In To Kill a Mockingbird, what are some examples in which fear and racism overpowered reason and intelligence?

BOB
EWELL'S ACCUSATION.  The most
obvious example comes when Bob Ewell accuses Tom Robinson of raping his daughter,
Mayella. Bob's hatred of Negroes is even greater than his dislike of nearly everyone
else.

THE
LYNCH PARTY.  The otherwise
upright citizens who attempted to get past Atticus at the jail allowed their fear of Tom
to override their good senses. Luckily, Scout's words of wisdom brought them back to
reality.

BOB
EWELL STALKS.  Tom's death
wasn't enough for Bob. He felt the impulse to stalk and frighten Tom's wife, Helen, as
well.

DOLPHUS
RAYMOND.  Raymond's decision to spend his wife with
Maycomb's Negroes makes the rest of Maycomb's white community think he is mentally
unstable and/or a drunk.

Why is the marginal propensity to consume and the marginal propensity to save always equal to one?

Any increase in the disposable income is apportioned by
individuals and households for two purposes. Part of the additional income is used for
increasing expenses, and the rest is used for increasing the saving. At any point of
total disposable income, the sum of total saving plus total expenses of an individual is
exactly equal to the disposable income. Also any increase in disposable income is
exactly equal to sum of corresponding increases in expenditure and
saving.

The marginal propensity to consume and save are
defined as:

Marginal propensity to
consume

= (Marginal increase in consumption)/(Marginal
increase in consumption)

And Marginal propensity to
save

= (Marginal increase in saving)/(Marginal increase in
consumption)

Therefore sum of marginal propensity to
consume and marginal propensity to save is:

= [(marginal
increase in expenditure) + (Marginal increase in saving)]/(Marginal increase in
consumption)

= (Marginal increase in consumption)/(Marginal
increase in consumption)

=
1

Thus sum of marginal propensity to consume and marginal
propensity to save is always equal to 1.

In Act II please identify and explain an example of dramatic irony.

In addition to the other answers, consider the tension created in the first two scenes.  In Scene 1, the witches gather to discuss what a rotten piece of work Macbeth is:

First Witch: ‘When shall we meet again,
In Thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Where the place?’
Second Witch: ‘Upon the heath.’
Third Witch: ‘There to meet with Macbeth.’
All: ‘Fair is foul and foul is fair
Hover through the fog and filthy air.’

The audience, therefore, already has an opinion of Mabeth before the man is even seen on stage.

In Scene 2, however, we hear the soliders and nobles discussing what a swell guy their leader is. 

King Duncan: O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!
Sergeant: I must report they (Macbeth and Banquo, another soldier) were as cannons overcharged with double cracks, so they doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe.

Dramatic irony is created in the tension between the two portraits.  Is Macbeth a hero or a villian? 

What were the characteristics of the communist takeover in Eastern Europe?

The first characteristic, in most Eastern Bloc countries,
was the violent nature of the takeover.  After being overrun by German armies, the
countries were again overrun by their liberating comrades in the Russian army.  A
relatively immediate and forceful government takeover of nearly all aspects of life
followed.  Remember that this is not just socialism, it is communism, so the government
controls not just the means of production, factories, farms, etc., they also control any
product coming out of those producing enterprises as
well.

The state quickly became an overwhelming force in
people's lives.  Religion was not allowed in many of the Eastern Bloc countries, travel
and freedoms of most kinds were restricted, and social mobility was reduced even
further.  There were pogroms in many Eastern European countries where those whom Stalin
saw as being possible resistors to his agenda were killed by the
millions.

Some countries were not quite as severely
restricted, Yugoslavia was one, but in general, most of the Eastern Bloc disappeared
behind the Iron Curtain.

What is international trade?

International trade is when goods are sold by firms or
governments in one country to customers in another country.  International trade is very
important to the economies of almost every country in the world.  It is also very
controversial.

For example, many goods bought in the US are
made in China.  Many people are unhappy about this because they feel trade takes jobs
away from Americans and gives them to Chinese.

Economists,
however, believe that trade is good for all countries involved.  They say it allows
people in all countries to get more goods for lower prices than they otherwise
would.

Why does the ghost reappear in Act 3, Scene 4?

The reappearance of the ghost has symbolic significance beyond simply spurring Hamlet on to revenge or clearing Gertrude of any wrongdoing.  It seems that Shakespeare wishes to associate the depth of his characters’ sensibilities and levels of awareness to their relative sensory experiences of the ghost.  For example, the sentries are able to see the ghost but neither hear him nor speak to him.  They, as a whole, are aware that something is rotten in the state of Denmark, although they cannot quite deduce the cause of the disintegration.  Hamlet, on the other hand, is not only able to see the ghost but he is also able to hear the ghost’s words and speak to him.  Hamlet is, of course, fully aware of how rotten the State of Denmark is, as well as of the cause of its disease.  The reappearance of the ghost in Act 3, Scene 4, therefore, guides the audience to a more favorable interpretation of the naive Gertrude. Shakespeare intends the audience to regard her as a wholly innocent victim, oblivious to the gambits of her current husband and unaware of the depths of both Hamlet’s psyche and mandate. This interpretation allows the audience to regard Claudius as the true antagonist of the play instead of mistakenly believing Gertrude might serve in this capacity, a grave misinterpretation committed by even some renowned scholars such as T. S. Eliot.

How does Huck use irony in the discussion between Huck and Mrs. Phelps about alleged steamboat accident?

Huck pretends to be someone else and tells a fabricated
story about why his steamboat took so long to reach its destination. He explains a
cylinder blew up, causing the delay. Mrs. Phelps wants to know if anyone was hurt. Huck
explains that no one was hurt and then goes on to say that a black person was killed.
Mrs. Phelps is happy to hear this because she knows having a cylinder explode can be
very dangerous.

The fact that Mrs. Phelps does not view the
death of an African-American as a tragedy is ironic, because we as readers view it as a
loss of human life while Mrs. Phelps does not.

In the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes can there be more than one figure of speech?

The poem is a series of similes that appeal to different senses (taste, touch, smell, visual, sound). Hughes expertly manipulates the reader via these metaphors. He posits a question in the first line and then offers six tentative answers in the form of five similes and one metaphor (the last line). However, because of the repetition, the reader could turn that metaphor into a simile on their own (Or does it explode . . . like a bomb?).

Each of these questions refers to, of course, racial equality. The first line of the poem is an allusion to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Together these questions, phrases as similes, gives up a greater idea of the depth and seriousness of the problem of racial equality.

What is the theme of the poem "Love and a Question" by Robert Frost?

I think one of the themes in this piece is
sacrifice.

This stranger seems to be travelling through the
night on a weather-laden day. He asks the bridegroom for a place to stay for the night,
but the bridegroom likely has plans for his woman this
night.

So, he considers what he was willing to
sacrifice:

The bridegroom thought it
little to give
A dole of bread, a purse,
A heartfelt prayer for the
poor of God,
Or for the rich a
curse;

These things a little food or
money or even a prayer would be easy to give... and the bridegroom would be willing to
give them. The sacrifice of a few bucks far outweighed the sacrifice of this night he
has possibly waited for a long time.
The ultimate question came when he
considered:

But whether or not a man was
asked
To mar the love of two
By harboring woe in the bridal
house,
The bridegroom wished he
knew.

He knew if he brought this man
in, he would do so unwillingly and he would be disgruntled about it. It would be killing
his chance to express his love the way he wants to on this night. That is not something
he wants to sacrifice.

Other themes to consider might be
decision-making, or types of love.

What would happen to the world oil and gas market if Green cars were mass produced and what effect would it have on companies in that industry?

Well, the theoretical effect would be that the price of
oil would lower as supply increased and demand decreased (which is what happened with
the onset of the recent recession), but the overall and real impact of making the
majority of the world's cars either more efficient or gasoline-free is hard to
say.

Remember that only about 50% of the oil that is pumped
out of the ground is used for transportation fuel, with the rest going for a wide
variety of products from plastics to cosmetics. (follow link for more complete
list)

The companies you're referring to are huge and very
profitable, so it stands to reason that they would resist a move towards fuel efficiency
or alternative fuels.  Their other option, which they are fully capable of, is to
embrace green technology and become the major innovator and supplier of it, which would
make them more, not less profitable.

Why does Abigail accuse Tituba of conjuring the devil?no

Children in Puritan Massachusetts were to be seen and not heard. The adults totally controlled their lives. The girls were sent to work in the homes of couples with children so they could learn how to be a good wife and mother. They were given no pay and were sometimes treated unkindly. Abigail knows that the penalty for dancing  and conjuring in the woods is at the minimum a public whipping, but it could also be worse, such as accusing the girls of performing witchcraft. This really scares the girls since it is a "hanging offense". As some people tend to do when they're trouble, Abigail tries to lie her way out of trouble. When the questioning becomes harsher, she puts the blame on Tituba since she's a black slave, and no one will believe her over the girls. This is typical human nature. When we get into trouble, we always try to blame it on someone else, and this is what Abigail does. She doesn't realize at the time how far things will go, but she enjoys the power over adults so much that she allows innocent people to die.

What happens in chapters 5 and 6 of Tom Sawyer?

In church, the minister tells the story of how at the Millennium, the lion and lam will lie together and the child will lead the. Tom decides that it sounds exciting and wants to be that child, as long as the lion was tame.

When Tom becomes bored with the sermon, he takes a pinch-bug from his pocket and starts to play with it. It pinches him, he drops it, and it scurries away. A poodle that wandered into the church inadvertently sits on it, and cries out when it pinches him. This creates a spectacle as the dog runs around the church yelping until his owner finally pitches him out the window. This disruption tickles Tom.

In chapter six, Tom attempts to stay home from school, but he is not successful. Tom encounters Huck, whom he finds fascinating. Huck is experimenting with cures for warts, and is taking a dead cat to the cemetery to try out one of the theories. Tom decides to go with him.

Tom is late to school and ends up sitting by Becky Thatcher by telling the teacher why he was late. All the adults forbid children to hang out with Huckleberry Finn because of his drunken father and his antics. Tom knew he would be punished in this way. He has a crush on Becky. After several attempts to get her attention, he finally does and she sits with him during lunch. He writes "I love you" on his chalkboard before the teacher makes him sit back on the boys side of the room.

What was the social background of the Romantic period?

On March 20, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, purveyor of
revolution and liberalism, escaped his exile from Elba and re-entered Paris with a
thousand soldiers. He had championed the once disenfranchised bourgeoisie, and they
received him with a hero's welcome. But his blind ambition again clouded his romantic
vision, and at the end of his famed Hundred Days' rule, he was defeated and then
exiled.

Romantic poet Lord Byron welcomed Napoleon's
Hundred Days rule and said of his defeat at Waterloo: "I'm damned sorry for it." That
same year also brought defeat for Byron: the separation of his wife and rumors of
"insanity, incest, and sodomy" by English critics, politicians, and poets alike (Wolfson
601). In April 1816, Byron exiled himself from England, later saying to those who
opposed Napoleon and revolution: "O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations,
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain, I pray ye flog them upon all occasions, It
mends their morals, never mind the pain" (Don Juan, Cato
II).

He and Shelley, along with Mary Godwin and Claire
Clairmont, moved to Geneva, where he began writing the experimental closet-drama
Manfred in 1817. After the "Shelleys" returned to England and
Claire bore Byron an illegitimate daughter, Byron left for Venice where he finished
Manfred in 1818. Again surrounded by relationship scandal, Byron's
Italian exile produced Childe Harold's "longest and most sublime
[canto], and its invocation of Freedom's torn banner streaming 'against the wind' fixed
his revolutionary reputation". Byron later died in Greece fighting for revolution there,
and while his poetry (and even letters) have come to symbolize the Napoleonic spirit of
Revolution, his closet-drama stand forgotten, like the despairing Manfred, as a censure
against his nation, his critics, and his own exile and guilt.

In Chapter 9 of Animal Farm, what species of animal is increasing and which is decreasing?

Pigs are the obvious animals that are increasing thanks to Napoleon.

"In the autumn the four sows had all littered about simultaneously, producing thirty-one young pigs between them."

The species that are decreasing are horses and chickens. There were only three horses on the farm and in Chapter 9, Boxer the most loyal and steadfast horse is worn out, he hurts his lung working too hard. He is looking forward to retirement, but instead Napoleon has him sent to the Knacker's to be slaughtered. Chickens have been decreasing ever since Napoleon demanded that they surrender all their eggs to be sold so that the farm would have money for supplies.  

What is the significance of the song the woman in the courtyard sings while Winston waits for Julia?

In Part Two, Chapter Four, of 1984,
Winston listens to a prole woman singing a song in the courtyard below his room in Mr
Charrington's shop. While this song appears to have no relevance on the novel, it is, in
fact, significant for two reasons.

First of all, the
dialect of the song has some importance. It is composed in English and makes a
refreshing change to Newspeak, the official language of Oceania. Newspeak is designed to
make thoughtcrime an impossibility because it restricts people's ability to think
negative thoughts about the party. In contrast, English remains expressive and emotive,
even if the song has been composed by a "versificator" and does not technically make any
sense. The song, then, harks back to a time before the party assumed power and this is,
perhaps, the reason for Winston's enjoyment of
it. 

Secondly, the phrase, "opeless fancy," foreshadows the
events to come. At this point in the novel, Winston is still uncertain about the safety
of Mr. Charrington's shop. As he says in the next
scene,

It was
inconceivable that they could frequent this place for more than a few weeks without
being caught.

In this
understanding, it truly is a 'hopeless fancy' that Winston and Julia can ever be safe
from the Thought Police. It is only a matter of time before they are arrested and
imprisoned at the Ministry of Love where all hopes and dreams of rebellion will be
eradicated, once and for all. 

How did Jem get even with Scout for contradicting him about Hot Steams in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Jem gives Scout the ride of her life after she discounts
his story about Hot Steams in Chapter 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Jem, Scout and Dill are discussing the Radley Place when Dill, trying to scare Scout,
predicts that "you are going to die in three days." Scout promised to "knock you
bowlegged" if he didn't stop. When Jem growled that "you act like you believe in Hot
Steams," Dill asked for an explanation.

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    "Don't you believe a word he says, Dill," I
said. "Calpurnia says that's
nigger-talk."

Jem paid her
back by rolling her in a tire--right up to the Radley house porch
steps.

What are some professional journals or sources that i can access information regarding the challenges of a first grade teacher?I am trying to...

I agree with akannan's post. The best resource to discuss
challenges are talking to those who have lived it. I have taught first grade (or second)
for 7 years and each year presents it's own set of challenges. My first year was a split
classroom, 1st and 2nd together, teaching two separate curriculums all day long. After
that year I thought, "I'll have it made, it can't get any harder than that!" Boy, was I
wrong. I tried looking up various resources to help with these challenges, but everytime
I tried one of the techniques out, it would fail miserably and leave me even more
frustrated. Once I had enough courage to admit I needed help and asked my collegues of
20+ years for what works for them, it was awesome! Having someone to discuss the same
challenges with is also a wonderful benefit.

What is meant by the "mechanics" of a compare and contrast essay?It is specified in the rubric

Mechanics, of rubrics I've worked on and used, usually
includes: grammar, formatting, and language usage.  For comparison and contrast papers,
specifically, it should have the language of juxtaposition: "similar," "different,"
"comparable," "equivalent," "analogous," etc...

Good
writing mechanics reveals a paper free of most errors in grammar and usage; its sentence
variety is implemented with rich vocabulary; transitions are present; it includes
project elements as assigned; it is properly formatted (MLA – margins,
etc).

Here's what our state standards have to say about
Mechanics:

1.
Use Standard English conventions in all writing, such as sentence structure, grammar and
usage, punctuation, capitalization, and
spelling.

2. Demonstrate a well-developed
knowledge of English syntax to express ideas in a lively and effective personal
style.

3. Use subordination, coordination,
apposition, and other devices effectively to indicate relationships between
ideas.

4. Use transition words to reinforce a
logical progression of ideas.

5. Exclude
extraneous details, repetitious ideas, and inconsistencies to improve
writing.

6. Use knowledge of Standard English
conventions to edit own writing and the writing of others for
correctness.

7. Use a variety of reference
materials, such as a dictionary, grammar reference, and/or internet/software resources
to edit written work.

8. Write legibly in
manuscript or cursive to meet district
standards.

Briefly, what is the exposition, rising/falling action, climax, and resolution of "The Gift of the Magi?"

The exposition, or introduction, of the short story "The Gift of the Magi" is the reader's introduction to Della, Jim, and their situation.  Jim and Della are a married couple.  It's obvious that Della loves Jim very much, because her desire to buy him a present is discussed early on in the story.  The exposition also tells the reader that Della and Jim are very poor.  

The rising action is focused on Della's efforts to get enough money to buy Jim a Christmas present.  She can't think of anything except selling her beautiful hair.  She gets $20 for selling her hair, and spends the rest of the afternoon trying to find the perfect gift.  

The climax occurs when Jim gets home and sees Della's newly shortened hair.  

The falling action is Jim and Della discovering that they each bought a present to go with the other person's most prized possession.  Jim bought Della beautiful combs for her hair, which is now gone.  Della bought Jim a chain to go with his watch, which he sold to buy the combs.  

The resolution occurs when Jim and Della happily sit down together to eat dinner.  They know that their love for each other is worth more than any gift that they could have given or received.  

Who is the protagonist and antagonist in Amy Tan's short story The Rules of the Game?

Waverly Jong is the protagonist in Amy Tan's short story The Rules of the Game. There are certain essential clues that a reader should look for in identifying the protagonist and the antagonist in any story.

1. The protagonist will be central to the theme and the person whom the reader most wants to succeed (or fail). Note that not all protagonists are clasically "good." 

2. He or she must face conflict whether it be any real threat, physical impediment which must be struggled against, another character or a psychological barrier. Conflict involves the struggle of man versus nature, man versus man, man versus himself and so on. 

3. He must make difficult choices and decisions and those choices will affect the development of the plot. 

Recognizing an antagonist can be difficult as he or she does not have to be the typical "villain." The antagonist can be someone whose views oppose the ideals of the protagonist such as in this story where Waverly's mother is the antagonist because her choices, opinions and her expectations threaten Waverly's future and Waverly is forced to make choices against her mother's wishes. To a lesser extent, the aunt is also an antagonist as she tries to hamper Waverly's progress by promoting rivalry between Waverly and her cousin. In recognizing the antagonist, there are certain essential elements to consider.

1. The antagonist helps to identify the conflict and as conflict drives the plot forward and helps to bring a story to a climax, the antagonist helps develop the protagonist.

2. The antagonist does not have to be a character. In terms of its association with conflict it can be tangible or intangible but is that element which is central to the conflict and forces the protagonist to make choices. It should be noted that conflict may exist without an actual antagonist because conflict may be a series of challenges which are not necessarily contrary to the protagonist's own goals.

3. Further to the point above, there must be a distinction between something which is an obstacle to the protagonist's future and the actual antagonist. Those things which simply impede the protagonist, but do not necessarily oppose him or threaten him are stumbling blocks and help develop character but they cannot be considered to be antagonists. They do not actively or purposefully oppose the protagonist.  

4. The protagonist has to fight against the influence of the antagonist. The antagonist has contrary goals and characteristics which clash with those of the protagonist.

What is the summary of Chapter 10 in Katherine Paterson's Lyddie?

A true "Lowell Factory Girl," Lyddie spends her first day finally working in the dismal textile factory.  Lyddie's day begins even before the sun comes up.  It is a horrid, thirteen-hour day.  Even the time for meals is cut short during the two short breaks to nourish herself.  Breathing in the small cloth fibers into her lungs and dodging the dangerous "shuttles" as they fly back and forth between the weaving looms becomes commonplace for Lyddie as she tries desperately to adjust to the horrible factory conditions, as even the air is "laden with ... debris."  A further problem is the noise in the factory, the looms and shuttles are so very loud that they eventually can damage a young woman's hearing.  After growing up in a small cabin in Vermont and being proud enough to refuse all charity donations, this adjustment to the bad conditions in the Lowell factories is hard for Lyddie.  After this first day of work among the looms, meeting some of her coworkers and her overseer, Lyddie returns to her bed completely exhausted. Her feet are swollen and her head is aching beyond belief.  At this point, Lyddie's only desire is one thing:  sleep.

The character of Betsy now becomes a very important character in the story.  The author, Katherine Paterson, uses Betsy to introduce the importance of reading novels to improve one's quality of life.  After this first day working in the Lowell factories, Lyddie's roommate, Betsy, simply asks if she can read some of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist to Lyddie as she tries to sleep.  Betsy's reading of Dickens has the opposite effect that Lyddie originally expects.  In fact, Lyddie is so engrossed in the storyline and factory conditions in England within the novel of Oliver Twist that Lyddie tries desperately to keep her eyes open so that she can listen to more of Dickens' words.  Not one to put things lightly, Lyddie exclaims that, instead of being "silly," Charles Dickens' novel truly "was life or death." 

It is this concept and this first listening to Charles Dickens' novel that inspires Lyddie to learn to read on her own.  It is stories like Oliver Twist that give Lyddie a reason to keep on living, even in the horrible conditions to which she is subjected.  In Oliver, Lyddie finds a character whose life rivals her own in regards to misery.  Lyddie's heart goes out to the orphaned Oliver who is threatened with death when he "dares" to ask for more to eat and is forced, also, to work under horrible conditions during the England of the Industrial Revolution.  Further, the character of Oliver reminds Lyddie of her own little Charlie and draws her heart further into the story.  Both Lyddie and Charlie (even back home in Vermont) had many days when neither of them had enough to eat.  With these thoughts in Lyddie's head, she finally falls asleep and prepares to meet yet another day in the grueling factories at Lowell.

What are some conflicts in the play?

There are several conflicts worth mentioning in this play. First, Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering have a playful "bet" that Higgins can't make a common flower girl speak and act like a duchess.  There is the issue of language, pronunciation, and what we actually hear and say as opposed to what we think we hear and say.

There is the issue that Eliza Doolittle does want to improve her situation in life, but is rather stuck in her position as flower girl since her income fluctuates and her education is limited.

There is the issue of what to do with Eliza once she learns to speak and act properly.  She can't go back to selling flowers, yet she has no real place among the aristocratic society she has been trained to infiltrate.

There is the conflict with Higgins and everyone else--including his mother--since he considerably rude, late, and isn't really the ideal role model for Eliza's "proper" education.

There is also the minor conflict of Eliza's father, who has come into some money himself and is struggling about his impending marriage and adjusting to suddenly becoming "a gentleman".

There is also the conflict of Eliza's romantic feelings for Higgins and for Freddy whom she meets at one of the outings to test her ability to fool others into thinking that she is high society.

What are the themes in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"?

The Themes are:

1. Good over Evil - Harry defeats Voldemort

2. Friendship - especially between Harry and Ron when Ron gets angry

3.Love - Harry and Ginny, Ron and hermione, remus and tonks, etc.

4. Loyalty - harry towards dumbledore, dobby and kreacher towards harry

5. Death - Fred, mad-eye, lupin, tonks, pettigrew, etc.

6. War - Acc. to JKR in an interview, war is a predominant theme. One moment you're talking to your friend, next - he's dead - like fred.

7. Prejudice - against house-elves and muggle-borns

What is the purpose for Act 1 Scene 1 in Macbeth? Is it to establish the mood of the play, or is it to describe the setting?

Act I scene i of Macbeth establishes
the mood, imagery, and themes of the play.  Here are some
examples:

The Supernatural:
the supernatural witches will juxtapose the natural (loyalty) and unnatural (murder)
later in the play.

Imagery:
connected to weather, women (gender), war (blood), and the number 3 (witches, "thunder,
lightning, and rain")

Time
(past v. present v. future): the play begins with a question: "When shall we three meet
again?"  Do the witches foretell the future or do they simply comment what will
inevitably
happen?

Equivocations: the
witches reveal the language of confusion; ambiguity; double meanings; half-truths;
paradoxes; riddles

“Foul is fair and fair is
foul”

Equivocal
Morality: Are the witches good, neutral, or evil?  What's the difference?
 How do we know what’s good, or who’s good, if there’s overlap between good and
evil?

Pathetic Fallacy: the
outside weather (storm) reveals and foreshadows the interior weather (mood) of the play
and the Macbeths.  They are storming with ambition and cruelty.

In Ch 16, what does the phrase "he bent his neck to the Roman yoke" mean when Daniel and Thacia carry the soldier's pack? I don't think it is...

It is not coincidental that Daniel first bends his "neck to the Roman yoke" when he is with Thacia for Daniel's growing interest in and acceptance of the teachings of Jesus correspond to his ability to understand and make a place in his life for women. When the story opens, he has moved away from his grandmother and sister, leaving them vulnerable.  Even when he begins caring for Leah, he cannot understand anything about her as a feminine being and feels shackled by having to care for her. She limits his freedom. Similarly, while his early attitudes toward Thacia show some admiration, they are also full of  resentment. He tells her when she wants to join him and Josh in their vow, "This is a man's vow! It's not for a pretty child," demonstrating how he would prefer to compartmentalize her in a space far from his feelings(85). As begins to feel brotherly love and grows in ability to nurture Leah, so he grows in real affection and something approaching love for Thacia. He shoulders the burden, bends his "neck to the Roman yoke" because of that soft spot of love that Rosh so despises in him.

How would you describe the setting in the Hunger Games during the actual hunger games in the book?

In the first Hunger Games book, Katniss and Peeta compete
in a wooded arena. There is a pine forest and a large lake which provides a source of
water. Katniss is pleased that it is not a barren wasteland or some sort of terrain she
is unfamiliar with, because she knows how to hunt well in this kind of forest. In the
arena, there is a deep valley that Katniss travels down on her first day, to get away
from the other and in hopes of finding water. There are mostly pine trees but also other
kinds of tress like willows, and bushes that provide her with camouflage and protection.
There are also small lily ponds and little springs that provide water when Katniss needs
drink or to wash her wounds. This setting is also home to many animals like rabbits,
birds, and fish that Katniss is able to hunt and use for food. There are also edible
plants, healing herbs, and berries that Katniss is able to use for survival. This forest
setting provides Katniss with many tools that help her and Peeta in the Hunger
Games. 

Act 2:How has Hale changed since he arrived in Salem?Why is he testing Proctor and Elizabeth?Why hasn

Hale realizes the evil nature the court has taken.  Originally, Hale thought it would expel Satan from Salem, but he comes to realize that something far worse is there: lies and vengeance.  Once he realizes that the girls are lying and that there never was any real evidence of witch craft, he removes himself from the court.  He tests Proctor and Elizabeth because at that time he was still an agent of the court.  It was his job to make sure they were good and upstanding Puritans and that the charges against Elizabeth were unfounded.  Proctor refuses to go to church mainly because of his dislike for Rev Parris.  Proctor believes Parris is a greedy person.  Note how Proctor tells Hale how Parris kept asking the congregation for golden candle sticks.  Also Parris focuses very little of his sermons, again according to Proctor, on God, focusing instead of hell and damnation.

When does the story "The Open Window" take place?

No specific dates are mentioned, but it's been assumed that it takes place in the early twentieth century, most likely during the reign of King Edward VII. The where part of the setting is much easier since it's entirely set in one room of an English country home that belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Sappleton.

Why has Mary Warren disobeyed her employers and gone to Salem?

Mary Warren is also gaining a sense of power, as part of the court, that she has never had before.  As a simple servant, she has been at the mercy of the Proctor's, but now, as part of the court, she is the one wielding the power.  After all, when she returns and is nearly whipped by John, she tells them that Elizabeth has been accused of witch craft but she stood up for her good name.  Like the other young girls in the court, Mary is now getting power and attention that she never had in her life.

In act 2, scene 1 of Julius Caesar, what is Brutus deliberating about in this quote: "and therefore think him as a serpants egg ...."?

Here Brutus is deliberating about killing Caesar. He is talking about killing Caesar, even though as he speaks there is no real solid proof that Caesar is going to become a corrupt tyrant (which is their fear). However, he is trying to rationalize becoming part of the conspiracy. He is comparing killing Caesar before he can become a tyrant and do considerable harm to killing a serpent's egg before it can hatch and bite someone and cause them harm.

If you examine Brutus closely, you will see him constantly trying to convince himself that killing Caesar - without any real proof that he will become evil - is the right thing to do. Also note when Brutus states that if it should make Rome a better place, he would gladly kill himself. Brutus, unlike Cassius, is only interested in the good of Rome. Cassius, on the other hand, is motivated by power and greed. In an ultimate irony, Cassius is more likely to become an evil tyrant than Caesar.

Which event is the story’s climax in Lord of the Flies?

I've done a lot of research on this, and have found these to be the promient answers to the climax. I have added my comments in the "**"

1) When Piggy is Killed.  *Maybe.*

2)When Simon encounters the Lord of the Flies, and realizes the beast is not a physical entity, but lies within each boy.  He tries to this knowledge but is killed.  *I take this to mean, in Laymen's terms, when Simon is killed.  Well... based on the definition of "Climax", I don't agree. . . .*

3)When Jack rebels and forms his own tribe. *Seems to be so*

 4) Ralph fights jack.  *Okay. . . .*

Well, it's open for your interpritation.  What I originally thought (before I looked online) was number 3.  Well, a mix of 3 and 2, if that's possible.

 Well, hope that you have your question answered!

How does Mathace's opinion about the Roman occupation compare to Joel's & Daniel's in The Bronze Bow? How does her opinion contrast?

All three of the characters hate the Romans and their
occupation. Joel and David want to join an army, fight, and conquer their invaders.
Malthace believes that Israel has been conquered many times before and been delivered
from the conquerors. While the boys want rebellion now, she is content to wait for a
Messiah who will come with a host of angels and sweep their enemies away. It has always
been so in the past and will be so again. This is the way Joel and Malthace's father
believe. The boys are not content to sit and wait while the moderates, like Malthace and
her father, are content to wait for divine intervention. Later, after the brother and
sister hear what happened to Daniel's family at the hands of the Romans, they place they
hands on the book of Enoch and swear to seek vengeance. They boys do not want Thace to
be involved since she is a girl, but they let her swear the vow with
them.

What is a good thesis statement for an essay on anorexia nervosa?How I can be specific wrtiting my thesis for anorexia nervosa?

We are not allowed to write the statement for you but we
can help you learn how to write the statement.

A thesis
statement is going to have many elements that will explain to the reader what he or she
is about to read. It is usually a single sentence in the beginning of your paper. It
will be a direct statement that shares how you feel about the
subject.

Your thesis statement should also be a statement
that some people may disagree or agree with. You will address a topic and ask a question
regarding anorexia nervosa and your thesis statement will include the answer to that
question.

Below is an excellent link that contains a great
amount of information about how to write a thesis statement in
detail.

I can't think of a decent thesis on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.To me it seems as if Clementine & Joel's destiny is to meet again, they...

I love this film! What a great question you have to do!
Well, just a few suggestions to help you along then. I guess the crux of the film is
about wiping out our memories. Can we really change our destiny if we forget about
someone completely? The case in point is Kirsten Duntz's character, who ends up having
another relationship with the Doctor, even though she has had her memories erased once.
It appears that the message of the film is about the danger of playing with memory - we
can't change our destiny it appears by erasing certain parts of our lives, and the film
suggests it is actually dangerous to do so. Part of being human is coping with the pain
and the hurt of events when we would rather forget they ever happened. Hope that
helps!

What are your thoughts about Chapter 9-10 of The Outsiders?

These two chapters serve as two of the most climactic
moments of Susan Hinton's The Outsiders. In Chapter 9, the greaser
gangs battle it out with the Socs in the scheduled rumble. I found it one of the more
exciting parts of the book, especially the description of the Shepard gang and Darry's
challenge: "I'll take on anyone." Following the rumble, Pony and Dally rush to the
hospital to tell Johnny the good news, but he dies before their eyes. Dally finally
breaks in Chapter 10, where he robs a convenience store and commits suicide by cop.
Pony's concussion received in the rumble kicks in and he passes out in the street. The
chapter ends on a more positive note when Pony awakes and has a brotherly talk with
Soda.

The chapters contain more action and violence than
any of the others (aside from Bob's death in the park, perhaps) in the book, and two of
the main characters die. These are important events, especially for Pony and his later
depression, and they serve as the most tragic chapters of the
novel.

(These are also among the most exciting scenes in
the excellent Francis Ford Coppola  film version of the novel.)

What are the six prophesies in Macbeth?

When Macbeth meets with the witches in Act 4 Scene 1, the witches call up an apparition, an Armed Head, which tells Macbeth “Beware Macduff,” who ends up killing Macbeth. Then, a Bloody Child appears, that says “none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth,” which reassures him, because he doesn’t know Macduff had a Caesarean birth. A Crowned Child appears next, holding a tree in his hand, who tells him that he will not be “vanquished” until “Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him,” which turns out to be the way his enemies creep up on  him, hidden in trees cut from Birnam Wood, at the final battle on Dunsinane Hill. The fourth apparition is a “row of eight kings,” the last holding a mirror, and then Banquo, smiling. The apparition says nothing, but the image foretells that Banquo will not be king but related to a king, clearly the subsequent king, of Scotland.  These follow the 2 earlier prophesies made at the beginning in Act 1, Scene 3, when the witches predict Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor, then King of Scotland (54). However, they follow this up by telling Banquo, “thou shalt get kings, though thou be none,” meaning kings will be in his lineage, although he himself will not be king (70). All the predictions come true.

Here is the film adaptation of the witch scene:

In Prufrock, what is the significance of Eliot's allusion to Hesiod's Works and Days?

The allusion to Works and Days, an
eighth century B.C. poem by the Greek writer Hesiod, appears in the following section of
Prufrock:

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And indeed there will be time
For the
yellow smoke that slides along the street,
Rubbing its back upon the window
panes;
There will be time, there will be time
To prepare a face to
meet the faces that you meet
There will be time to murder and
create,
And time for all the works and days of
hands
That lift and drop a question on your plate;
Time for you and
time for me,
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a
hundred visions and revisions,
Before the taking of a toast and
tea.

This allusion belongs to
the category of time references in the poem. Prufrock is about many
things - loneliness and alienation, indecision and pessimism - but it is also about
time, a theme Eliot returned to again and again throughout his poetic career. Eliot
favoured the metaphysics of the French philosopher, Henri Bergson, who maintained that
time eluded the strictures of mathematics and science, that it was literally
immeasurable. Time is always mobile and always incomplete. And this is the concept of
time that prevails in Prufrock. In the section above, where the allusion appears, this
Bergsonian concept of time especially dominates. In the consciousness of Prufrock there
will always be time "before the taking of a toast and tea" because time is not
the chronology of clock or a calendar, but rather an incomplete duration in which past
and present can co-exist. Hence the irony built into the allusion to Hesiod's work,
where 'Days' refers to the virtuous and hard-working farmer's completion of specific
agricultural duties at specific times of the year. This is certainly not the image given
to us of the aimless and inadequate Prufrock.

act II. scen I. what purpose does the scene between Macbeth and Banquo serve? What evidence is there that Banquo is suspicious of Macbeth?

This short scene shows some characterization of both Macbeth and Banquo.  Macbeth asks for Banquo's support when the time comes without telling him why which shows the importance of this alliance is to Macbeth.  Banquo replies by saying that he will support Banquo with anything as long as his (Banquo's) conscience can remain clear and he won't lose any honor because of his actions.  This should show the cautious support of Macbeth given by Banquo, but also that Banquo is beginning to suspect the Macbeth has poor intentions in mind.  Both of these men have been thinking about the prophecies quite a bit.  Macbeth is inclined to take action, but Banquo would prefer to wait and see what happens.

Does Twain suggest that an uncivilized life is better and that civilization corrupts rather than improves humans? Explain.This is in regards to The...

As the previous post suggested, the conflict with society
that always results when either of the two leave the river is an important part of
Twain's commentary on society.  Of course you also have to consider the run-in with the
thieves on the river and the danger of that situation.  In this case it would appear, if
you are assuming that each part of the story has an attached meaning, that the river
also takes care of its own problems in a way as the thieves are drowned after Huck
leaves the boat with them trapped inside.

Twain's outlook
on society in general is cynical and critical almost to a fault.  His description of
American society is filled with criticisms of the government, of common people and their
ignorance, percieved or otherwise.  He tends to think of people that are outside of
these normal, "civilised" places as being more capable, more interesting, and at times
happier, just as Huck and Jim appear to live a happy and uncomplicated life while on the
river and get into all kinds of trouble once they go on
shore.

The idea of the King being an accepted part of
society is a great example of society and civilization being portrayed in a negative
light, but so too is the fact that Huck is so often able to outsmart and outwit
"civilized" people, demonstrating that his training and education is at least as valid
and useful as that of civilization.

What does "Of Mice and Men" symbolize?I just would like to know what the general symbolism of this book means.

In referring to the "general symbolism", I assume you are referring to what the story represents.  You could also be asking about the symbolism of the title.  I will present you with both answers.

The title refers to a poem by Robert Burns which includes these lines:

"the best laid plans o' mice and men/often do go wrong"

The book demonstrates this title through the characters of George and Lenny primarily.  They have big plans of having their own place, being their own family and their own boss.  Their plans seem possible when they meet Candy, who wants very much to join them.  However, the disability of Lenny and the tragic events that cause him to mistakenly kill Curley's wife, put  these plans to an end. 

Overall, this book represents the isolation caused by the depression.  The men and the one woman of this story have been isolated by a lack of choices and by poverty.  They are all struggling to survive and have to abandon many dreams in order to do so.  This causes them to become closed off, angry, and despondent.  They turn on one another in their attempt to get ahead.  The exceptions are George and Lenny, who have each other - until the end, when they two are isolated by their situation.

How does Flannery O'Connor portray the family in "A Good Man is Hard to Find?"

The family, specifically the grandmother, are alazons
(those who think they are better than they really are); they are essentialists (those
who believe in a perfectible human nature); they are lost on the road (spiritually and
physically); they are "once saved, always saved" hypocrites ("wingless chickens" who
think they are going to heaven and, therefore, do not take responsibility for themselves
or others).

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" (1955) tells the
story of a family en route from Tennessee to Florida for vacation. Through a series of
the mishaps by the grandmother and her cat, the family car wrecks near some woods in
Florida. Two witnesses from a following car stop to aid the family, all of whom are
relatively unscathed. The grandmother identifies one of the witnesses as The Misfit, a
mass murderer on the loose.

Her admission is a death
sentence for the family. The Misfit's accomplice takes the family into the woods and
shoots them. The grandmother tries to save herself by pleading to the Misfit, "You've
got good blood! I know you wouldn't shoot a lady! I know you come from nice people!
Pray! Jesus, you ought not to shoot a lady. I'll give you all the money I've
got!"

The Misfit responds, "Jesus was the only One that
ever raised the dead and He shouldn't have done it. He shown everything off balance. If
He did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but thow away everything and follow
Him, and if He didn't, then it's nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got
left the best way you can--by killing somebody or burning down his house or doing some
other meanness to him. No pleasure but meanness."

Just
before it is her turn to be shot, the grandmother says, "Why you're one of my babies.
You're one of my own children!" She touches the Misfit on the shoulder, and he springs
back "as if a snake had bitten him and [shoots] her three times through the
chest."

The Misfit tells his accomplice to throw the
grandmother into the woods with the others, adding: "She would have bee a good woman if
it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her
life."

The family, namely the grandmother, are spiritual
idealists.  The grandmother's idealist arguments "you’re a good boy" and "you wouldn’t
shoot a lady" are empty attempts to verify a truth for the situation that she wants to
be affirmed in him, but that which she knows to be false. She has had a history of
validating herself though the eyes of others, and O'Connor uses the Misfit's
grotesqueness as a means of showing her inauthenticity.

Advantages and disadvantages of committee.It has something to do with management.

Committee refers to a formal group of people created to
discuss, decide, and act in patters related to specific ares of work assigned to them.
Members of a committee generally are drawn from different departments, functions in an
organization, or may be from even different organizations. As a result, usually they
work part time for the work of the committee, and represent the interest of their parent
department or organization in the committee. A common feature of committee is the joint
discussions and decisions of the committee in formal
meetings.

The advantages of committee include the
following.

• Committees help to bring together a
  variety views, interests, and expertise together for completion of
  task.


• Committees provide a mechanism for discussion and
  and agreements based on consideration of a wider range of interests and
  alternatives.


• Committee enable use of specialized
  manpower or expertise for a specific task, by permitting such experts to work part time
  on the committees.


• Committees avoid the mistakes of hasty
  decisions taken without due considerations.


• Decision
  taken by committee are more easily accepted by the all departments because of
  representation of their interests and viewpoint in the decision making process by way of
  their representative working on the
  committee.

Disadvantages of Committee include
the following.

• Committee dilute the
  responsibility for a task. No single person can be held responsible for poor results
  produced by committee.


• Members of the committee have dual
  loyalties - towards their parent department and toward the committee. Because of this
  the meeting of committees can degenerate into a battle ground for conflicting interests
  of different departments, rather than a forum for joint
  action.


• Work in a committee being part time and an
  additional responsibility beyond normal responsibilities within parent department,
  members of the committee may not take the work of committee very
  seriously.


• Committees take too much time to decide and
  act because committee often work part time and the discussion and decision in meetings
  of the committee is a time consuming process. Many times committees delay taking
  decision as they are not able to reach
  consensus.


• Committees in addition to causing delay in
  decision and action, also cause waste of time of people working on the
  committee.


• Decisions of committee are frequently in the
  nature of recommendations and therefore cannot be enforced easily in the organization.
  Decisions of committees often lack the authority of decisions taken at higher levels of
  management within the regular organization structure.
  

What character trait do Jem and Scout illustrate with their ambivalence about taking the pennies?Chapter 4

Jem and Scout find the pennies in the tree. Indian head pennies are supposedly good luck, so it is understandable that the children would be excited and motivated to take the pennies. Yet, they also know right from wrong, and they know that these pennies are someone else's property, and taking them from someone else is stealing. The fact that they are hesitant to take them shows them to have a strong moral background, and a good sense of right and wrong.

what is the symbolic retribution for canto 8?go into great detail about it

One example is the Wrathful in the mud, that so angers Dante. A Wrathful soul is one who showed only cruelty, no compassion or pity in his lifetime. The trapped soul in the mud does not draw Dante's pity-and this is fitting since the wrathful is receiving the same treatment he was guilty of.

Another example is that of Phlegyas. Phlegyas burned Apollo's temple down because Apollo was in love with his daughter.  For this, Apollo killed him and condemned him to Hades. It is appropriate that he was appointed an oarsman between the Wrathful and the Impious souls.

What is the overall significance of the story's extensive use of animal symbolism?

I would add that the animal motif suggests O'Connor's fascination with the grotesque.  Many of her stories, including "Good Man," are concerned with our flawed nature as a result of orginal sin, a fall from grace.  Using images that show her characters as bizarre in appearance, which is an aspect of the grotesque, is one way of communicating this theme.

Is planet X real? Please cite information if it is factual.

Planet X is the name that was given to yet to be
discovered unknown planet. The possibility of existence of such a planet was based o
some apparent discrepencies observed in the orbits of gas giants Uranus and Neptune.
Perceival Lowell proposed his Planet X hypothesis in early twentieth century based on
this. For many years after that the existence of Planet X was considered a by reputed
scientists to be a very likely reality. Discovery of Pluto in 1930, further increased
the belief of scientists in reality of Planet X. Many attempts were made to locate this
planet and to determine its details. However no conclusive evidence could be found.
Finally in 1990 a study of measurements made by the Voyager 2 established that
irregularities observed in Uranus's orbit were due to overestimation of Neptune's mass.
With this serious speculation among scientific community about existence of Planet X
came to and end. href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets_beyond_Neptune#cite_note-standage-2"/> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets_beyond_Neptune#cite_note-IAU-3"/>

Now
scientist agree that Planet X, as envisaged originally, does not exist. However the term
Planet X is used by many scientist for any other undiscovered
planet in the outer Solar System.

Who is the only living relative of Roderick in the book The Fall of the House of Usher?

It is his sister, Madeleine Usher.  The wonderful thing about this story is that the house is also portrayed as a living, breathing entity.  Once Roderick buries his sister, whom he has watched waste away until what he believes is her death, the house reacts!  She has been buried alive, and as they attempt to get her out of the cript, the house begins to break apart.  Only the narrator survives, and he watches the house fall into the crevice in the ground.  So, the House of Usher has figuratively fallen with the deaths of Roderick and Madeleine, but it has also literally "fallen" to the ground.

What is the purpose of James Joyce in the story, "Eveline from Dubliners by James Joyce?

Concerning Joyce's "Eveline," one cannot speak for the
author, but can only deal with the effects of the story
itself.

The story furthers one of the themes revealed in
the short story collection, Dubliners, from which "Eveline" comes: 
paralysis. 

Eveline is trapped in a stagnant, negative
existence.  Ignorance and alcoholism and sexism and abuse dominate her life.  She longs
to escape, but even when she has an opportunity, she freezes at a critical moment and
can't bring herself to leave.  She has a chance to escape, but she rejects
it. 

She is figuratively
paralyzed. 

This, apparently, is how Joyce views the
inhabitants of Dublin, and by extension, the inhabitants of Ireland and the rest of the
world.  We live paralyzed lives, and even when we have a chance to escape, we are afraid
to do so. 

Joyce, then, we assume, is attempting to correct
Irish attitudes and behaviors, although, again, one should be careful about speaking for
any author. 

Brutus justifies his actions by comparing Caesar to a serpent’s egg. Explain how this is an example of a false analogy.

Analogies between human beings and animals aften prove to be false, for unlike animals (much less an egg) human beings have minds and wills rather than instinct.  In trying to consider reasons to participate in the plot against Caesar, Brutus tries to convince himself that though Caesar is not a tyrant now, he might become one, and so better kill him now rather than allow that to happen later. Brutus suggests that it is natural for a serpent to grow mischievous, and so it is better to kill it before it is born (in his egg) rather than later. Similarly, he argues, Caesar is a serpent in an egg--he has the potential to be mischievous, and so should be killed now, before that mischievousness (meaning evil) actually becomes alive.  The analogy is false because Caesar is born (not in an egg), and has not shown himself to be evil yet; he has not shown himself a potential serpent; and even if he had, what would be the shell? A pretense of good?  It doesn't make sense that someone who acts good has the potential of being evil so that we should eliminate him before he becomes so.  The analogy is false, but Brutus seems desperate to build a case to join the conspirators.

In Book 4 of The Aeneid, why does Virgil uses the word "furtive" when he does?

The Latin adverb 'furtim', which is presumably what is translated as 'furtively' in this connection, means literally 'in the manner of a thief', coming as it does from the noun 'fur', a thief. It thus came to mean 'stealthily', used in connection with actions that someone is trying to keep hidden, behind the backs of others. I have not been able to check precisely where it occurs in Book 4 of the Aeneid, but it might be worth making the general point that Book 4 contains much more of a sense of intrigue than any other of the 11 books of the poem. The love affair between Dido and Aeneas, while not illicit in an objective sense, has the feel of an illicit liaison on account of the guilt that both partners feel because their greater destiny is the foundation of great cities and the establishment of their people on a secure homeland. Their spontaneous passion for each other, consummated in a chance thunderstorm and before their respective followers have had a chance to anticipate any formal union between them, creates a sense of unease and disquiet from the start and this grows as the story progresses. Messages through the intermediary Anna, the malign influence of rumour and 'fama', Dido's growing anticipation of betrayal...all these help to create an atmosphere in which the word 'furtim' seems entirely at home.

Whom does the poet call the 'Sylvan historian'? Why?

The Urn is the sylvan historian because it is rather like a picture frame.  It has many carvings along its sides which tell the story--and each story will never change as long as the urn itself is in tact.

Among those scenes are the trees (sylvan reference) which will never lose their leaves and will stand forever strong against all elements of weather.

Under the trees are the lovers who are caught forever just before they kiss...the moment of highest expectation and the height of love...which will never be lost as they are frozen in time.  They will always be young with the buds of spring blushing in their cheeks.

The town which is deserted of people will always stand peacefully overlooking the water as the priest leads the garlanded heifer to her sacrificial ceremony.

The lute player will always be playing his "silent" music which is even more beautiful than that music we can hear because we each imagine our own version of the music--guaranteed to be lovely to our ears.

The urn is a historian because it captures each of these scenes and preserves it forever in time.  "Beauty is truth, truth beauty and that is all you need to know."

In Frankenstein, what did Robert Walton read for 14 years of his life?

You can find the answer to this in the second letter in
the book.  It is dated 28th March and is written from
Arkangel.

In this letter Walton is writing to his sister
Margaret.  He is talking, in part, about regrets he has about his past and the way his
past affects him now.  This is the part where he tells what he read during those 14
years.

He says that he was completely self educated and all
he ever read was his Uncle Thomas' "book of voyages."

This
distresses him because he is now 28 but is less educated than kids who are half his age
but who have had proper educations.