appeals
to the same things as music appeals to--rhythm andand emotion. Poetry, like music, draws a
picture of things or emotions to which we can relate. Everyone has been sad or depressed or
thrilled, and we can feel that again through poetry. We like reminding ourselves of those great
emotions through poetry.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Why do people enjoy poetry? I am in middle school and doing a project about poems and part of it is why do people enjoy poetry. Please answer my...
How does Jig feel about motherhood?
Determining
the definitive "feeling" that Jig has about motherhood is difficult because of the
style in which the story is written. However, there are a few places in the awkward conversation
between Jig and "the American" that imply that, although she is considering keeping
the child, her feelings about motherhood are negative. From the beginning of the story, Jig
characterizes herself as a woman who is extremely self-conscious and dependent upon others. She
remarks several times how little she cares about herself and how much she wants to her lover to
be happy. These qualities indicate that Jig is immature in many ways and does not want the
responsibility of someone depending upon her.
Also, Jig's own statements
reveal her thoughts and fears about motherhood. One of the most telling statements that Jig
makes, after saying that she and the American "could have everything and every day we make
it more impossible," is this: "No, it isn't. And once they take it away, you never get
it back." She claims a few lines later that she "knows" this to be true. The
pronouns "it" and "they" are used several times in the text as euphemisms
for the child, so she is essentially claiming that the child would ruin their chances at living
the life to which they are accustomed.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
How does everybody in Oceania forget certain things existed in 1984? I'm just confused on how the Party is able to create such obvious lies into truth...
I
think it's important to consider our own social context in order to grasp how this could happen.
Regardless of political affiliation, you often hear people claiming that the media is
perpetuating "false news" segments for television and print. In fact, I once witnessed
this locally. National news organizations were reporting riots in a town near me when no rioting
was actually happening; it appeared that they used old clips from previous conflicts. It may
surprise you to know that this is not a new media strategy.himself fought as a resistance
fighter in Spain and noticed that newspaper articles often portrayed inaccurate information.
Sometimes they would report battles that hadn't existed, and at other times they reported no
battles when many men had been injured. So without actually seeing the reported events happen,
how can anyone know the truth? Perhaps this life experience laid the foundation for 's job in
.
Winston works at the Ministry of Truth as a records
editor. His job is to go into old newspaper articles and rewrite them so that they support the
Party. The actual facts are then destroyed, never seen again.
This could seem
a stretch at first thought, but consider how this could change over time. If people were hired
to constantly revise all written records of history, altering them to fit the needs of the
government, how long would it take before people who recalled a different history began to
question it themselves? Because the details of history are so extensive, it would be impossible
for any one person to recall all of it, and we rely on written records to aid our recall. Once
those written records are no longer reliable, history becomes messy.
In some
ways, history is always being rewritten, with new voices emerging from different cultures and
contexts to bring a varied perspective to light. And most often, these new voices are valid and
represent an attempt to deepen the truths of history. But occasionally, people emerge who try to
recreate the events of history with less noble causes. This can be quite dangerous.
The citizens in 1984 have great loyalty to the Party (and great
reason to fear speaking out against it). With no real way to discern fact from modified history,
they are left living in the present and simply accepting what their government
portrays as the truth. This shows a truth of human nature: Often what
people believe to be the truth is a more powerful force than the facts of
the actual truth.
`int_0^(2pi) t^2 sin(2t) dt` Evaluate the integral
You need to
use the integration by parts for `int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt` such that:
`int udv = uv - int vdu`
`u = t^2 => du = 2tdt`
`dv = sin 2t=> v =(-cos 2t)/2`
`int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt =
t^2*(-cos 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) + int_0^(2pi) t*cos 2t dt`
You need to use the
integration by parts for `int_0^(2pi) t*cos 2t dt` such that:
`u = t=> du
= dt`
`dv = cos 2t=> v = (sin 2t)/2`
`int_0^(2pi) t*cos
2t dt = t*(sin 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) - (1/2)int_0^(2pi) sin 2t dt`
`int_0^(2pi)
t*cos 2t dt = t*(sin 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) + (cos 2t)/4|_0^(2pi) `
`int_0^(2pi)
t^2*sin(2t)dt = t^2*(-cos 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) + t*(sin 2t)/2|_0^(2pi) + (cos 2t)/4|_0^(2pi)`
Using the fundamental theorem of calculus yields:
`int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt = (2pi)^2*(-cos 4pi)/2 + 0*(cos 0)/2 + 2pi*(sin 4pi)/2 -
0 + (cos 4pi)/4 - (cos 0)/4`
`int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt = -2(pi)^2 + 1/4 -
1/4`
`int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt = -2(pi)^2 `
Hence, evaluating the integral, using integration by parts,
yields `int_0^(2pi) t^2*sin(2t)dt = -2(pi)^2.`
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
How does the title "Good Country People" apply to the characters in the story?
's 1955
story, "," can be considered slightly ahead of its time for the cynicism andimplied by
its title and by its portrayal of the characters Mrs Hopewell and Manley Pointer. A devoutly
Christian woman and her educated, atheist, physically disabled daughter, Joy, welcomes the
Bible-carrying Manley into her and Joy's life. Impressed by this "Christian" Bible
salesman, Mrs. Hopewell refers to him as "good country people," unaware of Manley's
true nature. That true nature is revealed when, at a picnic with Joy, who harbors plans of
seducing the presumably virginal Bible salesman, Manley removes from his hollowed-out Bible
condemns, whiskey and sexually-explicit photographs.
[There] were only two Bibles in it. He took one of these out and opened the cover of
it. It was hollow and contained a pocket flask of whiskey, a pack of cards, and a small blue
box with printing on it. He laid these out in front of her....
The Freeman daughters who live nearby, and whose mother is a tenant farmer, are
similarly questionable representatives of the meaning of the phrase used as the story's title.
The younger one is a pregnant teenager and the older daughter known for her friendliness with
individuals of the other gender. Clearly, the mythical world in which Mrs. Hopewell prefers to
exist is not present in her reality.
The use of the phrase and title
"Good Country People" is clearly intended to be ironic, in that the more saintly
character turns out to be anything but -- a recurring theme in O'Connor's
work.
What was happening to the wealth of Vermont during this time period?
begins in the year
1843. This places the book during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution caused a
lot of changes in the world. One of those changes was a redistribution of people and wealth.
Prior to industrialization, an area's population was fairly spread out because farming and
ranching was what large numbers of people did for income and food. The Industrial Revolution
changed a lot of that. The emergence of things like factories caused large numbers of people to
move into the...
Sunday, October 11, 2009
What Does Piggy Symbolize In Lord Of The Flies
is the much-hated, overweight boy on the island who represents exactly what the boys are turning
away from: rational thinking. It is Piggy who determines that they need to count the number of
boys on the island. It is Piggy who decides to use the conch to assemble the boys. It is Piggy
who wants to learn everyone's name. It is Piggy who tells the group that the beast can't be
real. And it is Piggy who notes that the signal fire should be moved to increase their chances
of survival.
Piggy's ideas aren't valued because of his weight and physical
challenges; the other boys find him pathetic...
How is Joe McCarthy related to the play The Crucible?
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