"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" runs on the theme of escapism from feeble reality into a fulfilling dream world. Explain.

Yes, this is the prominent theme. In case you need to
study the story further, you might consider what Thurber might be communicating through
this theme: what is he saying about those who daydream as well as the world they are
trying to escape through daydreaming? To understand this, you can look closely the
contrast between Walter Mitty in real life and the persona of his
daydreams. 

1. What are the real Walter Mitty's character
traits? (does he have any noticeable virtues, or special skills?) How is he treated as a
consequence? 

3. Now consider the
daydream-Mitty's virtues and skills.  Note how
he is treated as a
consequence.

Everyone wants to escape reality to some
degree at some point of their lives.  "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" offers us an
extreme example--a man who seems unable to function in the world
without daydreaming.  Is he a
sympathetic character? (Can we relate to him, or not?) Did
Thurber mean to portray Walter Mitty as the victim of a "feeble", possibly
emasculating modern society and over-aggressive wife?  Or is he
unsympathetic--merely a
pitiful figure who deserves the mocking, harsh treatment he gets? A little of
both?

Your answer will help you determine what you think
the author is trying to convey with the escapism theme.

How does the book Animal Farm represent Socialist Realism?

I think that this one might be a bit complicated.  On one
hand, Socialist Realism art is usually seen as an element that would be sanctioned and
approved by a government.  Orwell's work would not meet this standard, as it is a fairly
open and direct satire of Communist Russia.  However, when examining the some of the
conditions that fulfill the idea of work that represents Socialist Realism, one sees
some interesting elements:

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1. Proletarian- art relevant to the
workers and understandable to them.

2.
Typical- scenes of every day life of the
people.

3. Realistic - in the
representational sense.

4. Partisan -
supportive of the aims of the State and the
Party.

The work
does center on the struggles of the Proletariat, as the reader understands the events on
the farm from "the bottom up."  The examination of Boxer and other animals who don't
possess political power does hold a great deal of political relevance is a significant
part of the novel.  At the same time, there is little "fantastic" elements present in
the novel.  Outside of the idea of the animals talking, the animals are presented in a
realistic and non- fantasy element to the narrative.

What kind of firm would use a job order cost system?

A job order cost system is one in which a firm counts the
costs for each separate "batch" of work separately.  In other words, the company treats
different jobs as separate things and therefore tracks the costs of each job separately
from the other jobs.  Because of this, a firm that uses this sort of system should be
one whose jobs are not all the same.

For example, a car
company that makes the same kind of car all day every day should not use this system. 
All its jobs are the same and so this system would not be appropriate.  However, if a
firm did many kinds of custom jobs (say, for example, publishing all sorts of different
text books), it would be much more appropriate to use the job order cost
system.

In short, then, the kind of firm that should use
this system is a firm that does many jobs that are distinguishable from one
another.

What is a good theme statement for how prejudice affects worldviews in To Kill A Mockingbird?I have a theme statement already, but I am trying to...

I am assuming that what you mean is that you need a
"thesis statement" for an essay on the novel that reflects the theme of prejudice and
the impact that it has on the characters and their world views. If that is the case,
then you might consider something along the lines of:

In
her novel To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee examines the
implications of prejudice on society through the interactions of her
characters.

Then, you could look at the most obvious
prejudice first. In this case, this would be reflected in the fact that Tom Robinson, as
a black man, is automatically viewed as guilty of raping Mayella. Even when all the
evidence seems to point to the impossibility of that fact, he is still declared guilty.
her word is taken over his because, although she is poor, she is
white.

Next, there  is the prejudice against the Ewells on
account of their social status or lack thereof. Prejudice does not only come in terms of
race and ethnicity. There is also a prejudice against the poor in Maycomb who are viewed
with distaste by all except Atticus (and later Jem and Scout). Atticus believes that
pride and worth are not tied to money or race but to personal qualities such as
kindness.

Another form of prejudice is that which is shown
against the mentally handicapped. Boo is treated as a monster, shut away from a society
that fears him because he is "not normal" - he is seen as less than
human.

All three of these examples are still evident in our
society today. People still view each other differently, often negatively, on the basis
of race, economic status, or mental handicap. Mental illness, in particular, is still
stigmatized. The world views Harper Lee presents in the novel, sadly, have not changed
all that much.

What do you think the turning point of the poem "Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10 1666"?

The turning point in the story occurs when the speaker
quits pining over the ruins of her home and begins to realize that she should be
focusing on her home in heaven rather than her home on earth. In lines 20-35 the speaker
describes walking past the charred remains of her home as she reflects on all she has
lost in the fire, and she is to some degree feeling bad about this tragedy. Beginning in
line 36, she finds fault in this line of thinking. During the remainder of the poem, she
ponders her home in heaven and no longer thinks about her losses or her home on earth.

According to Chapter 13, what does the development and maintenance of technology depend on?Chapter 13

At the very end of Chapter 13, Diamond argues that the
development and the maintenance of technology (to maintain technology, to Diamond, means
to keep using it instead of "losing" it as some Australians in the north stopped using
boomerangs, for example) depends on two things.

First, the
presence of technology in a given area depends to some extent on local invention.  If
local societies develop agriculture and become sedentary, they can develop
technology.

Second, technology in any given place needs to
be helped along by diffusion from other regions.  If neighboring societies have
technology, a society can "borrow" that technology from
them.

Therefore, to Diamond, the development and
maintenance of technology in a given area depends on local invention (which itself
depends on agriculture) and on diffusion from other societies.

What happens the christmas past of A Christmas Carol?

The Ghost of Christmas Past was the first of the three
spirits to visit Ebenezer Scrooge after he was visited by Jacob
Marley.

This ghost had a few different purposes in the
story. One of those purposes was to show Ebenezer how necessary it was that he change
his ways. Another purpose of this ghost was to show the reader how Ebenezer came to be
the way he is presently. The idea here is that most of the things that happened to
Ebenezer that made him bitter happened during the holiday
season.

Some of the things the ghost showed him were his
old boarding school. This reflects a lot of negativity because his father abandoned him.
In addition, he was shown his fiancee Belle, and how he didn't protest when the
engagement was broken off due to his obsession with money. He was also shown how she
ended up finding happiness with another man.