What does Daniel feel when he leaves his family to go back to the mountains?

Daniel
feels incredibly lonely and distant whenever he returns to the mountain from his exciting,
illuminating experience in the village. After spending five years on the mountain with Rosh and
his band of selfish, greedy zealots, Daniel misses numerous opportunities to develop genuine
friendships with adolescents his age. In his hometown, Daniel narrowly escapes several Roman
soldiers and manages to survive a serious wound to his ribs, which happened during an
altercation with a Roman soldier on his way back to the mountain. Fortunately, Malthace greets
Daniel at the door and nurses him back to health in a hidden room in Hezron's home. While Daniel
is recovering, he tells his life story to Malthace and...

Explain how appeasement contributed to the march of aggression leading to World War II.

Appeasement led to more aggression prior to
the start of World War II. This policy had the opposite effect of what it was intended to do.
Appeasement means to give into demands now in return for a future promise. The key part of
appeasement is that the country or the person gets what is being requested without having to
work to earn it. All that has to be done is to make a promise to do something after getting what
is being requested.

In 1938, when Hitler wanted the Sudetenland, he promised
the Allies this would be his last request for land if they would grant this request. The Allies
trusted Hitler, believing he would keep his word. However, Hitler didnt have to do anything to
earn what he wanted. All he had to say was he wouldnt ask for more land. There was no
stipulation of what would happen if he broke this promise.

Considering
Hitlers previous actions in Europe in the mid-1930s, the Allies shouldnt have been surprised
when Hitler broke his promise and took the rest of Czechoslovakia in 1939. After all, Hitler had
been aggressive in the past, and very little was done about that. In his mind, he planned to
stay aggressive regardless of any promises he had made. Appeasement often fails because a person
doesnt have to work to earn what he/she wants to get. After Hitler broke his promise, the Allies
said any more aggression would lead to war. When Poland was invaded in September 1939, World War
II began.

What is the relationship between Jody and his father in "The Red Pony"?

Jody's
father, Carl, is very much a man's mantough, resilient, and very masculine. In keeping with the
prevailing conventions of the time, he is also emotionally distant from his son. As such, he is
unable to forge any kind of real connection with Jody. Moreover, Jody's relationship with his
father is complicated by the pressures of work. Carl works just about every hour God sends on
his small farm. This does not leave him much time to spend with Jody, let alone bond with
him.

Carl is not necessarily a bad man; it is just that his devotion to being
the family breadwinner, coupled with his old-school attitude toward parenting, prevent him from
displaying much in the way of love and affection toward his son. Carl's world is a harsh world,
a world full of struggle and hard work. There is simply no room in such an environment for the
kind of empathy and compassion that Jody so desperately needs, especially after the death of his
beloved pony, Gabilan. That said, Carl's stoicism and dedication to the material well-being of
his family are admirable qualities, and his example is one that Jody would do well to
follow.

In the book The Lovely Bones, how does Alice Sebold describe the charm bracelet that Susie wore? How would you draw it?

To put
it bluntly,absolutely nails the description here.  She even puts it in the context of the
grotesque Mr. Harvey, allowing the two to directly complement each other. 

If
your assignment is to draw Susie's bracelet, Sebold gives you a perfect starting point: a gold
bracelet (most likely a gold chain with links large enough to hold charms) with keystone
engraved with the initials S. S., a ballet slipper (obviously indicating Susie's past interest
in dance), the golden thimble (homage to Susie's very favorite Monopoly piece), and the working
little gold bike. 

Let's further explore this (as well as the connection with
Harvey) through the actual text of the novel.  Probably the best description can be found on
pages 53 and 54:

[Harvey] fingered it, the fleshy pad of
his index finger finding the smooth gold metal of the Pennsylvania keystone, the back fo the
ballet slipper, the tiny hole of the miniscule thimble, and the spokes of the bicycle with the
wheels that worked. (53)

[Harvey] liked the Pennsylvania keystone, which my
father had had engraved with my initials--my favorite was the tiny bike--and he pulled it off
and placed it in his pocket.  He threw the bracelet, with its remaining charms, into the
soon-to-be man-made lake. (54)

It is important to note
here, that there are significant differences between the bracelet in the novel and the bracelet
in the movie.  Gold vs. silver, for example.  I find it ironic that the charm Harvey chooses to
save is the Pennsylvania keystone, . . . and NOT the house (seemingly nonexistant in this
description) that is so critical in the movie, . . . with Harvey fingering that house while
thinking of Susie.

What points-of-view do the three children hold of the trial of Tom Robinson in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

Literally and
figuratively, the children view the tria of Tom Robinsonl from the balcony.  In fact,acts much
like a "color commentator" at a sports event as she reports the occurrences, but at
the same time, she gives her explanations of what her father says and does.  In , for instance,
she remarks at the beginning of the trial,

So far, things
were utterly dull:  nobody had thundered, there were no arguments between opposing counsel,
there was no drama; a grave disappointment to all present, it seemed. was proceeding amiably, as
if he were involved in a title dispute....With his infinite capacity for calming turbulent seas,
he could make a rape case as dry as a sermon....Our nightmare had gone with daylight, everything
would come out all right.

Scout reacts to what happens. 
When Mr. Gilmer's back stiffens as he questions Bob Ewell, she "felt sorry for him." 
But, she explains that she anddo not feel any of the trauma that other lawyers' children feel as
their fathers are engaged in debate.  She observes, "Mr. Gilmer was doing his job, as
Atticus was doing his."  And, when the language becomes inappropriate and Reverend Sykes
tells Jem to take Scout home, Scout counters that she can understand anything that Jem does.  Of
course, she really does not know exactly what rape is, so Jem informs the minister that Scout
will be all right there.

An experienced viewer of trials, Scout observes how
Judge Taylor gains control of his court as well as how Atticus employs his various techniques
for questioning witnesses. She reports how Atticus's calm disarms Bob Ewell and he incriminates
himself without realizing it. However, at times, Scout worries that Atticus has "gone
frogsticking without a light"  by asking in his cross-examination of Ewell something about
which he may not know the answer. Nevertheless, because she does not have as deep an
understanding of the proceedings as her brother Jem, Scout is a keen, objective observer who has
fewer reactions to the court proceedings. As such, she is, perhaps, the best to be the novel's
reporte.  After his questioning of Bob Ewell, for example, Scout explains to the
reader,

Slowly but surely I began to see the pattern
Atticus's questions...Atticus was quietly building up before the jury a picture of the Ewells'
home life.

In contrast to his sister, Jem's reactions to
the proceedings of the trial are stronger. He is appalled at the injustice of the outcome; his
analytical mind can make no sense of it, and his heart is hurt, as well.  In , after the
trial,

It was Jem's turn to cry.  His face was streaked
with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. "It ain't right," he
muttered, all the way to the corner of the square where we found Atticus waiting....

"It ain't right, Atticus," said Jem.....

"How could
they do it, how could they?"

Of course, Dill is the
most emotional.  When Mr. Gilmer verbally attacks Tom Robinson on the stand, the sensitive Dill
begins to cry and has to be led out. Outside, Dill tells Scout,

"That old Mr. Gilmer doin' him thataway, talking so hateful to him--

..."I know all that, Scout.  It was the way he said it made me sick, plain
sick."

Interestingly,utilizes the points of view of
the three children to capture both the documentation of the proceedings, an explanation of the
techniques of the lawyers, and her sentiment of the rank injustice and cruelty of
bias. 

How does Brent change over the course of the book Whirligig by Paul Fleischman?

At the
beginning of the book, Brent is a selfish, listless, and angry teenager. Once he is traveling on
his own and has an assignment to do €“ to build four whirligigs in Leas honor, in the four
corners of the country €“ he finally has a purpose and a set of goals to work...

In Candide, why does the old woman cling to life even though she is miserable?

Afteris
flogged in Chapter 6, an old woman cares for him.  While with Candide in Chapter 11, she tells
him her miserable story of being captured along with her mother, her mother's killing, and her
desperate escape from death.  After reflecting upon her lost happiness and beauty, she remarks,
"I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love
with...