How did Dee relate to her family before she left home in "Everyday Use"?

Before Dee left home,
she did not relate to her
family well at all. The fact that her mother dreams of a
television-style
reunion with Dee where the daughter might lean in "to tell how she would
not
have made it without [her mother's] help" is quite telling about their
evident
estrangement. There would be no need for such a reunion if Mrs.
Johnson had ever felt
appreciated or valued by Dee before.

She says that, when Dee was younger, she
had a habit of reading to
her family "without pity," making them feel ignorant and
stupid. Mrs.
Johnson, the narrator, says, "She washed us in a river of make believe,
burned
us with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need to know." She
even believes that Dee
hated her sister, Maggie, a timid girl who had been
burned in the house fire years
ago.

She knows, for sure,
that Dee hated that first house, and so Mrs.
Johnson assumes that she will
hate this house too. She is certain Dee "will want to tear it
down." Dee had
once written to her mother, saying that she would never bring any friends to

visit them, presumably because she was so embarrassed by the family's
home.

From these bits of textual evidence, we can
determine that Dee's relationship with her
mother and sister has never been
good: as a child, she would seem to purposely humiliate them
with her own
knowledge and their lack of it, and, as a young adult, she was so embarrassed
by
them that she would never allow friends to see her
home.

What are three factors that made World War I a total war?

(1914€“1918)
was a total war because of its casualties, geography, and weaponry.

The
first factor that made World War I a total war was the unprecedented number of combatants,
battle casualties, and overall human losses. The victorious Allies mobilized 42,000,000 men, and
more than 52% of those became casualties. Nearly 23,000,000 men fought for the Central Powers,
and nearly 58% of them were casualties. Conscription created huge armies, and the length and
intensity of the fighting led to unparalleled carnage. The war left millions of widows and
orphans. After the war finally ended...

How does The Sun Also Rises reflect modernism?

Modernism
is a literary term that is difficult to define because it encompasses so a broad range of
literature. It was a response to the increasing mechanization of life brought on by
industrialism and the machine, and by the disorienting effects of World War I. However, it began
before that war as more and more intellectuals began to question Victorian and Edwardian
assumptions about social and political organization.

Literary modernism is
characterized by experimentation in language and form. It was influenced by writers and thinkers
such as Nietzsche, who termed language a "prison house," Marx, who questioned
capitalism, and Freud, who uncovered unconscious patterns of thought and sexual impulse. In
response, writers began to move away from "objective" narrative, in which words were
expected to function as a "clear window pane" on reality. Instead, they opted for
subjective, interior narratives, often written either in the first person or through a
third-person...

What literary elements are in this quote from Romeo and Julietspoken by Paris in act 5, scene 3?: "Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I...

is
speaking at the graveside ofafter she has killed herself. He mourns her death and seems very
distraught, which enhances the idea that he was truly in love with her and was not marrying her
simply because it was a fortuitous union. His quote in this instance is rife with
symbolism.

First and foremost, he uses extendedthroughout the quoterelating
her grave to a marriage bed; saying that he will throw flowers on it anyways, even if it wasnt
the marriage bed they had hoped for; and that her canopy (above her bed) is dust and dirt,
because she will be entombed and buried. Thehere shows deep heartbreak, as all Paris can focus
on is the loss of his beloved and the hope he had for their marriage.

Another
literary device employed in this passage is frequently repeating s and w sounds throughout the
quote. This gives a dirge-like droning feel in its repetition and even echoes wails and sobs
with those particular sounds.

How did Bruno and Shmuel die in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne?

Bruno is
a nine-year-old boy from whose perspective byis told. The story starts in
Berlin, but Bruno's father is a Commandant in the Nazi army and gets promoted by Hitler himself.
This promotion comes with a new assignment: the commandant of the concentration (death) camp
called Auschwitz. Bruno is naive and tells the story just as he sees and experiences
it.

Bruno is out exploring one day and discovers another little boy sitting
morosely on the other side of the fence. His name is Schmuel and he is exactly the same age as
Bruno; they even share the same birthday. Their relationship continues over time, but eventually
Bruno is going to be moving back to Berlin with his sister and mother and he wants to play at
least one time on the same side of the fence with his best (and only) friend, Schmuel.

Schmuel has been unable to find his father (we deduce that his father has been
exterminated), so Bruno agrees to come inside and help his friend look for clues. Schmuel brings
Bruno a uniform (which Bruno refers to as "striped pajamas"), and Bruno fits right in
since his head had been shaved because of lice--though he is "fatter" because he has,
of course, been eating well.

The boys discover nothing as they explore the
camp, but just as Bruno is considering sneaking back under the fence and go home, some soldiers
come and round the two boys and some others up and herd them into 

a long room that was surprisingly warm and must have been very securely built because
no rainwas getting in anywhere. In fact, it felt completely airtight.

Bruno assumes the soldiers are just being nice and trying to keep
this group from standing in the rain and catching colds. Bruno and Schmuel are glad to have each
other as they wait together in the dark, neither realizing what is about to happen to
them. 

The next line of the novel says this:

Nothing more was ever heard of Bruno after that.

Obviously what happened is that Bruno, Schmuel, and the others the soldiers rounded up
that day were gassed to death and presumably their bodies were then
burned.

What was the Enola Gay?

Enola Gay
was the name of the airplane that was used to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6,
1945.  This was a B-29 Superfortress bomber.  The airplane was named after the mother of
the...

How do Foxwood Farm and Pinchfield Farm compare in Animal Farm?

In , Foxwood and
Pinchfield are two very different farms, despite being neighbours. Foxwood, for example, is
described as a "large" and "old-fashioned" farm with poorly-maintained
hedges and worn out pastures. This is because its owner, Mr. Pilkington, is a gentleman who
would rather spend his time hunting and fishing than tending to the various jobs on the
farm.

In contrast, Pinchfield is described as being "smaller" and
"better kept" than Foxwood and this is the result of its owner, Mr. Frederick, who is
described as being "tough" and "shrewd." (See Chapter Four).

While Foxwood and Pilkington are very different farms, both are united by their fear of
rebellion after the animals overthrow Mr Jones. Furthermore, from an allegorical point of view,
both farms represent a European country: England is represented by the "substandard"
Foxwood while the highly-organized Pinchfield symbolizes Germany. (See the reference link
provided).