How does Sheriff Heck plan to explain Bob Ewell's death in To Kill a Mockingbird?

In an
attempt to protectfrom the public limelight in the wake of savingand 's lives, Heck Tate covers
up Boo's heroics by stating that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife and accidentally stabbed
himself. Sheriff Tate also retrieved Bob's switchblade from the scene and lies toby telling him
that he took the switchblade off of someone earlier that night. Although the kitchen knife
belonged to Boo Radley, Sheriff Tate claims that Bob attacked the children using the kitchen
knife and accidentally stabbed himself between the ribs when he stumbled during the
altercation.

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In "Young Goodman Brown," what characters act in ways against the Puritan ideals?

In
Hawthorne's " ," if the perception of the witch-meeting is what Goodman Brown
remembers, then all the characters have acted in way against Puritan ideals of behavior that is
exemplary.  The problem is, however, whether Goodman Brown has fallen asleep in the forest and
merely dreamed all that has transpired, or whether it has all actually occurred.  This ambiguity
is never fully resolved in Hawthorne'...

In "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison, what does the dancer represent? What's tattooed on her belly and why are they afraid to look? In what ways is the...

As part
of the evening's "entertainment," an exotic dancer takes to the stage. On her belly,
she sports a tattoo of the American flag. The symbolic significance of this is not hard to spot.
The exotic dancer with the tattoo represents what the young black boys cannot have. The American
dream, and all it represents, is not for them.

Furthermore, as the woman is
white, she's unavailable to the young black boys forced to participate in this tawdry spectacle.
This was a time and a place when racial mixing was considered taboo; many young black men who
were even suspected of looking at a white woman in a certain way were unceremoniously lynched.
That's why the boys in the story are so afraid to look.

The baying crowd of
white men treat the exotic dancer as little more than a piece of meat, an object for them to
leer at. By the same token, they look upon the narrator and the other young black boys as there
to provide amusement for them. The thought that the black boys, like the exotic
dancer,...

What differences in underlying attitudes and values emerge from the conversation? Which character seems to be more honest and mature?

The major
differences in attitude come from their different positions in the relationship and the
situation. That is to say, it seems likely that they'd thought they were meeting...

What role do all religions play in society (both religious and non-religious)? How does religion answer questions about human existence? How has...

Belief
systems help to shape our worldviews and the ways in which a culture organizes life. You may be
surprised to know that even in highly secular societies, religious plays a major part in shaping
society.

The archaeological record suggests that as long as the human species
has existed, we've had questions about our world, though not always the means to answer them.
One suggestion about the origins of religion is that supernatural answers could explain
questions about natural phenomena. It is harder to know what our ancient ancestors actually
believed, but we can make some inferences based on what they left behind. For example, the
burials at Shanidar cave of several members of a population of Homo
neandertalensis (our "cousins" in the Homo
lineage) display purposeful burial. From the finding of flower pollen around the bodies, we can
infer a respect for the bodies of the Shanidar dead, and perhaps a supernatural belief about
what happened to those people after death. 

Supernatural beliefs work on a
scale from localized folk-belief to organized, often wide-spread religion. They also may
function overtly or covertly in a culture. Most people, upon hearing a sneeze, will say
something along the lines of, "Bless you." This in itself is not a religious or
spiritual practice, and many secular people offer such blessings when hearing a sneeze. The
origins of this commonplace cultural practice, are religious, though. Another more covert
function of religion is society is the way in which we organize time. Many cultures consider
Saturday and Sunday to be the "weekend-" a time to abstain from work and enjoy leisure
activities. This has long been practice in cultures where the Abrahamic traditions prevail
(Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), as Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath and Sunday is the same for
Christians. This is a predominantly Western practice, though it has spread to other parts of the
world. Even in cultures which are not officially religious, and for people who do not ascribe to
organized religion, abstinence from work on the weekend is a regular part of many people's
lives.

The degree to which religion influences life may be impacted by other
cultural elements such as language and education, geography, ethnicity or race, and societal or
governmental structures. As an anthropologist, I favor the idea that science and religion are
equally valid and serve the same purpose in life- to answer questions we have about the world.
However, as technology has advanced throughout history and continues to advance, the ability to
quantify the world around us can make religion seem less important. Supernatural belief has
always helped humans to make sense of the unknown, and we can be sure that as we answer more
questions about our world, new ones will always arise. Engaging with the supernatural, whether
it be through organized faith or hoping it wont rain tomorrow, offers humans a sense of comfort
in the face of the unknown.

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In The Lovely Bones, what behaviors could have given Mr. Harvey away, had they been discovered by others?

It's
rather telling that, even when his evidence of his strange behavior comes to light, Mr. Harvey
still gets away with his crimes. When Lindsey breaks into his house, she discovers a notebook in
which Harvey has sketched the underground structure of the cornfield where he murdered Susie. To
her, this is incontrovertible evidence that he's guilty as hell. Why else would he make such a
drawing? But Harvey explains away the sketch; drawing it was simply his way of coming to terms
with an appallingthat had affected him so deeply.

His...

In Chapter 5 of The Scarlet Letter, where do Hawthorne's sympathies lie?

The tone,
point of view, and narrative ofin 's TheScarlet Letter is clearly
sympathetic to Hester in several ways.

The chapter is titled "Hester at
her Needle", and two things of extreme importance are brought up. One, that Hester is free,
but not from the oppression of the sanctimonious villagers. The other, that Hester's talent with
needlework sets her aside from every other woman, and represents her shining inner
light.

Sympathy for Hester is evident, being that this chapter tells about
the moment whenis finally removed from prison. The narrator expresses how Hester's heart is
nevertheless "morbid" and "sick" with suffering. This is even the day when
her sentence was finally over.

Even though this is a moment of physical
liberation, it is obvious that this is not going to be a joyous moment for poor Hester. She will
have to live now in the free community and endure the daily judgement of her fellow
villagers....