Please consider the following question from To Kill a Mockingbird:Scout says, "the full meaning of the night events hit [her] and she began...

She has seen her father at his best, at his moments of
greatest challenge. This is what the night in front of the mob was like, as it was when
Atticus was shooting the mad dog. These were moments of Atticus' life that she didn't
know would exist. Each one revealed parts of his character. She learns of Atticus'
humility and humbleness through these experiences. She also learns of his strengths. She
learns of how the town depends and relies on Atticus to protect and defend them
physically, emotionally and morally. Atticus is always the man who for the town stands
in between good and evil.

This time, she is realizing that
he has been the one to deal with defending Tom Robinson's trial, knowing that it was
ill-founded. She is realizing that no matter how hard Atticus works, it feels like
little achievement. This comes very clear when Tom is
shot.

Alexandra too realizes that Atticus can never do
enough for this town and it kills her to know that.

In "Girl Powdering Her Neck," what is the young woman in the poem transforming herself into?

Literally speaking, the young woman in the poem is
transforming herself into a courtesan, a woman who is, to some degree, selling her
body.  In the Japan of these times, there were women who were not exactly prostitutes,
but whose function was to bring pleasure (at times physical, at times aesthetic) to
men.  This is what the woman in the poem is doing.  We can tell this from the following
stanza (and because we know the subject of the artwork the poem is based
on)

Morning
begins the ritual
wheel of the body,
the application of translucent
skins.
She practices pleasure:
the pressure of three
fingertips
applying powder.
Fingerprints of pollen
some
other hand will trace.

She is
making herself beautiful the way she does as a daily ritual.  The word "pleasure"
appears, and we are told that it is for the benefit of others that the transformation is
occuring.

Looked at slightly differently, the woman is
transforming herself from a person (the individual she is on her own time) to an idea. 
She is becoming an ideal woman as defined by the men of her
society.

According to Douglass, what is the hypocrisy of the internal slave trade?from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass book

Douglass does not talk about this in his autobiography. 
Instead, he talks about it in the speech he gave in Rochester, New York on the Fourth of
July 1852.

In this speech, he says that the American view
of the internal slave trade is hypocritical because Americans think that it is in some
way different than the external slave trade.

He points out
that people say bringing new slaves from Africa is horrible and that the US spends a lot
of money preventing this trade.  But, he says, there's no difference between that and
selling slaves within the US.

So he says it's hypocritcal
to criticize one kind of slave trade and condone another.

Find x + iy: 4 + 2i + ( 1 – i)/ ( x + iy) – (9 + 7i)(3 + 2i) = (32 + i)

To find x + iy: 4 + 2i + ( 1 – i)/ ( x + iy) – (9 + 7i)(3
+ 2i) = 32 + i.

We rewrite the given expression
as:

( 1 – i)/ ( x + iy) = (9 + 7i)(3 + 2i) +
32+i-4-2i

(1-i)/(x+iy) = (9+7i)(3+2i)+ 28 -
i.

(1-i)/(x-yi) =
(27+18i+21i+14i^2)+28-i

(1-i)/(x+yi) = (13 +39i)+28-i, as
i^2= -1.

(1-i)/(x+yi) =
41+38i

(1-i)(x-yi)/(x+y^2-y^2*i^2). =
41+38i

(x-y)/(x^2+y^2) - (x+y)i/(x^2+y^2) =
41+38i(1)

We equate real parts on  both sides of (1) and
the equate imaginary parts on both sides separately:

Real
parts:  (x-y)/(x^2+y^2) = 41....(2)

Imaginary parts:
(x+y)/(x^2+y^2) = -38....(3)

(2)/(3): (x-y)/(x+y) =
41/-38

 38(x-y) =
-41(x+y).

(38+41)x =
(-41+38)y

79x = -3y.

x  =
-(3/79)y

Substitute x= -3y/79 in (x+y)/(x^2+y^2) =
-38:

(-3/79+1)y/{(-3/79)^2 +1}y^2 =
-38.

79(76)y/{3^2+79^2)y^2 =
-38.

76*79y  =
-38(3^2+79^2)y^2

y = 76*79/(-38)(6250) =
-79/3125.

Therefore x = -3y/79 = -3*-79/79*3125 =
3/3125.

Therefore x = 3/3125 and y =
-79/3125.

So x+yi =
(3/3125)+(-79/3125)i.

What is the importance of gender and gender relations in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily"?

One way of approaching this would be to investigate the
ways that the gender of Miss Emily is beneficial to her and the ways in which it is not.
Clearly, starting off with the negatives, we are presented with a woman who has been
terrorised by a strict, disciplinarian father who refuses to let her have any chance of
happiness through love during his life:

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We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss
Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled silhouette in
the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip
...

Being a woman in a very
traditional society and with her father being the way that he is emphasises her lack of
choice and opportunity. Clearly, in this sense, being female is viewed as negative, as
it takes away opportunities rather than gives them to
you.

However, at the same time, thanks to the old-fashioned
values of chivalry and respect, she is treated with leniency and kindness by figures
such as Colonel Sartoris, who let her off paying her taxes to help her in her penury.
Likewise, in her old age, the Aldermen are reluctant to force her to pay her taxes. Thus
we can likewise see that in some respects at least, gender is an empowering force that
can yield certain benefits. The fact that Miss Emily is left to live in her own
anachronistic world, corpse and all, without anyone intruding can be linked to the way
that gender can be used in a positive fashion.

How are the family units created in the community in The Giver?

Family units are created by a committee.  The purpose of
the family unit is to raise children between the ages of 1 year and adulthood.  There is
no love, and families do not have their own children.  One male and one female adult are
matched based on complementary personalities.  Only adults that are deemed to be good
potential child-raisers are considered.  Other adults remain
childless.

Once two adults are paired, they are given one
boy and one girl.  The pair first apply for a child, one at a time, which is granted by
the committee.  The family is given a baby once it is named, at the Ceremony of One. 
Before then, the babies are called by their number only.  The babies come from
birthmothers, and are likely genetically engineered.  The family can only have one boy
and one girl at a time.  If one of the children dies by accident, the family can apply
for another.

It is unusual for the two children to be very
far apart in age.  Usually there wil not be more than three years difference between the
two, but the parents are the ones who decide when to take the second child.  There will
always be one boy and one girl.

Once the youngest child is
grown, the family unit dissolves and there is basically no relationship between the
children and adults.  The children form family units of their own, and the adults move
to the childless adults area.

What are the two types of reflex actions?

Reflex actions are automatic or involuntary movement of
living organisms provoked by a sensory stimulus. For example, will if a person
accidentally touches a very hot object, he or she will jerk away without thinking about
what action to take. Reflex actions aer of two types - unconditioned reflexes and
conditioned reflexes. The unconditioned reflex are the reflexes that are part of the
basic bodily functions which are not dependent on individuals past experiences with a
particular type of stimulus. For example the pupil of our eyes automatically expand in
darkness and contract in light.

Conditioned reflexes, in
contrast are reflexes, which an individual learns from previous experiences with similar
stimulus. These reflexes work by individuals learning to associated the stimulus with
something else. For example, a dog may begin to salivate with smell of food because the
dog has learnt to associate the smell with the food.

Describe the symptoms of an allergic reaction to food.

The symptoms of an allergic reaction to food can range
from a slight discomfort to a fatal reaction. These
include:

Oral Allergy Syndrome: This is a discomfort in the
mouth akin to an itchy or scratchy feeling. It is easily treated in a short while after
food is either swallowed or removed from the mouth.

Food
protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome: This results in vomiting and
diarrhea.

Eosinophilic esophagitis: The symptoms here are a
difficulty in feeding and loss of weight in babies; and a reduced appetite, vomiting,
heart burn, and difficulty in swallowing food in children and
adults.

Anaphylaxis: This results in a rapid drop in blood
pressure, inability to breathe, swelling in different areas all over the body, and
throwing up food. It can turn life threatening and requires immediate self medication by
injecting epinephrine and calling for professional medical
aid.

The information here has been referenced from the link
below, which should be referred for complete details.

In a dystopian film, which is better, truth, or happiness? In dystopian films like 1948, THX, Soylent Green, The Matrix, War of The Worlds, etc.,...

Unfortunately I didn't realise that I had to move this
question to a different group, so here is my answer
again!

Very interesting question! I think your proposed
thesis statement would be an excellent one if you look at a variety of dystopian films
and consider how this conflict is presented and resolved. Certainly from my point of
view the overwhelming verdict from dystopian films would be that truth is better than
happiness. Think of how unaware humans are presented, for example, in films
like The Matrix. It is clearly suggested that it is much better to
be aware and fighting for your life rather than ignorantly happy and not really living
life at all. In all dystopias, both film and novels, this seems to be the clear message
- yes, you can live a happy life, but the protagonists of these dystopian worlds
strongly suggest that in these world you are not actually "living" a "life" at all, as
that happiness is only achievable through the destruction of what we think of as "life"
in the first place.

In "The Raven" how does the speaker try to comfort himself about the strange events in his study?getting at meaning

This poem begins with sorrow,
then moves into fright and
terror as the late night visitor freaks out the nearly
napping narrator. Think about that time between sleep and wakefulness when you aren't
exactly sure what's going on. When you hear a noise or see something, your mind stirs in
wonder about what just happened.

By about the seventh and
eighth stanzas, we begin to hear comforting language about
the events occuring in the house. He finds himself studying this bird that just sits
there. He notes it turned his "sad fancy into smiling." As he continued he uses words
like marvelled and blessed.

Finally, he combines comfort
with a pensive attitude in the verse:

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But the raven still beguiling all my soul into
smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then
upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking, Fancy unto fancy, think what this
ominous bird of yore... meant in
croaking 'Nevermore.'

We can
tell he is in a comfy chair, just sitting and wondering what this bird meant by the
phrase he keeps uttering: nevermore. He seems to enjoy the wonder of pressing his mind
to come to a conclusion about this. There is indeed something wonderful in moving to the
answer, the journey toward the answer, but not the answer itself. This is the moment of
confusion it seems to me that he finds himself comfortable in.

In Daniel Keyes' novel, Flowers for Algernon, why is Charlie excited just before the surgery?

Charlie, in Daniel Keyes's novel, Flowers for
Algernon, is excited prior to the operation for two reasons. First, Charlie
wants to get smarter. He is mentally challenged, with an IQ of only 68. However, unlike
many people, he is motivated and easy to get along with. Charlie also takes night
classes at a local college to attempt to learn. The idea of getting smarter greatly
appeals to Charlie.

However, Charlie also is excited about
the surgery because of the guy he works for: Gimpy. Gimpy is Charlie's supervisor at his
job, and Charlie thinks Gimpy is his friend, even though the other man laughs at Charlie
and gets angry and aggravated with him. Charlie wonders what Gimpy will think and how he
will react when (and if) Charlie gets smarter. (There is some foreshadowing
here.)

Give a detailed 5 paragraph comparison of greasers and Socs in the novel, The Outsiders. Include specific examples from the novel. Plus answer...

You'll have to write the five paragraph essay yourself,
but I'll be happy to help you with your
questions.

THE
HEATER.  A heater is, of course, slang for a gun. We know
that Dally possesses one, and Pony and Johnny will return it to him after they return
home. It foreshadows Dally's own death, when he commits "suicide by cop" by waving an
unloaded gun at the police.

BEGINNING
& END.  The beginning of the story
starts with the line "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of
the movie house..." The last chapter of the novel ends the same way. We find in the end
that the story we are reading is Pony's essay for his English
class.

LOYALTY.  (1) Johnny
uses his knife to save Pony from drowning by the Socs. (2) Johnny follows Pony into the
burning church; Dally follows later to save them. (3) Pony helps Dally during the
rumble, and then Dally helps to fight off a Soc who is beating
Pony.

LOSS.  (1) The Curtis
brothers, particularly Pony, mourn the loss of their parents, who were killed in an auto
accident. (2) The boys mourn the deaths of Johnny and Dally. (3) Cherry mourns the loss
of her boyfriend, Bob. (4) Soda misses his girlfriend, who has moved to
Florida.

Determine whether each pair of equations are parallel, perpendicular or neither. y+2x=23 y=-2x+11

One way to identify the relative position of 2 lines is to
compare their slopes.

For instance, if 2 lines are
parallel, their slopes must be equal. Or, if 2 lines are perpendicular, the product of
their slopes is -1.

The slope could be identified, writing
the equation in the standard form:

y = mx + n, where m is
the slope and n is the y intercept.

We'll put each given
equation in the standard form. We'll start with the first
one.

We'll isolate y to the left
side:

y = -2x + 23

m1 =
-2

The 2nd equation is written in the standard form,
already:

y=-2x+11

m2 =
-2

Since the slopes m1 = m2 = -2, the lines
are parallel.

What is the significance of Ralph's daydreams in Chapter 7 of Lord of the Flies?

In chapter 7, Ralph begins daydreaming about a comfortable
place for he and his parents to visit. Every aspect of civilized life came into view for
Ralph:

Once, following his father from Chatham to
Devonport, they had livedin a cottage on the edge of the moors. In the succession of
houses that Ralph had known, this one stood out with particular clarity because after
that house he had been sent away to school. Mummy had still been with them and Daddy had
come home every day. Wild ponies came to the stone wall at the bottom of the garden, and
it had snowed. Just behind the cottage there was a sort of shed and you could lie up
there, watching the flakes swirl past. You could see the damp spot where each flake died,
then you could mark the first flake that lay down without melting and watch, the whole
ground turn white. You could go indoors when you were cold and look out of the window,
past the bright copper kettle and the plate with the little blue men.When you went to
bed there was a bowl of cornflakes with sugar and cream. And the books—they stood on the
shelf by the bed, leaning together with always two or three laid flat on top because he
had not bothered to put them back properly. They were dog-eared and
scratched.

In this passage, Ralph references his
"Mummy" and "Daddy". He could have spoken of his father and mother, but these terms
suggest his need for comfort. He speaks specifically of the most basic of food:
breakfast cereal. It wasn't a fancy meal, but it was comfortable and nourishing. He
mentioned books, even in their "dog-eared and scratched" state, they were a civilized
comfort worth having.

These longings for comfort highly
contrast what is about to happen to him. They pointedly demonstrate change that is about
to arise. Ralph, in this chapter, will be shaken out of his daydream by a passing boar,
and he will eventually get his first hit on a boar, making him savage. These daydreams
contrast his longing for civility and comfort with the only option that presents itself:
absolute savagery.

Compare and contrast the kinds of courtly life desccribed in lines 64-98 of Beowulf (Heaney translation) and lines 37-106 of Sir Gawain and the...

The kinds of courtly life described early in both
Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
(in the Heaney and Boroff translations, respectively) reveal a number of interesting
similarities and differences, including the
following:

• Both Hrothgar and King Arthur possess
  courts that are physically impressive.  Hrothgar deliberately contructs a
  

.
. . great mead-hall

meant to be a wonder of the world
forever . . .
(69-70)

Similarly, Arthur is
surrounded by opulence, including

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. . . a dais well-decked and duly
arrayed

With costly silk curtains . . .
(75-76)

In both cases, the
richness of the surroundings may suggest a kind of materialism as well as a kind of
pride in worldly possessions that may both be open to criticism, especially from a
Christian point of view.

• Despite exhibiting some
  of the pride that is unfortunately natural to human beings, both Hrothgar and Arthur
  seem to be good kings. Hrothgar shares his goods with his loyal thanes (71-72), and
  Arthur seems generous in providing his courtiers with food and in waiting until everyone
  else is served before he himself eats (85).


• Christianity
  is an explicit presence in both courts, as in the public retelling of the Genesis story
  in Hrothgar’s hall (89-98) and in the celebration of Christmas at Arthur’s court
  (64-65). However, it is possible to argue that neither court is as wholly devoted to
  Christian ideals as it should be at the outset.


• Women are
  a much more obvious presence at Arthur’s court than they are at Hrothgar’s, at least at
  this point in Beowulf.


• A sense of
  foreboding and doom is much more obvious at this point in Beowulf
  (81-85) than it is in the initial description of Arthur’s
  court.


• Music is a presence in both courts, as in the
  reference to the harp in Beowulf (89) and in the reference to
  dancing in Sir Gawain (43).


• In both
  cases the youth of the courtiers is mentioned (Beowulf 66;
  Gawain 54-55), an important fact since both poets may be suggesting
  the courtiers are still a bit immature and need to be taught some sobering
  lessons.


• In both cases, members of the audience who knew
  the stories to follow (a group that would include most listeners) would realize that the
  opening descriptions of both flourishing courts are just ironic preludes to the mayhem
  that is about to ensue.

What is the 7-word summary for chapters 11-15 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Well, I don't know if this is the
seven-word summary you're looking for, but here is one summary
statement of those five chapters:  Jem and Scout break through some
stereotypes.

Before this summer, Jem and Scout have been
fairly well insulated from some of the world's harsher realities.  They see different
classes and different races of people, but they have not really had to see some of the
ugliness that happens when people start acting on their prejudices and their
ignorances.  In each of these chapters, the kids learn some new reality about living in
this time and place.

Chapter 11 is a revelation to Jem,
especially, about stereotypes and courage.  He realizes Mrs. DuBose is not just a mean,
cranky old woman; instead he sees her courage as she weans herself from morphine even
though she has no need to do so.

Chapter 12 is eye-opening
for both kids, as they attend church with Calpurnia.  They've assumed all black people
are like Cal and can read; instead, their eyes are opened to the truth and the beauty of
"linin'."  They encounter a rude, low-class black woman, as well--a reminder that
boorish behavior is not specific to race.

Chapter 13 is
trouble for both kids, but primarily for Scout, as Aunt Alexandra has come to town with
the intention of turning her into a stereotypical  "lady."  For both of them, this is a
term associated with corsets and teas and being "proper."  Aunt Alexandra tries to
instill upon both kids the importance of 'family' and 'heritage,' but her efforts fall
flat.  Atticus finally tells them to ignore the whole thing--the concept of the
stereotypical family legacy, tradition, and heritage is not the only important thing
about who a person is.

Chapter 14 represents a change in
the relationship between the siblings.  Until now, Jem had been the stereotypical
defacto "boss of her."  In this chapter, Scout has come of age and now only has to obey
her older brother if he can make her do so.

In chapter 15,
Scout and Jem (and now Dill) are faced with the ignorance of blind prejudice.  They're
too naive to see what the gathering at the jail was really about, but Scout broke
through by treating this clan of Cumminghams as if they were neighbors and friends. 
This is the very attitude which diffuses the potentially violent
scene.

These are pivitol "coming of age" chapters for them
both as they are faced with diverse stereotypes, and it is much needed as they prepare
to face what's ahead of them in the days and weeks to come.

How does Salman Rushdie reflect magical realism in his book Midnight’s Children?

I think that one can see magical realism best displayed in
Rushdie's protagonist.  Saleem's unique ability of being able to possess a strong sense
of smell helps to allow the idea of magical realism to present itself.  When Rushdie
brings out the magical realism through Saleem, it can also be seen through Saleem's own
narration.  The magical realism present can be understood as a sense of errata, or
mistakes in narration.  It helps to evoke Rushdie's idea that consciousness is not
totalizing, not something that is perfectly unified and thoroughly coherent.  The
magical realism that is brought out through Saleem is a way to comprehend the idea that
there is a certain amount of fragmentation within human consciousness.  Contrary to
politicians and leaders who profess to present a thoroughly unified vision of reality,
Rushdie's, and Saleem's, the magical realism present helps to challenge and question
authority.

What happened to Syme? How is his fate connected to the secret O'Brien reveals to Winston and Julia?

Syme was eliminated by the party because he was
intelligent. The author says,

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“One of these days, thought Winston with deep
conviction, Syme will be vaporized. He is too intelligent, he sees too clearly and
plainly. The party does not like such people. One day he will
disappear…”

After a while,
Syme went missing and Winston was sure that Syme had been vaporized because not only did
he fail to show up at work, but his name was also missing in the chess committee list of
which he was part. After O’Brien cunningly affirms the belief of Winston and Julia in
the brotherhood and its founder, the two pledge their allegiance to the Brotherhood and
state that they would go to any length to advance the course of the Brotherhood in
fighting the Party, even commit murder and suicide. O’Brien, who was an inner party
member, cautioned them that if the Thought Police found them out the Brotherhood would
not intervene and they would have to face the inevitable consequence. In the end after
their release from the Ministry of Love, Winston awaits the bullet that will extinguish
him.

Assess the Jacobin club in the French Revolution.

I am not sure there is going to be much in the way of good
about the Jacobins in the French Revolution.  I think that one positive element could be
how the group started.  Its origins were rooted in a setting that believed in universal
suffrage, widespread education, separation of church and state, as well as other
Enlightenment notions.  Yet, I think that the emergence of Robespierre and the Reign of
Terror that resulted as the group gained power has to be taken into account.  The
emergence of the group and the "Republic of Virtue" turned out to be an absolute
disaster, and one that was responsible for anything but Enlightenment notions of the
good.  The idea of this group of individuals controlling the fate of many, using public
policy and instruments to avenge personal vendetta, and the setting created in which "no
one was too illustrious or too humble to escape" helped to make it a representation of
the disaster of the French Revolution.  If nothing else, the Jacobin Club demonstrated
the historical tenet of the difficulty in maintaining and establishing power in a post-
Revolution setting.

How does observing another audience (Theseus, Hippolyta, lovers) help understand the relationship between audience and performers (rude...

When you observe a play, you may or may not understand how
well the characters know one another through the script alone. When they listen or
comment (unbenownst to the other performers), you might learn subtle insights into the
true feelings of certain characters as opposed to the feelings they express openly to
the same characters. If there is an undertone of strife or hypocrisy, you can gain
understanding through the reactions of characters who are listening in on other
characters.

I am not certain if this answers the question
you intended. Hope it helps!

In "A Modest Proposal," Swift lists several proposals that are based on common sense. Why does he refuse to discuss the alternatives?

It is vitally important to identify the satire and irony
that runs throughout the entire essay that Swift wrote. The "other expedients" that
Swift suggests and that I assume you are referring to are actually very sensible ideas
and suggestions. In reality, Swift previously had championed every one of these
measures, yet they were all ignored by the British government. Interestingly, these
suggestions were italicised in all editions printed during Swift's lifetime to show that
Swift made these proposals with sincerity rather than
ironically.

However, by overtly pretending to dismiss such
reasonable suggestions, Swift is highlighting the failure of the British government to
do anything to alleviate the harsh penury of the Irish. He deliberately brushes aside
these suggestions, just as Britain itself brushed them aside in the past. Of course,
Swift is not being serious at all in this essay. Rather, his position is deliberately
created to highlight the callous and unsensitive way in which Britain was treating the
Irish famine.

What is the group dynamic in The Breakfast Club?

There are some interesting elements regarding group
dynamics in Hughes' film.  On one hand, there is no distinct leader because the
exposition reveals all of the characters are from different cliques.  Leadership works
only in a shared setting, which is something that each of the characters lack.  To a
slight extent, there might be some collusion of clique groups between Andrew's (athlete)
and Claire's (popularity.)  Yet, this is tangential, at best.  Each group is distinctly
different and leadership is not immediately apparent as each is "brainwashed" by their
own belief in their clique based stereotype.  The grouping that emerges might is one
that struggles to take form, but over time, there is a blending of grouping.  Andrew,
Bender (criminal), and Brian (brain) dance on the railing of the Media Center, as do
Claire and Allison.  The ending of the film sees Bender and Claire move closer, if only
for a moment, as well as Andrew and Allison, if only for an instant.  The grouping that
emerges happens within the day of detention, and the audience is left to presume what
will happen as a result of it.  Bender takes Claire's diamond earring while Allison
steals Andrew's letter from his jacket.  This is where we see groupings emerge,
uncertain if it is to continue.  This grouping only happens as a result of the social
based conflict that each have to face and each articulate to one another in the
library.

What is the significance in the story of the continual reference to pigs and hogs, and how are they a metaphor enhancing the theme of "Revelation"?

Pigs, hogs, and even warthogs are used symbolically in
various ways in Flannery O’Connor’s short story titled “Revelation.” Among those ways
are the following:

• They function as symbols of
  pride.  Mrs. Turpin takes pride in raising pigs, just as she takes pride in so many
  other details of her life and personality. She is a fairly prosperous pig-farmer and is
  up-to-date on all the latest innovations in the field (such as concrete pig-pins).
  O’Connor, who continually mocks pride in her stories, must have enjoyed the humor of
  creating a person who took pride, of all things, in pigs. Since pigs have usually been
  regarded as among the least appealing of animals (at least until they become ham and
  bacon), O’Connor would have enjoyed the extreme irony of making a human being proud of
  her association with pigs.

• Whereas
  Mrs. Turpin is proud of her pigs, she is rather judgmental and condescending toward most
  of the other people around her (except her beloved husband, Claude, whose name links him
  with earthy simplicity). Mrs. Turpin often treats other people as if they were pigs, and
  she often regards her pigs as prized possessions.  Indeed, it is because they are in
  fact possessions, which can be used, that they are so important to
  her.

• Pigs are often thought to have
  voracious appetites, to spend much of their time wallowing in mud or other filth, and to
  appear (in the words of the Oxford English Dictionary) “boorish,
  coarse, [and] obstinate.” For all these reasons and others, they can be symbolically
  (and literally) associated with the world and with such worldly qualities as greed,
  gluttony, and laziness. It isn’t as if Mrs. Turpin is proud of raising horses or dogs
  (generally considered more attractive animals); she is proud of raising
  pigs.

• Part of O’Connor’s “point,” in
  this story, is that human beings have little reason to be particularly proud of
  themselves. Seen from a certain point of view, we are all pigs: we are all
  self-indulgent, greedy, spiritually lazy, and soiled by sin. Indeed, when real pigs
  actually do appear in this story, they seem far more attractive than some of the human
  beings we have witnessed, and they definitely seem more attractive than the ugly, absurd
  thoughts percolating in Mrs. Turpin’s highly prejudiced mind. Thus, near the end of the
  story, O’Connor describes a bunch of baby pigs gathered around their huge
  mother:

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They had settled in one corner all around the old
sow who was grunting softly. A red glow [from the sun setting] suffused them. They
appeared to pant with a secret
life.

In phrasing such as
this, O’Connor (in an added irony) suggests that the pigs are behaving more naturally,
more in accord with how God created them to be, than many of the humans (and especially
Mrs. Turpin) have behaved. In a further example of O'Connor's irony, there is actually
something beautiful about this depiction of the pig and her piglets (actually a hog and
her shoats).

Although pigs, hogs, and warthogs function
symbolically in various other ways in the story, the functions just outlined are hard to
deny.

Need help on some algebra quadratic applicationsAt a carnival, a new attraction allows contestants to jump off a springboard onto a platform to be...

The equation is corrected to d(t) = -16t^2+bt+20, as the
velocity is upwards is taken as positive.

So when t= 0,
d(0) = 20 ft which is platform height.

The height to which
a person jumps is given by d(t) = -16t^2+bt+20, where t is the time duration of the
jump.

Since the bell is overhead at 20ft, it must be at 20
ft above the platform. So d(t) = 40 ft at some time t during the
jump.

Where b = take of
velocity.

d(t) =
-16t^2+bt+20.

d'(t) =
-32t+b.

So d'(t) = 0, when 32t + b = 0. Or t = b/32 = 32/32
= 1 second.

So with the initial velocity of 32 feet/sec,
the contestant attains the final velocity of zero ft/sec after one 1
second.

Since the bell is at 20 ft overhead, it is 20 feet
above the platform (or 40 above the ground).

d(1) = jump in
1 second, b = 32ft/sec. So we substitute the values in the equation: d(t)
=-16^2+32t+20.

d(1) = -16*1^2+32*1+20 = 36ft, which less
than 40ft.

So the contestant will not attain the height of
40ft with the initial velocity of 32 ft from the springboard. He can only attain a
maximum heght of 36 ft after which he falls.

In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," how does the Wife feel about being married more than once?

I think it is quite clear from the Prologue of this
excellent tale that the Wife clearly sees no issues at all with being married so many
times. On the contrary, one of the reasons that she is going on the pilgrimage is to get
her sixth husband. She is certainly something of a coquette and a flirt, and is very
proud of her marriage history:

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For ever since I was twelve years of
age,

Thanks be to God, I've had no less than
five

Husbands at church door--if one may
believe

I could be wed so often
legally!

Not only does she
take pride in her history and make jokes about it, she then interprets the Bible to
support her position that marriage is good and we can remarry any amount of times we
want to:

All
my born days, I've never heard as yet

Of any given number
or limit,

However folk surmise or
interpret.

All I know for sure is, God has
plainly

Bidden us to increase and
multiply--

A noble text, and one I
understand!

The way in which
she focuses on parts of the Bible that support her position and conveniently ignores or
argues against those that refute what she believes clearly displays the way in which she
feels there is nothing wrong with remarriage. On the contrary, she uses her beauty and
confidence to make advantageous marriages to increase her wealth and social
status.

How to find the antiderivative of the function f(x)=square root x/(1+square root x)?

We'll find the antiderivative of the given function
evaluating the indefinite integral of this function.

Int
f(x)dx = Int sqrtx dx/(1+sqrtx)

We'll solve the integral
using substitution technique. We'll substitute 1 + sqrt x =
t.

We'll differentiate both
sides:

dx/2sqrt x = dt

dx =
(2sqrt x)dt

But sqrt x = t -
1

dx = 2(t - 1)dt

We'll
re-write the integral;

Int f(x)dx = Int 2(t -
1)^2dt/t

We'll expand the
square;

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

We'll apply the property of integrals to be
additive:

2 Int (t^2 - 2t + 1)/t = 2Int t^2dt/t - 4Int
tdt/t + 2Int dt/t

2 Int (t^2 - 2t + 1)/t = 2Int tdt - 4 Int
dt + 2Int dt/t

2 Int (t^2 - 2t + 1)/t = 2*t^2/2 - 4t +
2ln|t| + C

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

2 Int (t^2 - 2t + 1)/t = t^2 - 4t + 2ln|t| +
C

Int f(x)dx = (1 + sqrt x)^2 - 4(1 + sqrt x)
+ ln (1 + sqrt x)^2 + C

With regard to Connie's and Arnold's duplicities of identity, how can their identity issues relate to society's norm of how to look?"Where are...

I think that there are some significant points in the work
to suggest that appearances and identity are strongly linked.  Oates is exemplary in
suggesting that these constructs of identity are duplicitous, something that Arnold
manipulates and to which Connie falls victim.  For Connie, the opening lines help to
indicate how looks help to formulate her identity.  Her mother fusses at her for
constantly looking at mirrors and compares her to her sister.  This is something that
Connie understands as part of her identity for two reasons.  The first is that it
reflects how much of a "square" her mother is perceived to be in that she fails to
understand the importance of "good looks" and that Connie feels that since her sister is
"uncool," her supposed preoccupation with her looks helps to enhance her own identity. 
When Connie goes out with her friends, she exudes a sense of confidence in her own looks
that helps her feel that she is in control of her social situation, the world around
her.  To a certain extent, it works, as Arnold is initially attracted to this.  All of
what Arnold constructs in terms of physical looks is geared towards a duplicitous
construction of identity.  His tanned appearance, something that Connie recognizes is
not real, the boots that cause him to wobble, and the makeup that is caking up,
reflecting his older age, are all examples of this.   For Arnold, the construction of
his appearance as a younger person who can ensnare someone like Connie is critical to
his identity as someone who seeks control.  Connie's recognition that her emphasis on
looks and the construction of her identity brought her this fate, her own doom, is one
of the critical aspects in her development in the short story.  At the moment when she
"no longer recognizes" what is in front of her, it might also be a moment when she fails
to recognize her new physical sense of self, as what was in the past proved to be a
fated construction of identity.

What are the stylistic devices used in "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket?"

The vast majority of works of literature use stylistic
devices in their presentation of the story, so it is just a matter of re-reading this
excellent tale of vertigo and identifying some, then thinking about the effect they
create.

You might want to start off with the first simile
in this story, which occurs just after the vital piece of paper has been blown out of
the window and is resting on the ledge beneath the appartment window. As Tom looks at
it, we are told that he can hear the sound of its movement, "like a leaf on the
pavement." Notice how the sound of its movement helps to convey the way that it could
fall off the ledge at any moment because it is not still. There is also perhaps irony in
the comparison: although it may sound like a leaf on the pavement, it is definitely not
resting on anything as safe as a pavement, as Tom is about to
discover.

You might also want to think about the imagery
that the author uses to convey the sheer terror of Tom when the inevitable happens and
he looks down. Consider the following quote:

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And a violent, instantaneous explosion of
absolute terror roared through him. For a motionless instant he saw himself
externally--bent practically double, balanced on this narrow ledge, nearly half his body
projecting out above the street far below--and he began to tremble nervously, panic
flaring through his mind and muscles, and he felt the blood rush from the surface of his
skin.

Note how his terror and
sheer fear is conveyed. The author reveals the way that terror "roars through him"
instantaneously. Then we share the vision of how Tom would appear to an observer, which
makes him begin to tremble uncontrollably. This creates a real image of his state and
situation, which of course increases the suspense as we wonder what will happen to
him.

I hope this helps you get an idea of what you need to
do. Now you can go back and re-read the story, identifying and noting down other
examples of figurative language and devices as you go. Good
luck!

Solve the equation in z : 2z+6i = z/2i+5i-7.

We'll have to determine z = a +
bi.

In other words, we'll have to determine the real part
and the imaginary part of the complex number.

We'll move
the terms in z to the left side:

2z - z/2i = 5i - 6i -
7

We'll combine like terms:

2z
- z/2i = -i - 7

We'll multiply by
2i:

4iz - z = -2i^2 - 14i

z(4i
- 1) = 2 - 14i

We'll divide by 4i -
1:

z = (2 - 14i)/(4i -
1)

We'll multiply by the conjugate of
denominator:

z = (2 - 14i)(-1 - 4i)/(4i - 1)(-1 -
4i)

z = (-2 - 8i + 14i -
56)/(1+16)

z = (-58 + 6i)/17

z
= -58/17 + (6/17)*i

The real part is: Re(z) =
-58/17

The imaginary part is: Im(z)
=6/17

z = -58/17 +
(6/17)*i

What were Napoleon's foreign policies?Information needed for an essay. Thanks!

You mean besides conquering everything in sight?  Outside
of literally working to bring the whole of Europe under his rule, Napoleon generally
used any means he could, including his relatives, marriage to key royalty in other
countries, and threats to manage his neighbors and
allies.

One notable policy of Napoleons was the
re-institution of slavery in the French colonies and subsequently was defeated in Haiti
as his expeditionary force was unable to contend with an army of slaves.  This, some
speculate, led him to decide that trying to maintain some of these colonies was not
worth the expense and he then looked favorably upon the sale of the Louisiana Purchase
to the United States.

What are Travis' character traits?

The first and most remarkable character trait of Travis is
his trustworthiness.  His father feels comfortable leaving him in charge of the work of
the farm and the homestead, and Travis succeeds admirably in being able to take care of
everything entrusted to him.

Another might be his quick
ability to adapt according to the situation, sometimes for good sometimes not.  If you
look at his reaction to Old Yeller's death, he is at first unwilling to bond with a new
animal, unwilling to form that attachment only to have it broken again.  But he is also
willing to listen to his father and to try to "participate in life" rather than simply
observing it.

One other trait you could point to is his
willingness to work hard.  You might just contend that it was a necessity for boys at
the time, but Travis appears to be particularly willing to put incredible efforts into
his work and takes great pride in it.

What were the different outcomes of European interactions with Africa, India and the Americas?European's had interaction with many countries such...

To me, the impact of Europeans on these areas were quite
different.  The Americas came out the worst, especially in North America.  Africa was
hurt badly by colonialism, but not as badly as the Americas.  India was relatively
unharmed (but only relatively).

India came out pretty well
because it was colonized by only a few Europeans with much of the work (even of
governing) being done by Indians.  So the Indians kept their country and much self
rule.

Africa was hurt badly by having so many people taken
as slaves (West Africa) or by having people subjugated (South
Africa).

North America's natives were essentially all
killed, which is why I say the impact on them was the worst.

Solve for real t 11^(t+1) -1=4*11^t

We'll apply substitution technique to solve the given
exponential equation.

11^t =
y

We'll express 11^(t+1)=(11^t)*11, based on the property
of multiplying 2 exponential functions, having matching bases. The result of
multiplication will be the base raised to the sum of exponents of each exponential
function.

We'll move all terms to one side and we'll
get:

11*11^t -4*11^t-1 = 0

But
11^t=y:

11y - 4y - 1 = 0

We'll
combine like terms:

7y - 1 =
0

We'll add 1 both sides:

7y =
1

y = 1/7

But 11^t =
y=1/7

11^t = 1/7

We'll take
logarithms both sides:

ln (11^t) = ln
(1/7)

t*ln11 = ln (1/7)

t = ln
(1/7)/ln11

The real solution of the given
equation is t=ln (1/7)/ln11.

What is the linear function that passes through the points (2,1) and (1,1)?

We'll write the form of a linear
function:

f(x) = ax + b

A
linear function is determined when it's coefficients are determined. So, we'll have to
determine the coefficients a and b.

Since the function is
determined by the points (2,1) and (1,1), that means that if we'll substitute the
coordinates of the points into the expression of the function, we'll get the
relations:

f(2) = 1

f(2) =
a*2 + b

2a +
b = 1
(1)

f(1) = 1

f(1) =
a+b

a + b = 1 (2)

We'll put
(1) = (2):

2a + b = a +
b

We'll combine and eliminate like
terms:

2a - a = b - b

a =
0

We'll substitute a in (2):

b
= 1

Since the expression of the function is:
f(x) = 1, the function is not linear, but
constant.

List at least five images or events from Odysseus's battle with the suitors.

In The Odyssey Book XXI there is the
following weapons imagery:

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the bow and with the iron
axes

the quiver, with the many deadly
arrows

Telemachus girded on his sword, grasped
his spear...

four shields, eight spears, and
four brass helmets with horse-hair
plumes.

Then there's the
great animal imagery and metaphors for how the suitors
die:

As
eagle-beaked, crook-taloned vultures from the mountains swoop down on the
smaller birds that cower in flocks upon the ground, and kill them, for they
cannot either fight or fly, and lookers on enjoy the sport- even so did
Ulysses and his men fall upon the suitors and smite them on every side. They
made a horrible groaning as their brains were being battered in,
and the ground seethed with their blood.

And this
choice nugget:

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he found them all lying in the dust and weltering
in their blood. They were like
fishes which fishermen have netted out of the sea, and
thrown upon the beach to lie gasping for water till the heat of the sun
makes an end of them. Even so were the suitors lying all huddled up one
against the
other.

And then there's this
one:

the
corpses bespattered with blood and filth like a lion that has
just been devouring an ox, and his
breast and both his cheeks are all bloody, so that he is a fearful sight; even
so was Ulysses besmirched from head to foot with gore. When she saw all the
corpses and such a quantity of blood, she was beginning to cry out for
joy

Taken together, Homer's
imagery here is bloody, vengeful, and anthropomorphic.  Ordained by the gods, Odysseus'
revenge re-establishes him and Telemachus to their King and Prince statuses and reduces
the suitors to animals helplessly awaiting slaughter.  Not only is this one of Odysseus'
more cunning tricks, but it echoes the theme of guest-host relations.  Just as Odysseus
and him men were invasive guests with the Cyclops and the Cicones, so too are the
suitors punished for their arrogance.

To what extend does suffering lead to insight for the characters in Hamlet? Claudius Hamlet Ophelia Laertes GertudeRephrased questions: To...

The big gun of insight gained in Shakespeare's
Hamlet is, of course, Hamlet.

His
father's death and mother's hasty remarriage lead him to melancholy and depression, and
a sense that existence is not inherently meaningful.  The revelation by the Ghost that
King Hamlet was assassinated by Claudius leads him to rage, but also to the weighing of
evidence against Claudius, and to the thought that evil can disguise itself in order to
do us harm.    The speech by the 1 Player leads him to despair, when he compares his
inaction to the player's appearance of great emotion, but also leads him to a concrete
plan whereby he can determine Claudius's guilt with certainty.  The discovery of
Yorick's skull leads him to long for the past, but also to once again contemplate
existence.  The death of Ophelia leads him to proclaim his love for her for the first
time in the play. 

Hamlet is a thinker, and suffering leads
him to thinking.  He particularly is led to the contemplation of existence.  And what is
his specific insight concerning existence?  That existence isn't worth the trouble,
except for the fact that we don't know what lies on the other side of death; that, great
or small (figuratively speaking), we all end up rotting in the grave, eaten by
worms.     

What characteristics do the underdogs have in common? Candy, Curley's wife, and Crooks?Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

In John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and
Men, the characters Candy, Curley's wife, and Crooks are all social pariahs,
isolated by some shortcoming.  For old Candy it is age and disability, for Crooks, it is
his race, and for Curley's wife, it is her gender and social
status.

Having been injured, Candy is unable to work
outside the bunkhouse.  Like the old dog that he owns, he stays in one spot and sweeps
and straightens it.  Crooks, too, stays at night alone in the barn with the mules,
having no human company.  And, Curley's wife is isolated, too, as their are no women
with whom she could socialize.  As a consequence, she wishes to talk with the men, but
they reject her as dangerous since she is married to the son of the ranch's
owner. 

Each character voices his/her anxiety. Crooks tells
Candy and Lennie,

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A guy needs somebody--to be near him....Aguy goes
nuts if he ain't got nobody.  Don't make no difference who the guy is,  long's he's with
you.

 Candy worries that the
ranch owner will get rid of him when he is no longer useful. He remarks
to Crooks,

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Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. 
Jus' som'thin' that was his. Somethin' he could live on and there couln't nobody throw
him off of it.

Curley's wife,
too, expresses her dismay at being alone. Standing in the doorway, she tells Candy,
Crooks, and Lennie,

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Ever'body out doing' som'pin'.  Ever'gody! 
An'what am I doin'?  Standin' her talkin' to a bunch of bindle stiffs...an' likin' it
because they ain't nobody
else.

Lonely and insecure and
isolated, the men and Curley's wife share lives of "quiet desperation" as Henry David
Thoreau once remarked.

What are some examples of dark imagery in Macbeth?

In William Shakespeare's Macbeth the
ambition for power leads to the dark and mysterious realm of
witchcraft, murders, insomonia, and madness.  And, the imagery used to inspire the
experiences of darkness and evil are abundant.

Certainly,
the weather connotes sinister acts. For instance, the play opens with "fog and filthy
air" as the three witches stir their cauldron and the captain describes the actions of
the dauntless Macbeth:

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For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that
name--

Disdaining fortune, with his brandished
steel,

Which smoked with
bloody execution.
(1.2.16-19)

And, throughout
the play there are storms, dark castles in which the candles are out (2.2,5), and
murders in the night. As Lady Macbeth prepares to "unsex" herself in order to encourage
Macbeth in his deadly deeds, she asks that heaven not "Peep through the blanket of the
dark" (1.53)

Enthralled by the prophecies of the
"instruments of darkness" as they win him with "honest trifles," Macbeth spends many a
night of "curtained sleep" (2.2.51).

When Macduff and
Lennox arrive at Macbeth's castle in Act II, Scene 3,  Lennox describes the night as
"unruly," speaking of confusion.  He describes the earth as shaking the livelong
night."  Ironically, Macbeth agrees, "'twas a rough night"
(2.3.63).

The many dark images of night and its
predominance in the play clearly suggest that evil
abounds:

That
darkness does the face of earth entomb.
(2.4.

Banquo says in Act III
that he

must
become a borrower of the
night

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For a dark hour or
twain.(3.1.27-28)

And, as he
sends his murderers to kill Banquo, Macbeth comments,

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Good things of day begin to droop and drowse
(3.3.53)

In Act IV, Malcolm,
determined to return to Scotland tells Macduff, "The night is long that never finds the
day" (4.3.240). And, so it is for Macbeth whose many nights of murder have finally
caused the madness of Lady Macbeth as well as that of Macbeth
himself. 

Atticus asks Mr. Ewell if he called a doctor for Mayella. What point is he trying to make?

This is from Chapter 17 in the
book.

What Atticus is trying to do here is to prove that
Bob Ewell knew exactly how hurt Mayella was.  He knew exactly what had happened to her
because he was the one who beat her.  He beat her after seeing her hugging Tom
Robinson.

If he had really thought that Robinson had beaten
and raped her, he would have called for a doctor to find out how badly she was hurt. 
But he did not need to do that because he already knew.  That is what Atticus is trying
to show.

I need a practical example of inverse functions and their use.

A practical example of an inverse function could be the
following. A particle travels at a varying speed which is given by v(t) = 3t + 6, where
t is the time travelled by the particle.

Now if we denote
v(t) = v = 3t +6

=> 3t = v -
6

=> t = (v -
6)/3

Denote t by
v^-1(t).

=> v^-1(t) = (v -
6)/3

v^-1(t) is the inverse function of
v(t).

v^-1(t) here is the time and it is given in terms of
the speed v.

The function v(t) = 3t + 6 gives the speed of
the particle in terms of the time t it has been travelling. v^-1(t) = (v - 6)/3 gives
the time that the particle has been travelling if we know its velocity
v.

1. What in the chapter “The Shell and The Glasses” is the human meaning of Jack’s raid?

Jack and his group do not take the conch from Piggy.  In
fact, Piggy is holding the conch when he dies:  "The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow
from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to
exist."  

When Jack and his group first raid Ralph's camp
earlier in Chapter 9, they take fire.  In the subsequent chapter (The Shell and the
Glasses), they take Piggy's glasses.  It's important to note that Jack does not want or
need Piggy's conch.  The conch represents a democratic order, a type of organization in
which anyone can have a say, a voice.  Jack rules his tribe as a dictator.  He makes all
the rules.  Unlike Ralph, he does not seek input from the group when decisions are
made.  During this raid, Piggy mistakenly believes that Jack wants the conch.  However, 
Jack really wants Piggy's glasses.  When he has these in his possession, "he was the
chief now in truth."  His group is completely independent of Ralph's because now he can
make fire on his own. 

Piggy's glasses do to some extent
symbolize intelligence and rational thinking.  But when Jack has them, they represent a
means to create fire for cooking, and later in Chapter 12 fire becomes a weapon.  Jack
rules by whim, not rationality, so when Jack holds the glasses, their previous
association with intelligence is lost. Now they represent a means to satisfy more primal
instincts.  This raid is particularly important in that Jack  assumes complete dominance
on the island.  With glasses in hand, he does not need Ralph or Piggy.  He has the
island under his control.  He can  have Winfred tortured at will; he can hunt as he
pleases; he can have feasts; he can kill whomever he deems his
enemy. 

What is the importance of the musicality of the rhythm in "The Raven"?

One of the reasons why this poem is so incredibly well
known and famous is the way that it is almost song-like in its rhythm and music. It can
be compared to many songs because of its evocative rhythms, alliteration, rhymes and
other sound effects that make it memorable. Remember that unless we hear poetry we are
often not able to fully comprehend what the poet is really doing through the sound of
the words and their rhythm.

In particular what
is notable in this poem is the use of internal rhyme, or rhyme that occurs within the
lines or repetition of an end rhyme within a line. For some examples of this, consider
how "dreary" is rhymed with "weary" in line 1 and then "napping," "tapping," and
"rapping" in lines 3 and 4. Likewise alliteration and onomatopoeia is combined in a
somewhat exaggerated but definitely striking manner. Consider the following
line:

What
this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of
yore...

The repetition of the
"g" sound which combines onomatopoeia with alliteration to great effects serves to
reinforce the grim appearance of the raven.

All of these
examples help to create this remarkable and intensely memorable poem through the
production of what can be termed word-music, because so many effects are used that in
many ways this poem is similar to a song.

Jeremiah says, on page 28 of Leif Enger's Peace Like a River, “Everybody thumps something, Reuben.” What, exactly, did he mean by this?

Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger, is
the story of the the Land family. Jeremiah Land is a rather extraordinary man, as we
discover in the opening pages of the novel. His son Reuben was born but was not
breathing; Jeremiah prayed and Reuben lived. This is just one of many miracles in this
novel, all of which center around this man.

Jeremiah is a
man whose faith is paramount in every part of his life, so obviously his children see
and know about their father's relationship with God. During the scene in which the line
you ask about occurs, Jeremiah and Reuben are on their way to church to listen to a
visiting preacher. (Reuben is actually more interested in a girl who might be attending,
but still, he is going.)

Reuben says he has heard that this
preacher is a "Bible-thumper." Jeremiah does not speak immediately; Then Reuben, the
narrator of the story, writes:

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Dad considered this. "Everybody thumps something,
Reuben." 

The conversation
continues, but it is clear that Jeremiah is referring to something beyond literal
thumping. The term "Bible-thumper" has come to mean someone who, consistently and
without apology, believes in and promotes the truth and authority of the Bible and
therefore God. This comment, then, demonstrates Jeremiah's belief that everybody
believes in--advocates, promulgates, accepts as
truth--something. 

Write a sine and a cosine equation to model the movement of the boat in the following case:A boat tied at a dock moves up and down with the passing...

We know that any periodic motion is a simple harmonic
motion (SHM) and could be written as x(t) = A sin (wt+p), where A is the amplitude , w
is the angular velocity, p is the phase difference and t is the time in
minutes.

Since the vertical maximum distance between the
highest and lowest points in the motion of the boat  is 9 m, the amplitude A = 9/2 = 4.5
m

So here,  A = 9/2, w = 2pi/ 5 radians per
minute.

So at the time t = 0, the equation of motion given
by : -4.5 = 4.5 sin {5t+p}. So sin (5*0+p) =
-1.

=> 5t+p = -pi/2, or p =
-pi/2.

Therefore the required model of the motion is x(t) =
4.5 sin(5t-pi/2) in terms of sin function.

To write the
equation in terms of Cosine  function:

Since cos x = sin
(pi/2 - x), we can rewrite the above equation as
below:

x(t) = 4.5 cos {pi/2 - (
5t-pi/2)}.

=>  x(t) = 4.5 cos {-5wt +
pi}.

=> x(t) = 4.5 cos (5wt- pi) , as cos (-x) =
cosx.

Therefore the required equation of the simple
harmonic motion of the boat is given by:

x(t) = 4.5
(5wt-pi). Or x (t) = cos (5t+pi) , as x(t) = x(t+2pi) for any
SHM.

What are some poetic devices in the poem "Good Times" by Lucille Clifton?

"Good Times" is a short poem in which Lucille Clifton
describes some of the simple pleasures of poor African-Americans in the middle part of
the 20th century.

The poem consists of two stanzas, each
containing eight lines.  Most of the lines contain between 5 and 7 syllables.  The
exception to this is the last 2 lines of each stanza, which are a
refrain:

good
times
good times

In
addition to the refrain, Clifton also uses repetition, or anaphora, in the second
stanza:

and
dancing in the kitchen
and singing in the
kitchen

The poem's images are
of simple pleasures at home.  This is enhanced by language that is simple and at times
colloquial, such as, "the lights is back on," and "they is good times." 

Why does Billy's grandfather need a brace and bit to catch the raccoon in Where the Red Fern Grows?

A brace and bit is a hand tool used to drill holes.
Grandpa knows a trick that is effective in catching raccoons, and all he needs to do it
is a brace and a bit.

When Billy gets his pups, he realizes
he needs a coon skin to teach them to hunt, but, try as he might, he cannot catch a
coon. Grandpa tells him about an old trick he used as a child that rarely failed in
helping him get one of the ring-tailed animals. Grandpa gets a brace and a bit about an
inch and a half in diameter. He tells Billy to go down by the river where the coons are
known to live, and drill a hole about six inches deep in a log. At the bottom of the
log, Billy needs to put something shiny, like a piece of tin, and then, around the hole
made by the brace and bit, he should pound nails in about an inch apart and at a slant,
so that the points stick out about halfway down the hole. The raccoon will then be drawn
by the shiny tin, and, curious, stick his hand in to grab it. Because his hand will be
closed around the piece of tin, it will be larger than when it was thrust into the hole,
and because of the nails, the raccoon will be unable to get his hand out. It will not
occur to the raccoon to let go of the tin so that he can extricate his hand; he will be
trapped, and Billy will have his raccoon.

Billy follows his
grandpa's instructions carefully, and makes fourteen traps. For the first week, he
catches nothing, and is angry and discouraged, thinking his grandpa had been fooling
him. Billy's father, however, points out that perhaps Billy has left too much of his
scent around the trap area. Sure enough, after about a week, the scent has worn off, and
Billy catches a large coon, "trapped by his own curiosity" (Chapter
7).

What makes the humour in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

One source of humor in Pride and
Prejudice is irony. Austen employs both verbal and situational irony. She
starts the novel out with one of her most famous ironic
statements:

It
is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune,
must be in want of a
wife.

This verbal irony is
humorous because it is not a universal truth that all single wealthy men want wives, yet
it was widely known in Austen's time that mothers of five single daughters acted as
though it were true.

Irony is humorous because of the witty
figures of speech that comprise verbal irony and the amusingly unexpected twists of fate
that comprise situational irony (amusingly unexpected in a comedy, at any rate). Irony
occurs when words have a figurative twist to them so they mean something other than what
they seem to mean or when situations prove to be something other than what is
expected.

Austen develops situational irony in a number of
instances. One thing about Austen's ironic situations is that sadness of varying degrees
accompanies the ironically humorous situations. For instance, we are presented with an
ironically humorous situation when Mary insists on singing loudly and badly at the Sir
William’s gathering but there is also sadness attached to it. In the first place, Mary
is humiliated because her talent is not equal to her
vanity:

Mary
had neither genius nor taste; and though vanity had given her application, it had given
her likewise a pedantic air and conceited manner, which would have injured a higher
degree of excellence than she had
reached.

In the second, Darcy
adds Mary’s behavior to the long and growing list of reasons he presents to Bingley to
dissuade him--successfully--from proposing to Jane. Thus, it is through the addition of
sorrow to humorously ironic situations that Austen develops her themes. Similarly,
Austen employs humorous verbal irony to develop her plot and her
characters.

What is the symbolism in the following comment, which is a paraphrase from Act II, scene i by the Lambs of Duke Senior's speech in As You Like...

This quote is part of a href="http://www.bartleby.com/1012/5.html">paraphrase written in 1878 of
Duke Senior's speech in As You Like It about his living conditions
in the forest of Arden, Act II, scene i. "These chilling winds that blow" literally
refer to winter winds blowing on one who, like Duke Senior, lives mostly out in the
open. Symbolically these bone chilling winter winds represent the sorrows and troubles
that beset all humankind at one time or another and in one form or another. This
symbolism is reinforced by the phrase "blow upon my body," which is literally the
physical body and symbolically the representation of the psychological self that suffers
from adversities.

The point being made is that these cold
winds, these troubles, sorrows, and adversities are the stuff by which our inner
qualities are revealed: "they represent truly to me my condition." Adversities bring out
a person's inner qualities that either rage against suffering in arrogant anger; or moan
and weep before trouble feeling they are too good to deserve hardship; or laugh
suffering off as unimportant and valueless; or with courage seek to find the best way to
solve and endure suffering.

The paraphrase of Duke Senior's
speech ends by personifying the cold wind by giving it an animal's bite and tooth: "they
bite sharply." The explanation for thinking of "chilling winds [of adversity] that blow"
as "true counsellors" is that though they are hard to go through and endure, they are
nonetheless not so horrible as the cold bite of "unkindness and ingratitude." This
alludes to Duke Frederick's usurpation of Duke Senior's kingdom and throne. Actually,
the paraphrase diverges here from Duke Senior's actual speech for he doesn’t allude to
Duke Frederick’s unkindness and ingratitude.  What he says is that the winter wind is
like "a precious jewel" because in Arden, away from court life ("exempt from public
haunt"), he finds friends, literature, religion, and all good things;
he:

Finds
tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones and good in
every thing.
I would not change
it.

In Volume 2, Chapter 9 of Frankenstein, where does the monster decide to travel to and how does he find his way?

After the departure of the DeLaceys, the monster at first
does not know where he is going to go, but he finally decides that he must find Victor,
the man who had created him and the only one who might be able to help him. From
perusing Victor's papers, the monster knows that Geneva was his creator's native town,
so he concludes that he must go there. The monster has accumumated a rudimentary
understanding of geography from observing the lessons Felix had given Safie, and he
knows that the city is in "a southwesterly direction" from the location of the DeLaceys'
cottage. With only the sun as his guide, Victor sets out for
Geneva.

Victor is at a significant disadvantage on his
journey, in that he is not familiar with the names of the towns he must pass through,
nor can he ask for information from others, knowing what their reaction will be upon
seeing him. Besides the sun, he has little to help him find his destination, other than
a map of the country and the fact that a few unnamed incidents "now and then [direct
him]." It is no surprise, then, that his journey is extremely difficult, and takes close
to a year.

It is late autumn when the monster leaves the
abandoned and now-destroyed abode of the DeLaceys, and for the most part, he only
travels at night to avoid detection. He forges on alone through the bitter cold of
winter, through days and nights when

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"rain and snow [pour] around [him]; mighty rivers
[are] frozen; the surface of the earth [is] hard and chill, and bare, and [he] find[s]
no shelter."

When spring
finally arrives, the monster witnesses a young girl who falls into a "rapid stream," and
rescues her, but when her companion comes upon them, he reacts with terror, shooting the
monster and inflicting a wound that "shatter[s] the flesh and bone." The monster, his
sense of betrayal intensified, vows "eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind," and
retreats into the woods, in hopes of recovering from his wound. After many weeks of
miserable suffering, the monster manages to regain him health, and two months later, he
at long last reaches his destination, Geneva (Volume 2, Chapter
9).

Does the popularity of Coram Boy when published (2000) relate to contemporary thoughts about childhood or does it not relate to social views?

Very interesting question. Of course, the bleak
dog-eat-dog world that we are presented with in the grim pages of Coram
Boy is very different from the situation in our contemporary world today. It
does paint a very despairing view of childhood where children are dispensable and
terribly fragile. In this hard-hitting book we are very soon presented with pictures of
tremendous violence and neglect as Otis, the so called "Coram Man", collects
illegitimate children and as often as not kills them soon
after.

He
nodded curtly at Meshak. "Get the space. There's a good ditch just here. We'll dig them
in," he jerked his head in the direction of the panniers strapped to the train of mules.
"I don't want to take them into Gloucester."

... Nothing to
deep or careful. There was a lot of water. Just dig a hole deep enough to submerge the
bundles. Foxes would do the
rest...

I think in a sense
the reason why we are presented with such shocking images towards the beginning of the
book is to present a sharp contrast between the conditions that children today have to
live in and the conditions of children just a few centuries ago. Jamilia Gavin, in her
introduction, seems to indicate that she wrote this book to highlight the conditions of
children in this time but then also to capture the story of one man who was key in
changing this perception of children:

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It was often entirely a mater of luck if a child
was kindly and lovingly reared, and it was to redress this that Captain Thomas Coram
opened his hospital in 1741. It was people like him who gradually changed the whole
perception of child care and who touched the conscience of the
nation.

Thus, I don't think
this novel relates to contemporary thoughts about childhood, it rather sets out to show
where our ideas about childhood have emerged from and how they have changed so radically
thanks to the work of individuals such as Thomas Coram.

Why did the Vietnamese reject French rule?The Vietnam War

Just as the American colonies fought for independence from
Great Britain and African nations finally emerged from their own colonial past, the
Vietnamese fought the French so that they could also enjoy native rule without outside
interference. The Vietnamese (as well as other French Indochina colonies Cambodia and,
later, Laos) had been fighting for their independence in one way or another since France
took control in 1859. After the Japanese surrendered control back to the French
following World War II, the Viet Minh--a communist group led by Ho Chi Minh and formerly
supported by the United States--declared Viet Nam an independent state. The Viet Minh
were initially driven out of Hanoi, but Ho began a guerilla movement that initiated the
First Indochina War. When the communists took over China, China officially recognized
the Viet Minh government and began to actively support them militarily. The French were
eventually driven out for good following the disastrous siege and surrender of Dien Ben
Phu in 1954.

During World War II, the Vichy
French--Frenchmen who collaborated with the Germans following the fall of
France--actually continued nominal control over French Indochina during the Japanese
occupation. The Vichy French government in Indochina cooperated with the Japanese until
Germany fell in 1945; when the Vichy French began negotiations with the Free French, the
Japanese siezed control. A famine that resulted in the starvation deaths of more than
one million Indochinese spurred the first revolt by the Viet Minh, who advocated
rebellion by the starving Vietnamese. The Viet Minh's stance gained great support from
the people, and when the French attempted to regain control following the war, Ho Chi
Minh's popularity grew to new heights.

How is marriage viewed as a social institution in The Importance of Being Earnest?i want to know all details about my question

Marriage is viewed as a social institution because that is
precisely what it was in the 19th century. In those days women would enter marriage by
offering a dowry in the form of money or properties to a potential husband. Often
families did this with other families who had lots of money. If you didn't have it, your
chances of obtaining any benefits from marrying money and property became lower and
lower. This also meant that your social standing will come tumbling down: You would not
be admitted in other homes as a visitor, people will talk about you, and you may end up
joining a nunnery or as a spinster, which was worst than being a prostitute
even.

In the case of Ernest when Lady Bracknell sat down to
ask him all sorts of questions about his finances, upbringing, etc, he mentioned the
fact that, although he had lots of money, he was orphaned and abandoned in a handbag.
This was problematic because, like Lady Bracknell said, her daughter cannot be married
off to a "parcel" and that Ernest needed to produce a father or a  mother quickly to be
able to consider his engagement. This was the way marriage was done: With names, last
names, amounts, and business transactions that will ensure that the family name and
money will continue to be long lasting.

If 6 + i and a^2 - a + b*i are the roots of the same quadratic equation, what is the value of a and b?

If a quadratic equation ax^2 + bx + c = 0, has one complex
root a + bi, the other root has to be equal to a – bi.

Here
one of the roots is 6 + i, so the other root is 6 – i.

Now
6 – i = a^2 - a + b*i

Equating the real
coefficient

a^2 – a =
6

=> a^2 – a – 6 =
0

=> a^2 – 3a + 2a – 6
=0

=> a (a – 3) + 2(a – 3) =
0

=> (a + 2) (a – 3) =
0

So a can be -2 and 3.

Also,
equating the imaginary coefficient b =
-1

Therefore a is equal to -2 and 3 and b is
-1.

In the United States, what were the economic benefits of WWI?My report is on the innovations and economic benefits of WWI. I have many...

Assuming that you are talking about the United States, WWI
had two major types of economic benefits.

First, the war
improved the US economy in the short term.  The US had been in a recession when the war
began.  But that changed when the war started and the European countries started needing
things from the United States.  The European economies stopped working so well because
of the war and so they needed to buy from the US.  That led to a major boom in
business.

Second, the war made the US government and
industry work together more closely.  Some economists (see nber.org link) believe that
this helped lead to American prosperity even after the
war.

It is also worth noting that, after the war, the US
became a major player in terms of investing in other countries.  England had previously
been the biggest investor, even in countries like Mexico.  After the war, America's
economy was stronger than that of England and the US was in better position to invest in
other countries' economies.  This was also an economic benefit of the war for the
US.

How is the societal marketing concept related to the launching of e-cigarettes?answer please

Societal marketing is one of the many terms used to denote
socially responsible marketing that is based on concern for the ethical, environmental,
legal and social context of marketing activities and programs. Societal Marketing holds
that an organization's task is to determine the needs wants and interests of the target
markets and to deliver the desired satisfaction more effectively and efficiently in a
way that preserves or enhances the consumer's and society's well being (Kotler and
Keller p.22).

I am not aware of the nature of the
e-cigarettes or its marketing approach. However I would like to say that just the
selling of a product that is considered to be less harmful than some substitute product,
does not qualify the related marketing effort as societal marketing. For example, if the
company marketing the product is deliberately promoting a product based on exaggerated
claims of benefits, or is hiding some other harmful effects, it is definitely not
societal
marketing.

Reference:

Kotler,
P. and Keller K.P. (2006) Marketing Management, Pearson Education,
Delhi.

Describe the disillusionment with the American dream in the short story "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

"Winter Dreams" just like The Great Gatsby
is one of Fitzgerald's diatribes against the Old Money class in American
society and its seeming false offer of equality to those who believe in the American
Dream. In the story, Dexter observes the wealthy golfers for whom he caddies and
believes that if he works hard enough, he can one day be just like them.  He envisions
scenes where he drives up in luxurious cars and the wealthy surround him simply to
listen to him speak.

Dexter does work hard and becomes
wealthy, but once he makes it to the top, he realizes that the dream has become
corrupted (just like Daisy is the corrupted version of Gatsby's dream and can never live
up to his expectations).

Both of these works present
Fitzgerald's frustration with his own life and attempts to achieve the American Dream. 
He, like Dexter and Gatsby, became interested in a wealthy socialite (Zelda) and was
looked down upon by her social class and family.  When he finally did win Zelda and
marry her, he endured a tumultuous relationship with her where their wealth was unstable
and their faithfulness to one another questionable.  He believed (as he demonstrates in
"Winter Dream") that the Old Money portion of society corrupts the moral, decent
Midwesterner.

What is the outcome and the resolution in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

The terms 'outcome' and 'resolution' refer to the ending
of the story--how Montresor achieves his aim in taking his revenge by burying alive
Fortunato. Montresor has meticulously planned the time, the place and the method of his
revenge well in
advance.

1.Time: Montresor
decides to take his revenge at "about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of
the carnival season," so that every one in his house especially the servants would have
gone out and that he would be able to commit his heinous deed completely unnoticed by
anyone. He had cunningly ensured that the servants would not return home that evening by
lying to them that he will be returning home only next
morning.

2.Place: Montresor
chose the innermost crypt in his vaults so that Fortunato's cries would not be heard by
anyone. He had also arranged to have the building stones and the mortar ready at hand to
wall in Fortunato. When he accompanies Fortunato into the vaults he carries with him the
instrument of revenge-the trowel.

3.The
Method: All the while "smiling in his face" Montresor flatters and traps
Fortunato by exploiting his "weak point" : Fortunato "prided himself on his
connoisseurship in wine," and Montresor deceives him by saying that he does not wish to
trouble him and that he'd rather  seek Luchresi's opinion regarding the quality of the
Amontillado that he has bought. At once Fortunato takes the bait and accompanies
Montresor into the vaults to prove that he is better than Luchresi. Once inside the
vaults, Montresor gets him drunk to slow down his reflexes and then leads him to his
death.

Compare and contrast New York from 1970 to now.

Perhaps the biggest difference between the New York City
of 40 years ago and that of today is the degree to which the major tourist areas have
been "cleaned up."  This is especially the case with areas such as Times
Square.

In the 1970s, Times Square was a pretty squalid
place.  It was best known  for such things as the "peep shows" where people could view
pornography in little booths.  It was one of the worst areas in the city because of all
the pornography, strip clubs and prostitution.

By contrast,
Times Square today is "Disneyfied."  It is a place for wholesome family entertainment,
not the sort of place that families would try to
avoid.

This change is symbolic of a more general change in
the city -- one in which the city has been made more "livable" in many people's minds by
a crackdown on petty crime and vice.

Can anyone give me a quote that suggests Lady Macbeth dares Macbeth into murdering? therefore showing macbeth as gullible.many thanks.!.

Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth
questions her husband's manhood when he decides he does not want to go ahead with
assassinating Duncan.

She chides
him:

Art thou
afeard

To be the same in thine own act and
valor

As thou art in desire?  Wouldst thou have
that

Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life [the
crown],

And live a coward in thine own
esteem,

Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I
would,"

Like the poor cat i'th'adage?  (Act
1.7.39-44)

The adage she
refers to is:  The cat would eat fish but she will not wet her feet," and urges the idle
or timid to action. 

In short, Lady Macbeth accuses her
husband of cowardice.  She asks if he is afraid to act to achieve what he desires to
achieve, if he's willing to give up that which he believes to be the most important
thing in life, and then live with himself as a coward later.  She asks if he's willing
to be like a cat who wants to eat fish but is afraid to get its feet
wet. 

Perhaps, though, concerning her actually daring
Macbeth, as you ask about, the most specific dare may come before the above lines,
leading into them.  After Lady Macbeth rhetorically asks her husband if the hope he
exhibited when they previously talked about assassinating Duncan has since turned "green
and pale," she quips the following:

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...From this
time

Such I account thy love.  (Act
1.7.38-39)

From now on, she
will view his love as "green and pale." 

This may be a
threat even more than a dare, but I think the dare is implied.  If Macbeth doesn't go
through with the assassination, he will lose her love.  And she is daring him to not go
through with it. 

Macbeth is certainly gullible here, but
he is also corrupt.  He will later use the same strategy--the questioning of
manhood--when he bullies the murderers into murdering Banquo.  Although, of course, at
least he won't threaten to withdraw his love from them.