given a table of values for a function, f(x), explain how to determine if f(x) is linear or non linear from the average rate of change.

Linear
functions are functions whose average rate of change is constant. (The constant rate of change
is called the slope.)

Given a table of values, choose any two points and
compute the averate rate of change: `m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(Delta y)/(Delta x)` . Then do the
same for any other pair of points. If the function is linear the rate of change will be the same
regardless of the pairs of points you pick.

** If the x's are seperated by
the same amount, you can use the method of finite differences. See link **

href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_difference">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_difference
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_equation">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_equation

Comment on the significance of the title Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Do Androids Dream of Electric
Sheep? is a novel byand the basis for the popular film
Bladerunner. The primary question in the novel is one of the existential
significance of consciousness. Is it inherent to humanity? If one cannot tell the difference
between a human and an android, which was originally the case when administering the empathy
test to Rachael, is there really a tangible difference? These are questions that are represented
in the title of the work.

As a bounty hunter operating in a world where
real animals are a fashionable commodity, Rick Deckard dreams of owning a real sheep to replace
the electric one that he...

Is George guilty? In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, is George guilty of killing Lennie? Discuss

is
certainly guilty of premeditated murder and would get a long sentence if the law took the
trouble to prosecute him. I think Steinbeck shows that the law enforcement officials would not
take much trouble, or go to much expense, to investigate the death of a bindle stiff in those
days--especially sincewas bound to get killed by somebody. Steinbeck works out the plot so that
the murder weapon does not belong to the man who uses it. Carlson owns the Luger, but everybody
assumes that Lennie stole it when he fled the ranch. Carlson is in the clear because he is with
all the other men when...

Why does Emma say that she will never marry in Jane Austen's Emma?

Though discusses her reasons for never marrying in a couple of placesthroughout
Austen's novel, a neat encapsulation of it occurs inChapter 31, or Chapter XIII of Volume II.
Emma is contemplating thevarious ways that Frank Churchill might propose to her following
hisdeparture from Highbury in response to a summons from the Churchills.The ball has to be
cancelled. Emma is bereft of the pleasant attentionsof the handsome and charming Frank. Most of
all, she is certain he wason the verge of declaring his devotion when Mr. Weston came to the
doorto fetch him back home for a speedy return to the Churchills.

In Chapter
30, Emma's response to Frank's first try at revealing his feelings,

What is a plot summary and theme for "1984"?

In "",
the ,, in employed rewriting history for the party. The party's symbol "Big Brother"
is constantly monitoring, listening to, and watching its citizens. Winston meets a
girl,...

In 1984, how does the Party view personal matters such as love, sex, marriage and family?

One of
the ironies of the dystopian world is that although, as in the Soviet
regime of 's time, religious belief is forbidden, the Party is puritanical about sex to a
fanatical degree, just as some religions still are in our own world today.sees sexual freedom as
a force that has the potential to destroy the Party. It's partly because of this that he
tellsthat the more lovers she's had, the more attractive she is to him. Divorce is not
permitted, and therefore Winston can never free himself from his much-disliked wife Katherine,
although they're separated. The Party views sex only for the purpose of procreation, and this is
why Katherine (and others) have referred to it as "our duty to the Party." The Party
is also sexist in the sense that it's especially women who are taught to despise sex. There is a
Girl-Scout-like "anti-sex League" women are encouraged to join, with its red sash
Julia herself wears and throws off when she's with Winston.

During
Winston's...

Compare and contrast the Mexican government with the United States' government.

The
similarities between the nations' governments are practically all surrounding how the government
is run and how it was established. The nations are both democracies, established as federations
surrounding a strong central government. They arose from Constitutions that were drafted in
order to establish a need to hear the voice of the people.

Additionally, each
nation is comprised of various states that hold their own, miniature versions of the federal
government. Mexico has 31 states while America has 50; each of these states have significant
power over internal governance, but the federal government ultimately takes
precedence.

The differences come primarily in structure and some of the
activities of the nations. For instance, both Presidents undergo elections to be voted in as
leader; however, the American presidential race is decided by the Electoral College while the
popular vote decides the winner in Mexico. The Mexican President then directly appoints his
cabinet. In America,...

Is it unrealistic to expect others to live by the golden rule?

In order
to answer this question, you must first specify how to apply the term realistic when it comes to
this concept regarding business matters. In addition, it is important to understand that the
golden rule refers to the adage of doing unto others what you would want done unto
yourself.

In this sense, realistic could be interpreted to mean reasonable in
serving the interest(s) of the business party while complying with basic ethical practices. This
means something must provide tangible benefits for the business, such as profit. At the same
time, these benefits should not come at the expense of other parties, such as consumers or
business partners.

When applied this way, one could certainly argue that it
is realistic to apply the so-called golden rule to the business world. For example, a consumer
should be able to assume that a business is selling a safe product for a price that is
reasonable, trusting that the product is also accurately portrayed. Consumers assume this
because business owners are themselves consumers, and since all consumers want to be treated
fairly, it stands to reason that businesses would do so in the interest of upholding ethical
principles.

Conversely, one could argue that it is actually unrealistic to
assume that businesses operate according to the golden rule. Because the goal of all businesses
is to be economically viable and profitable, most businesses place their needs above the needs
of the customers they serve. For instance, when the demand for a product increases, most
businesses will also increase prices for those products. This is intended to maximize profits at
a time when consumers are willing to pay more for a desired product. Certainly this economic
practice does not reflect the charitable spirit of the golden rule. Under that standard,
businesses would not price gouge regardless of the increased demand and opportunity for higher
profit margins, since most people would agree that they do not want to pay more than what a
product is worth.

However, one could also counter this argument by asserting
that the worth of a product is not fixed. Instead, worth is determined by consumer wants and
needs. Therefore, worth is a flexible quality that can change depending on economic conditions.
As a result, businesses would not be in violation of the golden rule for increasing prices, as
everyone would want to be paid what something is worth in the current market.

Depending on your definitions of realistic and your interpretation of common business
practices, you could argue for either side of the issue.

Archetypes In The Odyssey

This epic poem makes
use of the Warrior Herothrough Odysseus himself. The Warrior Hero
seems almost superhuman, achieving feats of strength and cunning and
overcoming significant personal challenges in order to succeed. Odysseus has great strength of
purpose: his desire to return home to his family carries him through a twenty-year absence from
home, including a war followed by many harrowing and tragic adventures and events. His loyalty
to his family is notable, especially because there are goddesses who would prefer that he
remains with them. He is incredibly aware and adaptable, vigilant and clever. While the warrior
is often brawny (and not brainy), Odysseus is both.

Penelope, his wife, is
the perfect Faithful Wife. She does everything possible to hold off
the suitors who would take her husband's place, and she does not give up hope that Odysseus is
still alive (despite the length of his absence). Notice that her name is often preceded by the,
"heedful," showcasing her...

How are the chapters organized, and how does it develop his point?

was
mindful in how he organized his chapters in . He allows a feeling of suspense
and makes arguments for why each culture could easily have been the dominant one. Even knowing
the history, I found myself learning something new and being surprised while reading this book
due to the thoughtful way Diamond lays out his research. Essentially, we are asked to bet on the
winning continent, and our choices are Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Then, as
the book continues, Diamond reveals the "winner," Eurasia, and gives the reasons why
it ended up dominating the others.

He begins by focusing on a specific human
development in each chapter and using this to argue for which cultural practice ends up
dominating. Diamond ties his arguments directly into the geography of each continent. First, he
focuses on food production. Not only did agriculture allow more food to be produced, but
domesticated animals introduced germs that strengthened human immunity over time. Then, he
discusses how writing (for communication), technology (a necessary step in solving problems of
limited resources), and government and religion (organizing people and ideas) contribute to the
relative success of certain cultures.

Then, Diamond zooms in on the various
continents one at a time. He describes how human interactions changed every part of the world
individually, even before significant cross-continental interaction. Finally, he concludes with
looking toward the future and speculating on how guns, germs, and steel will continue to
influence human societies in years to come.

How can laws affect me?

Laws
affect almost every aspect of our personal lives as well as civic society.

For example, many countries regulate tobacco, alcohol, and very mind-altering substances such as
opioids and marijuana. In some countries these substances are illegal and in others some may
only be usable by adults and others only with prescriptions. Buying, selling, or consuming such
substances in manners violating these laws can result...

Why does Napoleon think he's dying the morning after he drinks the whiskey in Animal Farm?

The
Fifth Commandment originally states that "No animal shall drink alcohol," but is
broken byin . After the windmill is destroyed andannounces that the animals are once again
victors, the pigs come across a case of whiskey in the cellar of the farmhouse. The other
animals hear the pigs partying all night long and even spot Napoleon race around the farmhouse
wearing Mr. Jones's old bowler hat. However, the next morning there is a solemnon the farm
because the pigs believe that Comrade Napoleon is dying. There are even rumors spread throughout
the farm thathad poisoned the whiskey. At eleven o'clock, Napoleon even decrees that the
drinking of alcohol is punishable by death. However, Napoleon begins feeling better the same
evening and is completely fine the next day. Essentially, Napoleon was suffering
from a hangover, which made him feel nauseous, tired, and sensitive to light. By
the end of the chapter, the pigs begin researching how to make alcohol and the Fifth Commandment
is rewritten, "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess."

What are the two types of approaches in research? Explain.

The
two main types of research are qualitative research and quantitative research. Qualitative
research is descriptive in nature, because it generally deals with non-numerical and
unquantifiable things. A biologist studying symbiotic relationships in nature, for example,
would use qualitative research, because the scientist would more often than not be describing
behaviors of animals. There might some numerical data in that the researcher would document the
number of observations; however, the observations themselves would be descriptive of what the
animals do. Anecdotally, when students of mine are first learning about wave interactions, they
have to do an experiment that asks them to qualitatively describe what happens when a wave
trough meets a wave crest.

Quantitative research is much more numbers-driven.
The emphasis is on the collection of numerical data. The conclusion then makes inferences based
on that data. A biologist studying population numbers would use quantitative research. Using the
same anecdotal lab of mine, students eventually change the frequency of waves to manipulate the
wavelength. They can qualitatively describe what happens, but they are also taking quantitative
numerical data about the wavelength, amplitude, and frequency of various
waves.

In Chapter 15 of The Bronze Bow, who does Jesus help the most?

In Chapter
15, Daniel begins going to Capernaum nearly every morning and every evening to hear Jesus
preach. This chapter describes the way Jesus helps many people. Jesus's words encourage Daniel
and fill him with a sense of hope. Leah starts coming out of her shell more and bonds with
Daniel to a greater degree as Daniel shares with her the stories about Jesuswhat he says and
what he does. Often those who are crippled or ill are healed in the evenings when Jesus
ministers to the crowds that gather in Simon's garden.

The person Jesus
helps most in this chapter, however, is a little girl who is the daughter of a ruler of the
synagogue, Jairus. Although Jairus is a very important man, he comes to Jesus and falls at his
feet like a beggar. He asks Jesus to come heal his daughter and Jesus follows him, but on the
way they receive...

What is the main criticism of cultural globalization? use eamples if possible

The major
criticism of cultural globalization is that it leads to the domination of some cultural
traditions by others.  This can lead even to the obliteration of certain cultural traditions,
typically those of poorer, less dominant countries.

As the cultural
globalization progresses, the people of the world tend to have a much more homogeneous culture. 
You have (as in the economist.com article below) people from a place like Cambodia who are very
into bands from South Korea who sing music that is essentially the same as pop music from the
West.  This sort of thing takes away from cultural diversity.  It destroys the cultural
traditions of Cambodia because people are no longer listening to traditional types of
music.

Some people see this as a bad thing because it takes away from our
cultural diversity.

What are the transformations Eliza Doolittle undergoes in Pygmalion? How do these transformations affect the ways that others think about her and...

The types
of transformations undergone by Eliza Doolittle indicate, in a very astute manner, what
constituted the concept of an upper-middle or upper class lady in her period. They embrace every
aspect of her character and appearance; it is not until she has completely transformed every
aspect of her outward being that she is fully accepted in "polite" society.

Voice and Accent: The initial transformation proposed by
Professor Higgins is purely vocal. In the England of that period (and even to the present day),
accent is a clear indicator of...

How does the perspective and point of view of the story contribute to the novel In Cold Blood?

The style of the
narrative perspective is carefully crafted to allow for a fluid, compelling and immediate
relation of events while also offering enough detachment in the latter sections of the novel to
provide journalistic context for the case trial.

This flexible narrative
point of view generates a meta-narrative, self-critical quality in the text that defines the
book's fundamental character as a work of probing reflection as to the psychology of violence
and the intelligibility of the social fabric in America. 

The somewhat
detached narrative point of view makes it possible for the narrative to describe the legal
machinations of the case, which would not be possible with a narrative perspective that was
attached more closely to Perry Smith or Dick Hickock, the killers. 

Citing
legal precedents and exploring the nature of an insanity defense argument in a murder trial, the
narrative is able to deal with ideas far outside the purview of the central characters in the
story. Thus, extended discussions of research into murder cases conducted by parties called upon
to testify in the trial can be included in the book. Without such discussions, the narrative
would inevitably hew toward an arc that not only resemble(as  does in its
published form), it would be indistinguishable from fiction. 

The expansive
narrative perspective then can be said to function as a means of distancing the form of Capote's
book from that of fiction, making it journalistic and objective. 

There is a
notable elasticity to the narrative perspective that provides In Cold
Blood with some of its thematic power, which derives in part from the narrative form
Capote employs -- a hybrid formula that plays upon certain resonances that exist between the
parallels drawn in the book. 

"The 'nonfiction novel'
derives much of its power from the tension between Hickock and Smith and from corollary
dichotomies between reality and fantasy, masculine and feminine, plain and gaudy
. 

The journalistic elements of In Cold
Blood are used in such a way as to directly comment on the meaning of the narrative
elements of the book.

For instance, when psychiatric research into murder and
murderers is shared, an excerpt is quoted in Capote's text that offers a rather pointed
intimation as to the psychology of Smith and Hickock.

"'Despite the violence in their lives, all of the men had ego-images of themselves
as physically inferior, weak, and inadequate. [...] Guilt, depression and remorse were
strikingly absent."

Generating a self-interpreting
narrative structure, Capote is able to put the act of interpretation into his book and in doing
so develops a theme relating to ideas of how meaning is made (and how meaning is ascribed to
behavior, often post hoc, in the service of a sense of societal integrity
and intelligibility).

The book raises questions as to how to understand
deviance and violence and to what extent personal history shapes a person's ability to freely
make choices. In structuring the book so that these questions are foregrounded, Capote's use of
a detached and elastic narrative perspective can be seen as a well-considered means of creating
a work of journalistic import and engaging story-telling, with both qualities working together
to define the character of the work. 

Why does Hemingway use white elephants and not something else in the short story "Hills Like White Elephants"?

"White elephant" is an old expression that something is unwanted or junk. In the
story, the hills literally look like white elephants. Additionally, the author expects the
reader...

In 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow', what is funny about the horse Ichabod rides to the Van Tassel's party as he starts off like a 'Knight in quest of...

Ichabods
horse, Gunpowder, is described as

a broken-down plough
horse, that had outlived almost everything but his viciousness. He was gaunt and shagged, with a
ewe neck and a hammer head; his rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs; one eye
had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral, but the other had a gleam of a genuine devil
in it.

 Gunpowder is thus comically portrayed as an old,
mean and grotesque creature with one eye and a €˜hammer head, and Ichabod, even more comically,
is deemed €˜a suitable figure for such a steed', with his long, lanky figure, elbows jutting out
like 'grasshoppers' and his arms flapping like' wings'.

The hilarious
portrayal of Ichabod and his horse deliberately undercuts the traditional picture of the hero,
of the knightly warrior and gallant lover, mounted on his mighty steed, setting out on all
manner of adventures and winning a fair maiden along the way. Ichabod does bid for the hand of
Katrina Van Tassel, but only because he covets her familys wealth, and he does not acquit
himself particularly well in his encounter with the headless horseman (who, it seems, is just
his love rival, Brom Bones, dressed up).

 Ichabod is not really a hero but
Irving ironically treats him as one, consciously employing a grand elevated style in the manner
of the old heroic epics to describe him and his generally ill-fated exploits. However, along
with this comic strain, we also sometimes get a sense of the fear and awe surrounding the legend
of the headless horseman and Ichabod's terrified flight through the darkness, even as we get a
glimpse of the real devilry that lurks in the decrepit old Gunpowder's
eye. 

The unification of Italy and Germany would challenge what in Europe?

There were
many seemingly undesirable consequences of German and Italian unifications in Europe, but the
biggest one of all was the Balance of Power. 

The Congress of Vienna had
established a balance of power between the Continent's biggest powers: Britain, France, Russia,
Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman...

What is the importance of Big Brother in 1984?

At the
center of s 1949 classic depiction of a totalitarian, dystopian society in which the masses are
controlled through the imposition of an all-seeing system of surveillance and agitprop,
, Big Brother is the ubiquitous presence who dominates this society with
ruthless efficiency. Big Brother is the leader of the Party, the political collective that
presides over s fictional society, Oceania, and he is the face of this autocratic system. As
1984 begins, the novels , , is described as ascending the staircase of his
apartment building, the elevator not being an option due to yet another electricity shortage
courtesy of the inefficiency of the totalitarian regime about which the reader is to learn quite
a bit:

On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the
poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so
contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU,
the...

What is a good thesis statement regarding the idea that Macbeth is consumed by his fate and the Witches' prophesies and is limited in his free will?

In act 1, scene 3,hears
from the three witches that he will become thane of Cawdor and later king of Scotland.hears at
the same time that he will be an ancestor of kings. Banquo writes off ' prophecy as perhaps
arising from "instruments of darkness" (1.4.134). In order words, while Banquo regards
the Witches' prophecies as perhaps coming from the Devil's work,invests them with the quality of
truth and believes in the role of fate in bringing about his future.

Macbeth
later says about the murder of the king, , "If it were done when tis done, then twere well
/ It were done quickly" (1.7.1€“2). He believes that it is inevitable that he will become
king, so to hasten his own ascendance to the throne of Scotland, he plans on killing Duncan.
There is never any question in his mind of whether or not he should listen to the Witches;
instead, he regards their prophecy as fact.

Your thesis statement can take
these elements into consideration. For example, it might state that Macbeth does not consider
whether or not the Witches' prophecy is real; instead, he takes the Witches' prophecy as gospel,
or as an absolute truth. He therefore believes in fate and not in free will.

Your thesis statement can also include the effect of Macbeth's beliefs. For example,
because he does not believe in free will, he decides to speed along the Witches' prophecy. An
example thesis statement might be along the lines of the following:

After hearing the Witches' prophecy, Macbeth considers their words as truth and does
not stop to consider whether free will plays a role in his fate; instead, he believes he can
only expedite the fate he has been given.

Why is Lord Capulet determined to marry Juliet to Paris?

Capulet is likely happy
that such a well-qualified suitor is already asking after his young daughter.  Countis a kinsman
of Prince Escalus, and therefore his status in Verona would be high.  In this way, it is an
advantageous match forand would raise the status of her family, the Capulets, as well.  However,
none of this is made explicit.  

The only really explicitly stated reason
that Capulet wants Juliet to marry Paris is that he wants to help...

Compare and contrast a Saul Bass film poster to a Russian Constructivist poster created by Gustav Klutsis. Discuss the use of line, tone, color,...

One's
understanding and interpretation of Gustav Klutsis's art must take into account its basic
purpose as propaganda. His posters were evidently intended to glorify the Soviet state and its
ideals, and the purpose of Constructivism in art was a negation of the dominant ethos of the
previous age, "art for art's sake." Art becomes "functional" and must serve
an outside cause.

Of course, in the hands of Klutsis the functionality, or
propaganda value, is still done artistically. There is an emphasis on a forceful, linear
directness in which abstraction is linked to photographic representation. We see, for instance,
a figure of Lenin in an almost mechanical pose superimposed on straight-linesuggestive almost of
an Egyptian pyramid, while workers are shown apparently constructing a dam. The effect is to
juxtapose the heroism of the present, in the form of the "leader" and his workers,
with the mythic power of the past, existing largely in the unconscious but here awakened by the
artist.

What Saul Bass achieves in his posters and film title sequences is in
a sense the opposite of a propagandistic aim, but the outward technique is similar to that of
Klutsis in the linear images that convey an almost frightening message in their immediacy: their
stripped-down forcefulness.

An iconic Bass image is that for the film
The Man with the Golden Arm in which an arm and hand are silhouetted in an
angular, rigid form that suggests seizure or paralysis. The film was the first to break the
Hollywood production code and to openly depict drug addiction; hence, Bass's poster implies
literally the arm into which one is shooting drugs but figuratively the dysfunctional, frozen
mental state into which addiction plunges one. The harshness, the dry unadorned quality of the
artistry is similar to what we see in Klutsis.

But Klutsis projects a
"clean," confident message of the Worker's Revolution. Bass is showing, by contrast,
an image of despair. Similarly in his poster for Anatomy of a Murder (like
The Man with the Golden Arm a film directed by Otto Preminger) Bass shows
us a negative-like portrait of a body, the head, limbs, and torso of which are detached from
each other. It is like a cardboard cut-out, dehumanized, depersonalized, and fragmented. As a
kind of mechanical man it has the same robotic nature as the realistic, photographic
representations of Klutsis's posters, but again, Bass projects a mood almost of terror in
contrast to the intended optimism of Klutsis's propaganda for the Soviet
state.

What are the formulas for the cost of driving cars rented from companies A,B,C? - Company A charges 20 cents per miles plus $20/day - Company B...

The
formual for total cost of driving cars rented from companies A,B,and C must be
determined.

So let,

x  - be the number of miles the car
travels.

y  - the number of days the caris rented and

Z -
the total cost of driving rented cars from each company.

Since the total cost
depends on the miles travelled by the car and the days rented, the genral formula is:

Total Cost=(Cost per...

What are Holden's struggles in the book The Catcher in the Rye?

struggles
to deal with survivor's guilt after his brotherdies. This crisis of a sibling death leads him to
become profoundly alienated from the life of his school, his studies, and his peers.

Holden struggles with a preoccupying urge to protect those whom he perceives as young
and innocent, such as his sister, , as well as children in the world in general. He wants to
protect them as he couldn't protect Allie. He dreams of becoming the catcher in the rye, a
fairy-tale type figure who catches children who are ready to fall over the edge of a
cliff.

Holden struggles to come to terms with who he is and with the fact
that he can't save the world. He struggles, like many teenagers, to find authenticity among
people who often seem phony and caught up in false values.

Holden is a
sensitive person: he worries about his friend Jane, about Phoebe, and about the nuns he meets
while breakfasting in a diner, noting that they eat far less than he does. He hires a prostitute
but only to...

What is the rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of the story "The Bet"?

In order to
determine the pieces of the story line for any story, you must be able to identify the main
conflict.  In this story, the conflict is between the lawyer and
the banker.  It is, the bet they make concerning the more humane choice: capital punishment or
life imprisonment.  In order to settle the bet, the lawyer agrees to voluntary imprisonment for
15 years.  The questions the reader should be asking are: "Who will win?  Will the lawyer
last the full 15 years?  What will happen as a result?"  These questions lead to the
understanding of the rising action, , falling action, and resolution.

The
rising action of a story is the events and complications that lead
to the climax.  In this story, it is the details of the lawyers imprisonment.  Notice how things
start off relatively easy (and in fact, seem positive).  As the story progresses however, the
lawyer gets mentally and physically weaker.  This story actually has an
anti-climax, which is when the banker (who has lost all of his
money in the 15 years) decides he will kill his prisoner in order to avoid serious debt.  The
actual climax, however, is when the banker finds the lawyer in his cell with a note before him,
announcing his intentions to leave just before his imprisonment is scheduled to end, therefore
forfeiting his winning of the bet.

The falling
action includes the banker hiding the note in a safe, his hatred of himself, and
the empty prison cell the next morning.  The resolution to the
actual conflict in this story is somewhat left to the reader.  Who actually won?  It turns out
the lawyer lasted the full fifteen years (save 5 minutes), but in the end
decides it would have been better to die than to endure it.  The banker is released from the
debt he should owe the lawyer, but is left with a sense of guilt, defeat,
and self-hatred.  So who really won?

What are the types of economic systems?

Economists
generally recognize three distinct types of economic system.  These are 1) command economies; 2)
market economies and 3) traditional economies.  Each of these kinds of economies answers the
three basic economic questions (What to produce, how to produce it, for whom to produce it) in
different ways.

In a command economy, the government decides the answers to
the three basic questions.  It decides what will be made, how they will be made, and who will
get them.  Recently, pure command economies have usually been communist countries.  Good
examples today would be North Korea and...

What role does a Marketing Information System (MIS) and market research play in a companys promotion decision making process? Specifically, how do...

A marketing
information system sets out the framework used by organizations to collect, organize, store,
analyze and distribute information for purposes of marketing decision making. In this case
before a business conducts any form of promotion it is important to develop knowledge about
exactly what they would like to achieve and the challenges associated with the project. This
forms the need for a system that will offer insights about the market, customers and competitors
among other variables that would impact the promotion activity.

Market
research involves the gathering of information from the market and is best incorporated within
the companys Marketing information system. The information obtained through research will be fed
through the system for purposes of storage, analysis and distribution. Finally the information
will be used to make the best decisions, in this case with regards to promotion. This will also
determine the goals of the promotion, type of promotion to be conducted, the time frame and
budgets, among other aspects.

I need some ideas for a thesis statement on The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale.

The
Wife of Bath is one of Chaucer's most interesting characters. In trying to develop a thesis
statement, I would focus on what characterizes her as a woman, and why she chooses to tell the
story she tells. There are always connections in between the narrating
characters and their stories, and this would be a good starting point for your thesis.

In developing a thesis statement, however, you need to work out what your key points
are first, and then assess what thesis they point towards. Trying to come up with the statement
first and then furnishing the evidence afterwards can lead to fitting evidence to the theory,
rather than the theory to the evidence.

Some points to think about with the
Wife of Bath:

1. She is not a conventionally attractive woman.

2. She is an older woman.

3. Her story features an unattractive
woman who nevertheless becomes the wife of a handsome knight.

4. She is
determined to rule her own fate and has disdain for the idea of husbands trying to...

In chapter one, what happens durning the two minutes hate?

The Two
Minutes Hate is a daily exercise that the Party members participate in during the middle of
their workday. The Party members sit in rows of chairs facing a telescreen, where a hideous
grinding sound blares from the speakers as Emmanuel Goldstein's face flashes sporadically onto
the screen. Goldstein then begins to deliver a "venomous" attack on the Party as he
denounces Big Brother and overexaggerates claims about Oceania's regime that are obviously
false. The images of the Eurasian army are then projected onto the screen with Goldsteins
bleating voice in the background.

The Party members are worked into a frenzy
and begin yelling, cursing, and spitting at the telescreen. Their repressed feelings and
emotions are directed towards Big Brother's enemies, which are projected onto the
telescreen.even recalls seeing a coworker throw a Newspeak dictionary at Goldstein's face. At
theof the Two Minutes Hate, Goldstein's voice changes into the sound of a sheeps bleat before
his face transforms into the image of a Eurasian soldier shooting a machine gun directly at the
audience. Then, the hostile figure melts into the image of Big Brother, who offers a few words
of encouragement to the audience before the Party's slogan flashes onto the
screen.

How does Reverend John Hale change throughout The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

The Reverend Hale enters in act 1 with the assurance of an expert
who has been invited because of his specialist knowledge. His books, he says, are heavy because
they are "weighted with authority," and he is given to making weighty pronouncements,
including one so absurd that Miller in the stage directions expresses surprise that audiences do
not laugh at it:

Now let me instruct you. We cannot look
to superstition in this. The Devil is precise

When Hale
visits the Proctors in act 2, he admits that he comes "without the court's authority,"
but he seems to regard his own authority as a minister and an expert on witchcraft as sufficient
for him to question John and Elizabeth and ascertain whether they are good Christians or not. By
the end of the act, however, his certainty is badly shaken when Elizabeth is arrested. Proctor
calls him a coward and a "broken minister" and compares him to Pontius Pilate, and
Hale is unable to respond, thrown into confusion by the unjust and...

Why are religious leaders important to others and what do they do that is so good? world religious

Religious
leaders serve as guides in one's religion.  However, they also serve as role models in a wider
sense.  From good religious leaders we learn how to live our own lives.  We learn how to
appreciate our religion and how to use it to guide us.

In "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," what phenomenon comes to town and distracts the townspeople from the "angel?"

For a while,
the angel is a tourist attraction. Although he doesn't do anything and is confused by all the
attention, people demand to see him, touch him, and beg him for miracles; Peylayo and Elisenda
take advantage of this and charge money, becoming wealthy. However:

...there arrived in the town the traveling show of the woman who had been changed into
a spider for having disobeyed her parents.
[...]
A spectacle like that, full
of so much human truth and with such a...

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, are there any quotes that show the theme of appearance versus reality?

One
place in s play where reality is strongly contrasted to appearance comes in act 3, scene 2
whenlearns that her belovedhas killed her cousin . When the Nurse enters, devastated with grief
over a killing in the street, Juliet first assumes that Romeo has been killed. Even when the
Nurse tells her it is Tybalt who died, she remains ignorant of the exact circumstances, which
causes her to believe the worst. Not only does Juliet blame Romeo for this terrible act, but she
concludes as well that he has been deceiving her all along: he must be a bad person wearing a
good mask. She employs numerous figures of speech to emphasize this incongruity, comparing him
such things as a snake with the face of a flower and a book with vile content and a beautiful
cover.

O serpent heart, hid with a flowering
face!

Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?

Beautiful
tyrant! fiend angelical!

Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening
lamb!...

Was ever book containing such vile...

What were the turning points of World War II?

There were
many turning points in this war since it was fought on many fronts.  The two most important
turning points, however, were the Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union and the Battle of
Midway in the Pacific Ocean.  At...

How is the creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein morally ambiguous? What are some examples of that?

's
monster is indeed morally ambiguous because he's not just a big old scary monster that goes
around killing people. He has just enough of the human inside him to make him quite a sensitive
soul at times. 's residual humanity comes out most strongly in his demand that Frankenstein
create a companion for him. Like most people, he hates the thought of being alone. If
Frankenstein was capable of creating him, he figures, then why not a bride?

At the same time, however, the Monster's demand for a bride also shows his demonic
side. He doesn't politely ask Frankenstein to make him a mate; he demands it. Not only that, but
he threatens violence against Frankenstein and his bride-to-be if he doesn't comply with that
demand. What the Monster demands is perfectly reasonable, moral even, but the manner in which he
makes that demand is most certainly not.

The Monster is not so much immoral
as amoral. That is to say he doesn't really have a moral code to live by as such. But
he...

In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, why does Polonius spy on Hamlet and Gertrude in act 2, scene 4? What is he trying to discover from listening in...

tellsthat he is going to listen to 's conversation withas an impartial witness (since
his mother is likely to be partial) who can tell the King what they discussed. Polonius has just
talked toand the Prince's fantastical observations would obviously have given him cause for
concern.

While he claims to be spying for King and country, Polonius
obviously has at least one other motive, apart from his constant love of interfering in the
business of others. He has already decided that Hamlet's madness is due to's neglect (which he
initially encouraged) and...

In the unskilled labor market, workers are often young and inexperienced. With little past performance to judge potential employees on, many firms...

Stringent
protection measures will likely lower the demand for unskilled labor. Assume that the law
requires you to compensate an unskilled worker if you fire them indefinitely. To avoid such
costs, you'd rather let the unskilled personnel work for a longer period. If the worker doesn't
make any improvements in the long-run, the company may suffer from reduced
productivity.

Therefore, the company would rather hire a skilled worker with
some level of experience because they will be less costly in the long-run. Furthermore, skilled
workers are more efficient and productive. They may be costly, but they are worth it. Unlike an
unskilled worker, skilled employees have options. They can quit if they feel that the job is not
paying them well. Even though companies hate to lose good employees, sometimes quitting can help
the firm lower labor costs.

However, there are scenarios whereby regulations
are likely to increase the demand for unskilled workers. Suppose the economy is expanding and
the unemployment levels are low, companies will favor unskilled workers over skilled ones.
During this period, most skilled employees may decide to go back to school to gain more skills.
Since the training usually takes a long time, companies cannot wait and would rather employ
young and inexperienced workers on contract. Contractual agreements are favored because they can
help the company "bypass" the stringent protection laws.

How is dream used to develop character personalities throughout 1984 by George Orwell, with examples quotations, please?

's Chapter
three dream of mother and sister reveals his character and his psychological traits and helps
develop the...

Why did Poe write "The Black Cat"?

Since we
aren't mind readers, it's not possible to give a definitive answer to this question. So far as I
know, Poe did not leave any commentary in letters, journals, or other writings as to the
specific impulse behind the creation of "." In general, however, we know that he was
concerned with portraying unusual states of mind as well as issues of mental illness and that it
was typically his intention to produce a single effect in his stories that would grab the
reader's attention (and hold it) through an overwhelming surge of shock and emotion. This
prescription for literature is fulfilled by "The Black Cat." It's hard to believe that
any reader could forget this tale even if they disliked it or were repelled by it.

Poe depicts a character, the narrator of the story, who has committed a series of
brutal, sadistic actsor has possibly imagined that he has done so. The narrator, if he gives any
explanation at all for his behavior, cites "intemperance," the nineteenth-century term
that encompasses alcoholism and substance-abuse in general.

Though there is
debate as to whether Poe ever used drugs (as many of his contemporaries did use chiefly
laudanum, an opiate) he was a heavy drinker throughout most of his adult life. In his time,
alcoholism was not generally considered in clinical terms as an illness, as we see it today, but
as a moral failing. Yet Poe instinctively graspedand so expressed it in "The Black
Cat"that substance abuse is a disease with destructive
consequences.

His knowledge of this from personal experience is something he
extrapolates into the bizarre, terrifying scenario in which a man commitsin reality or in
hallucinationsmutilation and murder. Poe's motive for writing such a story may have indeed been
that of making a statement about a condition he recognized as a disease, long before it was seen
as such in the public consciousness and even by much of the medical establishment of the
time.

What are some examples of wordplay in "Charles" by Shirley Jackson?

""
is a short story with a twist ending by , in which a boy named Laurie creates an alter-ego named
Charles to blame for his own bad behavior in kindergarten.

Wordplay,
encompassing anything from puns to subtlein grammar and context, is here shown largely as
contextual clues to Laurie's rebellion against authority. At home,
where he is shown safely telling stories about a terrible boy,
Laurie pushes against his parents with small verbal jibes. He calls his father "dumb"
and an "old dust-mop," all innocuous enough and ignored in the face of
the more interesting Charles. At school, where he is not so terrified of parental
judgement, his actions are larger: using the playground toy "see-saw" to hit a girl,
he is made to stay inside during recess; throwing chalk "deprive[s him] of black-board
privileges. Each action relates directly to its
consequence.

A good example of this contextual wordplay
appears early in the story.

"The teacher spanked a
boy, though," Laurie said, addressing his bread and butter. "For being
fresh," he added, with his mouth full.
"What did he do?"
I asked. "Who was it?"
Laurie thought. "It was Charles," he
said.
(Jackson, "Charles," Google Docs)

This is both aand a clue as to the ending, as well as being the creation-moment of
Charles himself. Laurie, trying to find a way to explain that he was "fresh" in class
and was punished, attempts to simply slide it by his parents. His "addressing his bread and
butter" is an attempt to minimalize the story by not engaging his parents
directly. When Laurie speaks directly to his father, his tone is
"cold," but the lie is built
on the theme of "bread and butter," mentally associating with
warmth. It is also a pun, as Laurie's "freshness" can be felt in the
food itself; fresh food, fresh behavior. However, Laurie finds
himself forced to further explain the lie, and Charles is born.

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What is the second derivative of the function f(x)=2x^3+e^2x+sin 2x-lnx?

We have the
function f(x) =2x^3 + e^2x + sin 2x - ln x. We have to find f''(x).

f'(x) =
6x^2 + 2e^2x + 2 cos 2x - 1/x

f''(x) = 12x + 4e^2x - 4 sin 2x +
1/x^2

The required second derivative f(x) = 12x + 4e^2x - 4 sin
2x + 1/x^2

Is there consistency in the Wife of Bath's arguments?

There is
consistency in the Wife of Bath's arguments regarding marriage. She claims that there is nothing
wrong with her five marriages and that choosing to marry can make one as morally or spiritually
sound as choosing chastity. Her contemporary medieval society would have the Wife join a convent
after the death of her first husband, but she argues that she can be just as religious while
marrying again. She is certainly defending her actions and her successive marriages more than
marriage itself, yet she is consistent in the arguments she makes.

She uses
the Bible to justify marriage and even to justify intimacy. She tells the pilgrims that marriage
can be beneficial for women, though in her examples, it is not so beneficial for men. Women can
gain independence and even land and money through marriage, and they can use sex to have power
over their husbands as well. She demonstrates this with the stories of her five husbands. The
actual story she chooses to tell the pilgrims for her tale is a medieval romance that emphasizes
that the key to a happy marriage is for the man to allow his wife to have control.

Her arguments are consistent with her story, though they are not consistent with the
moral and social expectations of the times. She is anachronistic in her overt feminism, yet she
still charms the narrator and some of the other pilgrims on the journey as she looks for her
next husband.

Mrs. Whatsit asks for a Russian caviar sandwich andCharles Wallace angrily responds saying, you peeked. Why does the author choose these words...

When
Charles responds to Mrs. Whatsit's request for a Russian caviar sandwich with, "You
peeked!" I think the tone is perhaps not quite angry, but closer to mock outrage. He has
already, in this chapter, expressed his fondness for Mrs. Whatsit, referring to her and her
friends as "very enjoyable." Charles is...

How does Napoleon express his contempt for Snowball's windmill plan? In the novel Animal Farm, how does Napoleon express his contempt for Snowballs'...

To answer this
question, take a look at Chapter Five. According to the narrator,takes a look at the detailed
plans for the windmill and then urinates all over them before silently walking out.

This is a powerfully symbolic act. By urinating on the plans, Napoleon makes it clear
that he feels nothing but contempt for the building of the windmill. He sees no value or point
in its construction and will not support it.

Moreover, this is also an act of
defiance and domination over . Napoleon is showing that he will not back down or be convinced by
Snowball's plan nor will he let Snowball take control of the farm's direction.

Later in the chapter, Napoleon further expresses his contempt for the windmill by
arguing in favor of increased food production and against the construction of the windmill. He
also coins the slogan, "Vote for Napoleon and the full manger." Napoleon's contempt
cannot be clearer and this sets the scene for his expulsion of Snowball later
on.

What were some battles that led up to the US being able to get within bombing range of Japan.

In essence,
every battle after Pearl Harbor (or at least after the Philippines had been lost) can be seen as
a battle that helped to get the US within bomber range of Japan.  Having been pushed out of the
Philippines and Guam, the US was trying first to prevent the Japanese from expanding any further
and then to push them back towards the home islands.

There were, however,
a...

Examine the significance of this quote from Oedipus Rex: "And none can be called happy until that day when he carries His happiness down to the...

I think
that the ' closing to ' drama helps to bring some level of comic resolution to a brutally tragic
depiction of.  It is at this point in the drama when Oedipus has achieved a full transformation
from what he was at the start of the drama.  Blind and humble, Oedipus leaves Thebes, a
different man than what he was at the start of the drama.  His blindness not withstanding,
Oedipus has gained the sense of vision and wisdom to which he was previously blinded
earlier....

Why do you think Lorraine bought her mother stockings with Mr. Pignati's money in "Pigman"?

I think
Lorraine bought her mother stockings with the Pigman's money because she knows her mother needs
some, and, despite their differences, she loves her mother and wants to help her
out.

Lorraine's mother puts her daughter down and is unnaturally suspicious of
everything she does, but Lorraine understands that her mother, a single parent, really does have
a hard life.  Just the other day, when Lorraine asked her mother for money for sophomore dues,
her mother had ranted about how it isn't easy "for a woman to support a kid by
herself".  She had complained that she "couldn't even afford to get (herself) a pair
of nylons, showing Lorraine her only pair that had "so many runs you'd think a cat chewed
them" (Chapter 6).  When the Pigman takes John and Lorraine shopping he is thrilled to be
able to buy them things, and when he presses Lorraine to get something, they just happen to be
passing through the women's underwear section in the department store.  The saleswoman urges
Lorraine to look at "some lovely nylon stockings", so Lorraine embarrassedly says she
will take one pair, only to find they come in "three-pair packages" (Chapter 8). 

Lorraine fabricates a story for her mother to account for how she got the
money to get the stockings, and her mother does indeed question her suspiciously about the
gift.  Lorraine can tell, however, that her mother is thankful in her own way, and she is
gratified (Chapter 10).

Can someone help me with connecting "The Scarlet Letter" to Bible verses from Old and New Testaments?

You don't
specify whether you need Bible verses that actually appear in the novel, or whether you need
Bible verses that are applicable to the novel. I am going to assume the latter, as it seems to
make more sense.

If you think about theand motifs in this novel, you will be
able to find verses in both the Old and New Testament that relate to it. For example, there is
the issue of adultery, at the center of the novel. If you do an on-line search for
"adultery" + "Bible verses" you will come up with many. For example, from
the Old Testament:

(Exodus 20:14) 14 You shall not
commit adultery.

And, from the New Testament:

(Matthew 5:27) You have heard that it was said, €˜You shall not
commit adultery;

Now, think about some other ideas that
are brought out in this novel. If you look them up as well, you will find verses that relate to
these

Do Individuals change history? How much can one idividual change history? Would there have been a Reformation without Martin Luther? Would the...

Individuals
definitely change history.Although groups of people can create change, it really takes one
person with an idea to get the ball rolling.Individuals influence groups.They are the ones that
actually make history. is made one person at a time.]]>

What is the role of the esoteric language of the ekwe, or the drum, in Things Fall Apart?

The ekwe is used
primarily as a method of long-distance communication, capable of reaching all nine villages at
once.opens with its distinctive sound, carrying a message from 's village:

Go-di-di-go-go-di-go. Di-go-go-di-go. It was the
ekwe talking to the clan. One of the things every man learned was the
language of the hollowed-out wooden instrument.

The first
thing everyone gathers is that the drum brings a message of death. They are naturally filled
with anxiety and strain their ears for more. It is accompanied by the wailing of women, but this
will only be heard within the village, whereas the ekwe will convey the
message to all nine villages and beyond.

The drum continues its message by
naming the clan, Umuofia, land of the brave. Then it names Okonkwo's village, Iguedo of the
yellow grinding-stone. Finally, it specifies the message. Ezeudu is dead. Ezeudu was a great man
in Umuofia, so his death concerns everyone, and they are all expected to go to his
funeral.

Although the most important role of the ekwe is
to communicate messages to the community using this esoteric language, it is also played along
with other instruments by musicians. , Okonkwo's father, would play his flute to the
accompaniment of "the blood-stirring and intricate rhythms of the ekwe."

In In Cold Blood, what do the symbols of the avenging "warrior angel", the coyote carcasses, and the bubbles in his blood represent about Perry Smith?

It is particularly
important to note how Capote uses these references to develop and build the particularly complex
character of Perry Smith. These three symbols that are used again and again clearly indicate the
way in which Perry Smith is a character who is conflict with himself and a composite mixture of
odd parts. On the one hand, there is his physical condition, with his weakened legs
incongruously supporting his powerful and muscular torso and shoulders. He is in constant pain
because of the motorcycle accident that left his legs so weak, and chews asprin to try and
control that pain. The numerous references to "bubbles in his blood" when he is scared
or angry seems to refer to his unhealthy condition and the way that he is dominated to such an
extent by his emotions.

The symbols of the coyote carcasses and the avenging
angels seems to capture the mixture of maturity and immaturity in his character. On the one
hand, he is clearly a sensitive and intelligent individual who could have gone far if he had
been able to continue schooling. He is a self-taught painter and musician and he shows great
academic potential. However, on the other hand, he seems trapped in a childlike state. He
continues to wet his bed, he sucks his thumb and he cries out for his father in his sleep. The
influence of his Irish, Catholic upbringing is shown through the many care homes he stayed in as
a child and the symbol of the avenging angel.

The three symbols you have
indicated are therefore used to point towards the complex nature of Perry Smith's character and
the strange mix of different parts that he represents.

What are the best quotes for the theme of the coexistence of good and evil in To Kill a Mockingbird?

There are
severalwho seem to possess both aspects of good and evil. Mayella Ewell is certainly one. Though
she is a product of her thoroughly evil father, Bob, Mayella still manages to exhibit some
positive traits. She faithfully attends to the children that Bob ignores; she desires friendship
so badly that she attempts to seduce Tom Robinson; and she sees the beauty in the geraniums that
she proudly displays outside the ramshackle Ewell house. But she has inherited Bob's evil
streak, and she is perfectly willing to allow Tom to die for her own mistakes.

I guess if she hadn't been so poor and ignorant, Judge Taylor would
have put her under the jail for the contempt she had shown everyone in the courtroom. 
(, )

Dolphus
Raymond is another character who seems to show characteristics of both good and evil--at least
in Scout's mind. Dolphus isn't a bad man, but in 1930s Alabama, a white man who fosters
"mixed children" with his black mistress is sure to be considered an outcast. Dolphus
does deliberately misconstrue his actions, weaving about the town in what appears to be a
drunken stupor while drinking from a bottle hidden in a paper sack. But to Dolphus, it is all in
good fun, and he has a purpose: It gives the citizens a reason to blame him for his
actions.

     I had a feeling I shouldn't be here
listening to this sinful man who had mixed children and didn't care who knew it, but he was
fascinating.  (Scout, )

What is an example of satire in Part 2 of Gulliver's Travels?

As F.
P. Lock observes,

Swift's original impulse in
writing  was certainly to create a generalon the follies of European
civilization as a whole. . . . (F. P. Lock, The Politics of Gulliver's Travels.
 Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. p. 69)

In Part I, Swift uses the Emperor of Lilliput, whose mind is as limited as his body is
small, to satirize the greed, corruption, and war-mongering of England's King George I and Queen
Anne.  In Part II, the satire rests on the contrast between the Brobdingnagian king, who is the
essence of a benign and moral leader, and George I, who looks even worse by this contrast than
the Emperor of Lilliput.  Perhaps Swift's most biting element of satire in Part II lies in the
interchange between Gulliver and the king about the use of gunpowder and cannons as a tool of
political power.

Gulliver introduces the King to one of the most powerful
tools of warfare, which has the additional benefit of enabling a king to control his own
people:

I told him of an invention, discovered between
three and four hundred years ago, to make a certain powder, into a heap of which, the smallest
spark of fire falling, would kindle the whole in a moment, although it were as big as a
mountain, and make it all fly up in the air together, with a noise and agitation greater than
thunder.

As one would expect from a morally just leader,
the King is not horrified by the concept of such a weapon but is also surprised that such small
creatures (Europeans) would harbor such horrendous thoughts, especially without any apparent
thoughts of remorse about the terror and bloodshed of such weapons.  He is, in short, utterly
mystified that Gulliver's fellow Europeans could regard such destructive power without any moral
reservations.

Gulliver's astonishment highlights Swift's condemnation of
European savagery and its callous disregard of human rights:

A strange effect of narrow principles and views! that a prince . . . of strong parts,
great wisdom, and profound learning . . . should, from a nice, unnecessary scruple, whereof in
Europe we can have no conception, let slip an opportunity put into his hands that would have
made him absolute master of the lives, the liberties, and the fortunes of his people! 

By setting up the King of Brobdingnag as the fool who fails to
recognize the powerful tool Gulliver is willing to put into his hands, Swift creates the
dramatic contrast between the just ruler of this exotic land and the current King of England
who, by implication, would embrace such a weapon in a heartbeat.  To characterize the
Brobdingnagian response as the "effect of narrow principles and view" points up the
perversity of Gulliver's and, by reference, the European attitude toward such power.

Swift, through the voice of Gulliver, then, has managed to condemn the  European
ruler's lust for power and acceptance of mass destruction by merely creating its opposite, a
humane, morally just leader who is shocked that anyone could think the destructive power
represented by gunpowder could possibly be a beneficial thing.

Why did Orwell depict, in Animal Farm, the pigs as leaders, the dogs as guards, the horses as workers, etc. What traits do these animals and their...

For 's
allegoricalto work, he had to choose animals that reflected the characteristics of the humans
they represent. In this sense, there had to, therefore, be similarities in both animal and human
behavior and what these symbolized.

The novel satirizes events in Russia
before, during and after its February and October Revolution in 1917. The end result was that
the Bolsheviks under Lenin assumed power and the royal family was assassinated. The animals in
the novel represent different key individuals from this period.

represents
Vladimir Lenin, seen as one of the fathers of Socialism. He propagated theories of equality and
was completely against the abuse of power to attain privilege such as that which the Tsarist
family enjoyed. He was much respected and admired by his followers, just as Old Major was. Old
Major was deemed benign and wise and, just like Lenin, was much loved.

represents the ruthless Josef Stalin who assumed leadership by callously getting rid of his
opposition. Napoleon does the same in the novel. Stalin hunted down and destroyed whomever he
deemed a threat, much like Napoleon does in the novel. Stalin was a dictator and ruled through
propaganda, lies and ruthless savagery, just as Napoleon does in the novel.

epitomizes Leon Trosky who had proposed many plans for the success of the Russian Republic after
the Revolution. He was seen as a threat by Stalin and driven into exile, just as Snowball was by
Napoleon. Snowball, just like Trosky, represents a leader who had the best interests of all at
heart. His popularity was a threat to Napoleon's desire for sole leadership, just as Troski was
to Stalin.

is a representation of the propaganda spread by Stalin through
his mouthpiece Pravda, a state-run newspaper specifically designed to propagate Stalin's views.
Squealer fulfills exactly the same function in the novel.

can be seen as a
symbol of the working class during this period. They were generally loyal to the Bolsheviks and
saw them as their saviors. Boxer, through his maxims, 'I will work harder' and 'Napoleon is
always right' perfectly epitomizes the unquestioning devotion that the workers showed the
leadership after the Revolution. Horses are deemed as very loyal and hardworking, dedicated to
their masters. Their strength and power become very useful resources and they can can be
employed to perform any difficult task, just as Boxer does in the novel.

Benjamin, the donkey, is very stubborn and refuses to do much, as these animals are
generally deemed to be. Donkeys come across as quite intelligent but unwilling, as it is with
Benjamin. He represents the recalcitrant middle class during Stalin's regime. They were
obstreperous and begrudgingly did as they were told, not challenging authority outright so as to
preserve the status quo. Benjamin's apathy is a clear reflection of this.

Sheep are generally seen as stupid animals that need to be guided and are easily
influenced. One sheepdog, for example, can control and guide an entire flock. The sheep in the
novel are exactly like this and are easily manipulated by Squealer and Napoleon. The sheep are
symbols for the peasants in Russia who were generally uneducated and who performed their tasks
without question. They were, overall, dirt poor and became mere pawns in Stalin's schemes, just
as the sheep do in the novel.

Moses, the raven, with his stories about
Sugarcandy Mountain, embodies the position the church occupied in Russia after the revolution.
It was seen as a nuisance by the leaders but was maintained for it fulfilled an essential
function - to keep the masses happy and convince them that their hard work would be rewarded in
the afterlife, a role that Moses more than adequately fulfills in the novel. Ravens are seen as
scavengers, feeding on leftovers. Moses survived on the scraps dished out to him by the
pigs.

Mollie, is a spoilt pony and the pet of Mr Jones. In general, ponies
are spoiled by humans and kept for their entertainment and pleasure, just as Mollie is in the
novel. They are deemed idiotic, as Mollie is, and have no real purpose. In real life, Mollie
represents the elite, the upper crust, of Russian society who lost their privileges after the
Revolution and mostly left the country, and sought to continue their lives of privilege
elsewhere, just as Mollie does in the novel when she leaves the farm.

Pigs
are commonly seen as disgusting, slovenly and greedy creatures that are highly intelligent.
These animals are used to depict the general greed, corruption and carelessness of those in
power after the Revolution. The basic principles which drove the revolt were forgotten by the
ruthless Stalin and his cronies. The impression that pigs are sly fits in with what they are
shown to be doing in the novel - they manipulate and abuse the other animals to feed their
greed. Since they are more intelligent than the other animals, it is logical that they are the
leaders in the novel. 

The vicious dogs that Napoleon employs for his
protection fits in with our general idea of trained guard dogs. they are seen as brutal and
vicious and will slavishly follow their master's instructions, just as the dogs do in the novel.
They will obey any command given by the one who feeds and keeps them, much like Napoleon's dogs
do. After the Revolution, Stalin employed just such a secret force to get rid of his enemies and
to protect him. 

As for all the other animals, they depict the general
populace who lacked the intelligence, will or courage to resist Stalin's ruthless control and
acquiesced to his commands, also out of fear of retribution from their tyrannical leader. This
is exactly how the general animal populace behaves in the novel.

In "The Color of Water", what does the imaginary boy in the mirror represent in childhood and adulthood?

In
childhood, the boy represents everything that James cannot be or have.

I created an imaginary world for myself. I believed my true self
was a boy who lived in the mirror. Id lock myself in the bathroom and spend long hours playing
with him. . . . I had an ache inside, a longing, but I didnt know where it came from or why I
had it. The boy in the mirror, he didnt seem to have an ache.

Thus James can take out all his anger & frustration on the boy in the mirror, who
will listen without ever judging him. On the one hand, James needs the boy to reflect what he
could have, but at the same time, he hates the boy because "he didn't have a white mother,
he never went hungry, he didn't have to share his bed."

As an adult,
James looks back on his imaginary friend as a symbol of what he has overcome. He had triumphed
over the fristrations and injustices the imaginary boy represented.

What obstacles does Mattie face in "Fever 1793?" How does she become mature? if you could PLEASE be specific. :)

The
biggest obstacle that Mattie faces inis the yellow fever epidemic that strikes, causing members
of her family to die or become ill.  Mattie gets yellow fever but survives.

In the beginning of the story, Mattie has a conflictual relationship with her mother.  She
enjoys the attentions of a boy named Nathaniel and works in the coffeehouse that her family
owns.  When the yellow fever starts striking people dead, her friend Polly is one...

why do you think granger proposes that a mirror factory is the first order of business in a new society

In Part
Three, the traveling intellectuals watch from a distance as the dystopian city is completely
destroyed by an atomic bomb. Before Granger, Montag, and the others begin walking towards the
ruins, Granger makes a small fire and proceeds to cook breakfast. Granger then begins talking
about a mythological bird called a Phoenix, which would burn itself up every few hundred years
before regenerating again. He goes on to say that humans have one thing that the Phoenix never
had, which is a recollection of their mistakes. Granger also mentions that he hopes one day
humans will have enough sense to stop destroying themselves and learn from their past
mistakes.

After their meal, Granger, Montag, and the other traveling
intellectuals begin walking towards the ruins with plans of building a tolerant, literate
society. Granger once again speaks about the importance of learning from humanity's past
mistakes and one day eliminating the concept of war altogether. He then comments,

"Come on now, we're going to go build a mirror-factory first
and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them" (Bradbury,
157).

Granger's suggestion about building a mirror
factory emphasizes his important message concerning self-awareness and accountability. Granger
understands that humanity is solely responsible for wars, conflict, and destruction. He does not
want to help create a society where citizens refuse to look at their actions or take
accountability for their mistakes. Granger recognizes the importance of accepting responsibility
and believes that examining ourselves is an important step in cultivating a civil, tolerant
society.

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What is the main theme in the short story "Stolen Party" by Liliana Heker?

The main
themes of "Stolen Party" are class discrimination and loss of childhood innocence. At
the beginning of the story, Rosaura gets invited to Luciana's birthday party and believes that
her invitation is a genuine sign of their friendship. However, Rosaura's mother, who is Mrs.
Ines's maid, warns her that the rich family views her as their maid's daughter and not as a
friend. Despite her mother's warning, Rosaura attends the party and helps pass out food to the
other children. Rosaura utterly enjoys herself during the party but realizes that her mother's
instincts were correct when Mrs. Ines pays her instead of giving her a present. Mrs. Ines's
gesture indicates that Rosaura is not accepted as a friend, and her invitation was to work at
the party. Rosaura's background and lower social status prevent her from being accepted by the
wealthy community. Rosaura's motionless, stunned reaction reveals that she has lost her
childhood innocence. Rosaura had naively believed that she would be viewed as an equal, which is
why Mrs. Ines's gesture is so upsetting to her.

How does the setting affect what happens in The Egypt Game?

The setting
expresses the themes of the story, taking place in a contemporary urban neighborhood of the
1960s.  Also set in California in a large university town, the people who live there are from
diverse ethnic backgrounds. The various ethnicities allow the author to illustrate the theme of
accepting people who are different from ourselves. This is seen in the neighborhood's view of
the Professor. The differences in the children's...

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I'm not sure
what the discussion is, but perhaps we should clarify the difference between religion and
spiritual faith. I see religion more...

In March, what is March's idealism throughout the entire story?

s
idealism finds expression in many ways, but primarily it is made known by his commitment to
abolitionism and his attitude toward black people. For instance, even though he is struck by the
difference between what he writes home in his letters and what he is actually experiencing in
the war, his convictions about the justness of the war and his own participation in it are
unshaken. March often is unable to separate his ideals from the real world results of his
actions, and he has a giant blind spot when it comes to understanding his own motivations. This
last point is most clearly seen in his relationships with Marmee and Grace; he is unable to
understand Marmees struggle against being defined by her gender (even while he is attracted to
her freethinking nature), and his idealization of Grace similarly makes it impossible for him to
understand the true cost of her decision to stay with her ailing white father. There is a sense
by the end...

Please discuss five examples of dramatic irony in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado."

Poe's
"" is rich in both verbaland dramatic irony, both of which help create a story in
which the narrator.   Montresor, and his victim, Fortunato, inhabit an ironic universe, and this
world creates a constant tension between what a character thinks should happen and what actually
happens.  Dramatic irony is generally defined as irony in which a character knows less about his
or her situation than the reader knows, creating situations that have a different outcome from
the character's expectations.  It is as if we are watching a train moving relentlessly toward a
brick wall, which one or more characters perceive as an open tunnel.  A wreck is the only
outcome.

Poe sets up the framework of dramatic irony as early as the story's
second paragraph, creating a web of false expectations for his victim:

It must be understood that . . . I continued as was my wont, to
smile in his [Fortunato's] face, and he did not perceive that my smile was at the thought of
his...

What does the reference to "a soldier" tell you about the time period of the story?

The
reference tells us that the story is set during wartime. Specifically, it is set in French
Algeria during the Second World War. France had been speedily conquered by German forces, and a
large part of the country came under their direct control. The rest of the country was placed
under the authority of a puppet regime based in the spa town of Vichy. The new regime was
racist, authoritarian, and reactionary and maintained control over French Algeria. Prejudice and
bigotry towards France's Arab colonial subjects were widespread, leading to the development of a
growing resistance movement.

Official discrimination against the indigenous
population provides a background against which the main action of The
Stranger unfolds. Meursault shoots and kills an Arab without the slightest
compunction; the violent pimp Sintes beats his Arab girlfriend and generally treats her with
contempt; and when Meursault is finally brought to trial for the murder he's committed, his lack
of concern for his late mother appears to have more significance for the court than the life of
an Arab.

 does indeed take place during wartime, as
already mentioned. But there are a number of wars running throughout the storyseething,
undeclared conflicts that change the lives of those concerned more completely than the more
formal conflict raging in the background.

How does Chapter 21 deepen our understanding of Puritan culture in The Scarlet Letter?

This chapter shows us
that even the Puritans can enjoy a festival and themselves. The narrator says that the
celebration of the holiday invites an "unwonted jollity" from the inhabitants of
Boston and that

the Puritans compressed whatever mirth and
public joy they deemed allowable to human infirmity; thereby so far dispelling the customary
cloud, that, for the space of a single holiday, they appeared scarcely more grave than most
other communities at a period of general affliction.

Hawthorne pokes a little fun here at the Puritans, suggesting that, on the day when
they display the most joy, they only seem a little bit more serious and somber than any other
society would if they were suffering from some community-wide problem. In other words, then,
they are incredibly sober and strict so that even their holidays and celebrations are super
subdued, but they are, ultimately, capable of some joy and enjoyment. The narrator
continues,

But we perhaps exaggerate the gray or sable
tinge, which undoubtedly characterized the mood and manners of the age.

He admits that there is some variety among the inhabitants of
Boston and that he has exaggerated the degree of the Puritans' severity to an extent. Hawthorne
was no fan of the Puritans, in part because of the significant role his ancestor, John
Hawthorne, played in the Salem Witch Trials, so he certainly had an agenda with their
depiction.

Discuss the history of the Civil Rights Act, what president proposed it and got it passed and how it was eventually passed. From a perspective of...

The
history of the Civil Rights Act spans two presidential administrations in the turbulent period
of 1960s social change.  As early as June 1963, President Kennedy gave words to what would
become the Civil Rights Act.  In a speech following the children's protests coming out of
Birmingham, Alabama, President Kennedy articulated his vision of Civil Rights as "giving
all Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the publichotels,
restaurants, theaters, retail stores, and similar establishments", as well as "greater
protection for the right to vote."  Kennedy's words resonated with the nation in Civil
Rights as existing on economic, social, and political grounds.  Kennedy's vision of Civil Rights
was transformative because it spoke to how the denial of Civil Rights amounts to a denial of
human rights and a disenfranchisement of the American Dream, an idea that was rooted in post
World War II American visions of prosperity.  President Kennedy started the...

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How does Virgil silence Charon?

In3 of
Dante's Inferno , Dante and his guide, the Roman poet Virgil, come to the
banks of the river that separates the realms of the living from Hell, which only spirits may
enter. An old man with "eyes of burning coal" is in charge of the "bark" (a
kind of boat) that takes souls across the river. His name is Charon, and he is...

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, how is Romeo a tragic hero or not?

Aristotle's
definition of a tragic hero is that it is a character of high social status, such as a king or
other high figure, who is a good person, but is also not a perfect person. The tragic hero will
also be partially responsible for his/her own demise. The downfall will be brought on by a bad
decision or a character flaw, rather than being brought on just by fate.

In
thatis a nobleman who is generally a good person, but makes bad decisions that lead to his
demise, Romeo is a perfect example of a tragic hero. We know that Romeo is a nobleman because
his mother is called , indicating that his father is a Lord. We are also told in thethat both
families are "alike in dignity," meaning honor and respect. We also know that Romeo is
generally considered a good person, because at the feasttellsto leave him alone, saying that,
"Verona brags of him / To be a virtuous and well-govern'd youth"
(I.v).
 
However, Romeo has several character flaws that lead to his demise.
One character flaw is that he is prone to ungoverned emotions. He allows himself to pine in
agony over Rosaline night after night. As his father phrases it,

Many morning hath he there been seen,
With tears augmenting the fresh morning
dew.
Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs. (I.i)

Obviously, allowing oneself to fall into such profound emotions
continuously is not healthy. A second character flaw is that he refuses to listen to reason and
be counseled by his friends. , seeing that Romeo's state of mind is not healthy, advises him,
"Be ruled by me, forget to think of her" (I.i). It is this same unchecked emotion and
inability to listen to reason that leads him to kill Tybalt. Romeo kills Tybalt as a result of
his fury. However, by law, since Tybalt has just killed , Tybalt would have soon been killed
anyway. If he had only checked his emotions and turned and ran before Tybalt returned to the
scene, everything would have gone much better for Romeo. It is Romeo's choice to kill Tybalt
that ultimately leads to his own death and 's. Therefore, Romeo is an excellent example of a
tragic hero.