In 1984, is Julia a spy? Please provide specific examples from the book. My teacher says that he knows of 17 pieces of evidence which proves that Julia...

There
is some evidence to suggest thatwas a spy throughout 's classic novel .
Julia portrays herself as a loyal admirer of Big Brother and is a celebrated member of the
Junior Anti-Sex League. In addition to her stellar pro-Big Brother background, Julia claims to
have slept with numerous Party members on a regular basis and is a relatively outspoken
political dissident. Julia's reckless behavior would have surely been detected before meeting
Winston, and she would more than likely have been murdered or brainwashed in the Ministry of
Love. The fact that Julia is still alive and...

What are examples of double entrende in To Kill a Mockingbird?

A double
entendre is a statement that has a double meaning: a surface meaning and secondary (usually more
important meaning).

In his closing statement to the jury at the end of the
Tom Robinson trial,says to the jury that the case should never have come to court. He then
states:

This case is as simple as black and
white.

This is an example of a double entendre. On a
surface level, it means the case is completely simplistic and obvious, as easy to determine as
the difference between such opposite colors as black and white. It is all clear-cut as far as
Atticus is concerned: the evidence shows clearly that Tom Robinson, because of his useless left
arm, couldn't have committed the rape as it has been described by Mayella and her
father.

However, the statement also means that the case is as simple as race:
it is a matter of a black man being accused of raping a white woman. If Tom Robinson hadn't been
black and Mayella white, the case would never have come to trial. In this meaning of the
statement, Atticus is asking the jury to understand the racist implications of what is going on.
It comes down to a man being accused of a crime simply because he is
black.

Why does George lie to the boss about his relationship with Lennie in Of Mice and Men?

lies to the boss because if he realizes that s mental deficiency is a
threat they wont get the job.

George lies and tells the boss
that Lennie is his cousin, and that they left the job in Weed because it was done.  George tells
the boss that Lennie is not smart, but does not tell him hes mentally challenged.

When the men arrive at the ranch, they are already in trouble because they were late. 
The boss is not happy about it.  He asks them questions, but only George answers them.  The boss
begins to get suspicious.

George broke in loudly,
"Oh! I ain't saying he's bright. He ain't. But I say he's a God damn good worker. He can
put up a four hundred pound bale." (ch 2)

The boos
thinks that Gerge might be taking Lennies pay because he is talking for Lennie.  He assumes that
since George seems to be in control, he is taking advantage of Lennie. 

George has to be careful, because if he annoys the boss they might not get the job.  He needs to
walk the fine line of...

Please explain what Emma means by saying the following to Mr. Knightly in Vol 2 Chapter 8 of Emma by Jane Austen. "Yes I should, I am sure I should....

The
explanation of 's remarks lies in Knightley's circumstances and inner
character as well as in the immediate situation.
Happily, Austen summarizes Emma's view of Knightley's circumstances and inner being two
paragraphs ahead of your quotation. She also privileges us to an account of Emma's
opinion on Knightley's circumstance and inner traits.

Knightley, the Austen-narrator tells us, has more health and independence
than he has spare wealth (this is
not to say he is in any way in tight financial
straits like Mr. Bennet of ), thus he prefers the exercise of walking to
the expense of keeping a carriage horse solely to pull his carriage. Emma disapproves of this
physical sacrifice of the dignity of his position as the chief gentleman of the district and the
lord of Donwell Abbey. Emma prefers to see him arrive at places in state, looking well kempt,
not disheveled by...

What are the post-colonial themes in Robinson Crusoe?

When
reading it's all too easy to overlook the uncomfortable fact that the lead
character's actually a slave-trader. And it is in this capacity that Crusoe heads off to Africa
in search of lucrative human cargo. But before then he ends up being sold into slavery himself.
It's somewhat telling, however, that even this first-hand experience doesn't persuade Crusoe
that slavery is a moral abomination. No sooner does he escape captivity than he's off on his
travels once more, looking to buy some slaves for his Brazilian sugar plantation. It is during
this voyage that Crusoe is shipwrecked and ends up stranded on a desert island.

One would've thought that Crusoe's own experiences might have brought home to him just
how morally repugnant it is to enslave another human being. That they don't is testimony to the
extraordinary power that colonialist ideology has on him. Crusoe doesn't believe that slavery is
wrong per se; it's only wrong if the "wrong" people are enslaved, i.e....

What are some examples of symbolism in the story and what is the story's theme?

Some of
the examples of symbolism in "" are:  The necklace is a symbol of wealth and power for
Madame Loisel.  This represents a world she longs to be in but will never be able to reach.  The
apartment that she lives in with her husband is a constant reminder of what she feels is a
miserable life that she doesn't deserve and that she was not born to.  Another symbol is the
sholder wrap her husband went to put on her shoulders after the reception which again was a
reality check as to who she really was and her social class in life.  She was ashamed to have
her husband put it on her with the beautiful dress and necklace she was wearing.  It was a total
contradiction of who she was trying or posing to be.

Is Boori Ma a real durwan or not in "A Real Durwan" in Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri, and why or why not?

"Durwan" is a word comprised of
Urdu, Hindi and Persian roots. According to Oxford Dictionary, it means a porter or doorkeeper,
yet in many cases, like Boori Ma's, durwans may only be cleaning women. These sorts of
doorkeepers can be found all around India, where they are called durwans, as well as all over
Europe, where they are often called "concierges" (this is similar to yet very
different from the concierges found in hotels). At the best levels, this sort of porter or
doorkeeper lives-in and oversees order in the building and cleans all the public areas. In
buildings where only rooms are rented, they clean water closets, bathing rooms and kitchens. In
Boori Ma's case, in the old building with cramped quarters, she is there to clean the public
stairs to the different floors and the different renters' dwellings.

"I live in two broken rooms, married to a man who sells toilet
parts." Mrs. Dalal turned away...

To be a real
durwan in this scenario one has to fulfill actual duties and implied duties. The actual duty for
Boori Ma is to sweep the stairs and keep the public areas in order. Boori Ma's implied duties
are the same as for higher level durwan and for European concierges: they ensure none but
residents and residents' guests enter the building. This is an important function for
doorkeeper: they keep the safety of the premises by restricting who enters the doors. According
to this, Boori Ma is a "real' durwan. She performs actual and implied her duties and, for
doing so correctly, she is given a place to sleep "underneath the letter boxes where she
lived."

Trouble comes to Boori Ma with the promotion and vacation of the
Dalal family. Everyone in the building is jealously inspired to make improvements because of the
improvements the Dalals made, even adding a public sink to the stairway. Boori Ma is anxious
"restless on the roof" because of the Dalals absence. She begins "circling the
neighborhood" going further each day and incautiously spending her savings on"small
treats"  at the surrounding shops (until she is robbed at the Bow Bazaar). The trouble
comes for her because, while she is out wandering, she is not being a diligent durwan since she
is not in the building guarding who comes in and out of the gate and doors. Had she been there,
it is presumed that she would not have allowed the thieves to pass, therefore, they could not
have stolen. The residents are irate and blame Boori Ma for not being diligent and thinking of
her duties above her own pleasure. In fury, they also blame her for helping the robbers by
giving them information.

This is hard criticism because all they give her is
a place for sleeping in exchange for sweeping the "stairs top to bottom." Nonetheless,
since she was away from the stairs and the gate and the door, and since thieves entered the
building, robbing and damaging it, Boori Ma is accused of failing and of therefore not being a
"real" durwan because a "real" durwan would not have abandoned her duty.
This is a cruel twist of situationally ironic fate because, after all her service and her own
robbery, her restless, aimless wandering leads to disaster and her looming destitution. It also
leads to the false accusations of complicity with the robbers. Thus, to the residents, she is
not a "real" durwan because a "real" durwan would never sidestep duty and
thus would never fall under suspicion of helping robbers.

   "This is all her doing," one of them hollered, pointing at Boori Ma.
"She informed the robbers. Where was she when she was supposed to guard the
gate?"
   "For days she has been wandering the streets, speaking to
strangers," another retorted.
   "We shared our coal, gave her a place to
sleep. How could she betray us this way?" a third wanted to know.
   ...
"Believe me, believe me. I did not inform the robbers."