I need 5 VERY important quotes made by soda-pop in the book The Outsiders AND WHY HE Says them

In the book The Outsiders, Soda Pop
is the middle brother out of the family of three brothers.  Darry is the oldest and Pony
Boy is the youngest  The three boys are raising themselves after their parents death. 
They are part of a gang of boys known as the Greasers.

Once
when Soda Pop had arrived at a scene where Johnny had been jumped by the Socs he made
the following statement to Johnny.  Soda had picked up the injured Johnny who looked up
at him.

"It's
okay, Johnnycake, they're gone now.  It's
okay."(33)

Soda has a
girlfriend that he is in love with.

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"I think I'm gonna marry
Sandy."(17)

Pony Boy and
Darry are always arguing and Pony Boy feels like Darry does not care about him.  Soda
Pop tries to smooth things over. 

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"Don't be like that, kid.  I told you he don't
mean half of what he
says.."(18)

Later in the book
Pony Boy is asking Soda Pop if he is taking his girlfriend Sandy to the dance.  Soda Pop
tells him:

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"No.  She went to live with her grandmother in
Florida."(111)

Soda's friend
then states how her mother had been upset about the idea of her marrying a kid of
sixteen.  Soda relies:

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"Seventeen," Soda said softly, "I'll be seventeen
in a couple of weeks."(111)

In chapter 2, what is the significance of the chapter's title, "Fire on the Mountain"?

Fire is symbolic in the novel.  Fire is generally a symbol of civilization, but the boys, twice, let fire get out of control.  The first time the fire gets out of control it is purely unintentional - they have set a signal fire.  The second time the fire gets away from them, they have started it to smoke out Ralph.  The boys go from using fire as a form of civility to using it as a form of savagery.

Who is more brave, Daniel or Joel?

The meaning of bravery is an important theme of the novel. At the beginning, Daniel often seems to be more reckless than brave. He is brave when he does the right thing out of goodness but less brave when he does it because Rosh orders him or out of hatred and revenge. For example, he is brave when he disobeys Rosh and helps the man he has just beaten and taken money from, and he is even brave when he risks the ridicule of the village by getting water and food (women's work) to care for his sister. When he spits at a Roman soldier or refuses to pick up a bundle when required by Roman law, he is more reckless than brave, especially because he endangers Thacia. Joel does not act out of selfish reasons, however. His bravery arises from love of country and desire to help others rather than a personal hatred for personal injuries. Often Joel shows himself ready to sacrifice personal interest, not out of bravado (which often motivates Daniel), but because he thinks it is the best thing to do.

In The Lovely Bones, what stages of grief do each character (Susie, Jack, Abigail, Lindsey and Buckley) go through? When do these stages appear?

We are limited for space, so I'm going to focus on just one or two characters.  However, first lets establish that all the characters are able to travel through all 5 stages of grief by the end of the story. 

The 5 stages are:  Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance

As is the case in real life, the characters of the story don't move from one to the other in a clear line.  There is always going to be some back and forth movement.  Even after acceptance, a person can travel back into depression.

Of the living characters, Jack and Lindsay experience the stages in the most developed way.  Jack refuses at first to accept that Susie might be dead.  When he is presented with the body part and must accept, he does so for the sake of his family.  But he quickly retreats to anger.  He smashes all the ships that he and Susie worked together to build.  He shifts into bargaining as he finds a target for his anger in Mr. Harvey, and works with the police - harrasses the police - to get Mr. Harvey arrested. He bargains with Lindsay to find more evidence. His anger comes out again in the cornfield when he attacks who he thinks is Harvey.  After ending up in the hospital, his anger slowly subsides into depression, a depression so deep that Buckley, left alone at home with his dad, feels alienated and ignored.  Finally, at his heart attack, Jack starts to let Susie go and accepts a life without her.

What changed in the US after reconstruction was a rise of imperialism?

So are you asking what major change happened in the US
after Reconstruction?

If that is what you are asking, the
rise of imperialism is one possibility.  However, I would say that the real rise in
imperialism does not start for around ten years after Reconstruction ended in
1876.

Another change that was happening in the US right
after Reconstruction was an increase in conflict between workers and employers.  This
played out partly in strikes, some of which were quite
violent.

The increase in labor conflict was tied to a boom
in the US economy and an increase in the size of companies.  This is another major
change in the US after Reconstruction.  However, it was already happening before
Reconstruction ended.

What does "...proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten" mean in Chapter 1 of Things Fall Apart?

There is a saying in Igbo land that "when a proverb is used and explained to a man, that his mother's bride price was paid in vain." The mark of an elder in Igbo land is the ability to use proverbs dexterously in social conversations. A man who is not seasoned in the use of proverbs is seen as immature or foolish in talk. Proverbs are particularly useful because they are used to state the length and breadth of a matter in such a way that children and women are kept outside the loop, thus elders are able to freely converse in the presence of children and women without fear of letting too much out.

Palmoil is a very important staple used for cooking or even on its own for many purposes in the dietary life of the Igbo man. It is so important that there is hardly any food that palmoil does not feature as a part of the meal. Thus the use of the metaphor of proverbs, the oil with which elders eat words. The metaphor shows how important proverbs are in Igbo social discourse when we come to understand the important role of palmoil in the cooking and dietary culture.

What were 3 tragic flaws that lead to Macbeth's ultimate downfall in Shakespeare's Macbeth?

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the tragic
figure, Macbeth, is considered to have one tragic flaw, ambition.  And one tragic flaw
is the norm for a tragedy.  One wouldn't expect more than one tragic
flaw.

The witches predict that Macbeth will be king, but he
is so ambitious that he takes that idea and turns it into I will be king
now!  And the only way he can make that happen is by assassinating
Duncan. 

Then, once Duncan is dead and Macbeth is king,
that's no longer enough.  At that point, being king himself is not good enough--he wants
his heirs to be kings as well.  He wants to create a dynasty.  This leads to the rest of
the killings, which cast suspicion upon him. 

His ambition
leads to the destruction of Duncan, Banquo, and Macduff's family, and ultimately to his
own destruction.

Just as a sidenote, if you need a couple
of major mistakes Macbeth makes in order to come up with three parts for your answer,
you could use Macbeth's killing of the grooms, which was not part of the plan.  This
raises suspicion, at least in Macduff's mind, that Macbeth is guilty of treachery.  A
second mistake that he makes occurs when he shuts Lady Macbeth out of the
decision-making process:  she is the planner of the family.  When he starts making
decisions for himself, he really starts making mistakes (the rest of the killings, and
the failure to kill Fleance). 

In The Red Badge of Courage, what are important quotes from Chapters 11-13?

Chapters 11-13 of The Red Badge of Courage
deal with Henry's flight from battle and his re-emergence among a throng of
wounded and retreating men. Seeing the battle-weary men made his guilt at running grow
even stronger.

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    Again he thought that he wished he was dead.
He believed that he envied a corpse. Thinking of the slain, he achieved a great contempt
for some of them, as if they were guilty for thus becoming lifeless. They might have
been killed by lucky chances, he said, before they had had opportunities to flee or
before they had been really tested. Yet they would receive laurels from tradition. He
cried out bitterly that their crowns were stolen and their robes of glorious memories
were shams. However, he still said that it was a great pity he was not as they. (Chapter
11)

In Chapter 12, he tries
to elicit some information from one of the retreating soldiers, but instead, the dazed
soldier retaliates.

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    The youth, after rushing about and throwing
interrogations at the heedless bands of retreating infantry, finally clutched a man by
the arm. They swung around face to face.
    “Why—why—” stammered the youth
struggling with his balking tongue.
    The man screamed: “Let go me! Let go
me!” His face was livid and his eyes were rolling uncontrolled. He was heaving and
panting. He still grasped his rifle, perhaps having forgotten to release his hold upon
it. He tugged frantically, and the youth being compelled to lean forward was dragged
several paces.
    “Let go me! Let go me!”
    “Why—why—” stuttered
the youth.
    “Well, then!” bawled the man in a lurid rage. He adroitly and
fiercely swung his rifle. It crushedupon the youth's head. The man ran on.  (Chapter
12)

In Chapter 13, Henry
locates his regiment and discovers that his flight from battle had gone unnoticed. He
quickly concocts a story to cover his true actions.

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    The youth found that now he could barely
stand upon his feet. There was a sudden sinking of his forces. He thought he must hasten
to produce his tale to protect him from the missiles already at the lips of his
redoubtable comrades. So, staggering before the loud soldier, he began: “Yes, yes.
I've—I've had an awful time. I've been all over. Way over on th' right. Ter'ble fightin'
over there. I had an awful time. I got separated from th' reg'ment. Over on th' right, I
got shot. In th' head. I never see sech fightin'. Awful time. I don't see how I could a'
got separated from th' reg'ment. I got shot, too.”  (Chapter
13)

His head wound,
received from the terrified Union soldier in Chapter 12, was believed to be a battle
wound by his astounded comrades. His cowardly actions had been erased, and he settled
down to sleep.

In Lord of the Flies, in what ways have the boys experienced the darkness of a man's heart? How do you think their lives will be forever...

Thomas Wolfe's famous novel, You Can't Go Home
Again, best expresses the experience of the boys on the
island:

The
phrase had many implication for him.  You can't go back to your family, back home to our
childhood, back home to romantic love,...back home to a young man's dreams of glory and
of fame, back home to lyricism, to singing just for singing's sake, back home to
atheticism, to one's youthful
ideas....

As he has "a
fleeting picuture of the strange glamour that had once invested the beaches," Ralph
knows that he cannot go back to innocence, for he has seen "evil that men do"
[Julius Caesar].  Two boys are dead; others such as Roger are given
over to their base nature of sadism; several have been reduced to squealing, masked,
blood-thirsty savages.  With the death of Simon and Piggy are the deaths of rationality
and kindness. Ralph will always be wary of any one with whom he has a relationship,
knowing that their is something lurking within the
person.

Truly, the boys cannot "go home again."  They are
forever changed, for they have witnessed the inner darkness of man.  Knowing it, they
will always be watchful, fearing its reoccurrence.

What are the major concerns/themes of Hamlet?

Since the play begins with a question and is full of
philosophical questions, the two major concerns of Hamlet
are:

Is man supposed to be an active agent or
a passive suffering creature in the
world?

Hamlet's famous "To be or not to be"
monologue presents two opposing views: "suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune" or "take arms against a sea of troubles"?

Hamlet
is not given much of a choice by his father, the Ghost: revenge him and leave Gertrude
"to heaven."  Hamlet knows he's not cut out to be an avenger, and most of his anger is
not directed toward the males; rather, it's focused on his mother.  So, how can he
summon up the courage to kill a heavily guarded king who may or may not be guilty?  It's
an existential and profoundly moral dilemma.  Hamlet finally decides, "Let be...the
readiness is all."  He says we must live ready to
die.

What is the nature of death and the
afterlife?

There's moral confusion in the
play and with Hamlet himself.  The Ghost's appearance confirms a supernatural afterlife.
 Hamlet must find a way to kill Claudius and send him to hell, but killing will also
send Hamlet to his death and hell as well.  There's little chance Hamlet can carry out
the Ghost's wishes and both save his life and guarantee his afterlife in
heaven.

Also related is the nature of the heavenly father:
how can Hamlet's father's Ghost (symbolic of the Old Testament
Yahweh) condone revenge if he knows Hamlet is a Christian?  So,
Hamlet becomes a Christ-figure, torn between the expectations of his vengeful heavenly
father and his own beliefs in Christian forgiveness.

Why is Curley's wife so flirtly with Slim,do they have something going on?

Curley's wife seeks attention. She specifically flirts with Slim because he is the man with the most power in the bunkhouse. He's the leader, the one the other men look up to, and he demonstrates a kind of quiet leadership. When Curley's hand is crushed by Lennie, Slim even orders the boss's son not to tell. Her husband, on the other hand, has a need to impress others all the time. Slim is tall and masculine while Curley is a smaller man who suffers from the need to bait larger men like Lennie to fight. Curley is loud and aggressive while Slim is neither. Curley's wife may wish she were married to someone like Slim, who is very nearly the opposite of Curley.

Write a four-paragraph essay on the topic, "Is it important to know more than one foreign language?"At least 300 words

Other arguments to
consider:

* If I speak only one language, I assume everyone
else in the world I may have contact or do business with to learn more than one, and to
learn English.  Europeans call this cultural arrogance.  Learning more than one language
makes us better world citizens.

* America is already a
multilingual place.  17 million households speak Spanish as the primary language in the
home.  Spanish is my second language (and I am not close to fluent yet) and I use it in
my work and the valley in which I live all the time.

* 
Learning a second language is difficult, especially if you are older.  But learning a
third language after that is easier, and a fourth even easier.  Learning a second
language makes you much more likely to learn a third or
fourth.

*  Learning a foreign language helps you understand
the roots of language, words, grammar, etc. and, depending on the language, can also
help you to better understand your native tongue, as there are often many similarities
in language families.

Explain the differences between clouds that form at different levels.

Scientists often group clouds in groups of low clouds,
middle clouds and high clouds, according to their height above the ground at which they
form. A stratus cloud looks like a smooth, even sheet. A stratocumulus has light and
dark areas on the bottom, indicating presence of piles of clouds in the
layer.

The low clouds are are usually seen near the earth
surface, less than 1800 meters above the ground. These are further classified as stratus
and stratocumulus clouds according to their shape and
colour.

Middle clouds lie from 1800 to 6000metersabove the
earths surface. These are further classified as altostratus, altocumulus, and
nimbostratus clouds. An altostratus cloud forms a smooth white or grey sheet across the
sky that appears in many shapes.  It may be like unconnected piles or a layer of clouds
piled together.  A nimbostratus cloud is a smooth layer of
grey.

High clouds sometimes appear at height of more than
10,000 meters above the earth's surface. These clouds are formed entirely of ice
crystals. These clouds are further classified as cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus
clouds. Cirrus clouds are the delicate wispy clouds that form high in the sky, sometimes
higher than 10,000 metres.  A cirrostratus cloud looks like a thin sheet.  Cirrocumulus
clouds look like many small tufts of cotton in the
sky.

Some clouds appear at more than on height. For
example, cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds may rise to great heights while their bases are
near the ground. A cumulonimbus cloud may reach heights as great as 18,000 metres from
its base so that its top consists of only ice crystals.

Why did Atticus accept the Robinson case?

Atticus accepted Tom Robinson's case because he knew no
one else would want to take the case, and if anyone else did, he wouldn't put on a good
case or care whether Tom was convicted. Atticus knew the odds of getting Tom off from
the very beginning, but he knew that he had to try. Taking these "baby steps" was the
only way that racial bigotry was ever going to change in the South. Atticus knows Tom is
innocent, and if Tom was white, he would have been found innocent with the evidence
Atticus presented. Atticus at least made the jury deliberate for a while before bringing
in a guilty verdict.

List 3 examples of imagery used in "The Chambered Nautilus."

The entire poem is rife with rich imagery.  First, the speaker compares the shell to a ship that has been abandoned.  As he beholds the "ship of pearl" he wonders about the years that it took to create such a vessel, "Year after year beheld the silent toil / That spread his lustrous coil;" and wonders further what might have caused the hearty worker to leave his home:  "Still, as the spiral grew, / He left the past year's dwelling for the new...". 

Later, he gives the shell as much signficance as the gods of old, the imagery here is of the god Triton whom, as he contemplates the empty remains envisions  "From thy dead lips a clearer note is born / Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn."

The speaker is flabbergasted by the beauty and complexity of such a seemingly insignificant creature.  The image in the last stanza is of a beautiful mansion, and the hopes that he, a much more complicated creature than the nautilus, might be worthy of even greater feats.  He concludes, "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul...Till thou at length art free, / Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!"

Why does Rudyard Kipling call disaster and triumph impostors in his poem "If"?

I look at this in light of what God says in The Bible, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)  and "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Triumph and Disaster are, first of all, imposters.  Why? Because neither of them define God's purpose.  Whether something seems triumphant or disasterous, the cicumstances we face do not change God's goodness and His good plans for our lives.  His plans don't shift with our attitudes or circumstances.

Because of Jesus, we are made new and nothing can take separate us from God's love!  

Satan tries to use both triumph and disaster to distract us from remembering and knowing God's perfect plan and purpose for our lives...or even that God is involved in our lifes at all.  In triumph we can become too proud, in disaster we can think we are worthless.  And then we become self-centered instead of focused on God.

Rudyard Kipling is making a great point, because if we can treat those two imposters the same then it is a sign that we are mature and filled with God's love.

What comment does Uplike through Sammy make about "supermarket " society in this story?

I would add that Sammy also longs for that beautiful white body of the "Queen" who walks into the store.  She represents a class to which he doesn't and won't ever belong (even after he quits his job).  She buys the Fancy Herring Snacks while his family drinks "Schlitz in tall glasses with "They'll do it every time" cartoons stencilled on." But she also can break the rules with a certain audacity, and just as Sammy admires her confrontation with the "sheep" in the store, so does Updike, I think. He doesn't criticize them so much as, with Sammy, mourn and criticize the fact that such a gap exists, one which Sammy will not cross ove. Perhaps they are a representation of The American Dream (often embodied in American literature through wealthy, beautiful women) that the ordinary guy just cannot obtain.

What is a summary of "Autumn in the Oak Woods"?

The story of "Autumn in the Oak Woods," set in Russia and
written by Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov, follows a step-by-step progress from the narrator's
anticipated arrival by the "night boat" of his girlfriend to her decision as to whether
to stay or return to the city. Neither are named and therefore stand as symbols of
Russian men and women and of what is referred to as the Russian soul (psychological,
philosophical, and moral quality).

The story opens with the
narrator drawing water from a spring and musing about his happiness at the expected
arrival of his girlfriend from the city on the night boat. He then meets the boat and
she in fact disembarks. she did come; he was anxious that she might
not.

He refrains from kissing her in the light of the night
boat's beam. They shyly reacquaint themselves with each other then move away from the
water's edge as he leads her into the oak woods to the hut he lives in. He points out
things about his life in the woods as they pass them, like the feathers of a chicken
stolen by a fox and the berries from which he makes
vodka.

They stay the night in the hut and awake to see that
the first autumn snow fell overnight. Treading through the fresh snow, they explore the
beauties of the woods. He is anxious lest she decide that such a secluded uneventful
life hold no interest for her, but she calms his anxiety by saying that she finds it
good as well. That night, they stand overlooking the pier where the night boat moors.
Together they watch the boat come in and dock, wait, and then depart again. They are
together, as though in a "white dream," in the natural beauty that reflects their
happiness.

What is the significance of the passages in italics (a memory, a dream) on p. 69-72 in The Kite Runner?What is the purpose of these passages to the...

The purpose of the memories presented in italics in
Chapter 7 is to symbolically represent the themes of brotherhood, betrayal, and
sacrifice that are prevalent in the novel.  The italicized section opens with the memory
of Amir learning that he and Hassan were nursed as babies by the same woman.  This
"mother"-link draws Amir and Hassan together as brothers.  The strength and significance
of this bond needs to be established so that Amir's betrayal of Hassan is also more
significant.  Amir remembers the old man who proclaimed to tell them the truth:  Hassan
willingly opens himself up to have the old man see his truths; however, Amir refuses. 
This suggests that Amir is a person who will have demons to hide and who will run from
the truth rather than confront it.  Finally, the last memory is of the lamb at
slaughter, and Amir remembers the look on that lamb's face.  When Hassan is raped, Amir
says that the look on Hassan's face was like the lamb, a knowing sacrifice for some
higher purpose.  After this incident, Amir must struggle to repent and find goodness in
his own character.  So Hassan's sacrifice leads to Amir's
redemption.

In the beginning of Chapter 5 in The Great Gatsby why did Gatsby have all the lights on?

In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby tells
Nick all of the lights are on in his mansion because he's been "glancing into some of
the rooms." 

From a distance in his taxi, Nick at first
thinks there must be a fire.  Then when he sees that the brightness is coming from
Gatsby's house he assumes there's a party going on.  When that turns out not to be the
case, and Gatsby says he was just glancing into the rooms, Nick appears unsure of what
to think.

The suggestion is, I believe, that the lights are
all on so that Gatsby's house can be seen from Daisy's house.  This is a reversal of
Gatsby staring at the light on Daisy's dock.  This is wishful thinking on Gatsby's part,
of course--Daisy certainly isn't staring at his house from across the
water.

There may also be a sense that Gatsby is inspecting
the home in order to prepare for Daisy's eventual visit.  Remember that one of the first
things he does with Daisy once they do meet again, is to give her a tour of the
house.

Compare Dexter's ambitions for his children in "Winter Dreams" with those expressed by Scott Fitzgerald in his letter to his daughter.

It is clear that when we consider the hopes that both
Dexter Fletcher and his creator, F. Scott Fitzgerald, have for their children, their is
a significant difference in the kind of lives they want for them. Dexter Fletcher for
example makes it obvious that, although he recognises that his middle-class background
actually gives him a certain advantage over his upper-class contemporaries, he wants his
children to be born into wealth and social position rather than to have to earn it for
themselves as he has had to:

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He had seen that, in one sense, he was better
than these men. He was newer and stronger. Yet in acknowledging to himself that he
wished his children to be like them he was admitting that he was but the rough, strong
stuff from which they eternally
sprang.

Such a wish appears
initially to be paradoxical until we realise the way that those born into wealth and
social prestige were considered as being "better" socially than those who had earned
their own way into the halls of the rich and
famous.

However, considering F. Scott Fitzgerald's advice
to his daughter as expressed in his letter, it is clear that he has very different
wishes for his daughter, built around a life that is characterised by health, duty and
courage:

All I
believe in in life is the rewards for virtue (according to your talents) and the
punishments for not fulfilling your duties, which are doubly
costly.

There is no mention
made of an inherited social position which is a birthright. Reference to concepts such
as "virtue" immediately separate it from the kind of life that Dexter Fletcher wants his
children to inherit.

Who is the antagonist of the memoir? Explain.Farewell to Manzanar

In my opinion, the antagonist in this book is society in
general -- perhaps this can be split into American society and Japanese American
society.

I say this because the protagonist is, quite
clearly, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston herself.  So then we need to ask what her conflict is
and who is stopping her from doing what she wants to.

To
me, the conflict is between Jeanne, who wants to be herself (part Japanese, part
American) and the two societies.  They both reject her in some ways because she is
trying to be in between they two of them.

What is a summary of chapter 5 and 6 of Of Mice and Men?

Chapters 5 and 6 show the end of the dream that Lennie and
George have shared and they show the end of Lennie's actual
life.

In Chapter 5, Lennie kills the little puppy that he
is trying to pet.  He knows George will be mad at him.  But while he is still in the
barn trying to figure out what to do, Curley's wife comes in.  She tells him her
troubles and has him touch her hair.  That's a mistake because he accidentally kills her
when she starts yelling.

In Chapter 6, George goes to their
spot at the river.  He knows Lennie will be there.  He talks to Lennie about their dream
one more time and then kills him before Lennie knows anything is
wrong.

What are Kamikazes? How were they used in World War II?

The word Kamikaze means "Divine Wind" in Japanese, and
refers to several times in Japanese history where a wind protected them from invading
fleets of ships.  In World War II, there were more volunteers for these suicide missions
than there were planes.  Japanese soldiers operated according to the Code of Bushido,
where it was the highest honor to die for the Emperor, protecting the home islands.  To
surrender was not only dishonor, but dishonor for all of your
ancestors.

The Kamikazes first made an appearance in large
numbers during the Battle of Leyte Gulf where they were sent to stop the US invasion
fleet at the Philippines in 1944.  Hundreds were shot down or crashed into the sea, but
they did succeed in sinking 36 American ships, including an aircraft
carrier.

It was an act of desperation, and failed to do
anything to change the outcome of the war.

Why does Buck decide to leave the Baxters so abruptly in The Yearling?

I am assuming that you are referring to the incident in
Chapter 24, when Buck comes over the the Baxters' place to invite Penny to join them in
hunting wolves the next morning at dawn. The wolves had been heard howling from neaby
the Forresters' Island, and Buck knows that "with luck, all the remaining wolves might
be killed (and) game also could easily be taken." Appreciative, Penny accepts the
invitation, and asks Buck to spend the night, but Buck says that he must leave. He
explains to Penny that if he does not show up back at home by bed-time, his brothers
will figure that there will be no hunt, and will not be ready early the next
morning.

The other incident to which you might be referring
occurs in Chapter 25. When the hunt was nearly over, the Baxters and Forresters had come
upon the tracks of a big buck deer, but had agreed not to go after it that day. While on
his way home, the buck had run across Penny's track, and Penny, taking advantage of the
opportunity, had killed it. When Lem sees the hide stretched out at the Baxters' place,
he gets angry because he thinks that Penny has betrayed the Forresters, going after the
buck on his own so he could have it for himself. Penny tells Lem the truth, that he came
upon the buck by "pure happen-so," and Buck sticks up for Penny as an honest man. The
Forresters, and Buck in particular, seem distant after that, and when Buck finally comes
by again to tell Penny the wolves have been eradicated, Penny
says,

"I hope
you ain't mixed up in your mind about that buck Lem got so ornery
about."

Buck evasively
says,

"That's
all right. What's one
deer?"

and leaves quickly,
indicating that perhaps he does believe that Penny had been trying to take advantage of
the Forresters by going after the buck on his own, and is understandably angry and
hurt.

What is the moral (or hidden lesson) of the story "The Most Dangerous Game"?

One theme that can be gleaned from this short story is that a person should not judge others until they have shared a similar experience. The saying, "Don't judge others until you've walked a mile in their shoes" comes to mind when discussing the theme of The Most Dangerous Game.

As the story opens on the water, Rainsford is talking to his companion, Whitney about whether or not the animals Rainsford hunts have feelings about being hunted. Whitney feels empathy for the animals hunted and Rainsford believes this is nonsense. He says to her, "there are two classes, the hunters and the huntees." He feels that the game he hunts are put there to serve the purpose of being hunted and they feel neither pain nor fear about being hunted.

As the plot unfolds on Zarrof's unique island and Rainsford is forced to play the "game" he begins to change his feelings about the huntees  because now he has become one.

Rainsford prevails at being a cunning piece of game to hunt and wins Zarrof's game, therefore sending Zarrof to his dogs. Rainsford enjoys his victory bed and peaceful sleep and he is changed at the close of the story because now he too can empathize with game that is hunted. He "walked a mile in the shoes" of a huntee and now he knows that a huntee does in fact experience pain and fear at being hunted down.

What are some similarities and differences between Lennie and Curley? What chapter best illustrates these?

Lennie and Curley are from different classes in the American social structure.  Curley, as the son of the ranch boss, will one day become a land owner through inheritance and not necessarily through hard work.  In the social structure of the ranch, Curley might be considered part of the upper class because he was born into money.  Lennie, on the other hand, would be considered part of the lower class, not only because he is poor and travels to find work, but because he is mentally handicapped.  Unlike Curley, Lennie will never inherit land, but through hard work, he and George could be able to "get a little place".

Both Lennie and Curley act without thinking.  Each reacts to situations rather than taking the time to think things through.  Lennie reacts to fear by clenching down on whatever is in his grip (a girl's dress, a mouse, Curley's hand, a puppy, and Curley's wife's hair).  Each instance becomes progressively worse throughout the novella.  Curley's reactions lead to similarly destructive situations (a poor relationship with the ranch workers and with his wife, a fight with Lennie that leaves him crippled, and murderous intentions when his wife is killed), but it's his anger that drives him.

Can i get a plot summary for Lyddie by: Katherine Patterson?? book report due tomorrow and i didnt read the book.

Instead of frantically searching the internet for a
summary and a last minute "wing-it" book report (the kind you turn in hoping and praying
it doesn't sound like you didn't actually read the book) I think most teachers on this
site *we question answerers are pretty much ALL teachers* would encourage you to go to
your teacher tomorrow and confess that you have not read the
book.

I'm not speaking for everyone when I say this, but as
a teacher who has dealt with the students who turn in the "Sparknotes version" of a book
report and those who come clean and just ask for more time, I'm more apt to forgive and
provide an option of redemption for the second student.  What you need to understand is
that your teacher will know that you did not read the book.  Even if HE or SHE has not
read the book, most, if not all literature teachers are pretty good at analyzing tone. 
If you have not read the book, this will come out in the tone of your book report.  Your
teacher might not even directly address it, but he or she will
know.

Now, if you do choose to take the road of integrity
here, understand there is (believe it or not) a bad and a better
approach.

BAD approach: addressing your teacher one-on-one
JUST before or JUST after the bell rings to start class.  You've already screwed up -
don't take up your TEACHER'S class time to fix it.
BETTER: email your teacher
tonight and explain the situation.  Own up to laziness if that is the only excuse.  As
cliche as it sounds, honesty truly is the best policy.
BETTER: wait until the
end of the day (or perhaps the down time at the end of class) and ask to talk to your
teacher one-on-one.  Explain in person.

Be prepared to
receive neither forgiveness NOR redemption.  After all, your entire class had the same
amount of time and how is it fair to give you an extension?  However, most reasonable
teachers will look at such a situation and work out a plea bargain (as they say in the
legal world).  If I was your teacher, I'd ask for a reasonable amount of time for you to
get the book read.  Let's say you can do it over the weekend.  I'd then say, "Get it
done and blow me away with the book report.  You won't get full credit, but you won't
get a zero either.  We'll deal with the grade when I see the report... AND YOU BETTER
READ THE BOOK."  I would say the last part with a stern voice and
smile.

Don't fake it.  Just don't.  Even if you do get away
with it this time, it isn't worth the reward that will tell you "It worked last time it
will work again."  Because faking it rarely works, and it's when it counts the most that
it will get you.

Act 4:Why does Danforth allow Elizabeth to speak of John Proctor? How has she changed towards her husband? Why doesns advice?

Danforth allows Elizabeth to speak to John in order to get him to enter a guilty plea and save himself.  Danforth likely knows Proctor is innocent.  However, for the integrity of the court, he cannot simply overturn the guilty verdict.  So he needs John to confess in order to appease the growing discontent of the townspeople toward the court. 

Elizabeth realizes that she was cold and distant toward her husband and helped drive him away, which is one reason for his affair with Abigail.

Ultimately, Proctor tears up his confession because he wants to keep a shred of dignity.  Signing a false confession, in his view, would be worse than dying for a crime he didn't commit.  He chooses to die at the hands of an unjust court rather than owe the rest of his life to a lie.

What is the setting, time period and place, in the short story of The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell? time period and hint in the story...

The time period of "The Most Dangerous Game" is the 20th century when game hunting was a popular past-time for the wealthy class.  The story involves three locations: the yacht Rainsford is sailing on, Zaroff's chateau, and the jungle lands on ship-trap island.  The island is located in the Caribbean Sea towards Rio.

What types of American Imperialism have affected Latin America?How should we give detailed examples?

I do not know what types of imperialism you are supposed
to be thinking about, but I think that you could argue that there have been at least 3
kinds of imperialism that have affected Latin
America.

There has been regular imperialism, the kind where
one country actually directly controls another.  The US still owns Puerto Rico and has
at times occupied such places as Nicaragua and the Dominican
Republic.

There has been economic imperialism.  An example
of this (some people argue) can be seen in how the US has used Mexico as a source of
cheap labor and raw materials.

Finally, you can argue that
the US has practiced cultural imperialism with its movies, music, food, and
sports.

How could you prove that Miss Emily is guilty of premeditated murder and is not insane?

In "A Rose for Emily," Emily cannot be convicted of either
one, really.  She's dead.  That's the whole point of the story.  The town is clueless.
 It's the worst piece of detective fiction in the history of
literature.

Obviously, she might have been convicted of any
number of crimes if the townspeople would not have institutionalized her (treated her as
such a monument and pillar of the community).  They can't even get her to pay her taxes.
 How are they going to have the guts to charge her with murder or, worse, insanity?  She
doesn't even need a lawyer.  The town is too scared to even enter the house, let alone
deliver a subpoena.

The signs of premeditation are there:
she buys rat poisoning, Arsenic.  The town, though, mistakenly thinks she's going to
kill herself because no one will marry her.  What?!  They honestly thought and even
condoned suicide over being an old maid.  What fools!

And
there's evidence: a certain fat decomposing body in the bedroom.
 Hello?

After she buys the arsenic, she is seen with Homer
Baron the very next day.  Even though he is a Yankee and openly gay, they also condone
the marriage.  Fools again!  They don't see signs of murder or poisoning even after he
disappears and the smell of a dead body fills the
neighborhood.

Putting Emily on trail for pre-meditated
murder is like putting Oedipus on trial for being blind: it's rather obvious.  CSI is
not needed here.

In the story "War," what is the main conflict and who are the main characters?

To me, the main conflict in this story is between the
various people on the train.  They are arguing about how they should think of the war. 
They are also arguing about who should be saddest and whose situation (in terms of sons
going off to war) is the worst.

I think this symbolizes a
deeper conflict, though.  It is a conflict between the people and society.  The
characters (they are all just anonymous people who have sons who have been called to
fight or who have already been in the war) are showing the conflict between individuals'
desires to have their own happiness and society's need to have its citizens fight for it
in wars.

How would you account for Captain Beatty's ability to qoute extensively from literature?

In my opinion, it is very clear that Captain Beatty has
read a lot of literature and must really care about it.  I think it would be very hard
to learn the books well enough to quote from them like he does unless you really like
the books.

What I assume is that some few people are
allowed to (or maybe required to) read the books so that they have some idea as to what
they are fighting against.  They need to know the enemy so they can fight it more
effectively.

So I think Beatty started doing that but then
kind of went over to the other side -- he started caring about the
books.

What establishment does Wolfsheim prefer?

You can find the answer to this (I think this is what you
are asking, at least) in Chapter 4.

In that chapter, Nick
Carraway goes to meet Gatsby for lunch at some place on 42nd street in New York City. 
Gatsby is having lunch with Meyer Wolfsheim.  While talking to Nick, Wolfsheim says that
he likes the place where they are eating, but he preferst the place across the street. 
It is a place called The Metropole.

Wolfsheim says The
Metropole is hot and small, but is filled with memories.  Weirdly, the only one he
discusses is when a mobster friend of his was killed while eating
there.

What is the climax of "Daniel's Story"?

This book is very much like a documentary, in that it follows the event of Daniel's life rather than a traditional plot, which would follow the development of a particular conflict.

However, in these incidents, it is obvious that Daniel's Story is one about the coming of age of a boy stuck in war-torn Europe.  As a boy who is maturing,  he has to decide what type of person he will be.  He can choose to remain bitter and angry and to retaliate against those who have persecuted him and his family.  Or, he can choose to rise above it and to be a better, stronger person than his enemies.

Daniel chooses the latter.  He chooses to be good.  That choice is the climax.  It happens after Buchenwald is liberated.  Daniel threatens to kill the children of an SS officer, but he is unable to do it, and he is angry at himself for causing fear in the children.  He has, as Erika wanted him to, chosen love.

What are the differences between Saussure and Bloomfield?

Bloomfield came from the Neogrammarian school of
linguistics.  That means he focused on the historical aspects and evolution of
languages.  He studied particular languages, their history and how words are generated. 
Both Bloomfield and Saussure studied language as a structure or with a scientific
basis.  The main difference is that Bloomfield studied linguistics diachronically: it's
historical and comparative development.  Saussure studied language synchronically: he
made the comparison between language and chess.  You don't need to know the
history/previous moves; you could understand the system just by looking at the board at
any single moment/state.  This is the synchronic.  Unlike Bloomfield who studied the
historical development of linguistics, focusing on behavior, Saussure sought to
understand the underlying structure of language in general: and this had to do with the
relationship between signs.  Bloomfield's study would focus more on this history of
signs.  I think you could say that Saussure's study is more abstract (still scientific)
and philosophical and Bloomfield's was more sociological and a little
psychological.

What does the clock represents and what does it demonstrates

In "The Masque of the Red Death," the clock is extremely
important as a symbol.  The timepiece represents time itself as it relates to the
members of the group locked away in apparent safety.  The members of the group dance and
party while those outside the gates of the castle are dying of the "red death."  Those
within the castle walls do not realize that their time is nearly over, as well, which is
what the clock symbolizes.  When the clock stops, it means that their time is over, as
well.

Is bamboo a renewable resource?

In answering this question, I would begin by saying that a
natural resource that can be in repeatedly grown and harvested is considered to be
renewable. I would, however, ask further questions about the sustainability of bamboo
cultivation, bamboo trade, and recycling. The purpose of such a line of inquiry would be
to find out what impacts the exploitation of bamboo has on the land upon which it is
grown, the human settlements that cultivate it, the traders that buy and sell it, the
consumers, and the environment. It is also important to know who benefits the most in
the monetary flow generated by the trading cycle of bamboo, and who is most marginalized
by it. In other words, identifying the settlements that cultivate bamboo, the trade
networks that distribute it, the end consumers that buy it, and any evidence regarding
the effects of the disposal of bamboo on the environment, would be very useful in
determining whether or not bamboo is truly a renewable source, not only from the
traditional definition, but from a greater, socio-environmental one. A broader question
could read as follows: Is bamboo a renewable and recyclable resource that does not
exhaust itself, the land or the human settlements that grow it?

Who is the main character in My Side of the Mountain?

Sam Gribley is the main character.  Sam lives in the woods for an entire year, fending for himself.  Almost as much a "central" character as Sam are the wild animals with whom he interacts.  You can find out more about "My Side of the Mountain" by visiting the link below. 

What are 3 examples of foreshadowing in "The Rocking-Horse Winner"? What events does the title of the story foreshadow?

The title, "The Rocking-Horse Winner," foreshadows what
the boy becomes, but is also ironic.  The boy wins much money, but of course loses his
life in the end trying to win more.

The voice in the house
foreshadows what the boy has to go through in order to satisfy it, and its
relentlessness foreshadows the tragic conclusion.

Finally,
his mother's greedy desire for money and failure to be satisfied foreshadows in the same
way the voice does.  The boy is driven beyond his limits to satisfy that which cannot be
satisfied. 

SpectrumWhat tools do astronomers use to detect different wavelengths of light? How can the speed of a distant object in space be measured?

Astronomers analyse and measure the wavelengths of lights
reaching earth from different stars and similar objects to determine their chemical
composition. Such light is collected by a telescope. The most common technique for
analysing visible light is spectroscopy. This involves breaking up light into its
individual colours of spectrum. Spectroscopic techniques are also used to break up other
types of radiation into individual
wavelengths.

Astronomers  identify the types of atoms that
make up the star's gaseous outer layers, and identify the molecules in the atmosphere of
a planet by analysing the spectrum of light coming from those bodies.Astronomers use
different types of spectrometers,  One type  measures the wavelengths in a spectrum. 
Another type, called a spectroscope, produces a spectrum to be viewed with the eye.  A
third type called spectrograph records the image of a spectrum on a photographic plate
or some other device.

In a  typical spectrometer light
enters it through the narrow entrance slit and passes through a collimating lens.  This
lens causes the light to become a beam of parallel light rays.  The parallel light then
travels through a prism, where it is broken up into a spectrum.  A lens focuses the
light on the exit slit.  Only one colour of light can pass through this slit at a time. 
Therefore, the prism must be rotated to bring the other colours into the exit slit and
to scan the entire spectrum.  A circular scale records the angle of the prism, from
which the wavelength of the light can be determined. 

Some
spectrometers have a flat mirror called a grating, instead of a prism.  The surface of a
grating is lined with thousands of narrow, parallel grooves.  Upon striking a grating, a
parallel beam of light spreads out into a spectrum.

Describe the marriage and family system of the Ibo in the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.

The system of the Ibo in Things Fall
Apart is based on polygamy and the masculinity of the male being tied to how
many wives he can garner and how well he can support them and provide for his wives and
their children.  Generally marriages are arranged in some way though there is also
clearly room for some influence of the parties involved in the
process.

Family ties are extended to include the extended
family and they are all expected to try and support each other when necessary,
particularly if one family or family group has been successful and others are in need of
help in the form of food or work that needs to be done.

In the short story "Dusk" by Saki, what two kinds of people are compared?

I don't know that anyone is really contented in this
story.  I don't think even the con man is content.

To me,
the real contrast in this story is between people who are basically honest and those who
are not.  The story seems to imply that the world works to the benefit of those who are
not honest.

I say this because the con man really comes out
ahead in this story while Gortsby and the man who lost his soap lose.  Both of the
latter two men were not doing anything wrong, but they lost out.  The con man ends up
with their possessions and they end up with nothing.

So I
think it's a statement about how the wicked and aggressive rule the
world.

What are Tybalt's motives in act 3 scene 1, and what does he hope to accomplish?Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Tybalt is part of the younger generation of Capulets to
continue the feud which has gone on for years and years.  Incited by the opening street
confrontation between the two families, Tybalt is further angered when he learns that
Romeo and friends have come uninvited for his close cousin,
Juliet.

Now, in Act III Tybalt wants to know why Romeo was
at the party and ascertain his motives, so he calls out in a taunting manner to
Mercutio

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Mercutio, thou consort'st with
Romeo--

When Romeo does
arrive, Tybalt insults him,

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Romeo, the hate I bear thee can
afford

No better term than this--thou art a villain.
(III,i,50)

Tyblat further
tells Romeo that he has caused him "injuries," and challenges him to a duel. For, the
effrontery that Romeo and his friends have displayed by coming to their enemy's house
uninvited is considered a grave insult to the Capulet name.  In the Italy of the
fourteenth century, family name and its honor were of paramount
importance.

What is the overriding symbol in The Light in the Forest?

There are many important symbols in the book, but the most
important one is the forest.  The title indicates this.  The forest symbolizes freedom
to True Son.  He has been captured by the Delaware Indians from his White family, where
he lived from age four to eleven.

The forest also contains
a duality.  It is True Son’s struggle to decide which civilization he wants to be a part
of.  Will he be an Indian, or return to the life of the White
Man?

True Son
had thought nothing could approach the joy of hunting in the forest.  But now he felt
contentment in the deep summer days of the village. (p.
153)

In the end, True Son
decides he is better off in the forest than among the Indians or the White Men.  He
chooses his own path.

What is the significance of Gatsby's shirts in The Great Gatsby?

In my opinion, Gatsby's shirts are significant because
they show just how far Gatsby is willing to go to get Daisy.  In addition, her reaction
to them, in my opinion, shows how shallow she is.

The whole
house and the shirts and everything are Gatsby's attempt to get Daisy to love him.  He
wants to show her just how rich and classy he is.  He is so classy that he even has his
shirts sent over from England (and lots of them).

When
Daisy sees them, she breaks down and cries.  If she were a more genuine person, you
would think she would be overcome by emotion on seeing Gatsby or on hearing him say
something.  But instead, what gets her is his material
possessions.

Acoustic Poem for Dill Harris.. how would you describe him and his personality? (The term is ACROSTIC poem, not acoustic)I so far have this...D...

H - Honest, H - Hard-playing, H - Humble

R - Rambunctious

S - Strong-willed, S - Supportive

Yes, Dill is very respectful.  He also has a keen sense of what is right and what is wrong. He has been through adversity (no father, being passed off to his aunt by his mom) and doesn't feel sorry for himself.  Even though he creates stories about his fictional father, he is honest where it counts.

How well did the animals work together? Why is that so?

Animals continue to work together throughout the novel, at moments building up real solidarity, such as when Boxer dies and is sent off.  Cats and rats do not get along, however, and at one point Mollie leaves because the others resent her bourgeois vanity. Significantly, Snowball is forced to leave by Napoleon because he disagrees with him. Following this, Napoleon makes Snowball the scapegoat for all the bad things that transpire on the far. They get along because they have subscribed to the idelogogy of "animalism," because they know the consequences of questioning (the dogs will attack them), and because they become so tired they do not have the energy to protest, because they cannot read or write and are easily persuaded by Squealer, and because they remain hungry as the story progresses, losing any energy for struggle.