Why does Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt?

This is because he made her "start off on the wrong foot
with her first grade teacher, Miss Caroline.

Scout got in
trouble with Miss Caroline partly because she was trying to explain to the teacher why
Walter did not have any lunch.  Scout was trying to explain to the teacher that Walter
was too poor to have lunch.  Miss Caroline got mad at Scout because of
this.

Miss Caroline is mad because (in my opinion) Scout
makes her feel like she does not know what she is doing on her first day at this new
school.

What is the Summary of the steps that Axis powers took to achieve world power prior to WWI?

I assume that you mean WWII and not WWI, since the Axis
powers are a WWII thing.

In general, what the Axis did was
that Germany rearmed and started to expand while Japan continued to build its military
and to try to expand in China.

The Treaty of Versailles had
badly weakened Germany and had essentially destroyed its military.  Germany, under
Hitler, started working to remake the military.  It also took Austria and
Czechoslovakia.  Finally, it made peace with the USSR as a way to secure its eastern
flank.

Japan was on the winning side in WWI so it did not
have to disarm and it got various German possessions.  It tried to expand its influence
in China during the 1930s.

What hints does the name "J. Alfred Prufrock" give us about the character of the "hero"?

Concerning Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,"
the name Eliot uses is considered to be highly stylized.  This is probably the most
important aspect of the name.

The name does suggest a
businessman, also, but this is probably not so vital.

The
name, J. Alfred Prufrock, being so formal, contrasts with what one usually thinks of
with the words:  love song.  And that's the point.  In other words, the connotations, or
word associations, of "J. Alfred Prufrock," contrast with the connotations of "love
song."

That is the speaker's state of existence.  He
contrasts with anything that can be termed a love song.  He is socially inept.  He is on
his way to ask a woman some vital question during tea, and he never even makes it
there. 

He is isolated and alienated and socially
ineffective.  His love song is not much of one. 

This
contrast, by extension, is also the state of modern man.  Humans are alienated and
isolated, and the speaker represents all of us.   

What is the main theme depicted in Sylvia Plath's "Mirror"?

This is an excellent poem and one I always give to my AP
English Literature and Composition group to analyse at the beginning of each year. To
put it simply, this poem is about aging and its inevitability. However, what makes this
poem unique is the novel way in which Plath explores this issue by assuming the persona
of a mirror that is looked into by its owner as she follows the process of her aging.
Note what the mirror tells us about its owner:

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She rewards me with tears and an agitation of
hands.
I am important to her. She comes and
goes.

Note how the persona of
the mirror speaks in a detached, curtailed and precise way, using short sentences that
reflect the mirrors self-professed objectivity. It also presents us with the way that,
for some people, we obsess over our appearance so much that we become slaves to our own
reflection and process of aging.

Another aspect of this
tremendous poem is the closing simile that represents old age as a "terrible
fish":

In me
she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day
after day, like a terrible
fish.

Note here how this poem
comments on such obsession: the danger of focussing so much on our aging is that we,
like the woman in the poem, "drown" ourselves whilst young because we are not able to
enjoy our youth whilst we have it, and we end up living a life dominated by the fear of
the inevitable, pictured in the "terrible fish" of the old woman that she knows she will
become.

How is the testing of faith a major theme in All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy?

Cormac McCarthy has said that each of his novels is a
wrestling with the God problem.  While McCarthy, like John Grady, is an ethical, even
religious man, he is too smart to reveal his hand in his novels.  He no doubt believes
that the God problem is intensely personal and, as such, he would never divulge an
ideology in his books.

In his latest book, The
Road, McCarthy gives a few more details about his stance on God.  He says,
"There is no God, and we are his prophets," a kind of paradoxical both-ways belief in
non-belief.

In Chapter IV, Part I of All the
Pretty Horses, Rawlins and Grady have frank discussions about belief and
doubt in their quests.  John Grady has been raised a Christian, but just as he is
coming-of-age as a man, he is coming-of-age as a believer too.  As such, he is open to
doubt.

Rawlins is more forth-giving.  He thinks that God
looks out for him:

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Way the world is. Somebody can wake up and
sneeze somewhere in Arkansas or some damn place and before you're done there's wars and
ruination and all hell. You dont know what's goin to happen. I'd say
He's just about got to. I dont believe we'd make it a day
otherwisetening to the water drip in the woods. Bedrock, this. The cold and the silence.
The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the
void. Carried forth and scattered and carried forth again. Everything uncoupled from its
shoring. Unsupported in the ashen air. Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief. If
only my heart were stone.
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Later,
John Grady and Antonio discuss God in Chapter 2:

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But there were two things they agreed upon wholly
and that were never spoken and that was that God had put
horses on earth to work cattle and that other than cattle there was no wealth proper to
a man.

Here, God seems like a
natural Prime Mover who puts all living things into a natural
order.

Still later, in Chapter 4 Alphonsa says this to John
Grady:

There
is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been, but there
is no might have been. There never was. It is supposed to be true that those who do not
know history are condemned to repeat it. I dont believe knowing can save us. What is
constant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and this is a thing
that even God - who knows all that can be known - seems
powerless to
change.

So,
there seems to a divide as to the power of God and the power of fate.  Alphonsa is both
"devout and heretical" according to one critic.  She believes that God is all powerful
and yet powerless in the face of passional human will, another paradox that shows the
duality of belief and doubt.

In the end, faith and manhood
are intertwined in the novel.  Whereas both seem easy to prove in childhood, they become
problematic when one crosses the threshold into adulthood.  Whereas manhood is measured
in blood and sweat, belief and faith may very well be measured in doubt and questioning.
 It is all part of a quest: it is the search that matters.

CollisionTwo blocks of masses, m1 = 2.00kg and m2 = 4.00kg, are each released from rest at a height of 5.00 meters on a frictionless track and...

To have an ahead on collision the blocks should traverse
in opposite directions. The speed gained by each of the blocks in opposite directions
under gravity through the frictionless smooth track  is given by
:

v^2  = 2gs = 2*9.81*5.
Or

(i) v = 9.904544412m/s is the speed in opposite
directions before impact. m2 has +9.90..m/s anticlocwise  and m1 has -9.90..m/s  clock
wise say.

ii) The velocities of the blocks after collision
is given by:

v1f (final velocity of m1 ) =
 [2m2b+(m1-m2)a]/(m1+m2) where a and b are the initial velocities of the blocks m1 and
m2, in this case -v and +v

=[2*4v+(2-4)(-v)]/(2+4) = 10v/6
= 5v/3 = (5*9.904544412m/s)/3 = +16.5076 m/s anti
clockwise.

v2f (final velocity v) =
 [2m1a+(m2-m1)a]/(m1+m2)=2*2(-v)+(4-2)V]/(2+4) = (-4+2)v/6 = -v/3 =
-9.904544412m/3 m/s =
3.3015 clockwise.

iii)

The
first block with speed 16.5076m/s could move a height h meter, given by 2gh =
16.5076..^2 Or h = 16.5076^2/(2g) = 13.8889 meter of height , where g is the
acceleration due to gravity and is assumed  9.81m/s^2

The
second block could go as high as  3.3015^2/(2g) = 0.5556 meter of
height.

To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles lead to the outbreak of WWII?

Most historians would argue that the Treaty of Versailles
was a rather efficient cause of World War II. Among its more egregious provisions was
the "war guilt clause" which shouldered Germany with complete and total responsibility
for the war.  Additionally, Germany was compelled to pay reparations which were eight
times greater than the entire country's net worth. Of course the reparations were not
paid in full; however this caused tremendous resentment on the part of the German
people, and proved fertile ground for the likes of Adolf Hitler to focus that
resentment. The Treaty gave territory to France which was German in culture and
language, which was also an untenable
situation.

Additionally, Japan had come into World War I
expecting to gain territory in Asia, primarily German territories. By the terms of the
Treaty, Japan walked away empty handed. There is some argument that there was a racial
element at work here, as Woodrow Wilson was quite racist. He had Ho Chi Minh thrown out
of the Conference when he asked for self-determination of the people of
Indochina.

Most of the mistakes made at the Treaty
negotiations were because France and England were determined to cripple Germany; and
Woodrow Wilson, who should have been more forceful, made broad concessions to assure the
Treaty would include his dream of a League of Nations. The end result was too high a
price for an organization that soon failed. Had Wilson been more forceful, perhaps World
War II could have been avoided, although that is a subject of substantial
conjecture.

What is the tone of Kate Chopin's "The Storm"? I was going to say sympathetic, however I don't have enough info to back that up.

I agree with you that the tone of Chopin's "The Storm" is
sympathetic. 

One place to find evidence to support your
conclusion about tone is in the description.  A speaker's description of characters will
usually reveal his/her attitude toward those characters.

In
paragraph twelve, the speaker describes Calixta as
follows:

She
was a little fuller of figure than five years before when she married; but she had lost
nothing of her vivacity.  Her blue eyes still retained their melting quality;  and her
yellow hair, dishevelled by the wind and rain, kinked more stubbornly than ever about
her ears and temples.

The
speaker describes her character as vivacious, and the character's eyes melt.  The
speaker uses specific detail--"about her ears and temples"--to give her character
verisimilitude, or realism, and to create imagery; to make the face concrete.  The
speaker encourages the reader to imagine Calixta in her
vivaciousness.

In paragraph twenty, when Calixta staggers
backward, she is "encircled" by Alcee's arm--a protective, tender motion.  When
she cannot compose herself,

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Alcee clasped her shoulders and looked into her
face.  The contact of her warm, palpitating body when he had unthinkingly drawn her into
his arms, had aroused all the one-time infatuation and desire for her
flesh.

The moment is
described positively.  Again, specific detail creates imagery--Alcee "looked into her
face"; her body is "warm" and "palpitating"; his infatuation and desire are "aroused." 
The imagery makes the movement concrete, as well as adding verisimilitude.  And the
images are positive and tender.

This is the moment that
leads directly into what society calls adultery, but the speaker considers fulfillment
and necessary passion. 

The speaker's description reveals
the tone to be sympathetic.

What is a corresponding angle? in a set of parallel lines with a transversal line

When a set of parallel lines is intersected by a
transversal line we get sets of corresponding angles. These are angles which lie on the
same side of the transversal and both of them are either above or below the parallel
lines.

In total there are 4 sets of corresponding angles
formed when a transversal intersects a set of parallel
lines.

Transversal lines can intersect sets of lines which
are not parallel also and form similar corresponding angles. The only difference in the
case of parallel lines is that the angles in each set of corresponding angles are
equal.

Corresponding angles are sets of
angles created when the transversal intersects the parallel lines. They lie on the same
side of the transversal and both of them are either above of below the parallel lines.

How do I structure a paragraph reflecting shifting values & contextual focus (while definining King Lear's C. F. simultaneously?King Lear...

Your essay must be many paragraphs, so your question is a
bit incorrect and may be blocking you from thinking logically about how to approach your
assignment.  For a complex writing assignment, it's often helpful to begin with a
bulleted list.  I often use PowerPoint to begin with because it automatically bullets
the information, is easy to move items around, and lets me create subbullets or change a
subbullet to a main bullet, etc.  When the outline is done, you are organized and the
hardest part of your essay is done.  

One suggestion is to identify
all the character's values in King Lear in one bulleted list.  You don't say in your
question to us whether you are selecting one character or several but based on your
punctuation I am assuming it is just one character.  Copy that list to a new page,
identify which values shift, and review for yourself how many shifting values you'll
need to discuss in your essay.  This up front research is very important because you'll
want to zero in on the major shifting values for discussion in your essay, but also
reference the other values, both those that shift and those that don't, so your
instructor knows that you know what they are.  Also, it will help you avoid putting too
much emphasis in your essay on only one or two items, or on the wrong items, when you
should be discussing more items or something else.

Once you identify
where your major emphasis should be, you should have a clearer idea of how many major
shifting values you'll need to discuss.  This will help you figure out how long your
essay will be, what your opening paragraphs will be, and whether it will take one, two,
or even more paragraphs to discuss each of the major shifting values. 
 

Now you can begin writing.  Use your opening paragraph to identify
your character and your premise; that is, the values you identified and that certain
ones seem to shift throughout the play.  You'll use the remaining paragraphs to discuss
each of the major value shifts you found, with your closing paragraph to summarize.
 

Keep in mind that it is sometimes helpful to use other characters as
part of the "evidence" in your argument.  For example, if you identify a particular
value as shifting, is there another character with that same value that does not shift,
and is there a point where the two characters diverge because of the firstt one's
shift?

In simple terms, what does Gatsby mean when he says that Daisy's voice is 'full of money.'?

Jay says this in chapter 7 as he, Nick, Jordan, Daisy, and
Tom are preparing to drive into the city the day that Daisy, later, hits and kills
Myrtle.  From his early days, as shown by the inscription in the old book of Jay's that
Jay's father shows to Nick after Jay is killed, Jay Gatsby (James Gatz at that time)
wanted to move up in life.  He was determined to make life for himself that was easier
than the one his parents had.  Dan Cody cemented that desire when he showed Jay how to
live the sumptuous life.  When the group is in New York and the tensions have built to a
peak, in the angry confrontation between Jay and Tom, Jay tells Tom that Daisy only
married Tom because Jay was poor and Daisy was tired of waiting for him.  It always
comes back to money or the lack of it.  To Jay Gatsby, Daisy is his "golden girl"; she
is the absolutely perfect woman.  She is young, beautiful, vivacious, and very
importantly, she is rich.  When Jay says that Daisy's voice is full of money, he means
that she is this perfect woman and that even her voice reflects what is perfect about
her.  As Nick explained in his narration following the comment, Daisy's voice reflects
the rhythm of wealth and privilege- all that Jay desired.

About the film Norma Rae, this was said: "She stood up on a table. She's a free woman." How is standing on a table freedom?

When the protagonist of the film, Norma Rae, stands on the
table and writes the word, "UNION" on that piece of cardboard and shows it to all the
workers, it is a pinnacle moment.  Her standing on the table and displaying through
silently active resistance the need for her workers to join her in the union movement
helps to transform their reality from what is to what could be.  The act of standing on
the table and displaying her beliefs to all is the ultimate sign of dissent and
resistance.  It was a moment for Norma Rae to transcend the economic conditions that
locked her fellow workers into silence, to go beyond the socially dictated beliefs that
women could not be active agents of their own personal and professional destiny.  The
statement's assertion of her freedom is accurate in the fact that Norma Rae indicates
that individuals cannot possess freedom unless they have some control over their lives. 
Norma's desire to have her other workers share in the union cause reflects this demand
of autonomy in her own consciousness.  Standing on the table and displaying it to all is
a moment of profound personal and social change, from bondage to
freedom.

What does Jem do that shocks Dill and Scout?

There are several times in To Kill a
Mockingbird where Jem shocks Scout and Dill. One of them comes in Chapter 1
when Jem finally accepts Dill's dare and rushes to the Radley house where
he

... threw
open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm and ran past
us... Dill and I followed on his
heels.

Jem does it again in
Chapter 4 when he rolls Scout--who is curled up in an old tire--right up to the steps of
the Radley house.

Jem saves another surprise for Scout and
Dill--and a group of neighbors as well--when he shows up at the Radley front gate in his
underwear. Jem had to discard his pants earlier when he got them caught in the Radley
fence and had apparently forgotten this when he joins the
crowd. 

What is the history of Franklin Pierce, and what are the revelant aspects of his life?

Franklin Pierce was from New Hampshire, and was a college
classmate of Nathaniel Hawthorne. He was considered very handsome, and was often
referred to as "handsome Frank." He had two sons, one of whom died as a young man. He
served in Congress for a short while, but at the behest of his wife and surviving son
retired from politics. Later, when he was considering running for the Presidency, his
wife and son (then eleven) begged him not to run. His wife warned him he would regret
breaking his earlier promise. After he won the election and while on the way to
Washington, the train on which he was travelling wrecked with only one casualty--his
sole surviving son.  He was forced to take the oath of office after just suffering this
tragedy. His wife never forgave him, did not participate in official White House
functions; and remained secluded in the White House living quarters for most of his
presidency.

During his presidency, the Gadsden Purchase
from Mexico was completed, which secured the balance of the lower 48 states for the U.S.
However, it was also during his Presidency that the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed.
Pierce's support for territorial expansion was deemed by many of his own party to be a
move to support the expansion of slavery. As a result, his own party refused to
renominate him for the Presidency in 1856. After this, he permanently retired from
politics and finally died in 1869.

What is the limit of the function (1-cosx*cos2x*...*cosnx)/x^2, x approaches to zero?

First, we'll substitute x by the value of accumulation
point:

lim (1-cosx*cos2x*...*cosnx)/x^2 = (1-cos 0*cos
2*0*....cos n*0)/0^2 = 0/0

Since we've get an
indetermination, we'll apply L'Hospital rule:

lim
(1-cosx*cos2x*...*cosnx)/x^2 = lim
(1-cosx*cos2x*...*cosnx)'/(x^2)'

We'll apply product rule
for the second term of the numerator:

lim
(1-cosx*cos2x*...*cosnx)'/(x^2)'=lim(sin x*cos 2x*...*cos nx + 2sin 2x*cos x*...*cos nx
+ n*sin nx*cos x*...*cos(n-1)*x)/2x

Since we'll get an
indetermination again, we'll apply L'Hospital rule one more time. We'll use the
remarcable limit:

lim k*sin kx/k = k^2, k
integer

lim (1-cosx*cos2x*...*cosnx)'/(x^2)'=
(1^2+2^2+...+n^2)/2

The sum of the squares
is:

1^2+2^2+...+n^2 =
n*(n+1)*(2n+1)/6

lim (1-cosx*cos2x*...*cosnx)'/(x^2)'=
n*(n+1)*(2n+1)/6

The limit of the given
function, for x approaches to 0, is: lim (1-cosx*cos2x*...*cosnx)/x^2
=  n*(n+1)*(2n+1)/6

What did Rousseau mean by "the noble savage?"

I have moved this question to this group because it is in
the Discourse that Rousseau truly addresses the idea of the noble
savage.

To Rousseau, human nature is basically good. 
Rousseau believed that it was not people's evil nature that causes problems in the
world.  Instead, he believed that people started to have more problems as they moved
away from the state of nature.

In the state of nature,
Rousseau argued, people were noble savages.  They were primitive and did not think much,
but they were good and they were happy.  People in that state, Rousseau says, are
naturally inclined against making others suffer.  They simply go along, living their own
lives and not trying to hurt others.

It is only when people
become "civilized" that problems start.  People start to stake out property -- to
differentiate between what is theirs (property, tribe, etc) and what is not.  They then
start to fight over these things and make elaborate socities based on having more things
than other people.

So, to Rousseau, the noble savage is the
human being in the state of nature.  It is a savage because it has no civilization and
no philosophy.  But it is noble because it lives a good life, not trying to hurt or
exploit others.

What does the theme of fire represent in Medea?

I am not sure if "fire" is a theme in the play.  I think
that "fire" can be a concept or a symbol in displaying Medea's rage and her intensity of
emotion.  "Fire" can be a symbol for her vengeance.  The idea of a fire as something to
provide warmth and, from an emotional sense, motivation can be applied to Medea.  This
emotional understanding of fire is one where she refuses to be taken advantage of and
refuses to be overlooked.  Yet, when uncontrolled and with added fuel, fire can be
destructive.  When Medea lets her jealous rage and wrath overtake her, the results are
disastrous.  When the Chorus indicates that action has to be taken, deliberately or not,
fuel is added to this emotional fire of Medea.  When fires become uncontrolled they take
everything in their path until their own life is extinguished and this is seen when
Medea kills her own children.  There is a human representation of fire when Medea tells
Jason that her "vengeance was worth the pain."  The ending of the play is a visual
representation of fire in human form through Medea.

Determine all real roots of the equation x^2-9=-6/(x^2-4)?

First, we'll re-write the number 9, from the left side,
as - 4 - 5 We'll re-write the equation:

x^2 - 4 - 5 =
-6/(x^2-4)

We notice that we've created the structure x^2 -
4.

We'll note x^2 - 4 = t

t  -
5 = -6/t

We'll multiply by t both
sides:

t^2 - 5t  + 6 = 0

We'll
apply quadratic formula:

t1 = [5 + sqrt(25 -
24)]/2

t1= (5+1)/2

t1
=3

t2 = (5-1)/2

t2 =
2

We'll put x^2 - 4 = t1 => x^2 - 4 =
3

x^2 = 7

x1 = sqrt7 and x2 =
-sqrt7

We'll put x^2 - 4 = t2 => x^2 - 4=
2

x^2 =6

x3 = sqrt6 and x4 =
-sqrt6

The all 4 real solutions of the
equation are: {-sqrt7 ; -sqrt6 ; sqrt6 ; sqrt7}.

How does "Barn Burning" reflect social conditions of a specific time and place or of universal social conditions?

Faulkner sets his fiction in the South after the Civil
War.  His Southern Gothic world features a crashed Southern economy.  Abner is a tenant
farmer--he is at the bottom of the lowest economic class, at least for
whites. 

In his situation, there is little Abner could ever
do to raise himself up the economic ladder.  Money and jobs are
scarce.

Abner, of course, refuses to play along.  He
refuses to be dumped on.  He will not relinquish his dignity.  He maintains it by
avenging insults with fire--by burning barns.

Of course,
Abner is obnoxious and ignorant and abusive and simple-minded (at least in some
respects), and his idea of what an insult is needs some heavy refining.  But still,
Abner is a bit noble.  A man attempting to hold on to his dignity usually commands
respect from a reader.

Of course, the South after the Civil
War is not the only place and time that contains people in Abner's position.  I doubt
that a society has ever existed that this story wouldn't apply to.  The story is
specifically about the South, but by extension applies to every place else, as
well.   

What is Hermes known for in The Lightning Thief?

In Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the
Olympians: The Lightning Thief, like in all of Greek mythology, Hermes plays
the role of messenger. This is particularly important in this book because there are
humans (more accurately, part-humans) who need to be communicated to by the gods. Hermes
is the one to whom they all turn.

Even for Percy to be able
to communicate with his father, Poseiden, god of the sea, Hermes must be called upon to
bring messages back and forth. Hermes is also particularly helpful to Percy during his
defeat of Procrustes.

Describe Slim in three ways (with quotes) and indicate what his importance is to Of Mice and Men.

Slim must be a hard-working leader among the guys. He is
described as being out with his team and Candy says of
him:

Slim's a
jerkline skinner. Hell of a nice fella. p.
28

Later, some of the guys
note that Curley's wife has the eye for Slim. But Slim keeps her in line and makes sure
there is nothing inappropriate going on between them. She comes into the bunkhouse
apparently looking for Curley and then Slim enters. The way he deals with her shows his
integrity:

"Hi
good-lookin."

"I'm trying to find Curley,
Slim."

"Well, you ain't trying very hard. I seen him goin'
in your house."

Finally, in
the end, Slim is the only loyal and encouraging friend George has. We see this when Slim
says of Lennie's sacrifice,

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You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on,
with me.

 Slim is the voice
of reason and integrity in this book. His purpose is to help show the error of other
people's ways and to confirm the right actions of folks as well.

A compound is found to contain 63.52% iron and 36.48% sulfur. Find its empirical formula.

A compound has 63.52% iron and 36.48% sulfur. I assume
this is the percentage of the mass of the two elements as found in the compound of which
we have to determine the empirical formula.

We know that
the atomic mass of iron is 56 and the atomic mass of sulfur is
32.

Let the empirical formula of the compound be
Fe(x)S(y)

As the mass of the sulfur in the compound and the
mass of the iron in compound is in the ratio 36.48/63.52, we have: 32*y/ 56*x =
36.48/63.52

=> 32y/56x =
36.48/63.52

=> y/x =
(36.48/63.52)*(56/32)

=> y/x =
1

This gives an equal number of sulfur and iron atoms in
the compound.

Therefore the empirical formula
of the compound is FeS.

In "Just Lather, That's All" and "Thank You, M'am" what are the morals?

Morals in these stories are shown by changes in character
or moral decisions that are taken by both of the major protagonists in these short
stories. Consider how Roger in "Thank you M'am" changes dramatically in his personality,
becoming a better person thanks to the meeting he has with Mrs. Jones. He starts off as
an isolated and neglected teenager who turns to crime to gain what he cannot afford to
get. Mrs. Jones, by taking him home and showing him love, affection and generosity,
makes him realise how bad what he did was, and he improves morally as a
result.

Likewise, the barber in "Just Lather, That's All,"
when he has the opportunity to kill the military leader that his rebel group is fighting
against, comes to a moral realisation of his place in the
world:

I don't
want blood on my hands. Just lather, that's all. You are an executioner and I am only a
barber. Each person has his own place in the scheme of
things.

Having had the
opportunity, he realises something intrinsic about who he is and his own moral base, and
leaves this experience a more self-aware individual.

Thus
both stories deal with the protagonists' moral growththrough interactions with
others.

What are the similarties and the differences between the play Trifles and the short story "A Jury of Her Peers"?

There is more authorial intrusion in the
short story "A Jury of Her Peer" than in the play
Trifles.
As such, Glaspell reveals many more of her characters' feelings in the
short story.  She leaves the emotional subtext for the actors to reveal on
stage.

So says one
critic:

For
example, on page 275 the writer explains how Mrs. Hale first met Mrs. Peters, “the year
before at the county fair”. Mrs. Hale’s opinion of Mrs. Peters is brought to the surface
on page 276 when the writer reveals that she felt Mrs. Peters “didn’t seem like a
sheriff’s wife”. Whereas in the play Trifles, the reader is left with no insight of this
nature since the dialogue is so central (all you know is what you see and hear).
Feelings are left out of the play, and revealed in the short
story.

Another
obvious difference is the title. The play's title
Trifles is more subtle, whereas the short story's title "A Jury of
Her Peers" basically reveals two major themes from the start: feminist community ("her
Peers") and legalism ("Jury").  Trifles is wonderfully ironic: it
is what the men think of women's work.  As such, its title better reveals the little
things (the clues and subtext), which drives this psychological
play.

The women are marginalized more in the
play. They are physically segregated from the men, and their presence on
stage keeps them--as a community--front and center.  No one woman is more important than
the other.  Even though it is titled Trifles and not "A Jury of Her
Peers," the play's grouping of the women allows them to be more of a physical jury.
 This is more symbolic and
meaningful.

Audience participation, I feel,
is the biggest difference. Quite frankly, the short story gives too much
away.  It's too easy, too seamless.  The play, even if it is read and not seen, is much
more like a detective story.  As a reader or viewer of the play, we have to use more
deductive reasoning and fill in the pieces to the mystery.

Consider the men Moll steals from, both husbands and otherwise. How is her thievery a comment on class inequities of the 18th century?

It was very difficult for a poor person to gain wealth. 
The only way to get property was to already have some, and occupations from which a
person could get rich were closed to those of lower social standing.  Basically, if you
were born poor you staid poor.  To get ahead, or even meet basic needs in some cases,
you would have to rob.

I would argue that in addition to
class inequities, Moll Flanders is a story of the inequities between men and women. 
Women did not have the right to own property, so the only way a woman could gain wealth
or social standing was to marry a man who had it.  A woman could also not marry if she
was not pure, yet many men took advantage of young women who were either servants or
otherwise poor, as in Moll's case.  A man who had a relationship with a woman "ruined"
her and ended her hopes of ever being raised in social class.  Moll has this problem, of
course.  For example, when Moll has to get her husband drunk so he won't realize she is
not a virgin.

In Macbeth, what is a good quotation that relates to the idea of appearance vs. reality?

The appearance vs. reality motif in the drama is expressed
in these words of Lady Macbeth in Act I as she speaks to Macbeth about King Duncan's
imminent arrival at Inverness, their castle. Because their ambition has been awakened by
the prophecies of the witches, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth now entertain murderous thoughts
about Duncan, thoughts of killing him so that Macbeth can assume the throne. They
clearly do not want their thoughts known as they prepare to greet the King. Lady Macbeth
cautions Macbeth about his appearance and instructs him as to his
behavior:

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Your face, my Thane, is as a book where
men

May read strange matters. To beguile the
time,

Look like the time; bear welcome in your
eye,

Your hand, your tongue: look like th' innocent
flower,

But be the serpent under
't.

Lady Macbeth is telling
Macbeth that he must mask his real feelings about Duncan and appear to be the gracious,
welcoming host. To deceive Duncan and his party, Macbeth must look like an "innocent
flower," while he is really a serpent (poisonous snake) lying under it. In this way,
false appearance will hide reality.

Why did the U.S and Britain invade Afghanistan in 2001?

There are several clarifications that need to be made to
your question.

1.  The U.S. and England were not the only
countries to send troops to Afghanistan in 2001/2002--to this day, there are many NATO
countries with troops in the region.

2.  The U.S. did not
attack Afghanistan.  It attacked Al Qaeda--a global terrorist organization which had its
base in Afghanistan at the time--and the Taliban, the radical ruling group of the
country which oppressed its own people and willingly gave shelter to Osama bin Laden and
Al Qaeda.

3.  In 2001, the United States and England began
working with many native Afghans to rid their country of terrorists and to place the
decision-making process back in the hands of the Afghan people not in the hands of an
elite few who terrorized their own countrymen.  Many of the Afghans who assisted and who
still assist U.S. forces were followers of Massoud (an Afghan leader who fought against
the Taliban until he was assassinated two days before 9/11), and they would not see the
U.S. and England as attacking their country.

How are the porch gatherings here different from the ones in Eatonville? Please give specific details from the text to support your response.

I assume by "here" you are referring to the portion of the
novel when Tea Cake and Janie move onto the muck, the
Everglades.

On the porches of Eatonville, and in particular
on the store's porch, Janie was never allowed to be a participant in the bantering and
storytelling that when on among men. She was allowed to listen and to witness, but Joe
does not allow her to participate. It is no coincidence, then, that it is upon the
store's porch that Janie finally "finds her voice" to stand up to Joe and emasculate him
with her "when you pull down your britches, you look like the change of life" insult.
Even with Joe gone, when Janie plays checkers on the store's porch most of Eatonville is
left feeling very uncomfortable with the situation.

The
porches in the Everglades are similar in one way but overall are very different. Just
like in Eatonville, Janie's porch is a gathering
spot:

Tea
Cake's house was a magnet, the unauthorized center of the "job." The way he would sit in
the doorway and play his guitar made people stop and listen and maybe disappoint the
jook for that night. He was always laughing and full of fun
too.

In most other ways,
however, the porches are very different because of the attitudes of the people who
occupy them. In Eatonville, Janie was a listener and a witness; on the muck, she is an
active participant. Janie's memories of the store in Eatonville--and the actions on its
porch from which she was prohibited--are central to her self-actualization.  As she
says, in Eatonville:

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The men held big arguments [...] like they used
to do on the store porch. Only here [on the muck], she could listen and laugh and even
talk some herself if she wanted to. She got so she could tell big storied herself from
listening to the rest.

It is
in the Everglades that Janie finally finds her voice and realizes her
dreams.

In chapter 5, how is the wish for a "sign from the world of grownups" ironic? Passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Chapter 5: ...

Chapter Five of Lord of the Flies
finds Ralph frustrated that he cannot be the leader that he would like to
be.  And, as the boys regress into discord and disorder, Ralph understands the urgency
for an assembly to re-establish order; however, at the same time he realizes that he is
unable to think as logically as Piggy, who, unfortunately does not have the other
qualities requisite for a chief.

When the assembly is
called about the boys' fear of the beast, Jack exerts his physical prowess as a hunter
as reason for their not being a beast:  "I'd have seen it...there is no beast in the
forest."  Then, Simon stands and becomes

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inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's
essential illness.

But, when
he tries to explain, the boys' laugh; after this incident Jack seeks to usurp control by
declaring savagely,

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Bollocks to the rules! We're strong--we hunt!  If
there's a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat and
beat--!" 

Clearly, Jack
disrupts the rationality of the group, creating fear in the others along with chaos.  It
is at this point that Ralph desperately wishes there could be a message from the adults
telling the boys what to do.  Ironically, Ralph perceives
the adult society as rational and capable of logical decisions, while, in fact, it is
the adult world which is at war and it is the adult world that has caused the airplane
on which the boys were passengers to crash and place them in the predicament in which
they now exist.  Thus, the adult world is no more in control than the boys
themselves.

Find the domain of 1/sqrt(3x-2) for the expression to produce a real number?

First, we have to notice that the domain for 1/sqrt (3x-2)
is the same with the domain for sqrt (3x-2), excepting the values for x which is
cancelling the denominator.

Let's find this excepted value
for x (we've considered from the beginning that it's just a single value, based on the
fact that the expression is a linear equation, with a single
solution).

3x-2 = 0

We'll add
2, both sides of the
equation:

3x-2+2=2

3x=2

We'll
divide by3, both sides:

x =
2/3.

So, the excluded value for x =
2/3.

Now, let's find the domain for
sqrt(3x-2).

For sqrt(3x-2) to exists, the expression
(3x-2)>0

So, reiterating the same steps to find the
excepted value for x, we'll find that
x>2/3.

So the domain of definition is
the ineterval (2/3, inf).

comment on Joyce's point of view in " A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man".

Joyce in this work of fiction is talking about the making
of an artist. This novel is a bildungsroman, which means we see the growth and
development of a character usually from his childhood to his adulthood. The novel is
written in the third person but no direct judgment or analysis is offered to the reader.
The narratorial voice is just reporting and not forcing any
opinion.

Joyce is experimenting with different writing
techniques and this is reflected in Stephen's continuous questioning the matters related
to religion, adulthood and family. The protagonist’s conflicts with religion and
disagreements with his family and his final decision to become an artist are the major
events. This novel was deeply appreciated by a lot of critics because it traces the
formative years, events and occurrences that compel Stephen to become an artist.

What is the main theme of "Cranes"?

This is an excellent story that presents the reader with a
shocking wartime situation in which two childhood friends are now on opposite sides of
each other in a war. Tokchae is the prisoner who is to be escorted to a different
location by Songsam, who were childhood friends and shared many happy moments together
in their youth. However, now they find themselves separated by an ideological divide
that appears to be insurmountable... or does it. The story of the crane that they
trapped and then released clearly foreshadows Songsam's decision to give his friend a
chance to escape. Note how the crane's release is described in the flashback to their
childhood days:

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...the boy's crane stretched its long neck with a
whoop and disappeared into the sky. For a long time the two boys could not take their
eyes away from the blue sky into which their crane had
soared.

Obviously, moved by
this memory and the sense of freedom which it had given them, Songsam feels that he is
able to overcome the ideological divide and act in his friend's best interest. Thus the
theme of this moving story is the way that the power of friendship can overcome all
barriers.

How does one get rid of bad breath?

If you are struggling with bad breath, brush twice a day,
and floss once a day. Use a breath spray. Also make sure to "brush" your tongue, roof
and sides of the mouth, gently. Make sure you eat breakfast; stay away from garlic and
onions. Diet may affect one's breath; milk and dairy
products make for strong teeth, but may not be the best for good
breath.

Sugar-free or regular mints might work well, or
gum. Some mouthwash companies have a dissolvable tape that you can put on your tongue.
Problems with clogged sinuses may cause difficulty, especially with
colds.

Dentures (false teeth) may cause problems. I would
speak to a dentist, your family doctor, and even someone who deals with natural foods,
vitamins and health remedies. Check with a doctor before trying anything, even "safe"
products over the counter, such as remedies/pills.

And try
not to breathe through your mouth a lot. And be aware of how close you stand to others.
And make sure to visit your dentist every six months to make sure other things are
happening in your mouth to case a breath problem, like a cavity.

What is the tone of Tagore's short story, "The Postmaster?"

In order to find the tone of the short story, I would pull
from one of Tagore’s poems.  Tagore’s poem, “Passing Time in the Rain,” features a
moment where I think some insight into his tone of “The Postmaster” is
relevant:

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Small lives, humble distress/ Tales of humdrum
grief and pain/Simple, clear straightforwardness;/ of the thousands of tears streaming
daily/A few saved from oblivion;/No elaborate description,/Plain steady
narration...

This might help
to bring out the tone of the story.  The tone, or the attitude of the author, created is
one where Tagore assumes the third person, but does not shy away from bringing out
Ratan’s emotional pain.  For Tagore, what Ratan experiences is similar to idea of “small
lives, humble distress.”  The tone created in the story is one where the tale of an
orphan is painful, but a part of the natural condition that is expressed in the world. 
Tagore’s tone does not steer past one of “humdrum grief.”  There is little “elaborate
description,” for even the ending is one where the experience of Ratan is dwarfed by a
condition where “snares of delusion” impact human consciousness.  Finally, with the
“plain steady narration,” Tagore’s tone brings light to Ratan’s predicament, but only
does so as an internal light is shone within our own state of being in sensing whether
we are more like the postmaster, who breaks her heart, or Ratan, who must endure the
broken heart.

Why did te white men colonize the Igbo society in Things Fall Apart?

Short of being able to ask those specific white men
themselves, you can look at a variety of historical reasons put forth for
colonization:

One is the constant desire to expand,
demonstrated throughout history by any nation or group of nations grown strong enough to
do so.  The desire for more land, more resources, more labor, etc., has driven countries
to expand and colonize and continues to do so though it isn't always through direct
colonization as it was in the case of Nigeria.

Another has
been the drive of missionaries and others involved with religions to feel that they can
help to "save" ignorant or backwards people from their wrong traditions and that drove
some of the people who went to Africa, they felt they were spreading the gospel which
would help to save the souls of all these people.

In "The Cask of Amontillado," how does Montressor's family motto relate to the way Montressor treats Fortunato?Montresor's family motto translates...

The Cask of Amontillado is a story about how Montresor
avenged his anger at Fortunato. His family motto contributes a lot to the whole of the
story.

"Nobody provokes me with impunity", or simply,
"Nobody insults me without punishment". This is motto reflects on Montresor's character
in the story.

Montresor's anger towards Fortunato is not
only based on a one time happening, he saved up a lot of things that Fortunato did that
provoked his anger. Motresor was like a jar, slowly filling up with anguish and when
that anguish overflowed, he decided to take action for his
revenge.

In the beginning of the story, Motresor described
his fleeting anger, his undefined emotion, his wish to be an avenger. He slowly created
a plan on somewhat called a perfect crime. Having this "crime" planned, he proceeded to
do it. He treated Fortunato with irony. We all know what he's planning yet he used sweet
words to lure Fortunato into the catacombs. He devised a plan to send Fortunato to
death. This treatment is vastly related to his family motto. Never being silenced when
punishment was not done to those people who trespassed them.

Why do you think the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed?

The Immigration Act of 1924 was passed because Americans
had become worried about the levels of immigration and the types of people who were
coming in as immigrants.  The Act was passed to reduce immigration and to try to stop so
many of the "wrong" kinds of people from coming.

The
Immigration Act of 1924 was passed because many Americans thought that there were too
many Eastern and Southern European immigrants entering the country.  They felt that
these kinds of people (Poles, Italians, Greeks, etc) were not likely to become
Americanized.  They didn't like their religion (Jewish and Catholic) and they worried
about their political beliefs.  Because of this, many Americans pushed to enact laws
like the Immigration Act of 1924.  This law was meant to restrict the number of Eastern
and Southern Europeans and to ensure that immigration would come from Northern and
Western European countries.

How many grams of CaCl2 would be dissolved in 1.0 L of a .10M solution of Cacl2

The gram molecular weight of the Cacl2 ( or the mass of
1Mole of Cacl2) = gram molecular weight of Ca(or a mass of1 mole of Ca) +2 gram
molecular weight of cl (or a mass of 2 moles of Cl ) = 132.90gram+2*35.45 gram = 203.8gm
of CaCl2

Therefore 0.1M  of the substance of Cacl2 has the
mass of 203.8*0.1 grams of CaCl2 = 20.38 gram of CaCl2

How does Wharton represent the custom of the different classes in "The Custom of the Country"?

In The Custom of the Country, Edith
Wharton presents the dynamics of the "who is who" in New York society at the beginning
of the 20th century.

The title of the novel The
Custom of the Country is allegorical to the saying "When in Rome, do as the
Romans". In this case, "the custom" referred to the comings and goings of the ruling
families of early New York City. The worth of each family was measured according to
their connections to the founding families of what once was New Amsterdam. Therefore,
the closest the family was to its dutch roots, the more "pure" its pedigree would
be.

From the story, we learn that these families had a
tendency to marry amongst themselves, and most of the marriages were to preserve their
lineage as well as to continue the control that they exercised in parts of the city. In
the story, we see the importance that these families exuded among the common folk, and
how they would snub people outside of their immediate circle. In order to be able to
enter the circle you had to either have money or be a part of the inner sanctum of the
old country families. They also had a tendency to do everything in groups. When they
were not all together in one group, they would divide into subgroups that will
eventually meet up together again. They all kept tabs on each other, as well. It was
like being part of a huge family whose links were heritage and
wealth.

Undine Spragg, the main character, came from what
could have been classified as "upper class" in the Midwest. However, nothing prepared
her for the amount of courtesies and traditions that were so important to the society of
New York. She basically had to change completely, including the way she dressed, the
people with whom she mingled, and the manner in which she behaved among society in order
to be at least considered "fit" to be among the Dagonets and every other ruling
family.

In the end, Undine was never satisfied, which shows
the shallowness of her life. She did not really belong to the group she so desperately
tried to fit in. Nothing could ever please her. She was chasing waterfalls that
reflected the fantasies she created about herself living the life of a New York
socialite. In order to follow the custom of the country, the first thing you need is to
be one of them. And she was not.

What type of conflict is the main conflict in "The Giver"? Discuss the theme.JUST HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

To me, the main conflict in this book is man vs. society. 
In this case, the "man" is Jonas.  Most of the conflict in the book comes as he tries to
come to grips with what his society is like.  He eventually resolves the conflict by
leaving the society.

I think that the main theme of the
book ties in with this.  The theme, to me, is that people need to be allowed to be
human.  They have to be allowed to have real feelings and make decisions for
themselves.  The author is saying that it is really bad for people to always be
protected and told what to do.

How does Atticus's closing statement help (and hurt) his defendant, Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird?

eNotes
requires that you only ask one question per post. I have edited your question
accordingly.

Atticus' closing statement is considered a
masterpiece of courtroom literature. He covers virtually every angle of the case,
reminding the jury that there was not "one iota of medical evidence" that proved Tom
guilty. He mentions the conflicting testimony of the Ewells and that it had been "flatly
contradicted" by the defendant. He asks the jury treat his client as an equal and tells
them to "do your duty."

I don't see how his statement
hurt his case in any way. He tells Jem later that the fact that the jury took several
hours to determine what most people expected to take five minutes was "the shadow of a
beginning." His statement made enough of an impact on one juror--one of the
Cunninghams--that the man held out until he was finally convinced to change his vote to
guilty.

Solve for x the equation 5(8e^2x - 3)^3 = 625?

We'll divide by 5 both
sides:

5(8e^2x - 3)^3 =
625

(8e^2x - 3)^3 = 125

We'll
take cube root both sides:

8e^2x - 3 =
5

We'll add 3 both
sides:

8e^2x = 8

We'll divide
by 8:

e^2x = 1

We'll
take natural logarithms both sides:

ln e^2x = ln
1

We'll apply the power property of
logarithms:

2x ln e = ln 1

But
ln e  =1 and ln 1 = 0.

2x =
0

The solution of the equation is x =
0.

What are two Renaissance interpretations Hamlet's injunction to Ophelia to get to a nunnery in Hamlet?

I think you are asking about the two possible meanings of
the word "nunnery."  The first definition is literal; a nunnery is a house for nuns who
are living under the holy order of the church in a life of seclusion from men.  Hamlet
may intend this definition because he immediately explains that Ophelia should go to a
nunnery where she will be away from men and therefore be unable to be a "breeder of
sinners."  He later says that "We [men] are arrant knaves all; believe none of us."  He
is making a disparaging remark about all men and is warning her away from the foolish
liars that all men are.  He is clearly venting his frustrations with
humanity.

Later in the scene tells her again "get thee to a
nunnery," but this time he says it after he tells her that if she marries he hopes that
she is "chaste as ice" (frigid, sexually) and then adds another insult by saying the
"wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them."  He continues his insults by
talking about how women put on a false face and flirt and act silly as a means to
attract men's attention.  Here is where the second defitinion, a slang expression of
Shakespeare's age, may come into play.  Nunnery was used as an expression to mean
brothel or house of prostitution.  If Hamlet really means what he says, he is being
exceptionally cruel to a woman he supposedly loved.  He is rightly angry that she is in
on the plot to get information from him to prove something to Polonius and Claudius, and
perhaps he is lashing out from that sense of betrayal.  We also know that he is
especially disgusted by his mother's relationship with Claudius, and that he may be
extending or generalizing that disgust to all women, and Ophelia is a convenient
victim.  Either way, this scene shows Hamlet's crazy act in full force, but as always,
he makes some sense even in his crazy act.

Differentiate between professional ethics and personal (or public) ethics.

Most professions come with a written code of ethics. A
professional code of ethics governs individuals' conduct within their profession so that
their behavior is ethical, honest, and above reproach. A professional code of ethics
also focuses on social issues and outlines the general principles which guide a company
or an organization's beliefs.  This code may be further broken into subcategories such
as "code of conduct" and "code of practice."  These are more specific "rules"
delineating to what standards employees or organization members will be held when it
comes to carrying out professional responsibilities.

On the
other hand, "personal ethics" or the public's ethics could more
simply be defined as a general standard of acceptable conduct within a society.  While
there exist specific written laws that individuals within a society will be held
responsible for following, laws do not necessarily determine the ethics of the public. 
More often, public ethics could be considered the general and mutual consideration for
what is acceptable behavior within a society.  In this way, public ethics vary greatly
between nations, states, cities, and even individuals.

To
paint a hypothetical picture that directly contrasts where professional ethics and
personal ethics could come into conflict, I think of the legal profession.  Lawyers (who
are governed by the bar) are bound by a professional code of ethics dictating specific
rules for how they must serve their clients.  Additionally, all alleged criminals are
given the "right to a lawyer."  A lawyer who, for example, is appointed to defend a
certainly guilty offender in a court of law, may face a conflict between his
professional code of ethics (which says that he must provide
adequate defense) and his personal ethics, which typically condemn such members of
society.

What is Simon's importance to Lord of the Flies, and how is he presented? Please include quotes.

Simon serves as the potential moral savior and voice of
reason in Lord of the Flies. Although not as old as Ralph or Jack,
his leadership abilities are seen by Ralph early in the story; and, though not as
intelligent as Piggy, Simon is obviously bright and sound in his approach to the boys'
problems. He is the first to recognize that "the beast" is not really some supernatural
being, and he shows his courage by his willingness to make another trek to discover its
true origin. He finds it necessary to retreat into solitude in order to clear his head
and see things more clearly and, along with Piggy, he becomes a symbol of sacrifice when
the boys tear him to pieces during their blood-lust frenzy. 

What is a summary of "The Doll's House"?

In this excellent short story by Katherine Mansfield, we
are presented with the Burnell sisters, called Isabel, Lottie and Kezia, who are given a
large doll's house, a marvellous toy that delights them and dazzles their schoolmates.
The Burnells are a wealthy family who live in a rural area of New Zealand where all the
children from the area attend the same school, regardless of the social status of their
families. The Burnell children rejoice in the status that possessing the doll's house
gives them, and invite all of their friends at school to see the house one by one,
except Else and Lil Kelvey, with whom they are forbidden even to speak. At school, the
Kelvey sisters are mercilessly mocked because of their poverty and low social status and
they are made fun of with the accusation that their absent father is actually in
prison.

However, one day, the youngest Burnell sister,
Kezia, sees Else and Lil passing by her house and she invites them in to see the doll's
house. They come in but are interrupted by a very fierce Aunt Beryl, who tells of Kezia
for inviting them in and throws out the Kelveys. Still, Else Kelvey is deeply moved by
seeing the doll's house and in particular by her glimpse of the little lamp, which can
be said to symbolise the warmth of human kindness.

What is the main idea of The Giver?

All dystopian fiction shares one basic idea: a perfect
world is usually far from perfect.  A "utopia" is a perfect world.  A dystopia is a
world that first appears perfect, but turns out to be terribly wrong under the
surface.

This book is clever because it makes the dystopia
point so simply.  The main idea of The Giver specifically is that
sameness is not the same thing as perfection--difference should be celebrated and not
feared.  The community works so hard to keep everything the same, and prevent
discomfort, that they do things like beat toddlers for using the wrong word and kill
newborn infants because they have a twin.  Mistakes are not tolerated, and anyone who
breaks a rule three times is killed.  There is no love, and no real emotion at
all. 

While it is true that all of the things that make us
human are painful (love, passion, disagreement, choice), they are also what makes life
worth living.  Life without love, without memory, is horrifying.

Given the law of composition x*y= xy+4mx+2ny, determine m and n if the law is commutative.

We'll write the commutative property of a law of
composition:

x*y = y*x, for any value of x and
y.

We'll substitute x*y and y*x by the given
expression:

x*y = xy + 4mx + 2ny
(1)

y*x = yx + 4my + 2nx
(2)

We'll put (1) = (2) and we'll
get:

xy + 4mx + 2ny = yx + 4my +
2nx

We'll remove like
terms:

4mx + 2ny = 4my +
2nx

We'll move the terms in "m" to the left side and the
terms in "n" to the right side:

4mx - 4my = 2nx  -
2ny

We'll factorize and we'll
get:

4m(x-y) = 2n(x-y)

We'll
divide by x - y:

4m = 2n

m =
2n/4

m=n/2

So,
for the law to be commutative, we find m = n/2, for any real value of m and
n.

What is the flashback in "Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird"?Toni Cade Bambara's "Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird"

Flashback is an interruption in the chronological order of
a narrative to describe an event that happened earlier.  A flashback gives readers
information that may help explain the main events of the story. Usually flashbacks occur
with a character who is the narrator in the story; however, in Bambara's "Blues Ain't No
Mockin Bird" the flashback is narrated by Granny rather than the young girl who narrates
the rest of the story.

Annoyed by the two men who appear in
her yard with cameras, filming their home and possessions, Granny recalls a memory of
having been on a bridge where a man was going to jump.  A crowd formed, watching the man
and a minister and a policeman who tried to talk the man out of committing suicide.  His
woman was nearby, biting into her hand in nervousness.  And, while the man was ready to
jump and the two other men talked to the man while his woman stood nervously by, there
was a person with a camera, Granny says, 

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"taking pictures of the man in his misery about
to jump, cause life so bad.  This person takin up the whole roll of film practically. 
But savin a few, of
course."

This flashback, of
course, reveals much about Granny and her reactions to the men with the camera who are
on her property.  To Granny, like the person on the bridge, these men have no respect
for the private actions of others, and merely want the opportunity to sensationalize
life and sell their pictures.  In short, Granny finds the men with the camera
despicable; she has no tolerance for their patronizing behavior towards her and her
family.

What is the tone in "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson?

With tone meaning the speaker's attitude toward
the subject, the emotional coloring or meaning of a
poem, the reader must consider the homiletic style that Dickinson uses in her
poem "Hope is the Thing with Feathers."  For, like the Psalms and religious hymns, there
is a reverential and uplifting tone to this verse:

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Hope is the thing with
feathers

That perches in the
soul

And sings the tune without the
words

And never stops at
all.

Thwn, too, there is
something of the divine in this hope with feathers that rests within the soul--a
reassuring thought, indeed, and reverential as it can withstand the storm, a storm that
"must be sore" if it can "abash the little bird."  Hope, "the thing with
feathers,"-stands above the storm that attempts to damage.  This hope abounds "in the
chillest land" and "on the strangest sea" without demanding anything.  It gives
strength; it lifts the spirits with wings.  The reader is reassured that hope gives
without asking, for

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...never in
extremity

It asked a crumb of
me. 

The most common meter used in poetry is iambic pentameter. Why do so many poets use this meter?

dstuva is absolutely correct in answering that iambic
meter is widely used in English because it so closely matches the natural rhythm of that
language. Just consider a sentence or two, spoken in a regular tone, such
as:

I was walking down the
street....

You'll notice that, with a small exception here
and there, an English speaker will fall into an alternation of stressed and unstressed
syllables (such as "WALKing DOWN the STREET"). Of course, there are different kinds of
stresses (not all stresses are equal); even so, it's safe to see most spoken English
rhythm as iambic.

At the same time, however, I don't agree
with dstuva that pentameter somehow allows for more natural sounding verse than, say,
tetrameter. The traditional ballad stanza uses iambic tetrameter and trimeter and -- far
more than most sonnets, at least -- tends to very closely follow the patterns of spoken
English.

Does Orwell think women are more or less suceptible to dehumanization?

What a great question.

If you
take a look at what we know about general differences between women and men, Orwell
might take the same notice that most of mankind does. Women are emotional, men are
logical. In this regard, women could often be interpreted as experiencing more of
humanity, but that doesn't necessarily make it true.

In
1984, I see Julia's emotion much more clearly than male emotion of
any of the male characters. Julia has moments of a complete carefree spirit, rebellion,
love, passion and fun. Winston struggles to have these but wants all of these. Thus, I
do believe Orwell makes the suggestion whether intentional or not that women are less
suceptible to dehumanization.

The consistent references to
the woman outside who does her laundry and sings demonstrates less suceptibility to
dehumanization as well. She maintains her regular duties and cares with fervor and
pleasure. These are extremely human qualities that I don't think you see in animals, or
as much in men. That's not to say men aren't capable of such, I just think you see it
more in women.

What is the deeper meaning to "Through the Tunnel"?

It seems to me that "Through the Tunnel" is a story about
an adolescent's struggle with his own identity (or, we could say, his quest to
establish his own identity) and his desire to be wanted and
accepted by others. 

As the story opens, readers learn that
Jerry, who is on vacation with his mother, is eleven years old--a time during which many
boys begin to distance themselves from their parents.  On this vacation, Jerry desires
some time away from his mother, and ventures away from the family beach to the "wild
bay."  Once there, he encounters a group of older boys, who seem to be natives, and who
don't speak English.  Jerry watches them go underwater for an extended period of time
and resurface beyond a large rock wall. 

The rest of the
story focuses on Jerry's attempts to swim through the tunnel, and while readers might
think at first that he's doing it to impress the boys, the sense of accomplishment Jerry
feels when he finally performs the task lets us know that Jerry wanted to swim through
the tunnel for himself.  At the end of the story, he has
successfully strayed from his mother and has done something both dangerous and
daring--and he has survived. 

Are alliances necessary in today's world?why or why not?

I would say most definitely. Many of the threats countries
face in the world in the modern age are problems faced by entire continents, regions, or
the globe.  Alliances, military or economic, help these countries to provide a united
front to deal with these issues.

NATO and the UN serve as
deterrents to some aggression by individual nations, and they have cooperated to end the
Yugoslav Civil War, provide peacekeepers in conflict zones all over the globe, and
cooperate on issues from terrorism to AIDS to Climate
Change.

These organizations and alliances, therefore,
prevent aggression and solve world issues.

A writer's attitude toward a subject or the reader is called tone. How would you describe Swift's tone in "A Modest Proposal"?

This is certainly one of the excellent aspects of this
essay. It is important to think about how the tone that Swift creates fits into his
satire as a whole. Swift very cleverly creates a tone that increases the impact of his
barbaric and shocking "modest proposal," which heightens the satire and irony of the
piece. Note how, before proposing his solution to the Irish famine, the speaker makes
every effort to present himself as a caring, sensitive and earnest individual who
sincerely wishes to find a solution to this problem. The repeated reference to
statistics likewise shows how credible the speaker is, as he has obviously done his
research well. Thus the suggestion of rearing Irish babies as a food source is all the
more shocking.

However, what is essential to realise about
this excellent essay, is the way in which there are two separate tones that are
operating side by side. Although the "surface" tone is reasonable and earnest, the
deeper tone is one of bitterness and sarcasm. The sheer preposterous nature of the
"modest proposal" is evidence of this deeper tone. Swift is very angry about the British
government's inability to do anything about the famine, and this anger and resentment
seethes beneath the respectable surface of this essay.

Each new morn new widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face...What are the circumstances and what does this quote mean?

Macduff crossed over to England to meet Malcolm who had
taken asylum in the court of the English king after the murder of his father, King
Duncan. Macduff's intention was to convince Malcolm about the dire need of raising a
military campaign against the wholesale tyranny unleashed by Macbeth, and to urge the
legitimate heir to the throne of England to lead the said
campaign.

However, Malcolm expressed doubt as to the
bonafides of Macduff, and pretended that he would be a worse choice than Macbeth. The
quotation is part of Macduff's comments on the reign of terror as let loose in Scotland
by Macbeth. It means how the tyrant resorted to random and wide-spread violence. As
Macbeth went on killing men, new widows who lost their husbands and orphans who lost
their fathers howled and cried in great agony and helplessness. Such foul crimes
committed in the world of man also struck the world above with deep sorrow. Macduff's
words are charged with profound anguish and authenticity of
emotions.

Solve the anti-derivative of trigonometric function 8cos x+2tan^2x

To determine the anti-derivative of the given function,
we'll have to evaluate the indefinite integral of 8cos x+2(tan
x)^2.

Int [8cos x+2(tan x)^2]dx = Int 8cos x dx + Int 2(tan
x)^2 dx (*)

We'll solve the first integral from the right
side:

 Int 8cos x dx = 8Int cos x dx= 8 sin x + C
(1)

Int 2(tan x)^2 dx = 2Int [(sec x)^2 -
1]dx

2Int [(sec x)^2 - 1]dx = 2Int (sec x)^2 dx - 2Int
dx

2Int [(sec x)^2 - 1]dx = 2 tan x - 2x + C
(2)

We'll substitute (1) and (2) in
(*):

Int [8cos x+2(tan x)^2]dx = 8 sin x + 2 tan x - 2x +
C

The anti-derivative of the trigonometric
function 8cos x+2(tan x)^2 is Int [8cos x+2(tan x)^2]dx = 8 sin x + 2 tan x - 2x +
C.

How does Edgar Allen Poe's life connect to "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

I seriously doubt that Edgar Allan Poe based any of the
events of "The Tell-Tale Heart" on his own personal experiences. Poe may have had his
mental demons, but he was apparently never involved in any murder scheme. Some critics
believe that the story evolved from Poe's own "unbalanced" mental
state.

His
literary executor, R. W. Griswold, wrote a libelous obituary in the New York
Tribune vilifying him as mentally depraved. Even as late as 1924, critic
Alfred C. Ward, writing about ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart’’ in Aspects of the Modern
Short Story: English and American argued that Poe ‘‘had ever before him the
aberrations of his own troubled mind—doubtfully poised at all times, perhaps, and almost
certainly subject to more or less frequent periods of disorder: consequently, it was
probably more nearly normal, for him, to picture the abnormal than to depict the
average.’’

Most critics
disagree with the above comments, however, and declare that Poe had none of the unstable
characteristics shown by his most famous creations. One critic did see a connection
between his two characters (Fortunato and Montresor) in "The Cask of
Amontillado."

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The Poe biographer William Bittner claims that
the two characters in the story "are two sides of the same man Edgar Poe as he saw
himself while
drinking.’’ 

Most likely, as
other critics have pointed out, ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart’’ was "basically self-explanatory"
or a ‘‘tale of conscience."

Why does Don John hate Claudio so much in Much Ado About Nothing?

There are two answers to this question, in my opinion.
Firstly, if we examine the very revealing scene of Act I scene 3, we discover more about
Don John's character, and realise, as he himself says, that he is a "plain-dealing
villain." Therefore, in a sense, he is a man who would look to cause problems and make
mischief with anybody as he is someone that is committed to spreading evil and discord
amongst those who he is with, and especially his brother, who, let us not forget, he has
just tried to unsuccessfully rebel against.

Secondly,
however, in the same scene, we see that one of the reasons why Don John is so delighted
that he can launch a stratagem against Claudio is because Claudio has gained much
through Don John's fall in favour. Note what Don John
says:

That
young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow. If I can cross him any way, I bless
myself every way.

Therefore
there is a sense in which getting back at Claudio will satisfy Don John's desire for
personal vengeance.

What is the symbolism and meaning of the jungle glade with Simon in Chapter 3 of Lord of the Flies?

Simon’s experience in the clearing demonstrates the beauty
present in savagery.  The jungle represents the breaking down of society, and the
temptation inherent within.  When the boys are stranded on the island without adults,
they have to police themselves.  The setting is metaphorically significant.  A jungle is
a feral, uncontrollable place.  Earlier in the chapter, Simon discusses the possibility
that the beast is real, and there are real dangers in the jungle.  Yet when Simon
ventures into the clearing, he sees it as a harmonious and ideal place.  This is the
same as when we watch animals in the wild.  We are attracted to the symmetry of natural
savagery.

Would the church and state consider the marriage of Gertrude and Claudius considered to be incestuous, as Prince Hamlet does?In Shakespeare's Hamlet

At the time of the setting of Hamlet
in Denmark, Denmark was a Roman Catholic country, and in that religion, a marriage of
former brother-in-law to a former sister-in-law would have been considered incestuous. 
This type of relationship would have been on a list of opposed marriages.  While it is
never directly stated in the play, it is suggested in Claudius's first speech to the
court that the courtiers to the king and queen have "freely gone with this affair
along."  Because they are not related by blood it isn't a completely abhorrent
relationship, and Claudius and the court could make a good case that this marriage is
actually going to help in the preservation of Denmark.  They could claim that Gertrude
is a beloved queen and the people would want her to continue as queen, even though the
ruler of the throne is dead.  They could claim that this marriage solidifies Claudius's
reign because he clearly taking over ALL of the duties of the former king.  If the queen
wants this; then everyone should want this.  Both the church and the state "went along
with this affair" to please the king (who rules by divine right) and to ensure the
continuity of the kingship.

Summarize Mark's views on the United States' state of Civil Defense preparedness. Does the author seem to agree with him?

Mark's views on U.S. Civil Defense preparedness are
enlarged upon in the conversation Mark has with Randy in Randy's new Bonneville at the
virtually abandoned airfield, and his views have a most negative
tone.

The term "Civil Defense" has been replaced in recent
times with the terms "emergency management" and "Homeland Security." Civil defense
preparedness is the government authorized, non-military actions that are taken (or
planned) to prepare the civilian population for military attack (or for other
catastrophes such as the contemporary focus on asteroid collision or massive solar
flares and coronal mass ejections). Mark speaks rather succinctly to the civil defense
preparedness in the setting of the story when he says that tipping off the people is
"something Civil Defense should have done weeks--months ago."

In
summary, Mark's views of the country's Civil Defense
preparedness (in the setting of the story; the author's own views reflect Civil Defense
preparedness in the United States during the Cold War era) is that it suffers
form:

• secrecy; "[S]omebody says, '...Let's not
  alarm the public.' So everything stays [classified as] secret or
  cosmic."


• delay: "[E]verybody ought to be digging
  [shelters] or evacuating right this minute."


• reliance on
  the covert: "Maybe if the other side ... knew that we knew, they wouldn't try to get
  away with it."


• out-moded mentality: "Chevrolet
  mentalities shying away from a space-ship
  world."

Mark has a poor opinion of the
decisions made at the highest government level and at the top level of military command.
If Mark were in a position of authority, Mark would have approached Civil Defense by (1)
honestly and candidly informing the public of the mounting threats; by (2) instructing
the populace to immediately begin "digging" bomb shelters and stocking them with
provisions; by (3) making approaches to "the Russians" to lay out the intelligence that
was known (rather like the disclosure of information that later occurred in real life
with Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs); by (4) getting "Bold" "Impatient" "Rude men" to jolt
and invent and demand the country's way out of the "Chevrolet" mentality and into a
"space-ship world" mentality.

While trying to deduce an
author's views from the fiction that that author writes can
be tricky, it can also be said that, as with the poet of lyric poetry, the voice and
stance of the author can be assumed to be heard in the protests, warnings, views and
lessons of apocalyptic narrative. This was certainly true of The Riddle of the
Sands written in 1903 by Erskine Childers as a warning to the British about
their lack of invasion preparedness in England. Considering other apocalyptic and
post-apocalyptic literature, like Wyndham's The Chrysalids and
The Day of the Triffids, that the author speaks through his narrative
can further be asserted as a truth. Consequently, there is a firm argument for asserting
that Pat Frank expresses his own views about United States Civil Defense preparedness
through his narrative and, particularly, through the voice of Mark Bragg. Indeed, the
argument can be taken further to assert that Frank is, like Erskine Childers before him,
warning his country about its failures to be prepared, in this case, for Civil
Defense.