What is the first thing Daisy says in The Great Gatsby; in what different ways could you interpret her comment?

The first thing Daisy says in the novel is when she tells
Nick on the phone that their move to East Egg was a permanent
one.

"This was
a permanent move, said Daisy over the telephone, but I didn't believe it--I had no
sight into Daisy's heart but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking a little
wistfully for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football
game."

Nick makes the call
not long after his arrival in West Egg. The purpose was to arrange a dinner date
with Daisy, his cousin, and Tom, whom he had known in
college.

Nick expresses doubt about Daisy's veracity and
mentions that he did not know her heart, "I had no sight into Daisy's heart ...".
Although Nick focuses on Tom in the rest of the extract, the remark is typical of Daisy.
She has the tendency to say things as a matter of convenience and is
careless in what she says. There is no real meaning to her words, since she does not
feel obligated to attach any real purpose to her remarks. Daisy is spoilt, uncaring and
reckless. She is shallow and
materialistic. 

Daisy wanted immediate
resolutions to her problems and so it was when Gatsby, after a month of romance with
her, went to war and did not return soon enough for her. Since she wanted resolution,
she married Tom, discarding Jay. Although she seemed regretful later, she still went
through with the wedding.

After Jay's confrontation with
Tom, she acts in a similar fashion when she tells Jay that he "wants too much" and that
she loved him too. It is Tom who blurts out that Daisy is lying. Daisy later agrees with
Jay that she would be leaving Tom. She does this with "visible effort". However, it soon
becomes clear that she has no such intention, since she, after the accident in which
Myrtle is killed, seems to plot with Tom.

After Jay's
murder, she leaves for some obscure destination with Tom, providing no contact details,
typically indicating how little credence even she attaches to what she
says.

Would you exactly identify the necessary process of foreign policy decision making? What are the steps to be taken when foreign policy is going to...

Agreed in that there is no one way in which foreign policy
decisions are made, although the Constitution clearly designates the President as being
in charge of this area of government.  In the present day, the President relies on a 
group of key Cabinet advisors to help him with foreign policy advice.  They meet,
usually daily, in a room in the White House called the Situation Room.  One type of
decision making process within that room might look something like
this:

1) The CIA Director presents the latest information
on a situation

2)  The National Security Advisor assesses
the threat to the United States in that situation

3)  The
Secretary of State gives advice about what the US decision/position should
be

4)  The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs reviews what our
military options are

5)  The Secretary of Defense advises
what our military posture in this situation should be

6) 
The President makes a decision on a course of
action

Sometimes this process happens several times a day. 
Sometimes the Vice President will be in the room to offer his perspective and so he will
be up to speed on the latest situations in case he has to take over for the
President.

Why/how is theme important to understand the book Eyes of the Emperor written by Graham Salisbury?

Keep in mind here that theme means a
core subject or main idea of the book.  This particular novel, as a work of young adult
fiction, draws on a couple of universal social and historical
themes.

The book is similar to Snow Falling on
Cedars (Gutterson) and All Quiet on the Western Front in
its realistic portrayal of political and historical events/realities which shed a
negative light both on our countries government, and the institution of
war.

Some themes which contributed to this negativity in
Eyes of the Emperor
include:

• The a graphic focus on the
  prejudice which exists in America's history (specifically here, for Japanese American
  soldiers in WW2).


• Human destruction (emotional and
  physical) as a result of the military.


• The struggle to
  maintain a sense of pride and basic humanity in the eyes of adversity and
  prejudice.

Some of the more positive themes
which are also present in the book
include:

• Comaraderie and relationships which are
  built only through enduring a similar struggle.


• The
  growth and change which occurs as the result of overcoming adversity and
  challenges.

What are themes of the short story "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl?

Theme refers to a universal idea or message that runs
throughout a story. A story may have more than one theme, or a major (central) theme and
other sub- or alternative themes, which may or may not be linked to the central
theme.

We find a number of themes in the story,
The Landlady, by Roald Dahl.

The
central theme is deception. The landlady appears to be a
good soul, kind-hearted, caring, generous and, most importantly, benign. She easily
deceives Billy Weaver and he is taken in by her seemingly innocuous appearance and
gentle, kind words as illustrated in the following
lines:

She
was about forty-five or fifty years old, and the moment she saw him, she gave him
a warm welcoming smile.
"Please come in,” she
said pleasantly.

She had a
round pink face and very
gentle blue
eyes.

She seemed terribly
nice. She looked exactly like the mother of one’s best school friend
welcoming one into the house to stay for the Christmas
holidays.

She looked up at him out of the corners of her
eyes and gave him another gentle little
smile.

After all, she was not only
harmless – there was no question about that – but
she was also quite obviously a kind and generous
soul.

As
the story progresses, the reader becomes horribly aware that the gentle landlady is
anything but. She is a cold and calculating serial killer, who carefully selects her
victims and like, a spider weaving its pernicious web, carefully ensnares her chosen
victim by being especially kind and caring. The unsuspecting Billy Weaver is soon
trapped and when he drinks her almond-flavoured tea, we the readers, realise to our
dismay, that that is probably the last cup of anything he will ever
have.

Another theme which features strongly
is irony.

There are many
examples of both verbal and situational irony featured in the story. The example of
deception mentioned above, is one such. A few other examples from the text are the
following:

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Certainly it would be more comfortable than The
Bell and Dragon.

The fact
that Billy was impressed by the pleasant image of the apartment, with its
yellow chrysenthamums, the fireplace, the parrot and the 'pretty little dachshund', is
ironic, since this seemingly comfortable adobe was nothing like it seemed. It was a
place of murder most foul. He would have been better off going to The Bell and
Dragon after all. 

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He had never stayed in any boarding-houses, and,
to be perfectly honest, he was a tiny bit frightened of
them.

The
irony here is obvious. If Billy had acted on his fear, he would have saved his
life.

“You
see, it isn’t very often I have the pleasure of taking a visitor into my
little
nest.”

Neither
Billy or the reader, at this juncture, is aware of the irony contained in these words.
The reader only realise later, the implication of what the landlady says here. her
boarding house is a veritable nest for her victims. She preserves and stores their
bodies there, just as she had done with her dog and her
parrot.

...
I'm inclined to be just a teeny weeny bit choosy and
particular – if you see what I
mean.”

The verbal irony lies
in the fact that the landlady knows exactly what she means,
but the unfortunate Billy does not. She carefully selects her
victims.

Thirdly, naivete (or inexperience) is also a
theme.

Since Billy is only seventeen and therefore lacks
much knowledge of the world, he is quite gullible. If he had known more, he would have
definitely noticed the tell-tale signs of the landlady's evil and her intent, such
as:

... and
her blue eyes travelled slowly all the way down the length of Billy's body, to his feet,
and then up again.

He noticed that the bedspread had been
taken off the bed, and that the bedclothes had been neatly turned back on one side, all
ready for someone to get in.

“I’m so glad you appeared,”
she said, looking earnestly into his face. “I was beginning to get
worried.”

He noticed that she had small, white, quickly
moving hands, and red finger-nails.

But I think he was a
trifle shorter than you are, in fact I’m sure he was, and his teeth weren’t quite so
white. You have the most beautiful teeth, Mr Weaver, did you know
that?”

There wasn’t a blemish on his body.”
“A
what?” Billy said.
“His skin was just like a
baby’s.”

It is tragic that
Billy hadn't noticed the particular and very specific attention that the landlady paid
him and that she was so precise when speaking about her earlier guests, or even that her
wearing red nail polish was incongruous. In his naive estimation,
she

appeared
to be slightly off her rocker ... a little
dotty.

Poor
Billy.

How would the rest of the play change if Lady Macbeth were also be able to see Banquo's ghost?Macbeth by William Shakespeare

The fact that only Macbeth perceives the ghost of Banquo
in Act III, Scene 4 indicates to many critics that Banquo's ghost is the embodiment of
Macbeth's guilt, a manifestation of his sub-conscious, much as the bloody dagger of Act
I was before he killed Duncan.  Thus, the ghost is employed by Shakespeare to indicate
the paranoia of Macbeth, a paranoia which will lead him to commit other rash acts such
as his stating before Ross and Lennox and the other
lords,

Thou canst not say I did it: never shake

Thy gory locks at me. (3.4.63-64)

If
Lady Macbeth were to see this ghost also, she may not have encouraged Macbeth to not
think of the ghosts; she may not have been able to excuse Macbeth's behavior so glibly. 
However, whether these two factors would make a great difference upon the future events
of the plots is dubious.  For, Macbeth has already aroused the suspicions of the other
lords of Scotland with his words that are quoted above even if his paranoia were reduced
by Lady Macbeth's having seen the ghost as well. Besides, it is soon after this scene
that Lady Macbeth who is not as forceful in the last two acts as she is in the first
three, herself succumbs to the agonies of her own conscience in Act V.  Therefore, mad
as she becomes, Lady Macbeth can alter what Harold Bloom terms "devouring time" no
better than can Macbeth himself, and neither is sure of anything but the present
moment.  And, in the final act, Lady Macbeth loses her certainly on even that as Macbeth
loses his hold upon his reign.  There is no character who has power of mind over the
universe of death in Shakespeare' play.

In chapter 23-24 ,Discuss Hester and Dimmesdale as pawns of fate?The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In William Shakespeare's Julius
Caesar, Cassius tells Brutus,

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"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our
stars,
But in ourselves, that we are
underlings."

This astute
observation of Brutus holds true for Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, as well. 
While it was out of Hester's control that her husband abandoned her, and while it is
chance that she and Dimmesdale possess the passionate natures that they do, it has
certainly been their choice to fall in love and consummate this love.  So, since they
are responsible for their own predicaments, it does not follow that Fate makes them
victims.

Nevertheless, Hester and Dimmesdale do fall
victims. But, it is not to Fate; rather, they are the victims of the cruel doctrine of
Puritanism, a doctrine which does not permit sin. Since Hester's sin can never be
forgiven, she lives in ignominy with the scarlet letter marking her as an adultress; in
addition, she suffers great anguish from having kept secret from Dimmesdale that
Chillingworth is her husband.  And, with his secret sin whose ignominy he hides in his
heart, Arthur Dimmesdale suffers both great psychological and spiritual anguish.  This
anguish that Hester and Dimmesdale experience because of the Puritanical law is what
drives them to attempt escape in the hope of finding themselves and resolving their
conflicts.

So, when Hester books passage for herself,
Pearl, and Dimmesdale in the later chapters, she essays for them to escape their
alienated life in the Puritan community by returning to England with the father of her
child, hoping to reclaim happiness.  However, as Chance would have it, in Chapter XXI
Hester learns the devastating news that Roger Chillingworth has booked passage on the
ship on which they have hoped to escape.  Thus, their fates, so to speak, are sealed. 
Still, they are in this position because of the paths which they have taken much, much
earlier in the narrative.

if your given the midpoint= o,-3 and point A= 0,5 algebraically how do you find the other point?

Given the midpoint M(0,-3) . One end point is A(0,5). To
find the other end
point.

Solution:

Given the end
points whose coordinates are (x1,y1) and (x2,y2), the mid point is given by ( x1+x2)/2 ,
(y1+y2)/2. We use this idea when mid point  and one end point is known is
known.

So M(0,-3 ) = ((x1+x2)/2 , (y1+y2)/2)...(1)  Given (
x1, y1) = A(0,5) . To determine (x2,y2). So substituting x1= 0 and y1 = 5 in eq(1), we
get:

M(0,3) = ((0+x2)/2 , (5+y2)). Now equate x coordinates
on both sides  and also do so for y coordinates on both
sides:

0 =(0+x2)/2 . Or x2 =
0

-3 =( 5+y2)/2. Or 5+y2 = -6. So
y2 = -6-5 = -11.

So (x2,y2) =
(0,-11).

Discuss how Baba attempts redemption in The Kite Runner. Baba shows true redemption is only possible when he takes responsibility for his...

The idea of courageous and positive acts as a form
of redemption actually pertains to Amir more than any other character in The
Kite Runner, but I suppose Baba also exercises this notion. The reader
actually has no reason to believe this until an important bit of information is revealed
to Amir by Rahim Kahn: Baba is actually the father of Hassan. This fact shows that Baba,
too, had reasons to atone for past indiscretions: His sexual liaison with Sanaubar,
Ali's wife, produced a son. He kept this secret from both Hassan and Amir for his entire
life, taking the secret with him to the grave. Perhaps this is one reason that Baba
financed the orphanage in Kabul and why he tried much harder to bond with Amir after
they arrived in America. Baba may or may not have felt redeemed at the end--he never
revealed the secret about Hassan's heritage to Amir--but he probably died a happier man
knowing that Amir was married and thriving in his new home in
California.

How did Gene deal with his friendship with Finny after the acident?

Gene became dishonest. He
made an attempt to tell Finny the truth about what had happened, but with Finny's cool
character, Finny wouldn't accept Gene's words. Gene allowed that to happen and continued
their relationship knowing Finny had no concept of the
truth.

Gene became very defensive on behalf
of Finny and demonstrated feeling guilt. Gene seemed to admire Finny
greatly in the very beginning of the book, grew jealousy just before the incident in the
tree, and after the incident when Finny returned to school tried to help and cater to
Finny's needs. He skipped school with Finny when he didn't really want to, he babied
Finny about his leg by refusing to talk about it.

Was Elizabeth's first impression of Darcy justified in Pride and Prejudice?

It is interesting to reflect that Austen's original title
of choice for this classic was actually First Impressions. This title helpfully focuses
us on all of the first impressions that there are in the novel and how mistaken they can
be. When we think of the first clash between Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy in Chapter
Three, it is definite that Lizzie does have cause for disliking Mr. Darcy. Let us
remember what he said about her within her hearing:

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"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to
tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are
slighted by other men."

So,
we can say that Lizzie does have cause to think him a proud man, which is admitted by
Darcy himself at the end of the novel. However, where Lizzie's problems lie is that,
having consigned Mr. Darcy to the category of proud and arrogant, she is unable to
convince herself that he could be anything different, and is happy to believe and be
taken in by the deceptions of others, such as Wickham--another first impression that
Lizzie "reads" very wrongly.

According to the law of definite composition, any two samples of KCl will have _____.a. the same mass b. the same density c. slightly different...

There are two closely connected laws in chemistry, the law
of definite proportions, or Proust's law and the law of constant composition. The former
sates that all chemicals contain the same proportion of elements by mass and the latter
states that any sample of a given chemical compound will always have the same elemental
composition.

In the case of KCl, the elemental composition
is one atom of potassium (K) and one atom of chlorine (Cl). This is maintained for all
samples of KCl.

Therefore the completion of the statement
you have provided, any two samples of KCl will have _____, according to the law of
constant composition is, "the same elemental composition."

Are there characteristics of the literature of sentiment and sensibility in Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"?

The poetry of sentiment or sensibility strives to evoke
sympathy in the reader, thus prompting the reader to commiserate with the feelings of
the speaker and his/her suffering, or to sympathize with the speaker's feelings for
another person.  In Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," the speaker
elicits the sympathy of the reader for the country rustics buried in a "Neglected spot"
who are lost to the memory of the living.

In his elegiac
poem, Thomas Gray employs sensibility, elevating emotional or intellectual reaction. 
For, he appeals to the pity for the ploughman or poor whose "Chill Penury repressed
their noble rage," preventing them from any glory.  In the village Hampden there lies
buried some "mute inglorious Milton" or some "Cromwell guiltless of his country's
blood."  Instead they "kept the noiseless tenor of their way" and were
unrecognized.

Poetry of sentiment and sensibility seeks to
manipulate the reader's emotions; it would seem that Gray's poem accomplishes this by
arousing the reader's sympathies for the abandoned residents of a small country
churchyard.

What is a good summary of Meditation 17 by John Donne?Needed ASAP

"Meditation 17" is about the unity of mankind through our
faith in God.  The passage begins with a discussion of a bell tolling indicating that
someone is dying.  That someone could be anyone, even the speaker.  We are all connected
because we are all mortal, and therefore the church and its ceremonies--funeral or
baptism--concern us all.  To show this idea, Donne uses the conceit of a book in which
we are all chapters.  When we die, we are translated into another language, but we are
not ripped out the book.  Therefore all mankind is united even in death, with God acting
as the translator who calls us to the next world.  Since we are all as chapters in one
volume, one man's death affects us all.  We do not live and die in isolation--we are
part of a continent; we are not islands. 

The next point
Donne makes concerns trouble or hardship.  He tells us that the suffering we endure
enables us to prepare our souls for God.  If we die, though, without getting right with
God, this suffering is still not in vain.  Others can watch this suffering, and realize
that they  themselves are mortal and that they need to find peace with God.  In this
way, suffering becomes a treasure that can be mined by the sufferer or those watching
another suffer.  It is a treasure because it brings us closer to
God. 

Is Philip Larkin an anti-romantic poet?

In answering this question, much depends on how one
chooses to define "romantic" and "anti-romantic."

For
example, if one chooses to define "romantic" as implying optimism, naivete, celebration
of love, celebration of the beauties of nature, and celebration of lofty, transcendent
human potential, then it seems safe to categorize Larkin as an "anti-romantic" poet. His
verse is often realistic, hard-headed, sometimes even cynical, and deliberately
unsentimental. It is not by coincidence that Thomas Hardy, with his bleak vision of
life, was one of Larkin's favorite English poets. Yet part of what gives Larkin's poetry
its peculiar power is that he can often see and appreciate the beauties of life, even if
he considers them inevitably mutable.

In the standard
anthology piece "MCMXIV," which describes the eagerness of men to enlist in 1914 in
World War I, the speaker concludes,

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Never such
innocence,

Never before or since, . .
.

.          .          .         
.

Never such innocence again. (25-26,
32)

Here the speaker clearly
asserts that such innocence is a thing of the past, but he also seems on one level to
admire the innocence whose passing he describes.

Likewise,
in "Talking in Bed," the speaker begins by claiming
that

Talking
in bed ought to be easiest,

Lying together there goes back
so far,

An emblem of two people being honest.
(1-3)

Yet as soon as one
reaches the word "ought," one realizes that the speaker is describing an ideal that no
longer prevails, at least in his own life, if it ever did. Indeed, the conclusion of the
poem is decidedly unsentimental. In the intimate relationship he
describes,

It
becomes still more difficult to find

Words at once true and
kind,

Or not untrue and not unkind.
(10-12)

A stereotypically
"romantic" poet might have closed with a solution to this kind of "isolation" (9), but
Larkin rejects such a sentimental ending.  Even so, the closing lines show that the
speaker does value truth and kindness, however difficult it may be to find words to
express such ideals.

"The Explosion" seems, in some ways, a
thoroughly anti-romantic poem, especially since it describes the devastating loss of
life of miners in an explosion in the pit.  The speaker reports, without comment, the
conventionally comforting words of a clergyman preaching at a funeral
service:

The
dead go on before us, they

Are sitting in God's house in
comfort,

We shall see them face to face --
(16-18)

A romantic or
sentimental poet might have tried to convince us of the truth of this assertion. Larkin
does not. He simply lets the assertion speak for itself, allowing readers to decide
whether it is genuinely comforting or merely a collection of predictable cliches.
Neverthelss, the poem does end on a very tender note.  One of the miners, before work
had begun, had discovered "a nest of lark's eggs" and had shown the eggs to his comrades
(8-9).  As the poem concludes, the speaker describes how the widows of the miners, after
hearing the sermon, imagine seeing their dead husbands
again,

. . .
walking

Somehow from the sun towards
them,

One showing the eggs
unbroken.

Thus, although
Larkin is often thought of as a plain-spoken, sometimes even slightly crude writer (his
poem "Sad Steps" begins with the memorable line "Groping back to bed after a piss"),
there is often real tenderness, real feeling in his poems. Larkin could appreciate love
and beauty very deeply; he simply never assumed that they would last
forever.

I need more detailed information on Spenser's Epithalamion.

Amoretti is a sonnet-cycle tracing
the suitor's long courtship and eventual wooing of his beloved. The work begins with two
sonnets in which the speaker addresses his own poetry, attempting to invest his words
with the power to achieve his goal (the wooing of Elizabeth Boyle). From the third
sonnet through the sixty-second sonnet, the speaker is in an slmost constant state of
emotional turmoil and frustrated hopes. His beloved refuses to look favorably upon his
suit, so his reaction ranges from desparing self-deprecation to angry tirade against her
stubbornness. Most often the speaker dwells upon his beloved's beauty, both inner and
outer, and the overpowering effects this beauty has upon him. He uses a variety of
motifs to explicate his feelings and thoughts toward the subject of his ardor: predator
and prey, wartime victor and captive, fire and ice, and hard substances that eventually
soften over long periods of time. Each of these is intended to convey some aspect of his
beloved's character or his own fears and
apprehensions.

In Sonnet 63,
the Amoretti undergoes a drastic change in tone. The long-sought
beloved has acceded to the speaker's request, making her his fiancee. Several sonnets of
rejoicing occur, followed by several expressing the speaker's impatience at the lengthy
engagement prior to the wedding day. Here, too, the speaker turns his attention from his
earlier aspects of the beloved's physical beauty--her eyes and her hair in
particular--and begins to be more familiar with her, to the point of describing in
detail the scent of her breasts. From Sonnet 63 through Sonnet 85, the speaker revisits
many of his earlier motifs, changing them to suit the new relationship between himself
and his beloved. Now he is the hunter and she is the game; he is the victor, and she the
vanquished. His earlier criticisms of her pride and stubbornness also change to become
admiration for her constancy and strength of
mind.

 

What is x if log(x+1) (x^2-3x+2)=log(x+1) (x^2-2x), if x+1 is the base of logarithm?

We'll impose the constraints of existence of
logarithms.

The base has to be positive and it is different
from
1.

x+1>0

x>-1

x
different from 0.

Now, the arguments have to be
positive:

x^2-3x+2>0

The
expression is positive if x is in the ranges
(-inf.,1)U(2,+inf.)

x^2-2x>0

The
expression is positive if x is in the ranges
(-inf.,0)U(2,+inf.)

The common intervals of admissible
values for x are:

(-1 ; 0)U(2 ;
+infinite)

Now, we'll solve the
equation.

Since the logarithms have matching bases, we'll
apply one to one property:

x^2-3x+2 =
x^2-2x

We'll eliminate x^2 both
sides:

-3x + 2 + 2x = 0

-x + 2
= 0

-x = -2

x =
2

Since 2 doesn't belong to the intervals of admissible
values, we'll reject it.

The equation has no
solutions.

How Does Scout Finch, from "To Kill A Mockingbird", view herself?More specific, how does she view herself as a child? And also as an adult and...

Since Scout narrates To Kill a
Mockingbird from a retrospective adult perspective, she gives us a good idea
of how she sees herself during her younger years. She recognizes that she is a bit of a
tomboy: She avoids all efforts for others to make her more lady-like, and she tries to
do everything her big brother, Jem, does. Her favorite clothes are a pair of old
overalls. She has virtually no female friends her own age; in fact, summer visitor Dill
(who becomes her youthful fiance) seems to be the only close childhood friend she has
outside of Jem. Scout is curious, quick-tempered (she loves to fight boys) and very
insightful for a child her age. She acknowledges the differences between right and
wrong, and she attempts to follow her father's advice concerning social
responsibilities.

She gives us less perspective concerning
her adult views, but we know she tries to follow Atticus' advice to view others by
standing in their shoes. She recognized her youthful naivete when she tells the reader
that it "was not until many years later" that she realized why Atticus wanted her to
hear every word of his little speech to brother Jack in Chapter 9. And we know that
Scout and Jem were argumentative even as adults. On the very first page of the book, the
two argue about the causes behind Jem's broken arm; when they both realized they were
too old to settle the argument with a fistfight, "we consulted
Atticus."

What is (f o g)(36) if f(x)=6^x and g(x)=log6 x ?

According to the rule, (f o g)(x) =
f(g(x))

So,  (f o g)(36) =
f(g(36))

We'll calculate g(36) = log6 (36) = log6 (6^2) =
2*log6 (6) = 2

(f o g)(36) = f(g(36)) =
f(2)

We'll substitute x by 2 in the expression of
f(x):

f(2) = 6^2

f(2) =
36

The result of composition of the functions
is: (f o g)(36) = 36.

How does Dickens grip the reader in the opening chapter of Great Expectations? what methods has Dickens used?

As Chapter 1 of Great Expectations
opens, Pip, the novel's protagonist, is alone in a cemetary visiting the graves of his
parents and siblings. Dickens describes Pip as a "bundle of shivers...beginning to cry,"
and readers immediately feel sympathy for him and his situation.  Soon after, Pip is
accosted by an escaped convict who threatens Pip with death if he does not return the
next morning with food and a file with which the convict might remove his leg shackles. 
Through Dickens' use of vivid imagery (he describes the cemetary as a frightening place
for a young child to be) and the dialogue he crafts between the convict and Pip, readers
feel a sense of suspense almost immediately after they begin
reading. 

In which form of municipal government do voters have the most impact on the executive branch

I would argue that the voters have the most impact on the
executive branch in a municipal government that runs on a strong mayor system.  There is
much more impact in this sort of system than there is in a weak mayor system or, even
more, in a council-manager system.

In a strong mayor
system, the voters get to vote directly for a mayor who has a great deal of power over
the executive branch.  This gives the voters fairly direct impact on that branch.  By
contrast, in other systems of government, the executive branch is run by unelected
officials like a city manager.  These forms of government do not give the people nearly
as much direct impact on the executive branch.

How was the US economy transformed in the Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century?

Of course, the most important way in which the economy was
transformed was in the fact that it became more industrial.  This meant that more and
more things were mass produced in factories instead of being made by hand in shops. 
This was a major change.

Along with this came at least two
other changes.

First, the US economy became much more
nationalized.  In other words, the whole country became one big market instead of being
split up into a lot of little regional markets.  This happened because of the huge boom
in railroad construction.  The railroads made it possible for goods to be shipped around
the country quite easily.  Therefore, people in all parts of the country could sell to
one another.

Second, the economy came to be dominated by
large companies.  As industrialization continued, the "robber barons" created huge
companies that killed off competitors.  This was a huge change from an economy that was
dominated by small firms run by individuals.

Who is the main character of the novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is the fictional
diary (or journal) of a middle-school child dealing with the various ins and outs of
life. The protagonist is Greg Heffley, the middle child in a three-child family; his
older brother teases him, and his younger brother uses his age (directly or indirectly)
to get away with things for which Greg is blamed. Greg is a flawed protagonist, being
selfish and self-absorbed, and is not an altruistic person. He spends the first book
trying to become more popular, and faces the typical problems of his age; he is picked
on by teenagers and he becomes jealous when his best friend becomes more popular.
Throughout the book, Greg slowly grows as a character, although he doesn't tend to learn
the correct lessons from his mistakes.

"Theodore Roosevelt was not a true Progressive reformer, but rather a politician that responded to the political climate of the age."Assess the...

I do not agree with this statement.  I would argue that TR
was a strongly principled man whose principles drove him to push for progressive
reforms.  That is not to say that all his actions were progressive, but it is to say
that his progressivism was the result of principle as opposed to
opportunism.

First of all, it is not as if TR had to be
progressive in order to be popular.  Progressivism was not the only strain of political
thought in the country at the time.  TR was a leader in this respect, not someone who
simply went along with what was already popular.

Second, we
can see from TR's life that he was driven by principle.  We know that he thought that it
was, for example, important for the white race to maintain its dominance over the
world.  He wanted, therefore, to perfect the white race so it would remain strong.  This
attitude (one can argue) drove his desire to use the government to help people perfect
themselves.  His pushing of national parks, for example, was driven by his desire to
allow people to get out into nature and challenge themselves physically so that they
could become stronger mentally and physically.

I would
argue, then, that TR was motivated by principle.  He believed in allowing regular
(white) people to have more control over the country (and indeed the world).  This
pushed him to advocate for progressive reforms.

How were the Americans able to defeat the Japanese when they appeared to be at such a disadvantage?

Are you talking just about the Battle of Midway, which
you've tagged it with?

If so, I have two answers.  First, I
do not think the US was at as much of a disadvantage as your question suggests.  The
number of airplanes available to both sides was not that different, I believe.  The
Zeroes were much superior to American fighters, but the other airplanes were not all
that different.

Secondly, the US had a great deal of luck. 
They managed to catch the Japanese in the middle of trying to switch types of weaponry
on their aircraft and trying to refuel.  This meant that the Japanese carriers were very
vulnerable to attack.

Why are all elements with atomic numbers above 82 unstable?

The stability of the atoms of different elements is
dependent on their nuclear binding energy. If the nuclear binding energy of an atom is
more than the repulsive forces between the nucleons, it is stable. It has been seen that
binding energy starts to increase from the atoms of the lightest elements; it
reaches the highest with iron and then begins to drop.

The
nucleus of atoms with a higher binding energy is found to be lighter than the mass of
the constituent nucleons. This decrease in mass is due to energy which is expelled. If
such an atom has to be split an amount of energy equivalent to the decrease in mass has
to be introduced.

In the case of atoms of elements with a
mass greater than 82, the level of binding energy does not allow stability. The force of
repulsion between the particles that constitute the nucleus makes the atoms split and
atoms of new elements are formed as they try to reach a nuclear configuration which is
stable.

What is the Boo Radley game? Who is Miss Maudie?

To add, the Boo Radley game includes Jem being Boo. He
acts like a ghost and every once in a while comes up with the scissors and attempts to
stab Dill (who is playing Mr. Radley). Scout plays the roll of Mrs. Radley and sweeps
the porch. Atticus comes home one day and notices what the kids are doing he tells them
to stop, acting as if he doesn't exactly know what they are doing but he
does.

Miss Maudie runs a boarding house that hosts both Mr.
Avery and Miss Caroline Fisher. She loves to garden. This is important because her home
is a large part of her identity.

Explain how Iago's opinion of women develops the readers' understanding of his character and the role he plays.

In Othello, Iago is a misogynist from
the beginning of the play to the end.  Quite simply, he sees women as inferior beings to
men, and he has a hand in two of the three female characters' deaths in the
play.

In Act I, Iago uses Desdemona to attack Othello.  He
demeans Desdemona to her father, saying she is "making the beast with two backs" with
Othello.  He uses sexual and animal imagery in describing her, suggesting that Iago
believes women to be mere objects.

Once on Cyprus, Iago
openly condescends to his wife and Desdemona, saying:

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Come on, come on; you are pictures out
of doors,
Bells in your parlors, wild-cats in your
kitchens,
Saints m your injuries, devils being
offended,
Players in your housewifery, and housewives' in
your beds.

Again,
he uses crude sexual imagery to describe women, even though they may be faithfully
married.  His finishes off the exchange with a punch
line:

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You rise to play and go to bed to
work.

This quote
indicts Iago as one who believes women to be evil temptresses whose cruel nature is only
to lure men into their lairs.  Critic A. C. Bradley
agrees:

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[Iago] succeeds very often with a mere hint—as,
for example, the suggestion that Desdemona can not possibly escape the corruption for
which the Venetian women (he implies) are notorious:

In
Venice they do let heaven see the pranks
They dare not show their
husbands.
[III. iii.
202-03]

Iago will use his
wife to get to Othello as well.  He urges her to steal the handkerchief.  His plan
almost works, but he understimates Emilia's outspokenness.  She calls him a villain
after Desdemona is strangled, to which Iago responds, "Get you home!"  Again, he
believes a woman's proper place is as a domestic.  When she persists in calling him a
villain, Iago calls her a "villainous whore!"  These are the last words he says to her
before he stabs her.

So, Iago is responsible for two
women's deaths, Desdemona and his own wife's, which show his complete disregard for
their kind.

Why were the 1970s dubbed the "ME Decade?"

During the 1960s, the United States was still recovering
from World War II.  The ideas of this war were still fresh in people's minds, and with
the Cold War in full swing, people were interested in improving their country and
society as a whole.  Sometimes this is referred to as "communitarianism"--the idea that
the community is more important than the individual.  In 1961, President Kennedy
famously said, "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your
country".  This quote underscores the ideals of the 1960s.
 

However, during the 1970s as things began to wind down
and feel more peaceful, people became more interested in bettering themselves.
 Individualism became more important as people became dissatisfied with wars and
politics.  They realized that these things could not fix society, and some reasoned that
perhaps nurturing the individual would do a better job.  As a result, fashion completely
changed.  Rules were broken; women continued to assert themselves socially; expressions
of one's own self were encouraged.  Some people took this as far as "streaking", or
running naked, while others took part in the less-startling fads such as "pet rocks" or
horrific color combinations of clothing.  Since the 1970s were all about expressing
oneself, they were dubbed the "Me Decade".  

What friendships appear in the novel Oliver Twist?

Oliver has almost no friends for most of his life.  When
he gets to London, he meets The Artful Dodger, Jack Dawkins.  Dodger is not exactly a
friend, although he does bring Oliver to Fagin.  Oliver certainly sees Dodger as a
friend, because he is too naive to understand that Dodger is taking advantage of
him.

Oliver befriends Nancy, even though Fagin and Sikes
make fun of her for it.  She is a prostitute, and "a fine one for a child to make a
friend of" but she stands up for Oliver, looks out for him, and eventually gives her
life for him.  Nancy knows that Oliver does not have the temperament or background
befitting a life of crime, and she does all she can to return him to his rightful social
standing.

Brownlow and Rose Maylie can both also be
considered friends of Oliver.  They are both his benefactors, and they take him in and
trust him.  Despite Oliver’s apparent bad situation and misdeeds, they both see him for
who he is and realize his innocence and good character.

What are the chronological events of the French Revolution?

Events leading up to and including the French Revolution
spanned more than two decades. The beginning of the Seven Years War in 1756 added to the
mounting French debt; the American Revolution, and France's decision to side with the
colonies against England, added to their financial woes. The subsequent American victory
gave the French hope that a revolt of their own could be successful. Marie Antoinette
was discredited during the Diamond Necklace affair in 1785, and the royal finances were
determined to be insolvent the following year. In 1787, King Louis dismissed the
Parisian parliament and dissolved all political organizations in Paris. The French
government officially declared bankruptcy in August 1788, and Parisian riots began in
early 1789. The Bastille was stormed in April 1789, and in September 1791 King Louis
accepted the terms of the new constitution. Louis and Marie Antoinette were eventually
guillotined in 1793, but the actual conclusion of the revolution lasted until the next
millenium.

How is this quote an example of redemption?"Earlier that morning, when I was certain no one was looking, I did something I had done twenty-six...

Amir retraces his earlier missteps by repeating an act
which he had done more than a quarter of a century before. One of Amir's greatest sins
had been the false accusation of Hassan for stealing his birthday money and watch. Amir
had planted the items under Hassan's mattress where they would be found. His hope was
for Baba to punish Hassan; instead, Baba forgave him. Amir repeats this act again, this
time leaving money under Farid's mattress--a conscious decision that will both help the
poor Afghani family and ease Amir's own conscience.

What did John do when Lenina arrived at the light house?

You can find the answer to this towards the end of Chapter
18.  We are not explicitly told that they girl who comes down out of the helicopter is
Lenina, but it is certainly implied.

What John does when he
sees the girl is to attack her with the whip.  He starts calling her various words that
all mean something like "whore" and he starts whipping her.  He is doing this because he
blames her for tempting him.

After a while, his whipping
her turns into an orgy that he takes part in.  This is why he kills
himself.

Which critical theory can be adapted to Albert Camus' The Stranger?

You could use Colonialism as a critical theory. The novel
takes place in Algeria presumably in the early 1940’s since the book was published in
1942. France occupied Algeria from 1830 until 1962.

The
subject of colonialism and race is often obscured by the philosophically overwhelming
themes of Absurdity and Existentialism. But the aspects of race and colonialism play a
central role in the novel. In fact, the relation between French-Algerians and Arabs in
the novel reveals a Eurocentric perspective. Meursault only associates with other
French-Algerians. The Arab he kills is never given a name. The Arab is literally some
“Other” person who unfortunately falls into the path of Camus’ Absurd hero; and here,
“Absurd” has to refer to the philosophy of Absurdity as well as the general concept of
absurd as being irrational and illogical.

Criticism of this
novel tends to focus so much on the philosophical aspect that it ignores the racial
aspects. Meursault might have arrived at some philosophical epiphany about existence.
But his self-involved philosophical brooding should not be an excuse for murder.
Meursault is heroic in his absolute refusal to accept the beliefs of society, but he’s
guilty of murder. He does what he can to mentally remove himself from this society
(and/or the world) but he still exists in it and must acknowledge that his actions will
engage others. He never really acknowledges this.

The fact
that the Arab is never given a name is really telling. I don’t know if Camus was making
a subtle point about colonialism with this move, but it is there whether he intended it
or not. This is a clear example where a white European’s racial “Other” plays victim to
the member of the colonizing nation. Meursault is arrested and executed but this doesn't
erase the fact that a man was killed. The novel is completely focused on Meursault's
quest for meaning. The Arab simply becomes a statistic: the "one" that has been
killed.

You could argue that Meursault's indifference is
not racially motivated; he would have killed anyone of any race that day. After all, his
nonchalant attitude was the same with his mother. But you could also argue that
colonialism and race did play a role. Reacting to his mother's death and actually
killing another person are two very different things. Meursault is the narrator, so it
is he who does not give "the Arab" a name.

The court and
certainly the priest seem to be more appalled at Meursault's belief system than they are
with the murder. They are more concerned that his religious and cultural beliefs are
different from theirs. Thus, they are more unsettled that he is unlike them: an "Other."
It is his difference, not his crime, that they focus on.

what is my fault in birth. as family does not like arts so never supports me.lover of art, not getting any favour.no scholor shipfor me.why?

If I can make sense of your question - you are wondering
why you have not received an art scholarship?  Are you looking to transfer to a 4 year
college?

Don't be completely discouraged.  Scholarships to
American colleges based on talent (ie: sports, theater, dance, art) are very
very difficult to come by.  You must be the very best of
the best.  That said, there are some alternatives if at first you don't succeed.  As
always, my first piece of advice is to focus on your grades.  Sad but true.  We
constantly tell high school students that extra-curricular activities and community
involvement boost your college resume, but the real truth is that if you are a straight
A student, it doesn't really matter.  Colleges really love straight-A students.  I'm not
sure why we act like this isn't the truth.  Perhaps it is to give hope to the many smart
and talented students who do not have straight-A's.  This doesn't mean that anything
less cannot go to college, but scholarships are reserved for the
best.

Another option is to get accepted to college without
the scholarship, then work on applying for any that are available once you are there. 
Build relationships with your professors.  Ask them for advice and recommendations. 
Perhaps seek a work-study job that could turn into an
internship.

You might also consider a major that results in
a job with loan-forgiveness.  Some options (at least in NC, perhaps in your state as
well) include teaching, social services, or legal
work.

Again, I encourage you to meet with someone at your
college once you've been accepted to talk about options of financial aid.  There are
other options outside of immediate talent-based scholarships.  Good
luck.

In the book, The Outsiders, what advice would you give Ponyboy?For example, Dally told him "stay tuff and nothing can hurt you, stay smart and...

I guess this is sort of cliche and trite, but I think that
I would tell him that he needs to be true to who he is, not to who someone else thinks
that he needs to be.  I think that this is good advice for
anyone.

I think that Pony, in this book, is at times being
pushed to be someone he does not really want to be.  He is being pushed to be more of a
gang banger than he really wants to be.  So I would tell him that he needs to stay true
to himself.

I actually don't think that that goes against
either of the two pieces of advice you list here, though.

In The Great Gatsby, is Jay Gatsby a good judge of Jordan's character?

This is an interesting question because Gatsby does not
seem to express an opinion about Jordan.  In fact, when we see Gatsby and Jordan
together for the first time at one of Gatsby's parties, they seem to be mere
acquaintances.  We learn that Jordan attends Gatsby's parties, but she seems to know no
more about him than do the other guests.  She tells Nick that Gatsby told her that he
went to Oxford, but that she did not believe it.  She is quite surprised when Gatsby
wants to speak with her privately.  We learn later what this conversation is about:  he
wants Jordan to speak to Nick about setting up a meeting between Gatsby and
Daisy.

Jordan does as she is requested.  She tells Nick
about the summer that Daisy and Gatsby met, and she asks Nick if he will help arrange
the meeting.  So, in this regard, Jay Gatsby is right about Jordan.  She will carry
through with his request, and so will Nick.  But this is the extent to which Jordan has
meaning to Gatsby.  Jordan is only a means to an end.  He values the fact that Jordan
knows Nick and Daisy, but he seems to have no opinion of her
character.

Please summarize the main points about the American response to the Treaty of Versailles.

At first, there was a great deal of support for the Treaty
of Versailles in the US.  Many American governors and state legislatures endorsed the
Treaty and the League of Nations when Wilson returned from Europe.  Even so, the Treaty
was rejected by the Senate.

There were many reasons for
this rejection.  Some of them include:

• Liberals
  were upset with Wilson for backing away from his 14
  Points.


• German and Irish groups in the US were unhappy
  with the war in general and did not support the
  treaty.


• There was a strong sense of isolationism among
  many and those people would not want to commit to membership in the
  League.

Because of these sorts of doubts, there
was opposition to the Treaty in the Senate.  Over time, support for the Treaty died out
among the public and the Treaty was not ratified by the Senate.

Solve the following exponential application problem involving half life of a substance. Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24,000 years. A rule of...

You haven't been able to understand the response I gave
you earlier. Let me try to clarify. Plutonium 239 has a half life of 24000 years. Half
life is the duration of time required for the initial amount of a substance to reduce to
1/2 the amount. Plutonium is virtually harmless after 10 half lives. After 10 half
lives, the initial amount reduces to 1/(2^10).

Now if you
want to use the equation you have, you have to plug in the value A0*(1/2)^10 as the
final amount.

This gives A0(1/2)^10 = A0*2^(-t/
24000)

=> (1/2)^10 =
2^(-t/24000)

=> 2^10 =
2^(t/24000)

=> 10 =
t/24000

=> t =
10*24000

=> t =
240000

But here you are actually using the answer to create
the value that has to be used in the equation and then using the equation to get back
the same value that started with initially.

Instead of
doing all this, you should learn when to use the equation and when that is not required.
Here, the use of the equation is not required as you can write the answer straight away
from the information provided.

Atticus and Alexandra disagree about how to deal with the children. How does Atticus handle the situation?

In the novel, there are two major disagreements between
Alexandra and Atticus: raising children and race. 

When it
comes to raising children, Alexandra is much more traditional and conservative
(conforming to the norms in society). In particular, she wants Scout to act like a lady.
As it stands, Scout is very much a tomboy. This is why Alexandra tries to make Scout
wear a dress. She should act like a proper lady and look like one. Atticus does not
concern himself with these things. Instead, he wants Scout and Jem to be children. So,
he does not impose social constraints on them. The very fact that his children call him
Atticus is telling. 

Second, Atticus does not believe in
shielding his children from the ugly racism in the world. To a degree he does, but by
the end of the book, he allows both Jem and Scout not only to know but also experience
the racism in Maycomb. Alexandra would very much like to protect the children. For
example, when Atticus talks about race freely in the house, Alexandra is shocked. She
says:

"Don't
talk like that in front of them... Like that in front of Calpurnia. You said Braxton
Underwood despises Negroes right in front of
her."

What forms from the decay of potassium-37?

Potassium - 37 decays by positron emission to form the
unstable argon - 37. And then another positron emission finally yields chlorine -37
which is stable.

K-37 + e- -->
Ar-37

Ar-37 + e- -->
Cl-37

Positron emission is a process where a proton is
converted to a neutron, a positron and a neutrino. The emission of a positron can be
considered to be the same as electron capture as a positron is the anti-matter form of
an electron. A positron emission reduces the atomic number of the resultant atom by one
though the atomic mass remains the same.

Can you help with a short explanation of this quote (for an essay): "We each experience more than one reality "?

In one of Dean Koontz's novels, a character
observes,

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"Reality is perception...perception
changes...reality is fluid, so if by reality you mean reliably tangible objects and
immutable events, there is no such
thing."

Since perception
depends upon the mind of the person who views an object or who experiences an event,
then as Koontz's character says, there is no absolute reality--"no such thing." 
For, others may perceive the object or the event with a different perspective because of
having had different experiences which come into play when the mind interprets what the
senses record.

The paragraph above is a sample of how a
writer can continue the suppositions made in the topic given by supporting it with the
statement of the Koontz character.  In order to further support this topic, you can
illustrate the points made with literary examples or by writing a narrative essay in
which someone interprets reality to suit his or her desires and needs.  Or, you
can develop the thesis with a literary example.  A work such as Tennessee
Williams's The Glass Menagerie comes to mind as the three
characters in this play certainly experienced more than one reality as they lived in
illusions much of the time. Perhaps, too, you have read a novel in which a character
perceives reality differently from the others in the book.  For
instance, with To Kill a Mockingbird in which the children's
perception of several events and people differs greatly from their perception at the end
of the narrative, you can trace the altering perceptions of Jem and Scout, perceptions
which lead to the maturation of the children.

See the links
below for help in composing your essay:

the graph of y=1/(x^2) between x=1 and x=2 is rotated about the y-axis. find the volume of the solid formed.

The solid formed by graph of y = 1/(x^2) between x=1 and
x=2 rotated about the y-axis, can be taken to be a series of cylinders of height dy and
a radius given by the value of x.

As y = 1/x^2, we first
write this as x^2 = 1/y or x = sqrt (1/y)

Also the limits x
= 1 and x = 2 are substituted with y = 1 and y = 1/4.

The
volume now is: Int [ pi* x^2 dy], y = 1 to y =
1/4

=> Int[ pi* (sqrt (1/y) )^2 dy] , y = 1 to y =
1/4

=> Int[ pi* (1/y) dy] , y = 1 to y =
1/4

=> Int[ pi* y^(-1) dy] , y = 1 to y =
1/4

=> (-1)*[ pi* y^-2] , y = 1 to y =
1/4

=> (-pi)*[ 1^-2 -
(1/4)^-2]

=> (-pi)*[ 1 -
16]

=> 
15*pi

The required volume of the solid is
15*pi.

Do the narrator and Sheila Mant make a good couple in "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"?

Definitely not. We can see that the attraction the
narrator has for Sheila Mant lies primarily in the spell she casts over him, the way
that she is associated with beauty, parties, and popularity. Consider how the narrator
views her at the end of the story, just before he cuts the line, in the
moonlight:

Not
just Sheila, but the aura she carried about her of parties and casual touchings and
grace.

It is this that makes
the narrator attracted to her. As the story progresses we see Sheila for who she really
is: a egotistical, narcissistic and self-obsessed individual. Note her reaction when the
narrator tells her there are bats. Also consider the way that when she talks she only
refers to herself. The following is a classic example of her
selfishness:

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"I have to be careful with my complexion. I tan,
but in segments. I can't figure out if it's even worth it. I wouldn't even do it
probably. I saw Jackie Kennedy in Boston, and she wasn't tan at
all."

This shows how she is
driven by fashion and popularity, and thus we can understand why the narrator
symbolically cuts the line, letting the tugs on his heart that Sheila's attractions
exert on him vanish and disappear.

Prove that the functions f(x)=x+2, if x=1 are discontinuous.

We notice that the point where we have to verify the
continuity of the function is x = 1.

The function is
continuous over the ranges (-infinite ; 1) and (1 ;
+infinite).

Now, we'll verify the continuity of the
function by evaluating the lateral limits of the
function.

For x<1, we'll calculate the limit of the
function f(x) = x+2.

lim f(x) = lim (x+2) = 1 + 2 =
3

For x>1, we'll calculate the limit of the function
f(x) = x^2.

lim f(x) = lim x^2 = 1^2 =
1

The values of the lateral limits are finite
but they are different, so the function is discontinuous in the points x =
1.

Find the G.C.D of 595 and 252 and express it in the form 595m+252n.i have found the G.C.D i.e 7 now i would like to know how do you find m and n....

You need to write the factored form of the number 595 such
that:

`595 = 1*5*119`

Hence,
the divisors of 595 are `{1;5;119;595}`

You need to write
the factored form of the number 252 such that:

`252 =
1*2^2*3^2*7`

Hence, the divisors of 252 are
`{1;2;3;4;6;7;9;12;14;18;21;63;252}`

You need to notice
that the sets of divisors of 595 and 252 share in common only the number
1.

Hence, evaluating the greatest common
divisor of 252 and 595 yields that `G.C.D = 1`.

Corruption is a big problem in our world, so how can we remove corruption?

If we knew how to stop corruption, there would surely be
less of it in the world.  We do not know for sure how to end corruption in all
places.

One way to end corruption is to give better
salaries to those who tend to take bribes.  For example, if civil servants had better
salaries (particularly in developing countries) they might not feel like they need to
take bribes from those who come in to get licenses or other such things.  Here in the
US, civil servants get decent pay and are less likely to be corrupt than in many
developing countries.

It is also important to reduce the
culture of corruption.  In many developing countries, even those who have no real need
take things for themselves.  We can see this in the cases of people like Qadaffi in
Libya whose family had so much ill-gotten wealth.  When there is such a culture, of
course the "lower" people will want to take advantage of their
positions.

Of course, neither of these is easy to do, which
is one reason why corruption continues to flourish.

Trace Doctor Faustus' mental conflict from the start of the play to his last hour on earth.

A brief encapsulation of Faustus's mental conflict begins
with the description given by the Chorus in Act I, scene i of Dr.
Faustus and ends with the Chorus's summary of his plight. The Chorus begins
with a metaphor that compares Faustus to Icarus who fatefully flew too near the Sun on
waxen wings. They say that Faustus is "glutted now with learning's golden gifts" and
therefore turns to gorge himself on magic: "He surfeits upon cursed necromancy; /
Nothing so sweet as magic is to him" (surfeit: an amount of something that is too
large).

Faustus's initial mental conflict is to find
something to inspire him that is worthy of professing, since he is at the end of his
greatly prolonged studies: “begin / To sound the depth of that thou wilt profess.” He
rejects the study of logic ("Analytics"), economics, medicine, law, and divinity: “What
will be, shall be? Divinity, adieu!” He settles upon magic and the "necromantic books"
that will bestow him with power and profit and command of "All things that move between
the quiet poles" [North and South Poles]:

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O, what a world of profit and
delight,
Of power, of honour, of omnipotence,
Is promis'd to the
studious artizan! ...

His
mental conflict at the end of the play has done a turn-about because he has found that
even the power Mephistophilis could give was no comparison to the loss of "eternal joy
and felicity." Nor could it compensate for the "ireful bow" of God and the torment of
eternal suffering. His mental conflict is illustrated three ways. Firstly, his talk with
the Old Man draws Faustus toward pleading repentance before God--but Mephistophilis
comes, and Faustus yields to the pain and to the fear of pain of present suffering (had
he but braved the present suffering to plead with God for
mercy!).

Secondly, he confesses to the Scholars, who adjure
him to plead for God's salvation to which Faustus replies that his arms are held down
and his heart is ripped to pieces if he but names the name of God--he yields to the
conflict of present pain even in the face of greater future pain in eternity! Thirdly,
in his speech, when left alone by the (cowardly) Scholars, he pleads with God to at
least shorten the time of his eternal suffering--which he realizes can't be done. His
final outcry before seeing Mephistophilis come to take him away is, "I'll burn my
books!" This takes the conflict full circle to the beginning conflict that concerns
which set of books Faustus should give his allegiance to. Marlowe demonstrates that
Faustus chose the wrong set. The Chorus sums it up:

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Faustus is gone: regard his hellish fall, / ... /
Only to wonder at unlawful things / ... / more than heavenly power
permits.

"How the reader relates to a depiction": Does this mean a reader in general or the reader being me? I thought I should not write in first...

From my point of view, it sounds like this should not
write this in first person.  The second part of the prompt is indicative of this:  "
Discuss this statement in light of what the reader learns about life in country Western
Australia during the Second World War, and how the reader relates to this depiction." 
This brings to light the fact that there was content present that should be the focus
and not whether or not a specific person, namely you, grasped it.  With this in mind, I
think that the prompt is asking for a general response in which terms such as "one" or a
similar "de-personalizing" of context is evident.  For example, there might some
inclusion of phrases such as, "The social and cultural climate of Western
Australia is evident in many ways."  Another approach could be,
"One can see the social context of Western Australia present in the narrative
when..." or changing the language a bit, "The social context of
Western Australia is present when..." It seems that the prompt is indicating
that the supporting with specifics should be evident from the reading and not
personalized inquiry.  These are ways to bring out reflections and connections that you
might have made but can be phrased as "the reader."  I would check with your instructor
to see that if this is the case, but given the language in the prompt, it seems that
this is the direction for this writing sample.

When does Jocasta begin to suspect the truth about her marriage?

Jocasta first becomes uncomfortable when Oedipus tells her
of his dilemma and the oracle's prophecy. However, it is when the messenger arrives with
news of the death of Polybus that the pieces really begin to come together for her.
After the messenger reveals the Polybus and Merope were not in fact Oedipus's birth
parents, her initial fear of the oracle's prediction sinks in as reality. As the
messenger tells them of the story of how Oedipus came to live with Polybus and Merope,
he tells Jocasta that she can identify the servant who had delivered the injured baby to
him. When Jocasta hears this, the truth becomes
unavoidable.

To answer the question of why the reaction and
what leads to suicide, you have to consider three things. This is a woman who gave up
her child, something which has caused her guilt and something I believe she did regret.
This is also a woman who now realizes that her son unwittingly killed his father, which
brings tremendous guilt to bear. Finally, there is the ultimate realization that she has
been living as man and wife with her son. I think this is the one realization with which
she cannot bear to live. For her, suicide is the
solution.

Sophocles is using suicide as the ultimate
sacrifice to atone for sins he felt were so grievous that there would be no way to live
with.

Is the novel Snow Falling on Cedars written in 1st person, 3rd person limited or 3rd person omniscient narration style?

Point of view is the way a narrator tells a story.  The
three common types of point of view are first person, third person limited and third
person omniscient.  The novel Snow Falling on Cedars is told from
the third person omniscient point of view.

You can easily
tell point of view by paying attention to the way pronouns and names are used in a
story.  If the narrator says "I think" and uses first person pronouns like I, me, my,
our and us, then you know that this is a first person narrative.  In first person, the
narrator is a character in the story.  For example:

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For the life of him, after all these years, he
couldn't read the expression on her
face.

There are two types of
third person point of view: limited and omniscient.  They both use third person pronouns
for most of the narration, such as he, she, they, them and so on.  They also use names. 
Instead of "he thought" it becomes "Wally thought" because the narrator is one step
removed from the action.  The narrator is not a character in the
story.

In third person limited, the narrator only knows one
character's thoughts and actions.  In third person omniscient, the narrator knows
everyone’s.  As soon as we are in the hearts and minds of more than one character, we
have an omniscient narrator.  Omniscient literally means "all knowing" and is a god-like
perspective.

What does Gawain's do after he leaves home and finally meets the Green Knight at the chapel in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

When Gawain leaves King Arthur's court to meet the Green
Knight in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, he travels for a great
length of time, finding himself in North Wales and beyond. He asks any he meets for word
of the Green Knight.

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And they all said no, never in their
lives
had they seen someone who was such a
shade
as
green.

Gawain moves
on, traveling through strange country. On his journey, he must fight dragons, wolves,
bears, boars, bulls and even trolls on occasion. Many times it is the grace of God that
he is not killed.

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Only constant courage and the care of
his God
could save him sometimes from certain
death.
For if warfare was hard, winter was
worse...
He lay down half-dead, drenched
in his armor,
too many times to
bear...

Gawain
travels on, until Christmas Eve—he lifts up a prayer to Mary. Gawain worries about where
he will spend the evening.

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"I beseech thee,
Lord
and Mary, the mildest, dearest of
mothers:
Help me to some haven where mass can be
heard,
and matins
tomorrow.

At that
very moment, Gawain's prayer is answered, for he discovers a castle where he hopes he
will be able to ask for shelter. Gawain approaches the gate to ask for admittance, and
the Porter gladly grants his request. Gawain enters and servants rush to his aid. Taking
his horse, they lead him inside. The lord (Bertilak) orders that Gawain be given a room;
he is taken to a beautiful chamber, where he changes and rests before the fire.
Downstairs, the table has been covered with a variety of wonderful dishes, and the
knight eats.

Conversation turns to Gawain home and who he
is. He tells the lord of Arthur and the Round Table. When the company learns who Gawain
is, the lord is delightfully surprised that such an honored knight has joined them.
After the meal, the group goes to mass: Bertilak, his wife and her ladies, and Gawain.
Soon after, everyone retires.

Christmas day is spent in
giving thanks, eating and visiting. After a couple of days, Bertilak decides to hunt but
Gawain, too exhausted, does not go. Bertilak challenges Gawain that each should share
with the other, the fruits of their labors at day's end. So agreed, the lord goes
hunting; but as Gawain sleeps, the lord's wife enters Gawain's room and tries to seduce
him. He courteously declines her offer, so she asks for a kiss. The chivalrous knight
does so, but then offers this kiss to Bertilak, when the lord presents his kill for the
day to Gawain. The next day the same thing happens, but Gawain remains strong. On the
third day, the lady comes again, but while he praises her, he declines her "offer."
However, she gives him a sash that is said to protect one from death. This he keeps, not
sharing it with Bertilak, though each day, Gawain returns the kisses to the
lord.

As New Year's approaches, Gawain gives his thanks and
departs the castle, calling down a blessing upon his
hosts:

'I
commend this castle to Christ, may He give it ever good
fortune.'

And so, Gawain
continues in search of the Green Knight. One man travels with him to guide him to the
location of the Green Chapel. His guide begs him to run away, but Gawain
refuses:

[If]
I passed here and fled for fear as thou sayest, then were I a coward knight, and might
not be held guiltless. So I will to the chapel let chance what
may...

With directions from
his guide, and a farewell, Gawain continues on alone, to the Green
Chapel.

What are some important quotes relating to Thornfield ( in Jane Eyre)?

The following quotes describe Thornfield and set the stage
for the story.  In many ways Thornfield is another character of the story, taking on
different moods as the plot unfolds.

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It was three storeys high, of proportions not
vast, though considerable: a gentleman’s manor-house, not a nobleman’s seat: battlements
round the top gave it a picturesque look.  Its grey front stood out well from the
background of a rookery, whose cawing tenants were now on the wing: they flew over the
lawn and grounds to alight in a great meadow, from which these were separated by a sunk
fence, and where an array of mighty old thorn trees, strong, knotty, and broad as oaks,
at once explained the etymology of the mansion’s designation.  - Chapter
11

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Farther off were hills: not so lofty as those
round Lowood, nor so craggy, nor so like barriers of separation from the living world;
but yet quiet and lonely hills enough, and seeming to embrace Thornfield with a
seclusion I had not expected to find existent so near the stirring locality of Millcote.
- Chapter 11

"... I like Thornfield, its antiquity, its
retirement, its old crow-trees and thorn-trees, its grey façade, and lines of dark
windows reflecting that metal welkin: and yet how long have I abhorred the very thought
of it, shunned it like a great plague-house?  How I do still abhor—” - Mr. Rochester,
Chapter 13

Why did Father Gilligan ask God to forgive him in the poem "The Ballad of Father Gilligan?"

Here's the first four stanzas of "The Ballad of Father
Gilligan," by Yeats.  They include the details you refer
to:

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.  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.

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 As I Lay Dying, what is Addie's secret?

Cora and Addie are discussing the relative challenges of
womanhood, and it is here that we think Cora realises that Addie has a secret she will
not reveal. Cora grumbles about Addie that-

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You’d think from the way she talked that she knew
more about sin and salvation than the Lord God
Himself

Cora believes that
Addie’s only sin is –

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Being partial to Jewel that never loved
her

We begin to see that
Addie’s relationship with Jewel is distinctly different from that with her other
children. Cora tells
Addie-

Jewel is your
punishment

Addie could choose
to confess that Jewel is not Anse’s child, but she retains this secret, condemning
herself forever and rejecting eternal salvation. She knows that this confession would
save her, but she chooses not to speak.

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He is my cross and he will be my
salvation.

Cora criticises
Addie’s decision, saying Addie had

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…closed her heart to God and set that selfish
mortal boy in His place.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 28, what details make the children's walk to school scary?

The fact that this walk occurs on Halloween, in and of
itself, is part of the setting that makes it scary. The evening is coming to a close.
First, they must make their way past the Radley place which has already been a source of
fear and intimidation over the summer. Even though Jem faced that fear, he did not
escape his mission unscathed, so in their minds the place has become even more of a
mystery, and mysteries mean potential threats. It is getting dark, and they are taking a
path through the approaching gloom on a windy, moonless night when they are first
frightened by Cecil. This is a typical childhood prank, one that is common on Halloween,
but when you consider all of the other things that the kids have gone through this past
summer as a result of the trial it is likely that their nerves are already a bit on
edge. This entire walk, and the fact that the build-up to their fear leads only to Cecil
Jacobs, is a means of setting the reader up for the truly scary journey - the walk home
- when a perceived threat becomes a real one in short order.

How can the idea of identity (or sameness) vs. difference in American politics be analyzed.

I would argue that a great deal of (I might even say
almost all of it) American politics involves attempts to define who is the same as "us"
and who is different.  People of both political parties tend to try to say that those
who agree with them are "self" -- they are real Americans while those who disagree with
them are in some way "other" -- they are fundamentally different from
"us."

I would argue that you can see this in the way that
many conservatives talk about Pres. Obama.  They tend to emphasize his middle name, for
example, and to try to portray him as insufficiently American.  They do not simply say
that they disagree with him.  Instead, they try to identify him as "other" -- as
fundamentally non-American.

You can also see this to some
extent in the rhetoric surrounding the governor of Wisconsin's efforts to kill public
employee unions in his state.  The Democrats are portraying his efforts as an attack on
regular, middle-class Americans.  They are not portraying it as simply a political
maneuver -- it is an attack on real Americans and their way of
life.

So, I would argue that much political rhetoric today
involves trying to argue that those who disagree with "us" are in some way fundamentally
different and unAmerican.

What was ironic about Kamal's death in The Kite Runner?

Kamal's life took an ironic turn for the worse in
The Kite Runner after his participation in the attack on Hassan
following the kite-flying tournament. Though a somewhat unwilling participant, Kamal was
one of the boys who held down Hassan while Assef victimized him. During Baba and Amir's
escape from Kabul, they discovered that Kamal and his father were hiding in the same
tanker truck. Kamal was virtually unrecognizable: Withered and catatonic, he had no
recognition of the scene unfolding around him. Amir overheard only part of the story.
Kamal had apparently been attacked by four men (possibly Russian soldiers) and was
beaten and victimized--just as Hassan had been. After the tanker truck had finally
reached Pakistan, it was discovered that Kamal was dead: He had died from inhaling the
fumes inside the tank. Out of grief, Kamal's father siezed a gun and shot himself in the
head.

Why is Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson a Modernist novel?

Winesburg, Ohio, which was published
in 1919, stands as a tremendously innovative and significant work
in modern American literature. Sherwood Anderson created a new novel form in which a
series of short stories is unfied through interlocking characters, mainly through the
frequent appearance of a primary character, George Willard. A young man who has grown up
in Winesburg, George appears in most of the stories, sometimes as a leading character
and sometimes as a supporting one. The collection of stories taken together creates a
new character, the village of Winesburg itself. As a novel, Winesburg,
Ohio is therefore character driven, revealing various, individual human
truths without developing the traditional central plot of a
novel.

Also quite innovative in Anderson's novel is his
break with the traditional view of the American small town. Winesburg is presented not
as a village of friends and neighbors living in a warm and supportive community, but
instead as a community comprised of tortured souls who endure their torment in lonely
isolation. Anderson's characters he termed "grotesques," individuals who become obsessed
with one idea, ambition, or pursuit to the exclusion of life's deeper truths. This
realistic portrayal of human existence, with its psychological implications, makes
Winesburg, Ohio modern indeed in its literary
themes.

How can George Bernard Shaw's play, Candida, be explained as a play of ideas and a problem play?

George Bernard Shaw's Candida as a
problem play; note the following the definition—it is a kind
of...

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...drama that developed in the 19th
century to deal with controversial social issues...and stimulate thought and discussion.
[For example,] Henrik Ibsen...exposed hypocrisy, greed...in a number of masterly plays.
His influence encouraged others to use the form.  href="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Shaw%2C+George+Bernard">George
Bernard Shaw brought it to an intellectual peak with his plays and their long,
witty
prefaces.

Candida's
purpose is not to expose social ills (though it does casually refer to "socialism and
corruption in government"); it deals more with "controversial social issues" such as the
reality of marriage in the 19th
Century.

Candida is a play of
ideas.

[Shaw]
has been credited with creating the “theater of ideas,” in which plays explore such
issues as sexism, sexual equality, socioeconomic divisions, the effects of poverty, and
philosophical and religious
theories.

Some of Shaw's
critics often find...

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that his plays are merely tracts for expressing
Shaw’s ideas on love, war, property, morals, and
revolution...

...but
not with regard to Candide. Whereas many of
his plays deal with social issues and rebellion, this play deals mostly with the
old-fashioned institution of marriage. Morell is married to Candida; Marchbanks is a
young, unrealistic poet who idealizes Candida and admits to Morell
that he loves Candida. The idea here is: what is love? It ends up
being about marriage, not the romantic ideas of
Marchbanks.

Whereas Marchbanks (eighteen years old) is part
of generation of young people who do not look at the world realistically—but with the
"rose-colored glasses" of idealism—Morell is  href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grounded">grounded
("mentally and emotionally stable: admirably sensible,
realistic, & unpretentious") as a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clergy">clergyman, husband
and father. Marchbanks is appalled that Candida is reduced to menial tasks within the
household (like peeling onions), but Candida is much more sensible than Marchbanks; she
easily assumes her role as wife, mother and homemaker. She may feel a friendly affection
for the young man, but nothing else.

On the other hand,
Morell, having listened to Marchbank's poetic spoutings, wonders if he is not, indeed,
too "mundane" for his wife. However, Candida is presented as a strong woman who is happy
to support her husband and do what she can to see to his
success.

Marchbanks demands that Candida decide—she chooses
"the weaker one,"—her husband. He needs her support and faith in
him. He is not presented as a weak figure, but as a man who
succeeds because of his wife's dedication. The two have a solid
give-and-take relationship that allows them to be happy with their marriage and love for
each other. Their relationship is not the stuff poetry is made of, but realistically,
life generally is not.

Marchbanks leaves: he has the soul
of a poet—searching for places where he might change the world. The "mundane" life of
marriage is not for him.

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Many regard this, a husband and wife coming to a
fuller understanding of each other, as the central aspect of the
play.

Candida
may be seen as a play of ideas in that it is philosophical: comparing the views of
idealistic and inexperienced rebellious youth to the more realistic experiences of those
working through life's challenges, such as marriage, which require dedication and
devotion.

Additional
Source:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grounded