What are the themes in Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain"?

Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain" focuses on a typical
American wife's disillusionment with marriage. On the surface, Kitty and George seem to
be living a rather romantic lifestyle. They are staying in Italy and have nothing but
time to spend with one another.  The problem is, however, that Kitty wants attention and
affection that George is either unwilling or unable to provide.  When Kittymentions that
she wants to go down and get the cat, George barely responds.  Later, Kitty thinks about
how much she enjoys the hotel keeper's respectful attitude toward her--that is what she
longs for from her husband. In the end, Kitty is the figurative "cat in the
rain."

The story not only represents Hemingway's portrayal
of an American marriage but also his view of America in general. The author was part of
the Lost Generation--the group of young Americans who became disillusioned with their
country after World War I and who left for "greener pastures" and adventure in Europe. 
George and Kitty seem to be members of that generation, seeking something new and
exciting in Italy. Instead, both are bored, trapped inside a hotel because of the rain,
and unable to effectively communicate with one another.

According to Frederick Douglass, what is even worse than the internal slave trade?from narrative of the life of the frederick douglass book

Frederick Douglass's thoughts about the internal slave
trade are not found in the book you mention.  They are found in a speech he gave on the
Fourth of July, 1852 in Rochester, New York.

In that
speech, he says that the thing that is even worse than the internal slave trade is the
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.  That law made it very easy for any black person in the
North (whether an escaped slave or not) to be taken and sent into slavery.  Douglass
says this law makes the whole of the country a slave country by forcing the Northern
states to help send slaves back into slavery.

Differentiate f(x)=cos^3(x^3).

We'll use the chain rule to differentiate the given
function:

f'(x) =
{[cos(x^3)]^3}'

We'll differentiate applying the power rule
first, then we'll differentiate the cosine function and, in the end, we'll differentiate
the variable x^3.

f'(x) =
3[cos(x^3)]^2*[-sin(x^3)]*(3x^2)

f'(x) =
-9x^2[cos(x^3)]^2*[sin(x^3)]

We can re-write
[cos(x^3)]^2 = 1 - [sin(x^3)]^2

f'(x) = -9x^2{1 -
[sin(x^3)]^2}*[sin(x^3)]

f'(x) =
9x^2*[sin(x^3)]^3 - 9x^2*[sin(x^3)]

What do the people in The Canterbury Tales think of the Pardoner?

The Pardoner is one of those loveable irascible rogues in
literature whom we normally love to hate. Certainly one of his many functions in this
excellent collection of tales is to instil some colour, verve and flair into the
storytelling, especially when compared with some of the other, more sombre offerings we
are entitled to in this collection.

From what we can glean
from the text, he is suspected and distrusted by the other pilgrims travelling with him,
and with reason. He himself, in the prologue to his tale, says quite
openly:

"I'll
tell you in a word what I'm about:

I preach for money, and
for nothing else."

He also
goes through the elaborate way he has of fleecing people of their money to buy pardons
for sins they have yet to commit, and how he builds his success around a series of
"dodges" or "tricks" that involve fooling people. And he plays the part oh so incredibly
well, according to the "Prologue." Although he is described in rather a repulsive way
(the narrator says he has "bulging eyes" and wonders whether he is a "gelding" because
of his clean-shaven face and lank, yellow hair), he is remarkably successful in his
trade:

But
with these relics, when he came upon

Some poor up-country
priest or backwoods parson,

In just one day he'd pick up
far more money

Than any parish priest was like to
see

In two whole months. With double-talk and
tricks

He made the people and the priest his
dupes.

Therefore the Pardoner
seems to be very open about his deceit, and the majority of the company seem to look on
him with suspicion as a figure of fun who can provide them with more excitement and fun
than certain other characters can.

Anyone know of a piece of literature based on Entrepreneurship and Networking?Student has to write a criticial literature review and looking for...

The Great Gatsby is one of the first
literary works that comes to mind in connection to entrepreneurship and networking.
While Gatsby's business is illegal, it certainly is successful from a business
standpoint. He relies heavily on networking from his first connection to Dan Cody to his
later association with Meyer Wolfsheim.

A more recent
literary work that discusses entrepreneurship and networking is The Marrowbone
Marble Company by Glenn Taylor. The novel follows orphaned Loyal Ledford
through World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and his beginning a marble-making
company from scratch. Ledford uses networking to learn the marble-making trade, to train
the best-suited employees for specific skills, and to market his
product.

Evaluate the role of Woodrow Wilson at the Paris peace conference. What obstacles did he face? How successful was he in shaping the settlement?

Woodrow Wilson was one of the "Big Four" at the Versailles
Peace Conference, comprised of Wilson, Georges, Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd George
of England and Victor Orlando of Italy. Wilson had grandiose plans (dreams might be a
more appropriate word) for the peace settlement, and accomplished most of them; however
in the long run, his efforts were for naught.

Wilson
arrived at the conference intent on implementing his famous Fourteen Points which he had
previously promulgated. He ran into opposition almost immediately, primarily from
Clemenceau and Lloyd George. France had been humiliated by Prussia in the
Franco-Prussian War, and a substantial amount of the fighting in the war had occurred on
French soil. Clemenceau was determined not only to punish Germany but also to prevent it
from invading France again by keeping it crippled. Prior to the conference, he famously
remarked

Moses
gave us the Ten Commandments and we broke them; Wilson has given us the Fourteen points.
We shall see.

Lloyd George
was no less vindictive. He won election in Britain on a promise to make Germany pay
dearly for its transgressions, stating

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We shall squeeze the orange until the pips
squeak."

The conference
deadlocked almost immediately, and Wilson packed his bags to return home. The conference
was only saved because Clemenceau feared the breakup of conference would leave France
alone and exposed to another invasion from Germany.

As
agreed upon the Treaty of Versailles was much more punitive than Wilson would have
liked; but it did contain a provision for his most cherished dream, the creation of a
League of Nations. The latter provision ultimately won Wilson the Nobel Peace Prize;
ironically, however, the Treaty was not ratified by the U.S. Senate, primarily because
of Wilson's intransigence, and the U.S. never joined. The League had a brief and
unremarkable existence. Wilson therefore accomplished little at Versailles that proved
long term.

What is the origin of, "Are you a mouse or a man"? Have a bet riding on it.Shakespeare?

The title of John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and
Men, is derived from a line in the poem, To a Mouse, on Turning her
up in her nest with a plough, written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1785.
Legend has it that Burns wrote the poem whilst still holding the plough with which he
had accidentally destroyed the mouse's winter-nest.

The
relevant lines in the poem are:

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The best-laid schemes o' mice an'
men
Gang aft
agley,

Burns is commenting on
the fact that even the best made plans of men (meaning humankind) who bestride the
world, and in contrast, those of tiny, timid, feeble mice, go awry - suggesting that no
one, no matter who or what you are, can ever be quite certain of the outcome of one's
endeavors. The poem does not draw a distinct contrast between man and mouse related to
strength, power or conviction as the expression, man or mouse
does.

The expression was never
used by William Shakespeare and cannot be traced to any of his texts. The contrast was
first used in 1620 but there is no accurate record of who, or exactly in which context,
it was employed. The expression has, however, become popular since then and is now
rooted in English vernacular as a somewhat cliched idiomatic
expression.

One may assume that the
expression's origin is derived from the behavioural mannerisms of mice. They always seem
anxious and timid. An observation of their continuously twitching noses and whiskers as
well as their uncertain movements and quick scurrying to avoid being noticed, as well as
their miniscule size, confirms this notion.