Provide three reasons why Orwell writes from the "lower" animals' point of view in Animal Farm.

Orwell has a great deal of trouble with the idea of a
communist society and feels that one of its greatest problems is that of the basic trend
of using the common man as the engine for change but then ignoring the needs and rights
of common people once the change has been enacted.  As such, he feels that the common
animals are going to give the best perspective to teach the allegory he wishes to
teach.

A second reason was simply that of an appeal to his
audience.  He knew that the story could be read and enjoyed as simply a story, but he
also knew that he could touch a nerve in the way that common people were afraid of
communism.  It was something that was held up ideologically, but the real fears of the
populace were not always articulated and this was a fantastic way for them to visualize
those fears and obviously created a great appeal to that
audience.

A third may very well have been the fact that so
many other authors have been successful with stories written from the point of view of
common (or uncommon) animals.  If you look at Aesop's Fables, you can understand that
appeal and perhaps get insight into why Orwell would choose the same perspective for his
story.

In Act 3, scene 2: Explain: "My husband lives, ..." UNTIL: " wherefore weep I then?". (Same Act and same scene for the question before also)

In addition to the excellent remarks concerning Juliet's
maturity above:

In Romeo and Juliet
Act III, scene ii, Juliet has discovered from the Nurse that her cousin Tybalt is dead,
and it was Romeo who killed him.  Juliet is visibly upset, and the Nurse thinks it's
because she's mourning the death of Tybalt.  But, Juliet is more worried over Romeo's
exile: will she ever see him again?

Here's a section of the
monologue she says to the Nurse:

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My husband lives, that
Tybalt would have slain;
And Tybalt's dead, that would have
slain my husband: All this is comfort; wherefore weep I
then?

This
is a kind of interior monologue, a mini-soliloquy, almost an aside.  Juliet is trying to
rationalize the situation and calm herself down.  Her logical side is trying to talk
some sense into her emotional side.  Her statement is a syllogism: "my husband is alive,
and the man who tried to kill him is dead; therefore, I should be happy."  Although, it
ends with a rhetorical question that she doesn't have an answer to.  Juliet would be
happy, but the fact that Romeo is banished is a fate as bad as
death.

Notice, the Nurse does not try to comfort her or
help her plan any more rendezvous with Romeo after this.  The Nurse is completely
emotional, and so Juliet must talk herself into action.  This scene thus ends their
relationship.

In a similar scene at the Friar's, Romeo will
be more emotional than Juliet.  He will try to kill himself, but Friar Lawrence will
talk him out of it.  Friar Lawrence's advice to Romeo sounds almost identical to
Juliet's words:

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thy Juliet is
alive,
For whose dear sake thou wast but lately
dead;
There art thou happy: Tybalt would kill
thee,
But thou slew'st Tybalt; there are thou happy
too:

So after this,
Juliet, betrayed by her family and the Nurse, will seek guidance from Friar Lawrence
too.  By staging her suicide, Friar Lawrence will be their only intercessor in their
post-exile reunion.

What are some ways in which abortion is a dangerous procedure for a woman to have?fact

Abortion is an invasive medical procedure, and while
doctors who are trained, with both the right equipment and facilities can minimize the
risks a woman faces when she has the procedure, there will always be risk.  The
procedure is close to the Uterine artery, so blood loss and bleeding to death are
concerns.  A condition called sepsis may occur where toxins from the excretory system
get into the bloodstream.  Infections can occur, as with any medical procedure. There is
also often scarring, which can make it difficult for a woman to conceive a child in the
future, should she make the choice to have children later in life.  These are the most
serious physical risks I am aware of, not taking into account the psychological effects
of having an abortion.

It's such a controversial issue it
is sometimes difficult to get medically reliable, unbiased facts.  Here is one site from
the South Dakota Department of Health that I think is pretty
good.

What happens at Justine's trial? How does Victor respond?

At the trial, Justine is convicted of having killed
William.  She ends up being executed for the crime.

Justine
is convicted, in part, because she confesses to the crime.  She tells Victor, however,
that she confessed only because a priest had been putting immense pressure on her to do
so.  The priest said she could be excommunicated if she did not confess and repent.  So,
afraid for her soul, she confessed.

Victor is devastated. 
He is not brave enough to come forward and tell what he has been doing (and admit the
monster killed William).  Quite rightly, he blames himself for the deaths of both
William and Justine.

What are the major issues George Orwell raises in Animal Farm?

Orwell's main focus is a critique of communism and he
builds it around a satirical look at the major events that helped to bring about a
communist state in Russia and the growth of the Soviet
Union.

He questions the communist outlook on religion, the
communist record when it comes to civil and humanitarian rights, and one of the most
dynamic issues is that of class and class conflict.  The animals themselves represent
various historical figures in the communist movement and the struggles they have also
represent specific events within the history of communist Russia, the Soviet
Union.

Throughout all of these issues Orwell also
questioned the use of propaganda by a state to achieve its goals, the manipulation of
truth and falsehood, etc.

What was the impact and significance of the berlin blockade and airlift and what went into the event?

In many ways the blockade was a challenge from Stalin to
Western Europe and the allied powers of the United States and England and the other
Western European governments.  Stalin felt that the Allies would not be interested in
spending the enormous amounts of resources necessary to maintain their presence in West
Berlin and would simply cede the city over to their
control.

Of course the allies felt differently and embarked
on an enormous effort to bring everything necessary to Berlin by air, generally loads of
up to 1500 tons a day.  This included food, heating fuel or coal, even materials to
build a larger runway.  The effort was a great morale booster for the allies and also
helped to cement the ties with the new German government by showing that the allies
would go to great lengths to maintain the integrity of their new borders and keep them
safe from what they saw as the Soviet threat.

In what way does The Pulley allude to the myth of Pandora's Box?How does this poem reflect mythology?

In my opinion, this poem is sort of a mirror image of the
Pandora myth.  In other words, it has God doing the exact opposite of what Pandora
did.

In the Pandora myth, Pandora was curious and she
opened the box or jar or whatever and let out all the bad stuff.  At the end, all that
was left in the box was hope.

By contrast, in this poem,
God has a glass full of blessings.  He takes all the blessings out of the glass and
spreads them over the world to help make us happy.  The only thing he leaves in the jar
is rest.

Discuss the Gothic tradition according to the novel Wuthering Heights.Charlotte Bronte's Wuthering Heights

Gothic literature gave its name to a fashion, a meme, a
trend, and embodies specific elements that are very present in the novel Wuthering
Heights.  In a traditional Gothic novel, there will always be its main character: A
castle or a former estate now ruined, as if time had passed it
by.

The feeling of
melancholy

The spooky possibility of the supernatural
taking place

The use of the flickering candle as the only
source of light. Everything else is very dark.

Curses from
the past, omens, and the atmosphere ever present (such as fog, constant rain, coldness,
darkness)

Events that are horrible or are about to become
ugly.

A protagonist willing to unveil a
mystery

The fight of life versus the inevitability of
fate.

In this, Wurthering Heights possess all the
characteristics that could land it the label of Gothic novel, although it is much more
than just that.

Thee bulk of the tissue of a muscle tends to lie at what part of the body it causes to move?

You have three types of muscle tissue skeletal,smooth, and
cardiac. I sense from your question that you are asking about skeletal muscle. Body
movement is controlled by voluntary muscles which attach to bones. When we move the bone
pulls or pushes the muscle. Two terms relevant to muscles are origin and insertion. The
origin of the muscle is closes to the more fixed area and the insertion of the muscle is
attached to the more movable part. For example, the upper arm muscle, the biceps brachii
lies over the humerus bone which is the bone of the upper arm right under the shoulder.
The origin of the biceps brachii muscle is in the shoulder(more fixed part) and the
insertion is in the forearm and antecubital space(front bend of the elbow). Muscles are
classified as a prime mover(does most of the work) antagonists(has an opposite action of
the prime mover) and also synergistic muscles that assist in movement. The synergistic
muscle for the biceps brachii is the brachialis.

What are the non veg. food item eaten in northern India? very huge information

The varieties of non-vegetarian items made and eaten in
Northern India is very large. A complete listing could fill pages and still remain
incomplete. But in general we can say that people make eat flesh of many different types
including chicken, mutton, pork, beef and fish. However, mutton and chicken are much
more common as compared to others. Among these two also chicken, in general is liked
more than mutton.

The most well known dish among
non-Indians is perhaps 'tandoori chicken', which is a chicken grilled in a special type
of oven called 'tandoor'. Then there are many different types of kebabs, or grilled
food. 'Murg musallam' is delicacy chicken preparation which is cooked with gravy and is
cooked so that it becomes very soft. The word "murg' in the dish indicates that it is
made from flesh of a hen (or a cock). Chicken curry and mutton curry are perhaps the
dishes made most commonly in homes.

Another common class of
dishes, called 'pulao' are preparations of boiled rice with other ingredients added to
it. Like kebabs these are many different kind of pulaos A special class of pulao, called
'biryani' originated in south India, but is now popular all over
India.

'Samosa' is a snack food, and as explained in answer
posted above it is made from different types of vegetarian and non-vegetarian fillings.
The most common non-vegetarian filling is minced mutton, and is called 'mutton
samosa'.

In view of the answer posted above, it will not be
out of place for me to clarify that 'motichoor ladoo (or laddoo)' is a sweet made of
gram flour. It is not a non-vegeterian dish. Also, I have not come across non-vegetarian
'chaat'. However this name is used for a very wide range of savoury and spicy snacks,
and it is not all that difficult to think of some items of chaat with non-vegetarian
ingredients.

How have the fossil fuel lobbies in the U.S. managed to avoid confrontation over global warming?

Fossil fuel lobbies in the US have managed to skirt
confrontation through measures taken on three fronts:

1.
Security: As the US economic demand for fossil fuel increases - domestic production is
increasingly important for national security purposes.  As a nation, paying exorbitant
sums of US $$ to unscrupulous foreign characters/dictators is inherantly dangerous. 
Therefore while it is in the nation's best intrest to decrease our DEMAND for fossil
fuels we must also  encourage as much domestic PRODUCTION as possible for the sake of
national security.  This (to the disdain of many) includes allowing for widespread
extraction and refinement of fossil fuels on US soil.

2.
Theory: The lobbies have funded "independant" research on the subject (in quotes because
the bias associated with this form of funding is in question as is the government/"green
lobby"'s funding of the counterpoint).  This new research has turned a once one way
eco-centric form of biased questioning (ie: what is causing global warming and how can
we fix it?) to a more scientifically grounded debate on the facts at hand (ie: is there
global warming? if so, what is causing it?)

2. Production: 
In addition to providing research that is contrary to that produced by those opposed to
fossil fuel consumption, the fossil fuel lobby has in large part skirted massive
increases in government regulation (though it is coming unfortunately), by making
attempts at "cleaning up" the production of fossil fuels - adding scrubbers to smoke
stacks, widespread use of the Fischer-Tropsch process following coal gasification
etc.

This might be a bit much to put in an
answer for 9th grader, but it seems you were given a loaded question, and the answer you
recieved from brettd, while good, was unfortunately from someone who clearly agrees with
the same viewpoint .  Don't be a sheep - read both sides of the argument and decide for
yourself! (then again at your age i would be more inclined to cut and paste the answer,
have a few beers and go for a swim instead :)

Rivka shares the rules she follows to stay alive at the camp one day at a time in The Devil's Arithmetic. What are they?No thank you.

These are the rules Rivka shares to help the others stay
alive at the camp one day at a time.

1. It is of
   utmost importance that each prisoner remember his or her own number, and to learn to
   read the numbers of others as if they were names. There are good numbers and bad
   numbers. For example, if someone has a G in her number, he or she
   is Greek. It is important not to stand nearby such a person. They do not speak Yiddish,
   and so do not understand German; because of this, they get in trouble  and are quickly
   eliminated, and anyone near them is likely to suffer the same consequence as well. Also,
   if a prisoner has a number lower than one's own, that prisoner has been at the camp
   longer, and is a survivor. As such, these survivors may be able to provide help to the
   newcomers.


2. It is important to learn to let people, even
   loved ones, go, if they no longer have the will to survive. It is also important to
   learn when to fight and when not to.


3. The prisoners must
   never go near the large wooden fence across the compound. There is a door in the fence,
   which is the door to a place dubbed "Lilith's Cave." To go through the door is to
   die.


4. When the commandant comes, it is the duty of every
   prisoner to help the children in the camp hide in the midden. Children are not supposed
   to be in the camp, but if they are hidden in the midden, which the Germans scrupulously
   avoid, nothing is said about them. As long as the commandant does not actually
   see the children, he lets them
   remain.

Hannah argues with Rivka that the rules
are "craziness," but Rivka says that nonetheless, they must still be followed if one
wishes to live. Nothing about the camp makes sense; it is the "devil's arithmetic," and
it is a skill that must be learned in order to survive (Chapter
14).

Determine if the functions converge or diverge?I dont know how to do these! Please help by explaining so I can understand! Thanks! Example:...

A sries like u1+u2+u3+.....un+..... is  said to be
convergent if its partial sum Sn = u1+u2+u3+u4+....un  has a finite limit as n
approaches infinity.

A necessary condtion for this is that
the nth term should have limit 0.

In this case the nth term
un = (5n^4)+1/((150,348n^3)+999) is

Lt (5n^4) +Lt
(1/((150,348n^3)+999) as n--> inf.

= inf+0 = inf. So
the series diverges;

Even if  you write the nth term as
(5n^4+1)/((150,348n^3)+999). The limit of this behave like  5n^4/150348n^3 as
n-->infinity. Or like

(5/150348) n which approaches
infinity as n--> infinity.

So the series
diverge.

b)

To detrmine the
nature of (convergent or otherwise) of the series 2, 1, 2/3, 2/5.... The series is
rewritten as:

2/1,   2/2, 2/3,  2/4,  2/5,  
2/6,........2/n.......... Or

So the nth term of
this series is 2/n. Which could be compared with popular series 1, 1/2, 1/3,1/4,1/5,
etc. which is divergent in the sense Su(1/n) for n=1 to inf approach
infinite.

Since each term of the given series is 2 times
the latter, the former series also diverges.

Was there any other option for retaliation on Japan other than the use of weapons of mass destruction?Alternative ways for gaining peace and/or...

I both agree with and disagree with the above post.  It is
true that the firebombing of Tokyo was every bit as deadly and destructive as the atomic
bombs, yet apparently was not terrible enough to make them surrender.  So one could
assume that a blockade might not have worked either, and would, in fact, have been slow
motion death for tens of thousands of Japanese as they starved to death.  No morally
better than the bomb.

What if, instead of demonstrating the
bomb on a deserted island, they bombed Mt. Fuji, the largest mountain in japan, visible
to much of the country, and also a great and historical religious symbol to the people
and the Emperor.  Perhaps that would have convinced them to surrender, or convinced the
Emperor to allow them to.  Of course, we'll never
know.

There is another consideration.  Using the bomb
announced to the world that we had it, and it worked.  This began a very, very costly
arms race with the Soviets (hundreds of billions that could not be spent on social
needs) and even today we are dealing with the legacy of nuclear weapons spreading to
other countries, and possibly into the hands of terrorists.  I'm not sure that was worth
a quicker, easier victory over Japan by using the atomic bombs.

Why are all the people who live at the House of the Old so eager to be released?

I would say that there are a couple of
reasons.

First of all, no one actually knows what "release"
means.  All they really know about it is that you have a really nice ceremony done for
you.  Then you get released and who knows what happens.  So it probably seems like a
nice thing.

Second, I imagine the old people feel sort of
useless there.  They don't really have anything useful to do.  They are treated like
kids (even as far as having the wand used on them).  So I would imagine that they do not
feel all that motivated to keep on with the kind of life they are living.  So they might
welcome a change, especially when they don't know that that change is really
death.

In "Death of a Salesman," how does Willy's suicide serve as a resolution to the plot?

The dynamic of the play is driven by the emotional and
psychological disintegration of Willy Loman. As the story develops, Loman's interior
life becomes more chaotic and his behavior becomes more bizarre as he breaks apart under
stress. His career as a salesman is over. He has little to show for a lifetime of hard
work. He cannot support himself and his wife Linda. His two sons are failures in every
sense of the word, men of no character or
accomplishment.

The idea that Loman is suicidal is
introduced into the plot specifically when Linda Loman discovers by accident that her
husband is making plans to kill himself. Overwhelmed with pain and fear, she shares this
news with her sons. Her intervention, however, and her appeal to her sons for help do
not even slow this plot development. Events happen rapidly that push Loman finally to
commit suicide.

The final irony of Loman's life is that
through the life insurance Linda Loman collects, he is worth more financially to his
family by dying rather than by living. Willy Loman's suicide at the conclusion of the
play resolves the plot. It is far too late for him or his sons to be saved from the
lives they have created and the flawed characters they have become. Linda, the loving
wife and mother, is left amid the wreckage.

What is the role of Patroclus? Why and when does Achilles return to battle?

I suppose you would say that the role of Patroclus is to
be a sacrificial lamb in order to get Achilles to come back to the
battle.

Achilles has been sulking in his tend because he
was forced to give Briseis (the woman he had been given as a prize of war) up.  But then
Patroclus gets killed by Hector.  Patroclus is Achilles's closest friend and Achilles is
absolutely engraged by his death.  So that is when and why.  Achilles returns to battle
when Patroclus is killed because he is so angry at his best friend's
death.

If, by "when" you mean where in the book, it's in
Books 18 through 20.

Please describe Jonas's volunteer job at the House of the Old in Chapter 4.

In Chapter 4 of the book, Jonas is doing some of his
volunteer work at the house of the old. All that we really see him do in this chapter is
to give the old people their baths.

Jonas comes into the
home and the lady tells him it is useful to have volunteers today because they are
behind schedule.  Then she says that he should go and join Fiona and Asher who are both
helping in the bathing room.  Jonas goes and helps a woman named Larissa with her
bath.

Why do you think George sarcastically says to Walter, "Good Night, Prometheus" in A Raisin in the Sun?

As George waits for Beneatha to change into "proper
attire" for the show, Walter talks to him about money and investments.  Walter is aware
of the financial success of the Murchison family, and he tells George that he must have
keen ideas about making money.  George wants little to do with this conversation, yet
Walter continues and tells him that they must get together to talk about business
plans.  George refuses the gesture, and Walter then rails him about his "useless"
education and ideas.  Walter claims that George knows nothing about being a man,
implying that he himself does.  On the way out, George calls Walter "Prometheus" as a
sarcastic stab at his identity and as an element of
foreshadowing. 

In Greek myth, Prometheus challenged the
power of the gods and thought that he was being clever by stealing fire for humankind. 
Similarly, Walter believes that his ideas trump those of his other family members
including Mama, and he simply sees the outside world as an oppressive force rather than
a path which he must learn to navigate.  For his actions, Prometheus is punished by the
gods and must live in the recurring hell of having his liver eaten by birds; Walter
later is punished by fate when he loses the family's money in an ill-planned scheme with
Willie Harris and Bobo.  Walter can never get this money back and is destined to live
with this guilt.

Walter, like Prometheus, is punished for
believing that he is clever enough to trump higher powers with his simple
plans.

What factors, old and new, shaped American foreign policy in the late nineteenth century? How were they interrelated?

In the late 19th century, the main US foreign policy was
imperialistic.  The US was trying to expand its global reach, taking such places as
Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines.

I would say that the main
"old" factor was a desire for more wealth and power.  The US was pursuing these in a
different way than it previously had because it was now looking to colonize other
countries rather than to expand its own country.  But it was still the same
idea.

I see two relatively "new" factors.  First was the
idea of "white man's burden."  The US had had Manifest Destiny before, but not this idea
of civilizing other people.  Second was competition with other imperial powers.  The US
had not previously been interested in building an empire outside North
America.

How does Shakuntala represents the feminine ideal of Indian women and when does she fall short of that ideal?

I would say that Shakuntala represents the feminine ideal
of the Indian woman in a few ways.  On one hand, she has much in way of loyalty to
Dushyanta.  Even after he cannot recognize her, Shakuntala does not seek the comfort of
another man.  She is completely devoted to him and when she is hurt by his inability to
recognize her, she tends to her son and remains on her own, maintaining her high sense
of virtue and loyalty to her one and true love. In this light, she suffers for her love,
which makes her representative of much of the feminine tradition in Indian Literature. 
It is difficult to identify where she would fall short of the measurement of what
literature defines as an "ideal" woman.  Perhaps, a small argument can be made that when
she fails to greet the sage properly and act in accordance to the manner that a guest
deserves, one could suggest that this is where she falls short of this supposed ideal. 
Yet, all of this presupposes an external standard that has been defined through the
literature.  As a character, I find more powerful and redemptive in the Shakuntala
narrative than anything else.

How does Gatsby reply when Nick asks him how he makes his money?

I think that the answer you are looking for is in Chapter
5.  It comes just before Nick and Daisy and Gatsby go over to show Daisy around Gatsby's
house.

Nick asks Gatsby how he made his money -- what
business he was in.  Gatsby basically tells Nick that it is none of his business and
that he should butt out.  Then he realizes that that was a rude thing to say and he
backs off and says that he was in a bunch of different
businesses.

I
think he hardly knew what he was saying, for when I asked him what business he was in he
answered, “That’s my affair,” before he realized that it wasn’t the appropriate
reply.

“Oh, I’ve been in several things,” he corrected
himself.

How does Briony change as she gets older?

Initially Briony is a precocious 13-year-old with
aspirations of becoming a writer. She is the baby of the family, but her imagination is
anything but babyish. Although her stories are somewhat awkwardly written, they
illustrate a girl who is already aware of the disorder inherent in the real world and
who finds satisfaction in bringing order to the fictional world she creates. This will
have a tremendous effect on her life and that of the people closest to
her.

And now a very tricky point: upon first reading,
Atonement seems to have an omniscient third person narrator. We believe that we can
trust this narrator to be telling us the full truth about the story and the characters
that inhabit it. However, once we reach the final section of the book, we learn
otherwise. Once we learn that older Briony was the narrator all along we view the story
differently. Certainly, we give more value to comments such as, “It wasn't
only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and
misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other
people are as real as you.” When we are given such a peek inside young
Briony’s thoughts we see that she is a young girl trying to better grasp what it means
to not be Briony.

As a young girl she struggles a bit with
this. At one point she expresses frustration with how her first attempts at drama have
illustrated the inevitable need to “make use” of others. This young Briony is a far call
from older Briony. As our narrator, her saying, “In Leon's life, or rather, in
his account of his life, no one was mean-spirited..." is important. That “or
rather, in his account of his life” illustrates that Briony has come to accept, with old
age and experience, that each human being is their own narrator, perceiving life and all
it brings in their own fashion.

If younger Briony had known
that fact, she never would have presumed to know what transpired between Robbie and
Cecilia, nor would she have jumped to conclusions which led Robbie to be accused of
being Lola’s molester. Older Briony is attempting to atone for this serious “crime” as
she calls it, by writing the novel we read, by empathising with other characters. It all
harks back to young Briony asking herself, “Was everyone else really as alive
as she was?...If the answer was yes, then the world, the social world, was unbearably
complicated, with two billion voices, and everyone's thoughts striving in equal
importance and everyone's claim on life as intense
..."

As most of us, Briony grows up
and matures. It is most unfortunate, even tragic, that before she matures she sets in
motion a chain of events that negatively impact her family. Ultimately, she at least
tries to redeem herself through writing “Atonement”. Whether she is successful at this
remains up to personal opinion – I have never encountered a book that divides my
students quite as much as this one. However, Briony Tallis’ growth is, in my opinion at
least, undeniable.

What is the exact difference between mission and goal with two or three examples?only examples can be given

Mission

The term
mission has a specific meaning as applied to corporate or strategic management. A
mission is the purpose of an organization - the reason why the organization exists. 
Experts on strategic management advice companies to thing seriously about and what their
mission and document in a mission statement. Such a mission statement could
include:

• A Vision: This is the a picture of the
  kind of future the company envisages for itself for a significant period of
  time.

• Strategic Intent: A statement
  of the desired future state or aspirations of the company that motivates all the
  employees of the company.


• Main Activities of the
  organization and the kind of position it wants to attain. The position to be attained
  may be described in terms as the 'leader' or the
  'best'.


• Key values of the organization: This will
  describe in particular its attitude toward different stakeholder
  groups.

Goal

In
strategic management the term goal is used to refer to a general aim. This goal needs to
be in line with the company's mission statement. It could be stated in general terms or
can be more specific and stated in quantitative
terms.

Given below are Mission statement and of British
Airway (Johnson and Scholes, 2004, p.
14).

Mission

To
be undisputed leaders in the world travel. We are passionately committed to excellence
and to the highest level of customer
satisfaction.

Goals

• The
  customers' choice - the airlines of first choice in our key
  markets.


• Strong profitability - meeting investor
  expectations and securing the future.


• Truly global -
  global network, global outlook: recognized everywhere for superior value in the
  world.


• Inspired people - inspired team of people,
  building and benefiting from the company's
  success.

Reference:

Johnson,
G and Scholes, K. 2004, Exploring Corporate Strategy, Sixth Edition, Prentice-Hall, New
Delhi.

Did Williams make a slip in having Amanda say Laura is a "crippled"?

Amanda does her best, throughout the play, to avoid
referring to her daughter, Laura, as a cripple. As stated by Laura, herself, she had "an
attack of pleurosis" in high school which left her with a weakened leg that necessitated
the wearing of a brace. In the play, Laura walks with a visible, though slight,
limp.

Twice during the play, the idea that Laura is a
cripple arises and is quickly denied by her mother:

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1)

AMANDA: Girls
that aren't cut out for business careers usually wind up married to some nice man. [Gets
up with aspark of revival.] Sister, that's what you'll do
!

[LAURA utters a startled, doubtful laugh. She reaches
quickly for a piece of glass.]

LAURA: But,
Mother

AMANDA: Yes ? [Crossing to
photograph.]

LAURA [in a tone of frightened apology]: I'm -
crippled !

AMANDA: Nonsense ! Laura, I've told you never,
never to use that word. Why, you're not crippled, you just have a little defect - hardly
noticeable, even! When people have some slight disadvantage like that, they cultivate
other things to make up for it - develop charm - and vivacity and - charm! That's all
you have to do ![She turns again to the photograph.] One thing your father had plenty of
- was charm!

2)

TOM: Mother,
you mustn't expect too much of Laura.

AMANDA: What do you
mean?

TOM: Laura seems all those things to you and me
because she's ours and we love her. We don't even notice she's crippled any
more.

AMANDA: Don't say crippled ! You know that I never
allow that word to be used
!

The last time the word is
uttered, Amanda finally admits what she really thinks of her daughter's condition. It is
said in a fit of anger and disappointement. It was not a slip of Amanda's or of the
playwright. Amanda finally has to face one of the many bitter truths of her sad and all
but hopeless life:

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TOM: I'm going to the
movies.

AMANDA: That's right, now that you've had us make
such fools of ourselves. The effort, the preparations, all the expense ! The new floor
lamp, the rug, the clothes for Laura ! all for what? To entertain some other girl's
fiancé ! Go to the movies, go ! Don't think about us, a mother deserted, an unmarried
sister who's crippled and has no job ! Don't let anything
interfere with your selfish pleasure I just go, go, go - to the movies
!

What actually brought about the rebellion in Animal Farm?Like what caused it?

The animals of Manor Farm are disgruntled with the living
conditions imposed by their human owner, Mr. Jones. Often drunk, Jones allows his
animals to go hungry and without warmth in cold weather. Old Major, Jones' prize white
boar, calls the animals together to unite them against their human master, who he claims
takes without producing. If the animals revolt and rid themselves of the humans, they
will become rich and contented. Humans are enemies of animals, Old Major tells them, and
four-legged creatures deserve the right to be free just as their two-legged
counterparts.

Three days after his speech, Old Major dies,
and the other animals make preparations for a revolt. When the drunken Jones forgets to
feed them, the animals break into the barn and help themselves to the feed. When Jones
and his men arrive with whips, the animals drive them off the farm. "Animal Farm" is
established with a set of commandments for the loyal creatures to
follow.

Why did Father Gilligan grieve? Why did he repent?

The details you need to answer your question are in the
second and third stanzas of the poem.  Here's the first four stanzas, to give you the
full context, of "The Ballad of Father Gilligan," by Yeats.  They include the details
you ask about:

The old priest Peter Gilligan
Was
weary night and day;
For half his flock were in their beds,
Or under
green sods lay.

Once, while he nodded on a chair,
At the
moth-hour of eve,
Another poor man sent for him,
And
he began to grieve.

‘I have no rest,
nor joy, nor peace,
For people die and
die’;
And after cried he, ‘God forgive!
My
body spake, not I!’

He knelt, and leaning on the
chair
He prayed and fell asleep;
And the moth-hour went from the
fields,
And stars began to peep.

I've emboldened
the lines that include what the priest sees as his grievous sin, and italicized his
repentence.  Actually, his reaction is probably quite natural.  Members of his flock are
dying faster than he can deliver the Last Rites to them.  He is dozing off in his chair
when he gets summoned by yet still another dying parishioner.  He is overworked and
exhausted, but when he reacts to the summons in a very human way, he sees his words and
behavior as not fitting for a priest.  He grieves and explodes, figuratively, and then
is immediatley sorry for what he says right after he says
it.

God, in the poem, though, seems to understand.  While
the priest is praying, begging for forgiveness, he falls asleep and misses the man's
dying moments, but God sends an angel in the priest's place to administer the Last
Rites.

In Life of Pi, Pi in the human story is represented by Richard Parker. What does Pi in the animal story represent?He could be the cook, minus the...

Pi, in the animal story, represents his more humane,
decent, polite, religious, polite and controlled self.  Richard Parker, in the animal
story, also represents Pi, just his more barbaric, animalistic self that does all of the
difficult things that enable him to survive.  Pi is thrust into a very difficult
situation, where he is forced to do things that are extremely uncomfortable for him, and
even abhorrent, in order to survive.  He is normally an educated, respectful, vegetarian
boy who would never hurt anyone or anything.  However, if that part of himself reigns,
he would die quickly on the ocean. So, he gives in to his more animalistic side in order
to survive.  He lets that side take over to kill, take control, be dominant, fight the
odds, and survive the tragedies.

Often, in stressful
situations, people have to do things they never would have imagined themselves doing. 
Pi does that here, and embodies all of those horrific acts in the animal of Richard
Parker, a fierce tiger in whose nature it is natural to fight and kill.  Pi separates
himself from the horrible things he does by putting them outside of his normal self.  So
Pi, in the animal story still represents himself, just the human, humane, decent part of
himself, the part that would never do horrible things or hurt others.  He has to
maintain that part on himself in order to remain sane, and to keep a semblance of his
old nature.  So both Pi and Richard Parker, in the animal story, represent Pi, just
different parts of his nature that, in order to survive, work together.  I hope that
those thoughts helped a bit; good luck!

What is Atticus's strategy; in other words, his plan of defense in the Robinson case?I dont understand Atticus's plan in the Tom Robinson case. It...

If you are looking for this in Chapter 9, you are going to
need to look at the end of the chapter where Atticus is talking to Uncle Jack.  He
doesn't say a whole lot about the strategy, but he says a
little.

First, Atticus says that it is a case of Tom
Robinson's word against the Ewells' words.  He does not think he can win that way.  So
we see his defense is to try to make the Ewells look like liars and to use Tom's words
in his own defense.

He also says he intends to shake the
jury up a bit, but we do not really know what he means by that.

What is the significance of Piggy's plea to join the expedition in Lord of the Flies?

In the first chapter, when Ralph, the newly appointed
chief says they need to see if they are indeed, on an island, and therefore they need to
explore, Piggy says he wants to go with Ralph, Jack, and Simon.  Ralph tells Piggy that
he's no good on a job like this; Jack just says, "We don't want you." The significance
is that Piggy is the voice of reason and intellect - a voice needed among the boys. 
Piggy does not get any respect from Jack and even Ralph is slow to show him much,
but Piggy wants and deserves respect.  Piggy even tries another tactic by telling Ralph
that he was hurt that Ralph told the boys his nickname was "Piggy".  Ralph makes Piggy
feel a little better by telling him it could be worse, and that it was Piggy's job to
get the names of all the other boys.  This shows that Ralph has empathy for Piggy, the
sign of the civility which the reader sees in Ralph throughout the
story. 

JUST TIPs will help! Rubber band cars, have my own ideas also i like you to hear.need to make a rubber band powered car that runs at least 6...

Hmmm. For the wheels and axles, you could use plastic
drinking straws, and the plastic lids from cups that you get at fast food places. If you
have some sort of a plastic box or bowl that has holes in the sides, you could put the
straws through the holes, and thread the lids on so they would turn like wheels. You'd
have to secure them with string, or something similar; maybe bread bag ties. I am not
sure how you can get them to run off the rubber bands, but I am thinking of those balsa
wood toy airplanes we all had as kids. Twist the bands, and as they unwind, they would
have to turn the "axles" (straws) of the car.

Hope this
helps some!

What are some internal character traits of Scout Finch in the beginning of the story and what are some at the end of the story?

INTERNAL
CHARACTER TRAITS
OF JEM
FINCH.

We know that Jem still
has feelings for his mother during the early chapters of To Kill a
Mockingbird. Scout does not remember her mother (she was very young when her
mother died of a heart attack), but Jem does.

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He remembered her clearly, and sometimes in the
middle of a game he would sigh at length and then go off and play by himself behind the
car-house. When he was like that, I knew better than to bother
him.

Jem has become sort of a
mother hen to Scout by the end of the story. He gives her advice, comforts her when
necessary, and in Chapter 28, he walks her to and from the Halloween carnival. When the
mysterious attacker (Bob Ewell) goes after Scout, Jem fights him off. He succeeds in
keeping Bob away until Boo comes to their
rescue.

INTERNAL
TRAITS OF
SCOUT
FINCH

Scout's temper gets the
best of her often in the early chapters of the novel. She is ready to fight at the drop
of a hat, and she is warned by Atticus that he "will wear me out" if she continues. By
the end of the novel, Scout has grown three years older and has matured dramatically.
She actually entertains lady-like ideals on occasion, and she learns to hold her temper
when she is tempted. She is also able to distinguish fantasy (the stories about Boo
Radley) from fact (Miss Gates' conflicting statements concerning Maycomb's Negroes and
Hitler's treatment of the Jews).