak" show. Below are the main characters of this family,
and a bit about their core characteristics.

Al
Binewski. The patriarch of the family is initially portrayed as masterful. He
effectively manages and grows the family circus. He is also vivacious, brimming with eccentric
speeches, stories, and habits, always displaying a robust energy. However, as power changes
hands in the book, he becomes more subdued, frustrated, and concerned with petty matters beneath
his once vibrant character.

Lillian Binewski.
The mother of the family comes across as elegant and refined, by virtue of her aristocratic
Boston upbringing. Yet she too possesses a strong streak of eccentricity, having met her husband
Al by performing as a...

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According to Beezley's Judas at the Jockey Club, how did progress and modernity change the Mexican culture during the 1800s? Please describe the...

In the
late 1800s, the United States and Britain (as well as some other European countries) had
achieved levels of progress and modernity that the Mexican elite wanted to emulate. This was
difficult because traditional Mexican society was more rural and at odds with modernization.
William Beezley addresses progress mostly in the area of sports. I'll give you some
examples.

In 1869, bicycling experienced a sharp spike in popularity among
upper-class Mexicans. Americans actually had bicycling clubs at this point, and Mexicans
followed suit. Briefly, an ordinance was filed that banned certain types of bikes, but it was
repealed after one of the clubs created a petition and took it to the president.

Bicycling had many benefits: It served as an opportunity to bring people together from
Mexico, America, England, France, and many other countriesthey joined clubs and competed with
each other. Bicycles taught riders the skills necessary for maintaining and repairing their
bikes, and they provided a source of exercise as well as entertainment.

The
government had to adapt to the prevalence of bikes in society by creating laws to protect them
from theft and to change traffic laws so that riders would be kept safe from injury. In terms of
who advocated thisreally, it was the Mexican public. They enjoyed the freedom that bike riding
gave them, and they took action with their petition to make sure it continued to be
possible.

Other sports were popular in the late-1800s as well. It's important
to note that Porfirio Diaz was president during this time, and one of his goals was to improve
Mexico's reputation among other countries. One of the ways he did this was to regulate and cut
down on bullfightingalthough it was a popular sport, it was viewed negatively by other
countries.

However, most citizens were eager to adopt foreign sports such as
baseball (which was popular in America) or cricket (which was popular in Britain). Boxing and
hiking were also favored, and the Jockey Clubbased around racehorses and placing betswas created
in the late 1800s as well.

Although the president did advocate this, the
public was eager to adopt these different sports on their own. Having such a wide variety of
sports allowed for more interaction with foreigners in much the same way that bicycles did, and
it opened the door for further progress in other areas.

In The Great Gatsby, why does Nick suspect that Gatsby isn't telling the whole truth about himself?

Because people
keep hinting that there's more, For example,is suspicious of . Gatsby himself sometimes
contradicts his own story.  For instance, he tellshe is the son of wealthy Midwesterners, but
later says he comes from San Francisco. Through Gatsby Nick meets Wolfsheim, a mobster - seems
like strange company.  there are rumors of "drug stores" that are selling bootlegged
liquor.   when he confronts Gatsby in Nick's presence challenges Gatsby's claims to such things
as having attended Oxford.

`g(v) = cos(v)/csc(v)` Find the derivative of the function.

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What does the Spirit of Evil tempt Gimpel to do?What do you think would have happened to Gimpels character had he sold the contaminated bread? be...

The Spirit of Evil tempted Gimpel to pour a bucket of urine into the bread. It wanted him to
fight back at everyone who had...

What does Juliet mean in her opening soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

In Act III,
Scene II, whensays, "Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, / Towards Phoebus'
lodging," she is using Greek mythology to express her eagerness for the day to pass and for
night to fall so that her wedding night can take place (1-2). Phoebes Apollo is the sun god, who
was believed to drive his chariot across the sky each night, the chariot representing the
setting sun. Similarly, when she says, "Spread thy close curtain, love-performing
night," she is again asking night to hurry up and come (5). Not only that, she is referring
to night as a dark shroud, or veil, that will concealfrom being dangerously seen by her family
so that they can perform their "amorous rites," meaning engage in their wedding night
(9). The rest of the passage is full of sexual inferences and culminates in her begging
"gentle night...Give me my Romeo" (21-22). Finally, she refers to the day as
"tedious" because she has married Romeo, but not yet enjoyed him, as we see in the
lines,

O, I have bought the mansion of a
love,
But not possess'd it; and though I am sold,
Not yet enjoy'd.
(27-29)

All in all, in this speech, Juliet is saying that
she is eager to enjoy her new husband.

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How is the cat's progress of justifying stealing the fish quite similar to the human characteristics of rationalizing in I Am a Cat?

On page 24,
the cat says he gets back at a "servant-woman" who keeps throwing him out of the house
by sneaking in one more time and eating her dinner of mackerel-pike. Like a human, he
rationalizes the theft by stating that, first, he was cold and hungry, and so therefore it was
his animal right to help himself to the food, and secondly, he claims that the woman deserved
it. If she had been kinder to him, he wouldn't have felt the need to seek his revenge and eat
her dinner. It is reminiscent of when humans commit crimes on the basis that they (the criminal)
are the victim and that the person they are stealing from is at least partly responsible for
their bad luck.

Why won't the family let Ruth see her mother when she is in the hospital in chapter 21 in "The Color of Water"?

is a memoir about a family comprised
of two distinct and
relatively segregated cultures. Ruth, the author's
mother, was raised as on Orthodox Jew. Her
family kept the Sabbath traditions
and rituals faithfully, were educated in Jewish
schul as
well as public school, and ate kosher. Her parents...

What is a symbol for Jem in "To Kill a Mockingbird"? Harper Lee's novel

In
"" by ,certainly does not having something symbolize him in the manner that Lee
employs the mockingbird to symbolize Tom Robinson and . However, if the reader must assign a
symbol for him, perhaps a storm could represent Jem, whose mercurial nature clearly manifests
itself during his puberty.  

Jem is much more emotionally responsive to
situations than .  For instance, he is often exasperated with Scout and asks her in brotherly
fashion to stay away from him and not talk to him at school.  Always eager to please his father,
he also wishes to defend him and overreacts when men come into the front yard one evening before
the trial.  When the verdict for Tom Robinson is given, Jem is adversely affected, both
emotionally and rationally; he cannot understand how a guilty charge can be given.  This
disillusionment brings dark clouds of melancholy upon him, and Jem is greatly disappointed in
people. Nevertheless, the clouds of disillusionment part and Jem becomes a wisened and more
mature young man.

Why do people tend to react the same way during the Two Minutes Hate programming and after Big Brother appears on screen?

They
react the same way because they have to.
This is a totalitarian society in which any sign of
individuality is
extinguished by the state; everyone must think the same and act the same. If

anyone shows themselves to be less than enthusiastic during the Two Minutes' Hate they
could be
signing their own death warrant. Not going along with what everyone
else is doing is a deeply
suspicious sign to the Party; it shows that you're
not fully committed to the goals of IngSoc.
In some ways, the Two Minutes'
Hate is another way for the Party to weed out potential
dissidents and
subversives, those who represent a threat to the existing political order and
the
Party's absolute power. The Two Minutes' Hate is also designed to bind
people together, giving
them a common object of loathing that will turn their
frustrations with daily life in Oceania
towards a convenient scapegoat such
as Emmanuel Goldstein.

Just as everyone
must hate the
Party's sworn enemies, they must also love Big Brother. Nothing less than
absolute
devotion to the supreme leader will do. Once again, everyone must
act in the same way, openly
displaying their fanatical loyalty for all to
see. Otherwise they will become objects of
suspicion, paying a very heavy
price for their perceived treachery.

How does human resource development connect to adult learning?

Adult
learning is an essential component of human resources development.

Human
resources development consists of inducting and training staff members when they are first
employed by a company and ensuring, on an ongoing basis, that they have all the knowledge that
they need to succeed in the job that they have been hired to do.

Adult
learning (andragogy) is defined as ways of learning that are specifically set up for adults, and
is different to pedagogy, which is learning for children, such as in school.

One of the main characteristics of adult learning is that it is driven by purpose. In
other words, adults learn so they can do their jobs effectively.

Here is a
practical example of the link between human resources development and adult learning. A
45-year-old...

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Why was 1917 a pivotal year for both Germany and the Allies during World War I?

1917 was
the fourth year of the Great War, and during the timeline of this year, many important events
took place that impacted both Germany and the Allies. One of the most significant events in
January 1917 involved a telegram sent from the Germans that was intercepted by British
intelligence forces; the British were able to alert the Americans that Germany was proposing a
deal to Mexico that promised Mexico the states of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico if Mexico
fought against the US on the side of Germany. The revelation of the Zimmerman note led directly
to the decision of the United States to declare war on Germany in April 1917. In June of 1917,
American troops begin to arrive in France.

Other important events that
involved both sides of the war include significant battles at Ypres, a declaration of war by the
US on Austro-Hungary, and an important win for the Allies at the Battle of Cambrai. During this
battle, the British successfully surprised the Germans with a tank attack, revealing that the
Germans were in fact vulnerable in places and boosting morale.

Causes Of Rural Urban Migration

There is
no overarching single reason for the migration of people to urban areas. In light of this, let
me mentions a few reasons. 

First, if we use China as a test case, we can say
that the mass migration of people from rural area to cities is based on governmental incentives.
As the central government decided to literally build cities overnight, they needed workers. So,
Chinese banks made loans to companies to build the infrastructure of China. These jobs and hopes
of a better life created a shift to urban areas. 

Second, if we look at
places like New York and London, population increases took place because of the Industrial
Revolution. People followed jobs and opportunities. Therefore, people left rural areas to look
for more opportunities. 

Third, if we look at how rural areas are hit hard by
drought and other forces of nature that limit opportunities, then we can say that part of the
pull of cities is that there is little for people in rural areas.

Finally, as
cities grow, there is more to do, to see, and to experience. Therefore, there is an allure,
which cannot be underestimated.  

Are low turnout rates a threat to democracy? Are low turnout rates a threat to democracy?

Low
voter turnout rates indicate one of several things: people are unable to be informed and to
participate due to health, over-work, interest or other reasons; people do not have the capacity
to understand issues and the meaning of politician's platforms due to educational limitations,
age, health, or other reasons; people are cynical and jaded about politics and politicians due
to scandals, votes by "representative conscience" rather than by "will of the
represented," escalating domestic and/or foreign crises or other reasons. In each of these
scenarios, the loss of votes makes a marked difference to the outcome of a democratic
representative election. Each group under-represented--the aged, ill, over-extended workers,
under-educated, idealists, those opposed to status quo--would weight the results of an election
to a statistically significant degree and might alter the ultimate choices made by government.
So low voter turnout is a threat to representative democracy. Without these...

In Poe's poem "The Raven," how would you describe the speaker's reaction when the raven first appears?

Well,
when the Raven appears at his lattice, the narrator says the bird made him smile: 

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and
flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not
the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord
or lady, perched above my chamber door
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my
chamber door
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony
bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the
countenance it wore,
Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou, I said, art sure
no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore
Tell me what
thy lordly name is on the Nights Plutonian shore!
Quoth the Raven Nevermore.
(stanzas 7 and 8)

Given the tone of the poem (despondency
over the "lost " and dread and alarm over the incessant tapping and rapping) it's
natural to wonder what there is for his "sad fancy" to smile at. Clearly, the bird is
not comical! One way to think about it is that the bird, by squatting on the "bust of
Pallas," the goddess of wisdom, is seen by the narrator to be making, unintentionally, a
kind of ironic comment on his "work," which is to forget Lenore by throwing himself
into his studies.

Another way to think about it is to consider the narrator's
state of mind. His "sad fancy" is his predeliction for imagining gloom and terror. Of
course, in such a state, he would be visited by a raven, a bird of ill omen. Perhaps his smile
comes from recognizing the inevitability of the Raven's coming, which is an omen of another
inevitable event, his death. 

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Irony In The Open Window

Framton
Nuttel is persuaded to come to the country because his sister and his doctors believe that
country life is restful. This is just an assumption based on the fact that the country
looks much more peaceful than the city. Butsems to be illustrating the fact
that people are pretty much the same everywhere. Nuttel probably expects to meet a family a
simple, kindly folks who are all blissfully relaxed themselves because of their long exposure to
the peaceful, restful country, where the biggest event of the week is strolling to church on
Sunday and strolling home again for an afternoon nap. Instead he runs into a whole bunch of zany
characters, including Mrs. Sappleton whom he believes to be totally insane. Anotherin Saki's
story is that the people Framton expects to be so wholesome and serene are nuttier than he is.
The monotony of country living has allowed them to blossom out in their unique eccentricities.
When he goes running off down the road, he may be thinking of running all the way back to
London, where people are crazy in more conventional and predictable ways. We don't see much of
the men, but they seem to like to do nothing but tramp around in the mud and kill birds. One of
them bursts out singing, "I said, Bertie, why do you bound?" because he knows Mrs.
Sappleton doesn't like it. Vera says her poor aunt is crazy and keeps waiting for the three men
to return for tea every night. In fact, that is exactly what Mrs. Sappleton does do: She leaves
the French window open because she is waiting for the men to come back for tea. She is crazy,
but not exactly in the way Vera describes her. Vera is hardly a simple country lass, like one of
those eulogized by Wordsworth. She is growing sadistic because of being confined to this lunatic
asylum. She probably wouldn't mind a bit if the three hunters really were drowned in a bog. In
fact she may have harbored that secret wish on more than one occasion. 

What does the couple learn about the necklace?

's short
story "" is about a Parisian middle class couple in the 19th century who come to grief
over losing what they believe to be a very expensive diamond necklace.

Madame
Loisel dreams of a different life. She envies the rich and dreams of what it would be like to
live the life of a wealthy woman. When her husband brings home an invitation to a fancy ball,
she needs, not only a new dress, but also a piece of jewelry. She borrows a beautiful necklace
from her upper class friend Madame Forestier. For Madame Loisel the necklace is a symbol of the
wealthy life she would like to live.

After having the time of her life at the
ball, Madame Loisel discovers, upon arriving home, that she has lost the necklace. The couple
searches everywhere but have no luck in locating the whereabouts of the necklace. Caught up in
the reality of social norms at the time, the Loisels are unable to simply tell Madame Forestier
that they have lost the necklace. Instead, they spend 40,000 francs (roughly $10,000) on a
replacement necklace which is presented to Madame Forestier. 

In order to pay
off the debt they accrue to buy the necklace, the Loisels live in poverty for ten years and,
when Madame Loisel sees Madame Forestier one day she looks so different from the privations she
has experienced that her friend does not recognize her.

Madame Loisel reveals
that she gave Madame Forestier a different necklace because they lost the first one. She
explains that buying the replacement threw the couple into debt and poverty. In the ultimatethat
closes the story, Forestier declares that the necklace was really a fake. It was basically worth
nothing.

The moral of the story might be summed up simply: all that glitters
is not gold. Or, the reader may surmise that the wealthy world Madame Loisel longed to be part
of was really quite phony.  

What is a labor surplus area in business?

In order to
understand what a labor surplus area is, we have to look at the three words that make up this
term.

First, we have the word labor.  This word refers to people who are
willing and able to work in a given economic situation.  We call these people the pool of
labor.  Second, we have the word surplus.  A surplus exists when the supply of a given product
or resource is greater than the demand for it.  In other words, if there is more of something
than people want, there is a surplus of that thing.  Finally, there is the word area.  This
refers to a specific geographical place.  Putting these together, we can see that a labor
surplus area is a geographical place in which there are more workers than there is demand for
workers.  In such an area, there will be high unemployment because many people want to work even
though there are not enough jobs for all of them.

The US government specifies
which areas of the country are labor surplus areas.  It bases this designation on the
unemployment rate in that area when compared to the unemployment rate in the country as a
whole. 

i need to write a sonnet using aba form 14 lines 10 syllables for each line :) please help

You seem to
understand the technical requirements of a sonnet: abab rhyme scheme, 10
syllables in a line, 14 lines.  There are also "requirements" regarding the
content of a sonnet.

Although sonnets are a form of
poetry, they are not about free-flowing emotions.  Sonnets usually are formed according to a
logical structure.

The first 12 lines discuss a situation or problem; the
last 2 lines offer a solution or conclusion.

So, the first thing you must do
is to choose a topic that lends itself to this kind of structure. 

Topics
such as, "How much I love ice-cream," or "My boyfriend is the most handsome guy
in our school," are not very well suited for a sonnet, because there is no
"tension" between problem and solution, or situation and conclusion.

A better choice might be something like:

     a) I love ice-cream
but it's too fattening and it's giving me pimples; or

     b) My boyfriend is
handsome, but he's lazy and abusive.

With topics like these, you can develop
your complex thoughts in the first 10 lines, and then come to some sort of conclusion in the
last 2 lines.

See the link below for some excellent tips on
sonnet-writing. 

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What advice does the alchemist give about listening to one's heart?

As Santiago and
the alchemist are traveling through the desert towards the pyramids, they have a discussion
about listening to one's heart. The boy is closer than ever to finding his treasure and he feels
apprehensive. He is also concerned because he feels as if his heart hasn't spoken to him in
awhile and it is usually very talkative. The boy tells the alchemist that his heart is agitated,
emotional, passionate, and it keeps him awake thinking about Fatima, the woman he loves. The
alchemist tells him to keep listening to his heart because if he stops, he may eventually lose
all communication with it. Santiago then asks if he should listen to his heart even if it is
treasonous. The alchemist says the following:

"If you
know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you'll know its dreams
and wishes, and will know how to deal with them" (129).

The alchemist continues to teach Santiago that he must always listen to his heart so he
won't ever be surprised by "an unanticipated blow" (129). Fortunately, Santiago
listens to the alchemist's advice and continues to listen to his heart. Consequently, he is able
to accept his heart for what it is--the center of a person that experiences all sorts of
emotions. When his heart tells him that it is afraid of suffering, the alchemist tells Santiago
to tell it the following:

"Tell your heart that the
fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when
it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with
God and with eternity" (130).

Once Santiago learns
to explain these things to his heart, it quiets down and he is able to sleep through the
night.

 

What aspects of Nuttel's personality might lead him to accept Vera's story? Cite specific evidence from the story.

Framton
Nuttel is depicted as a neurotic hypochondriac who heads to the country in hopes of a
"nerve cure." Given Framton's peculiar, neurotic nature, he is already gullible; he's
susceptible to Vera's cunning tall tales and likely to believe anything she says regarding her
aunt Mrs. Sappleton. When Mr. Nuttel introduces himself to Vera, she asks him if he is familiar
with her aunt or anybody from the region, and Framton responds by saying, "Hardly a
soul" (, 1). The fact that Framton Nuttel is unfamiliar with the region or Mrs. Sappletons
background gives Vera a significant advantage. As an outsider, Framton has no former knowledge
of anything happening in the Sappleton home and is more likely to accept Vera's fabricated
story.

It is also significant that the doctor suggested an "absence of
mental excitement" for Framton, which reveals that he is an easily excited individual.
Given the fact that Framton Nuttel is a neurotic hypochondriac who is easily unnerved and
unfamiliar with the people and region, he is more likely to accept Vera's story. Vera is also a
self-possessed, cunning young woman, who cleverly fabricates a believable story and acts
horrified when her uncles walk toward the open French window, which frightens Framton and
influences him to immediately sprint out of the home.

What exactly is E.M. Forster's view of British Rule in India (as portrayed in A Passage to India)?

The
historical context into which Forster writes reflects a changing dynamic in England and its
colonies.  Most notably with Irish unrest, there is a definite belief that England's hold over
its colonial interests was far from absolute.  This is brought out in Forster's
depiction...

Who or what is responsible for Dimmesdale's failing health in The Scarlet Letter?

The failing
health that greatly
affects Reverendis described to have begun around the same time that 's

ignonimity began. This, of course, is because the guilt and shame that ate away at his
ego were
causing his entire esteem to disappear. As a result, he is a
weakened, almost broken man.is
aware of this almost securely, going as far as
suggesting to Dimmesdale that his illnesses are
caused by otherwordly causes,
mainly set in the heart. Chillingworth wants to probe Dimmesdale,
and hints
at sin as the potential cause of his maladies.

A
bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within
itself, may, after all, be but a
symptom of some ailment in the spiritual
part. Your pardon, once again, good Sir, if my speech
give the shadow of
offence. You, Sir, of all men whom I have known, are he whose body is the

closest conjoined, and imbued, and identified, so to speak, with the spirit whereof it
is the
instrument.

We know, as
readers, that Dimmesdale himself
is responsible for his own failing health. A
man once seen by his fellow villagers as a
"young divine", his Oxford
education, his good looks, slovenly demeanor and soothing
manners made him
into a pillar of the community; a man of superstar qualities who epitomized
the
very essence of decency, glamour, and fascination. Dimmesdale's main flaw
of character is his
insistence in living up to the image that the people have
made of him. He wants to be the young
divine. He enjoys being looked up as an
elder, even being so young. He imbibes the pleasure of
feeling loved and
admired; perhaps those very factors were pivotal in the development of his

relationship with Hester.

Now, however, the romance is gone. Hester
became
pregnant, which automatically makes it obvious that he is none of the
things that he has come to
believe himself to be. His lack of courage to face
up to what he did makes him a coward. His
inability to come in Hester's
defense as fiercely as he should makes him a weak man. The fact
that he
allows Hester to suffer the shame of his sin on her own makes him selfish. The lack
of
interest in being true to the promises that he makes Hester makes him
pretentious. The fact that
he continues to adhere to the "character" of "the
young divine" of the
village, makes him look even more preposterous to the
witnessing eyes. All of those flaws of
character are eating away his ego. It
is his ego, and nothing but that, which keeps Dimmesdale
ill to the point of
near death. He does have problems of the heart and the soul.However, he also

has the biggest of all problems which is the unwillingness to let go of the lie that he
has
created for Hester, for himself, and for everybody else who ever believed
in
him. 

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What happens in Part 1 of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho?

In Part
One of , Santiago has decided that he wants to see the world, so he takes
on the life of a shepherd because it will allow him to travel.  Along the way, he visits a Gypsy
woman so that she can interpret his dreams for him.  She sends him off to the...

How do Rosh and Jesus show leadership qualities in The Bronze Bow?

Rosh and
Jesus show leadership qualities in entirely different ways. Rosh leads by the power of his
reputation and by giving orders. Jesus, on the other hand, leads through his example of
love.

The difference between the two men's leadership styles is exemplified
by this quote:

"Rosh looked at a man and saw a thing
to be used, like a tool or a weapon. Jesus looked and saw a child of God."

Men are drawn to Rosh because he is a charismatic figure, and his
prowess is legendary. He is allegedly forming a band of warriors to drive the hated Romans out
of the land, and fighters flock to him because they share the same desire, that their land shall
be free. Rosh is a poor leader, though, because he has no feeling for the men in his band. Rosh
leads by commanding his men, and by plotting strategically to meet his ends, such as when he
used Joel as a spy in Caparnum. The problem with Rosh is, he really cares more about himself and
his agenda than he does about his men and the Cause, and as time passes, people see through his
charade and turn against him.

Jesus, on the other hand, preaches a message of
love, and leads by example. He travels the country, healing the sick and those broken in body
and spirit. Jesus has come

"to preach good news to
the poor...to proclaim release to the captives...to set at liberty those who are
oppressed."

To the frustration of many who are
waiting for a leader who will form an army to secure their liberation from the Romans, Jesus
preaches about an inner freedom, and communicates a message of kindness and love, even towards
those who are sworn enemies; even towards the Romans themselves. Men are not sure why they are
drawn to Jesus, but drawn they are, because his words are true. Jesus leads through the power of
the Spirit, reaching out in charity to touch men's hearts.

Why was african american culture fasionable in the 1920's? Why was african american culture fasionable in the 1920's?

The Harlem
Renaissance did produce some remarkable art of all genres. The Roaring Twenties were all about
fashion,If a trend-setter found the African American art interesting, others would follow.It was
quaint and charming, but they never saw the artists as equals.

In Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature, where does he say one can return to "reason and faith"?

In 's
, the poet praises the natural world. Nature is
Emerson's first book, and his love and respect for nature and the guidance he believes mankind
can find in the outdoors are common themes in many of his works.

Emerson
stresses "the harmony between humans and nature." In drawing forth this theme, Emerson
speaks about "reason and faith" in describing what one might find in the midst of the
glories of plants, earth and sky.

Within these plantations
of God, a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not
how he should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to reason and faith.
There I feel that nothing can befall me in life...

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Figurative Language In The Scarlet Letter

Here are some
more examples of figurative language:

- Often Hawthorne compares happenings and objects to
abstract qualities. 

• In , the symbolic rosebush at the prison
  door is compared to "a token that the deep heart
  of Nature could pity and be kind to him [the prisoner who
  enters]."
• is compared to a fiend
  and calls himself this. In , he rejoices in his discovery of what is on the chest
  of the Reverendand is compared to Satan:

Had a man seen old Roger Chillinworth, at that moment of his ectasy,
he would have no need to ask how Satan comports himself when a precious human soul is lost to
heaven.

• Called "an
  imp" and "a sprite," n
  is likened to a bird by Rev. Mr. Wilson, "What little bird of scarlet
  plumage may this be?"
• Governor Billingham calls 's
  scarlet letter a "badge of shame."


• Hester declares that Pearl is her "torture."
   "See ye not....she is the scarlet letter, only capable of
  being loved,.."
• In Chapter 10,...
  
  
  
  

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What are Holden's reasons for disliking the school in J. D. Salinger's Catcher and the Rye?

has been
expelled from other expensive boarding schools, so it is clear he has issues with school itself.
Pencey is just the latest failure.

Holden, who tries to live authentically,
doesn't seem to be able to adapt to what he feels are the phony cultures of his school. First,
the academicsexcept for writing, which he enjoysbore him. Second, he dislikes the phony people
he encounters, such as his roommate Stradlater. Further, he loathes what he considers the phony
alums who come back and lecture the boys about "success" and following
Jesus.

Adding to his other issues, Holden is depressed...

Does Snowball represent a morally legitimate political alternative to the corrupt leadership of Napoleon ?

It becomes
evident that by the end of the novel, a case could be made for Jones representing a morally
legitimate political alternative to .  All joking aside, I think thatdoes represent a morally
legitimate political alternative to the corruption that Napoleon displays.  Snowball is the only
pig that legitimately believes in the notion of Animalism, and the idea that all animals should
work together for their collective betterment.  Snowball's work on the committees that were
formed as well as the fact that Snowball's real enjoyment comes from talking to the other
animals about revolutionary fervor and post- revolutionary life represents a morlly legitimate
and politically authentic leadership alternative to Napoleon, who is more inclined even in the
initial stages of post- revolutionary life to embrace political notions that benefit he and him
alone.  Snowball's desire to construct the windmill for the benefit of the other animals is also
representative of a legitimate political alternative to Napoleon's corruption.  Probably the
best example that shows how Snowball is a morally legitimate political alternative to Napoleon
is how the latter effectively rids the farm of the former.  After Snowball gives a particularly
impassioned speech to the other animals linking his proposal of the windmill to the idea of
Animalism, Napoleon does not engage.  He does not respond in kind.  He does not even retort
anything Snowball says.  He simply sets the dogs on him, representing the full extent of his own
corruption and making Snowball out to be a morally legitimate political alternative to the
corrupt leadership of Napoleon.

The author, Harper Lee, makes many observations about life and human nature through the speech and thoughts of several characters. Examine...

Through 's
final speech in the courtroom, Lee expresses the following beliefs about life and human
nature:

First, facts matter. The facts of the Tom Robinson case raise very
legitimate doubts that he could have raped Mayella, and those doubts should be taken
seriously.

Second, justice proceedings can become complicated when the race
line is crossed in the South, as guilt and other emotions come into play. Much of Mayella's
accusation of Tom may have emerged out of her own guilt and shame over being attracted to a
black man. However, that doesn't justify what she has done in framing him for rape.

Following from that, Atticus and Lee assert that justice must be color-blind. Atticus
states,

You know the truth, and the truth is this: some
Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around womenblack or
white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of
men.

Finally, Atticus and Lee assert their strong belief
in the...

What did the Raven come to represent in "The Raven"?

, black,
ominous, enigmatic, and isolated, is the symbol of grief and loss. It is the epitome of the
compiled emotions of the narrator at the time of the entrance of the bird into his household.
 While the bird, itself, is ignorant of the exertions that he causes upon the psyche of the
narrator, the emotional gravitas that the latter bestows upon the bird is the pivotal factor
that transforms it into a symbolic token. 

Every behavior exhibited by
the...