What were the advantages and disadvantages for British people living in India?

British people lived in
India first under the British East India Company (from about 1750-1850) and then in the British
Raj (from 1858 to 1947). During the Raj, Britain's crown ruled India. The advantage that many
British people gained in India was access to better jobs as members of the civil service or army
than they could attain at home. This was particularly true of the younger sons of aristocratic
or wealthy families, as the older sons often inherited the title to land. British people in
India often had servants, who they could not have afforded at home, and they had higher status
than they would have had at home. Finally, living in India provided them with a type of
adventure that living in England would not have.

The disadvantages were that
they were subject to cholera, smallpox, and other diseases. Civil servants serving in India
under the British East India Company died at twice the rate of those at home in England. British
people might also have felt socially isolated at times in a country that was not really their
home and in which there were very different religious and social practices than at home. In
addition, there were rebellions against British rule, including the Indian Rebellion of 1857
(also called the Sepoy Rebellion). After World War I, there was increased pressure on England,
in a movement led by Gandhi and others, to give India independence. Over time, sentiment
developed towards ending British hegemony in India. 

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Compare and contrast the U.S. health care system with that of another country. What are some of the major advantages and disadvantages inherent of...

The main
kind of health care system that other countries have and which is very different from that of
the United States is the single-payer system in which the government provides health care
services at no charge to the people.  Of course, people pay taxes, but outside of that, they do
not pay for their health care.

There are a number of benefits that
proponents of such a system believe the US would gain if it moved towards a national health
insurance program.  Let...

What lands does Gulliver visit in Gulliver's Travels?

, written by , follows
theGulliver as he travels to four distinct
locations.

Lilliput: His first stop is Lilliput,
a tiny society filled with tiny people. He lands here after a shipwreck in which he is the only
survivor. When he awakens, he finds himself tied down by tiny people who believe him to be their
enemy. You see, to the Lilliputians, he is a giant capable of great feats. However, after
Gulliver agrees to serve the Lilliputians, he is freed and allowed to meet their Emperor. During
his time here, he protects the kingdom by destroying the ships of the Blefuscu, the
Lilliputian's enemy, and learns about life at court, including the politics of the kingdom. The
Emperor and court soon grow weary of Gulliver because he requires far too many resources to be
fed, clothed, and taken care of. Eventually, after urinating on a fire, he is branded a traitor
and sentenced to be blinded. Gulliver escapes and finds an English ship, which takes him back to
England.

Brobdingnag: Gulliver's second stop is
when he is abandoned while trying to fetch water for the ship's crew. In Brobdingnag, Gulliver
finds a land of giants, in which he is just a tiny curiosity. Eventually, Gulliver is purchased
as a gift to the King, whom he delights with stories of England. After some time of touring the
kingdom while in a small box and other misadventures due to his small size, his box is carried
off by an eagle and dropped in the sea, where he is picked up by another English ship and taken
back to England.

Laputa: The third voyage finds
Gulliver's ship overtaken by pirates, who abandon him at sea on a small boat. After some time,
Gulliver arrives at the flying island of Laputa, a land of intellect where the people only care
about abstract ideas and vague speculation. The people here seem to be only interested in
mathematics, philosophy, and theory. While here, Gulliver visits the Academy of Laputa, where
scholars work tirelessly at useless ideas. During this trip, Gulliver also visits Glubbdubdrib,
an island of magicians, Luggnagg, a place where its inhabitants have eternal life though they
continue to age, and then Japan. As before, Gulliver returns to England.

Houyhnhms: Gulliver's final destination is the land
of Houyhnhms, a land of intelligent horses who use human-like creatures called Yahoos as their
servants. The Houyhnhms are distressed by Gulliver's accounts of England and how Yahoos seem to
be in control, though they are seen as only partially rational, so they decide to expel Gulliver
and send him away. Gulliver makes a boat, goes off to sea, is picked up by a Portuguese ship,
and returns safely to England, where he is a changed man, preferring the company of horses to
the humans he now finds disgusting and uncivilized.

In The Great Gatsby, how long did it take Gatsby to make the money to buy the mansion?

In
, it tookthree years to
accrue the money necessary to buy the house. Gatsby
goes about earning this
money in ways that are considered less than savory by the upper crust of
New
York. Although his business dealings are never explicitly explained, we do know that
Gatsby
was connected with . He likely engaged in illegal activities with this
shady man, including the
sale of liquor during the Prohibition.discusses
this, claiming:

"I found out what your
'drug-stores' were." He turned to us and spoke
rapidly. "He and this
Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in
Chicago and
sold grain alcohol over the counter. That's one of his little stunts. I picked
him
for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn't far
wrong.

Unfortunately for Gatsby, all
the money in the world can't buy back 's affections after
Tom has exposed him
as a criminal. 

Should middle schools increase required classes and reduce electives? I'd love to hear your thoughts and any sources on this!

I
personally don't think so.  If a fundamental shift were to occur in American classrooms I would
say that teachers need to focus on truly engaging their students and not taking away electives. 
The mantra that more is better is not always true, and students need time to explore their own
self interests and electives often provide that framework.  Art classes provide opportunities
for creativity and expression, the connection between music and math is very well researched,
and with the obesity problem in the United States I think eliminating physical education
programs would be a monumental mistake.

With respect to Joyce's Eveline, what could be a thesis statement for a 4 paragraph thematic essay about Eveline's family relationships?

In my own
opinion, one cannot effectively craft an essay to fit a thesis statement; rather, the thesis
statement is crafted from the basic outline of your essay (whether this outline is formally
written or not). A thesis provides the core foundations of your argument, which (in this case)
must arise from your own perspective of the story in question. No one can tell you what your
thesis can be; it needs to emerge out of your own viewpoint, concerning this short story you
have read.

In any case, as a few notes of suggestion, I would keep in mind
that 's is focused around a young woman facing a dilemma in which she is
torn between two different possibilities and two different families (her current family, which
she was born into, and a potential family she can create through marriage). This is a short
story primarily focused on her own internal life, as she is torn between past and future,
between the comfort of the familiar (even if it is miserable) and anxiety of the...

What are some features of the author's style in "Young Goodman Brown"? What are some examples of indirection? lrony? Humor? Overt allegory? i woul...

Here is a link
to Hawthorne's...