How are George and Lennie different than other ranch workers? Cite a line of text from the chapter that supports your statement.

Steinbeck depicts the difficult lives of
migrant workers who travel throughout the country working arduous jobs during the Great
Depression. Unlike typical migrant workers,andtravel together and keep each other company. The
vast majority of migrant workers have no family, travel alone, and live unfulfilled lives. They
do not own property, have no place to call home, and struggle to make a living.

In the opening scene of the novella, George and Lennie arrive at a peaceful riverbank,
where George yells at Lennie for carrying a dead mouse and criticizes him for complaining about
eating their food without ketchup. Lennie responds by saying that he will simply leave camp and
live in a cave, in an attempt to make George feel bad for yelling at him. Lennie then requests
that George repeat their dream of one day owning their own homestead. George begins by
saying,

Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the
loneliest guys in the world. They got no fambly. They don't belong no place. They come to a
ranch an' work up a stake and then they go into town and blow their stake, and the first thing
you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead
to...With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn
about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place
else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not
us.

George's comments emphasize the difference between
their lives and the lives of other migrant workers. George and Lennie's close friendship and
camaraderie are what make them different. Instead of experiencing a lonely existence, George and
Lennie travel the country together, and their friendship significantly improves their lives.
George acts as Lennie's guardian and protector, while Lennie provides George with much-needed
social interaction. Both men benefit from their friendship and face difficult obstacles
together, which would be significantly harder to face if they were alone.

How would this film Remains of the Day be better or worse if it ended with the two main characters getting married?

If the movie
Remains of the Day had ended with Stevens marrying Miss Kenton, it would
have changed theof the film's main figures. I can't write your page, but I can give you my
thoughts on this question. You likely have other thoughts as well.

If the
movie had ended with the wedding of these two characters, the plot would've shifted
considerably, as Miss Kenton would have had to decide to divorce her husband. She
would...

In the short story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson, why were Laurie's parents looking forward to meeting the kindergarten teacher?

Lauries parents were
looking
forward to meeting his teacher so that they could find out more about
.

Laurie did not adjust well to
kindergarten.  He was a spoiled child, and the rules and
order of school did
not suit him.  He came from school each day complaining about a classmate

named Charles who got into a lot of trouble.  Laurie and his parents thought that
Charles was a
lot of fun.

Well, he
said, Charles was bad again
today. He grinned. Today Charles hit the teacher,
he said.

Good heavens,
I said. I suppose he got spanked
again?

He sure did, Laurie
said.

As Laurie continues to come home day after day
and
describe the horrible things Charles does, his parents are curious but
not overly concerned. 
After all, their son is no angel.  He talks back,
harasses the baby, and generally wreaks
havoc.

When the
night of the Parent-Teachers meeting comes, Lauries mother
stays home because
the baby is sick.  As a result, she does not get to meet Lauries teacher. 

She continues to listen to his reports about Charles, the scourge of the
kindergarten.

When Lauries mother finally makes it to the
PTA meeting, she looks for any woman who
might be Charless mother and then
seeks out the kindergarten teacher.  The teacher is polite and
they discuss
Laurie.

Hes had some trouble getting
used
to school, she said. But I think hell be all right.

Lauries mother asks about Charles, and learns
that there is no
Charles.  Then she realizes the truth. 
Charles is not real.  Her son made him up.  Everything
that he has described
has been his own behavior.

Of course, it is truly
ironic
that Lauries mother is so judgmental when, overwhelmed with a baby, she has not
really
been paying attention.  Both of Lauries parents have let his behavior
go, when they should have
realized that it would have an effect on his school
life.  Charles was his way of telling them
that he needed help, and they
missed it completely.

 

 

Is William Blake the speaker in "The Tyger?" Please tell me why or why not.

was a Romantic poet.
Based upon this, his poetry tended to revolve around the importance nature and
imagination.

One could argue that, in the poem, Blake questioned nature and
its role in the world. For the Romantics, nature was very important. Theof nature was used to
allow readers to also question life and the things around them.

In
"," Blake (as the writer) questions

thecreation
of the tiger based solely upon the fact that he finds it hardto believe that the same hand
(God's hand) created the lamb.

Given that, one can only
assume that Blake is the speaker in the poem based upon the fact that he wrote the poem. The
poem contains open-ended questions which force the reader to consider the answers.
Unfortunately, for the reader, the questions are unanswerable. Therefore, given that Blake is
wanting the reader to consider the creation of the "tyger," one could easily assume
that Blake, himself, is the speaker.

What are benefical acts that Arthur Dimmesdale has performed in The Scarlet Letter? (I'm defending him to prove he's innocent.)

While the
Reverendhas committed the sin of adultery, the most grievous offence belongs to the theology of
Puritanism which disallows any human foibles, thus forcing people to dissemble and hide their
secret sins, and demanding absolute perfection from their religious leaders. Dimmesdale's sin is
that he is a man with natural feelings and desires, but these human urges are denied him by the
strict Calvinism which allows no imperfection from its "elect." 

Puritanism should be on trial, not Arthur Dimmesdale, whom it has imprisoned and whose
congregation perceives him to be a saint to the very end--even when he confesses his sin, they
forgive him.

Here are good acts performed by the Reverend Dimmesdale (not
including his usual ministerial duties):

1. Whilestands on the scaffold,
Dimmesdale is called upon to ask her with whom she sinned. Bending his head "in silent
prayer," he then approaches Hester and speaks to her in such a manner as to communicate
that she...

x+ y = 5 2x-y = 4 solve x and y

X = 3 and Y =
2.  Here is how we find this.

What we have to do is use the first equation to
get a value for y.  This is quite easy because all we must do is say

x + y =
5 so y = 5 -x

Now we plug that value into the second equation.

2x - (5-x) = 4

This becomes

2x - 5 + x = 4
(because you are subtracting negative x, you are in effect adding x)

3x - 5 =
4

3x = 9

x = 3

If x = 3, then 3 + y = 5
and y = 2

How are some of the characters symbols? What do they represent?

In
literature there is a fine line between saying a character is a "symbol" and
recognizing that authors always useto express ideas and to represent concepts that are part of a
work's . is not anin which the entire construct of the work is
metaphorical, as, for instance, an Ayn Rand novel is in which the characters clearly represent
good and evil. Still, there are several straightforward ideas relating to the African American
(and more, broadly, anybody's) experience that are embodied in the characters themselves.

Though the principal action centers around the Younger family's move to a
new neighborhood and their encounter with bigotry, perhaps the relationship betweenand Asagai is
more relevant to your question. With all ethnic groups in the U.S., there
has historically been a conflict or tension between loyalty to Americanism and loyalty to one's
roots, the ancestral culture. Asagai, as a native African, represents to Beneatha the culture
she is trying to recapture and to take pride in. As with her personality overall, the other
family members have little understanding of her in this regard. At the same time, Beneatha
herself is a symbol of the new generation's wish to free itself from the constraints of the
past, specifically religion and the dominance of the parents. One of the most striking moments
occurs when Beneatha says she's tired of hearing about God, and that man is the one who makes
miracles. Mrs. Younger slaps her face and forces her to repeat that "in my mother's house,
there is still God."

Mrs. Younger represents the unyielding human
spirit. Regardless of the oppression of her family and of African Americans in general, she
keeps going, refusing to be defeated or to allow her family to accept the fate that American
society has planned for it. This quality carries its own authority with it, and this is why
Beneatha, despite her independence, yields to her mother at that crucial moment. It's also the
quality that enables the family to succeed in the end and to resist the bigotry leveled at them.