Discuss the outbreak of the American Revolution and the military strategies that enabled Washington's army to endure and eventually succeed.

During the earliest stages of the war, Washington's army
had to focus mainly on survival and gathering the necessary supplies and trying to train
and learn how to fight as an army.  The British were the dominant military force in the
world and standing up to them in open battle was almost always resulting in losses for
the Colonial army.  This led to the reliance on some bold strokes and luck in actions
like the crossing of the Delaware.

As the war progressed
and particularly after the French began to support the Colonial efforts, Washington's
army grew in their ability to compete with the British openly and they had the time and
money necessary to complete more vigorous training, etc.  The ability of the Americans
to move away from the ocean, because they were tied to coastal supply lines, prevented
the British from chasing them because British supply lines were always tied to ports and
the ocean.

how I solve this : (5x-4)(2x+3)>0 and x-3/3x+4

We'll solve the 1st
inequality:

(5x-4)(2x+3)>0

We'll
remove the brackets:

10x^2 + 15x - 8x - 12 >
0

10x^2 + 7x - 12 >
0

We'll determine the roots of the quadratic 10x^2 + 7x -
12 = 0.

x1 = [-7+sqrt(49 +
480)]/20

x1 = (-7+23)/20

x1 =
16/20 => x1 = 4/5

x2 = -30/20 => x2 =
-3/2

The expression is positive if x belongs to the reunion
of sets: (-infinite ; -3/2)U(4/5 ; +infinite).

We'll solve
the 2nd inequality:

(x-3)/(3x+4)<=2 (Please, pay
attention to the manner of writting a fraction)

We'll
subtract 2 both sides:

(x-3)/(3x+4) - 2 <=
0

(x - 3 - 6x - 8)/(3x + 4) <=
0

We'll combine like
terms:

(-5x - 11)/(3x + 4) <=
0

(5x + 11)/(3x + 4) >=
0

The fraction is positive if x belongs to the reunion of
intervals: (-infinite ; -11/5]U(-4/3 ;
+infinite)

Since the final solution has to
make both inequalities to hold, therefore x belongs to the reunion of intervals:
(-infinite ; -11/5]U(4/5 ; +infinite).

What are Theseus and Hippolyta looking forward to in the next four days?

They are looking forward to their wedding.  They are going
to be getting married to each other in just a few days.

At
the start of the play, these two are looking forward to their marriage.  In fact, they
cannot wait.  They are talking about how impatient they are for the day to come.  They
are eager even though Theseus apparently first won Hippolyta with his
sword.

By contrast, Hermia is not at all eager to marry
Demetrius, and that will be the reason for the rest of the play to
happen.

What is the limit of the function sin x/(1-2sin^2x) -cos x/(2cos^2x-1) - sin2x/cosx, if x approaches to pi/4?

We recognize the double angle identities at the
denominators of the first 2 terms.

We 'll re-write the
denominators of th ratio as:

sin x/(cos 2x) -cos x/(cos
2x) - sin2x/cosx

But cos 2x = (cos x)^2 - (sin
x)^2

We'll re-write the difference of squares as a
product:

(cos x)^2 - (sin x)^2 = (cos x - sin x)(cos x +
sin x)

We'll also re-write the numerator of the 3rd term of
the function:

sin 2x = 2sin x*cos
x

We'll re-write the
function:

f(x) = (sin x-cos x)/(cos x - sin x)(cos x + sin
x) - 2sin x*cos x/cos x

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

f(x) = -1/(cos x + sin x) - 2sin
x

Now, we'll take limit both
sides:

lim f(x) = lim [-1/(cos x + sin x)] - 2 lim sin
x

lim f(x) = -1/lim (cos x + sin x) - 2 lim sin
x

We'll substitute x by
pi/4:

lim f(x) = -1/(cos pi/4 + sin pi/4) - 2 sin
pi/4

lim f(x) = -1/(sqrt2/2 + sqrt2/2) -
2sqrt2/2

lim f(x) = -2/2sqrt2 -
2sqrt2/2

lim f(x) = (-2 -
4)/2sqrt2

lim f(x) =
-6/2sqrt2

lim f(x) = -3/sqrt2 =
-3sqrt2/2

The limit of the given function, if
x approaches to pi/4 is lim f(x) = -3sqrt2/2.

What are some of the symbols used in Chapter 4 of Lord of the Flies?

I would want to argue that the biggest symbol that we see
in this chapter of this excellent novel is the face paint that Jack puts on his face and
how that impacts his character. It is clear that the face paint is symbolic of a descent
into savagery that becomes ever more evident and obvious as the novel continues. Note
how this section of this chapter is described when Jack looks at his reflection in a
coconut shell filled with water:

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He looked in astonishment, no longer at himself
but at an awesome stranger. He spilt the water and leapt to his feet, laughing
excitedly. Beside the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their eyes and
appalled them. He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling. He
capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid,
liberated from shame and
self-consciousness.

It is
highly symbolic that the face paint is described as a mask which has "liberating"
effects on Jack. With this mask on he is transformed into an "awesome stranger" who is
able to dance with "bloodthirsty snarling." We clearly see the bloody violence and evil
into which Jack and his band of hunters descend foreshadowed here, and we can see that
the face paint is obviously symbolic of their descent into
savagery.

In "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Emerson, what does the following quote mean?"With consistency a great soul has simply has nothing to do. He may as...

What Emerson means here is that you should not get too
caught up in making sure that you have the same ideas one day as you had the day
before.  That is what he means by consistency -- it is looking like you do not change
your mind a lot.

Emerson thinks that it is stupid to be
afraid to change your mind.  This is what he means when he says that "a foolish
consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."  He says that we should change our minds
whenever we think that it is the right thing to do.  That is part of the idea (a big one
for the Transcendentalists) that we should always follow our consciences and do what we
think is right at any given time.  Here's my favorite quote on that
idea:

Else if
you would be a man speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and
tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every
thing you said today.

I need help with a character analysis of Zora, with links to her clothing, in Zadie Smith's On Beauty.

Zora ...
[didn't] feel the part; [so] she dressed it instead. How successful this had been she
couldn't say. Now she stopped to examine herself in the window of Lorelie's
...

Zora is a classically
insecure, hypersensitive, social misfit who makes herself unhappy and whom others find
annoying. She can not take on the perspective of her social setting. So when she dresses
to impress, like on the first day of classes in her Sophomore year at college, she winds
up missing her goal when she tries to "put herself in her peers' shoes" and present an
acceptable image through her clothes.

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She had been going for ... bohemian intellectual;
fearless; graceful; brave and bold ...[in a] long boho skirt ... and a kind of hat ...
This was not what she had meant ... This was not it at
all.

Just as Zora doesn't
know when to quit when dressing--layering ruffles on suede on antique belts on "clumpy
shoes" on hats--she also doesn't know when to quit when conversing, or rather when
talking in an attempt at conversation. As with her clothes, she overdoes talking and
confuses the situation with too much information, too little discernment, and too much
self-doubt as she did when in a conversation with
Carl:

Carl
looked frostily at Zora ... Carl looked down, apparently embarrassed for Zora. Zora
blushed and pressed her stubby nails ... [against] her
palms.

Why did the client not want to listen to the idea of the woman's being in his life? What was he in search of?

It is in human nature to sort out the priorities of their
life. For guru nayak his main priority was to find the person who had tried to kill him,
for the simple reason of taking revenge. Also, he always doubted most people (as is
evident from the story), so he wanted to test wether the person really did know
astrology. He considered the 'there is a woman in your life' quote to be one of their
catch lines(commonly used lines to please people), which it was. So, he did ot want to
listen to the idea of the woman's bieng in his
life.

Either way, we don't know wether the
author has potrayed guru nayak as a married man, so we cannot exactly state that one
would like to hear somebody else's advice in extremely personal
matters.

In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, is Curley's wife lonely or isolated?please give evidence from sections 2-5.

Reflective of the most lonesome of eras in the history of
the United States, the Great Depression, John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and
Men is populated with characters who are misfits of terrible aloneness. 
Certainly, as the only female character in the narrative, Curley's wife is separate, or
isolated, from the other characters.  And, that she, also, is lonely is apparent from
her actions and speech.

Ironically, Curley's wife's use of
her sexuality to entice the men is the very quality which so gravely alienates her from
the men.  Upon seeing the girl with

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...full,rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily
made up, [and] red
fingernails....

George
declares her "jail bait" and a danger, instructing Lennie to never speak to her or go
near here, reminding Lennie of someone from their past who has spent time in jail
because of a woman such as Curley's wife.  The others avoid her because she is the wife
of the boss's son; they can more easily go to "Susy's place" in town where for "Two an'
a half" they can have their desires satisfied without worrying about the husband or
their jobs. Curley's wife's lack of a name in Steinbeck's work indicates that she is
perceived only as a woman who is a temptress, an Eve of
sorts.

In another ironic twist, Curley's wife has married
Curley because she was lonely in her own small town; however, as the only woman on the
ranch miles from anywhere, she is yet lonely.  Pretending that she is merely tired of
Curley, she tells the men:

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Think I'm gonna stay in that two-by-four house
and listen how Curley's gonna lead with his left twict [sic], and then bring in the
ol'right cross?....

"Awright,, cover'im up if ya wanta. 
Whatta I care?  You bindle bums think you're so damn good.  Whatta ya think I am, a kid?
I tell ya I could of went with shows.  Not jus' one, neither.  An' a guy tol' me he
could put me in pitchers...."

Discuss the relevant elements of the poem "Night" from the Rig-Veda.The goddess Night has drawn near, looking about on many sides with her eyes....

I think that the poem reflects much in way of Hindu
beliefs regarding the forces of the divine.  The fact that the poem exalts the Goddess
of the Night reflects how Hinduism's pantheism attributes different natural elements to
different gods.  Notice in the poem how the Goddess of Night "pushes aside her sister
the twilight."  In this light, one can see how Hinduism utilizes its pantheistic nature
to attribute different aspects of consciousness to other forms of the divine.  Another
uniquely Hindu element brought out in the poem is the yearning for a brief and close
promixal interaction with the divine.  This is seen in Hinduism in many forms in that
the devotee is thankful for a brief interaction with the divine. Hindus frequently ask
the Gods to "open their eyes" and smile upon the devotee, and this same tendency to
yearn  for a close and brief encounter with the divine is present in the poem.  Rest for
humans only happens when the Goddess of Night is "near to us today."  The idea of the
Goddess briefly coming near the devotee is a strongly Hindu idea.  Along these lines,
Hindu practices follow the idea of "warding off the evil eye" or asking the powers of
the divine to remove evil with the idea of "warding" it off.  The removal of obstacles
is something of vital importance to the devotee.  This is seen in the poem with the plea
to "ward off the she- wolf" and "the wolf" and "the thief."

What is the theme of William Butler Yeats's poem "The Ballad of Father Gilligan?"

The two central themes of the poem "The Ballad of Father
Gilligan" are the tremendous stresses a priest must face in Ireland during the Great
Potato Famine, and the omnipresent help of a loving
God.

The reader is told at the very beginning of the poem
that Father Gilligan is "old," and "weary night and day." His parishioners, the "flock"
of which he is in charge, are dying "in their beds," or dead already, "beneath the sod."
When yet another poor soul comes to him seeking solace as a family member is about to
pass, Father Gilligan is pushed to the breaking point; he cries out, "I have no rest,
nor joy, nor peace," and out of sheer exhaustion, falls asleep in his chair. Father
Gilligan wants with all his heart to be there for all of those in his flock in their
times of need, but he has reached the limits of his strength. He feels a terrible guilt
at not being able to fulfill his overwhelming responsibilities, and asks God to forgive
him for his weaknesses.

When Father Gilligan wakes to find
that the man whom he was supposed to be comforting during his last moments has died, he
rushes over to his house, filled with remorse that he had not been there to ease his
passing. To his surprise, the "sick man's wife" tells him that her husband "turned and
died as merry as a bird." Father Gilligan kneels with relief and a sense of awe at these
words. He knows that God, in his mercy, has covered for him, sending "one of His great
angels down" to be with the man as he died. God "has pity on the least of things" -
which is what the old priest humbly considers himself; when he is weak, God will be
there to help him. Father Gilligan need not do everything by himself, because a
merciful, benevolent God will be there to lift him up.

Critical analysis of the poem "To India, My Native Land," by Derozia

H.L.V Derozio's patriotism speaks out from every word of
the poem and his heart wrenching feelings fill the cup of his offerings to his native
land in this superb piece of poetry.The poet visualizes his native land to having a
supreme position in the world which now has been degraded to the most menial
possible.His beloved motherland has been compared by him to the elites-a deity with a
halo,a loftily flying majestic eagle and a personality,whose praises used to compose the
lyrics of the ministrels.Deeply saddened by the pathetic condition of his country,the
poet resolves to try a last-ditch effort to revive the past glories.He wishes to venture
to retrieve the lost fame of his country,now forgotten by mankind.He wishes to perform
this in exchange of a mere good wish and blessing from his
motherland.

Discuss why in Aninmal Farm, after the overthrow of Jones, the Pigs start to undermine the revolution and turn it into a dictatorship.

I think that the actions of the Pigs when they enter the
roles of power represent Orwell's fundamental mistrust of government.  One of the
predominant themes of the novel is that political ambitions can lead individuals in the
position of power to abuse the public trust.  Citizens have to be vigilant and exercise
their voices of dissent at every possible avenue to guard against political actions that
go against the public good.  Through Napoleon's design and Squealer's words, the other
animals are misled into believing that what "Comrade Napoleon" does feeds into the
overall tenets of Animalism and the revolution.  This feeds Orwell's points that if
people do not get turned on to politics, politics will become turned on them.  In this
light, one sees how the Pigs undermine the revolution because of the desire of political
power and consolidating their own control through government.  The totalitarian vision
that results is a product of both the pigs' desire to maintain and keep control and the
animals' trusting nature or lack of dissent to ensure that their government works for
their benefit and not the benefit for those in the position of
power.

Why does Atticus believe Mayella Ewell brought this case to trial?

Atticus gives the reader his reasons during his summation
to the jury. Atticus says he pities Mayella, but not to the extent of allowing an
innocent man to go to prison for her own guilty
conscience.

"I
say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated
her.

Atticus claims that
because she is white, she knew the "enormity" of her actions--that of tempting a black
man. Her guilt was so strong that her only recourse was to place the blame on the man
she tried to entice.

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   "She must destroy the evidence of her
offense...
   She did something that in our society is unspeakable: She kissed
a Negro... No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her
afterwards."

Atticus also
believes that her father, Bob Ewell, had a hand in the accusations. He reminds the jury
that it was he who swore out the warrant, and he reminds them of Ewell's "conduct on the
stand."k

In Wilkinson v Downton (1897) how much did the plaintiff get from her 100 pound claim?

You could answer this is a couple of different ways.  You
could say she got all 100 pounds or you could say she got a little bit
more.

Mrs. Wilkinson's claim was for 100 pounds in damages
for the mental distress that was inflicted on her by Downton's lie about Mr. Wilkinson. 
The jury awarded this entire sum to her.  In his opinion, Mr. Justice Wright held that
the intentional infliction of emotional torment was indeed a tort.  He therefore upheld
the entire 100 pound claim.

In addition, though, Wright
held that Downton was liable for Mrs. Wilkinson's train fare to and from the place where
she thought her husband was injured.  This amounted to a further 1 shilling 10.5
pence.

Therefore, the entire sum due to Mrs. Wilkinson was
100 pounds, 1s 10.5d.

Critical appreciation of the poem "If."

To me, "If" by Rudyard Kipling is giving advice about how
to get the most out of life.

Each stanza is filled with
paradoxes beginning with the word "if".  Each if statement appears to be a contradiction
at first glance, but take each one apart and you will find a proverb or wise saying: 
If you keep your head about you, when all about you are losing theirs and
blaming it on you.  This is not a difficult thing relate to.  Most who have
lived through middle school have experiences that can speak to this.  Each "if"
statement clearly presents a challenging balancing act.  The first stanza really deals
with social challenges, Being nice to others when they aren't being nice
back.

The second stanza really focuses on setting goals and
having plans but not becoming a slave to them.  In this way, if things don't work out as
you hope or dream, you can enjoy the journey.  If you have ever had a dream and been
consumed by it only to have it crash and burn, it is easy to see how that could ruin
your outlook on life. 

The third stanza focuses on taking
risks but not whining about life if it doesn't turn out the way you had hope.  The word
"perseverance" really resonates to me in this stanza.  Sometimes, the only thing one can
do is stay positive and "keep on keepin' on".  If you do this...well he tells you what
happens if you do this in the final two lines.

The last
stanza poses one final set of "if's" that focus on staying true to who you are and not
letting others influence your character.  I especially appreciate the
lines

If you can talk with crowds and keep your
virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common
touch;

They clearly emphasize the importance of
being who you are but appreciating everyone.

Finally,
Kipling provides the result of doing all these things in the final two lines: 
If you do all these things and stay grounded, the world
will be yours as well as everything in it and you will be a mature
person.

In "By the Waters of Babylon," what dose the number three and the color white symbolize?

3-Is the number of personal completeness, It is the number
of the Godhead,it stands for the triune God. It is formed by 1 plus 1 plus plus 1. But
if the 1's are multplied, the result is still 1. So that God is 3in1 and 1 and 3. In
geometry two lines do not make a cube. Hence 2 is an incomplete number while 3 is the
first complete number. It therefore represents God. 3 is also a number of resurrection,
The Lord Jesus is resurrected on the third day. Jonah was in the belly of the fish for 3
days. The restoration of the nation of Israel is also connected with the numeral 3.This
number 3 is frequently related to God, the triune is used in the baptizism, The Lord
Jesus was tempted 3 times, He prayed in the garden 3 times, he asked Peter 3 times if he
loved him and to feed his sheep.When God judged mans sin in Chirst Jesus the heavens and
the earth were dark for 3
hrs.

White is purity, cleanliness,
and innocence. Like black, white goes well with almost any color.
Nature of
White:
To the human eye, white is a brilliant color that can cause headaches
for some. Too much bright white can be blinding.
Culture of
White:
In most Western countries white is the color for brides. In the East,
it's the color for mourning and funerals. White is often associated with hospitals,
especially doctors, nurses, and dentists. Some cultures viewed white as the color of
royalty or of dieties. Angels are typically depicted as wearing white. In early Westerns
the good guy wore white while the bad guy wore black.
Using
White:
In most cases white is seen as a neutral background color and other
colors, even when used in smaller proportion, are the colors that convey the most
meaning in a design. Use white to signify cleanliness or purity or softness. Some
neutral href="http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/colorselection/p/beige.htm">beige,
href="http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/colorselection/p/ivory.htm">ivory, and
creams carry the same attributes as white but are more subdued, less brilliant than
plain white. Use lots of white for a summery look. Use small amounts of white to soften
a wintery palette or suggest snow.

Verify the relation f'(x)/f(x)=1+lnx, if f(x)=e^(ln((x)^x))?

To verify the given identity, we'll have to differentiate
the function f(x):

f'(x)
=e^[ln((x)^x)]*[ln((x)^x)]'

[ln((x)^x)]' =
[x*ln(x)]'

We'll use the product
rule:

(u*v)' = u'*v +
u*v'

[x*ln(x)]' = x'*ln x +
x*[ln(x)]'

[x*ln(x)]' = ln x +
x/x

[x*ln(x)]' = ln x + 1

So,
the derivative of the function f(x) is:

f'(x) =
e^[ln((x)^x)]*(ln x + 1)

But e^[ln((x)^x)] =
f(x).

f'(x) = f(x)*(ln x +
1)

We'll divide both sides by f(x) and we'll
get:

f'(x)/ f(x) = (ln x + 1)
q.e.d.

We notice that the identity
f'(x)/f(x)=1+lnx is verified.

Germ-cell mutations occur in which cells?

The definition of a germ cell is a cell in the gonads,
(ovaries or testes) that gives rise to a gamete, egg or sperm cell. The process of
gametogenesis is where a diploid cell in the gonads, testes or ovaries undergoes
meiosis and this results in haploid cells, known as sperms or eggs, after
differentiation. However, gametes usually aren't capable of surviving for long if
fertilization doesn't occur. Also, spermatogenesis is a more rapid process and
oogenesis(egg production) usually takes longer and is interrupted for periods of time.
Therefore, the answer to your question is germ cell mutations occur in the ovaries or
testes because germ cells are in the gonads and affect the sperm and ova or egg
cells.

What central theme about human behavior does the "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" convey?

There are several themes developed in "The Outcasts of
Poker Flat." Perhaps the main theme is that of how fate--or, in Oakhurst's case, "a
streak of bad luck"--can control a person's destiny. But, in regards to human behavior,
the theme of heroism is dominant. Oakhurst at first appears to be the hero of the story,
showing his leadership ability during the first days of the outcasts' journey. However,
in the end, he takes the coward's way out, committing suicide rather than trying to ride
our his streak of misfortune. The true heroes are the least likely pair: Mother Shipton
and the Duchess. Mother Shipton starves herself to death, hording her food in the hopes
that it will eventually help the others. The Duchess shows a motherly touch with Piney,
keeping her spirits up to the end. Young Tom also shows a heroic streak, setting off in
the blizzard alone in search of help for the others.

On what side of the Periodic Table are metals located?nope

If you look at the convenient chart located just under the
main periodic table on the study guide pasted below, you see that the metals extend from
the far left side all the way over to the right side extending just up to the metalloids
and leaving only about 1/5th of the chart for other nonmetals and the Halogens, etc.  Of
course you may have been asking just for metals and metalloids don't quite count
(depending on who is asking) so you will have to look carefully to see which answer
works for your question.  Of course, I am assuming you are talking about the more widely
used Mendeleev periodic table and not some of the alternative
ones?

In the poem "since feeling is first" by e. e. cummings, according to the speaker of this poem, what is better than wisdom?

In the poem, the speaker says kisses are better than
wisdom and her eyelids’ flutter is better than the “best gesture" of his brain. Kisses
and the flutter are expressions of emotion. They are not filtered by logic, wisdom or
the formulaic structure of syntax, paragraphs and intellectualizing. The speaker is
saying that emotional gestures are more spontaneous and therefore more sincere than a
structured thought. He makes an analogy between the constraints of syntax and grammar on
poetry with the constraints of wisdom on emotion. For emotion and/or poetry to be free
and experienced to fullest, they must be free of these constraints, or as the speaker
says:

who pays attention

to
the syntax of things

will never wholly kiss
you:

I need to write a process analysis paper for English on renewable resources (solar energy?). Any suggestions?

First you will need to pick which type of renewable
resource you want to focus on; I am assuming from your question that you have selected
solar energy. However, there are many types of solar energy. In order to write a process
analysis, you will likely need to narrow your topic down even further. I would recommend
selecting something simply, like solar panels, but there'd are many options. See the
links below for more information on differs types of solar energy and renewable
resources. Once you have narrowed your topic, you will want to find more information
about how that example of solar energy works. If you were writing about solar panels,
you would want to talk about how the sun's power hits the panel and is converted inside
the solar cells. You will what to discuss how the sun's energy becomes usable, renewable
electricity. Depending on how long you need your paper to be, you may want to address
what makes this process renewable. I wouldn't get into opinions or comparisons to
non-renewable resources though.

According to Rousseau, when are citizens obliged to obey the law and when they are not?

Rousseau would argue that people are only obligated to
obey the laws when they have agreed to be bound by those laws.  If they have not agreed
to the "social compact," they are not morally bound to obey the
laws.

Rousseau says that we are not obligated to obey the
law simply because those who impose it have power.  He argues, for example, that a
robber with a gun has power, but we clearly have no moral obligation to give the robber
our money.  The same goes, he says, for government.

We are
only obligated when we form a social compact.  This happens when we agree to be part of
a society.  When we do this, we agree to obey its laws.  Once we have done this, we are
morally obliged to obey.

Discuss the continued relevance of Hind Swaraj.

I think that the Hind Swaraj is highly relevant, even if
the context might have changed.  On one level, the material might not be applicable in
discussing British rule.  Yet, Gandhi's ideas about "the struggle" and how political
movements can be rooted in univeral notions of truth are extremely worthwhile.  The
Tibetan struggle for freedom is one such context where Hind Swaraj is highly relevant. 
Considering that the Dalai Lama is seen in much the same spiritual and political light
as Gandhi was seen, there is much in way of
relevance:

The book is the essence of
his life-long experiment with truth and gives the correct diagnosis of the problem of
humanity in modern times, the causes of it and also the effective remedy for it. Gandhi
usually doesn’t care for consistency as he is always on the journey of experimentation
of the truth but he did not find anything he mentioned in this book that needs to be
revised even after more than two decades. It goes to show that the book carried matured
findings of his persistent inquiries into the truth of human
destiny.

While leaders such as the
Dalai Lama search for poltical truth is a moral or ethical one, as well, their "journey
of experimentation" is something that Gandhi outlined nearly a century ago.  The idea of
a political struggle being something felt in one's soul, as part of one's identity, can
even be seen in the most recent movements in the Middle East, where youth and protestors
took to the streets and the social networking medium in order to express a political
truth that was spiritual, as well.  In this light, the work is quite
relevant.

How did the Balkan Wars lead to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

I assume that you are talking about the Balkan Wars of the
early 1910s and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.  If so, the Balkan War
led to the assassination because they inflamed Slavic nationalism and hatred of
Austria-Hungary.

The Balkan Wars mattered because Serbia
was using these wars to take more territory, in particular a port on the Adriatic Sea
(access to the ocean is very important for economic and military reasons).  Austria did
not want Serbia to get these territories.  After the wars, Austria (with help from other
European nations) forced Serbia to give up the territories it had gained.  These actions
made Serbia (and the Slavs in the region who identified with Serbia because it was a
Slavic country) very angry at Austria.  This anger led to the killing of the Austrian
Archduke.

How does "And of Clay Are We Created" relate to life?

As the title of this excellent short story suggests, the
central relation we can draw between this story and real life is the awareness that we
are, indeed, made of "clay" and therefore fragile, just as Rolf shows himself to be
through his relationship with Azucena. Notice how invulnerable Rolf appears to be at the
beginning of the story:

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Nothing could stop him, and I was always amazed
at his equanimity in the face of danger and suffering; it seemed as if nothing could
shake his fortitude or deter his curiosity. Fear seemed never to touch
him...

The relationship that
Rolf forges with Azucena forces him to be aware of his own inner vulnerability, and
strangely enough, by accepting this, he actually experiences a real sense of release. In
the same way, psychologists would argue that we gain a similar sense of release and
freedom when we are able to be open about our own intense vulnerability and fragile
nature.

"Interest rates,kept at record lows during the financial crisis to spur lending, may also rise." How could this spur lending?when interest rates...

First and foremost thing to understand in this matter is
that the amount of net lending and net borrowing in an economy is always same. It is not
as if amount of one of these has to increase as the amount of other decreases. Both
these variables (lending and borrowings) increase and decrease simultaneously and by
same amount.

Next thing to understand is that interest
rates are affected by many variables other than the demand and supply of funds for
borrowing.In particular the interest rates are affected substantially by the fiscal and
monetary policies of the government.

Also the lowering of
interest rates has two fold increase on the lending institutions such as banks. While
they earn lower interest on the money they lend, they also incur lower cost by way of
interest they pay to their depositors.

Finally, when the
market interest rates are low as a result whatever factors, the industry and business is
encouraged to borrow more, which in turn enables the lending institutions to lend more.
This increase in lending and borrowing, which always move in tandem, contributes to
increase economic activity.

What is the difference between semantics, semiotics and symbolic anthropology? Also what's the difference between a sign and a symbol?For an...

The bulk of this question seems to be trying to discover
the links between these different terms and their subtle differences as applied to
anthropology. Discussion of semiotics can be difficult because it is a fairly complex
concept applied to what ought to be a very simple practice, i.e., the discovery of
meaning in objects, mainly via interpreting their visual significance. The use of the
terms "signs" and "signifiers" further complicates the discussion of semiotics.
Semantics simply means the relationship or connection between signs and what the signs
stand for. A "sign" can be an image, a sound, a concept or idea that represents or
refers to an aspect of culture.

To break it down: semiotics
is a mode of criticism or discourse that refers to signs and signifiers and their
meaning. As one critic put it, "Semiotics tells us things we already know in a language
we will never understand." But it need not be this complex. Semiotics can perhaps be
most easily applied to the study of images in media: film, television, and advertising.
The reason or this is that these forms of visual media often contain cultural contexts
that give layers of meaning to the images used.

To use a
specific example: in the TV show "Malcolm in the Middle" which is a comedy about a
dysfunctional family, there is a scene where the youngest child Dewey (who is 8) is
sitting at the table eating cereal. One of his brothers is in trouble and their mother
is about to get very angry. This is a situation the boys try to avoid at all costs
because they don't to be yelled at or punished. Dewey decides to try and hide his face
behind the box of cereal, which looks a bit like the Kellogg's Cornflakes box. This act
of hiding behind the cereal box so his mother won't notice him contains a number of
semiotic meanings: the "sign" is the cereal box but it holds many layers of meaning. But
because this show uses humor to portray a family which is anything but ideal, the
idealistic notions portrayed by this sign carry irony and humor. For example, the box
can refer to the ideal suburban family who eats a healthy breakfast: a cultural sign
referring to the 1950s image of the typical nuclear family. It can refer to a caring
mother who feeds her children nutritious food. The use of the box as a fortress to hide
behind (Dewey is literally hiding behind a symbol of ideal suburban happiness, quite at
odds with his own family situation) gives it another layer of meaning as a signifier.
Finally, the cartoon-like drawing of the rooster on the box has layers of meaning as
well: the rooster's loud crowing and vibrant feathers convey a loud and flamboyant
image, the opposite of what Dewey wants in this moment. The cartoonish nature of the
drawing also conveys lighthearted humor, when the humor is of a darker, more menacing
tone. 

This is one example of how a simple sign, a cereal
box, can carry a number of cultural signifiers and meanings.

What kind of child is Paul? What are his motivations?

Paul longs for his mother's love. We learn early in the
story that his mother "felt the centre of her heart go hard" around her children. She
tries to hide this, but her two daughters and Paul sense she doesn't really love
them. 

Paul's mother, a proud woman, yearns for more money
and likes to keep up appearances. She feels disappointed that her husband has not been
more successful. Paul, a sensitive child, feels an "anxiety in the house" that haunts
it. The very walls seem to cry out, "There must be more money." Everyone feels the
"grinding sense of the shortage of money."

Paul
internalizes his mother's desire for money. Like her, he is proud. He wants to please
her, but his pride is injured when she doesn't believe that God told him that he was
lucky: 

The
boy saw she did not believe him; or rather, that she paid no attention to his assertion.
This angered him somewhere, and made him want to compel her
attention. 

Later, he again
reveals his pride and desire to be taken seriously:

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 And then the house whispers, like people
laughing at you behind your back. It's awful, that is! I thought if I was
lucky—

Paul is also
secretive: "He went about with a sort of stealth, seeking inwardly for luck." When he
wins 5,000 pounds betting, he doesn't want his mother to know he is the source of the
money. He lies to her about why he has his rocking-horse moved to his
bedroom.

He is an angry child too, as might be expected
from someone who senses his mother really doesn't love him. We see this in his eyes. For
instance, "his eyes had a strange glare in them." His eyes "glare" and "blaze." His
voice shows his anger as well: he speaks "fiercely" and at one point his voice "flared."
He rides his rocking-horse "furiously." We see his anger in his determination to "force"
the horse to do his bidding:

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He would slash the horse on the neck with the
little whip he had asked Uncle Oscar for. He knew the horse could take him to where
there was luck, if only he forced
it.

There is also something
odd about this little boy. His eyes "had an uncanny cold fire in them." The word uncanny
is used twice to describe him.

We also learn in the story
that Paul is "frightened."

Despite being a proud, angry,
driven little boy, we feel sorry for Paul at the end, for he is most of all a frightened
child who dies trying to earn his mother's love and approval.

How has Atticus's character influenced Jem in Chapter 22 of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird?

After Atticus suckered Jem into admitting that the
children were playing their Boo Radley game outside on the street, Jem wasn't so sure
that he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps.

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"I thought I wanted to be a lawyer, but I ain't
so sure now!"  (Chapter
5)

After the
jury's verdict in the Tom Robinson trial, Jem is pretty sure that he would like to
outlaw all juries, too. It was clear to Jem, who had seen the entire trial, that his
father had proven that Tom was an innocent man. However, the jury didn't think so, and
Jem was livid.

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"I always thought Maycomb folks were the best
folks in the world, least that's what they seemed
like."

Jem had it in his head
that Atticus was all alone in his community, but Miss Maudie explained that there were
plenty of people who felt just like Atticus. Judge Taylor had handpicked Atticus to
defend Tom, she told Jem, instead of the normal court-appointed lawyer. Maudie told Jem
how she had waited and waited, realizing that only Atticus could have kept "a jury out
so long in a case like that." She told him that some
men

     "...
were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.
    
"We're so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we've got men like Atticus
to go for us."

Jem seemed to
be thinking that Maycomb needed more people like Atticus--perhaps another Finch
lawyer "to make up for heathen
juries."

"Soon's I get
grown--"

What are some of the "sound devices" used in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray?

In his famous "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,"
Thomas Gray uses several forms of poetic "sound devices."  Here are some
examples.

1. Alliteration: The
repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Line 2: "The
lowing herd wind slowly o'er the
lea"

Line 4: "The
plowman homeward plods his
weary
way"

Line 28: "How
bow'd the woods beneath their
sturdy
stroke"

2.
Rhyme:

In most places, Gray
uses standard, "full" rhyme: day-lea, sight-flight, holds-folds, complain, reign,
etc.

Occasionally, though, Gray uses partial
rhymes.

Lines 29,31: toil,
smile

Lines 30, 32: obscure,
poor

Lines 58, 60: withstood,
blood

Some of these may indicate that Gray's pronunciation
was different than our contemporary pronunciation.  In other cases , he may simply be
"stretching" his rhymes.

Onomatopoeia:
words that imitate a sound (moo, meow,
etc.)

I have not been able to find examples of onomatopoeia
in Gray's "Elegy."  At first, I thought that the words "tolls," "knell," and "lowing,"
might be onomatopoeic, but the dictionaries I consulted do not seem to agree with this
theory.

In The Great Gatsby, is Jordan Baker a static character or a dynamic character?

In the story of "The Great Gatsby," Jordan represents a
fairly STATIC character.  Of course, to say that we should probably be certain we
understand what a "static character" is.

When something it
"static" that means it doesn't change much (or that it will give you a shock when you
touch it : )  This is contrasted with a "dynamic" character, which means one that will
change a lot during the course of a story.  A dynamic character grows and learns, when a
static one doesn't.

The proof, really, is in the fact that
Jordan is pretty much the same type of girl she was at the end of the story as she was
at the beginning of the story.  She starts out a little aloof with aspirations of
thinking she is better than most people, and toward the end she sort of remains that
way.  It is probably one of the reasons why Nick never takes a "serious" interest in
her...she is a little bit boring.

In fact, most of the
characters in Gatsby are a bit static.  None of them really changes much during the
course of the story.  Daisy has a bit of a melt-down for a while, but by the end she is
back where she started.  Gatsby dynamic nature occurs largely outside of the story, such
as his growing up period that we don't really get to see first hand.  And Nick, though
he does develop certain sensibilities during the story, isn't radically different after
that crazy summer.

In The Great Gatsby, what is the significance of Nick’s taking charge of Gatsby’s funeral arrangements?

In my opinion, Nick's ambition to arrange the funeral is
both shocking and obvious.

Throughout the entire work, Nick
has been judging so many of Gatsby's moves after telling us he doesn't really judge
people. Gatsby's change in lifestyle after the affair and the crazed man Nick describes
to us as readers demonstrates that judgment. So, in that regard, it shocks me that he
would take such responsibility for making Gatsby's life one of
significance.

On the other hand, Nick has been narrating
this story for a reason, likely to show something about Gatsby since the title is named
after him. So, maybe this funeral is the whole point of the story. Nick is realizing
through his pursuit of the funeral that Gatsby's amazing life isn't all that amazing if
no one shows up to honor the life that he lived. 

How does Brutus change throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar?My teacher told me that Brutus is a dynamic character, but he hasnt explained why. I...

At first, Brutus is a loyal friend to Caesar. The two of
them are very close. At the same time, Brutus loves Rome and he is a concerned citizen.
When Cassius plants the idea that Caesar is becoming overly ambitious, Brutus begins to
examine the situation. He begins changing his mind about
Caesar.

After Brutus decides to join the conspirators, he
becomes a murderer. He commits a violent act against his dear friend. After the
assassination, he insists that the conspirators wash their hands in Caesar's blood and
walk through the market-place. In this image, he appears to be a cold-blooded
murderer.

After Antony is permitted to speak as a memorial
to Caesar, Brutus has to flee for his life. He becomes despondent. His country is
plunged into a civil war. Portia commits suicide. Brutus loses his wife and becomes
hopeless.

He is angry with Cassius now. He was trying to
spare his country from  the slavery following Caesar's dictatorship. Although Caesar is
dead, Brutus sees his ghost and realizes that Caesar is still
ruling.

Because Antony's forces defeat him, Brutus falls on
his own sword. In a sense, Brutus has lost all the courage and bravery he once had. He
dies without hope of seeing Rome remain a free country.

In what ways can the "Russian Revolution" of October 1917 be justifiably called a "revolution"?

The October Revolution was the second revolution in Russia
within a year. It was truly a revolutionary change both from the first (March 1917)
revolution and the former Czarist government.

The
government of Nicholas II had collapsed in March, 1917 primarily because of Nicholas'
abysmal leadership, the bizarre interference of Grigori Rasputin, and the suffering of
the Russian people caused by World War I. The new government, under Alexander Kerensky,
promised equality before the law, freedom of religion, freedom of speech and assembly,
and freedom for workers to strike.

Kerensky's promised
reforms did not go far enough to satisfy the radicals. They wanted the confiscation of
all large landed estates and the land redistributed to the peasants. Also, Kerensky
believed government efforts should be concentrated on winning the war; domestic reforms
could be made later. This was a sad mistake.

Kerensky's
famous Order Number one allowed committees of enlisted men to make military decisions
rather than officers. The end result was that many soldiers deserted the ranks and went
home to engage in a "land grab." The liberty envisioned in the March revolution soon
became anarchy.

This situation played into the hands of
Vladimir Lenin; who believed that change could only come about by violent revolution. He
once stated that without terrorism, there could be no revolution. He also believed that
human leadership, not historical development was necessary to bring about revolution. He
saw himself as that leader.

The German High Command, seeing
an opportunity, smuggled Lenin into St. Petersburg on a sealed train. Lenin rejected the
idea of cooperation with Kerensky's government, and which he considered "bourgeois." By
October, Bolshevik membership had increased from 50,000 to over 240,000. In November,
they seized government buildings and declared themselves as the new government. This was
truly revolutionary.

Why did many Americans protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

There were a number of reasons why Americans protested the
Vietnam War.  Different segments of the anti-war movement had different reasons.  Among
the reasons were:

• The idea that Vietnam was not
  important to the US.  To many Americans, it was not really important if Vietnam became a
  communist country.  It was far away and therefore not that important to
  us.


• The idea that communism was actually a good system. 
  There was an element in the counterculture that believed that communism was superior to
  capitalism.  This element preferred the North Vietnamese system and did not believe the
  US should be opposing it.


• The idea that the war was not
  winnable.  Especially later in the war, many Americans came to believe that the US was
  simply not capable of winning the war because so many Vietnamese supported the communist
  side.


• The draft.  Many Americans hated the idea that
  young men could be forced to go fight, particularly in an unpopular
  war.

What was the dynamic between Oedipus and the Gods/ Divinity in Oedipus Rex?

Overall, I think that the role of the Gods can be seen in
the power of the fates.  In this light, the question becomes whether or not Oedipus
shows proper deference to the power of the fates or gods.  Does he value his own free
will more than the power of the gods if a choice between the two is to be forced?  I
think that this becomes the fundamental role of the divine in the play.  Oedipus
understands that the Oracle of Delphi, the power of the fate, has foretold what his
destiny.  He also understands that Teiresias has indicated certain truths that also
represent a vision of the gods or of fate.  Yet, Oedipus continues to assert his own
vision of reality, one that actively employs his own sense of free will in the face of
the fated action. He goes as far as to imply that adherence to fate when free will is
needed represents "inaction."  Oedipus is rarely shown to acquiesce to the power of the
fates until it is sadly too late.  I think that in this light, the role of the Gods, or
of the divine, is one where the primary theme of fate versus free will is evident.  Its
exploration is the unfolding of the drama.  While there is not a specific God involved,
the overall presence of the divine through the concept of fate is invoked and helps to
drive home the theme of free will vs. fate.

What are quotes from Julius Caesar to show that Cassius uses manipulative methods to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy?

Act I, Scene II: "Caesar doth bear me hard, but he loves
Brutus. If I were Brutus now and he were Cassius, he should not humor me.  I will this
night, in several hands, in at his windows throw, As if they came from several citizens,
writings all tending to the great opinion that Rome hold of his name, wherein obscurely
Caesar's ambiion shall be glanced at" (lines
308-315).

Since Cassius knows his own words aren't enough
to convince Brutus to join the conspirators, he has decided to write fake letters and
forge other citizens' names to them to urge Brutus
further.

Act I, Scene II:  "Why, man, he doth bestride the
narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about
to find outselves dishonorable graves.  Men at some point are masters of their fates. 
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves, that we are
underlings."

Cassius is making Brutus seem like they are
Caesar's slaves when the reality is they are two well respected and wealthy Sentors in
Rome.

Which of the following is true of both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union?In the Soviet union and Nazi Germany in the 1930's, there was a concerted...

The best answer to this question is D.  Both the
communists who ran the Soviet Union and the Nazis who ran Germany wanted to get rid of
beliefs that were incompatible with their own ideologies.  This was more true in the
Soviet Union than in Germany, but it was true to some extent in both
countries.

In the Soviet Union, the government explicitly
and vigorously attacked religion.  It did things like seizing church property and
teaching athiesm in the schools.  Things were not that severe in Nazi Germany.  However,
there were many things about Christianity that were not really consistent with Nazi
ideology.  Because of this, the Nazis were making gradual efforts to diminish support
for traditional Christianity in Germany.

What is the limit of function (sin7x+sin8x)/7x, if x approaches to 0? I should not use l'Hopital rule.

First, we'll verify if we'll get an indetermination by
substituting x by the value of the accumulation
point.

lim (sin7x+sin8x)/7x  = lim (sin0 +sin
0)/7*0

We know that sin 0 =
0

lim (sin7x+sin8x)/7x = (0 - 0)/0 =
0/0

Since x approaches to 0, we'll create remarcable
limits:

lim (sin x)/x = 1, if x approaches to
0.

lim (sin7x+sin8x)/7x = lim (sin 7x)/7x + lim (sin
8x)/7x

lim (sin7x+sin8x)/7x = 1 + (1/7)* lim 8*(sin
8x)/8x

lim (sin7x+sin8x)/7x = 1 + (8/7)* lim (sin
8x)/8x

lim (sin7x+sin8x)/7x = 1 + (8/7)*
1

lim (sin7x+sin8x)/7x = 1 +
8/7

lim (sin7x+sin8x)/7x =
15/7

The limit of the given function, for x
approaches to 0, is:  lim (sin7x+sin8x)/7x =
15/7.

In Chapter 16 of To Kill a Mockingbird, what does Maycomb's turnout for the trial imply about human nature?

In my opinion, what this says about human nature is that
we are sort of drawn to the gruesome things in life.  It's like people slowing down to
check out a nasty car crash on the freeway.

In Maycomb, the
trial of Tom Robinson was going to be sensational for sure.  It had everything that
reality TV has and more.  It had sex and it had violence, for example.  In addition, it
was likely to show someone getting put back in his place and people like to watch
revenge taken on people they think are bad.

So it was like
an interesting show with sex and violence and race but it was also like a car wreck
because people could watch someone on trial for his life and likely to
lose.

What is the integral of the function y = (sin x)^3.

The given function is y = (sin
x)^3

We'll write (sin x)^3 = (sin x)^2*sin
x

We'll use Pythagorean
identity:

(sin x)^2 = 1 - (cos
x)^2

We'll calculate the
integral:

Int (sin x)^3 dx = Int (sin x)^2*sin x
dx

Int (sin x)^2*sin x dx = Int [1 - (cos x)^2]*sin x
dx

We'l put cos x = t.

We'll
differentiate both sides:

- sin x dx =
dt

Int [1 - (cos x)^2]*sin x dx = Int -(1-t^2)dt = Int (t^2
- 1)dt

Int (t^2 - 1)dt = Int t^2 dt - Int
dt

Int (t^2 - 1)dt = t^3/3 - t +
C

Int (sin x)^3 dx = (cos x)^3/3 - cos x +
C

How can being a conscientious citizen help in curtailing government expenditures?

I think that you are asking how citizens can help to keep
government spending down.  I have changed your question to show
this.

The answer to this depends greatly on what sorts of
spending your government does.  In general, though, individual citizens should try to
consume as few government services as they possibly can.  When the government offers
services that the people do not need, they should simply not use those services even if
they would like to.

For example, my brother's children
attend a school where breakfast and lunch are free to everyone because of the high rate
of poverty at the school.  Parents who are not poor should not consume that service. 
They should not take advantage of this benefit being offered by the government even
though it is in their own selfish interest to do
so.

Conscientious citizens should consume as few government
services as they can so as to keep government expenditures in
check.

Give one character in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings that was a positive role model for Maya?

Clearly the first character that was a positive role model
for Maya was Mrs. Bertha Flowers, who manages to get Maya to open up and love herself
after the rape she endured. This event occurs in Chapter Fifteen of this moving
autobiography, which opens with the following
paragraph:

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For nearly a year, I sopped around the house,
the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I
met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first life
line.

It is of course Mrs.
Bertha Flowers who has a massive transformational effect on Maya, helping her to see
that she was not in fact the "old biscuit" that she thought she was and that she was
special and loved. The simple act of inviting Maya over to her house and having tea with
her and reading to her invests Maya with a new sense of self worth and helps her to see
herself differently. Note what Maya says after she leaves Mrs. Flowers's house for the
first time:

I
was liked, and what a difference it made. I was respected not as Mrs. Henderson's
grandchild or Bailey's sister but for being Marguerite Johnson... All I cared about was
that she had made tea cookies for me and read to me from her favourite book. It was
enough to prove that she liked
me.

Thus it is that at a
critical stage in her life, Maya is helped through her feelings of low self-esteem
because of her rape through one of the first characters who acts as a positive role
model and teaches her how to love herself and how to respect who she is as a black
woman.

In J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, what does Holden’s reaction to the graffiti indicate ?

In Catcher in the Rye, by J.D.
Salinger, Holden finds graffiti in Phoebe's school. He is concerned that the kids will
see the nasty words and that some "dirty" kid will explain it to them, and that they
will think about it and worry about it. It seems he is concerned for the welfare of the
younger children.

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I thought how Phoebe and all the other little
kids would see it, and how they'd wonder what the hell it meant, and then finally some
dirty kid would tell them—all cockeyed, naturally—what it meant, and how they'd all
think about it and maybe even worry about it for a couple of days. I kept wanting to
kill whoever'd written it. I figured it was some perverty bum that'd sneaked in the
school late at night...

The
importance of Holden's reaction is that it reflects his concern for children, as seen in
the conversation he had with Phoebe about the "catcher" in the rye…even though he had
misremembered the quote from Robert Burns' poem.

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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."

...She was right, though. It
is "If a body meet a body coming through the rye." I didn't know it
then, though.

"I thought it was 'If a body catch a body.'"
I said. "Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big
field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around—nobody big, I
mean—except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I
have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff—I mean if they're running and
they don't look where they're going. I have to come out from somewhere and
catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd be the catcher in the
rye and all...

Holden's
concern for children who cannot take care of themselves is attached to the threat he
perceives in the ugly world portrayed by the vulgar graffiti. Overall, the idea of
children being caught before they can fall is something that applies to Holden, though
he is unaware of it. Mr. Antolini alludes to this when he speaks to Holden about
"falling" because he commits himself to a useless cause or doesn't find out what really
matters to him.

Holden really does care for the young in
need of saving. And his love for kids seems obvious by his deep attachment to his sister
who he sees as untouched by the ugliness of the world. In a sense, though, he
also is a child, struggling with the ugliness of the
world.

Can you summarize the progress made in civil rights for minorities between 1950 - 1970 for me please.

Civil rights are freedoms and rights of individuals in a
society. Many countries, explicitly grant such rights to their citizens which include
rights such as freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, right to own property, and
to receive fair and equal treatment from government, other persons, and private groups.
Though, in USA the bill of rights theoretically granted equal rights to all, in practice
many discriminatory practices against minorities continued to exist even after abolition
of slavery. It became the main domestic issue in USA in
1960's

Though there was a gradual movements towards greater
equality in USA the progress was rather slow. The period between 1950 to 1970 is marked
in US history is a period of increasing struggle for civil rights of minorities and
resultant achievements in this direction.

One of the main
leader of this movement was Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), who championed the
cause of equal civil rights in a peaceful way almost throughout these two decades. His
movement won support from a wide section of American population including whites. This
movement led to abolition of laws that had barred integration in southern states. In
1956 Supreme Court ordered provision of integrated seating in public
buses

Major progress in civil rights for minorities was
made with passing of Civil Rights Act in 1964, which was the result of initiatives taken
by President John F. Kennedy, and his successor Lyndon B. Johnson. This act prohibited
racial discrimination in voter registration, access to public places such as parks,
public lavatories and buses, and provided for equal opportunity in employment and
education. Similarly, the Act of 1968 prohibited racial discrimination in other areas
such as the sale and rental of housing. It also made provision of financial aid for the
needy.

Analyze Bernard in every aspect of his character (actions,behavior...), and please give examples.Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

In his admiration of Helmholtz, Bernard Marx, in
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, desires to
be a maverick but lacks the fortitude to be one.  As an indication of his character, his
physical defect symbolizes his inner nature as well.  In Chapter 3, Henry Foster and the
Assistant Director of Predestination

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rather pointedly turned their backs on Bernard
Marx from the Psychology Bureau:  averted themselves from that unsavoury
reputation....Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising.  The smile
on Bernard Mrx's face was
contemptuous.

Clearly,
Bernard has an inferiority complex, and he tries to compensate for his hairy body and
shorter stature--attributed as a mistake of adding alcohol into his
blood-surrogate--by being intellectually independent:

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One hundred repetitions three nights a week for
four years, thought Bernard Marx, who was a specialist on hypnopaedia.  Sixty-two
thousand four hundred repetitions make one truth. 
Idiots!

In his resentment for
being considered physically inferior, Bernard asserts himself in small rebellious acts
that mimic one of America's great individualists:  Henry David Thoreau. Bernard takes
trips out to see nature, he seeks solitude, and he attempts "to march to the beat of a
different drummer" by conscientious objection in  returning to culture.  His taking
Lenina to the Reservation is such an act. 

However,
Bernard's complex about having a baser appearance prevents him from following Thoreau's
path other than in theory.  When he discovers Linda and John on the reservation, Bernard
demonstrates his petty nature as he makes a move to attain the power he has pretended to
scorn:  he offers to take Linda and John back with him.  And, after he becomes popular
for having brought back John the Savage to the New World, Bernard flaunts his
unorthodoxy for attention, proving himself a hypocrite.  For, he reneges on his promises
to John and simply exploits him and Linda for his own ends of popularity and revenge
against the Director.

In contrast to Helmholtz and John,
Bernard remains shallow and uninteresting, despite his loneliness and anguish.  When the
riot occurs in Chapter 15, Bernard is indecisive and
craven.

urged
by a sudden impulse, [Bernard] ran forward to help them [the Deltas]; then thought
better of it and halted; then, ashamed, stepped forward agains; then again thought
better of it, and was standing in an agony of humiliated indecision--thinking that
they might be killed if he didn't help them, and that
hemight be killed if he did--when (Ford be praised!) goggle-eyed and
swine-snouted in their gas-masks, in ran the police....He shouted,
'Help!'

Unlike Helmholtz, an
authentic man who anticipates eagerly the experience of cold and deprivation in his
exile, Bernard whines about his sentence, trying to deflect any blame onto
others:

Send
me to an island?....You can't send me.  I
haven't done anything.  It was the others. I swear it was the
others.

In "a paroxysm of
abjection," Bernard throws himself upon his knees before the Controller:  Oh please,
your forship, please...."  Bernard persists in his grovelling, so the Controller has him
vaporized with soma.

Nevertheless,
Bernard, in his genuine unhappiness, does go the Falkland Islands more of a real human
being than he has been
before.

Why did the English Population welcome the reestablishment of the Stuart monarchy in 1660?

The English people were willing to accept the return of
Charles II as King because of the oppressive regime of Oliver Cromwell who ruled as Lord
Protector for eleven years following the execution of Charles I. Cromwell’s Puritan
ideals never left him. He never lost his rough edge and was stubbornly idealistic while
easily convincing himself that he was right and therefore should not compromise. He
imposed taxes without Parliamentary approval and dissolved Parliament when it disagreed
with him. He insisted that people should lead "godly" lives and accordingly ordered
theaters closed, forbade sports, and censored the press. When a rebellion broke out in
Ireland in 1649, Cromwell put it down with merciless savagery. The result of his
treatment of the Irish was a deep seated hatred by Irishmen of England and all things
English, a sentiment that still exists. As a result, the Puritan republic was every bit
as oppressive as the monarchy of the Stuarts. Cromwell was so unpopular that he began
wearing armor under his clothes and took circuitous routes throughout London to foil any
assassins who might be stalking him.

In 1657, a newly
elected Parliament produced a new constitution and offered Cromwell the throne. He
refused, perhaps because he believed God had spoken to him against the monarchy; but did
accept the terms of the "Humble Petition and Advice" by introducing a second house of
Parliament, designated the House of Lords, and by the terms of which he could name his
own successor. Cromwell demonstrated his gratitude by dissolving the Parliament. He died
one year later and was followed by his son, Richard Cromwell, as head of the republic.
The younger Cromwell was not the man his father was and served only a short
time.

The military government collapsed in 1658 when
Cromwell died. The English people were fed up with military rule, and wanted a
restoration of the common law and social stability. They were ready to restore the
monarchy and would not soon re-experiment with a republic. The heir presumptive, Charles
II, son of Charles I, was living in exile in Holland. However, his return was only
accomplished by military force when General George Monck, a former royalist officer with
troops still loyal to him, marched on London and dissolved Parliament. Charles issued a
conciliatory proclamation, and Parliament invited him to assume the throne. He was
crowned Charles II on April 23, 1661, eleven years after the execution of his
father.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, does Scout achieve her goal of becoming a "lady"?

I don't think Scout ever actually reveals this answer,
either in retrospect as an adult or as a child as the story unfolds. We do know that she
was a tomboy, and she preferred the company of men over
women.

Ladies
in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere...
I was more at home in my father's
world.

She did do her best to
please Aunt Alexandra at the Missionary Circle tea, wearing her pink Sunday dress and a
petticoat.

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After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time
like this, so could I.

And
she displayed her most ladylike manners when she took Boo Radley's hand and escorted him
back to his house in the final chapter.

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... if Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from
her upstairs window, she could see Arthur Radley escorting me down the sidewalk, as any
gentleman would do. 

But,
with Atticus' guidance, Scout probably did grow out of her love of overalls and become a
proper lady.

German invasion of the USSR (Operation Barbarossa), What is the significance of this event?/What resulted from it?

Agreed with the above post. Hitler made a grave mistake by
invading the Soviet Union, which outnumbered him three to one in population, and had
massive distances and areas to contend with.  It's unconquerable without nuclear
weapons, much as the US is.  By staging the attack, it guaranteed that he would lose the
war.

It was also one of the most destructive, brutal and
bloody wars in human history.  20 million Soviets died and 3 million Germans were
killed.  Entire cities and states were laid waste.  There were massive refugee
populations, 1.5 million Jews were murdered and thousands of war crimes were committed
by both sides in the war.  Stalin refused to trade for his POWs (including one of his
own sons), and refused to give back any German POWs.  Most of them died in Soviet labor
camps.

What is the structure of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

Based on Freytag's plot structure pyramid, the structure
of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice begins with an inciting action
in the first pages of Chapter One wherein Mrs. Bennet announces that Mr. Bingley has
rented a neighboring manor and is taunted by Mr. Bennet who insists he shall never
strike up a family friendship with the new tenants, leaving his wife and five daughters
to fend for themselves in meeting the new young man and his friends at the upcoming town
sponsored ball.

The rising action is based on the
conflict--which is that Mr. Darcy is not overly impressed with Elizabeth and audibly
expresses his opinion, thus setting Elizabeth's mind against him--and its complications,
like Mrs. Bennet's ill-bred behavior and Miss Bingley's fondness for Mr. Darcy. The
climax comes when Mr. Darcy says that he knows that Elizabeth would have told Lady de
Bourgh honestly that she had no interest in Mr. Darcy if that had been true and then
asks Elizabeth for her love.

The falling action is quite
significant because Elizabeth has to break the news to her two parents, which is no
small task because neither one likes him and Mr. Bennet has to be told that he owes
Lydia's salvation to Mr. Darcy. The resolution occurs at the woefully understated
wedding at which everyone who mattered to the couple was present and is followed by a
brief epilogue describing the happiness of the other couples involved in the
story.

Explain who ordered Japanese-Americans into the internment camps?

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American
government felt the need to intern all individuals of Japanese ancestry or ethnicity
under the cloak of national security.  President Franklin Delano Roosevelt himself
authorized this:

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt authorized
the internment with Executive Order 9066, issued February 19, 1942, which allowed local
military commanders to designate "military areas" as "exclusion zones," from which "any
or all persons may be excluded." This power was used to declare that all people of
Japanese ancestry were excluded from the entire Pacific coast, including all of
California and most of Oregon and Washington, except for those in internment
camps.

Roosevelt's Executive
Order 9066 indicated many particular elements about how internment was to be handled and
how Japanese individuals were to be treated by the U.S. Government.  His order allowed
the military to declare "exclusion zones" where citizen or non-citizen deemed to be a
threat could be placed.  In one of the first "enemy combatant" moves by the government,
Roosevelt was able to embolden the executive branch and its extensions to ensure that
anyone of Japanese or Korean ancestry be detained in these facilities.  In doing so,
Roosevelt was able to tap into public sentiment that targeted individuals whose
ancestral nations were allied against the United States.  In the process he was able to
galvanize more public support for the aims of the war effort.

What would be a good thesis statement for a Holocaust essay?What would be a good thesis statement about how inhumane the concentration camps were...

Much of this is going to be driven by what it is you are
going to prove in the paper.  I think that this will be supported by what you have in
your possession in terms of research materials and sources as well as what the task or
assignment is.  If this is for a class, being able to understand the nature and dynamics
of the assignment will assist you in carving out a thesis statement that is aligned with
what is being asked of you.  I think that there are several paths that can be pursued,
but I also feel that this is going to be contingent on what you have, what you need to
do, and with what you feel comfortable writing.  Somewhere between the valences of all
three lies your thesis statement, something that will be up to you to reclaim and
identify.

Explain how scientists showed that viruses hijacked cells with their DNA or RNA and not with their protein.

Two scientists Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase in 1952 did
a famous experiment to prove whether the protein coat, or the viral DNA was responsible
for hijacking a host cell's reproductive machinery, producing more viruses. Since
protein contains sulfur, some radioactive sulfur was put into one batch of T2 virus and
its host cell E.Coli bacteria. Since DNA contains phosphorus, radioactive phosphorus was
placed in a second batch of T2 virus with E.Coli. Depending on which one the bacteria
cell(host) incorporated, would determine which part of the virus was taking over the
cell's reproductive equipment. As it turned out, the phosphorus showed up inside the
bacteria cell therefore, it is DNA that a virus injects into a host cell, which in turn,
directs the host into replicating more viruses.

How does the play Macbeth reflect the social anxieties of the time?

Since Shakepeare's plays were under the patronage of
the English monarchy, he was well aware that political repercussions could gravely
affect his prosperity. In fact, King James named Shakespeare's company of actors the
King's Men. With this financial support and political connection, with James I of
Scotland on the throne of England, Shakepeare wrote what would be known as the cursed
Scottish play since James VI was also king of Scotland; his mother had been Mary Queen
of Scots, a cousin of Elizabeth I.  Additionally, since the ancestors of James I could
be traced back to Banquo, Shakespeare wrote the role of Banquo kindly as a man of
integrity who is fair in his dealings.  Whereas some of his previous plays contained
pejorative language regarding Scotland, Shakespeare wrote Macbeth with a motif of
commonality between the two countries. Malcolm's role, too, was altered for King James;
he was recorded in history as not a friend of England, but at the end of the play, he is
shown as a friend of the English.

Another element of the
play that is politically correct is that of the preternatural world.  For the
Elizabethans, the other world had a tremendous role in their lives. What Shakespeare
does in his play is to take the "goddesses of Scottish destiny" that he had read about
in Holinshed and altered them into bearded hags, in keeping with the interest of the
principal person for whom he was writing the play, King James, as well as for his
Elizabethan audience.

What problems with the original document motivated the adoption of the Bill of Rights?

Essentially, the problem, according to many critics of the
Constitution, was that the document contained insufficient protections for basic civil
liberties. Since the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, when William III was obliged
to sign the English Bill of Rights, an enumeration of basic protections against
arbitrary government was fundamental to the Anglo-American political tradition. So when
the Constitution was ratified without a list of rights (though some, including habeas
corpus, were protected within the Constitution itself) many critics argued that it
needed one. When the Constitution was submitted to the states for ratification, many of
the state conventions demanded a Bill of Rights, and some even suggested amendments.
Several states only agreed to ratify the Constitution under the understanding that a
Bill of Rights would be added. Twelve amendments were duly proposed, and ten were
ratified, in 1789. 

The poem "To the Ladies" by Mary, Lady Chudleigh, ends with "Value yourselves, and men despise, / You must be proud, if you'll be wise."Does the...

Mary, Lady Chudleigh's poem, "To the Ladies" strongly
argues that a woman should not give herself up to marriage, for when she does, the
individual she was will cease to be: she will belong to her husband, subject to his
every pleasure, displeasure or whim.

She begins her poem by
stating—with direct purpose—"Wife and servant are the same." It takes little imagination
to guess the direction for the rest of the poem. Freedom disappears behind matrimonial
promises to "obey." The last two lines of the poem press the author's point home again,
warning women that they must protect themselves and "despise" men if they are wise and
wish to hold on to the essence of who they are without a
husband.

Value
your selves, and Men despise,
You must be proud, if you'll be
wise.

In Christina Rossetti's
poem, "No, Thank You, John," it seems that the speaker is able to
follow the advice put forth in "To the Ladies."

The speaker
makes no apologies to the ardent and persistent John. She states that she does not love
him and has never told him that she did. She insists that there is nothing between them,
though allows that other women might welcome his
attentions.

The speaker seems to answer his accusation of
being heartless, but she does so without apology, stating that he is crazy to ask for a
love she does not feel for him.

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I have no heart?--Perhaps I have
not;

But then you're mad to take
offence

That I don't give you what I have not
got...

The speaker
desperately tries to reason with John, offering a hand of friendship, but she refuses to
back down or be intimidated by his tenacity.  She asks that they stop arguing or
"playing games," and flatly refuses his offer of
love.

In open
treaty. Rise above

Quibbles and shuffling off and
on:

Here's friendship for you if you like; but
love,--

No, thank you,
John.

The speaker in
Rossetti's poem does, indeed, seem to be able to follow the advice given by Mary, Lady
Chudleigh.

Are there any similarities between the introduction of The Scarlet Letter ("The Custom House") and the story itself?

There are some similarities. First and most important is
the presence of the narrator. It is his voice rather than his identity that is
significant. He is established in the introduction as a man of imagination and
curiosity, and these traits are reflected in the way he tells the the story. As he
relates it, his information having been gleaned from old documents and old tales, his
voice is often ambiguous and filled with qualifications as he offers up one possible
version of events versus another. He asks many questions. His curiosity inspires
curiosity in the reader. The truth of the events he relates is as much a mystery to him
as to the reader.

There are also some similarities between
the narrator and, strangely enough, Hester Prynne. Both live in circumstances where they
really do not belong. The narrator is at heart a writer, trapped in the mundane life of
the Custom House and surrounded by people far different from himself in their values,
behavior, and temperament. He goes about his business, performing his duties, but he
does so without really belonging. He is an outsider who observes those around him while
remaining essentially detached. It is understandable why he would be drawn to Hester,
intrigued by a woman who lived and died in her own difficult circumstances among people
so unlike herself. Like Hester, the narrator is emotional, passionate, and
nonjudgmental, very much aware of the unresolved mysteries in
life.

What are the main points of chapter 19 of "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett?

Kathryn Stockett's novel The Helpis
told by three different narrators: Miss Skeeter Phelan, Aibileen Clark, and Minnie
Jackson. Chapter 19 is one of Miss Skeeter's chapters. She is a white woman who has just
graduated from college and now finds herself living at home, writing articles about
cleaning for the Jackson Journal, and getting serious with her
first real boyfriend, Stuart. Most importantly, though, she is secretly writing a book
of stories told by the black maids in her town.

In this
chapter, Stuart scandalously asks Skeeter to go away with him for the weekend, but she
does not. She does agree to come to his parents' for dinner along with her
parents.

Miss Skeeter is beginning to realize that her
mother does not have the stamina she used to have; when they go shopping for new outfits
to wear to have dinner with Stuart's parents, her mother gets
tired.

Yule May is the next maid who has agreed to talk to
Miss Skeeter for her book; she is an important interview because she is Miss Hilly's
maid, and Miss Hilly is the unofficial "queen" of the white community. However, Yule May
can no longer talk to Miss Skeeter because she is now in jail, put there by her
employer, Miss Hilly. While it is true Yule May did take a ring from Miss Hilly out of
desperation, the ring only had minimal value yet Miss Hilly (through her social
connections) managed to have Yule May tried and convicted in a virtual whirlwind. Yule
May's sentence is four years instead of the typical six months, an indication of Hilly's
power and vindictiveness.

Several of the black women agree
to talk after what happened to Yule May, and Skeeter is thankful for their courage in
telling their stories.

Is international working capital management more complex than domestic working capital management?

Yes, it is. There are many issues which involve aspects
like changing rates of interest, exchange change variations, among many others that are
involved in international working capital management but do not play that large a role
in domestic working capital management.

Working capital
refers to the funds available with a company to pay for various costs like interest
payments on funds that been borrowed, wages to employees, and other costs involved in
the operations of the company.

In international working
capital management, if a company has borrowed funds from international lenders in a
foreign currency and the currency of the country in which the company is based
depreciates, the interest expenses of the company goes up. So does the cost of raw
material that the company may have to import. On the other hand, a subsidiary which
receives funds for its working capital from the parent company based in another country
would be able to receive the same funds though the outflow for the parent company would
be smaller.

How is the monster in Frankenstein struggling with his physical appearance?

I think one of the most poignant parts of the whole book
comes as the creature relates his struggles to make sense of who he is and his identity
during his time with the De Lacey family. Of course, at this stage he has experienced
the way that his physical appearance makes him abhorrent to humans, but note the
questions that he begins to ask himself as he learns from the De
Laceys:

"But
where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days, no mother had
blessed me with smiles and caresses; or if they had, all my past life was now a blot, a
blind vacancy in which I distinguished nothing. From my earliest remembrance I had been
as I then was in height and proportion. I had never yet seen a being resembling me, or
who claimed any intercourse with me. What was I? The question again recurred, to be
answered only with
groans."

We see here the
creature desperately trying to make sense of himself, and failing dismally. Clearly the
fact that he had never seen another creature with the same physical appearance indicates
massive conflict regarding the way he has been made to look. This is heightened by the
rejection of the De Lacey's when he does reveal himself, as he realises that his creator
had made him to have the same desire for human companionship as humans, but had also
given him a phsyical appearance that made such companionship impossible. This is why of
course he demands that Frankenstein make him a mate.