Friday, July 8, 2011

In "Battle Royal," how can you interpret the last words of the grandfather to his son?

The
grandfather's final words to the story's narrator tell the narrator that his grandfather has
been at war his entire life. The grandfather also wants his grandson to know that the war is
ongoing, and it is the grandson's turn to continue the fight. The grandfather also says that it
isn't a war of open combat. The war is something more akin to the Cold War that existed between
the Soviet Union and the United States. War wasn't declared, but tensions existed, and each side
was always working to undermine the other's power. The grandfather wants the narrator to be a
similar kind of spy, but the fight is a fight against racism. The grandfather says that the way
to fight is to appear one way and fight in secret. Let white people grow calm and complacent
about black people. The grandfather tells the narrator to never be seen as a threat. That will
give him the power, time, and ability to undermine whatever racist power structures are in
place.

Son, after I'm gone I want you to...


Thursday, July 7, 2011

How should a thesis statement of "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant be written?

A thesis
statement is designed to present an argument (the thesis) and offer support for it that will
outline the remainder of your essay. It is useful to think of the thesis statement as a
miniature encapsulation of the essay as a wholean argument followed by supporting reasons
(typically three) around which the subsequent paragraphs will be modeled. So the first piece to
figuring out your thesis statement is crafting your argument.

The primary
argument could be something such as Madame Loisel learns an important lesson through the story.
Then, you would have to find supporting factssuch as that her vanity caused her dissatisfaction,
that her greed led her into destitution, or that her need to please others caused her to be
blind to easier solutions to her problems. Then, you craft the thesis statement together with
these elements:

Madame Loisel learns an important lesson
as her vanity causes her dissatisfaction, her greed leads her family to ruin, and her need to
please others...

Outline the processes of mitosis and meiosis and when each type of cell division might occur.

Students can often be confused about the
differences between mitosis and meiosis.Perhaps it is because the names are so similar or
because the processes share the same phase names as the process occurs.

The
end product of mitosis is to produce diploid cells that have the full genetic complement.For
example, humans have 46 chromosomes.Mitosis will produce cells that each have 46
chromosomes.This kind of cellular division is the much more common type of cellular division,
and it occurs when the body needs to make more of a specific cell type.If you get a cut, your
body will use mitosis to make more skin cells.

Meiosis, on the other hand, is
a form of reduction division.This is because the finished product has fewer chromosomes than a
regular body cell.Meiosis will produce sex cells called gametes.This occurs
because meiosis will go through an additional cell division and four gametes are produced that
each have 23 chromosomes (if we are talking about humans).This reduction division is necessary
in order for sexual reproduction to be successful.The two haploid gametes will come together
during fertilization and that will produce a diploid zygote that will then begin undergoing
mitosis in order to produce the trillions of cells present in humans.

Is Stephen T. Badin Catholic High School of Hamilton, Ohio, a state actor?

A state
actor is a person or organization acting on behalf of the government. In the United States, this
has a very specific legal meaning and specific legal implications. Whether a specific school can
legally be classified as a state actor under certain circumstances is something which would
require the opinion of a lawyer or even a court. This answer is not professional legal advice
and should not be taken as such. Instead, it provides background information for a student
interested in learning about the issue for educational purposes.

The main
issues at stake is that state actors are responsible for adhering to a range of federal laws
that are not applicable to private actors. The specific differences pertain to applying the
First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the Bill of Rights. For example, private
organizations can designate people persona non grata and eject protesters
without violating their rights to free speech.

In public schools, which are
definitely considered state actors, students have rights to freedom of speech and assembly and
freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. Students are also entitled to due process in
matters such as expulsion or suspension. This is not the case in private schools. Whether
charter schools are considered state actors is still an area of legal controversy. In general,
private and religious schools are not considered state actors. When such schools offer
educational services via voucher programs, they act as private contractors rather than as
instruments of the state. However, individual cases may vary, and legal thinking about some of
these issues is still in flux.

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

What are the main preoccupations of the novel Emma by Jane Austen?

One of
the main thematic preoccupations of(the novel and the character) is appearance versus reality. 
She begins the story by taking under her wing a rather hapless young woman, Harriet, whom she is
determined to "make over," so that her...

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

On a certain sum of money, the difference between the compound interest for a year, payable half yearly, and the simple interest for a year is Rs...

The
formulae for compound interest and simple interest:

`A= P(1+i)^n`     and 
`A=P(1+ i n)`

A is the future amount. P is the present amount (which is what
we need) i = interest and n= months/ years.

By using a form of simultaneous
equations, we will be able to deduce the amount borrowed.

  1. Compound
    interest: `A = P (1 + 0.08/2)^(1times 2)`

Remember that the
interest is a percentage so always divide by 100 (`8/100= 0.08` ).We have divided by 2 because
the interest is compunded half yearly (ie twice a year) and we have multiplied n (1 year) by the
same 2 that we divided the interest by.

(In other words had it been
compounded monthly we would have divided the interest by 12 and would have multiplied n by 12)
 

    2.  Simple interest: `A= P(1+0.08 times 1)`

we are
working with only 1 year  and there is now compounding so n=1

Now we know
that the difference is Rs 16. So if we subtract the simple interest from the compound interest
formula (ie 1. - 2.) we can deduce the amount originally saved:

`P (1.0816) -
P(1.08) = 16`

`therefore 0,0016P = 16`

`therefore P = 16 /
0.0016`

`therefore P = 10 000`

Therefore the
amount that was lent out is Rs 10 000

What happens to Winston and Julia in 1984?

In
,andstart meeting secretly to have sex. However, they end up falling in
love with one another. Winston rents an old-fashioned room over Mr. Charrington's shop where
they can spend time together now and then, like a real couple. Winston's love for Julia helps
rehumanize him.

Winston and Julia believeis part of a conspiracy to overthrow
the state, a participant in an underground dissident movement. They go to his apartment, where
he entraps them on tape saying they are willing to do whatever it takes to bring down Oceania in
its present from.

Not long after this, they are arrested and separated. Each
is tortured and each betrays the other, despite feeling convinced beforehand that, no matter
what...

How is Joe McCarthy related to the play The Crucible?

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