What are the possible dangers of travelling without having legal documents of the individuals involved? Please elaborate on this topic from...

Let's take immigrant workers to the United States as an
example, as opposed to say, the casual tourist who is going abroad without
documents.

Large numbers of immigrants cross the border
without documents each year because of the employment opportunities available here, and
the poverty south of that border.  The dangers involved in this are significant and
physical as well as legal.

About ten percent of my students
are undocumented, and the stories I have heard over the years about their border
crossing experiences are scary indeed.  Paying off coyotes (smugglers) who sometimes
steal their possessions and leave them in the desert, crossing wide open tracts of
desert on foot without adequate food or water, and often with small children, being
robbed or assaulted on the way to the border, being kidnapped and sold into slavery or
sexually exploited.  These are all very real dangers and realities for undocumented
workers trying to cross the southern border into the US, not to mention the chances of
being caught and deported to go through the process all over
again.

8x+9y=-1 x=6-2ySolve the system by using the substitution method.

Given the equations:

8x+9y =
-1...........(1)

x = 6 - 2y
...............(2)

we need solve for x and
y.

We will use the substitution method to
solve.

We will substitute (2) into
(1).

==> 8x+9y =
-1

==> 8(6-2y) + 9y =
-1

==> 48 - 16y + 9y =
-1

==> -7y = -49

Now we
will divide by -7

==> y= -49/-7 =
7

==> y= 7

==> x
= 6-2y = 6-2(7) = 6 -14 = -8

Then the solution for the
system is:

x = -8  and  y=
7

Find the distance between the line 3x+4y=11 and the point (2,5).

We are given the coordinates of the point as ( 2 , 5) and
the equation of the line is 3x + 4y = 11 or 3x + 4y - 11 =
0.

Now the relation for calculating the distance d of a
point (x1, y1) from the line ax+by +c = 0, is:

d =
|ax1+by1+c|/ sqrt (a^2+b^2)

Substituting the values we
have

d = | 3*2 + 5* 4 - 11| / sqrt ( 3^2 +
4^2)

=> d = | 6 + 20 -11| / sqrt
25

=> d = 15 /
5

=> d =
3

Therefore the required distance is
3.

Compare and contrast descriptives studies with formal experiments.

Descriptive studies (and case studies and case reports)
are a major form of study in the social and psychology sciences.  Formal experiments are
another form of scientific study, and the nature of the study types are given in this
brief description.

One chooses the study form based on
conditions to be considered/measured, type of research question, control or lack thereof
that the investigator has over actual behavioral events, and whether dealing with
contemporary or historical events/phenomena.

In a
descriptive or case study one answers a “how” or “why” question, has little or no
control over events, and focuses on contemporary, real-life
situations.

The researcher begins with an idea and a
thorough literature review.  She then carefully formulates question(s) and determines
the method for collecting data (observations).  The project is designed to protect the
integrity of the data by maintaining a chain of evidence, and including consideration
and testing of rival explanations of findings.  The scientist must be aware of and state
the strengths and limitations of the research.

An example
of a descriptive or case study is entitled “Facilitating Online Learning:  A descriptive
study.”  It is a four-phase study of the influence of a facilitator and other factors on
online learning.

Experiments are a more formal type of
research.  Indeed, descriptive studies often provide a background for formal
experiments.  Descriptive studies share in common with experiments the application of
methods to record and observe data, and to interpret the information.  However, compared
to descriptive studies, experiments involve a more rigorous form of scientific
investigation called “the scientific method”.

The
scientific method is a means of gathering empirical and measurable evidence, systematic
observation, measurement and experimentation, and formulation, testing and confirming or
modifying a hypothesis.

In a formal experiment the
scientist observes phenomena, perhaps performing an initial descriptive study, makes a
hypothesis and then tests the hypothesis by an experiment consisting of a carefully
controlled method, collection and interpretation of data.  Important concepts adhered to
include the following:

Objectivity (absence of
bias)

Reproducibility (results can be confirmed by other
scientists)

Sharing (publication) of data and
results

Allow others to test reliability of
conclusions

An example of a formal experiment would be
testing the hypothesis that eating breakfast improves student performance on a
mathematics test (see reference 3 for details of such an
experiment).

The references are as
follows:

1.  A textbook on descriptive
studies.

2.  Definition and description of the “scientific
method”.

3.  Specific and detailed information on
psychology experiments and research methods.

solve square root equation x=6[squareroot(x-2)-1]?

We'll impose the constraint of existence of the square
root:

x-2>=0

We'll add
2 both sides:

x>=2

The
interval of admissible values is [2 ; +infinite).

We'll
re-write the given equation. We'll isolate 6sqrt(x-2) to the right side. For this
reason, we'll add 6 both sides:

6+x =
6sqrt(x-2)

We'll square raise both sides. For squaring the
binomial from the left side, we'll use the formula;

(a+b)^2
= a^2 + 2ab + b^2

36 + 12x + x^2 =
36(x-2)

 We'll remove the
brackets:

x^2+12x+36 =
36x-72

We'll subtract
36x-72:

x^2 - 24x + 108 =
0

We'll apply the quadratic
formula:

x1=[24+ sqrt
(24^2-4*108)]/2

x1 =
(24+12)/2

x1 =
36/2

x1=18

x2=(24-12)/2

x2=6

Since
both values belong to the interval [2 ; +infinite), we'll validate them as solutions of
the given equation: x1 = 18 and x2 = 6.

What is the Plot Summary of Autumn in the Oak Woods?It is the story from Yuri Kazakov

The story begins with the young man waiting in his small
mountain home and then heading down to the dock to wait for a woman who is supposed to
arrive by boat.  He is nervous that she won't show, but she
does.

They walk back to his house, and he shows her as many
of the good things about his situation as he can in the dark.  It is very clear that he
is trying his hardest to impress her, to help her feel that he has made the right
decision by living in this place.

The story ends the next
morning as they watch a tug go by on the river.  It has become clear that they both feel
there is something worth being out in the country for, something that they both might be
looking for after a (likely) previous life in a big city.

How does the story "Eveline" by James Joyce illustrate Eveline's fear of love?I am arguing a point that Eveline didn't leave with Frank because...

James Joyce's "Eveline" is a story written as an internal
monologue of the main character who finds herself in a quandary:  she does not know
whether to flee her home, trusting her life with a sailor ironically named Frank, or to
stay at home and care for her father and brother.  Her conflicts involve the ambiguous
nature of Frank's proposal to run off with him: While his name indicates honesty, his
profession is rather dubious regarding honor. And, his proposal to Eveline to run away
with him, a sailor, to Buenos Ayres suggests both the adventurous and the carnal.  That
Eveline is rather ambivalent about her safety and security if she goes with him is
evident in her internal conflicts. 

Then, too, her father
has learned of her love and now Eveline must meet Frank secretly, so she is unsure of
whether she wishes to gamble her life on the words of this sailor.  Added to what
Eveline feels is her obligation to her little brother for whom she promised her mother
before the colored print of the Bessed Margaret Mary Alacoque.  And, as she muses upon
this promise, the image of her mother appears in Eveline's mind, the image of the plight
of the Irish woman who makes "all those commonplace
sacrificies." 

Perhaps it is Eveline's fear of love,
perhaps it is Eveline's sense of obligation to family, but Eveline is unable to leap
upon the boat as Frank urgently calls to her.  Representing the tragic Irish woman for
whom psychological freedom is impossible because of the tremendous pull of the
religious, social, and historical patterning of her culture that keeps her subjugated,
Eveline cannot love and go with Frank because she is the victim of her internal
conflicts with her way of life.

As earthworms crawl through tightly packed soil, they break it apart, making it more porous. Why would this be good for plants?

Earth worm is called the friend of the farmer and plants.
Because their part is great in the ecofriendly space. The earthworm converts the organic
matters like dead plant parts, leaves etc into humus. The humus is extremely plant
nutrient.The earth worm plows and burrows the earth creating its tunnels. This helps air
circulation and conserve the water content of the soil. The action helps plant spread
the roots farther and deeper in the soil besides having easy acces to their nutrient
resource in the soil.The earth worms are even capable of ingesting rough soil particles
and even small stones (1.25 mm wide) and it is digested and cast out as excreta of
smooth paste. Their excreta is also rich with mineral , nitrogen , phosphate and potash
contents that are a required by plants.

Find the limit (x^2+x-6)/(x+3) when x approach -3.

For evaluating the limit, we'll choose the dividing out
technique.

We'll apply the direct substitution, by
substituting the unknown x, by the value -3 and we'll see that it fails, because both,
numerator and denominator, are cancelling for x=-3. That means x=-3 is a root for both,
that means that (x+3) is a common factor for both.

We'll
write the numerator using the
formula:

x^2+x-6=(x-x1)(x-x2), where x1, x2 are the roots
and
x1=-3

x^2+x-6=(x+3)(x-x2)

We
also know that x1+x2 = -1, -3+x2=-1

and x1*x2=-6,
(-3)*x2=-6

x2=2

Now, we'll
evaluate the limit:

lim (x^2+x-6)/(x+3) = lim
(x+3)(x-2)/(x+3)

Now, we can divide out like
factor:

lim (x^2+x-6)/(x+3) = lim
(x-2)

We can apply the replacement theorem and we'll
get:

lim (x-2) = -3-2 =
-5

So, lim (x^2+x-6)/(x+3) =
-5.

describe the difference between an illusion and a hallucination.

Hallucination happens when a person sees, hears, feels or
smells something that is not actually present, otherwise known as the absence of a
stimuli (something that influences one to react). For example, the person who is
hallucinating may see cars racing right in front of him when in fact nothing is there;
or he may hear multiple voices around and yet he is alone; or he may feel that spiders
are crawling all over him but there are none at
all.

Illusions on the other hand are perceptions, whereas
hallucinations are not. As you watch a magician walk through a mirror for instance, your
brain creates an assumption that the magician is indeed walking through the mirror,
however, it is only a trick. In this case, you just experienced an illusion, a
misinterpretation of your true senses. Using the earlier example about the racing cars
again, you may have an illusion that the cars are floating as you actually see them pass
by.

Solve a and b if 2a=b and a-3b= 12

2a = b

a -3b
=12

To solve, set one of the equations equal to zero.  The
first equation is actually already set to 0.

b =
2a

Now you can plug this equation into the other one, by
substituting the b in the equation with this.

a -3b =
12

a – 3(2a) = 12

Now all you
have to do is distribute the 3 (multiply the number outside the parenthesis, 3 in this
case, by everything inside).

a – 6a =
12

Combine like terms.  Since we have 1 positive a and 6
negative ones, we subtract the two numbers without the
signs

6-1 = 5

And take the
sign of the larger number.  Since 6 is large and 6 is negative, we are left
with

-5a = 12

Now solve for a,
which in this case means dividing both sides by -5

a =
-12/5

Simplify

a =
-2.4

Now that you have a, it’s easy to find
b

b = 2a

b =
2(-2.4)

b= -4.8

Now you check
your work by plugging your new a and b into either equation to see if it’s
true.

-4.8 = 2(-2.4)

-4.8 =
-4.8

And just for laughs let’s try the other
equation

a -3b
=12

-2.4 – 3(-4.8) =
12

Distribute the 3 again.  Remember that when two negative
numbers are multiplied they become positive.

-2.4 +14.4 =
12

12 = 12

In Into the Wild, what are some quotes that support the idea that Chris McCandless is foolish?

There is plenty of evidence in this great account of the
life of Chris McCandless that could be used to suggest that he was very foolish. You
might want to start off, however, by examining the first chapter very carefully.
Gallien, who is an "accomplished hunter and woodsman" in Alaska, gives Chris a ride and
comments that Chris had an:

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...improbably light load for a stay of several
months in the back-country, especially so early in the
spring.

This causes Gallien
to wonder about who actually Chris was. In his time, Gallien has seen a number of
foolish young men who want to live out "ill-considered Jack London fantasies." However,
when Gallien chats to Chris more, he discounts this, as Chris asks him a number of
perceptive questions about his experience and what kind of natural foods he could find
in the wilds of Alaska.

Although Gallien revises his
opinion of Chris, he is still deeply concerned, as the following quote
displays:

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Alex admitted that the only food in his pack was
a ten-pound bag of rice. His gear seemed exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions of
the interior, which in April still lay buried under the winter snowpack. Alex's cheap
leather hiking boots were neither waterproof nor well insulated. His rifle was only
.22 calibre, a bore too small to rely on if he expected to kill large animals like moose
and caribou, which he would have to eat if he hoped to remain very long in the country.
He had no axe, no bug dope, no snowshoes, no compass. The only navigational aid in his
possession was a tattered state road map he'd scrounged at a gas
station.

In spite of Chris's
obvious intelligence, Alaska is still an "unforgiving place" where you are incredibly
foolish to take the might and strength of nature for granted. Clearly, although Chris
survived for so long by himself, he would not have perished if he had taken more
precautions and prepared more effectively for his time in the wild. A map, as Krakauer
later reveals, would have shown him how to cross the river that he felt trapped him in
the wild.

In the story A Christmas Carol, Stave 4, what clues alert the reader to the dead buinessman's true identity before Scrooge visits the churchyard?

The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come leads Scrooge ahead in
time to witness the preparation for burial of an "unknown" businessman.  For the reader
(if not for Scrooge himself), the suspicion that this is Scrooge himself should be in
the mind from the beginning of this Stave, since all the Spirits have shown Scrooge "the
story of his life," so it would stand to reason that this Spirit is also concerned with
showing Scrooge part of his potential life story.

This
connection might be a bit clouded for Scrooge, since it is quite human (and part of the
thematic point of the story) for any human being to ignore that he/she will one day be
dead and have only the legacy of how he/she acted in life to live after him/her, but is
pretty obvious to the reader.

Here are some specific clues,
given as the Stave unfolds,  that the dead man is, in fact, Scrooge
himself:

• The businessmen, which the Spirit first
  shows Scrooge say, ' “What has he done with his money?” ' and ' “It's likely to be a
  very cheap funeral," ' both references to Scrooge's famous wealth and
  miserliness.


• Later, the Spirit shows Scrooge a dead body
  on its bed, descirbed this way:

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He lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man,
a woman, or a child, to say that he was kind to me in this or that, and for the memory
of one kind word I will be kind to
him.

• And, as they
  are on their way to the churchyard, Scrooge notices his own office and looks in the
  window, and "it was an office still, but not his. The furniture was not the same, and
  the figure in the chair was not himself," a clue that Scrooge is no longer alive and
  working in his office, but the dead man already shown by the
  Spirit.

For more on Stave Four and the Spirit
of Christmas Yet To Come, please follow the links below.

In The Stranger, prove if Meursault should be found guilty or not guilty.

Meursault should be found guilty because he killed
someone. He did not kill out of hate, premeditation, insanity or involuntarily. That is
all irrelevant. Meursault killed for a very selfish reason; maintaining his philosophic
principles that only he (the individual) matters and that each person’s existence does
not, or should not have to be determined by society or ideology. In certain
applications, this existential (or Absurdist) philosophy is good in avoiding mindless
conformity and attempting a creative and authentic life – which only the true individual
can do. That is, Meursault’s outlook on life, as the uncompromising individual, is
commendable in that respect alone; that he does not bend to humanity’s rules – he is
therefore totally responsible for his own actions because he doesn’t ascribe to any set
of laws. But, while in some respects this is a valid and genuine outlook on life, it is
clearly as fallible as the outlook of society that Meursault ignores. This is where it
gets a little tricky. The point Camus makes is that any fundamentalist system of thought
(whether it is Meursault’s or Algerian society, the French colonialists) is problematic.
Meursault pointlessly kills; but countries go to war over land (dirt) and there are
other countless sanctioned killings committed by so-called
modern or industrialized countries all the time.

Meursault
is guilty because he killed another person. His reasoning is that he was indifferent to
that person and focused more on how the sun was making him uncomfortable. Not a good
reason. He’s guilty. Meursault thinks life is meaningless and that those who uphold
human ethics and values do so only to avoid going to jail or being killed themselves.
So, for Meursault this is a cop out. Meursault stays true to his philosophy of
absurdity. In fact, the court seems to be more appalled that Meursault doesn’t believe
in the same things they do – more appalled than Meursault’s actual act of killing.
So the novel is about mindless conformity to belief systems; where actions
are condemned or sanctioned (not on their ethical merit, but whether or not they adhere
to the belief system).

But, bottom line,
Meursault is guilty. His entire philosophy is based upon freedom and this is what he
took from another human being. He actually doesn’t see this because he is so ensconced
in his selfishly indifferent life. He is guilty for the act regardless. Ironically,
Meursault’s own belief system is just as vulnerable as the court’s because, like them,
he refuses to back down. And that is plain old fundamentalism. Whenever you assume you
have to be right, you become a fundamentalist and close your thinking. It doesn’t matter
if Meursault thinks life is meaningless. That is what he thinks and if he wants the
world to respect his right to think the way he does, he should do the same for the
world.

In chapters 4-7, how does Jem get even with Scout for contradicting him about "Hot Steams?" Why will there be no more surprises in the Radleys'...

Jem was not too happy about Scout's reaction to his story
about Hot Steams. Dill had never heard the term before, so Jem explained that they were
a type of spirit that had not yet reached heaven. Scout discounted the tale, claiming
that "Calpurnia says that's nigger-talk." So, Jem determined to pay Scout back quickly.
When she demanded to be first when they rolled the tire, Jem pushed her roughly and
"with all the force in his body," and she landed on the steps of the Radley
house.

The surprises left in the knothole of the Radley oak
tree ended abruptly when Mr. Radley cemented the niche. He apparently had discovered
that Boo was leaving gifts for the children and disapproved of his son's
actions.

Differentiate Kubler-Ross' stages of death and dying.

I think that Dr. Kubler- Ross' findings might be seen as
almost cliched today because she literally pried the door open on how people perceive
death.  Her work is very consistent with the approach towards taboo subjects in the
1970s, where therapy became so prevalent in the social order.  The study of how people
approach death is profound and has become such a part of medical and psychological
thought about death that the cliched element might be present.  The stages she
identifies are seen as parallel to those particular therapeutic approaches to any
problem.  The first stage is denial, where the individual negates the initial
proposition of death.  This is the first stage because it is the first moment where the
individual is made aware that their life is ending.  A deeper recognition of denial is
anger, when the individual feels that there has been an injustice in their selection to
have to face death.  From the overall position of negation, the subject has personalized
this experience in asking why they have been chosen to receive this fate.  The stage of
bargaining is one where some level of acceptance is evident, but that the individual is
seeking to make an arrangement, thinking that death is something that can be alleviated
and visited on someone else.  The grieving stage is the first time where the individual
recognizes that there is no escape, and that all their attempts are futile.  It is also
a preparatory stage towards acceptance, where some level of peace has been made and the
individual is ready to embrace the reality of life in this world ending.  The stages
might experience some vacillation with different people, but most agree that there is
some replication to and with others in this configuration.

How can you find the ones digit for the standard form of the number?

In elementary school, we teach it as an "HTO" chart.
H=Hundreds, T=Tens, O=Ones. The HTO shows the order in which they appear. The ones place
is all the way to the right, tens in the middle, hundreds all the way to the left. Of
course, place value extends far beyond just ones, tens, and hundreds...but I thought
this example might at least help you with remembering basic place value a.k.a. the ones
place. :) 

How was the "new" Klu Klux Klan of the 1920s able to fit under the banner of "fundamentalism"?they don't really fit the definition of...

Fundamentalism might not have been the main theme of the
KKK in the 1920s, but it was certainly not that different from what they were
advocating.   During this time, the KKK was promoting what they saw as traditional
American values -- just like the fundamentalists were.

Both
the fundamentalists and the KKK were fighting against the new ways.  Both did not like
the new ideas that were springing up in the cities.  Because of this, it is not wrong to
put the KKK in with the fundamentalists, at least to this
extent.

While it is not right to say that all
fundamentalists were KKK members, they did share some goals
-- they both wanted to return to the values of the past because they did not like the
flappers and immigrants who seemed to dominate the cities.

What is "linin"? Why do people in Calpurnia's church use it?Why does Calp. speak the dialect of the "colored folks"when she is in her church?

Calpurnia lives in two worlds, a white world and a black
world.  She is well aware that she is expected to behave and present a certain way when
she is among each group and those behaviors and speech are very
different. 

Calpurnia is a unique individual but very much
like many women of her day.  She has spent her life taking care of white people and
their children and homes.  Yet, it is clear that she respects Atticus and feels
fortunate to be able to work for someone who respects her color and does not degrade the
black people. 

When she takes the children to the church it
ais an awakening for them because they have the opportunity to learn tha dialects are
cultural and in the south, at the time, race related.  In many ways Calpurnia
demonstrates her high level of intelligence by showing and explaining to the children
the difference between the ways one must present ones self.

What is the purpose of the character Boo Radley in the book?please include a couple quotes

As one of the symbolic mockingbirds of Harper Lee's novel
and as the impetus to the maturation of Jem and Scout, Boo Radley plays an integral and
unifying role in To Kill a Mockingbird. For, he advances the
development of an adult perspective for Scout and Jem, as well as contributing to the
development of the themes of Tolerance/Prejudice and of
Knowledge/Ignorance.

Threading throughout the narrative are
episodes about Boo Radley, who is first perceived as one of the "haints" that the
children superstitiously fear.  From the scoldings and explanations of Attucus,
they come to understand that Boo is really a man, albeit a strange and reclusive one. 
Later in the narrative, Scout and Jem perceive the kindness and wish for friendship that
Boo extends to them by rescuing Jem's pants from the wire fence, covering Scout with a
blanket against the cold, and by placing little gifts into the knothole of the tree that
the children pass on their way home. Finally, the heroic act that Boo commits in defense
of his friends teaches Scout the meaning of Miss Maudie's comment that Boo may just wish
to remain inside because as Dill says, "Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off
to....," since he understands "the evil that men do" [Julius
Caesar]. In the final chapter, Scout feels some guilt about the way that she
and Jem have first treated Boo, and she sheds all her prejudices about
Boo,

Atticus was right.  One time he said you
never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.  Just
standing on the Radley porch was enough.

Please explain Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Vagabond."

Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Vagabond" is a poem which
glorifies travel for the sake of travel.

Robert Louis
Stevenson's (1850-1894)  poem "The Vagabond" celebrates the glorious freedom and
independence of a tramp's life. All the four stanzas of "The
Vagabond" repeatedly emphasize the unrestrained joys of an independent life in the
outdoors free from all its
hassles.

All that the vagabond is
interested in is a life of unlimited travel. He wants to completely avoid all human
associations - "nor a friend to know
me."All that he wants to do is travel and travel from one
place to another without any restraint whatsoever, not concerned about the weather or
material wealth or possessions or anything else around
him:

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"Give the face of earth
around,
And the road before me.
Wealth I ask not, hope nor
love,
Nor a friend to know me;
All I ask, the heaven
above
And the road below
me."

He
would like to spend his entire life in the outdoors even in the cold autumn and winter
months with the sky as his roof:

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Not to autumn will I
yield,
Not to winter
even!

Most
importantly, he wishes for a completely carefree life and is not bothered or frightened
about death at all:

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Let the blow fall soon or
late,
Let what will be o'er
me.

In
the last stanza R.L. Stevenson reiterates what he has already emphasized in the earlier
three stanzas, namely, all that he wants to do throughout his life is to travel and to
travel till he drops dead.

In the second stanza the
verb "seek" would mean 'to endeavor to
obtain.' The action is voluntary, conscious and deliberate. He says that all that he
will endeavor to obtain is a life of travel and travel
only.

Whereas, in the last
stanza "ask" would imply a prayer to
God. All that he asks of or requests God is to give him a life of travel and travel
only.

In Heart of Darkness, what does it mean about Kurtz that "he had something to say," why is it a victory, and how does it contrast with Marlow?Heart...

In Part III of Heart of Darkness,
Marlowe compares his "extremity," or experience of coming to the brink of death, to
Kurtz's "extremity." Marlowe confesses that in his extremity, if it had proceeded as far
as Kurtz's had (to death), he probably would have found that, unlike Kurtz, he would
have had nothing to say: in the all-important last "pronouncement" of a lifetime,
Marlowe thought he would be without remark. He indirectly (and therefore ambiguously)
explains the meaning of this by discussing the meaning of Kurtz's last words: "The
horror!"

Marlowe explains that in the last moments, with
his eyes wide open, Kurtz took in the aspect of the "whole universe" and, in that
moment, had the courage to pronounce a judgement upon what he perceived. His judgement
was that it was "horror!" In this analysis, made by Marlowe, the horrors of the ideas
and activities of the colonial trading stations become equated with the ideas and
activities of the "whole universe," the whole of civilized humankind's ideas and
activities, and Kurtz judges them with his last breath to all be "horror," ironically
including himself in his pronouncement. The ambiguity arises because it may be that
Marlowe is dramatizing, if he has been found to have any tendencies toward being an
unreliable character and narrator, and that Kurtz didn't mean the whole world but only
the part of the world represented by the colonial trading station and the ideas and
activities forming its foundation, ideas and activities such as Kurtz himself
demonstrated.

In either case, Marlowe states without
ambiguity that the wonder is that Kurtz was able to perceive and to judge: his judgement
was unequivocal condemnation: "The horror!" It is this that Marlowe suggests he would
have been unable to do had his extremity taken him to the final step over "the edge."
Marlowe would not have been able to judge: He would have had nothing to say about the
value and truth of what he perceived. Kurtz could--did. Marlowe
couldn't--wouldn't--wouldn't have any judgement to pass like Kurtz's "The horror!" More
ambiguity enters because Marlowe doesn't indicate whether his silence would stem from a
lack of moral vision and values, a lack of courage, a lack or understanding, or an
unwillingness to pass judgement lest judgement be passed on him likewise. He doesn't
leave a clue as to his revelation of cause behind his expected
silence.

Compared to Marlowe,
Kurtz's ability to make a moral judgement was a
victory of goodness over evil, of light over darkness. On
the other hand, Marlowe's expected silence in his last
breath would be a defeat of moral judgement or vision or
courage or willingness or purity; a defeat of light by darkness.

What is a good hook/catchy sentence regarding the children of the Holocaust?I am writing a research paper regarding the children of the Holocaust....

My best advice is to save your introduction for the very
end.  Write the entire body of your paper first.  I think your hook will present itself
once you've said everything you are going to say.  Not to mention, after absorbing
yourself in the research for such a topic, you yourself might be pretty emotional. 
Hooks come best out of strong emotion - and only you can find
that.

Also thought I'd pass along a great resource for your
research.  There's a book, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, which is
a collection of poetry and art by the children at the Terezin ghetto.  It is wonderful. 
You could probably find it at the library - or talk to some of the teachers at your
school who are most interested in the Holocaust.  I've found it to be pretty easy to
come by if you don't want to purchace a copy for yourself.

How does the film Dr. Strangelove suggest that we can't help but laugh in spite that America's stated nuclear weapon policy could kill us all?The...

I would probably distance myself a bit from the wording of
the question.  The film uses humor in a very darkly effective manner.  The nuclear
policy of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is shown to be laughable, but not something
at which to laugh.  I don't think that the film is suggesting that "we cannot help but
laugh."  Rather, I think that the film is bringing to light the flaws in the theory and
thinking that escalated the nuclear arms race to a point where a "Doomsday device" is
present in policies and actions of both nations.  The film creates laughable
governmental officials that are "entrusted" to keep the citizens safe and do everything
but.  The film does an excellent job of satirizing how the policy designed to eliminate
our enemies and make us "safe" can actually result in more disaster than anything else. 
I think that the humor in the film helps to evoke the surreal nature of the modern Cold
War setting.

How would I start writing criticism on a writer?i want to write a piece of literature which should be a criticism on some specific writing.

As others have noted, the first thing you need to do is
determine your focus. What type of criticism are you writing. For instance, if you are
focusing on a specific writer, you might begin by deciding which writer you wish to
focus on. The, you can proceed in several ways, but two easy options are to choose a
theme that is prevalent in several works by that author or tie that author's place in
history or his or her personal life to elements of the works in question. Essentially,
what you are looking for is patterns. You will find that most writers develop themes
that reappear in all or most of their works, which makes it easier to identify them if
you have read several works by the author in question.

On
the other hand, if you are focusing on a specific work, then the first thing you need to
do once you have decided what work you will be writing about is to look for themes,
images, motifs, something in the plot or characterization that interests you and that
you can make some sort of claim about (this will be your
thesis).

As to research, a look at what other literary
critics have said about the author or the work is a good way to generate ideas as well
as to find proof from other sources that helps to support your ideas. Just remember that
anything that you gather from research must be appropriately
cited!

What pieces of evidence support Swift's claims in "A Modest Proposal"?

It is of great importance from the beginning that we take
A Modest Proposal for the satirical work that it is. His being
absurd in order to make a point.

One of his claims is that
this proposal will

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"prevent voluntary abortions, and that horrid
practice of murdering ... bastard
children!"

He supports this
claim by giving hypothetical and numerical evidence. He calculates that "120,000
children of poor parents annually born" plague the society. These could "be reserved for
breed..." and "offered for sale to the persons of quality and fortune through the
kingdom."

He further gives evidence to the claim for
selling children that he has

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"been assured by a very knowing American... that
a young healthy child well nursed at a year old [is] a most delicious, nourishing, and
wholesome food."

Thus, he
tries to imply that he has an expert source that would support his overall idea to eat
children.

He provides evidence of discussion with merchants
regarding the prices of what the different proportions of the child could yield for the
profit of the poor.

He also later cites a time in history
when after young persons had been put to death, their bodies were used for
profit.

Swift uses statistical, historical, and
authoritative types of evidence yet each of his arguments are weak and ill-founded in
reality.

How would one find the illustrations and documents from the New World about the interaction between the Europeans and Native Americans?

Because of the expense and difficulty of reproducing
archival documents, photographs and illustrations, the materials you seek are not easily
available on the Internet.  Instead, you will need to go to actual Native American
Archives such as are found in major libraries, especially at universities.  The best
archive would be available at the Smithsonian
Institution.

There are many books on the subject of the
interaction between Native Americans and Europeans, some of which are well illustrated
with photographs and drawings.

Listed in the references are
a general discussion of Native American life in North America, and two books that
contain materials such as you requested.  The books are available at a reasonable price
as shown.

The first reference is a High School-level course
on Early Encounters Between Native Americans and Europeans.  This gives excellent
historical information but lacks the illustrations you
seek.

The second is a book entitled “The Native Americans: 
The Indigenous People of North America". It provides an in-depth
visual survey of Native American Life, including the impact
of the Europeans.

The third reference is a book entitled,
“The Native Americans:  An Illustrated History”.  It is a lavishly illustrated work with
photographs and Native American drawings.  It covers Native Americans since man set foot
on earth at the time of the ice age.

Solve for real x:log(5) (x+4) = log(5) (5x+5)

Before solving the equation, we'll impose conditions of
existence of the
logarithms.

x+4>0

x>-4

and

5(x+1)>0

x>-1

The
range of values admissible, for the equation to exist: (-1,
+inf).

We notice that the logarithms have matching bases,
so we can apply the one to one
property:

x+4=5x+5

We'll move
all terms to one
side:

x-5x+4-5=0

-4x -
1=0

We'll add 1 both
sides:

-4x = 1

x =
-1/4

x=-0.25

After finding the
value for x, we'll have to check if it is a solution for the equation, so, we'll have to
verify if it is belonging to the range of values (-1, +inf). We notice that -0.25 is
belonging to the interval (-1,
+inf).

x=-0.25

To what extent had the US fulfilled its promise to be a City upon a Hill, by the end of the 19th century?I would just like to know some events...

I think that the starting elements you have featured are
fairly good.  I would also include on this list the articulation of how the nation came
into being.  The Declaration of Independence helped to articulate the vision of what
America is to stand for and the ideals to which it aspires.  In this light, it became
the blueprint for the nation in articulating and demanding freedom.  Other nations have
appropriated this document in their own struggles to be free. Along these lines, the
document's implicit demand for rights on both a political and economic level have also
played a vital role in the demands of freedom in other social and political settings.  I
think that the Washington's Farewell Address might also do much to symbolize how the
nation could be vaulted to the top of a hill.  In reaching out for a political system
that is not predicated upon factions and internal division, Washington helped to show
that political orders can be heterogeneous, but committed to the overall function of a
nation.  In this light, political structures are meant to bring people together and not
drive them apart.

i need a reserach proposal on the scientif question how light affects plant growthand my research proposal should contain investigative question,...

I am going to offer you a few suggestions for this resarch
proposal, it is up to you to pick the ones that are more convenient for
you.

You can use different light sources, such as
incandescent, fluorescent, sunlight, and total darkness. Be sure to keep the amount of
time of exposure to light the same for all light sources. You can grow beans or any
other easy to grow plant, and inspect them every 12 hours or so.  Or you can see how
many beans will germinate under each light variable. Be sure to have no variables other
than the light source.  Even the amount of water and the watering schedule has to be
constant.  Soil should be the same and the type of pot and seed and number of seeds per
pot that you use should also be the same.

If you chose to
grow plants rather than to germinate seeds, be sure to include qualitative data as well
as quantitative, by this I mean, not only do you measure the growth of each plant and
the length and width of each leaf, but also you may want to count the leaves and
describe their color, the appearance of the stalk and so
on.

Remember the if and then statement for your
investigative question. If bean plants are grown under various light sources, then bean
plants will grow at different rates under different light
sources.

The purpose of your experiment is to investigate
the effect of different light sources on the growth of bean
plants.

I suggest you plant at least 10 beans per light
source.  This would give you about 40 plants, if all germinate.  If not all germinate, I
suggest that you even out the numbers once they have grown enough to keep their leaves
off the soil.  If you have only 6 that germinate for lets say the incandescent light,
then you should reduce all others to 6 once you have established that they are healthy. 
Once again this eliminates having more variables.

Your
title should reflect the purpose of your experiment so The effect of different light
sources on the growth of bean plants seems appropriate as it is short and to the
point.

What are some examples of improper and proper uses of power and authority in The Tempest?I have to tell my opinion on this question so any help...

As Duke of Milan, Propero's first duty should have been to
govern but because of his interest in magic, he gave over his authority to his brother. 
Antonio went further in his desire for power by usurping Propero and setting him and the
baby Miranda adrift.  Both men misuse power.

On the island,
he used his power to free the spirit, Ariel, and he took care of Caliban until he tried
to rape Miranda.  Both became servants to
Prospero.  

Despite the fact that he was a powerful
magician, he did not have he power to get off the island.  With the assistance of Ariel,
he caused the tempest which brought the ship with the king's party to island.  There are
several reasons for this action. 

The ship is his way off
the island but more importantly he wants to get Miranda off the island so that she may
live a "normal" life.  He loves his daughter very much and knows it is time for her to
leave.

He also wants to revenge the wrongs committed by his
brother and his allies but chooses in the end to forgive them.  Here Prospero shows that
he has learned that mercy is better than vengence, a powerful
lesson. 

Prospero breaks his staff of power and when he
returns to Milan, it is suggested that he has learned how to use power properly and will
be a good administer.      

Calculate [cos(3pi/4) + isin(3pi/4)]*[cos(-5pi/6) + isin(-5pi/6)]

We'll apply the rule of multiplying 2 complex number, put
in polar form:

[cos (a1) + i*sin (a1)]*[cos (a2) + i*sin
(a2)] = [cos (a1+a2) + i*sin (a1+a2)]

We'll also apply
Moivre's rule:

[cos (a1) + i*sin (a1)]^n = [cos (n*a1) +
i*sin (n*a1)]

We'll apply Movre's rule to the first pair
of brackets:

[cos(pi/4) + isin(pi/4)]^3 = [cos(3pi/4) +
isin(3pi/4)] (1)

We'll apply Movre's rule to the next
brackets:

[cos(pi/6) + isin(pi/6)]^-5 = [cos(-5pi/6) +
isin(-5pi/6)] (2)

We'll multiply (1) and
(2):

[cos(3pi/4) + isin(3pi/4)]*[cos(-5pi/6) +
isin(-5pi/6)] = [cos(3pi/4 - 5pi/6) + isin(3pi/4 -
5pi/6)]

[cos(3pi/4 - 5pi/6) + isin(3pi/4 - 5pi/6)] =
{cos[(9pi-10pi)/12] + isin[(9pi-10pi)/12]}

[cos(3pi/4 -
5pi/6) + isin(3pi/4 - 5pi/6)] = cos (-pi/12) +
isin(-pi/12)

Since cosine function is even and sine
function is odd, we'll get:

[cos(3pi/4) +
isin(3pi/4)]*[cos(-5pi/6) + isin(-5pi/6)] = cos (pi/12) -
isin(pi/12)

In The Scarlet Letter, is Pearl an unusual child, and if so how is she unusual?

First of all, Pearl in The Scarlet
Letter is less a character than a symbol; in fact, it is not until Chapter
XXIII that she becomes humanized as she kisses her father, the Reverend Arthur
Dimmesdale, who together with her and her mother Hester, stands on the
scaffold.

For the most part Pearl is symbolic of her
mother's sin and her passionate nature.  Pearl is described as a baffling mixture of
strong moods, laughing uncontrollably one moment and sullen at the next.  She has a
fierce temper, chasing after the Puritan children who deride her, and holding "the
bitterest hatred that can be supposed to rankle in a childish bosom." She described by
Governor Bellingham as being like the "children of the Lord of Misrule."  When she is in
the forest with her mother, Pearl is capricious, refusing to cross the brook; a "wild
and flighty little elf," she will not return to her mother until Hester replaces the
scarlet letter upon her bosom.

While Pearl is the
embodiment of her mother's beauty and passion, she is also representative of Hester's
integrity.  For instance, she pulls away her hand when Dimmesdale refuses to stand with
Hester on the scaffold in Chapter XII, complaining, "Thou wast not bold!--thou wast not
true!"

Intuitively recognizing hypocrisy, Pearl also senses
evil in the same manner.  For example, when she espies Chillingworth in Chapter X, she
shrinks from "the black man," exhorting her mother to come away from him because he will
harm her.

Very much the soul and spirit of her mother
Hester, Pearl appreciates intuitively the beauty of nature. In Chapter XVI, she delights
in the play of sunlight upon her and the beauty of the "complaining
brook."

While Pearl's strangeness as a character may be
attributed to her mental acumen and the abnormal environment in which she is raised,
with only her mother as a companion, certainly, there is something other-worldly about
her, at least until the events of Chapter XXII bring her completely into the world of
humanity.  But, this is the intent of Nathaniel Hawthorne, who utilizes Pearl more as
symbol of Hester's sin and waring spirit than as character.  As such, Pearl is one of
the most meritable elements of Hawthorne's classic novel. 

What is the issue of poverty in Jennie Gerhardt?

Dreiser's work centers around how money makes people do
things that they might not want to do.  The fact that Jennie is placed into positions
where money is the critical factor is what convinces her to do what she otherwise would
not wish to do.  It might be deliberate on Dreiser's part to make the assumption that
human freedom is limited by money and poverty.  When Jennie's father is in dire economic
straits, Jennie has to utilize her charms as a woman and be with men for the economic
comfort it provides to her family.  When Jennie becomes pregnant from the Senator, she
must further take her daughter into account for her actions.  In the end, poverty and
its avoidance drives Jennie to act and her freedom is geared by material ends.  While
Jennie does have autonomy, it is limited by her condition as a woman and one who is
chained to financial constraints that compel her to have to act in a manner that
recognizes socio- economic reality as a defining end to her state of being in the
world.

How does the role of a Prime Minister differ from that of the American President?

In a parliamentary system such as that of England, the
role of the prime minister differs from that of the US president in some important
ways.

First of all, the prime minister is always the leader
of the party that controls the House of Commons.  Therefore, he or she never has to
worry very much about getting opposition support for his or her policies.  The current
situation in the US, where Pres. Obama has to deal with a Republican House of
Representatives, can never happen in a parliamentary
system.

Second, the prime minister is a member of the
legislative branch -- a member of parliament.  As such, the prime minister can introduce
legislation.  A US president can only get others to introduce legislation and they may
at times (as with Obama and health care) not introduce bills that are exactly what he
would like.  This is not a problem for a prime minister.

How does Fitzgerald's use of figurative language enchance the novel, The Great Gatsby?

Fitzgerald uses figurative language like personification
to help readers visualize descriptions and actions.  Fitzgerald's style is to use long,
rhythmic descriptions.  For example, in the first chapter when Nick describes his
approach to the Buchanan house, his narration uses the words "ran", "jumping", and
"drifting" to give the description vision and vibrancy.  By personifiying the lawn, the
reader feels as though it is almost a living entity.  Later, in the same chapter, Nick
describes Daisy by saying "...the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her
glowing face....-then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret
like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk."  The personification and then the
simile both help the reader more clearly envision how Nick sees Daisy.  Then, later, in
chapter 3, Nick describes the first time he meets Jay Gatsby.  Nick describes one of Jay
Gatsby's greatest gifts - his smile and charm.  In this description, by using detail
and, again, personification, Fitzgerald lets the reader see just how Gatsby's smile
could be used to open doors for him.  This helps the reader better understand this
character.

How does Golding prepare us for significant events near the end of Lord of the Flies? I've got the examples but not sure how to explain it further

Golding's book is very heavy
into foreshadow, subtle hints the author provides in order
to forewarn readers about future events. Several significant events that happen at the
end of the novel are foreshadowed earlier in the story.

The
first even that is foreshadowed is Piggy's death in Chapter 11, Castle
Rock. Myopic and vulnerable, Piggy stands on the bridge and asks the
boys whether it is better to be savages or to have reason as Ralph does. Rodger
dislodges a huge boulder from atop Castle Rock that rolls down the side of the cliff,
knocking Piggy into the jagged rocks beneath. This event is foreshadowed as early as
Chapter 1, The Sound of the Shell, when Jack discovers a large rock
and heaves it down the side of the mountain with wild
delight.

Another event Golding foreshadows is Ralph's
well-being. In Chapter 7, Shadows and Tall Trees, Simon predicts
that Ralph will be okay when he says, "You'll get back to where you came from." At the
end of the novel, we find out that Ralph does indeed end up being rescued, although
perhaps he is not "all right" as he now knows the evil humankind is capable
of.

In the latter event of foreshadowing, readers can infer
that something malevolent will happen to Simon, since he does not include himself in the
prediction of survival. What's more, all of the savage hunts, dances, and chanting
culminates in Chapter 9, A View to a Death, when the group of boys
dance and chant, "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!" as they engulf Simon
and stab him to death.

Foreshadowing, hints, and repetition
all prepare the reader for the boys' degradation into savagery and violence at the end
of the novel

Give me five examples of why Jordan and Daisy are not really friends in The Great Gatsby?

Sometimes we have people in our lives that we use for
comfort. They are just easy to be around. I think Jordan and Daisy are just people who
use each other... that was part of the culture in the 20s. Here are some reasons they
are not likely true friends:

1. Jordan seems to know that
Tom has a woman. She's nosy and wants to see Daisy catch him, but doesn't seem to reveal
any evidence of helping Daisy or telling on Tom what she knows about
it.

2. Jordan expects Daisy to wait on her while she stays
at Daisy's house. When Jordan goes to bed in chapter 1, she asks Daisy to get her up at
8, and Daisy says, "if you'll get up." This suggests that Daisy doesn't care too much
for Daisy.

3. Jordan is just arrogant. Nobody wants to be
friends with someone like that. Jordan knows she's attractive and she plays a
professional sport so she expects all people to treat her
well.

4. Jordan goes to parties at Gatsby's without taking
Daisy. It seems as if she goes to the parties regularly. If they were such great
girlfriends, this would be a regular activity they
shared.

5. Good friends take you up on the advice you give
them. Daisy seems to try to get her to be with Nick. That transpires on a friendship
level, but we do not see evidence of a relationship budding.

What is McBride's main argument in The Color of Water?I do not understand what it is. At first I thought about racism, but then it goes on about...

I think that McBride's main argument is closely tied to
his title, and that while most would associate that title with race, McBride intends for
his readers to realize--as he did--that in regards to race, religion, and education,
humans cannot think everything is either black or white.  The mature McBride looks back
on his life and realizes that if everybody viewed every area of the human existence
clearly (the color of water) and neutrally, then we would have far fewer controversies,
whether they be connected to race, religion, etc.

In
regards to the second part of your question, McBride has to discuss religion and
education because they played just as significant a role in his life as his mixed
ethnicity did.  While his mother was white, and that certainly created controversy for
her and her children, she was also Jewish, and her family would not have approved of her
marrying anyone (black or white) who was not Jewish. Similarly, when McBride's mother
seeks to get the best education possible for her children, she must combat not only
segregation based on race but also differences in religious philosophy with the
schools.

A satellite moves in a circular orbit around the earth at a speed of 6.8 km/s. determine the satellites altitude above the surface.assume the earth...

The gravitational force of attraction between two bodies
of mass M1 and M2 and separated by a distance r is given
by:

F = G*M1*M2 / r^2

The
satellite is revolving around the Earth with a velocity equal to v and at a height of r;
the centripetal force is equal to mv^2 / r.

As the height
of the satellite above the Earth has been taken to be r and its speed is 6.8 km/s, this
gives us:

G*Me*Ms / (r + 6370000)^2 = Ms * (6800)^2/ (r +
6370000)

( the distances have been converted to m and r +
6370000 is the distance from the center of the Earth which is required, Ms is the mass
of the satellite and gets cancelled)

=> r + 6370000
= G* Me / (6800)^2

=> r = [6.67*10^-11 * 5.98 *
10^24 / (6800)^2] – 6370000

=> r = [6.67*10^-11 *
5.98 * 10^24 / (6800)^2] - 6370000

=> r = 2255994.8
m

=> r = 2255.99
km

The height of the satellite is 2255.99
km

What are the advantages and disadvantages of being in a trading bloc?

A trading bloc is formed between a group of nations that
think the reduction or elimination of restrictions and tariff in trade between them
would benefit their economies.

The participants of a trade
bloc like NAFTA, MERCOSUR, etc. allow cross- border flow of products with very few
restrictions.

The free movement of products encourages
efficiency and allows each nation to use its absolute and comparative advantages to the
maximum extent. Customers are able to get products at better prices and companies are
able to make higher profits by sourcing their resources from where it is available at
the lowest prices.

Disadvantages of trading blocs are in
the form of a movement of funds to encourage job formation in nations where labor is the
cheapest. This reduces the number of jobs in nations where labor is more costly and
encourages outsourcing to other nations of the trading bloc.

Discuss the narrative strategies used by Toni Morrison in The Bluest Eye.

Toni Morrison employs several narrative strategies in her
novel The Bluest Eye.  First, the main storyline of the novel is
preceeded by a primer that is a play on the Dick and Jane readers which were popular in
the 1950's.  Morrison uses the primer as a motif throughout the novel to develop various
themes in the novel:  at the beginning of each chapter, a piece of the primer heads the
page to characterize the chapter.

Next, the novel is broken
into four parts that correspond with the seasons of the year.  However, the seasons
begin in autumn when things begin to decay, and this sets the tone for the events to
come. 

Throughout the novel, Morrison uses much figurative
language to develop her story.  Metaphors such Pecola's wish for blue eyes allow
Morrison to develop theme and purpose.

What was the status of a slave child born to a slave woman and a white man according to the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

In the South during the time before the Civil War, any
child born to a slave was a slave for life just as his or her mother was.  It made no
difference who the father of the child was.  Even if the father was white -- in fact,
even if the father of the child was the plantation's master himself -- it made no
difference.  The child would be a slave for life unless the master set that child
free.

It was not at all uncommon for white slave owners to
own children who were their own children -- ones that they had had with one of their
slaves.

As used by Angela Carter in "The Bloody Chamber," what is the effect of "free indirect narration"?

I would say that one of the major effects of free indirect
narration is to draw readers deeper into the narrative and, at times, to make them
identify more closely with the character's point of view. Aligning the narrator's point
of view with those of some of the characters may be a way to direct the readers'
sympathies towards this rather than that character of a literary piece. Free indirect
speech also eliminates the mediating power of the narrator, making the narrative more
subjective and more fragmented rather than a unified whole. Free indirect speech makes
the voice of the narrator less distinguishable from the thoughts of the characters.
Thus, free indirect speech complements the narrator's perspective with those of the
characters.

Who were some of the fashion designers of the 1940s?

Christian Dior was one of the most influential designers
of the 1940s.  He was born in France in 1905 to a wealthy family.  His family had hopes
of him becoming a diplomat but he instead pursued his dream of fashion
design. 

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"Dior's look employed fabrics lined
predominantly with percale, boned, bustier-style bodices, hip padding, wasp-waisted
corsets and petticoats that made his dresses flare out from the waist, giving his models
a very curvaceous
form."

Pierre Balmain was
another French born fashion designer.  He was known for his simple tailored suits and
grand evening gowns.  He also popularized the stole.

Claire
Cardell an American born fashion designer was known for her ready to wear clothing
line.  She designed functional and affordable sportswear.

How do the themes and concepts of Fahrenheit 451 support or refute the common concerns of the 1950s?

Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 as a
response to an onslaught on books in the 1950s.

Bradbury
saw censorship run amok in the 1950s print media.  He saw to his horror books being
condensed in Readers Digest.  Full-length novels were reduced to mince meat, all for the
sake of quick and easy.

He also saw TV entertainment and
sports threatening the shelf life of books.  He feared that a generation of students
would be raised without books as a foundation for their
education.

As a successful author, he received pressure
from political, religious, and other minority groups all wanting to take out or add to
his books and stories.  He received mail that suggested he add more black characters,
get rid of politically incorrect plot-lines, add more women characters, focus more on
family values, get rid of all the violence.  The list went on and on until Bradbury had
had enough.

In "Coda," his author's afterword, Bradbury
says:

There
is more than one way to burn a book.  And the world is full people running about with
lit matches.  Every minority, be it Baptist / Unitarian, Irish / Italian / Octogenarian
/ Zen Buddhist, Zionist / Seventh-day Adventist, Women's Lib / Republican, Mattachine /
FourSquareGospel feels it has the will, the right, the duty to douse kerosene, light the
fuse.

How did Scout diffuse the passion of the gang?

In Chapter 15, Mr. Walter Cunningham and a bunch of his
friends have all come to the jail to try to lynch Tom Robinson before his trial.  They
are starting to threaten Atticus to try to get him out of the way when Jem and Scout get
there.  Scout diffuses the passion of the gang without even knowing that she is doing
it.

She sees Mr. Cunningham and knows that she should be
polite to him so she starts talking to him about his legal issues (his entailment). 
Once she starts talking to him about that and his son, she gets him to start relating to
her as a person.  He and the rest of the gang sort of wake up to what they're doing and
then disperse.  So what she's done is she's made him start to think like a person
instead of like mindless member of a mob.

What are aspect and modality in English grammar?Add examples.

Aspect and mood (modality) are concepts in English grammar
that are tied in with tense and are therefore sometimes difficult to untangle and
understand on their own. Aspect identifies whether the
action, state, or occurrence (event) represented by the verb is complete
or incomplete.

Regarding
aspect, if the verb relates to Sally baking a pie and she
has completed baking the pie, the aspect is
perfect and is expressed as have +
-ed participle as in "Sally has baked the pie." If the verb
refers to Betty baking a pie and she is having trouble and therefore the baking is
incomplete the aspect is
progressive and is expressed as be
+ -ing participle as in "Betty is [still] baking the
pie."

Therefore, what is called Perfect
tense is the Perfect aspect associated with the three tenses, Past,
Present, Future, to yield Past Perfect, Present Perfect, and Future Perfect. What is
called Progressive tense is the Progressive aspect
associated with the three tenses yielding Past, Present, or Future Progressive.
Additionally, what is called Perfect Progressive tense is
the Perfect aspect and Progressive aspect in combination and together associated with
the three tenses to yield Past Perfect Progressive, Present Perfect Progressive, and
Future Perfect Progressive, which is expressed as have + be +
-ing participle as in the Past Perfect Progressive expression,
"Betty had been baking her pie a long
time."

Mood, or modality,
indicates the grammatical tone with which a sentence is
delivered in writing or speech. This is different from personal moods or tones such as
irritation or joyfulness. Grammatical moods are indicative, interrogative,
imperative, conditional, and
subjunctive.

Indicative
is the expression of ordinary statements: Betty is slow with her
pie.
Interrogative is the expression of
questions: Why is Betty slow with her
pie?
Imperative is the expression of the urgent
and commands: Betty, hurry up!
Conditional is the
expression of the probability between related events with modal
verbs and if: If Betty
could finish her pie, it might be good. Also written as:
Betty's pie might be good, if she could finish
it.
Subjunctive is the expression of wishes or
doubts with were and
if: If I were Betty, I would like to
be faster.

In Anne of Green Gables, what is a "belted earl"?

This interesting use of vocabulary emerges in one of
Anne's first long speeches to poor Matthew as he takes her back to his home. In it she
talks about her life in the asylum with other orphans and we have our first indication
about her great powers of imagination as she talks about the kind of games she played
when she thought about the other orphans with her. Note what she
says:

It was
pretty interesting to imagine things about them--to imagine that perhaps the girl who
sat next to you was really the daughter of a belted earl, who had been stolen away from
her parents in her infancy by a cruel nurse who died before she could confess. I used to
lie awake at nights and imagine things like that, because I didn't have time in the
day.

A "belted earl" refers
historically to the fact that in England, up to the seventeenth century an earl was
given that position and status symbolically by a sword that was girded around his waist.
A "belted earl" is therefore an earl whose family received that honour from a great time
ago, and thus "better" or "superior" to other, more recent, unbelted earls who had not
received their honour in the same way.

What is the function of the battery, the switch, the light bulb, and the wiresplease give one or two sentences describing the function of each...

BATTERY

Battery is
as part of a circuit that provides the electricity. Battery can be said as the source to
provide electricity to the
circuit.

So its main
function is to supply electric power in order for electric items to
work.

LIGHT
BULB

A light bulb is that component of
circuit that lights up when electricity flows through it and vice
versa.

Its main function is to tell whether
electricity is being supplied or not. Its function is also to light up dark
places.

SWITCH

Switch
is something that can make a gap in a circuit, to turn things on or off. Basically it is
the main component of electricity that controls the electricity that flows through light
items by turning it on or off.

Its main function
is to turn on or off the power of electricity flowing through
wires.

WIRES

Wires
are used to join parts of a circuit. Electricity flows through
wires.

Its main function is to provide electrical
items the power they need to work, provided by
battery.

compare the successes of president Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson in enacting reform legislation

Of the three, Theodore Roosevelt was perhaps the greatest
reformer. He considered himself a progressive, even though he was a Republican and was
largely responsible for breaking up the gigantic business trusts which had dominated the
American economy. Since Congress was reluctant to enact legislation to regulate trusts,
Roosevelt ordered his Attorney General to bring suit against them. The two most
important cases were the Northern Securities Company Case and the Swift and Company Case
which broke up the Insurance and Meat Trusts.

Aside from
that, Roosevelt was largely responsible for the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Meat
Inspection Act, this after he read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. He
couldn't believe that the conditions described by Sinclair were true; and when
inspectors assured him that they were, he acted immediately. He was also a major element
in the establishment of National Parks. Notably, Roosevelt was the first President to
invite a Black person to dinner to the White House as an invited guest, namely Booker T.
Washington.

Taft was hardly a reformer. He was more of a
caretaker President, and quite conservative. He supported a lower tariff, which
Roosevelt had opposed, and so offended Roosevelt that the latter ran against him for
President in the 1916 election. His third party effort was just enough to give the
election to Woodrow Wilson.

Although a Democrat, Wilson
turned a deaf ear to social issues. He said that child labor was a state issue, so the
Federal government should not be involved. He did not support Women's suffrage, and in
fact was called "Kaiser Wilson" by some women's rights groups. He also was quite racist,
and did nothing for the cause of Blacks. In fact, he fired all Blacks who held
government positions when he took office.

What is the theme of Walden by Henry David Thoreau?

To the answer above, I would add that Thoreau--as any
Transcendentalist--also believed heavily in the idea of self-reliance. In fact, the
entire experiment at Walden pond was Thoreau's attempt to put into practice the ideas
expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was the thinker/philosophy; Thoreau was the
"do-er."

Much of Walden is the lessons Thoreau learned from
living in the woods for 18 months. In living a self-reliant life close to nature,
Thoreau believed he was closer to God and therefore was a better
person.

What is the theme of "The Nightingale and the Rose" by Oscar Wilde?

The main theme of Oscar Wilde's short story "The
Nightingale and the Rose" explores the effects of self-sacrifice in the name of what one
truly believes in.

In this story, the nightingale is a bird
who hears an Oxford student cry for the want of a lady, who is apparently his "true
love". The woman in question had requested specifically a red rose from the
love-stricken man as a token of true devotion. Only with the flower will the lady
respond to the man's request for love.

The nightingale, who
is a believer in true and eternal love finds that there are no red roses in the garden.
However, a true believer at last, he pinches his own heart against the thorn of a white
rose and turns it red with its own blood. This, the nightingale does to reinstate his
faith in love and his true believe that love shall always
prevail.

We find out in the end that all is worthless. The
lady rejects the rose and the Oxford lad realizes that it was all caprice on his part.
The bird, however, is still dead. However, the story shows us that no sacrifice is too
small when one does it with a true mission in mind. However, the story is (as many works
in Wilde's tradition) open-ended: Was it worth it, after all? Who actually wins in an
ultimate demonstration of true faith? Does the nightingale die in vain? These are the
ultimate questions that are subtlety laid to the reader, and it is the reader who will
have the final say after all.

What is the parable and moral lesson of The Pearl?

The term "parable" applies to Steinbeck's novella in two
ways. The story of Kino and Juana includes elements of a parable, a literary story that
develops a moral theme or lesson. It is presented as an unusual narrative, the retelling
of an old story that has remained in people's hearts. In the introduction to Part I,
Steinbeck writes:

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In the town they tell the story of the great
pearl--how it was found and how it was lost again. They tell of Kino, the fisherman, and
of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito. And because the story has been told so
often, it has taken root in every man's mind. And, as with all retold tales that are in
people's hearts, there are only good and bad things and black and white things and good
and evil things and no in-between anywhere.

If this story
is a parable, perhaps everyone takes his own meaning from it and reads his own life into
it.

Steinbeck does not say
that The Pearl is a parable, but his diction--"if"--immediately
associates the story with a parable as he suggests that a moral less or "meaning" might
well be drawn from it. It is, he says, a story of "good and evil," the parameters for
measuring moral conduct.

Also, the title, The
Pearl, and the fabulous pearl itself that Kino finds can be interpreted as
allusions to the "Parable of the Pearl," also known as "The Pearl of Great Price," found
in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament of the Bible. Steinbeck's title itself
suggests a moral lesson in the work.

The primary moral
lesson is developed from the contrast between Kino and Juana's life before discovering
the great pearl and their life after it came into their possession. The opening scene in
the novella shows Kino, Juana, and their baby son, Coyotito, living in peace and natural
beauty on the beach, very near the ocean's waters. They live in poverty, but there is
harmony and contentment in the simplicity of their lives. In the final scene, Kino and
Juana return to the beach--their dead baby's body wrapped in his mother's shawl--where
Kino throws the pearl back into the ocean. The events between the beginning and the end,
once Kino becomes obsessed with the pearl, detail the manner in which evil destroys all
that was good in Kino and Juana's life together.

The lesson
of The Pearl can be stated numerous
ways:

• A man can lose all that he truly values if
  he becomes obsessed with wealth.


• Greed corrupts and opens
  the door to evil.


• What is most valuable in life cannot be
  purchased at any price.

However the lesson of
The Pearl might be stated, the story shows clearly that Kino's
"Pearl of the World" destroys the peace, harmony, and goodness of his own
world.

What efforts have been made, especially by the EPA ,to improve air quality?

The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has many
guidelines set in place the control the use of dangerous air contaminants such as
asbestos, aerosols, carbon monoxide, chlorofluorocarbons, mercury, etc. It also
discusses in great detail ground level ozone which is of particular concern, especially
in the summer time when the temperature rises.

Ozone can be
either good or bad. When it is low it is considered bad ozone. This bad ozone is caused
by poor vehicle exhaust, gasoline vapors, pollutants from industry, etc. The EPA has
guidelines that must be lawfully followed to help protect the environment from these
dangerous pollutants. For example, some areas require that people take their vehicles in
for emissions tests. Industry is also heavily fined for breaking rules set in place by
the EPA.

What are the three most important symbols Poe uses in "The Masque of the Red Death"?

Of course, with a question like this, any consideration of
the most important symbols utilised by Poe in this excellent Gothic short story is going
to be up for debate, so all I can do is offer you my interpretation of the most
important symbols to this work as a whole. Clearly this is a tale full of symbolism from
start to finish, and to understand it we need to carefully unpack the very many
different forms of symbolism that are present in the
tale.

Firstly, and key to understanding the tale, the act
of Prince Prospero in trying to escape the Red Death and sealing himself away from the
outer world with his courtiers is richly symbolic:

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But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless
and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a
thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court,
and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys... They
resolved to leave means neither of ingress or egress to the sudden impulses of despair
or of frenzy from within. The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the
courtiers might bid defiance to
contagion.

Prospero's act
therefore is symbolic of an attempt to cheat death--itself symbolised in the form of the
Red Death. His determination to lock himself away from the troubles of the world and
make merry, living life to the full, is symbolic of a figure who refuses to accept the
reality and inevitability of death.

Another important
symbol is the clock that appears in the black room during the masquerade ball. Note how
it is described:

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It was in this apartment, also, that there stood
against the western wall a gigantic clock of ebony. Its pendulum swung to and fro with a
dull, heavy, monotonous clang; and when the minute hand made the circuit of the face,
and the hour was to be stricken, there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound
which was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly musical, but of so peculiar a note and
emphasis that, at each lapse of a n hour, the musicians of the orchestra were
constrained to pause, momentarily, in their performance, to hearken to the sound; and
thus the waltzers perforce cease their evolutions; and there was a brief disconcert of
the whole gay company...

The
clock is a symbolic reminder of the passing of time and of man's mortality, which is why
the dancers' faces turn "pale" as they hear the clock chime and the merriment is forced
to pause momentarily, before the revellers are able to forget this reminder of death
once more and carry on enjoying themselves.

Lastly, the Red
Death itself is an incredibly important symbol of death. It is only the discovery that
the figure dressed as the Red Death was actually nothing more than a shadow that it is
recognised that the "Red Death" was present in the castle and kills each one of the
revellers. Death has won out after all, in spite of Prospero's best efforts. Death
cannot be cheated.

Examine the significance of the title, "A Temporary Matter."

The title holds significance on a couple of fronts.  The
first would be the "temporary matter" of the power cuts in the evening.  This
establishes the basis for the plot of the story.  This is temporary as, by the end,
electrical power is restored, while the power of love becomes absent.  Another
understanding of the "temporary matter" could be the seeming emotional and physical
intimacy of Shoba and Shukumar during the power outages.  It seems as if there is a
greater closeness developing between both.  Yet, this is also temporary.  Shoba's
rehearsed delivery of breaking up with Shukumar and his disclosure to her as a response
clearly demonstrates that the emotional connection that might have been forged or the
intimacy that appeared to be formulated was, in fact, temporary.  Finally, I think that
 the nature of emotional commitment in the world of Shoba and Shukumar is revealed to be
one in which everything is a "temporary matter."  It does not seem as if their
relationship was really ever one in which there was a permanent and lasting connection.
 The death of their child did not really forge a connection between them, moving them
even closer to a "temporary" state.  The fact that Shukumar operates in a state of
introverted being while Shoba is more active with her work and being out of the house
feeds the idea that their entire relationship was a "temporary matter."  The ending in
which both are poised in the dark, weeping with what it is they now know helps to bring
to light that the only non- temporal condition in their relationship is the hurt and
sadness that will accompany them like a shadow in their own
darkness.

How is Chris McCandless prepared when he heads out in the wild?In Into the Wild, many wrote in about Chris's death saying that he was ignorant and...

Chris McCandless is emotionally prepared when he sets out
into the Alaskan Wild, but he is such a romantic when it comes to his beliefs about the
wild that he is not prepared in the domain of what he needs to
survive.

Chris goes into the wild bringing a rifle, some
ammunition, rice, a small cook stove, books, a book about plants, and a few other
items.  He leaves his map behind on the truck dashboard of the man who drops him
off. 

Chris was a highly intelligent young man who believed
that he could live off the wild.  This might have been true except he did not know that
the river would flood during the time he was there.  When he was ready to go back to
civilization the river was way too high and dangerous to cross.  Without a map he could
not know where he could safely cross.  He just made some stupid choices but I don't
think he was a kook.  He was a product of the anti-establishment era who felt that he
had a destiny to fullfill.

What is the irony in The Lord of the Flies

Considering William Golding's Lord of the
Flies as a whole, the greatest irony is that the boys, who escape war and
death by their saving arrival on a paradisiacal island far removed from the "evils of
society" degenerate into worse creatures than they would have become if they had
remained in their homeland.  For the "evils of society," ironically, lie within the
human heart; evil is inherent in man, the "beast" is he, as Simon discovers.  So, just
as in the Garden of Eve where it is Adam and Eve who commit the evil act, so, too, is it
in Lord of the Flies.  Interestingly, Golding eliminates any Eve from the situation to
prove that the evil is inherent and not caused by any temptress or anyone else that can
be blamed.  As the Lord of Flies hangs in space before Simon, it
says,

'Fancy
thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!' said the head.  For a moment
or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of
laughter.  'You knew, didn't you?  I'm part of you?  close, close, close! I'm the reason
why it's no go?  Why things are what they
are?' 

In what year between 1925 and 1933 did stocks reach their lowest point?

In order to talk about the price of "stocks" we have to
look at some index of stock prices.  This is how the health of the stock market is
usually measured.  The most common stock index is the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  
During the time that you are asking about, the Dow Jones reached its lowest point during
the year 1932.

At the start of 1925, the Dow stood at a
little bit over 121.  By the middle of the summer of 1932, the Dow had lost almost
two-thirds of its value.  For example, only July 11, 1932, the Dow had fallen to
41.63.

By the end of 1933, the Dow had still not gotten
back to its level at the start of 1925.  On the last day of 1933, the Dow was at
99.29.

How was the home lifestyle of the Tucks different from that of the Fosters???Please If U Can That Would Be Great Find In The Book " Tuck...

The Fosters, Winnie's family, are an example of the
quintessential Victorian family. They are strict, educated, wealthy, and sophisticated.
They have rules for their daughter Winnie about how her life should be lived. She is
frustrated by these stifling rules and feels trapped in this proper, stuffy Victorian
lifestyle. The Tucks live very differently than the Fosters. The Tucks are free spirits,
living in the woods rather non-traditionally. They are messy, living in a disorderly
cottage, dressing more casual and living comfortably in a more bohemian and free
lifestyle. Winnie has never seen this sort of lifestyle before, and it shocks but also
thrills her. While uneducated, the Tucks are, however, very wise, and they live close to
nature. They understand, due to the fact that they are immortal, the importance of the
circle of life and the natural order of things. Winnie learns many important lessons
from them, and finds a balance between the structure of her family's life and the life
that the Tucks leave, where even in their permanence of life, everything is impermanent
and they live in constant fear of being discovered.