In Eye of the Needle, how does Storm Island's weather affect the characters?

The weather
on Storm Island is, of course, stormy. This helps establish themes of social and mental
isolation, as David and Lucy live on the island and refuse to socialize or leave; David in
particular becomes very bitter and isolated even from Lucy, who is confused and frightened by
her husband's alienation. The storms on the island also symbolize their married relationship,
and the eventual fates of both David, and Faber as he becomes involved in their
lives....

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What affect did geography have on Ancient Greek social, political, and economic development?

The
development of ancient Greece is heavily influenced by geography. The geographic features of
Greece isolated the area, especially in ancient times. Due to geography, the ancient Greek
civilizations developed unique cultures.

If we look at Greece today, a few
features stand out. Greece is very mountainous, which played a key role in Greek development in
a couple ways. The mountains provided protection for the ancient Greek city-states that
developed. Mountains serve as a natural boundary that often prove to be difficult for attacking
armies to cross. This also led to greater isolation of the...

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Who is Art Tatum, and how did he he contribute to jazz?

Known for his
piece "Tea for Two," Art Tatum was a virtuoso pianist who was a great improviser. He
also set a higher standard for manual dexterity, marveling such greats as Count Basie, who
called him the "eighth wonder of the world," and Conductor Leopold Stokowski, composer
Sergei Rachmaninov and pianist Vladimir Horowitz, who was both impressed with Tatum's dexterity
and his creative powers.

Because of his marvelous skills, there were those
who did not classify Tatum as a jazz musician. Perhaps, with his impressive imagination, he is
best described as playing variations of the stride piano style, in which the left hand usually
plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first
and third beats, then a chord on the second and fourth beats. On occasion, this pattern is
reversed by putting the chord on the downbeat and bass note(s) on the upbeat. Tatum used to
enjoy adding more complex harmony into his jazz. 

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Isolation In Frankenstein

There is actually a
curious split in regard to how bothandreact to isolation in .

Victor isolates himself from the rest of society because of his obsession to create
life.  During this isolation, Victor becomes gravely ill.  Actually, it seems that every time
Victor is isolated from society, he becomes gravely ill. For Victor, isolation has...

Compare and contrast the film Emma (the Gwyneth Paltrow version) with the novel Emma by Jane Austen.

The film
and the novel both follow the same strict plot, , the rather arrogant , fumbles the affairs of
various friends and acquaintances because of her meddling, until she eventually finds lovealbeit
only after realizing that she accidentally forced one of her friends into the arms of the man
with whom she now realizes she is in love.

The film does a good job adapting
the novel and is set in the appropriate time and place, with gentility and wealth evident in
Emma's life and household. However, the film took some liberties with the character of Emma in
particular.

notably stated prior to publishing this book that she desired to
write a protagonist that few people would like as a person. Emma is noticeably arrogant, stuck
up, and busy-bodiedconstantly meddling in others' affairs and believing herself to be truly
skilled in matchmaking and numerous other endeavors.

The film version of the
character is much gentler and kinder. The filmmakers opted to make the...

In Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, in what ways is Higgins' behavior uncivilized by his mother's standards?

Mrs. Higgins
says her son has no manners. He is uncivilized, first, from his inability to make small talk,
such as when, at her home, he says, "what the devil are we going to talk about until Eliza
comes?" Second, he is cynical, criticizing her guests by calling them uncivilized and
asking of the guests, what do they know of science, art, poetry or anything else? Third, he
curses: Mrs. Higgins says Eliza will never learn to speak like a lady around him because his
language is fit only for a "canal barge" and not a garden party, and he threatens the
furniture: he sits on the edge of the writing table in a way that worries Mrs. Higgins, he
stumbles into the fireplace fender and he throws himself so hard on the divan that he almost
breaks it. But his behavior might be most uncivilized in her eyes in terms of what he has done
to Eliza: fitted her up to be a lady, which means she can no longer earn her own living, without
providing her with the income that will allow her to live as a lady. When Higgins says he has
given Eliza advantages, Mrs. Higgins gets upset and asks, what advantages?

The manners and habits that disqualify a fine lady from earning her
own living without giving her a fine lady's income! Is that what you mean?

Mrs. Higgins might not like the lack of small talk, rude, cynical
 comments, curses or battering of the furniture, but using Eliza as a doll to play with incenses
her more than anything else. "Oh, Men! Men! Men!!" she says.

From what point of view is "Hills Like White Elephants" told?

""
is told from a third-person point of view.It is not omniscient because the narrator does not
access the thoughts of Jig, the American, or the waitress who brings their drinks as they wait
for their train.The story consists mainly of a dialogue between Jig and the American.The
narrator does not offer any of his own thoughts; it is essentially reportage, a style that
Hemingway was familiar with from his work as a journalist.

Hemingway was
interested in breaking away from -writing models of the past, and this story reflects his
embrace of Modernism.The reader must piece together through the dialogue the nature of the
conflict between the two characters.There is noor conclusion.The reporting of the conversation
and the descriptions of ordering drinks and walking through the train station are presented
objectively, leaving it the reader to interpret the story's meaning through almost solely what
is said.

Why did life for African-Americans in the South change after the Civil War?

The major
change in the lives of African-Americans after the Civil War resulted from the end of slavery.
With the Confederacy in ruins, slavery was outlawed with the Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in
1865, and thus the legal and social status of African-Americans was permanently altered. But the
changes they experienced went beyond the legal abolition of slavery. Without land or capital,
hundreds of thousands of African-Americans were thrust into a labor market with only their
skills to offer. Many wound up in...

In Act III, what quotation did Proctor use to help Mary Warren remain brave in The Crucible?

In Act
3, John Proctor does, in fact, twice refer to the same scripture in his wish to encourage Mary
Warren and to strengthen her resolve. When he first speaks to her in court before taking out her
deposition, he tells her:

Remember the
angel, what he say to the boy. Hold to it, now; there is your rock.

Proctor is alluding to the book of Tobit, one of the books of the
Apocrypha, which is seen by some as part of the Bible, while others do not acknowledge it. The
story relates the experience of Tobias, the son of a deeply religious man (Tobit) who fell in
love with Sara, a woman plagued by a demon that killed each of her seven previous
husbands.

Tobit managed to defeat the demon on his wedding night with the
help of the archangel Raphael. The angel had advised Tobias to "Do that which is good, and
no harm will come to thee." Proctor later refers to the same verse but is unable to
complete the line because of Abigail's intervention.

In the first instance,
Proctor wants Mary to be strong, and he appeals to not only her reason but also her religious
conviction. He is advising her to be like Tobias, implying that by doing good, she will have
divine protection, and no harm will befall her. Just as in Tobias's situation, she will be able
to overcome the demons plaguing Salem. 

Proctor is indirectly referring to
Abigail and the other girls who have managed to deceive the court and many others by lying about
the presence of witches and the practice of witchcraft. Their testimony has led to many being
accused and incarcerated, including Proctor's wife, Elizabeth. Mary is there to prove, once and
for all, that what she, Abigail, and the other girls have been doing was all a hoax. Proctor
hopes that her testimony will finally convince the court of his wife's and others' innocence,
which will lead to their release.

When Mary Warren starts her testimony, her
credibility is questioned when she is asked to faint as easily as she claims they have been able
to do. Mary cannot, for she does not "have a sense of it." At this point, Abigail
suddenly puts on an act stating that she is feeling a "cold wind." Proctor desperately
grabs her and cries out that she is a whore. His actions lead to Elizabeth being called forth to
testify why she dismissed Abigail. Elizabeth fails to mention her real suspicion and Proctor is
left helpless.

Abigail senses an advantage, and she puts on an amazingly
convincing act in which she claims that Mary's spirit is threatening her in the form of a yellow
bird. The other girls soon follow her lead, and Mary Warren is eventually completely distraught
and overwhelmed. Proctor, realizing that everything is falling apart, again calls on Mary
saying:

Mary, remember the angel Raphaeldo
that which is good and

He does not get a
chance to complete the quote, because Abigail interjects and cries out that the supposed bird is
preparing to swoop down and harm her. His appeal is ineffective and Mary, in absolute despair,
turns against him and accuses him of doing the devil's work and trying to force her to join him
and sign the Devil's book. The result is that Proctor is arrested and taken to
jail.

What are Antigone's tragic flaws?

Given the very restricted role of women in
the culture of fifth-century Athens, it is remarkable that so many Greek tragedies feature women
in a central role: Medea, Andromache, , Hecuba, Helen and, of course,
. This does not mean, however, that these women necessarily fit the strict
Aristotelian definition of a tragic hero. There has been much dispute over whether Creon or
Antigone is the hero of Antigone. Hegel famously described the play as a
conflict between right and right, suggesting that they might both be heroic.

In fact, Antigone and Creon do have very similar characters and, arguably, the same
tragic flaw: stubbornness. They are both willing to go to insane lengths for the sake of a
principle. Ismene, who is the voice of reason, complains that Antigone cares more for the dead
than the living. One might, therefore, say that her fault is family loyalty or a sense of duty.
This is what she would say herself. These, however, are virtues, not flaws. Antigone's tragic
flaw is that she carries these principles beyond all reason and clings to them stubbornly when
any sensible person would yield. Precisely the same is true of Creon in his loyalty to the
state.

What is the subject of Hamlet's second soliloquy, the famous "To be or not to be" speech? Act 3

The subject
of 's "to be or not to be"is suicide, or more broadly, why do humans choose life, with
all its suffering, rather than death, with its escape from earthly miseries?

The opening line "to be or not be," (which means to live or not to live) sets
the tone and explains the internal struggleis undergoing. Badly shaken by 's claim that his
uncle murdered his father, Hamlet wonders if he should simply kill himself. His world has been
turned upside down. He believes he is surrounded by evil and can rely on nobody. After all, if
your uncle would cold-bloodedly kill your father, who can you trust?

In the
soliloquy, the depressed Hamlet wonders why anyone wouldn't leave this "mortal coil"
(the living human body) for the more peaceful land of death. If he were dead he says, he
wouldn't have to be surrounded by all the miseries of being alive, such as bad luck, injustice,
and rejection in...

How can I compare this story with Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe? More specifically, the passages I need to compare are as follows: Defoe€”When Crusoe...

The most
marked likeness between the two stories is the rational approach the men take to their new
environment. Otto the scientist provides the scientific background to explain what is going on
at the center of the earth. Axel, in the chapters involving the volcano that spews them back to
the surface of the earth, is most concerned with the workings of his compass, which seems to
have gone crazy.

Crusoe's main and urgent concern is survival. He heads back
to his capsized ship to retrieve supplies. In the chapter on the volcano, Axel too is primarily
concerned with survival; in his case, he needs to survive the volcanic eruption that will hurl
his companions and him to Italy.

The books are very much alike in their
attempts to frame extraordinary events within the context of a realistic universe. Axel and
Crusoe are not going to be saved by fairies or supernatural creatures. They both need to use
their logic and commonsense. Both are in a "new world," but it is one that adheres
minutely to the physical laws of the universe.

Both men experience a similar
fear of death in the new environment. Crusoe reflects:

I
had a dismal prospect of my condition; for as I was not cast away upon that island without being
driven, as is said, by a violent storm, quite out of the course of our intended voyage, and a
great way, viz. some hundreds of leagues, out of the ordinary course of the trade of mankind, I
had great reason to consider it as a determination of Heaven, that in this desolate place, and
in this desolate manner, I should end my life. The tears would run plentifully down my face when
I made these reflections.

As he encounters the volcano,
Axel thinks:

The mineral crust was about to burst, the
heavy granite masses were about to rejoin, the fissure was about to close, the void was about to
be filled up, and we poor atoms to be crushed in its awful embrace!

"Uncle, Uncle!" I cried, "we are wholly, irretrievably
lost!"

Yet, in both cases, approaching the situation
rationally provides the answerand logical thinking rules both men. Axel is preoccupied with
determining what part of the earth they are under, and he thinks it is Iceland. Crusoe's mind is
riveted on his survival through gaining supplies and finding a safe place to sleep.

Despite the life-threatening dangers, both men also take the time out to experience
the pleasure of their new environments. In Crusoe's case, it comes years later from the way he
has mastered his environment and become the lord of his own domain:

At the end of this march I came to an opening where the country
seemed to descend to the west; and a little spring of fresh water, which issued out of the side
of the hill by me, ran the other way, that is, due east; and the country appeared so fresh, so
green, so flourishing, everything being in a constant verdure or flourish of spring that it
looked like a planted garden. I descended a little on the side of that delicious vale, surveying
it with a secret kind of pleasure, though mixed with my other afflicting thoughts, to think that
this was all my own; that I was king and lord of all this country indefensibly, and had a right
of possession; and if I could convey it, I might have it in inheritance as completely as any
lord of a manor in England.

In chapter 27 (in my
text, the volcano episode is chapter 42), Axel experiences a deep sense of wonder and awe at the
landscape and, like Crusoe, also experiences solitude. Crusoe is all alone through much of the
book, while Axel has his companions, but both are in places that seem solitary and untouched.
Axel thinks as he looks at the Central Sea:

I looked
round a bay formed by projections of vast granitic rocks. At the extreme end was a little port
protected by huge pyramids of stones. A brig and three or four schooners might have lain there
with perfect ease. So natural did it seem, that every minute my imagination induced me to expect
a vessel coming out under all sail and making for the open sea under the influence of a warm
southerly breeze.

But
the fantastic illusion never lasted more than a minute. We were the only living creatures in
this subterranean world!

I hope this helps. I would focus
on the idea that both stories have a very strong grounding in reason, rationality, and , despite
the extraordinary circumstances they describe. The main characters deal with life logically. We
are drawn to both stories because they seem realistic.

What are some differences between Athena and Penelope in The Odyssey?

Athena is
an immortal goddess, and Penelope is a mortal queen. That is probably the largest difference
between the two characters in . Athena is also a goddess of war and
battlefield strategy. While Penelope uses her wits to get out of choosing a suitor, she is not a
warrior and has no fighting prowess of which to speak. Athena is also known for being a
bachelorette (some myths have her married to Hephaestus, though it is unclear if the union was
ever consummated) while Penelope is one of the most famous wives in ancient literature. Penelope
is also a mother; Athena is not.

Because of her immortal powers, Athena knows
where and in what condition Odysseus is throughout the story, while Penelope cannot be sure if
he is alive. And while both characters love Odysseus, Athena does not seem to feel any romantic
or sexual love for him the way Penelope does.

One other big difference
between the two women is that Athena was present as a character in The .
She had influence on the war...

What were the major events in the life of Frederick Douglass that formed his identity?

The first
major life event that formed 's identity was his witnessing his Aunt Hester being brutally
whipped. This event occurred when Douglass was very young. At the time he did not understand why
his aunt was being beaten. However, the event frightened him and taught him that the world was
fundamentally unsafe for him and those he loved.

A second event in early
childhood that shaped Douglass's identity was his being sold away at the age of seven from his
plantation of birth. Douglass was taken from his friends and family and placed in an unfamiliar
and decidedly more brutal environment. Douglass would later note that this was when he began to
understand what slavery was. He began to understand how the system of American slavery worked to
dehumanize both enslaved people as well as those who held them captive.

A
final defining moment in Douglass's early childhood was his learning to read. Upon learning to
read, Douglass began to realize that the oppression of black people is a matter of social
hierarchy and racial brutality. The oppression of black people was not due to innate inferiority
(as he had previously believed). Learning to read marked a turning point when Douglass began to
believe that he could eventually achieve emancipation and help abolish the system of slavery
itself.

Throughout the text of 1984, Orwell plants warnings to the reader. What are some of the larger issues at hand here? Throughout the text of 1984, Orwell...

It seems
that the overall warning sound throughout the work is the reality of what happens when
individuals lose control of their government.  From the most fundamental of standpoints and
although it would like to show it otherwise, the government of Oceania, Big Brother, had to have
seized control from the people.  It is highly unlikely that any body politic would have
legitimized such a government.  Once individuals lost control of their government, government,
through the form of Big Brother, turned on them.  The idea of eliminating the private realm in
favor of the public, ensuring that all thoughts are controlled or channeled towards embracing
governmental aims, as well as being a collector of covert information against the government are
all ways in whichindicates that we, as citizens, must take a stand and control our governments. 
The world Orwell creates might not be real, but it contains enough fearful elements for us to
fully embrace and understand that if we, as citizens, turn off the need to pay attention to
government, there is a good chance that government will turn on us.

What are the benefits of studying poetry?

This is a
great question! There are definitely many benefits to studying poetry for many groups of people.
Here are some:

1) Language learners can greatly benefit from a concentrated
immersion in poetry. As poetry emphasizes rhythm and stress patterns, many ESL (English as a
Second Language) learners can hone their pronunciation skills by reading poems aloud.
Reading-aloud sessions can provide the requisite practice to increase the confidence of language
learners.

Additionally, in studying poetry, language learners and other
students can begin to appreciate and discover the history behind the poems they read. For
example, Shakespearean poems provide a wide context from which to discuss relevant topics such
as gender relations, human sexuality, and cultural norms during the Elizabethan era.

The Elizabethan era, as we all know, heralded the golden age of the Renaissance as
well as the new age of English exploration and expansion. Therefore, an appreciation of the
historical context of the...

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What is the scariest short story ever written? What is the scariest short story YOU have ever read?

'The Landlady'
by Roald Dahl. Discretely despicable.

What is education like in The Giver?

's
highly-organized community is founded on the principles of Sameness, where conformity is
encouraged and each citizen plays a specific role in society. Education is Jonas's community is
depicted as highly regulated and limited. Although Lowry does not go into specific details
describing theand requirements of the community's school, there are a select number of scenes
that give the reader insight into what education is like in Jonas's community.

The audience knows that children in Jonas's community begin school at a young age and
continue going to school after they are given their Assignments at the age of twelve. Jonas's
sister Lily is six years old and attends school. She mentions that her age group was visited by
another group outside of the community, which reveals that socialization and interactive play
are promoted in the community's school. Jonas also recalls Asher being punished using a
"discipline wand" for mispronouncing a word, which indicates that corporal punishment
is used in schools and correct language is emphasized.

Jonas also does a
significant amount of homework and mentions that the Committee of Elders pays close attention to
the Elevens at school in order to help determine their future Assignments. Students are also
required to complete a certain amount of volunteer hours. Given the society's stance on
Sameness, literature and certain subjects are censored. The only people with access to novels
and history books are the Giver and the Receiver of Memory.

Why do you think that Candide only talk about Cunegonde's beauty throughout the story? Do you think he got what he deserved in the end?

That's an
interesting question, one that perhaps cannot really be answered. 's aspirationlet's face it: to
possess Cun©gonde physicallyseem to be much more noble than others' pursuits in the story. A
major part of 's critique in Candide seems to be leveled against the those
who hurt others while chasing that aspect of...

In 1984, what are some rhetorical techniques employed by the telescreens to encourage hatred of Goldstein?

Many of
the rhetorical strategies from the Two Minutes Hate relate to propaganda techniques.  Below are
several specific techniques.

1. Pinpointing the
Enemy--This technique helps the speaker(s) unify a group against one specific
foe.  During "the Hate" in , the Party features Goldstein in
every "episode."  The people of Oceania have been conditioned to hate the sound of
Goldstein's voice and his appearance because they associate him with hate, and while Goldstein's
face appears on the telescreen, footage of seemingly neverending columns of marching Eurasian
soldiers appear in the background.  The audience automatically associates Goldstein with the
enemy army and focuses all of its animosity upon Goldstein.

2.
Appeal ad Populum (Produces the Bandwagon Effect) --Many marketing
agencies seek to induce consumers to buy a product or take action simply because everyone else
is doing so. One of the...

Did Eliza develop feelings for Higgins?

In 's
play   the character of Eliza seems to have developed a connection with
Higgins. This connection occurs as a result of him having rescued and refined her from the
streets where she first worked as an uneducated flower girl. The fact that he takes the time to
reform her seems to Eliza a symbol of care that she much needs. However, she is quick to realize
that Higgins is not a romantic man and that his goal of educating Eliza is nothing but his own
ambitious way to proof a point: That he is a good enough linguist to turn a flower-girl into a
duchess.

However, we see that, at the end of the play in Act V, Eliza's tough
surface begins to break while she explains to Higgins what her needs are as a person. It is
highly improbable that she would have even brought up the topic had she not wanted some reaction
from Higgins to that respect.

[much
troubled] I want a little kindness. I know I'm a common ignorant girl, and you a
book-learned gentleman; but I'm not dirt under your feet. What I done [correcting
herself] what I did was not for the dresses and the taxis: I did it because we were
pleasant together and I comecameto care for you; not to want you to make love to me, and not
forgetting the difference between us, but more friendly like.

The reaction that she gets from Higgins at his point is so negative, brash, and awful
that she goes back to a defense mode clarifies what a brute she thinks Higgins is (because he is
a brute, indeed) and she goes on and on as to who she wants in her life for sure.

However, the story itself narrates how the relationship between Eliza and Higgins has a
unique connection, and that perhaps this is the way that they are meant to live in the first
place: Close but not together.

To put it shortly, she
knew that for some mysterious reason he had not the makings of a married man in him, according
to her conception of a husband as one to whom she would be his nearest and fondest and warmest
interest

This tells us that there is indeed a certain
feeling inside of Eliza which, by nature, makes her suppose that she is meant to be married to
Higgins for the fact that he is a bachelor, they shared a huge experience together, and she is
of a marriageable age.

But then we encounter what ultimately decides for
Eliza: She is just as strong, just as tough,and just as dominant as Higgins. Their relationship
certainly would not be too successful, from what we can tell.

Put that along with her resentment of Higgins's domineering superiority, and her
mistrust of his coaxing cleverness in getting round her and evading her wrath when he had gone
too far with his impetuous bullying, and you will see that Eliza's instinct had good grounds for
warning her not to marry her Pygmalion.

Describe how Gregors insect-like body changes from the opening of the story to the ending.

bybegins with one of the most memorable opening lines in literature:

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found
himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.

Once this premise has been established, Gregor then goes through three stages of his
physical metamorphosis: shock, acceptance, and then a decline.

In Part I, the
narration describes Gregors new form as like that of a beetle with a back that is armor
plated, an abdomen that is dome-like and having multiple legs that waved helplessly before
his eyes.

Despite his physical transformation, Gregors mind continues in its
previous train of thought, that of a worried traveling salesman. Aware of his responsibility to
his family, Gregor intends to resume his normal activities, only to be prevented from doing so
by this new insectile body. When Gregors mother taps on his door and asks about the train he
needs to catch, he attempts a reply:

Gregor had a shock as
he heard his own voice answering hers, unmistakably his own voice, it was true, but with a
persistent horrible twittering squeak behind it like an undertone that left the words in their
clear shape only for the first moment and then rose up reverberating around them to destroy
their sense so that one could not be sure one had heard them rightly.

Gregor tries to rationalize away the change in his voice as an
oncoming cold but as he tries to get out of bed, is confronted with his new reality. As he falls
out of bed, and then assures his family and the chief clerk that hes all right, he notes his
insect body is vulnerable to injury, the ends of his legs are sticky, and with effort, he can
use his mandibles to turn the key in the lock.

Despite his good intentions
and attempts to communicate, Gregors appearance horrifies his family and the chief clerk. His
father drives Gregor back into his room with the chief clerks walking stick, an action which
results in Gregor being injured.

Part II of the story finds Gregor in his
room, his body wounded:

His left side felt like one single
long, unpleasantly tense scar, and he had actually to limp on his two rows of legs.

His wounds heal but he can do little but stay in his room,
contemplate his situation, and eavesdrop on the family conversations in the living room. He
works out a system with his sister by which he gets his meals and learns how to push a chair
over to the window so he can look out. He gets used to his new body:

€¦ for mere recreation he had formed the habit of crawling
crisscross over the walls and ceiling. He especially enjoyed hanging suspended from the ceiling;
it was much better than lying on the floor;

However, the
peace doesnt last. While arranging the furniture in his room, Gregors mother catches sight of
him and faints. As his sister runs out to get smelling salts, Gregor follows her. One of the
medicine bottles breaks and glass cuts into Gregor.

Meanwhile, his father has
gone through a metamorphosis of his own, transforming from a sluggish retiree to a uniformed
clerk ready for work. Once more, his father drives Gregor back into his room, this time by
throwing apples at him. An apple becomes lodged in Gregors back, wounding him again.

Part III marks Gregors decline and eventual death. His room becomes dirty, hes unable
to remove the apple stuck in his back, and he stops eating and sits around motionless for
hours. His parents and sister are now too busy working and letting out the extra rooms to
lodgers to take care of him, instead employing a charwoman for the unpleasant tasks.

Gregor manages to leave his room one more time when he hears his sister playing the
violin, startling the family and the lodgers. After they drive him back into his room again,
Gregors sister tells her parents they must get rid of him. Gregor agrees with his sister and
finds his previous strength and agility are now gone:

Soon
he made the discovery that he was now unable to stir a limb. This did not surprise him, rather
it seemed unnatural that he should ever actually have been able to move on these feeble little
legs.

When the charwoman arrives the next morning, she
finds Gregor has died. She calls in his parents and sister who confirm that Gregors body was
completely flat and dry.

Upon what 5 points is the society in "Harrison Bergeron" based?

Vonnegut's dystopian American society is founded on
uniformity. The government requires every citizen to be completely
equal in all aspects of life. In order to achieve this feat, the agents of the Handicapper
General enforce the law by requiring every talented citizen to wear various kinds of handicaps
that limit their abilities.

Oppression is
another prominent aspect of Vonnegut's dystopian American society. Talented, athletic,
intelligent, and beautiful people suffer oppression at the hands of the government. The
government is depicted as a totalitarian regime where talented individuals cannot reach their
full potential and must live with the cumbersome handicaps that severely limit their abilities.
The citizens also have no say in government policies and are subject to the oppressive
laws.

Fear is a prominent aspect of Vonnegut's
society, and the hostile government enforces the law using the threat of violence and severe
punishment. George refrains from lightening his handicap because...

What is Frederick Douglass's overal claim in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass? What evidence does he use to support his claim?

Queen Langosh

Douglass's really has two central claims in the Narrative. One is
that slavery was an institution that corrupted whites and robbed (or attempted to rob) blacks of
their humanity. Another is that slavery is an institution fundamentally based on violence,
telling the story of the vicious beatings an aunt of his would often receive:

I have often been awakened at the dawn of day by the most
heart-rending shrieks of an own aunt of mine, whom he used to tie up to a joist, and whip upon
her naked back till she was literally covered with blood. No words, no tears, no prayers, from
his gory victim, seemed to move his iron heart from its bloody purpose. The louder she screamed,
the harder he whipped...I was quite a child, but I well remember it. 

Douglass describes this memory as the "blood-stained
gate" through which he entered slavery, and he is struck throughout at how the institution
made tyrants of whites. Sophia Auld, described as "a woman of the kindest heart and finest
feelings,"...

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What is one major event that happened in To Kill a Mockingbird from Scout's perspective?

One event
which has a significant impact uponis hers and 's visit to Calpurnia's church.

When the children accompany Calpurnia to the African Methodist Episcopalian Church,
Scout is amazed that the black community is too poor to afford paint for the church's ceiling, a
piano or organ, hymn books, programs, or even sufficient lighting. Reverend Sykes mentions Tom
Robinson and "his trouble," and then he has a collection...

Why does Mr. Webb reprimand Emily?

Mr. Webb
is clearly fond of his daughter, but some of her habits puzzle or annoy him. When he sees her
walking down the street, he thinks she is being pretentious by walking in an artificial manner.
He asks her who she is trying to be, implying that it is better to just be yourself. He tells
her to "walk simply." Emily seems to be confusedhe has previously suggested that she
stand up straight, but now he is calling her names.

When Mr. Webb gets home
and sees Emily in the window, he wants to know why she hasn't gone to bed and wonders if she has
anything on her mind. We get the impression that she is a dreamer and not always
practical.

How might Gregor benefit from his metamorphosis into an insect?

Gregor's
life is characterized by giving to others. He works to support his family, while they do afford
him the respect or appreciation he feels he deserves. Thus, in becoming an insect, he has been
freed from this repressive lifestyle. No longer can his parents use him until he is empty: he
cannot offer anything to them anymore. Even...

What does Loving v. Virginia have to do with the novel Kindred?

The novel
, by, is about Dana, a black woman,  her husband Kevin, a white man, and
her heritage as a descendant from slaves.  Dana is the result of a family history which included
her linage resulting from the rape of her black ancestor by a white slave owner.  The case of
Loving vs Virgina is the decision by the U.S. Supreme court which allowed the...

What is the most important symbol in the short story "Hills Like White Elephants"?

I would argue that the
most important symbol in this novel is that of the white elephants of the title. This is because
it seems to sum up so much of the difference between Jig and her partner and the way that she is
so desperate to do anything to try and save what seems to be a hopeless relationship. Let us
remember that white elephants are refered to firstly when Jig looks at the view of teh white
hills and she compares them to white elephants. This triggers a minor squabble between
them.

Later on, however, she deliberately contradicts herself, trying to make
her thoughts and way of looking at the world the same of her partner's, when she says:

They don't really look like white elephants. I just meant the
colouring of their skin through the trees.

White
elephants are shown therefore to be a symbol of the irreconcilable differences between Jig and
her partner, and also the way in which Jig is willing to think of doing almost anything--even
aborting her baby--to save that relationship.

How does Charles Dickens use the novels Christmas setting to shape Scrooges development as a character?

Dickens's classic story is set in London,
England, during the nineteenth century and takes place at Christmastime. Dickens depicts
Christmas as a naturally festive time of year, when families gather and neighbors rejoice in the
holiday spirit. Hospitality, love, and generosity are the cornerstones of the Christmas season,
and Londoners are in a jolly mood. This festive time of year and the other characters merry
spirits are juxtaposed with Scrooge's surly attitude. Before he is visited by the three spirits,
Scrooge is depicted as a greedy, hostile man who despises the Christmas season and refuses to
participate in the holiday at all. He is particularly cruel to his clerk, Bob Cratchit, and is
rude to his affable nephew Fred. Scrooge prioritizes the accumulation of wealth over everything,
even basic human kindness or his own comfort. Essentially, he is the polar opposite of the
joyous holiday season.

After his eventful evening with the three ghoststhose
of Christmas Past, Present, and FutureScrooge transforms into a grateful, joyous man who carries
the Christmas spirit in his heart. He participates enthusiastically in the holiday festivities,
gives Bob Cratchit a substantial raise, and vows to take care of Cratchit's son Tiny Tim,
becoming like a second father to the boy. By embracing the lessons of the ghosts, Scrooge comes
to embody the generosity and benevolence that the Christmas season is all
about.

Are the ideas depicted in The Rule of Saint Benedict good rules or bad rules for people to live by?

The Rule of Saint Benedict
includes a great many precepts. They are directed primarily at monks, and some are even more
specialized, being applicable to abbots and other officials. Some of the most generally relevant
are in the long list in chapter IV on the instruments of good works. Few of these ideas are
original and most of the early ones echo the Ten Commandments:

In the first place, to love the Lord God with the whole heart, the whole soul and the
whole strength.

Then ones neighbor, as if oneself.

Then,
not to kill.

Not to commit adultery.

Not to steal
...

However, even this general list quickly becomes more
specialized and refers to monks in particular:

To yield
obedience in all things to the abbots precepts, even if he himself act contrary to their spirit,
the which be far from him: being mindful of that precept of the Lord: "What they say, do
ye; but what they do, do ye not."

As for whether
these are good rules to live by, they are, like most lists of regulations, a mixed bag. Here are
some that I would not want to follow:

To chastise the
body

Not to embrace delights

To have wholesome fear of the
day of judgment

With fear to shrink from hell

To have the
expectation of death daily before ones eyes

To love chastity

To avoid elation

There are also many rules to do
with loving and fearing God which would only be relevant to a theist and others which would only
apply to a Christian.

The Rule of Saint Benedict, of
course, also includes plenty of very commendable rules exhorting love and charity. However,
since the mind of the reader determines which are the good rules and which are the bad, it is
all too clear that the mind, not the rulebook, is the ultimate authority. This makes the
rulebook superfluous, since even if some of the rules are excellent, one must work out for
oneself which these are.

What parts of the plot and which characters seem related to a possible theme in the novel 1984?

is a unified, tightly
constructed novel, in which there are no superfluous scenes or characters. It would be accurate,
then, to say that the entire plot and all the major characters are used byto express his basic .
But, as with any literary work, there is no absolute agreement among critics and general readers
as to what those themes are. In answering this question, we need to be selective and limit our
focus. Volumes of criticism and commentary have been written about 1984
since it first appeared seventy years ago, and an absolutely comprehensive response
about characters, plot, and theme would be beyond the scope of our answer.

Most readers would agree, however, that one of Orwell's important themes is that our
awareness of objective reality is a tenuous thing that can be manipulated or destroyed by those
who hold political power. In our own time, we have heard references to "alternative
facts" and the statement that "truth is not truth." In
1984,himself is a participant in the continuing process of rewriting and
falsifying history in his job at the Ministry of Truth. He knows that what he's doing is wrong,
of course, and he hates the Party for its oppression of the people. But he is powerless to do
anything about it. Orwell's theme is not merely that of the powerlessness of the individual, but
one of isolation and alienation. Even , though she's rebelling against the Party as Winston is,
doesn't seem to care when Winston tells her that he's held in his hands objective evidence of
the Party's obliteration of historical truth. Her reaction seems to be that everything happening
in the world is nonsense and lies anyway, so who cares?

A recurring theme of
dystopianis the hope that resistance can somehow be achieved against the system, or that there
exists some remnant of the past world, the one that existed prior to the dystopia, in which a
rebel such as Winston can find refuge. Though Mr. Charrington is a relatively minor character in
the story, he and his shop seem to symbolize this vanished life that existed before the
cataclysm that destroyed the old world. But it's a mere illusion for Winston and Julia:
Charrington turns out to be a Thought Police agent, and not only is the seeming idyll of Winston
and Julia destroyed, but their lives as thinking people are destroyed as well when they are
arrested, tortured, and brainwashed. The interactions of Winston, Julia, Charrington, and
ultimatelyillustrate these themes of the distortion of objective truth, the individual's
alienation, and the illusory nature of hope in a totalitarian society.

What does Mrs.Hopewell mean by the phrase "good country people"?

Mrs.
Hopewell describes "good country people" as people who are "not trash." She
repeatedly says they are the "salt of the earth." It becomes clear as the story
unfolds that she considers people she can control as "good country people." They are
people onto whom she can project her own ideas (or fantasies) of who they are or should be. They
are people who seem simple, ordinary, and not threatening to her. It's no wonder that as Manley
Pointer insinuates himself into her good graces, she should think of him as "good country
people," saying to him, Why, I think there arent enough good country people in the
world!

Although she thinks she is different from her mother, Hulga has
picked up the same tendency to look down on "good country people" and to feel she can
control them. She decides she knows who Manley is on the most superficial basis, and she is
frightened when he shows her his hidden alcohol stash. She asks, echoing her mother's definition
of the phrase, "Arent you just...

How do the diction, irony, and suspense affect the short story "The Black Cat"?

All three of
these elements contribute to the horror of this story, "."  In the , theof the
narrator is suggestive of an astute and sensitive  mind: " I was noted for the docility and
humanity of my disposition."  He remarks upon the 'unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a
brute which goes directly to the heart of him who has ...tested the paltry friendship and
gossamer fidelity of mere man." Yet, in a grotesque turn of events, he kills both his wife
and his cat. 

Later, the contrast between the diction and the action becomes
more exaggerated, suggesting the arabesque of Poe:  grotesqueand terror. The forces of good
battle with evil in him until the horrific act, understated with ironic effect:  "But this
blow [of the axe onto the cat]was arrested by the hand of my wife.  Goaded by the
interference" he decides to kill her in his rage.  With grotesque calm he remarks,
"This hideous murder accomplished, I set ...with entire deliberation to the task of
concealing the body."  Calmly, the narrator chronicles the events following his wife's
death and his confidence in his "guiltlessness" until in his "bravado"
he knocks on the walls to prove their strength. In response is a "shriek, half of horror
and half of triumph."  With suspense mounting, the wall is torn down, revealing the horror
of a corpse and a "hideous beast." 

Identify aspects of formal analysis of "Crucifixion with Saints" by Perugino.

Formal
analysis of Perugino's work centers on elements of note in the art work.  One such element is
the raising of Christ in the crucifixion.  This vision of the crucifixion is not one where there
is tremendous sadness.  Formal analysis reveals how the artist designed the vision of
crucifixion to be one in which he is "literally raised...

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In what ways have you come across music from another country in your everyday life: TV, movies, popular songs off of the radio, etc.? Music from...

Movies made after 2001
often use Islamic and middle-eastern music to both punctuate and define the setting of the film.
Sometimes this is used simpy to create an idea of cultural exchange or "cultural
globalism". Sometimes it's to give a viewer a glimpse into the cultural life of non-western
communities.

What causes the downfall of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart?

One
could argue that 's downfall is directly related to his fear of being viewed as weak or becoming
like his inept father . As a young man, Okonkwo was determined to become a successful, masculine
warrior and grow up to be the complete opposite of his father. Okonkwo's fear of being viewed as
weak and effeminate influenced him to become a callous, violent man. Okonkwo's aggressive,
hostile personality leads to several bad decisions, which results in his downfall.

Okonkwo's first significant mistake is beating his wife during the Week of Peace,
which is considered an offense against...

Explain the type of decay, the half-life, and the chemical properties of iodine 131, and why it is used for monitoring of thyroid gland.

Iodine 131 is a radioisotope of the element
iodine. It is a radioactive material and undergoes decay. This means that its concentration
decreases over time. The half-life (the time taken by a substance to decay to 50% of its
original value) of iodine 131 is 8.02 days, which is very short. This means that if we start
with a 100 gm of iodine 131, after 8.02 days, we will be left with only 50% or 50 gm of it.

Iodine 131 undergoes first-order decay. This means that the rate of decay is
directly proportional to its concentration and the decay is exponential. It decays into xenon
131.

As already mentioned, it is a radioactive material and has an atomic
mass of 131 gm. It is a non-metal and emits beta and gamma particles.

It is
used in medicinal sciences, in small doses, for thyroid cancer therapy. It accumulates
selectively in the thyroid gland and kills the thyroid cells through its radioactivity. It also
decreases thyroid hormone production in our bodies. It can also be used for the treatment of
hyperthyroidism and for the study of the proper functioning of our thyroid gland.

It is an ideal tracer for studying the functioning of our thyroid gland because the
iodine atoms attach exclusively to the thyroid gland, once these atoms are injected into our
bloodstream. We can then use the Gamma-ray scintigraphy to study any anomalies that may appear.

Hope this helps.

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How does Atticus Finch demonstrate a theme of heroism throughout To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper Lee? I need to use quotes from the book, and I have...

I
think you are definitely on the right track, though I wouldn't devote too much space in your
paper to analyzing events that occur before this plot line picks up. Thus, you may want to
mention that Atticus was once known as the best shot around but perhaps place that in your
introduction as background knowledge instead of focusing body paragraph space to that fact. I
think a thesis could look something like this:

shows his
heroism through his defense of Tom Robinson, his treatment of Mayella Ewell, and the grace with
which he guides his children.

Thus, you have three key areas
to focus your ideas of heroism. (And you could easily substitute any of these that don't
personally appeal to you.) For these three, here are some ideas:

Tom Robinson: The children learn that Atticus is
specifically chosen to represent Tom because the judge believes that Atticus is the most
impartial lawyer around. When Atticus becomes aware that the Old Sarum gang plans to harm Tom
before the trial, he...

What are some examples of Sophocless use of dramatic irony in his play Oedipus Rex?

Dramaticarises from a circumstance in which an audience member knows something about a
character or situation in a play that a character doesn't know.

A person
unfamiliar with the ancient Greekmyth as dramatized in 's would experience
far fewer examples of dramatic irony in the play than a person who is already familiar with the
myths surrounding Oedipus.

An audience member watching a performance of
Oedipus Rex at the Festival of Dionysus in 429 BC was already familiar with
the Oedipus myth. They heard the myth repeated time and time again from a young age, and they
knew the myth of Oedipus and theinvolved in the story as well as a modern audience member knows
any fairy tale or superhero adventure story.

The playgoer in 429 BC knew
before the play begins that Oedipus killed his father, Laius, and married his mother,. They knew
that Oedipus saved Thebes from the Sphinx. They knew the names of Oedipus and Jocasta's four
children. They may have...

In Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, what is Archie's advice to Leo?

In
chapter eighteen, Leo realizes that everyone at school is giving him andthe silent treatment.
This bothers him, so in chapter nineteen, he goes to Archie for advice.

Archie is a retired paleontologist and former college professor, and he is a wise man who is
able to counsel kids...

In The Scarlet Letter, how does Hester cope with her "situation" as she stands on the scaffold in public humiliation?

Before
emerging from the jail to stand on the scaffold with her three-month-old baby,had prepared
herself as best she could for the pain and humiliation of the ordeal facing her. Once upon the
scaffold, however, she suffers to such an extent that she fears she will go mad:

The unhappy culprit sustained herself as best a woman might, under
the heavy weight of a thousand unrelenting eyes, all fastened upon her, and concentrated at her
bosom. It was almost intolerable to be borne . . . . under the leaden infliction which it was
her doom to endure, she felt, at moments,...

Analyze the breakdown of relations between the colonies and Great Britain between 1763 and 1775.

The French
and Indian war ended in 1763 with a British victory. Britain gained territories in the North
America, and the American colonists were relieved of the fear that they would be taken over by
the French. With that threat removed, they had little need to rely on their parent country any
more.

Over time, in part due to the British policy of salutary neglect that
turned a blind eye to the colonists' breaking of English tariff laws, the Americans developed a
strong taste for independence. On top of that, multiple generations of British colonists had
been born in America at this point, and many had never been to Britain. Ties to the mother
country weakenedand, further, a good number of colonists, as Thomas Paine pointed out in his
1775 pamphlet Common Sense, came from countries other than Britain, such as
the Netherlands, Germany, and France.

What fueled the breakdown was the
British insistence that the Americans help shoulder the costs of the very expensive French and
Indian war....

In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, why does Victor Frankenstein create the monster?

The main
"" in 's classic of gothic literature,
, is a man driven to learn
and to experiment. That is
all well and good, but, unfortunately for , the particular subject of
his
obsession is the reanimation of dead tissue. In short, Victor is determined to prove
that
the dead can be brought back to life. Shelley's novel is more than just
a horror story. It is a
philosophical contemplation of the nature of life and
of the ethics of playing God.

Victor Frankenstein's
motivation in creating , or, as he will put it, "the
wretch," had its roots
in his childhood fascination with science. Early in her novel,
Shelley's
protagonist describes his discovery of an ancient text that spurs his interest in
both
science and literature. It is his father's condemnation of that ancient
text, referring to it as
"sad trash," however, that leads Victor down the
path of scientific investigation--a
journey that willwith the destruction of
all he...

How does Gatsby represent the American dream? What does the novel have to say about the condition of the American dream of the 1920's?

You are addressing aof
the book - that the
American Dream can become corrupted.  The American Dream was, and still is,

that anyone, no matter how humble the birth, can rise up to become whatever he or she
desires if
he or she is willing to work hard. despised his humble birth and
background.  He knew at a very
young age that he wanted more out of life than
what his parents had (see ) and some proof of
that is in what Gatsby wrote in
the book his father brought with him to Jay's after Jay died. 
He knew he
wanted wealth from an early age, but when he metin 1917,...

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what does Myrtle really mean when she tells Nick, "You can't live forever, you can't live forever"?

Myrtle
is saying that line as a way of convincing herself that her actions are justified.  The
repetition of it is why I think that.  It's Myrtle's version of "I think I can. I think I
can."  

At that point in the story, Myrtle is tellinghow she came to
meet and begin seeing .  She was on her way to visit her sister, when she saw Tom.  She was very
attracted to him, and Tom noticed.

He had on a dress suit
and patent leather shoes and I couldnt keep my eyes off him but every time he looked at me I had
to pretend to be looking at the advertisement over his head.

Myrtle doesn't narrate what the two of them said to each other, but she says that the
two of them left together in a taxi.  That's when she told herself "You can't live
forever."

The attitude is illustrating the concept of carpe diem.
 Mrytle is very unhappy with her current lot in life.  She is poor, lives in the Valley of
Ashes, and is married to a man that she no longer loves.  Tom comes into her life and offers her
a chance at the lifestyles of the rich and the famous.  Myrtle knows that she might only get one
chance with a man like Tom and the life that he offers, so she jumps at the opportunity, because
she knows she can't live forever and get another chance. 

Similarities Between House And Senate

The House has a
reputation of being much more contentious and impulsive when it comes to legislation.  By
comparison, it is fairly easy to be elected to the House, which means you have won a
congressional district vote vs. a Senate seat which is a statewide vote.  So Senators, by
definition, usually have to be more moderate than Representatives in order to get
elected.

The House will often vote for controversial policies such as
abortion limits or banning flag burning, knowing full well they can make such votes without it
having a chance to pass the Senate.  So they can posture and throw red meat to the crowds in
their districts without actually having to accomplish anything.

What happens in Chapter 16 of The Bronze Bow after the plan is set into motion?

This chapter
is a pivotal point in Daniel's growth and maturation. He and Thacia travel to visit Leah, with
Thacia in disguise as Joel so Joel can gather information. During this trip, they are waylaid by
Roman guards, and Daniel's rage almost gets them killed; Thacia shows him that they need to pick
their battles instead of fighting blindly. Her influence on Daniel is subtle but is paid off
later, as she explains the philosophy of love instead of hate:

"You see, Jesus has made me see that we don't need to wait for God to care for us.
He does that now. Every one of us. Jesus says that God sees into our hearts and loves us. If
everyone understood thatevery man and woman--"

"Would that rid us
of the Romans?"

"Suppose -- the Romans too could
understand?"
(Speare, , Google Books)

After this, they visit Leah, where Daniel's anger at Marcus, the
Roman guard who visits her, is reignited. Then Daniel and Thacia share a moment of mutual
attraction, which affects their friendship.

The key points in this chapter
are Thacia explaining the love of all men to Daniel, which he initially rejects. Since all men
are worthy of love, at some level, it should be possible and even necessary for Daniel to love
the Romans. Daniel takes this in but refuses to implement it until the last chapter, when he
shows kindness to Marcus; this is the payoff of Thacia's passing on the teachings of
Jesus.

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In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, what does Willy's father symbolize?

Willy's
father symbolizes a much simpler time: a time of pre-industrialization, when the craftsman was
both maker and marketer; when workers could enjoy some degree of autonomy as opposed to the
atomized nature of the modern industrial employee. Willy's father was also a salesman, but
crucially he made the things he sold, putting his heart and soul into each and every flute he so
carefully crafted. In this way, Willy's father had an intimate connection with the things that
he sold; he wasn't alienated from them in the way that Willy is from the goods he
peddles.

Willy never knew his father, and...

Why did Laurie came home late on Monday in Shirley Jackson's story, "Charles"?

Laurie's mother
rues the fact in the first paragraph that he is growing up and going off to school.  He has
given up his short pants for long ones.  He is now a little boy, no longer a baby.  She
says,

"I watched him go off the first morning with
the older girl next door, seeing clearly that an era of my life was ended,...

cues us in to the type of psychological reaction Laurie is having
by his words and actions.  On his way to the bus, he swaggers.

my sweetvoiced nursery-school tot replaced by a long-trousered, swaggering character
who forgot to stop at the corner and wave good-bye to me

There are two common analytical interpretations of "." The first is that
Jackson has presented a psychological study of a young boy who is conflicted about the change
real school brings to his life after not having had or caused any trouble in nursery school. He
is conflicted because he wants to grow up and be bravely independent ("[he didn't] stop at
the corner and wave good-bye to me"), yet he wants to retain the happiness and content of
his first years. His conflict leads to maladaptive behavior and to the creation of a separate
persona that assumes responsibility for his inability to adapt to life changes. The fact that
his teacher says "but now hes a fine little helper" confirms Laurie's conflict and
initial psychological inability to adapt. This psychological analysis is also confirmed when
Laurie seems to be overwhelmed by the persona that maladaptively breaks out:

"Charles,"  he shouted as he came up the hill; I was
waiting anxiously on the front steps. "Charles," Laurie yelled all the way up the
hill,..."

The second analysis, which has less
textual support, interprets Laurie as an intentionally deceptive and trouble-making little boy
who breaks out into his real behavior on the first morning out the door to school and who
willfully covers up his real self by deliberately substituting another name for himself (as
opposed to developing an alternate persona). This analytical approach also casts the story as
more of a psychological study of the mother, who in this analysis is interpreted as quite
deluded and inadequate while suggesting she might be the cause of all the psychological trouble.
The following represents this second analytical approach.

When Laurie returns
from school that day, he is demonstrating behavior that is inconsistent with his earlier
"sweetvoiced nursery-school" self:

[he was]
insolent to his father, spilled his baby sister's milk, and remarked that his teacher said we
were not to take the name of the Lord in vain.

This might
indicate to the reader that Laurie is not the sweet little boy of his mother's description. 
Laurie, in order to avoid getting in trouble, fabricates a classmate named Charles and regales
his parents with horrible tales of Charle's behavior.

That Monday, Laurie
comes home late from school.  He again blames Charles.  Evidently Charles had created such
a noisy ruckus in the classroom that the first grade teacher had to send in one of her students
to tell the teacher they were too loud. The teacher decided to punish Charles by having him stay
after school.  The reason Laurie was late was because of the disturbance Charles
caused:

"Charles had to stay after school. And so all
the children stayed to watch him.

Children do not stay
after school to watch someone who is being punished.  Obviously Laurie's mother does not know
this.  So Laurie told his mother that he was late because he had to stay and watch Charles, a
fact that does not seem to disturb her.  Of course, we later find out that Laurie
is Charles, and the real reason he stayed behind was because he was being
punished for his behavior that day.  

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According to Rousseau, when are citizens obliged to obey the law and when they are not?

was an
advocate of direct democracy, the only political form he believed could provide clarity to the
question of obligation. Rousseau maintained that humans are naturally free, but are corrupted by
society. Before the advent of private property and the division of labor, humans were
autonomous, i.e., they were the authors of their own actions rather than being influenced by
outside forces. Rousseau tried to expose the contradictory logic behind the dominant philosophy
of his age which defended an individualistic notion of the self. He instead argued in modern
society, what we consider "the self" is actually constituted by others. What Rousseau
is trying to say is that our desires and needs are constructed socially rather than
individually. Nonetheless Rousseau thought that democratic governance could recover humanity's
autonomy and give us a common political form that would solve the question of
obligation.

According to Rousseau, citizens must only obey laws
that...

How do you define loudness, pitch, and timbre? Name one potential perceptual effect each of the above can create in a film.

The
pitch of a sound is a quality which tells us how high or how low a
sound is; in other words, pitch relates to the frequency of sound vibrations. Thus, a high pitch
sound correlates with a high frequency sound wave, and a low pitch sound correlates with a low
frequency sound wave. In films, the pitch of a sound helps us differentiate the music and the
speech from the other sounds in the film.

Loudness (volume) is a quality which determines the
magnitude of sound. In other words, it tells us how loud or how soft a sound can be. In films,
loudness is constantly used to set the scene. For instance, a scene which is set in an office
building would have a lot of loud background noises like paper rustling, shoes clacking, or
printers printing out paper; however, when two people have a conversation, the background noise
is reduced and the loudness of the actors' voices is amplified, so that we can focus on their
dialogue.

Timbre (tone quality) is, essentially,
the quality of a sound, which helps us differentiate sounds that have the same pitch or
loudness. Filmmakers often use timbre to help the audience recognize familiar sounds, as well as
accentuate the soundtrack of the film, as timbre helps us distinguish the various musical
instruments.

According to Edwards, what do his listeners mistakenly feel keeps them from falling into hell?

In his
1741 sermon , the Puritan preacherpaints a vivid picture of the precarious position of those
who transgress against God. Speaking of the fiery pit that is open beneath them, he warns people
that sinners are in Gods hands and that he dangles them over this abyss. He warns them that it
would be a mistake not to believe that they are in such a position, basing his argument on a
Biblical passage: Their foot shall slide in due time (Deuteronomy 32:35). Presenting the idea
of the slippery slope literally, Edwards aims to convince everyone that a misstep is only a
matter of time. People are walking over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.

People would also be mistaken to think that their own actions play a role in keeping
them from damnation. Although they must try to avoid sin, it is not entirely possible. Only Gods
will can save them: There is nothing that keeps wicked men, at any moment, out of Hell, but
the mere pleasure of God.

Does the ending of Kindred fit to anyone's expectations?

Everyone
who reads a book is going to look at it from a different perspective, so this is really an
opinion-based question.  Yet this book is designed to make you question everything you took for
granted.  It is a personal...

Explain the symbols/motifs in the poem "Homecoming" by Bruce Dawe.

To begin, both symbol
and motif need to be defined in order to identify and understand how and why they are used.

href="http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2005/pdf/symbol-poems.pdf">Symbol:
A person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and
usually more abstract than its literal significance.

href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/motif">Motif:
A central or recurring image or action in a literary work that is shared by other works and may
serve an overall theme.

Therefore, a symbol can appear
once and remain a symbol. A motif, on the other hand, is a symbol which appears repeatedly
throughout the work.

In regards to the symbols/motifs in Bruce Dawe's poem
"Homecoming," the symbols seen all speak to the motif of death.

Dawe's poem was "written as anfor anonymous soldiers" in the Vietnam War. The
poem tells of the process with which dead soldiers were "processed" for their return
home. The overwhelming symbol in the poem is the use of the word "them."
"Them" are the dead and unidentified soldiers who are being picked up, brought in,
zipped up, tagged, and named.

theyre picking them up,
those they can find, and bringing them home,
theyre bringing them in, piled on the
hulls of Grants, in trucks, in convoys,
theyre zipping them up in green plastic
bags,
theyre tagging them now in Saigon, in the mortuary coolness
theyre
giving them names, theyre rolling them out of
the deep-freeze lockers

Therefore, the symbol of "them" represents the numerous
unidentified bodies. These bodies are then identified as representing the motif of death.

An engaged reader can see that Dawe is not pleased with either the treatment
or the war itself. His tone is rather angry (overly objective which could allude to his actual
subjective nature), while the rhythm matches the drums heard in war times.

 

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Although Baldwin admires many aspects of the Nation of Islam, he is also somewhat critical of their ideology. What are some of Baldwins specific...

Initially Baldwin feels remote from Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam movement simply
because he, Baldwin, does not see himself as a religious believer. Baldwin, though brought up in
a strict Christian home, has rejected organized religion as an adult, and he does not feel the
urge to convert to Islam, as many other African Americans have done.

However, Baldwin's criticisms of the Nation of Islam go further than this. He sees the
separatism of the...

Describe the Murrys's house in A Wrinkle in Time.

The Murry's
live in a big, old-fashioned, drafty New England house that has been modernized with the
addition of a garage, a laboratory (unusual in a home), and modern appliances.

L'Engle draws us in with a detailed description of this homey, inviting dwelling. Meg
has an attic bedroom with a quilt on her bed, but she has to bump past a ping-pong table and old
children's toys,...

How exactly do dams contribute to global warming?

The
argument here is that global warming is caused by the presence of methane in the dams.  The
larger the dam, the more methane that is collected in the dam.  The growing amount of rotted
organic material that is present in the dam helps to generate the methane that traps more heat
within it than carbon dioxide.  The belief here is that the bigger the dam, the more methane
is...