How did Judaism survive the diaspora?

Jewish
people have been known for centuries as a stateless people. While the state of Israel may be
known to some as a Jewish state, many Jewish people do not claim this state as their own as Jews
around the world recognize that the Israeli state is enacting a genocide against Palestinians
through their creation of a settler state. Many Jews still consider themselves to be a stateless
people, and this has attributed to the survival of Judaism throughout the diaspora. Rather than
associating their religion with a theocratic state or place, Judaism has been able to survive
through centuries of persecution by placing the core tenants of their religion in the Torah,
their holy book, and through traditions that can be replicated wherever Jews find themselves.
Without a centralized holy leader or place that defines Judaism, Jews can pass down the tenants
of Judaism as long as there are people who wish to learn and preserve the Jewish culture(s) and
religion.

What are the setting and atmosphere of Jane Austen's Emma?

The setting
ofis the village of Highbury and its environs, where Emma has lived her entire life. Major
settings within or near Highbury include Hartfield, the grand home Emma shares with her invalid
father, nearby Randalls, where her former governess lives with her new husband, and the rooms
above a shop in downtown Highbury, where Miss and Mrs. Bates live and Jane Fairfax comes to
stay. Emma and Harriet walk on Parsonage Lane, which contains the parsonage where Mr. Elton
lives, as well as some miserable hovels where they visit the poor. Emma and her friends make up
a "party" to go to Box Hill seven miles away, as far as Emma has ever been from home,
and...

The number two is used ten times in the story. What is the significance of this repetition? Does it suggest anything about the characters' lives?

The story
revolves around the conflict between
a man and a woman, who are faced with the decision of what
to do about a
pregnancy.  They view the situation differently, and they communicate

differently.  Hemingway is demonstrating the "two" sides to every situation
through
the two individuals.  He is also demonstrating the difficulties in
a...

What are at least 3 ways an author develops a character?

Ways in
which an author develops a character are with physical description, behavior, insight into the
character's thought processes through dialogue or narration, and insight through the opinions of
other characters in a story. 

An example of at least a few of these means of
character development may be found in The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald), with
the description of Gatsby's smile:

He smiled
understandingly - much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality
of eternal reassurance in it, that you come across four or five times in life. It faced - or
seemed to face - the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on
you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor.  It understood you just
as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as much as you would like to believe in
yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you
hoped to convey (52-53).

This passage, which describes a
physical action without including any physical details, tells us much about Gatsby.  If we find
Nick to be a credible narrator, it gives us insight into Gatsby's mind and heart, and tells us
much about his effect upon people.  One aspect that always stands out to me in this passage is
how Fitzgerald begins to set the stage for Gatsby being a character who represents the American
Dream.  Only a character of great hope and optimism could smile like
this. 

Is Meursault an antihero in the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus?

Meursault can be viewed as an antihero, but with the proviso that there are certain
striking differences between his behavior and that of other well-remembered antiheroes in
literature.

Usually an antihero is a character who commits misdeeds or crimes
but still has some claim on our sympathy and admiration. His acts can often be rationalized by
the fact that the enemies against whom the antihero acts are even worse people than him and that
they are the ones who deserve justice or punishment more than he does. In some cases even this
rationalization is lacking. In Macbeth, for example, Macbeth is an
antihero not because the ones he kills are evil but because he kills regretfully, with the
knowledge that his acts are wrong and that even if his motive is lust for power, those acts are
in some sense imposed upon him from the outside. He becomes driven on by prophecies, Lady
Macbeth's prodding, and the fact that once he has become "stepped in blood" so far, it
is impossible for him to turn...

Boxer's cruel death is a result of Napoleon's tyrannical rule in Animal Farm. Discuss the lesson that comes out of the animals' reaction to his death.

In the
end, 's death speaks largely to a couple of elements on the farm.  The first would be that's
absolute control over the farm is represented.  He is able to extract what he can out of Boxer
and when he is no longer useful, Napoleon negotiates his "exit."  The second thing
shown is that the animals are really powerless to help Boxer.  Napoleon had constructed Boxer's
exit in such a manner that the animals...

What does the Ghost of Christmas Past tell Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?

The Ghost of
Christmas Past informs Scrooge, upon first making its appearance, that it has come to deal with
Scrooge's "welfare...your reclamation". It then takes Scrooge on a tour of Christmas
scenes from his past.

At each stop, Scrooge is unable to remain merely an
observer of the events that occurred years ago. He is delighted to see and hear the greetings
the children and adults of his hometown are exchanging, explains some of his favorite childhood
stories with great animation and enthusiasm, and fully identifies with his former self during
the Fezziwigs' Christmas Eve dance.

His heart and soul
were in the scene, and with his former self. He corroborated everything, remembered everything,
enjoyed everything, and underwent the strangest agitation.

All these appearances are for the same purposes - to give Scrooge a reminder of the
ways in which he has conducted himself and his relationships to others in years past, and to
give him an opportunity to reconsider those patterns in the future. "I told you these were
shadows of the things that have been," said the Ghost. "That they are what they are,
do not blame me!"

What is the symbolism of the fire escape? The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

One of the
major symbols of "," the fire escape is the means of exit for the characters, an
escape from the fires of frustration and rage that burn in the hearts of Williams's personages,
and an exit for the father and eventually Tom. At the beginning of the drama, Tom describes this
stairway as part of the setting,

The apartment faces an
alley and is entered by a fire-escape, a structure whose name is a touch of accidental poetic
truth, for all of these huge buildings are always burning with the slow and implacable fires of
human desperation.

It is interesting that all the
characters also use the fire escape to enter the apartment when these stairs are only made for
escape.  For, climbing these stairs must be rather difficult for Amanda, and especially
challenging for Laura, suggesting that the safety of the apartment is preferable to the real
world at the foot of the stairs. For Laura and Amanda, the fire steps are, indeed, not an
escape. In Scene Four, Laura slips on the fire escape, indicating that she truly is incapable of
leaving her home.

That Tom steps out frequently onto the landing of the fire
escape in order to smoke foreshadows his final departure, while it also suggests his ambivalence
about his own motives and about abandoning his sister and mother.  In addition, his leaving the
rooms of the apartment indicate his inability to face and resolve conflicts.  Significantly, the
fire escape is the path of escape for all the male characters involved in the play: the father
flees his responsibilities to his family, Tom emulates his father in also fleeing, and Jim, the
"gentleman-caller" makes a hasty exit from Laura. The women, damaged psychologically
and physically are left to live their desperate lives inside the apartment from which there is
no escape except through illusions.

How can I compare the way the poets present feelings of empowerment or oppression in "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou and "The Slave's Dream" by Henry...

The two poems present two completely different tones and experiences which draw from
the experience of slavery. In a comparison essay, I might begin with a thesis something like
this:

Although the speaker in "The Slave's
Dream" reflects the deep injustices of slavery shown through a third-person narrator, the
first person voice in "Still I Rise" encourages those impacted by slavery and racism
to draw strength from the history of their ancestors.

In
your question, you focus on two key words: empowerment and oppression. Angelou's poem definitely
has a tone of empowerment. She uses words like "rise," "tides," and
"hopes" to convey her unwavering perseverance. The repetition of "still I'll
rise" throughout the poem and five times in the final stanza alone heightens the reader's
sense of the speaker's strength. When she faces situations entrenched in racism where she is
expected to bow her head or lower her eyes, she knows the history that guides her:

After John Cabot's trip to North America in the early 1500s, it was nearly a full century before England began any real attempt at colonizing America....

England
underwent a time of internal religious strife as Henry VIII left the Roman Catholic Church in
order to start the Church of England. This led to the persecution of Catholics and seizure of
church lands. It was not until Elizabeth I took the throne that England enjoyed a time of
relative internal stability.

The most important event that allowed England
to start and expand its maritime empire was the destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
English pirates had long preyed on Spanish treasure galleons coming from the New World. The
armada was used as a potential tool so that Spain could restore England back to being ruled by
Roman Catholicism. Due to the bravery of Sir Francis Drake and a major storm, the Spanish Armada
was destroyed. With this rival removed, England could focus on collecting raw materials from the
New World such as timber in order to build its fledgling navy. This navy allowed Britain to
control the world's shipping lanes for over three hundred years. The British...

How does Kino change?

Like a
lot of essentially decent people, Kino
becomes corrupted by the prospect of riches. At first,
he's presented as very
simple, a loving family man who works hard for his loved ones. He's also

someone who cares deeply about maintaining the old traditions that have been threatened
and
undermined by centuries of Spanish colonial rule.

Yet
once Kino finds the
valuable pearl, his whole life turns upside-down, and
with it, his personality. As he realizes
that the pearl will bring him
nothing but trouble, Kino loses his innocence, becoming more
cynical and less
trusting of people. He also turns from a peace-loving man into a killer,
albeit
to protect his family from the men who want to cheat him out of the
pearl. The discovery of his
highly-prized, valuable object has seriously
compromised Kino's integrity. And it's only by
throwing the pearl back into
the sea that Kino can once more reconnect with his former

self.

What year was Romeo and Juliet written?

1594. 

What is Alice Walker saying in "Everyday Use" about the nature of heritage?

It seems as though
Walker does not want us to agree with Dee or Dee's ideas about heritage because she presents Dee
as a relatively unsympathetic character.  She's described in ways that make her presence seem
painful or damaging to her family: she "burned [them] with knowledge" when she was
young, and she insisted that she would come to visit her mother and sister -- though she would
never bring her friends -- because she seemed to be embarrassed about where
and how they lived.  When she returns home, she is unkind and selfish, insisting that she be
allowed to take items...

Compare and contrast Gilgamesh and Enkidu from The Epic of Gilgamesh stating what is different and what is the same about them.

In
, Enkidu is created by
the god Arruru in the image Anu, and Enkidu is a
wild creature without
knowledge of civilzation. As such, he runs with the fierce animals, obeys

them, and helps them. Gilgamesh is a king who mistreats his people and who is a
half-god
betrothed to Ishtar the goddess of love. They are alike in that they
both have qualities that
need to be tamed in order to live with or rule
civilized people. They are also alike in that
they are both enormously
strong.

When Gilgamesh and...

For the last two centuries agriculture in the United States has been extraordinarily productive, based in part on rich soils and favorable climates....

Diamond's
argument, in brief, is that there were important environmental and geographic factors in North
and South America that inhibited the growth and spread of agriculture. For one thing, Europe and
Asia had a glut of domesticable large mammal species, while almost no such creatures were native
to the Americas. The alpaca is the only large domesticable animal native to North or South
America, and Diamond argues that this was a major hindrance to the development of settled
agriculture. Another factor that inhibited the development of farming societies in the Americas
was the fact that these two continents were much longer on the north-south axis than east-west.
This meant that it was difficult for food production to spread from one area to the next because
of varying climate. As Diamond writes in Chapter Ten:

Imagine a Canadian farmer foolish enough to plant a race of corn adapted to growing
farther south, in Mexico. The unfortunate corn plant, following its Mexico-adapted genetic
program, would prepare to thrust up its shoots in March, only to find itself under 10 feet of
snow.

In other words, it was difficult for the crops that
are amenable to the development of settled agriculture to spread through the Americas. This
meant that despite the abundance of resources, some North American indigenous peoples continued
to live as hunters and gatherers. Significant geographic barriers also existed. The North
American Southeast and Southwest, though on the same latitude, are separated by a dry region
that kept crops from spreading from one region to the next. The same factor made it difficult
for crops to spread from Mesoamerican civilizations to the American Southeast and beyond.
California was almost completely isolated from the rest of the continent due to mountain ranges,
with similar results. Those crops that were transferable, which included some varieties of corn,
beans, and squash, did so only over thousands of years.

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find f(x) given that f'''(x)=cos x, f(0)=8, f'(0)=4 and f''(0)=9.

It is given
that f'''(x) = cos x, f(0)=8, f'(0)=4 and f''(0)=9. We have to find f(x).

f'''(x) = cos x

Integrating f'''(x) gives f''(x) = sin x +
C1

Integrating f''(x) gives f'(x) = -cos x + C1*x + C2

Integrating f'(x) gives f(x) = -sin x + C1*x^2/2 + C2*x + C3

Now
f(0)=8, f'(0)=4 and f''(0)=9

=> f''(0) = sin 0 + C1 = 9

=> C1 = 9

f'(0) = -cos 0 + 9*0 + C2

=> -1 +
C2 = 4

=> C2 = 5

f(0) = -sin 0 + 9*0^2/2 + 5*0 + C3 =
8

=> C3 = 8

The required function f(x) =
-sin x + 9*x^2/2 + 5*x + 8

How does the speaker in "Rice and Rose Bowl Blues" feel when she is washing rice?

In
"Rice and Rose Bowl Blues," by Diane Mei Lin Mark, the speaker is torn between her
interest in football ("Rose Bowl") and her mother's request that she learn to wash
rice. The speaker's feelings are not explicitly stated, but they are implied by the title and by
a couple of key features of the poem.

The title "Rice and Rose Bowl
Blues" obviously indicates that the speaker is feeling "blues" about something,
so she is unhappy. The thing that makes her unhappy in the poem is that she is told by her
mother that she needs to learn to wash rice instead of play football with her brother and the
neighborhood boys. As her mother gives her directions, she gazes outside the window to watch the
football game. In the middle of the poem, the mother's directions are interspersed with some
brief commentary from the speaker:

Pour some
water

          into the pot,

          she said pleasantly,

          turning on the
tap

Rub the rice

         
between your hands,

          pour out the clouds,

          Fill it again

          (I secretly traced

          an end run through

          the grains in

          between pourings)   

In these lines, the mother's instructions are italicized. The
speaker comments that her mother "pleasantly" tells her the steps; her mother is not
forceful or rude, but the speaker is still taken away from an activity in which she has more
interest. At the end of this section, she says she "secretly traced" a football play
while handling the rice. Her mind is still mostly on the game instead of this household chore.
When she thinks she is finished and tries to leave, her mother calls her back in to help some
more.

At the end of the poem, when a boy "sneeringly" says he heard
she can't join them for football games any more, she laughs it off. The speaker's reaction is
ambiguous. She may be acting tough in front of her friend, or she may be planning to openly defy
her mother. The poem overall comments on gendered tasks, and the speaker implicitly feels it's
unfair that she must work in the kitchen instead of playing football with the boys who are
enjoying leisure time instead of working. 

I am writing a paper about the novel 1984 by George Orwell, focusing on the topic of diction and syntax, and I need help developing a hook.

This is a
somewhat unusual assignment, as most academic papers have thesis statements rather than hooks.
The notion of a "hook" is more typical of journalistic writing, in which you introduce
something intriguing, odd, or startling in order to grab the reader's attention. 

If you are focusing onand , your main theme will be Newspeak, the language that is
being created at the Ministry of Truth in order to make any original thought or form of
rebellion impossible.

One possible hook would be suggesting thatis taking
Wittgenstein's notion that the limits of one's language are the limits of one's world, and
applying it to suggest that by limiting language, one can limit people's ability to think, as is
suggested in the following passage:

Don't you see that the
whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thought-crime
literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it . . . .

Another possible hook would be to compare Newspeak to the language
of text messaging. Both have a simplified syntactic structure, limited vocabulary, simplified
spelling, and other features in common. In constructing your hook, you might ask if text
messaging (or Twitter) limits thought in the same way as Newspeak does.

How can you use a table, a graph, and an equation that represent an exponential function to find the y intercept and growth factor for the function?...

Minor
addition to the answer:

Finding Growth Factor from the graph:

From the graph `y_1=6, y_2=12, y_3=24`

Growth
factor(b)=`y_2/y_1=y_3/y_2`

Growth factor=`12/6=24/12=2`

So, Growth Factor will be constant.

What is the main theme of Emma?

Social
class is a very important theme in the book, as it is in all of 's works. Regency England was a
very hierarchical society with clear boundaries between the respective classes. And it's clear
from reading that Jane Austen firmly believed in maintaining those
boundaries. At the same time, she insists upon the importance of the upper-classes'
responsibilities towards those poorer and less socially prominent than themselves.

We see this in Emma's well-meaning, but ultimately misguided attempt to instruct
Harriet Smith in the ways of Highbury society. It becomes painfully obvious that Harriet doesn't
really belong among the upper echelons of society; she is hopelessly out of her depth,
artificially elevated to a higher station by Emma's assistance. Thanks to Emma's ill-judged
intervention, Harriet gets ideas above her station, developing unrealistic expectations about
her future marriage prospects. Emma should have learned from the example of Mr. Weston. His
first marriage was to a woman of a higher social class, and her inability to adjust to a lower
standard of living was a major factor in their unhappiness together.

How are postmodern techniques employed in the story "Girl"? Also, what is meant by "postmodern" in writing?

Margarete Abshire

Kincaid's "story" raises all sorts of questions: who is the speaker? What is
the context for all of these admonitions? Why are these tasks so important? How is this even a
story?

While it is hard to define the "postmodern," one thing that
is characteristic of postmodern literary texts is that they tend to undermine conventional
notions of author, reader, and text. In the case of "," we can see these principles at
work. For one thing, the text itself doesn't appear to be a story at all, just a kind of . The
traditional features of a story, like a clearly-defined narrator and characters or a plot, seem
to be lacking.

This calls into question the nature of the author: since we're
not sure what it is we are reading, we can't be sure who
wrote it. This undermines our relationship to the text as readers: the story is less
something that is told to us, and it becomes a site of readerly investigation.

The use of second person in the story also complicates the question of character.
The...

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What is Jane Austen trying to say about the character and vocation of the novel through Emma, in her novel Emma?

On one
level,is a novel about about artistic endeavor and how we receive it. Austen lays this out in
chapter 6, as Emma draws a portrait of her friend Harriet. In the comments other characters make
about this portrait, we learn how the artist (or writer), either by design or lack of skill, can
alter reality. Emma's portrait makes Harriet more beautiful than she really is, a move Austen
critiques.  Austen...

What are some obstacles Phoenix faces, and what social/political forces might have her in their grip?

's
"" does present Phoenix, specifically, and others like her, generally, in the grip of
large and indifferent social and political forces.  This is a Southern Gothic story that deals
with life in the South after the Civil War.  For the most part, existence was not good for
anyone immediately after the Civil War.  The South was ravaged (remember most of the battles
took place in the South) and the economic system turned upside down. 

Notice
that in the story no one is really out to get Phoenix.  Her existence is the way it is, period. 
Nobody conspired to make her grandson swallow lye, or arranged things so that she would have to
make such a long, difficult walk to get his medicine.  Even the man who points the rifle at her
does it just for the fun of it, for kicks.  No one is persecuting Phoenix.

Yet, no one is really doing anything to help her, either.  She has to suffer
humiliation just to get the medicine for the grandson.  And even this act of charity is done
with indifference:

"A charity case, I suppose,"
said an attendant who sat at the desk before her."

Phoenix is the victim of society.  Society is not necessarily against her, but it is
not for her, either.

What were some of the events in Europe that motivated Japan to enter the war on the side of the Axis Powers?

There were
a number of reasons why Japan, Italy, and Germany were allied during . Many of the factors that
convinced Japan to become part of the Axis alliance had their origins in places other than
Europe. However, if we look at the events from a European perspective, perhaps the following
factors can be considered

Both Germany and Japan had the goal of territorial
expansion on their respective continents. The Soviet Union was an obstacle to this goal and a
common enemy for both Japan and Germany as it lay between them. The old saying goes that
"the enemy of my enemy is my friend." On November 25, 1936, Japan and Germany signed a
pact against the Soviet Union. Italy joined the pact one year later. This was part of the basis
of the Axis alliance.

When Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor
in December 1941, the United States had been providing material aid to Great Britain in the form
of the lend-lease program. As such, Germany saw the United States as an enemy as well and also
declared war on the US. Here we have another common enemy situation.

When
Japan joined the conflict at the end of 1941, it had no intention of fighting in Europe itself.
Japan was focused on securing an Asian and Pacific empire. However, the many military successes
of the other Axis powers on the continent of Europe convinced Japan that it was on the winning
side. The Axis powers were convinced that the war would be over shortly as Great Britain stood
alone and isolated in Western Europe and Germany's armies were successfully pushing deep into
the Soviet Union. By being part of the Axis alliance, Japanese leaders predicted that they would
soon emerge as some of the leaders of a new powerful world order.

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What does the power struggle between mother and daughter in the poem "Girl" reveal about the larger experience of oppression in Antiguan society?

"" byis adelivered by a mother to her adolescent daughter, instructing herin
a series of pithy imperative statementson every aspect of how to live her life as a woman. The
mother teaches her daughter how to make traditional West Indian dishes, such as
doukona, how to garden, how to attend to the man in her life and, most
importantly, how not to be "a slut."

The monologue is based in
part on Kincaid's difficult relationship with her mother, a woman who migrated to
Antigua...

Discuss the ways that Calpurnia, Miss Maudie, and Aunt Alexandra influence Scout's growing understanding of what it means to be a Southern "lady."

Calpurnia teachesthe importance of respecting her company
and treating others with hospitality, which is a significant character trait of courteous
Southern women. Calpurnia also disciplines Scout whenever she misbehaves and acts as a positive
role model to her. Calpurnia provides Scout with significant insight into the black community
and Scout learns the importance of code-switching. Cal also teaches Scout to remain humble and
not brag about her intelligence in front of uneducated people with fewer privileges in
life.

Miss Maudie shows Scout how to maintain
her composure during difficult times and remain positive when faced with adversity. Maudie
remains optimistic after her house burns down and continues to support the Finch family after
the wrongful conviction of Tom Robinson. Miss Maudie also teaches Scout the importance of
following her conscience and staying true to herself by not conforming to racist community
members and defendingduring Aunt Alexandra's missionary...

In 1984, how are the Parsons different from Winston Smith?

is an
intelligent, political dissident, who vehemently opposes the Party and is not brainwashed into
believing the government's overt lies. Winston actively seeks evidence to prove that life was
better before the Party usurped power and is a thoughtcriminal, who writes "DOWN WITH BIG
BROTHER" numerous times in his secret journal. Unlike the Parsons and the overwhelming
majority of the population, Winston Smith is an independent thinker and one of the last
remaining genuine human beings not obsessed with Big Brother.

In contrast,
the Parsons are depicted as ignorant, completely orthodox Party members, who accept and believe
the government's propaganda. Mr. Parsons is a staunch supporter of Big Brother and sacrifices
his personal time to prepare for the Hate Week festivities. Their children are depicted as
aggressive supporters of the Party, who are trained to spy on thoughtcriminals and report them
to the Thought Police. Winston fears the children and discovers that they even turned in their
father for engaging in thoughtcrime.

What are some possible reasons for Laurie to invent Charles in "Charles?"

Laurie inventedbecause he is
immature and unable to handle the socialization of kindergarten.

Young children often want to tell their parents things, but are not sure how to tell
them.  So they invent things.  Charles was Lauries way of telling his parents what he did in
kindergarten without actually telling them.  Every day, Laurie could come home and tell his
parents what he did without actually facing consequences.

We know that Laurie
was an immature child, not actually very good at inhibition.  He also really liked to shock his
parents.  A good example of this is when he told his father the story of the bad word Charles
made the little girl say.

What word? his father asked
unwisely, and Laurie said, Ill have to whisper it to you, its so bad. He got down off his
chair and went around to his father. His father bent his head down and Laurie whispered
joyfully. His fathers eyes widened.

Laurie seems to enjoy
shocking his father.  He gets to get the girl in trouble, get in trouble in school, and say a
bad word to his father, all without consequences.

Charles is really a cry for
help.  Laurie is floundering in kindergarten.  He is unable to socialize to meet the rules and
regulations that the school expects of him and behave the way a civilized person should.  School
is basically all about socialization, especially kindergarten.  Laurie is failing.  His parents
have never taught him manners.

At lunch he spoke
insolently to his father, spilled his baby sisters milk, and remarked that his teacher said we
were not to take the name of the Lord in vain.

Yet as
kindergarten goes on, Laurie seems to get a little better.  His teacher comments that he had a
little trouble adjusting but is doing better with occasional lapses.  His mother, of course,
is clueless.  She still has no idea that Laurie is Charles.  Talking about "Charles"
helps Laurie cope, and is one of the reasons he is getting better.

Invention
is normal for a child, and invention is a coping strategy.  When children invent stories,
sometimes the reason why can be a window into what is really going on in their lives.  In this
case, Charles is Laurie's alter ego, and an expression of his true self.  Inventing him makes it
easier for him to adjust to kindergarten, and helps him share what he is going through with his
parents.

I dont understand the poem "Grandfather" by Jayanta Mahapatra. Can somebody explain the summary of this poem?

This poem is
about an old man who suffered through a famine The old man is the speakers grandfather. The
speaker starts out reading the grandfathers diary, for he says:

The yellowed diarys notes whisper in vernacular

This means that he is reading the grandfathers diary, written in his native language
(vernacular). By reading the diary, the speaker can experience what his...

How does Meursault's decisions throughout the book, The Stranger, by Camus, affect his life at the end?

Meursault,
in Camus' short novel,
, is a very unusual man.  His life reflects a
inordinate
lack of concern, to the positive or negative, about almost anything. He enjoys
the
repetitive nature of his existence, sees no need to change anything, will
go along with what
others want in order to avoid any crisis or discomfort,
and passes from one day to the next
without truly becoming passionate or
caring about anything or anyone in his life.

When his
mother dies and he goes to her funeral, Meursault shows no grief

whatsoever.

When his boss offers him a chance to open a new office in
Paris,
he really doesn't care that this would be a fine opportunity for
him.

...he wanted to know if Id like a
post there.

Youre a young man, he said, and Im pretty sure
youd enjoy living in Paris. And, of
course, you could travel about France for
some months in the year.

I told him
I was quite prepared
to go; but really I didnt care much one way or the other.

Regarding Marie:

Marie came
that evening and asked me if Id marry her. I said I didnt
mind; if she was keen on it, wed get
married.

Then she
asked me again if I loved her. I replied, much as before,
that her question
meant nothing or next to nothingbut I supposed I didnt.

And...

Then she
remarked that
marriage was a serious matter. To which I answered:
No.

She kept silent
after that, staring at me in a curious
way. Then she asked: Suppose another girl had asked you
to marry herI mean, a
girl you liked in the same way as you like mewould you have said €˜Yes to

her, too?

Naturally.

It is
easy to
see that Meursault will go along with whatever Marie suggests, but he
does not take marriage
seriously, and would have said yes to anyone girl who
had asked if he liked her as much as he
liked her. And he cannot tell her he
loves her because he does not. That
would be a
passionate response, and he seems to have no emotional responses other than to
get
annoyed occasionally.

When Raymond gets into trouble
with the police for
beating his girlfriend, he asks Meursault to be his
witness about her infidelity, and Meursault
readily agrees, though he has no
idea if she was unfaithful or not. He simply agrees to do so,
and when he
goes to the police station to give a statement, no one checks it
out.

When Meursault, through a combination of illness and
seeming confusion, kills the Arab,
he admits that he is sad that the man is
dead, but shows no remorse for his part in
it.

He feels
equally disinterested in whether there is a God, even though the
magistrate,
and later the chaplain speak to him about it with great passion. He doesn't see
the
need to believe in God. It makes no difference to him.

This lack of passion,
of caring, of being involved in the world
around him and paying more attention is what gets him
into trouble. By the
time the court case comes around, there are very few who can stand up for
him
to attest to his sincere concern for others, his willingness to be a dedicated friend,
to be
a devoted and caring son, or a man of God. His routine of repeating
each day without dedication
to anything but maintaining the status quo paints
him as a self-centered, uncaring, Godless man
with criminal tendencies, and
he is sentenced to death.

 

What passage in Walker's "Everyday Use" explains the meaning of the title?

Just to
continue from the above answer, Dee sees the quaint belongings of her old home as
decorations.  This is superfluous in the context of the story.  The
family uses these things for everyday use.  The items are not
antiques to the people who live in the home and use them daily.  In a larger context, Dee is
representative of the "new" black woman, what people think black women should be or
become.  The mother and Maggie are what they are, and Walker in the story suggests that they
have their own form of dignity and it may well be superior to that of Dee.

How might Conchetta Pignati have died in The Pigman?

Mrs. Piganti died of natural

causes, probably from a sudden illness because she died
before her
husband.

Although Lorraine is
convinced that Mr. Pignati
killed his wife and buried her body in the
basement, she has the overactive imagination of a
teenager.  When John rifles
through Mr. Pignatis things and finds the funeral bill, he realizes
that she
is dead.  Lorraines first through is that Mr. Pignati killed her because something
is
off about him.  His wife is certainly not away on vacation. 

I thought it was very sad.  I mean, the cute
little girl in the ruffled dress had
already grown up, gotten married, lived
her life, and was underground somewhere.  And Mr.
Pignati wasnt able to admit
it. (Ch. 8)

A sudden illness
would
make sense for Mrs. Pignatis death, because he never came to terms with it.  She
might
have also died from an accident.  He never accepts her death, because
accepting it is too
painful.  It is easier for him to go on pretending, in
simple ways, that she is alive.  He says
she isnt home., and talks about her
in the present tense, saying she loves delicacies as if
she is going to
continue using her credit card.  These self-delusions are the result of the
fact
that he is not ready to let go of her.

At first
Lorraine thinks she just left
him, until John finds the funeral notice.  The
fact that there are no other signs of her death
speaks to a sudden
death.

That wife of hisMr. Pignatis

wifelooked like she didnt take anything with her to California.  All those clothes in
the
closet. (Ch. 7)

Often after a
sudden death, the remaining
loved one with leave everything as it was, as a
shrine.  This seems to be what Mr. Pignati did. 
He was unable to face what
happened.  He told the kids she went to California, but people close
to him
certainly knew the truth.

The cause of Mrs. Pignatis death
probably
does not matter much to him.  He is grieving and clearly weakened as
a result.  He is lonely,
and sad.  The fact that he opens up his life to
these two teenagers shows how desperate for
attention he is, but also how
vulnerable he is.  It is a move he will regret, unfortunately.
 Although they
might bring some company, they will also unintentionally bring him to his

destruction.

In The Egypt Game, how does Elizabeth respond to the Egypt Game?

Elizabeth is introduced to readers about a
third of the way through the book.  April and Melanie are tasked with making her feel welcome.
 They agree to the task, but they do not agree to share their Egypt Game with her . . . yet.
 April and Melanie decide to do their own vetting process in order to make sure that Elizabeth
can be brought in on their secret game.  Elizabeth wins them over, and the bonus is that she
looks like Nefertiti too.  

When April and Melanie tell Elizabeth about the
Egypt Game, Elizabeth is super positive about the entire thing.  She doesn't scoff at it or
anything like that.  She just jumps right in.  Best of all, she immediately begins playing
within the rules already established.  She doesn't try to change anything about the Game.
 

Elizabeth turned out to be just what the Egypt Game
needed to make it perfect. Of course, she didnt have many ideas; but then, she was younger and
hadnt had a chance to learn much about ancient history. Besides, April and Melanie had almost
more ideas than they could use anyway. Elizabeth helped in other ways.

She
was just crazy about every part of the Egypt Game, and she was full of admiring
comments.

In 1984, what happened to Syme? How is his fate connected to the secret O'Brien reveals to Winston and Julia?

After having
a conversation in the canteen with Syme,has a flash of insight in which he realizes Syme will be
vaporized because he's too intelligent. Their canteen conversation had been about the Newspeak
dictionary Syme was working on. Syme had waxed enthusiastic about reducing the number of words
in the language to the fewest possible. Syme had grasped that reducing people's vocabulary to a
bare minimum reduced people's capacity to have subversive thoughts, and he talked about this
knowledge openly with another person. In other words, he grasped the big picture in a way that
violated the rules of doublethink, in which he was both to know and simultaneously remain
unaware of what he was doing. Syme ends up disappearing, almost certainly vaporized.  ,
apparently aware that Winston has talked to Syme, uses a mention of this "friend" of
Winston's (since Syme has been vaporized O'Brien can't use his name) to suggest to Winston that
he, O'Brien, might be a conspirator against the regime. 

O'Brien reveals a
secret when he gives Winston a copy of The Book, laying bare the logic of Oligarchic
Collectivism. The Book confirms what Syme had said about dumbing down the language: The Book
reveals the importance of crimestop, or stopping any subversive thought before it can even
occur. Syme clearly did not practice crimestop and, like Winston after reading The Book, he knew
too much to be allowed to continue unchecked. 

Discuss the theme of the demise of a traditional way of life in Pollock's Walsh.

The theme
of the demise of a traditional way of life, as seen in Pollock's Walsh,
pertains primarily to the Native Americans of the U.S., as well as the
indigenous tribes of Canada, (though Walsh also experiences it).

At the start of Act One, Walsh is studying the contents of supplies shipped to Fort
Walsh. The boxes are filled with farming "implements." Walsh, who knows the tribal
people of Canada better than the British government that rules the territory, recognizes this as
a waste of resources:

Are you telling me, man, that once
again the government has seen fit to burden me and the natives of these parts with another load
of seed and equipment to rot and rust when they know...because I've told them time and again,
that these Indians are not, and will never be, farmers!

The British government is trying to make the Indians self-sufficient, but the reader
does not get the sense that it is for the best interest of the native population, but
more so the government does not need to feed
them....

What happens before and after "Two Minutes Hate" in 1984?

The
Two Minutes Hate is a pivotal moment in
Part One in that the reader begins to understand the
inner desires of the
main character.  Before the emotional outburst of hate which is designed to

unify the party members in their love of Big Brother and hate for Emmanuel Goldstein, a
symbol
for all that is against Big Brother, Winston has
given...

In your opinion, does Curley's Wife from Of Mice and Men suffer from oppression because she is a woman?

Curley's wife
does indeed suffer from oppression and discrimination because of her gender.  Being the only
female character in the novel, she represents "the other", much like Crooks, the
stable buck.  She is excluded from the company of others because the hired hands fear reprisal
from her jealous and domineering husband.  In order to make it easier to dismiss her, the men
call her "Curley's Wife", thus dehumanizing her, reducing her to a mere possession. 
Also, because she is young and attractive, the men label her a "tart" and
"jailbait", which is a stereotype that the men place on her and also justifies their
rejection of her.

Irony In Animal Farm

This
answer will address situational . is rife with situational irony: the
whole book is framed around the sad irony that a well-intentioned "revolution"
intended to bring about equality and a better life for the animals ends by recreating the same
inequalities and tyranny that provoked it in the first place. Let us look at one especially
powerful example of situational irony...

This example is when , the old horse
who has worked hard for Animal Farm, is sent to the knacker to be euthanized. This tragic end is
especially poignant and ironic because , in his speech to the animals at the beginning of the
book, has warned Boxer that "the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their
power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the
foxhounds" (9). The animals undertook their uprising to avoid exactly this kind of fate for
themselves, but in the end, it is , now in power as a result of the uprising, who sends Boxer to
the knacker. This is only one example of situational irony, but it is especially important
because it illustrates the central irony of the book. Through their leadership of the creation
of Animal Farm, the pigs have become as cruel and exploitative as the humans they replaced. By
the end of the book, the animals cannot even distinguish them from men at all. Boxer, among the
most loyal and hardworking of all the animals, is an ironic victim of this corrupted would-be
utopia.

What is one example of Atticus having true courage during the Tom Robinson trial?

shows many
examples of true courage in .  Even
before the trial begins, he shows courage by being willing
to take the case;
as a single parent toand , he could have said he didn't want to take this
case
and no one would have blamed him.

When Tom Robinson
is moved to the jail the
night before the trial begins, Atticus shows courage
by facing a lynch mob that comes to the
trial.  He knows what he will
encounter, but he...

Describe how the nullification crisis was settled.

The
Nullification Crisis began in November of 1832, when South Carolina passed an Ordinance of
Nullification, declaring the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null void, prohibiting the collection of
the tariffs after February 1, 1833.  After South Carolina nullified the tariff laws, Vice
President John C. Calhoun resigned his office and then was chosen to represent South Carolina in
the U.S. Senate.  Andrew Jackson sought increased power from Congress to enforce the tariff
law.  In January of 1833 the Force Bill was introduced in Congress that would give the president
the power to collect customs duties in South Carolina using the full power of the government if
necessary, meaning the use of military power.  This bill went nowhere until a compromise tariff
bill was introduced in Congress by Henry Clay which provided for the gradual lowering of the
tariff until 1842 when no duty could exceed 20%. Both bills passed Congress and on March 2,
1833, President Jackson signed both.  With the lowering of the tariff and the threat of military
action against South Carolina, and with no other southern state backing South Carolina, on March
15, 1833, South Carolina repealed its nullification ordinance.  The nullification crisis came to
an end, though 3 days later, to preserve what it felt was the states right, it nullified the
Force Act.  Though the crisis came to an end, the debate over the right of a state to nullify
federal laws continued.

List and explain 3 examples of how animal imagery is used throughout Night by Elie Wiesel.

Before leaving for the camps,watches many of his acquaintances being led into the
ghetto for a type of forced imprisonment. He notes:

They
passed me by, like beaten dogs, with never a glance in my
direction.

This comparison shows both the humiliation and
the desperate position of these people. He notes the Chief Rabbi in the group, and even he is
powerless against these forces. They are utterly defeated as they are led away from their homes
with only tiny bundles of their lives to take with them.

Later, Wiesel finds
himself on a train en route to a concentration camp. An officer announces,

"There are eighty of you in the car. If anyone goes missing,
you will all be shot, like dogs."

This next reference to dogs shows that the Germans don't consider
their prisoners humans. And, in fact, they are not treated as such. The Germans don't allow them
any water, force them to hand over any valuable possessions at threat of being shot if
discovered later, and leave them to suffer in...

What is poetry that is gleaned from other sources such as magazines, books and signs called?

that is
gleaned from phrases the poet notices
in signs, technical manuals, advertisements, and other
similar sources is
often labelled "found poetry". It is an extension of what

is...

Which two characters in "Romeo & Juliet" explain everything that has happened? Which two characters in "Romeo & Juliet" explain everything that has...

One of the characters
that explains the entire story of what happened aftermet is .   After the deaths ofand , Prince
Escalus and the two families come together.  At this point, the Friar explains everything that
took place.  The Friar's speech begins,

     "I will be brief,
for my short date of breath
     Is not so long as is a tedious
tale." (A. 5, s. 3)

Lawrence proceeds to tell of everything
that took place, from the wedding of the two to the plan for Juliet to take the potion, up until
their tragic deaths.

how does walton meet victor frankenstein?

is an
explorer in the Arctic journeying towards the North Pole, even though his men urge him to turn
back. He finds Victornearly frozen and brings him on board to care for him, and that is how they
meet. But why is it important that they have met?

The story begins as Victor
recounts his life to Walton and Walton recounts Victor's stories to his sister through a series
of letters. What we find from their meeting and their short lived friendship by the end of the
novel is that Walton is very similar to Victor, and even toas well. Like Victor, Walton is
looking to achieve great feats and severely pushing the limits to do so. However, like the
monster, he is lonely and longs for a friend. What better friend than , a man who can really
teach him a thing or two about pushing the limits? Walton learns from Victor's story and from
his short encounter with the monster. He learns that severe consequences that can come from
pushing the limits of exploration or acquiring certain knowledge and ultimately decides to turn
back and abandon his suicide mission.  

What are Friar Laurence's views on love in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ?

We learn
several things in the second act about 's perspective on love. In particular, we learn that
Friar Laurence views youth as fickle and youth's love as insincere. We also learn that he thinks
the heated, passionate love thatshare is not genuine love and likely to die soon. Finally, we
also learn that he believes that love can put an end to hate.

We see Friar
Laurence express his view that youths are fickle as a result of insincere love when we see him
reprimandfor changing so suddenly from loving Rosaline to loving, as we see in the lines,
"Young men's love then lies / Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes"
(II.iii.68-69). In other words, Friar Laurence is accusing Romeo and all young men of equating
love with physical attraction, which is not the strongest, most sincere form of love. When Romeo
defends himself, declaring, "Thou chid'st me oft for loving Rosaline," we further see
Friar Laurence accuse Romeo of insincere love when he...

In his soliloquy in Act II, Scene 2, O what a rogue and peasant slave am I, what are Hamlet's specific accusations about himself? William...

In thisof
,reveals his flaw of hesitation.  He
berates himself for not being more passionate in nature
after noticing how an
actor can generate more intense feeling on a stage than he can seem to

do.

...What would he do,
Had he the
motive and
the cue for passion
That I have? He would drown the
stage with tears
And
cleave the general ear with horrid speech;

Make mad the guilty and appal the free,

Confound the
ignorant, and amaze indeed
The very faculties of eyes and

ears.(2.2.516-522)

berates himself for
lacking
courage,

Yet I,(560) />A dull and muddy-mettled
rascal, peak
Like John-a-dreams,
unpregnant of my cause

And, he wonders
if he is a coward since he cannot work up enough passion,

And can say nothing; no, not for a king

....Am I
a coward? (2.2.537-538)

As he does repeatedly, Hamlet
urges himself to take action--"About
my brain"; he berates himself,

O,
vengeance!
Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave,
/>That I, the son of a dear father murder'd,
Prompted to
my...

/>

Discuss the nature of the Roman imperial state. How did Caesar Augustus establish the Dominance of the Emperor?

Augustus
Caesar, formerly Octavian, established
the dominance of the emperor in several ways. In the wake
of Julius Caesar's
assassination, Octavian, Caesar's nephew and adopted son, entered into the

"triumvirate," a power-sharing arrangement with Marc Antony and Marcus
Aemlius
Lepidus. In short order, however, Octavian consolidated his power,
with Antony, defeated by
Octavian's forces, famously committing suicide
alongside Cleopatra in Egypt and Lepidus fading
from power. Octavian took the
title of "Augustus," which referred to his power and
majesty. Still a very
young man, Augustus went about establishing himself as a dynastic,
imperial
ruler--the Emperor of Rome. Paradoxically, one aspect of his work in this respect
was
his appeal to the traditions of the Roman Republic. He did not disband
the Senate, for example,
but rather used it to promote his own legitimacy,
for example, it was the Senate who conferred
the title of "Augustus" on him
in the first place. More importantly, he advocated a
return to traditional
Roman values, but created within this ideological system a new cult of the

emperor, one which essentially called for him to worshiped as a deity, the embodiment of
the
Roman Empire. Idealized statues of Augustus appeared everywhere
throughout the empire, temples
were built in his honor, and he took on the
additional title of "Caesar" to underscore
the familial connections between
himself and his adopted father. In time, this name would become
a title for
all emperors. He also undertook massive infrastructure projects, building roads
and
public buildings to strengthen the Roman state and to give a majestic air
to the cities of the
empire, which increased dramatically in size during his
reign. Crucially, he established a
dynastic line of succession by naming his
stepson Tiberius as his
successor.

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What is Holden's obsession about sickness?

doesn't
want us to think that he's been admitted to a psychiatric hospital purely on account of his
mental health issues. By telling us how he often gets sick, he's trying to convince us that his
admission to a mental health facility is because of a general breakdown in his health, which
just happens to include his mental health.

There are good reasons why Holden
should be so keen to minimize his mental health problems. At the time when
is set, there was still a great stigma attached to mental illness. It's striking that even a
stubborn non-conformist like Holden, someone with such a profound contempt for social
convention, should be so anxious to avoid being tarred with the "mad"
brush.

How do the townspeople feel about Chillingworth in chapter 9 of The Scarlet Letter?

is
"cordially received" by the villagers when he first enters the village. He is a
learned man, and he projects this image. Moreover, his knowledge of medical science enables him
to present himself as a physician.

Just like in modern times, the presence of
a healer, a medical doctor, or someone who has the ability to cure others is always appreciated.
This is particularly true in this case since Chillingworth offers to heal none other than ,
"the young divine," who is perhaps the most admired and respected man of faith among
the people.

However, part of the...

In how many schools have you worked? My contract stated back in 1999 that I was entering a system with LOADS of veteran teachers (35 years teaching...

I have been
teaching for 34 years, mostly in public schools.  The first year, I was a long-term sub in a
Catholic high school in St. Louis.  After my husband and I moved to Georgia, I have taught in 4
public high schools, and two community colleges (night school.)  I have also taught summer
school at a private high school for the last 5 years.  I have taught grade levels from 8-12, but
I teach mostly 12th graders now.  Over the years, I have seen many changes in education.  But
kids are kids wherever you are.

Can you give me some quotes on the issue of racism in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird?

    "It
couldn't be worse, Jack. The only thing we've got is a black man's word against the Ewells'. The
evidence boils down to you-did--I-didn't. The jury couldn't possibly be expected to take Tom
Robinson's word against the Ewells'--are you acquainted with the Ewells?" (88)

    Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun
here--they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?" (119).  
This is a good example to show that there was a degree of racism on both sides of the color
line.

    "Well, Mr. Finch didn't act that way to Mayella and old man
Ewell when he cross-examined them. The way that man called him 'boy' all the time an' sneered at
him, an' looked around at the jury every time he answered--"

    
"Well, Dill, after all he's just a Negro." (199)

What is Bruno's relationship like with his parents in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?

Bruno
has a complex relationship with his parents in Boyne's novel . Bruno's
mother is portrayed as a compassionate, caring woman who is tender toward her children and tries
to soothe Bruno and Gretel's concerns about moving to "Out-With" (Auschwitz). Despite
the tenderness and sympathetic nature of Bruno's mother, she becomes impatient and strict with
him when he begins to ask too many questions.

Once their family moves to
Out-With, Bruno's mother becomes overwhelmed by the entire situation, begins to drink heavily,
and spends significant time with the young, attractive Lieutenant Kotler. Bruno's mother becomes
increasingly distant and does not realize that he has been sneaking out of the home to spend
time with Shmuel. Bruno is not completely open with his mother, and their lack of communication
suggests that they are not that close.

Bruno has a tense, complex
relationship with his father, who is the Commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Although Bruno's father cares deeply about him, he is strict toward his son and spends the
majority of his time engaged in his work. Bruno is not allowed in his father's office, cannot
ask him in-depth questions, and must obey his directives. Bruno's father seems more concerned
about his job than he does raising his son. Bruno's father is also dismissive of his son and is
unaware of Bruno's everyday activities.

Similar to his mother, Bruno does not
confide in his father and keeps his secrets to himself. Overall, Bruno has loving parents but
does not spend a significant amount of time with them and does not seem to be their number one
priority.

What does To Kill a Mockingbird teach us about how people cope with issues of race and class?

This novel shows us that
most affluent white people are unwilling to consider the experiences and feelings of those who
are of a different race or class than them. Aside from , most of the white people in town are
quite ready to believe that Tom Robinson is guilty of rape, despite all of the evidence to
suggest that Mayella Ewell is lying during his trial. In fact, many are willing to take the law
into their own hands and lynch Tom even before he is tried. However, despite his position as
Tom's lawyer, Atticus is still capable of feeling compassion for Mayella. It is no surprise that
Atticus does not buy into the belief that people of color or of low social and financial status
are worth less than others.

Mayella also clearly feels that she won't be
believed because of her low status in town, and she calls all the men on the jury cowards if
they refuse to prosecute Tom. In the end, it becomes clear that a person's class status is of
less importance than their race: Tom is convicted because he is black, not because he is guilty;
Mayella is vindicated because she is white, despite her low status, not because she is
honest.