How does the structure of Into the Wild contribute to the theme of the pursuit of happiness?

It is worth thinking about how carefully Krakauer
structures this book and in particular how the narrative shifts between two sections of
the life of Chris McCandless. It starts, for example, with his arrival in Alaska and his
last reported contact with another human before reaching his long-awaited goal of the
Alaskan wilds. Then we flick back to Chris's youth and childhood, and what he did before
he reached Alaska, focussing on the people that he had contact with and the way that he
had an impact on them. As this excellent book develops, constantly the nature and
content of the narrative forces us to ask deep and hard questions about happiness and
how it is constituted and what price we are willing to pay for it. The narrative
culminates in the death of Chris McCandless and then the revisit to the actual site of
his death by the author. We are haunted by this eventual culmination in the death of the
protagonist and then the visit, and this forces us to think about whether Chris did
actually achieve a state of happiness in his life, even though he paid such a high price
for it.

What is one example of direct characterization of Scout Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird?

Direct characterization is any explicit explanation or
description of a character. This means that the reader does not have to use inference to
understand what may or may not have been implied. Direct characterization can come from
the narrator, the character himself or herself, or from other characters. Atticus
describes Scout explicitly when he is talking to Uncle Jack about her bad behavior at
Christmas. He says the following after Scout gets into a scuffle with her cousin
Francis:

"Bad
language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn
they're not attracting attention with it. Hotheadedness
isn't. Scout's got to learn to keep her head and learn soon, with what's in store for
her these next few months. She's coming along, though. Jem's getting older and she
follows his example a good bit now. All she needs is assistance sometimes. . . the
answer is she know I know she tries. . . but Scout'd just as soon jump on someone as
look at him if her pride's at stake"
(87-88).

In the above
passage, Atticus directly states that, first, Scout is using bad language lately, but it
is a phase; second, she's hotheaded and needs to work on not losing it; third, she is
trying her best to stop fighting with others; and finally, she fights to defend her
honor and pride. Had Atticus only alluded to her bad behavior without being specific,
then that would have been an example of indirect characterization. With this passage,
the reader clearly sees what Scout needs to work on as well as the fact that she's doing
her best to follow her father's wishes.

Compare the impact of enviroment on the individuals in the four stories "Eveline," "The Boarding House,", "The Sisters," and "The Dead."The...

Your question is too big and complicated to answer in this
format, so I've edited it down to just a
comparison.

Environment is central to all of the stories in
Joyce's collection, Dubliners, and that includes the four you've
asked about.  This is suggested, of course, by the fact that the collection is named
after the people who live in the particular city of
Dublin. 

Environment, of course, includes the cultural as
well as the geographical.

The characters in these stories
are trapped or paralyzed by their environments.    A woman is trapped in roles fit for a
mother (although certainly not great for a mother, either), even though she is only a
daughter and sister.  She has an opportunity to escape, but freezes and chooses not
to. 

Women with no education have little means of
advancement and resort to trapping a husband, and he, facing religious and cultural
ideas of duty and responsible, allows himself to be a
victim. 

 A boy is surrounded by ignorance and superstition
and tied to a priest that is a bit grotesque. 

And a couple
is trapped between the island and the continent, in a world inhabited by the
dead--literally and figuratively.  Everybody's a bit dead in "The
Dead." 

Though geography does limit Dubliners (they are
separated from the continent by the English Channel), their cultural isolation is more
important to Joyce.  Religion and tradition and lack of education paralyze the
characters, and they allow themselves to be victimized. 

How did the Cold War affect popular culture?

The Cold War facilitated the concept of demonizing "the
other."  When we examine how the Cold War influenced popular culture, it did so through
the belief that the Communists were "wrong," or were "unholy."  There was little in way
of understanding "the other," the dialectical opposite of American culture.  Rather,
there was a wholesale condemnation of it being wrong and anything associated it as being
wrong.  The rise of Joe McCarthy was but a small reflection of this attitude.  Another
cultural reflection of the Cold War was to create a sense of binary dualism where one
side was "correct" and another was "incorrect."  It fostered a simplification of global
and internal affairs.  Such a dualism benefits those in the position of power because it
removes complexity and critical thought in the equation, forcing individuals to simply
embrace what is being told in terms of who or what defines the enemy.  In this light,
the cultural effect of the Cold War was to not embrace a spirit of questioning or
intricacy, but rather exist with an end product that is reflective of the attitude and
demeanor associated with "winning."

What are some similarities between Tybalt and Mercutio?

Tybalt and Mercutio are both loyal to their own sides-
Mercutio to the Montagues, and, Tybalt to his family the Capulets. Mercutio and Tybalt
are both a-lot of like, yet, have
differences

Similarities-

Both
fight for their name

Both die because of Romeo, Romeo
doesn’t kill both, only Tybalt, and, Tybalt kills Mercutio because of Romeo’s immature
acts.

Differences-

Mercutio
is all fun and games, Tybalt is not.

Mercutio is a loyal
family friend to the Montagues, Tybalt to his family the
Capulets.

Tybalt is dearly missed by his Aunt, Uncle and
Cousin.

Mercutio only by his friends (that we know
of)

With Love and Care,

Alice.

The area of a rectangle is 15 square centimeters and the perimeter is 16 square centimeters. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

Given that the area of the rectangle is 15
cm^2.

Also, given that the perimeter is 16
cm^2

We need to find the length of the
sides.

==> Let the sides be L and
w.

==> L*W = 15
...........(1)

==> 2L + 2W =
16

We will divide by
2.

==> L + W = 8
..............(2)

We will use the substitution method to
solve.

==> L = 8-
w

==> (8-W) * W =
15

==> 8W - W^2 =
15

==> W^2 - 8W +15 =
0

==> (w-3)(W-5) =
0

==> W1= 3 ==> L1=
5

==> W2 = 5 ==> L2 =
3

But the length must be greater than the
width.

Then, the length is 5 and the width is
3.

Given the string (an),n>=1 and the sum a1+a2+a3+...+an=(5n^2+6n), what are an and a1?

If the sum a1 + ... + an = 5n^2+6n, then the
sum:

a1 + ... + a(n-1) = 5(n-1)^2 +
6(n-1)

We'll determine an:

a1
+ ... + an - a1 - ... - a(n-1) = 5n^2 + 6n - 5(n-1)^2 -
6(n-1)

We'll eliminate like terms and we'll
get:

an = 5n^2 + 6n - 5(n-1)^2 -
6(n-1)

We'll raise to square and we'll combine like terms
from the right side:

an = 5n^2 + 6n - 5n^2 + 10n - 5 - 6n +
6

an = 10n + 1

We can
determine any other term of the string, replacing n by any natural
value.

For n=1 => a1 =
10+1

a1 = 11

The
requested terms are: a1 = 11 and an = 10n + 1.