Analyze the chilhood world of Jem, Scout and Dill and their relationship with Boo Radley in Part One of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Although Jem and Scout have always been fascinated by
their unseen neighbor, Boo Radley, it is the appearance of Dill who really spurs their
enthusiasm.

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The Radley Place fascinated Dill... The more we
told Dill about the Radleys, the more he wanted to
know.

Since Maycomb was a
small town, there was little to keep the kids entertained. There was no movie theatre
(and certainly no TV), and the children were mostly entertained by the gossip and tales
told by Miss Stephanie and Miss Maudie. Dill's entry into their world gave it a new
injection of his own tall tales and fantasies. Soon, Boo Radley became their prime
focus, and Dill's main motive was

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"... to make him come out," said Dill. "I'd like
to see what he looks
like."

The children soon
began their play-acting, with the Radley family as the main characters. Atticus tried to
put a stop to that, but soon Jem and Scout found out for themselves that Boo may not be
the terrible person he was made out to be. The gifts found in the knothole were the
first sign, but they later discovered that he was a kind, if invisible, presence--thanks
to the mended pants and warm blanket provided by their unseen
friend.

Argue that Odysseus is or is not a great hero Use examples from the Odyssey to support your argumentit needs to be at least a 3 paragraph essay

Ok - I am going to try and guide you to the answers.  In
Greek Myth Lit the Hero has specific traits.  Find out what these characteristics are
and then you can decide for yourself.

Odysseues does show
off traits of the Greek Hero:  Brave, Clever, Smart  - However it is his Hubris that
gets him and his crew into trouble.

Check out these
examples from the text and then determine if Odysseus is showing great traits or flawed
traits:

1.  The Cyclops adventure - do we see both sides of
the hero here?

2. Scylla and Charybdis - mmmm more of both
possibly?

3.  The Sirens - Was there another option for
Odyssues?

If you spend any time with the text
and understand what traits a Greek Hero showcases then this should not be too
difficult.

A three paragraph essay?  Intro, body
conclusion?

Whether or not Odysseus is a "great" hero is
subjective, so pick a side and agrue your point.  Don't forget that Odysseues does
expose his tragic flaw a number of times.

In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, what are examples of appearance versus reality?I found an example in the civilized way the accountant...

In Joseph Conrad's novel, Heart of
Darkness, there are several examples of appearance versus
reality.

Ivory is an example of this. It is "harvested" and
shipped all over the world to make elegant jewelry, women's fans, the keys of pianos:
things of beauty and sophistication. The reality is that hunters kill elephants to take
the ivory; the men that work within the stations up the Congo River are enslaved by the
white man: they are starved, sick, beaten and hopeless
souls.

Another example of appearance versus reality is the
jungle and its inhabitants. As Marlow travels up the river, they see plants and animals
along their way. However, behind the leaves are natives who do not want Kurtz to be
taken away. They shoot arrows at the ship and a hidden danger of the jungle is revealed
through the foliage that hides the ship's attackers.

When
the area known today as the Democratic Republic of the Congo was initially "settled," it
came under the control of the Belgian government, specifically, its king, Leopold II.
Leopold II and his "supporters" were allegedly interested in bringing Christianity and
civilization into the jungle, but the clearer truth was a desire to take the natural
resources from that area.

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Actions taken in the name of philanthropy [were]
merely covers for greed.

The
natives received nothing, but the "civilized" whites continued to take and take. This is
another instance of appearance versus reality, as seen by the Company's presence, there
to bring positive change to the people of that area; in reality they enslave the people
and provide the world with its precious ivory.

A final
example of appearance versus reality occurs at the end of the story when Marlow meets
with Kurtz's fiancée. Kurtz dies on his way out of the Congo. Marlow refuses to believe
Kurtz was insane, though he believed his soul was "insane." And
although Kurtz's last words were, "The horror! The horror!" which would indicate how
scarred his soul really was, Marlow lies when he meets the woman who has waited for
Kurtz's return, telling her that Kurtz died with her name on his
lips.

Why is Scout puzzled by Miss Gates disapproval of Hitler in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Following Miss Gates' staunch defense of the German Jews
who are being persecuted by Adolf Hitler, Scout questioned Atticus about her teacher's
beliefs. Scout understood why Hitler's actions were wrong, and Atticus defended Miss
Gates' stand. But Scout had not forgotten a conversation she had overheard on the
courthouse steps between Miss Gates and Miss Stephanie Crawford. Miss Gates made some
uncomplimentary remarks about black people and how

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"... it's time somebody taught 'em a lesson, they
were gettin' way above themselves, an' the next thing they think they can do is marry
us."

Scout didn't understand
how her teacher could hate Hitler so much

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"... and then turn around and be ugly about folks
right at home--"

Scout
understood the hypocrisy of the situation, even if she did not understand why an
educated person like Miss Gates felt the way she did. 

Who is more to blame for slavery continuing -- the presidents or the people?don't be shy

Have to hand it to the people on this one.  While
President James Monroe tried compensated emancipation - buying slaves' freedom and then
returning them to Africa, it was not a popular policy or a successful
one.

Other Presidents who might have leaned towards
abolition had to be very careful.  I would compare it, just for the sake of comparing,
to gay marriage today as an issue.  That is, right or wrong, many people in the United
States oppose making it legal, so if I was to campaign for that issue, it would be
difficult to get elected, especially in certain
states.

Presidents at that time knew they could not get
elected with a majority if they were openly for abolition.  The only reason Lincoln won
- and remember, he did not campaign for abolition, only stopping slavery's spread - was
because there were two Democrats running against him, and they split the vote.  He only
had 41% of the final vote.

According to Ponyboy, what are the two differences between the Socs and the Greasers in The Outsiders?

If you read the first chapter carefully, which acts as a
kind of introduction to the world of this novel and the way that it is sharply
delineated between the two sides, you will see that Ponyboy gives us a clear description
of the Socs and Greasers and the characteristics that each group possesses. Note what
Ponyboy says:

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We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class.
I reckon we're wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and
throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace
one day and an asset to society the next. Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal
things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once
in a while.

So, if we examine
this quote, it is clear that the two central differences between the Socs and the
Greasers, according to Ponyboy at least, are the way in which the Socs are richer and
occupy a higher social class than the Greasers, who are poor and working class, and the
exact nature of their delinquency, which, according to Ponyboy, is just trivial on the
part of the Socs but slightly more serious when we consider the
Greasers.

Is it fair to say that in Sophocles "Oedipus is innocent and gods are evil"? Give reasons for your answer.just compare the two

Certainly, there is a part of the quote that is quite
accurate.  Oedipus is not entirely and fully responsible for his fate.  Yet, I would
suggest that we cannot call him entirely "innocent" because he does demonstrate a sense
of hubris when it is not necessary.  His repudiation of Tiresias and of the belief that
he is subject to the will of the fates are examples of a character flaw.  While this is
not deliberate, I cannot feel entirely comfortable calling him "innocent."  He does
understand, at the end, his own lack of vision.  Certainly, it is noted that he does
suffer for being human, no more, no less.  In terms of the Gods being evil, I think that
similar analysis applies for it does not seem like the gods deliberately target
Oedipus.  Rather, he becomes a part of the larger drama.  While the gods could have done
more to spare him, they do not strike me as overtly evil for, in this case, if the
standard for evil is the mere not taking action, a very rigid definition
emerges.

Find the limit of the function (x^2+2x-3)/|x-1| if x approaches 1 from the left.

We are searching for the limit of the function for the
values of x that are smaller than 1.

So,
x<1.

We'll subtract 1 both
sides:

x - 1<0

If x -
1<0 => |x-1| = -(x-1)

We'll substitute the
denominator by -(x-1) and we'll factorize the
numerator:

lim
(x-1)(x+3)/-(x-1)

We'll simplify and we'll
obtain:

lim -(x+3)

We'll
substitute x by 1 and we'll get:

lim -(x+3) = -(1+3) =
-4

The limit of the function, when x
approaches to 1 from the left, is lim (x^2+2x-3)/|x-1| =
-4.

EXPLAIN HOW EXPANSIONARY FISCAL POLICY CAN,UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, DESTABILIZE THE ECONOMY.PLEASE WRITE THIS ANSWER AS YOU WOULD FOR A QUESTION...

In general, the most likely way for expansionary fiscal
policy to destabilize an economy is for this fiscal policy to "overheat the economy." 
This would happen if expansionary fiscal policy is undertaken at a time when the economy
is already expanding well enough on its own.

If an economy
is at the classical range of the AS curve, expansionary fiscal policy will serve only to
fuel inflation.  This is true because the tax cuts or spending increases will move the
AD curve to the right.  In such a case, this policy could destabilize the economy by
causing demand pull inflation.

What type of speech topic should I pick and why?

The topics that you choose for your speech are based on
the type of speech that you are making. In speech writing as in essay writing, there are
specific purposes that control the choice of topics.

In
speech writing, your basic speech purposes include these four
types:

Informative-to
convey information

       topics might include: types of
fireworks, history of the modern
Olympics

Entertaining-to
amuse

       topics:  Why I get my headaches? The dog ate
my
homework.

Persuasive-to
inform and convince

        topics: Fireworks should be
banned; No drivers' licenses before the age of
18

Commemorative-to
give honor or esteem

        topics: Introducing a famous
person; Giving a biography of someone of importance

You
must know what your purpose is in giving the speech before you can make the right choice
for your speech. 

What argument does the author of The Scarlet Letter make in the book?

There are, of course, any given number of "arguments" in
any work of literature, and so you must not limit your thining to just one central idea.
However, one of the arguments that most stands out about this book and its contents is
the questions that Hawthorne seems to be asking about Puritan society and the nature of
civilisation. Clearly, the Puritans are shown to be "civilised" in some senses: they
have a system of rules and punishments. However, the text, in a number of different
ways, explores the true nature of this "civilisation" by suggesting that, in fact, the
Puritans are not necessarily civilised.

Consider how the
character of Arthur Dimmesdale is depicted as a spiritual pillar of the community.
Notice how he is first presented to us in the book as a man who "comes forth" with a
"dewy purity of thought" that impacts the people amongst which he serves "like the
speech of an angel." Yet, of course, his spiritual impact and charisma are built on a
fabrication of lies, that he himself is tortured by. We as readers are left haunted by
the question of whether he would have actually been a better minister to those who were
weak if he had actually confessed rather than trying to live with the burden of
repressed guilt and hypocrisy.

In a sense, arguably,
Dimmesdale could function as a symbol in this novel which contains so many symbols of
the way that Puritanism is built around hypocrisy. Hawthorne shows a society that is
quick to point the finger and punish, yet is unable to see or chooses to ignore the sin
within themselves. Note the hypocrisy of Governor Bellingham at the beginning of Chapter
Seven and Eight as we see his very comfortable and luxurious lifestyle. Thus we can
argue that the text asks some very hard questions regarding the nature of Puritan
society and its hypocrisy.

In "Geraldo No Last Name," who is the protagonist, Geraldo or Marin?

This is a very interesting issue to consider, because
actually, although Geraldo is the real focus of this fragment from The House
on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, I believe that Marin is the true
protagonist of this tale. Let us remember what the definition of a protagonist is. A
protagonist is the main character we focus our attention on and the person who sets the
plot in motion. If we think about this definition for one moment, the person who sets
the plot in motion is Marin as she reports her answers to the police about her brief
meeting with Geraldo:

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She met him at a dance. Pretty too, and young.
Said he worked in a restaurant, but she can't remember which one. Geraldo. That's all.
Green pants and Saturday shirt. Geraldo. That's what he told
her.

Geraldo is a character
that we never meet and are only described through Marin's limited knowledge of him. It
is as if the narrative itself is hiding him from us, just as he had to keep himself
hidden. We only see him through Marin's eyes and we are told very little about him. The
fragment instead explores the impact of his death on Marin, and her reflections on the
life of migrant workers such as Geraldo. This is why I believe that Marin is actually
the main character or protagonist in this fragment.

I am having trouble trying to come up with a conclusion of the short strory "The Veldt." Any ideas?Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt."

Assuming that you are to write a different conclusion from
the one that Ray Bradbury provides in his short story, you will want to be sure that
your conclusion has verisimilitude; that is, your conclusion will need to be in line
with the sequence of events in the plot. And, you will want it to be cleverly written
and not just a pedestrian conclusion that describes the lions attacking Mr. and Mrs.
Hadley.

Perhaps, then, you can somewhat imitate the
direction that Bradbury takes his readers in his conclusion that has a break between it
and the rest of the narrative.  For instance, David McClean is due to return in half an
hour to help the Hadley get to the airport, so you will need to have him arrive as does
Bradbury.  However, you can have something different occur when the two children call
their parents to the nursery.  For instance, maybe the parents have picked up something
of Peter's that he has left in the kitchen and they carry it with them when they answer
the distress calls of the children--"Daddy, Mommy, come
quick--quick!" 

So, instead of the just the parents being
killed, Peter is also mauled by one of the lions who associates the new article brought
into the veldt as belonging to him, making Peter a part of the "hated."  Then, when
David McClean comes over, he finds Wendy crying instead of having a picnic lunch in the
center of the open glade.  McClean can ask her why she is crying and she sniffles, "It
wasn't supposed to be like this!" or something that will lead to McClean's perplexity
about what has happened. Add whatever details you want, then.  Maybe the nursery doorway
closes suddenly at the end. (Hopes this helps to spur your own ideas. Refer to the links
below to help you, also) 

What is the probability that the minority applicant is chosen for the positions in the following case.Four equally qualified people apply for two...

There are four equally qualified applicants of which only
one is from a minority group. There are two positions to be filled and the applicants
are chosen at random.

Two cases are possible here, the
minority applicant is chosen for the first position or the minority applicant can be
chosen for the second position.

To fill the first position,
there is one minority applicant and 3 others. the probability that the minority
applicant is chosen is 1/4.

In case the minority applicant
is not chosen for the first post, there are 2 applicants left who do not belong to the
minority and one minority applicant. The probability that the minority applicant is
chosen here is 1/3.

Considering both positions the
probability that the minority applicant is chosen are (1/4) + (1/3) =
7/12

The required probability that the
minority applicant is chosen are 7/12.

What two things does Jane learn at Moor House (other than her inheritance)?

The chapters you want to focus on are 33 and 35 to answer
this question. Chapter 33 details how St. John one snowy night comes to Jane´s school
house and tells her about her uncle dying and then the inheritance she has received. He
also tells her how she and St. John and his sisters are related - they are cousins. This
chapter is also when Jane realises that St. John knows who she really is and her past
relations with Rochester. Take note of how important the realisation that Jane has
family is to her. After many chapters of thinking she was in the world by herself,
finally she has family that she can call her own, and this is of far more worth than
money:

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Glorious discovery to a lonely wretch! This was
wealth indeed! - wealth to the heart! - a mine of pure, genial affection. This was a
blessing, bright, vivid, and exhilarating - not like the ponderous gift of gold: rich
and welcome enough in its way, but sobering from its
weight.

To Jane, this
discovery is of far more importance than her inheritance, and marks her rise, not just
in terms of wealth, but also in terms of connections - a vital aspect of life in
Victorian society. Note how it is described as though it were gold, but not "sobering in
its weight".

Chapter 34 and 35 marks the discovery that her
cousin St. John wants to marry her - but not for love, only so he can have a suitable
work-mate to help him with his missionary work. Jane finally finds the strength to
refuse him and at the end of the Chapter she "hears" Rochester´s voice calling to her,
which is very important as it gives her the strength to break free from the constricting
relationship with St. John and leave to find Rochester. Note how Jane ends this
chapter:

I
broke from St. John; who had followed, and would have detained me. It was
my time to assume ascendancy. My powers were
in play, and in force.

This
is the knowledge or the "push" that Jane needs to assert herself and her own will to
live her own life rather than being pushed into living the life others would have her
live.

What is the plot of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?

There is not a lot of plot to this -- it is mainly an
excuse to have a few funny tall tales about a gambler in the West in the late
1800s.

The narrator, Mark Twain, goes looking for a man
named Leonidas Smiley.  When he asks about Smiley, a man in a bar starts telling him
about some other guy called Jim Smiley who was an eccentric gambler.  He tells Twain
about all the crazy things this guy would do to gamble.

The
longest story is about how Smiley had a champion jumping frog that he would bet on. 
Someone got the frog to swallow a bunch of lead shot to weigh it down and so Smiley lost
his bet.

Eventually, Twain gets tired of hearing these
stories and leaves without finding out about Leonidas Smiley.

What is a pulitzer or Nobel Peace Prize winning novel that is short, around 200-300 pages, OR read below for other suggestions you can give me....

It's hard to know exactly what you mean about
"entertaining." There are any number of books that are riveting, for one reason or
another.

A Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez is a highly acclaimed book, as is Joseph Heller's
Catch 22. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
is a little over two hundred pages, and is a classic of American literature.
The Godfather by Mario Puzo was also a highly-read book when it was
published. Another is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, but this book
is "hard core" and often hard to take, based on actual events. If you like sci-fi,
Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain might be to your liking: in
fact, anything by Michael Crichton is probably good—he's an excellent writer. This
particular novel is from the 1960s. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to
Alex Haley by Malcolm X, Alex Haley is a book that drew many readers and
still does today. The Graduate by Charles Webb might be more
entertaining that some of those previously mentioned. Rosemary's
Baby by Ira Levin might entertain if you're into witchcraft and
exorcism.

Books that I found entertaining, that were
considered risque at the time, though I'm not sure they are two hundred pages in length
(they might be) are the Ian Fleming series of James Bond books. I thoroughly enjoyed
them, and there are several to choose from. I recall that I liked Casino
Royale a great deal. For mysteries, you might check out Agatha Christie
novels. Another mystery is Marnie, by Winston Graham. Up
the Down Staircase by Bell Kaufman might be an entertaining, humorous choice
for you. One more classic is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken
Kesey. (The novel is both humorous and tragic at the same
time.)

There are many other books. Some are more for a
younger audience like the Lloyd Alexander books, and there are many. Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming is also entertaining, for a younger audience
but I'm not certain about the length.

There are many to
choose from. I hope I've been able to provide one that meets your
requirements.

What are facts about the Battle of Antietam?

This battle was, of course, a battle in the Civil War.  It
was fought in September of 1862.  The battle was fought in the western part of the state
of Maryland.

During this part of the Civil War, the South
was on the offensive.  Robert E. Lee, in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia,
invaded the North (Maryland was a Union state).  By defeating Lee and his army at
Antietam, the Union, led by George McClellan, was able to stop this first attempt to
invade its territory.

This was a horribly bloody battle,
with over 23,000 out of the 100,000 men involved getting killed or
wounded.

How does the phrase, "men killed, and died, because they were too embarrassed not to" in the first chapter explicate the theme of shame and guilt?

The line you ask about from "The Things They Carried"
indirectly suggests the idea that the fighting of a war is absurd and uncontrolled and
chaotic and that war is not an idealistic endeavor.

In the
setting of the story, the men are not fighting for ideals.  They're just doing what
they're ordered to and trying to survive.  Specifically, the line you ask about suggests
that soldiers' pride and machismo will not allow them to do anything that would
embarrass or humiliate them.  They fight not for a noble cause, but to avoid
humiliation. 

But this is not negative or shallow.  These
men are trapped.  They are in an impossible situation and maybe the only thing they can
accomplish is to avoid shame and guilt. 

Of course, shame
and guilt can result from fighting as well as not fighting--depending on the
circumstances. 

I don't know if explicate is the best word,
but the line demonstrates the situationally ironic world the soldiers exist in.  Ideals
do not motivate them, but only the need to accept themselves and be accepted by
others. 

how does food go through the digestive system? the process of the digestive system and the part auxiliary organs play?

Food moves through the digestive system via a process
known as peristalsis. Involuntary muscles create a wavelike movement and food is passed
along the alimentary canal from one organ to the next by these muscle contractions. In
the mouth, saliva has the enzyme ptyalin which acts on starches. In the esophagus, the
saliva continues to act on starch. The stomach has gastric juice with proteases which
begin the chemical digestion of starch, in an acidic environment. In the small
intestine, proteases, lipases and carbohydrate enzymes complete the chemical digestion
of food in an alkaline environment,  which is then absorbed through the tiny villi
projecting from the small intestinal lining. Wastes and undigested materials go to the
large intestine, where they are eliminated through the anus. Water is reabsorbed through
the large intestinal lining. Accessory organs are the pancreas, which makes digestive
enzymes for all food groups and the liver which makes bile, to emulsify
fats.

What sort of mood does Huxley try to create in this book? How does he accomplish this?

In addition to the excellent answer
above:

Brave New World is a comedy.
 He uses several devices of comedy to achieve this novel of
ideas:

situational irony: he
presents two extreme worlds in sharp contrast (the utopia of the Brave New World and the
dystopia of the Savage
Reservation).

satire: the
novel is a mix of parody and satire in order to hold up a mirror to human weakness and
folly.  Huxley creates a "worst case scenario" in order to show the downfall of
human

caricature: Huxley uses
real people and distorts their beliefs.  Henry Ford becomes a god, and Vladimir Lenin
becomes a good-looking nurse (Lenina), all as means of showing how pride and folly
distorts us all.

verbal irony
(hyperbole): Huxley says the opposite of what he means.  He exaggerates
so as to achieve thoughtful laughter and to make his audience realize the slippery slope
in the directions of science and technology as they relate to the death of the
individual.

science fiction:
Huxley changes time and venue to create a futuristic world state.  Little did he know
that the dystopias of the Holocaust and World War II were only a few years away, not 400
years in the future.

What techniques does Fitzgerald use in the first chapter of The Great Gatsby?

  The narrative techniques used by Fitzgerald in the first
chapter include the use of a narrator-protagonist.In this case, the narrator, one of the
characters-Nick, tells the story from his point of view and he has a limited range of
knowledge.The reader discovers the story at the same time as the narrator who uses the
first person singular "I". To catch the readers attention, the author uses, apart from
Nick's thought, dialogues and character analysis.The latter is used to prove through
examples and images, the personality of the characters. This characterization uses
devices as descrition, contrast, similitude and the
atmosphere.

The style of the narrative includes images,
symbols and the choice of sentence structure.In this case, te author uses sound and
visual images and the structure of the sentences are combined between complex and simple
sentences according to the effect Fidgerald wants to produce on the
reader.

Contrast are important in this chapter and all
through the novel. One of the most evident is the contrast between life and tradition in
the Mid West and lack of values and emptiness in West and East
Eggs.

How many themes are present in "Thank You, Ma'am?" Name them.

I see three clear themes in "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston
Hughes: loss of innocence, second chances, and compassion for
humankind.

In Roger, we see a boy who is maturing into a
young man. However, at the onset of the story, it appears as though his life is headed
in a negative direction. We infer from the story that this episode of purse-snatching is
not Roger's first transgression with the law. We sense that he has lived a troubled life
with few, if any, adults to love and care for him or provide positive role models. In
Mrs. Jones, we see that positive role model emerge. Despite Roger's waiting to be
punished or "taken to jail" for his crime, Mrs. Jones shows Roger compassion and offers
him a second chance.

What does Tom Bombadil symbolize in The Lord of the Rings?

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"Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow! Bright
Blue his jacket is, and his boots are
yellow!"

Tom
Bombadil embodies the goodness of the natural world.  In many ways, Tom can be seen as a
character foil to Sauron, the Deceiver.  Where Sauron has corrupted the land, twisted
life to evil, and created ruin and strife, Tom Bombadil lives and dwells among nature
and the goodness of the earth.  His existence is harmonious and generous, which is
proven in the incident where Tom comes into contact with the Ring, but is not affected
by its evil power.  Evil has no meaning to Tom, because he epitomizes the wholesomeness
of the natural world in Middle Earth.

In what ways did the Nazi-Soviet pact represent the culmination of Soviet foreign policy in the interwar period?

The whole point of Soviet foreign policy after World War I
was to stall for time.  The Soviet leadership wanted to spread communism across the
world, but it was worried that the West might attack it before it was strong enough to
spread communism.  Because of this, the Soviets tried to stave off attack from the
outside as they became stronger.

The pact with Nazi Germany
could be seen as the culmination of this effort.  Germany was the most dangerous
potential invader because of its ideology and because of its location near to the Soviet
Union.  Stalin wanted more time to build his power so as to be able to withstand an
attack by Hitler.  It was for this reason that he entered into the nonaggression pact
with Germany.

What ends the struggle between Satan and Death in Book II of Paradise Lost?

The struggle between Satan and Death seems about to come
to a terrifically violent conclusion until Sin (the daughter of Satan and mother of
Death) abruptly intervenes. She exclaims,

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O father, what intends thy hand . .
.

Against thy only son? What fury O
son,

Possesses thee to bend that mortal
dart

Against thy father’s head?
(2.727-30)

Her sudden
intervention astonishes Satan, who had initially failed to recognize his daughter and
who, in fact, even now proceeds to insult her by calling her a “detestable” sight
(2.745).  (Later, of course, he flatters her, in his typically hypocritical way, by
calling her his “Dear daughter,” just as he also hypocritically calls Death his “fair
son” [2.817-18]. This abrupt change of rhetoric is just one of the ways in which Milton
depicts Satan as a manipulator while also mocking him and making implicit fun of
him.)

Only after Sin explains to Satan that she is the
daughter whom he raped (thus producing Death) does the conflict between Satan and Death
really end. Only when Satan realizes that Sin and Death can help him in his struggle
against God does he adopt them as useful allies. Milton cleverly depicts Satan, Sin, and
Death as a kind of unholy trinity, contrasting them with the holy trinity of God the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

The struggle between
Satan and Death ends because it is mutually advantageous to all three members of the
unholy trinity for it to conclude.  Certainly it does not end because of any true wisdom
or virtue on the part of any of those three. It ends because all three see ways to
benefit from a convenient cessation of hostility

For an
excellent brief overview of the poem, please see C. S. Lewis, A Preface to
Paradise Lost (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1961).

compare and contrast hydraulics and pneumatics. please

The simple answer is that hydraulics use a type of fluid,
often oil, to drive some type of mechanism. Pneumatics on the other hand use compressed
air.

When the systems are further anylyzed there are many
other smaller differences. In hydraulics, fluid is kept in a tank which is non
pressurized. The operator opens a valve and a pump forces the fluid from the tank
through the valve and into the mechanism. Hydraulics are often used in high force
applications where speed may not be of utmost concern.

In
pneumatics, a compressor stores air in a pressurized tank. The operator opens a valve (
often solenoid driven) and pressurized air from the tank flows into the mechanism.
Pneumatics are often faster than hydraulics but with a lower force
capacity.

In Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, how did Gregor become a traveling salesman?

In Franz Kafka's href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella">novella, The
Metamorphosis, (published in 1915), Gregor Samsa awakes one morning as a
"monstrous insect." His concern is not so much that he has turned into an enormous bug,
but about how difficult his job is and what a toll it has taken on him. It is almost as
if he sees his altered state as a result of:

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...the stresses of selling[: there are] the
problems of travelling, the worries about train connections, irregular bad food,
temporary and constantly changing human relationships, which never come from the heart.
To hell with it all!”

There
is always debate as to whether Gregor literally turns into an
insect overnight, which would understandably surprise, and perhaps
disgust his family, or if the novel is speaking figuratively: that
once Gregor stops working—does not get out of bed that morning and get on the train—he
becomes a pariah to the family—people who do not work, but pursue their personal agendas
while Gregor works desperately hard to pay the  family's
bills.

How does Gregor end up this way? We read later in
the story that he was in the military at one point. However, when
we meet him at the story's beginning, Gregor explains why he has
this specific job:

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Once I’ve got together the money to pay off my
parents’ debt to [the boss]—that should take another five or six years—I’ll [quit] for
sure.

Regardless of whether
this is figurative or literal—whether it is a dream (as Gregor wonders when he wakes up)
or an actual event, Gregor is unable to go to work. Though he would
willingly try to do so, as he has for so long, he simply cannot maneuver and his
condition rapidly deteriorates. It is soon apparent that whatever the case, his value to
his family rests firmly on his ability to provide a paycheck, and except for his mother,
who eventually also turns away, sadly he is worthless to them from this point
on.

Note:

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A novella has
generally fewer conflicts than novels, yet more complicated ones than short
stories.

Additional
source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella

How to find the intersection of line y=12x+8 with axis?

We know that when a line is intersecting x axis, the value
of x is the solution of the equation.

We'll have the
equation of the line y = 12x+8 (1).

12x+8 = 0
(2)

x = -8/12

x =
-2/3

Comparing (1) and (2), we'll get y =
0.

So, the line is intercepting x axis in the point (-2/3 ,
0).

We'll conclude that if we want to find out the y
intercepting point, we'll have to put x = 0.

y =
12x+8

For x = 0 => y = 12*0 +
8

y =
8

Therefore, the line is intercepting x axis
in the point (-2/3 , 0) and the line is intercepting y axis in the point (0 ,
8).

How is communication an important theme in Ethan Frome?

Communication is an important theme in Ethan
Frome because the story shows how
little of it actually takes place in the Frome household. This continuous lack of
communication only intensifies the silent chaos that exists within the four walls of the
small Frome house. Silence harbors within it ideas, conjectures, fears, sadness,
anxiety, and many emotions that come as a result of a repressed existence. This being
said, we can conclude that communication is the key to the solution to many of
the problems, and it is the lack of communication what creates a number of catalysts
that result in even more misery for Ethan's sake.

Zeena spends her life in a sort of contemptuous silence.
Her silence brings a tension into the household that makes the atmosphere thicker and
more intense than it already is. With Zeena's silence comes doubt and wonder: Does she
know that Ethan is in love with Mattie? Does she know that Mattie is in love with Ethan?
Does she know about their plan? Does she know that something is going
on?

Zeena's silence terrifies Ethan and Mattie equally.
Since it is impossible to read through Zeena's affect, it is even harder to establish
any form of bond that would enable communication with her. Hence, it is best to keep
quiet. However, with this quietness come the "what if's" that would turn anyone's life
into a living hades.

Conclusively, communication (or the
lack-thereof) is the consistent element that drives the motifs of the story. It is also
what ultimately leads the destinies of the main characters.

In "Shooting an Elephant," why did George Orwell feel that he "would have to shoot the elephant after all"?

Orwell discovers through this scenario the intense irony
of imperial power. As he puts it, by turning tyrant, the white man destroys only "his
own freedom." When he approaches the elephant, Orwell is determined not to shoot it.
What makes him realise that he will have to shoot it is the crowd that has gathered to
watch the show and who expect the elephant to be
killed:

But
at that moment I glanced round at the crowd that had followed me. It was an immense
crowd, two thousand at the least and growing every minute. It blocked the road fro a
long distance on either side. I looked at the sea of yellow faces above the garish
clothes--faces all happy and excited over this bit of fun, all certain that the elephant
was giong to be shot.

Orwell
realises at this moment, as he sees these expectant faces looking at him as if he were
"a conjuror about to do a trick," that if he did not kill the elephant, he would look
ridiculous, which is what the whole imperial endeavour tried to avoid at all times. He
feels the "two thousand wills" of the people watching "pressing him forward," urging him
to kill the elephant. As such the slaughter of the elephant becomes an eloquent symbol
of the futility of the colonial endeavour.

Can you provide me the plot diagram description of the short story "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield?

A plot diagram visually represents
the exposition of the story; the rising action; the complications; the climax; the
falling action; and the resolution of the story. In "Miss Brill," the
exposition--the introduction of the character(s), plot,
setting, action--occurs in medias res, which is in the middle of
on-going action, and introduces us to the setting, the conflict, the action and to Miss
Brill and the fox fur necklet that is at one and the same time part of the setting, a
character to be reckoned with, and a part of the plot
conflict.

It is a subtle part of the
setting because it is really part of where the action and conflict
occur ("It's her fu-ur which is so funny,"); character because to
Miss Brill, it has a personality and importance of its own ("Little rogue! Yes, she
really felt like that about it. Little rogue biting its tail ..."); plot
conflict because it is the vehicle through which the truth of her presence is
revealed to her (""It's exactly like a fried whiting." / "Ah, be off with you!" said the
boy [to Miss Brill] in an angry whisper.")

The rising
action, which would be notated on the upward left-hand slope of your
pyramid diagram, consists of Miss Brill's walk to and observations at the Jardins
Publiques, including the little girl, the conductor's new coat, and the conversations
she listens to, like that about the woman's possible new spectacles. A
complication would be the play that she perceives them all
to be actors in.

The climax
occurs when the "boy and girl ..., [who] were beautifully dressed; they were in love
[and the] hero and heroine" of her little jardins publiques theatrical, break her heart
and shatter her illusions by their cruel assessment of her, reaction to her, and remarks
directed at her. From this point on, the rest of Miss Brill's day (perhaps life) is
fixed and determined.

The falling action
occurs as she leaves--we are not told of her departure--and walks home past the bakery.
The narrator's report of her Sunday habits regarding the bakery, honey-cakes, raisins,
and tea kettles constitutes the occurrences of the falling action. The
resolution occurs when her hope is dashed and her dream
crushed, when Miss Brill encounters her red eiderdown, the fox's little box, her
closet-like room, and her bed.

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[Miss Brill] went into the little dark room--her
room like a cupboard--and sat down on the red eiderdown. She sat there for a long time.
The box that the fur came out of was on the bed. She unclasped the necklet quickly;
quickly, without looking, laid it inside. But when she put the lid on she thought she
heard something crying.

What is the highest branch of goverment and why?HI HI HI HI HI ***********************************

I agree with the previous poster. The Constitution was
deliberately written to include a separation of powers between three branches of
government: executive (president), legislative (Congress, comprised of House and Senate)
and Judicial (Supreme Court).Although the President is considered to be the commander in
chief of the armed forces, is the chief executive officer with the power to uphold law,
negotiate treaties with foreign governments, and make key political appointments (a fact
which this office can use to increase its power), the President is still not higher than
any of the other two branches because the executive is subject to checks by the other
two branches. Congress makes laws, but the President can veto them. Congress, in turn,
can also override vetoes. The Supreme Court, meanwhile, is tasked with making sure that
legislation does not come in conflict with what has already been established under the
Constitution. The three branches, then, work in tandem to keep each other from
potentially becoming most powerful, and, when the system works (sometimes because of the
partisan structure of Congress it aligns more with the President and this presents a
different situation) no one branch is ever more powerful than
another.

In Frankenstein, when his expedition is under way, Walton and his men see two figures stranded in the artic ice. What links these two figures?

It is of course in the framing narrative of Walton's
account of his attempted voyage to chart a passage through the North Pole and reach it
for the first time that he and his men see both the creature, who is "apparently of
gigantic stature," and then a little later on, Victor Frankenstein himself, who is taken
aboard the ship and then is free to begin the centre story of this excellent tale. As we
continue to read this story, Victor Frankenstein himself tells us what links the
creature and himself together. Frankenstein gave the creature life through a scientific
experiment, and as his creator he feels bound to follow his creation for the rest of his
life and make sure that he dies. Having unleashed such a terror on the world, Victor
Frankenstein feels a moral obligation to ensure that it dies without ending the life of
any more humans, as he has suffered so much with the deaths of his close ones thanks to
the monster. Note what Frankenstein pledges in one of the last
chapters:

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Again do I vow vengeance, again do I devote
thee, miserable fiend, to torture and death. Never will I give up my search until he or
I perish and then with what ecstasy shall I join my Elizabeth and my departed friends,
who even know prepare for me the reward of my tedious toil and horrible
pilgrimage!

Thus what links
them, in addition to the bond of created/creator, is Frankenstein's desire to undo the
wrong he has done and eliminate his creature from the earth.

Atticus says that the KKK is "gone." What does this reveal about the kind of person he is?( Given the circumstances could you say that)

I suppose that you can say that this makes Atticus naive
about the level of racism that persisted in Maycomb in his time.  However, I do not
think it does.  In my opinion, it shows that he is
realistic.

The reason I say this is that the KKK really had
not been very active in the South for quite some time by 1935.  The "need" for the KKK
had gone when Reconstruction ended and white people were on top again in the South.  I
mean, when the judicial system kills Tom Robinson for you, what do you need the KKK
for?

So if Atticus had said there was no racism, I'd say he
was an idiot.  But he knows there's racism.  He just says the KKK isn't that
important.

Now, give the context where he says this, I
think he's just brave.  He's trying to reassure his family -- tell them that the mob is
no big deal.  That's brave.

Find the equation of the line of slope -3/4 that forms with the coordinate axes a triangle which has the area of 24 square units.

First the form of the equation would
be;

y= mx + b, where m is the
slop.

==> y = (-3/4)x +
b

when x = 0, then y = (-3/4) 0 + b=
b

then the point where the line intersect with the y-axis
is (0,b)

when y = 0 , then (-3/4) x +b=
0

==> (3/4) x=
b

==> x= (4/3)b

then
the point where the line intersect with the x-axis is  (4b/3,
0)

but, the area of the triangle
is:

A= 1/2 * 4b/3 * b

24 = 1/2
* 4b/3 *b

24 = 1/2 * 4b^2/3 = 4b^2
/6

==> b^2 =
24*6/4

==> b^2 =
36

==> b = 6, -6

then
the eqution of teh slope is:

y = (-3/4) x + 6    and y=
(-3/4)x -6

Write about the advantages and disadvantages of having Scout as the author.

This is an interesting question. The only disadvantage
that I can see of having Scout as the narrator is that only one perspective is
presented. She is not omniscient. Additionally, this is a memory piece, so we have an
adult looking back in time and speaking through the voice of a child. This can be
problematical because, as time passes, the way that we view events changes. Scout is
remembering the past and telling us about the past but with the knowledge ahead of time
as to how things work out. This can be a disadvantage because there is a built in
narrative bias that colors the reader's perception of
events.

As to the advantages of having Scout as the
narrator, the firat one that I can think of is the fact that she is so close to the
source. She lived the events, so she has an eye-witness perspective. Also, because this
story is told through the eyes of a child, there is a truth and honesty in the telling
that might not exist if it were told through an adult's view of the world. Children are
less jaded, for the most part. They are not molded by society, and they tend to see
things in terms of black and white, right and wrong, without societal prejudgements (for
instance, Scout sees nothing wrong with being at Calpurnia's church, and she sees
everything wring with labeling Tom Robinson as a bad man just because of the color of
his skin). At the same time, she also feels the pressure from the adult world when
people begin to turn against her because Atticus is defending Tom. She does not
understand why the town is turning against them. Yet the simple fact that she does not
fully understand makes the narrative even more powerful for, when we look at the world
through the eyes of a child, things are often much simpler and
clearer.

What are the views of marriage and love for people living in the aristocratic old South as they apply to "A Rose for Emily"?I'm doing a research...

The artistocratic ideals of the Old South were (and still
are, to some extent), closely connected to those of England, and the ideals of marriage
were no exception.  Arranged marriages were not uncommon; women of the upper class were
expected to make a "good match", one that would be respectable for both families.  Once
she was married, an aristocratic Southern woman would be in charge of running the
household, including overseeing the household slaves, administering medical care as
needed, and entertaining other plantation families in the area.  One unsavory aspect of
plantation life in the Old South was the not-necessarily-rare occurrence of the
plantation owner carrying on one or more affairs with slave women he owned.  This was
termed "miscegenation," and it was a practice that led to the birth of many mulatto
children in the Old South.  Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, was
known to have conducted an affair with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings (although many
believe that he was actually in love with her).

Calculate the value of the sum sin(arcsin(1/4))+cos(2arccos(1/4)).

We'll start from the fact that sin(arcsin x) =
x.

Comparing, we'll get:

sin
(arcsin(1/4)) = 1/4

We'll note arccos(1/4) =
a

cos (2arccos(1/4)) = cos
2a

We'll apply the double angle
identity:

cos 2a = 2(cos a)^2 -
1

If a = arccos(1/4) => (cos a)^2 = (cos
arccos(1/4))^2 = 1/4^2

The sum will
become:

S = 1/4 + 2/4^2 - 1

S
= 1/4 + 2/16 - 1

S =
(4+2-16)/16

S = -10/16

S =
-5/8

The value of the trigonometric sum
sin(arcsin(1/4))+cos(2arccos(1/4)) = -5/8.

What would Europe have looked like in 1960 if it had not been for Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.

There is, of course, no way to know what
might have happened if things had been different.  You
could argue, however, that Western Europe would not have been so united against
communism by 1960 if it were not for the things you
mentioned.

If it were not for these things, Europe might
not have felt so sure that the US would defend them.  Turkey and Greece might have
become communist, giving the rest of the continent the idea that they might be next. 
The countries of Western Europe would have been poorer and less grateful to the US. 
This would have also made them more likely to become communist or to at least have some
sort of close relationship with the Soviet Union.

It is at
least arguable, then, that Western Europe would not have a relatively solid
anti-communist bloc in 1960 had it not been for the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall
Plan.

What are the Petrarchan and anti-Petrarchan elements in Shakespeare's Sonnet 130?

In Shakespeare's Sonnet 130,
the Petrarchan elements are few since the development of the English sonnet led away
from Petrarch's structure and expression of ideas. One Petrarchan
element is that Sonnet 130 has fourteen lines; this is in keeping with
the form that Petrarch established. Another Petrarchan element is that the
volta--or turn from one idea to a
contrastive idea--occurs at line 9, though it heralds a minor contrast. Finally, Sonnet
130 is a love sonnet, albeit a wry one stated ironically: Most love sonnets praise the
majestic beauty and loveliness of the beloved, whereas 130 immortalizes her
imperfections.

The anti-Petrarchan elements
are a few more in number. One such element is that one single idea is
developed through out the first 12 lines: the slightly unappealing qualities of his
beloved. Petrarch's sonnets compared two contrastive ideas, such as the beloved's
feelings at her impending death and the contrastive idea of the poet's feelings at her
death ("She ruled in beauty o'er this heart of
mine").

Other anti-Petrarchan elements are the
structure and rhyme scheme.
Sonnet 130 is structured with 3 quatrains (4 lines) and an ending couplet, with
voltas (turns of thought) possible--but not required--at lines 5
and 9. Petrarch's sonnets are structured as an opening octave (8 lines) followed by a
sestet (6 lines). The rhyme scheme of 130 is that established for the English sonnet:
abab cdcd efef gg. The Petrarchan
rhyme scheme is abbaabba in the octave
and one of several options for the sestet,
including:

cddcdc
cdeced
cdecde
cdcdcd
cdcedc

Another
anit-Petrarchan element is the resolution. Sonnet 130 has a
surprise ending that can be said to be in keeping with the English sonnet resolution
that offers an epiphany as the resolution to the tension in the sonnet. In 130, the
epiphanic resolution is that the speaker thinks his love as much of a marvel as any
other beauty (to whom she would be wrongly compared): "I think my love as rare /  As any
she belied with false compare." Sonnet 130 follows the English sonnet form of putting
the resolution to the tension of the poem in a rhyming couplet. Petrarch resolved
sonnets in the last three lines of the sestet, which might be in one of the several
rhyme schemes (including those above), like
dce:

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Assuredly but dust and shade we
are,
Assuredly desire is blind and brief,
Assuredly its hope but
ends in death.
("She ruled in beauty o'er this heart of mine" by
Petrarch.)

The
volta in Sonnet 130 also presents an anti-Petrarchan element.
Petrarch's line 9 voltas turn from contrasting ideas that are being
compared to each other, such as in the above example, from her to him. The line 9
volta in Sonnet 130 is a minor turn from one emphasis to another
emphasis within the same idea: It is Renaissance innovation that allows English sonnets
to develop one single idea through the whole sonnet up to the resolution. In 130 the
volta turns from physical comparisons between his love's qualities
and the natural world. For example, the poetic speaker compares her eyes and lips to sun
and coral and her cheeks to roses. Following the volta, lines 9
through 12 compare her to abstract ideas: her speech is compared to music and her walk
to how a goddess gets about the world:

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I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My
mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
....

In The Catcher in the Rye, how is Holden negatively affected by mishearing the lyrics of "Comin Through the Rye"?

In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, there are two
references to the Robert Burns poem and the title of the novel.  In chapter 16, Holden
sees a family walking together on the streets of New York City.  Holden sees a little
boy, walking near the curb, singing "If a body catch a body coming through the rye".  It
is at this time on the novel where Holden admits to his mental
issue:

It made
me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed any
more.

The second appearance
of the line is in chapter 22. Holden is speaking to Phoebe about getting kicked out of
Pency.  He then mentions the "song":

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You know that song "If a body catch a body comin'
through the rye"? I'd like-

It's "If a body meet a body
coming through the rye!" old Phoebe said.  "It's a poem by Robert
Burns."

Here, Holden conveys
his desire to be the one saving all of the children that try to run over the cliff.  The
important thing here is that Holden's desires to save the innocent is at the cost of
losing himself.

What is the purpose of refrain?

A refrain may serve one of several purposes. It is often
used to reinforce an important thought, idea or phrase through repetition. Think of the
refrain of songs.

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Glory, glory, hallelujah. Glory, glory,
hallelujah. Glory, Glory, hallelujah. His truth is marching
on.

A refrain may also help
to establish the rhythmic pattern or mark the end of each stanza of a piece. In Robert
Frost's poem The Pasture, the refrain is the last line of each
stanza.

I'm
going to clean the pasture spring;

I'll only stop to rake
the leaves away

(And wait to watch the water clear away, I
may):

I shan't be gone long. - You come
too.

I'm going out to fetch the little
calf

That's standing by the mother. It's so
young,

It totters when she licks it with her
tongue.

I shan't be gone long. - You come
too.

Refrains may also simply
be nonsense syllables used to fill out a metric pattern or as a break in the story.
Think of all the Christmas carols that use meaningless syllables as part of the
lyrics.

Deck
the halls with boughs of holly!

Fa la la la la, la la la
la.

The position vector of a particle is given by r(t)=t^3*i+t^2*j. What are it's velocity speed and acceleration when t=2

The velocity is given by the 1st derivative of
r(t).

We'll differentiate r(t) with respect to
t.

v(t) = r'(t) = 3t^2*i+
2t*j

The acceleration is given by the 1st derivative of
v(t).

We'll differentiate v(t) with respect to
t.

a(t) = v'(t) = 6t*i +
2j

The speed is:

|v(t)| =
sqrt[(3t^2)^2 + (2t)^2]

|v(t)| = sqrt(9t^4 +
4t^2)

We'll put t = 2 and we'll
get:

v(2) = 3*(2)^2*i+
4*j

v(2) = 12i + 4j

a(2) = 12i
+ 2j

|v(2)| = sqrt(144+
16)

|v(2)| = sqrt(160)

|v(2)|
= 4sqrt10

The velocity and acceleration of
the particle, when t=2, are: v(2) = 12i + 4j ; a(2) = 12i + 2j and |v(2)| =
4sqrt10.

What is the final volume of the gas in the following problem?If I have 21 liters of gas held at a pressure of 78 atm and a temperature of 900 K,...

The problem states that there are initially 21 liters of a
gas at a pressure of 78 atm. and the temperature of the gas is 900 K. The pressure is
decreased to 45 atm. and the temperature is decreased to 750 K. The new volume as a
result of the changes in the pressure and temperature has to be
found.

This can be done using the ideal gas law. We have
P*V = n*R*T, where P is the pressure, V is the volume, n is the amount of substance, R
is a constant and T is the temperature. As the amount of the substance making up the gas
n is a constant, the equation can be written as n*R = P*V/
T

Now the initial values and the final values that are
known are substituted. Let the final volume be V.

21*78/900
= V*45/750

=> V =
21*78*750/900*45

=> V = 91/3
L

The required volume of the gas after the
changes in pressure and temperature are made is 30.33
L.

How do you consider to solve this equation sin 2x+sinx+cosx=1? i have no idea what to do.

Well, you could use substitution
technique.

Let's see why and how to manage this
technique.

We notice that instead of the 1st term sin 2x,
we can use the equivalent product, namely 2 sin x*cos x. Also, we can use the
Pythagorean identity and we can write instead of 1, the sum of squares [(sin x)^2 + (cos
x)^2].

2 sin x*cos x + sin x + cos x = [(sin x)^2 + (cos
x)^2]

But [(sin x)^2 + (cos x)^2] = (sin x + cos x)^2 -
2sin x*cos x

We can substitute the
followings:

sin x*cos x = p
(product)

sin x + cos x = s
(sum)

We'll get the
identities:

2p + s = 1 => s = 1 -
2p

s^2 - 2p = 1

(1 - 2p)^2 -
2p = 1

1 - 4p + 4p^2 - 2p - 1 =
0

4p^2 - 6p = 0

2p(2p - 3) =
0

We'll cancel each factor:

2p
= 0 => p = 0 => s = 1

2p - 3 = 0 => p
= 3/2 => s = 1 - 3 = -2

If p = 0, then sin x = 0
=> x = 0 or cos x = 0 => x = pi/2 + 2k*pi

It
is impossible for the product of sine and cosine to be 3/2, because the values of sine
and cosine functions are not larger than
1.

The solutions of the equation, that meet
the request, are: x = 0 and x = pi/2 + 2k*pi.

What are the coordinates of A if P is in the middle of the line AB such that B(2,-3) and P(-3,5).

The point between the points (x1, y1) and ( x2, y2) has
the coordinates [(x1+x2)/2 , (y1+y2)/2]

Here, we are given
the points B(2,3) and P(-3, 5). P lies between A and B and we have to determine the
co-ordinates of A. Let the co-ordinates of A be (x , y)

So
we have -3 = (2 + x)/2

=> -6 = 2 +
x

=> x = -8

5 = (-3 +
y)/2

=> -3 + y =
10

=> y =
13

The required coordinates of A are (-8,
13)

How did monarchs in Spain, France & England use religion to solidify their power?This is during time period of 1500-1700.

During the 16th century the Catholic Church was all
powerful all over Europe. However, with the Reformation its power and authority came to
be challenged.The century following the Protestant Revolution was a gruesome one in
Europe. Catholics and Protestants were constantly at odds. People were disemboweled,
hung, and burned for practicing their chosen religion.

In
England Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the eldest daughter of the
 Protestant, Tudor King Henry VIII. On ascending the throne she quickly restored Roman
Catholicism in England. She was nicknamed "Bloody Mary" because she persecuted the
Protestants and burnt many of them at the stake.

Similarly,
King Charles I [1600-1649] who married a Catholic Princess and had Catholic sympathies
was executed by the Puritans led by Oliver Cromwell after a bloody Civil
War.

Oliver Cromwell [1599-1658] himself rigorously
enforced Puritanism during his rule.

What are some statistics that help to evaluate the success of the New Deal in ending the Depression?

The best way to evaluate the success of the New Deal in
ending the Depression is to look at major macroeconomic statistics.  You should look at
things like the GDP of the United States as well as at its unemployment rate.  These are
generally seen as the two most important indicators of a country's economic
performance.

If we look at the unemployment rate for the
US, we can see that the New Deal did not really end the Depression.  The unemployment
rate for the US in 1929 was 3.2%.  by 1940, it was still 14.6.  This was down from a
high of 24.9% in 1933.  This indicates that the New Deal helped to improve the economy
but did not return it to how it had been before the Depression. 
(Source:Macroeconomics by David N. Hyman, inside front
cover.)

Explain the important symbols, examples of irony, suspense, foreshadowing and humor in chapter 23 & 24Such as the dewberry tarts symbolizing...

One other important symbol is the chest hair that Jem
shows to Scout, signifying that he is now entering into manhood and will in some ways
soon be separated from her because of that change.  This goes along with some of what he
is forced to deal with in the chapters as well.

A good
example of irony is found when looking at Aunt Alexandra's behavior.  She is unwilling
to have someone over for dinner, someone she considers beneath them, but she gives the
other ladies a very hard time about their hypocrisy at the missionary tea.  We don't
expect this from Alexandra but it provides a good example of the ironic behavior of some
of the characters.

What are two examples of the gods interfering with the war?

You could argue that before the story began, the Trojans
had already received the help of Poseidon in building their wall, but thanks to their
lack of tribute he had withdrawn his protection, so perhaps that could be example number
one.

Of course for another you need look no farther than
the false dream sent to Agamemnon that suggested he would be able to capture the city in
one night if he only raised the army and sent it along to
Troy.

A third would be the fact that Aphrodite saves Paris
from death and whisks him away to the safety of his bedroom in
Troy.

But if you need more, it doesn't take much looking
through the story to find them, the gods couldn't keep their hands off of this
one!

After a lull in the fighting and exhaustion on both
sides leads to a truce, Hera schemes with a group of other gods to break the truce, we
can't have this boring peace now can we!

Very soon
thereafter, Diomedes comes whipping through the battle rampaging through various groups
and killing and wounding a huge number of combatants.  According to the
summary:

He
even wounds the goddess Aphrodite when she tries to rescue her son Aeneas, and the war
god Ares, when he tries to rally the Trojan forces. (Note:
“aristeia” is a Greek word which means “excellence” and here refers
to an episode in which a particular character demonstrates exceptional valor or
merit.)

Later on in the
battle Zeus and Poseidon both help the Achaeans protect their ships from the marauding
Trojans intent on burning them.

Basically, if you read the
story, you can't help but run across gods interfering, without them, the Trojans and the
Achaeans would have been drinking together on the beach for a few weeks instead of
fighting this incredibly battle.

How does Antonio changed in the course of The Merchant of Venice?What is Antonio's character development?

The text of The Merchant of Venice
indicates that Antonio doesn't change at all through the course of the play. In this
regard, the literary element of character change would be antithetically presented in a
staunchly unchanging character who holds fast to errors despite drastic situations that
call for a change of character. One instance of Antonio's errors, which are derived from
his character traits, is the fact that he seems to actually lie in the opening scene
when he tells Salarino and Salanio that his wealth is not all in one venture nor
dependent upon the financial success of that one year. His dishonest remarks to Salarino
and Salario are revealed in his conversation with Bassanio in which he says that "all my
fortunes are at sea; / Neither have I money nor commodity / To raise a present
sum."

Another instance of Antonio's errors is what is
revealed about his behavior while Bassanio and he are in negotiation for a loan with
Shylock, who reveals that Antonio has hurled names at Shylock and spit on him and that
he "did void [his] rheum upon [Shylock's] beard" and " foot [Shylock] as [he would]
spurn a stranger cur." Antonio doesn't deny that he took such base actions, in fact, he
confirms it: "I am as like to call thee so again, / To spit on thee again, to spurn thee
too."

During the conclusion of the trail, when Shylock's
punishment is being decided, Antonio successfully contributes to Shylock's punishment by
continuing to persecute and impose his will upon Shylock and requiring, among other
things, that Shylock convert to Christianity. Later, this same manipulative streak is
displayed when he requires that Bassanio give Portia's ring to the lawyer/Portia against
his will, as he swore to never part with it. He even speaks for Bessanio by pledging his
own life again and saying that Bessanio swears to never break another oath given to
Portia.

The most telling point that indicates there is no
change in Antonio is that at the close of the play, he still thinks of Shylock as a
despicable Jew and doesn't even entertain an idea that recognizes Shylock as a human,
and one who has been seriously mistreated, so seriously as to drive him to strike a
bargain for a pound of flesh.

What does it mean that two angles are supplementary?

Two angles are supplementary if their sum is 180 degrees.
Or if we have to determine the supplement of an angle of A degrees it is another angle
of 180 - A degrees.

For example, when a line is intersected
by another line we get two sets of supplementary angles. Supplementary angles can lie on
separate lines, just the fact that their measure adds up to 180 degrees is sufficient,
e.g. any two angles of a rectangle are supplementary but they do not necessarily have to
lie on the same line.

Two angles are
supplementary if they add up to give 180 degrees.

In Ender's Game, are Ender's actions at the beginning of the book appropriate for his age?

Definitely not. Of course, this is the reason why Ender is
so special and why he has been selected as the possible future saviour of mankind. Note
how he acts in the fight with Stilson. He shows an understanding of human psychology and
a willingness to act on his keen intelligence that is above and beyond nearly all
six-year-olds. Let us examine his thinking:

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Ender knew the unspoken rules of manly warfare,
even though he was only six. It was forbidden to strike at an opponent who lay helpless
on the ground; only an animal would do
that.

And that is of course
precisely what Ender does. He cooly and calculatedly kicks Stilson's supine body hard,
twice, in his groin and ribs. Of course, he knows that he has to hurt Stilson so badly
that nobody else would want to bother him to ensure his survival. This is definitely not
the behaviour of your average six-year-old.

In As You Like It, why does Oliver call Orlando a villain?

It is always good with such questions that ask you to
explain the meaning of a quote to look at the quote in context and see what happens
before and after it to try and see if any contextual clues will give you an idea as to
what it means. If we do this, we see that Oliver calls Orlando a "villain" in Act I
scene 1 of this play after an argument between them in which Orlando complains that
Oliver has not given him the education and upbringing that his father desired he should
have. As the argument gets gradually more and more heated, it is clear that, although
Oliver is older and has the power and money, Orlando is stronger than he is and is able
to convincingly show his superiority through fighing with him. Orlando, exasperated with
his brother and his attitude towards him, thus moves to handle him and wrestle with him.
It is at this stage that Oliver calls his brother a villain,
saying:

Wilt
thou lay hands on me,
villain?

Thus the word
indicates the distance and enmity between the brothers, introducing us with a fraternal
relationship which is in need of reconciliation, just as we will soon hear about another
fraternal relationship in need of reconciliation.

Why does the savage instigate a riot?

The way that he incites the riot is by disrupting the
distribution of soma to the deltas at the hospital.  They are all looking forward to
their dose and are outraged when he starts to throw it
away

The reason why he does it is that he does not think
that people should drug themselves to the point where they have no feelings.  John is
upset because his mother has just died and no one is acting as if it matters.  He feels
that it is terrible to live a life where you don't even care about someone
dying.

How is George Orwell persuading us (responders) throughout Animal Farm? What techniques does he use to persuade us?

Written with the subtitle a fairy story, satire is
definitely the strongest persuasive technique used by Orwell. Through his allegorical
tale in which farm animals take on characteristics associated with human counterparts,
Orwell sends a message that it id important for us to guard out freedom, to keep an eye
on those who lead us lest they become too powerful. It is a tale of a people's
(animal's) violent revolution and subsequent inability to hold on to the positive
changes they had fought for because of the ulterior motives of the equality to new
leadership who go from champions of equality to quasi-benevolent dictators in rapid
succession.The idea of a socialist Utopia was something that, as political  scientists
throughout history have noted, looks great on paper but fails in practice as human
nature doesn't work that way. An element od satire, then, is irony as what starts as a
good plan ends up in something evil and potentially worse than what they had when they
started. Greed tends to be as powerful motivator, and the satirical humor factor lies in
the fact that Orwell makes the greedy "pigs"- traditionally an animal that is seen as
noxious and gluttonous. Although the novel is meant as a satirical examination of the
Russian Revolution, the theme is universal as this could happen
anywhere.

Two other themes in the novel that help persuade
are the use of Snowball as a scapegoat (how many times in our own world has the one
good, well-meaning person been the target for blame?). By making everything out to be
Snowball's fault, thye people (animal's) attention is distracted from the truth and they
blindly follow Napolean. Secondly, the use if religion as a means of controlling the
masses. By changing the commandments, the "word of God" so to speak is changed, but as
long as the masses still believe it to be true it can be used to keep them in line. This
is how the Christian Bible is used in this country as a means of making people follow
certain ideologies even though the Bible itslef has been rewritten so many times that
non one can really know what it once said. The same can be said od the current Jihad and
Muslim extremists - manipulating a text to match a different set of personal
aims.

He also emphasizes the importance of knowledge for it
is the animal's ignorance that gets them into the situation that they end up in.
Napolean appears to value education, but only to an extent and to the extent at which he
can use it for control. They begin with an admirable goal, rallying the masses to rise
up against an unfair oppressor, but they end up allowing one of their own to take that
same position. The idea of those who do not learn from the past are doomed to keep on
making the same mistakes prevails in this piece so that the strongest persuasive message
comes in the fact that we must be aware and take responsibility for the actions of those
who lead us if we want to have a real say in our governance.

At the boiling point of water, is an increase in the temperature a measure of heat gained?

At the boiling point of water, which at sea level is
approximately 100 degree Celsius, an increase in temperature is not an indicator of the
heat gained.

This is the temperature at which water changes
state from liquid to gas. A gas at the same temperature as a liquid has a higher amount
of energy. When water is heated at the boiling point, the extra heat added is not
utilized to increase the temperature of water. Instead, it is used to convert water to
water vapor (or steam). This additional heat required for the conversion is known as the
heat of vaporization, and for water it is 2257 kJ/kg.

In
the reverse process: when steam gets converted to liquid water, even if the temperature
remains the same, steam has to lose heat for the state change to
occur.

Where are examples of quotes pertaining to Juliet's inner conflict in Romeo and Juliet?

Hey John!

Lots of people tend
not to notice the subtle resistance in Juliets first scene, which can be read in such a
way that Juliet can be seen as sad, so she will conform to her mothers wishes but not
willing. 'I'll look to like if looking liking move' notice the
reluctance.

What disguise does Odysseus finally assume with Athena's help? book 13 in the Odyssey

Athena uses a wand to transform Odysseus into an old
beggar. What she doesn't transform, however, is a large scar on his leg that was the
result of a hunting accident when he was a boy. The fact that Odysseus is disguised
allows him to move around Ithaca (and his own palace) without being recognized. His
scar, on the other hand, is a device by which he is recognized and identified more than
once. Also, Odysseus is transformed back into his "normal" self more than once in the
last half of the poem. It is fun to try to keep track of the transformations and try to
figure out where it all ends up. Finally, this is all a part of a larger disguise motif
in the poem. Another example that comes to find is when Odysseus engineers the escape of
his men from the Cyclops' cave by hiding them under some sheep.

How does Miller use expressionist dramaturgy in "The Crucible" and what are some examples?

Arthur Miller relies on expressionist dramaturgy in
several ways for The Crucible. First, the subject matter itself
connects closely to expressionism which often focuses on taboo subjects. In writing
about the Salem Witch Trials and comparing them to the Red Scare, Miller knew that he
was going to shock many people from his time period. He strongly criticizes religious
hypocrisy and "neighborly" greed.

In regards to dramaturgy,
Miller's stage directions, especially those before Acts 1 and 3, demonstrate
expressionism through their focus on the use of light. For Act 1, Miller describes Rev.
Parris's room as having sunlight streaming through a narrow window, and for Act 3,
sunlight again illuminates the courtroom as the act begins. It is as if the natural
world (represented by sunlight) tries to assert itself within a world full of humanity's
darkness and denial of the truth. Similarly, many expressionist works feature emotional
outbursts from characters. This is certainly true of The
Crucible--from Mary Warren's breakdown, to Rev. Hale's "quitting the court,"
to John Proctor's passionate cries against injustice, the emotional scenes annihilate
the strait-laced Puritan veneer.

When x=3 and y=5 how much does 3x^2-2y exceed the value of 2x^2 - 3y?

Given that x= 3 and y=
5

First we will find the value for each expression then
compare the results.

The first expression is 3x^2 -
2y

We will substitute with x- 3 and y-
5

==> 3*3^2 - 2*5 = 27 - 10 =
17..........(1)

Now we will calculate the second expression
2x^2 - 3y

==> 2*3^2 - 3*5 = 18 - 15 =
3................(2)

Now the difference between the values
is 17-3 = 14.

Then we conclude that the value
of 3x^2 - 2y exceeds the value of 2x^2 - 3y by
14.

Can you please explain me this poem in brief?"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken," the controlling
metaphor of the poem, of course, is that life has many paths which one can take; thus,
there is a tension in the poem between the choice that the speaker has made with the one
that he has not taken.  In the first lines of the second stanza, the speaker indicates
that he is somewhat of an Emersonian, for he "creates a path" for himself on the one
that has become "grassy" and "want[ing] wear."

Yet, there
is a conservative side to the speaker as well since, he writes, "Oh, I kept the first
for another day!"  Here,he does not wish to lose the other opportunity in life, essaying
to reserve this other path as he convinces himself that one is as good as the other. 
However, his direction is set for him as he traverses the first path, for "way leads on
to way."  That is, his destiny is set by the first choice that he has made.  And, it is
this fixing of one's destiny that the speaker rues:

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I shall be telling this with a
sigh

Somewhere ages and ages
hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and
I--

I took the one less traveled
by,

And that has made all the
difference.

How often one
hears a person wonder "what if....?"  What if I had go to a different school?  What if I
had gone to a trade school instead of college?  What if I had moved somewhere else? 
What if I had not done_____, not married _____etc.  One or two major choices can
determine the direction of one's life, indubitably, and "make all the difference," for,
as Thomas Wolfe wrote "You can't go home again"--one can not return to what one once
was.

As a note:  Be careful when interpreting/explaining a
poem that you point to lines that support what you conclude because what you think
(opinion) never carries any weight or has any verity unless you can support this
judgment with lines, passages, etc. from the text. 

Explain the following lines from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill. "He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for...

This famous quote comes from John Stuart Mill's great work
On Liberty, so I have moved this question to the appropriate group.
In this quote, the author makes a comparison between two types of people. According to
this quote, the world is full of two groups of individuals. The first lets the world
choose their "plan of life" or destiny for them. They are thus described as passive
characters who don't need any other skills or abilities except the "ape-like one of
imitation." The author is saying that those who let the world decide their future need
only to know how to imitate.

However, the second group of
people are those who choose their destiny or plan for themselves. These people, in
contrast to the "ape-like" imitators, must use all of their gifts and abilities to be
successful. They need to be shrewd observers, they need to have wisdom to know how to
act and above all they must have self-control and firmness to stick to their decision to
be active and choose their own path in life.

How is Johnny in The Outsiders like the Southern gentlemen in Gone With the Wind?

When Johnny and Ponyboy are hiding in the church after the
incident with Bob and his gang, the boys pick up a copy of Gone With the Wind; although
the novel is Ponyboy's favorite, Johnny quickly becomes a fan as well.  Johnny is
fascinated by the idea of the southern gentlemen, who he sees as exemplifying grace,
gallantry, and manners.  Strangely (to me) Johnny equates the qualities of the southern
gentleman with Dally, but Ponyboy insists that Johnny more closely approximates those
ideals.  Certainly there is no arguing that Johnny's manners are better!  We see that
right away when the boys are at the drive-in movie and Dally is harassing the girls
until Johnny tells him to stop.  Saving the children in the church was, sadly, Johnny's
swan song, an opportunity for him to live out the ideals that he admired so, and as the
boys of his gang grieved, he was able to go out "on top". 

the narrative covers a period... from the 1940s to the late 60s, to what extent is the period relevant to the book, in particular the 60s

    The sixties are now viewed as "a long decade" by most
historians today. Actually, they cover a span of twenty years, a continuum, from the
mid-fifties with the public reading of Howl in San Francisco by Allen Ginsberg, the
prominent beat poet, to the withdrawal of the last troops in Vietnam in 1975. A lot of
historians lay stress on the years 1968 and 1969, after Nixon's election, during which
the action of countercultural and radical movements reached a
peak.

From then on, the youth movement experienced a sort
of "utopian descent", a far more pessimistic and bitter phase which saw the surge of
violence : social uprisings in ghettos, bomb
attempts...

Merry incarnates "the hippie-turned-mad
bomb-thrower". The end of the novel is at the crossroads of the sexual revolution (and
exploitation of sex) and political corruption with the dicussion on Deep Throat and the
film industry in addition to the Watergate scandal.

Thus,
the pastoral is turned into a counterpastoral and the American Dream takes on a
distinctly nightmarish character that plunges all the characters into an abyss of
despair, into a modern version of Bunyan's "slough of
Despond". 

Yet, I wonder where the sixties are. Surely, the
sixties must be somewhere else. The sixties are Elsewhere...