In To Kill a Mockingbird, what does Scout learn from Walter's visit in chapter 3?

By eating lunch/supper with Walter, Scout learns about societal differences and acceptance of others. Walter represents the lower class, poverty stricken people of Maycomb. As Aunt Alexandra would have Scout believe, the Cunnigham's are beneath the Finch's; however, through Atticus and Cal, Scout learns that all people are equal regardless of their financial status.

Explain the relationship between the 14th Amendment and the Bill of Rights, as requested in the question.

The most commonly cited relationship between the 14th Amendment and the Bill of Rights is that the 14th Amendment has been used to "incorporate" the Bill of Rights.

The Bill of Rights, as written, applies only to the federal government.  This means that state governments did not originally have to respect the rights given in the first 10 amendments.  Beginning in the early 1900s, the Supreme Court said that the 14th Amendment means that the Bill of Rights applies to state governments as well.  It does this because it says that states cannot deprive people of their "liberty" without due process of the law.  The Court has said that this means states cannot deprive people of their rights under the Bill of Rights.

What is the climax in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

This is one of my favorite stories!

Here are some helpful hints on finding the climax of ANY story. Author's usually write their plots in a typical format. Here it is: 

1. The exposition (the part of the story where you get the background and details about the setting, characters, potential conflicts, etc.).

2. The narrative hook, (where the author grabs your attention).

3. The rising action (this is where the author creates tension and suspense through conflict).

4. The climax (the turning point of the story).

5. The falling action  (where the READER learns about the main character's reaction to the climax.

6. The denouement/wrap-up (the final tying together of the story).

Look at Step 4, the turning point of the story. I think you'll find the the climax is where the main character can no longer tolerate his guilty conscience. That dreadful heart beating in his head, is actually a manifestation of his guilt. He can no longer stand the sound, so he rips open the floor revealing his crime! 

How does one finish off an essay with a personal statement? I'm finding the ending to my essays to be extremely difficult and was hoping that one...

Did you have extreme difficulty in writing the essays?  Is a "personal" statement necessary?  The reader will know it's your work!  Doesn't the work itself stand as your statement?

Ideally, the last statements in an essay should be something that ties the work together.  After introducing the topic of your essay, then expanding the points of your arguments, then drawing your conclusions, the last paragraph could be merely a summary.

In conclusion, using introductory phrases such as "Finally," or "To summarize," or "To conclude" to begin the last paragraph should provide some structure to your thoughts to finish the essay.

In The Chocolate War, why does Goober pull back and not help Jerry during his ordeal with the Vigils?

Roland Goubert (the Goober) is afraid of the Vigils, like many of the kids in the school. He realizes when his chocolates sales are falsely reported what is going on, and he runs to his locker in tears, knowing he's betrayed Jerry. He is so ashamed of his fear and inability to help Jerry that he misses several days of school after that. He returns on the day that Jerry is badly beaten in the boxing ring.

What are some of the most effective ways to educate children to prevent them from peer pressure, according to a social psychologist? This is for a...

I am not certain that there is one specific path, but rather multiple elements that have to be combined in an approach to ensure that kids understand the consequences and realities of chocies being made.  The consensus seems to be that the opening of consistent and transparent dialogue between parent and child is essential and vital in resisting the temptation to succumb to peer pressure.  Different approaches are present on how this dialogue should be formed, but the opinion is that in some form, all parents need to have these dialogues with their child, keeping their fingers on the child's social and emotional pulse to ensure that the message is being absorbed.  Social psychologists seem to agree that role playing potential situations and giving kids a "mental rolodex" of rebuttal answers to what to do when confronted in a peer pressure situation for drugs, sex, or other types of destructive behavior is a part of this approach.  Ensuring that parents encourage social interactions of their kids, but help in guiding these is another part of this process.  Finally, involvement in multiple activities as an outlet from the pressurized world of social conformity might be one other avenue that parents and children need to investigate.

How we can explain Mr. Lantin's hate in the first part of the story?"The Jewelry" by Guy de Maupassant

I think you probably mean the second half of the story, for M. Lantin was smitten with his wife from the moment he first saw her until the day she died--and even a little after.  He loved her, wanted her to have nice things, and encouraged her to go to the theater even if he did not accompany her.  She loved him, too, as "she would throw herself into his arms, and kiss him affectionately" some evenings when they were home together. There is nothing but love, it appears, for the first half of the story.  The change happens when his wife dies.

Once she's died and he's broke and life is a "struggle," he takes one of her necklaces to a jeweler, hoping to get a few francs for it. Instead, he discovers the jewels are real after getting a second opinion. The second jeweler knows exactly how much the necklace is worth (12,000 to 15,000 francs) because it was bought at his store.  While that is a surprising and even exhilarating thing for him to find out, he is soon struck with the realization of what his wife must have been doing throughout their supposedly happy marriage.  "The earth seemed to tremble beneath him--the tree before him to be falling; he threw up his arms, and fell to the ground, unconscious."

From here his life deteriorates quickly.  He does sell all the jewelry (who would want to keep it, given the circumstances?), but he is humiliated by the workers at the store.  They knew perfectly well his wife had been unfaithful to him; one employee even has to leave the room to hide his mocking laughter. 

He's angry because his wife cheated on him; he's angry because he didn't realize it and probably should have; he's angry because he made it even easier for her by sending her to the theater alone (or so he thought); he's angry because he'll never know if she really loved him; he's angry because he was humiliated by people who don't even know him...and the list goes on. 

The anger hinges on the fact that his wife was unfaithful to him and he was clueless.  I think we can all understand, to some degree, what that must feel like and can empathize with his anger.

Unfortunately for him, Monsieur Lantin grows quickly into a bitter and complaining man who lives a life of dissolution--an "I'll show her" kind of thing.  "Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman; but had a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow."

The irony of the last sentence is delicious: his first wife was a liar and a cheat, but they were happy; this wife would never lie to him or cheat on him, but she made him miserable.  His anger, it seems, is justified.

Can you give me the summary of the story "Discovery of a Father" by Sherwood Anderson?

"Discovery of a Father" is the story of the relationship between a father and a son. The son, who is most likely the author himself, is ashamed and embarrassed by his father. He wants his father to be "proud, silent, (and) dignified," but his father always seems to be showing off. If there was a show being put together in town, the boy's father always managed to get "the chief comedy part." If there was a parade, he'd be right there "at the front of it," and he was not afraid to make a fool of himself for the entertainment of others. The townspeople loved him, but the father's son was mortified.

The  boy's father loved to tell stories, especially stories about himself and the Civil War. The stories were not true, but the people loved them anyway. There is not much to do in a small town, but the boy's father could always be counted on to liven things up. When hard times came and the boy's family was "down and out," his father often took off for weeks at a time while his mother labored to feed the children. His father would come home occasionally, bringing a ham or something good to eat, and though the boy's mother was happy then, the boy himself was bitter. Then one night, while his mother was away, the boy's father came home and sat quietly at the table with an inexplicable look of sadness on his face. After awhile, he got up and took the boy to the pond in the rain, where both undressed, and the father, putting his son's hand on his shoulder, swam across the pond and back. Through that strange but wonderful experience, the boy discovered "a feeling of closeness" with his father, and saw in the man he had always scorned "a new and strange dignity." From that day on, the boy felt a kinship with his father, who was a storyteller, just as he himself would one day be.

What does Cassius compare to Caesar to in Act I, Scene 2, lines 145-147?Julius Caesar

In Act I, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cassius begins his campaign against Caesar, pointing to his power and the attitude of others around him, saying "this man is now become a god." For instance, Caesar is handed a crown, but refuses it three times.  He tells the crowd that they can cut his throat if he displeases them, but they all refused to harm him. Then, in lines 145-147 to emphasize the idea that Ceasar thinks of himself as a god, Cassius compares him to Appollo, whose gigantic statue, Colossus, was set at the entrance to the harbo of Rhodes in 280 B.C.:

Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world

Like a Colossus, and we petty men

Walk under his huge legs and peep about

To find ourselves dishonorable graves. 1.2.145-147)

What are some literary devices used in Paz's "As One Listens to the Rain" and "Summit and Gravity" that support the main theme of each poem?I need...

Octavio Paz uses elements from nature in both "As One
Listens to the Rain" and "Summit and Gravity" to evoke strong emotions.  In the love
poem, "As One Listens to the Rain," Paz recreates the incantatory sound of rain drumming
on the roof.  He uses repetition and a strong regular rhythm to achieve this effect.
 These literary devices can be seen in lines such as "it is the mist, wandering in the
night, / it is the night, asleep in your bed."  This incantatory effect is powerful, in
the same way that the speaker's feelings for the "you" are.  In addition, the relentless
rhythm evokes timelessness, mirroring the speaker's timeless
love.

In "Summit and Gravity," Paz evokes both the Garden
of Eden and Isaac Newton, turning the apple into the ultimate symbol of knowledge.  He
uses metaphor to describe the fruit, "The seal of the scorched year / The carnal
firebrand/The star fruit."  He also uses juxtaposition.  As the fruit falls, a flock of
birds rises into the sky.  These opposing actions allow the speaker to discover the
miracle of gravity.

What is the subject of Hamlet's second soliloquy, the famous "To be or not to be" speech?Act 3

The subject could actually be a variety of things as Hamlet addresses many different ideas during the soliloquy.  The beginning question is basically centered around the idea of whether or not life is worth it, do we suffer the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" or kill ourselves and end it all?

He goes on from here to suggest that perhaps death is not the end of it all, perhaps we go on to a sleep but still we dream and if that is the case, maybe all this stuff about morality and doing what's right is important, perhaps the mortal sin of suicide isn't worth it either if you have to deal with the consequences even after you've put yourself to sleep.

He goes on to speculate about this state after death, the fact that no one has ever come back to tell us about it leaves us in the dark and it is this uncertainty that leaves him, and by extension many others, unable to make choices and take action in this mortal world.

What environmental problems could interstate compacts address, and what solutions could they achieve?

Do you mean interstate contracts?

An example would be the Colorado River.  The water from the river is shared by many states including Colorado, Arizona and California.  Historically, California has taken most of the water, because its population needed it decades ago.  Recently, however, the population of Arizona and Colorado has boomed and they are asking for more water from the river.  Water rights and contracts determine how much each state and city can take from the river.  The supply of water has not increased, but the number of people and farmers that rely upon it has.  Therefore everyone gets less and has to be rationed so that everyone gets some.

What does Mr. Wender ask David to do?

I will assume you are referring to John Wyndham's
The Chrysalids.

In chapter five, after
Sophie's toe has been discovered by Allan, the Wenders decide they must escape. David
asks if he can go with them, but Mr. Wender says no:

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Once they are satisfied that we are out of the
district we'll be someone else's responsibility, and they'll not bother much more about
us. But if Strorm were to lose his boy there'd be hue and cry for miles around, and I
doubt whether we'd have a chance of getting clear. They'd have posses out everywhere
looking for us. We can't afford to increase the risk to Sophie, can
we?'

After it is determined
that they cannot risk David coming with them, Mr. Wender asks David to stay over-night
at the house even after they have escaped.

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'Davie,' he said, man to man, 'I know how fond
you are of Sophie. You've looked after her like a hero, but now there's one more thing
you can do to help her. Will you?'

'Yes,' I told him. 'What
is it, Mr Wender?'

' It's this. When we've gone don't go
home at once. Will you stay here till tomorrow morning? That'll give us more time to get
her safely away. Will you do that?'

'Yes,' I said,
reliably.

Mr. Wender asks
David to do this because he knows David will be implicated in the situation because he
was with Sophie when her toe was discovered. Furthermore, Mr. Wender realizes that when
David returns home, information about their escape will come to light, even though David
doesn't want it to. Mr. Wender wants to delay any information about their escape being
leaked so they have a chance of getting away unharmed. This concern is confirmed at the
end of chapter five as David is crying in his bed after being beaten by his father
saying: "'I couldn't help it, Sophie,' I sobbed, 'I couldn't help it," which informs the
reader he has given information about the Wenders' escape.

In A Tale of Two Cities, what is the power that has ground the people down? What does this tell us about conditions in France?

Your question is relevant to Book the First, Chapter V, "The Wine Shop."  After a wine cask falls and spills all over the street of Saint-Antoine, the peasants rush to drink it.  Dickens describes them as "Samples of a people that had undergone a terrible grinding...in the mill."  This is the mill that

...grinds young people old; the children had ancient faces and grave voices; and upon them, and upon the grown races, and plought into every furrow of age and coming up afresh, was the sign, Hunger.

Hunger is prevalent throughout France in 1789.  There was a poor grain crop that year and the peasants had only moldy bread to eat, if anything.  The "nobles of great power," especially the ones of the current time--Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and their court--have oppressed these people through taxes, as well.  So, Hunger is everywhere; it is present in the stomachs of the French people; it is present in their souls as they are oppressed and disinfranchised.

This chapter of spilled wine is metaphoric for the bloodshed that is to come.  And, Dickens uses the symbol Hunger to represent the physical and spiritual hunger of the people who will soon spill the blood of the aristocrats as the red wine spills through the street of Saint-Antoine in A Tale of Two Cities.

Why is the setting important to the story and history?

Setting in this case extends into two areas: the period of time Fredrick Douglass writes about in his story and the period of time in our nation's history when the book was published. 

How is where and when (setting) important in telling the story?  In your opinion, why did Fredrick Douglass choose this particular setting for his book? Find sentences from the text that you feel best describe the setting--then write about why you, as the reader, think these sentences are important in recounting the evils of slavery.

The question then asks for the impact of the novel on society. You will have to do some research on this part of the question.  Search for book reviews, or historical accounts of how people responded to Douglass' book at the time it was published.  I've provided a link which you might find helpful:

Good luck and great writing! 

What immediate consequences does Sherman Alexie's early ability have in the essay "Superman and Me?"

Sherman Alexie, "a Spokane Indian boy living with his family on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington state," was able to teach himself to read at the age of three. Although his family "lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food," his father was a lover of books, and managed to fill the house with books bought at second hand stores and wherever else he could find them. Young Sherman remembers picking up his father's books, and learning to read on his own, partly by using context clues given in comic book pictures. In other circumstances, Sherman "might have been called a prodigy," but as "an Indian boy living on a reservation," he was looked upon as "simply an oddity."

Sherman says that "a smart Indian is...widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike." Because of his early ability to read, Sherman was tormented by his Indian classmates, who wanted him "to stay quiet when the non-Indian teacher asked for answers." Sherman cites the unspoken expectation that Indian children are stupid, and can only fail in the non-Indian world, as being the basis for the mistreatment he endured at the hands of his peers. The great majority of Sherman's contemporaries bought into this sad attitude, and performed poorly in school, even though they proved themselves to be intelligent in other ways, when among their own people.

Sherman Alexie understood that those Indian children who failed as they were expected to "were ceremonially accepted by other Indians and appropriately pitied by non-Indians." Sherman was different, however; using his early ability to read and learn, he refused to fail. Sherman describes himself as "smart...arrogant...lucky," and continued to read anything he could get his hands on voraciously. Because of this, he was accepted neither by the other Indians nor by the white people when he was growing up.

Give your first impression of Mary Maloney.

Do you mean right at the beginning of the story -- before
we know what happens?

I suppose that if that is the
question I would say that she seems like a stereotypical old time housewife.  She is
pregnant, she seems devoted to her husband.  All she is doing is waiting for him to come
home so she can see if he needs her to do something for him.  She has all the stuff
ready so he can have a drink right away.  She is happy with every minute that passes
because it means he will be home sooner.

So I would say
that she seems like something out of a 1950s TV show like Leave It to
Beaver.

Demonstrate that sin 6

We know that the number pi=3.14 (approx.), so, if we'll calculate:

 2pi=6.28 and 2*pi-pi/2=(3*pi)/2=1.5*pi=4.71

From the results above, 6 belongs to the interval (3pi/2,2pi), meaning 6 is in the IV-th quadrant.

In the IV-th quadrant, sine function is negative, so sin 6<0.

What is the meaning of the book The Poisonwood Bible?

Personally, what I took from the novel is that the white man is not entitled to everything, that maybe the only thing that the West brings will not result in progress, but destruction of itself.  The Prices came into Africa with their American ways, believing that they can pick up their lives in the States and drop it in the middle of the Congo, expecting the people to agree fully with everything they say.  They went in not understanding that a vibrant community with its own culture was prospering.  They almost had to die to get back out. The Congo was bloody as the white man exploited the black man to get rich.  Yet what we don't realize is that the forest is living.

What's interesting is that in Western literature and Western culture, we expect everything to be linear.  That through cause and effect, there is a beginning and an end. In African literature and culture, everything is cyclic; there is no beginning or an end.  The forest that they entered will continue to eat itself to grow.  

Ruth May said, "If I die I will disappear and I know where I'll come back.  I'll be right up there in the tree, same color, same everything.  I will look down on you.  But you won't see me" (173).   

How does Pi confront and move beyond his suffering and the evil he sees both around him and within himself in Life of Pi?This is the leadway into...

This is a terrific question. Pi has to use everything he
knows and believes in order to survive his circumstances--both physically and
mentally.

The first thing he does is to eliminate the
humans in his mind. By replacing the humans with animals, he can better justify and
explain their horrific actions. Animals act according to natural instinct; humans by
reason. In this case, however, the humans lost all reason and acted in a way more
according with beasts. Pi salvages his sanity by changing his reality into something he
could justify, explain, and understand.

The second, and
possibly more important, thing he does is to use his own rational mind to explore the
religious systems he had encountered at home. By taking good from each of them, he is
able to rest in his own humanity and determine his own fate not to become as savage as
the others had. By appealing to a higher authority, Pi was able to rise above the
circumstances that could easily have killed him or made him murderous and insane---as
happened to everyone else on the lifeboat.

Learning to find
self in higher logic and faith is a key to coming of age. He saw the savage terror of
the people and determined NOT to become one of those. In order to do so, he retreated
into both an imaginative and logical world where faith and reason worked together.
Nothing could restore his innocent belief in humanity as a whole, but by protecting
himself, he came to understand that there is both good and evil in the world. Evil plays
closer to the bestial instincts, while good remains the dwelling place for reason and
faith.

In The Call of the Wild, author Jack London shows Buck to have human qualities, thoughts and behaviors. Find an example of this in the book.Find an...

I would say that the ending of the book best demonstrates
Buck's human qualities.  These can be demonstrated throughout the book, but somehow, I
just find the ending to be the most meaningful as proving that Buck possesses human
characteristics and traits.  While he has been burned significantly by humans and their
moments of unspeakable cruelty, Buck demonstrates love and care for Thornton.  This is
highly human in that Buck does not allow his past experiences color how he loves and
feels emotions for another.  When Thornton is killed, it is the final straw and reflects
a tendency of human beings to act when a point of no return has been reached.  In
visiting Thornton's grave each year, Buck demonstrates a trait of loyalty, a human trait
that is not as evident as it should be in human beings.

Lee adds drama and atmosphere to To Kill a Mockingbird by including a number of Gothic details in the setting and the plot.How does this Gothic...

The Gothic elements Harper Lee introduced into her novel,
To Kill a Mockingbird--primarily centered around the Boo Radley
subplot and the Radley house--add a bit of horror and mystery to the story prior to the
Tom Robinson trial. Traditional elements of Gothic fiction (in this case, Southern
Gothic) usually include portions of horror, romance and
melodrama.

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The effect of Gothic fiction feeds on a pleasing
sort of terror, an extension of Romantic literacy pleasures... Melodrama and parody
(including self-parody) were other long-standing features... the literary Gothic
embodies an appreciation of the joys of extreme emotion, the thrills of fearfulness and
awe inherent in the sublime, and a quest for
atmosphere. 

Gothic
fiction also includes a setting with ancient buildings, and in
TKAM, the Radley house fills that requirement. All of the major
elements of the genre are included. Jem, Scout and Dill thrill themselves with the
thought of just getting a glimpse of the mysterious Boo. Passing by the Radley house
each day on the way to school is an act of bravery to them. Touching the Radley house or
setting foot on the property takes their courage a step further. The gifts from the
knothole, the mended pants and the warming blanket around Scout's shoulders are exciting
events to the children. The element of romance is even included with the budding
childhood love between Dill and Scout. 

The tragedy in "In Another Country" is the Major's attempt to adapt to normal life. What effort did he make, and how did he fail?

After the Major's wife died unexpectedly, the Major's shock was huge but bigger was his Stoicism. He did not show up at the hospital until three days later, wearing a black ribbon tied to his uniform, and affronting some bravery. After her funeral (we assume) he went back and began his therapy for his wounded hand. The way that he attempted normal life was through his routine at going to the hospital, getting his treatment, and helping the Narrator with his Italian grammar. However, we know that this was a foolish attempt at hiding his true feelings of not having any more control of life. He may have been a major, a fencer, and a good brave soldier, but life is out of his control now, and his little attempts at normalcy continue to be shadowed by his reality. Unless he accepts its and takes it onwards, he will never be free of himself.

What is a critical analysis of John Donne as a poet of love?

The early poetry of John Donne uses metaphysical conceits to show the physical union of the male and female, husband and wife, lover and mistress.

His complex use of conceits compares to the act of love to unusually intellectual areas: horticulture, alchemy, astronomy, navigation, military, law, and mathematics.

Overall, Donne focuses on the microcosm and macrocosm worlds of love.  One act of love can save the world is a common theme in his poems.  In "The Flea," for example, he wants society to leave he and his lover alone, and the poem's persona argues that the world is about to come to an end, so why not enjoy it.  He turns the myth of sex (it was believed that the time spent having sex reduced one's life) on its head by saying that death by orgasm is worth it.

In "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," Donne compares himself to the moving foot of a compass (his wife is the fixed foot), saying that if she remains planted (faithful) he will travel around her to form a circle, a symbol of perfect love (wedding band).  This is a kind of sexist double standard: the wife should remain home while the husband travels, but it is clever in terms of geometry at least.

What are your opinions on the poem Elegy for J.F.K. by W.H. Auden? What do you feel about it? What do you think the meaning is? What is it saying?

First, start with the title. The poem is an elegy, and
elegies are written in response to the death of a person or being. So the poem is
striving to be for the remembrance of JFK, the 35th president of the United States. One
does not have to be a fan or like JFK to appreciate this
poem.

In the first stanza, the speaker of the poem is
asking several questions, questions that are often asked in reference to anyone who has
died. Mourners look to the heavens for answers to these questions and, as the speaker
writes, "The heavens are silent" (3).

In stanzas two and
three the speaker grapples with how to remember a person who has died. Is is often the
case that we say that a person and a person's memory live on within the living, and that
is what the speaker is asking us to do, as "How we choose to live/ Will decide its
meaning" (8-9).

The last stanza has the speaker coming to
terms with the gamut of human emotions surrounding death: the dichotomies, the speaker
argues, are one in the same.

I think this poem has a
certain universality to it. It can and should be appreciated by all, even those who may
not know JFK. The poem is about remembrance and lament over a person's
death.

The theme Hypocrisy in The Autobiography of Malcolm x?

Hypocrisy occupies a major presence in the bildungsroman of Malcolm X.  At each point in his life when he embraces a way of life, it is the hypocrisy of that order which causes him to be disillusioned with it, forcing him to leave it.  Recall Mr. Ostrowski's classroom as an example.  Early on, Malcolm was a good student likeable by many and one whose natural intelligence and skill was evident.  In expressing his desire to want to be a lawyer, convinced of such a calling because he gets the best grades in class and is clearly one of the top students, he is told that such a desire is not a realistic expectation for someone who is Black.  "Be a carpenter," is what he is told.  It's this hypocrisy between being told what to do in order to be successful and then being denied this success that causes him to feel disenchanted with this order, causing him to essentially leave it.  In his interactions with West Indian Archie, it is hypocrisy that causes the rift between them, as Archie is jealous of Malcolm's success in a setting that he taught him.  This was hypocritical in Malcolm's eyes for he was only doing what West Indian Archie taught him to do.  Again, resulting in flight, Malcolm experienced a sense of hypocrisy in his relationships with Sofia and the desire to try to act in a manner that was not consistent with his own identity, but rather with one that followed a socially acceptable code for Black Americans at the time.  This involved "conking" one's hair, wearing extremely fashionable clothes, and acting in a manner that compelled Black Americans to be seen as more humorous than serious while living in Boston.  This involved becoming involved with Sophia.  With a white woman on his arm, he perceived this as an advancement of social status in Boston.  Yet, when he was arrested for petty crimes, the harsh and intense sentences handed down by the judge was, in Malcolm's mind, a response for him dating a White woman.  Hypocrisy was evident here in that Malcolm did what White Society told him to do and then punished him to an extremely harsh set of sentences in the process.  In a larger scope, one could argue that White society, in giving African- Americans so little of opportunity, helped move him to a life of petty crime, so punishment in such an intense manner is, in its own right, an act of hypocrisy.  While in prison, Malcolm learns about religion and the nature of spirituality.  It is through this that he is able to launch critiques about the hypocritical nature of religious worship, in particular the depiction of Jesus as White, reflecting his own particular distance with Christian society.  Naturally, the most obvious example of hypocrisy would be his experience with the Nation of Islam, a setting where he was told and taught to act in a spiritually superior manner, but then was only to experience the opposite with the actions of his leader and guru, the Honorable Elijah Muhammed, causing him to leave it and set out on his own.  At each step in his journey, Malcolm's relationship to hypocrisy was as present and looming as a shadow that one could never hope to escape.

Home work help! Maths Project>>>>> circle and pi relationship Please provide answers for the following questions: (1)What is the relationship...

(1) The relation which describes the length of the circle, that means the circumgference is:

L = 2*pi*R, where L is the circumference, pi = 3.14... and R is the radius of the circle.

(2) First pi is the measure, in radians, of 180 degrees.

All relations concerning features of the circle are using the pythagorean number, pi = 3.14...

For example, the formula for finding the circumference of the circle, stated to the point (1) is using the number pi:

L = 2*pi*R

Another example is the calculus of the area of the circle:

A = pi*R^2

The features of all geometric figures are calculated depending on the pythagorean number pi.

The volume of a cylinder:

V = pi*R^2*h, where h is the generatrix of the cylinder.

Why do you feel faint or dizzy whenever you stand up very quickly?

All people may not always feel dizzy when they stand up quickly.However some people may experience this sensation some times depending on their health condition and, how quickly they stand up, and their body condition just before the standing up. This happens because of sudden and temporary reduction of blood supply to the brain.

When we are sitting or lying down, our body is relaxed and the body consumes minimum energy and oxygen. Thus the heart also has to supply less blood to the body and therefore beats at lower rate. Also, when the we are lying down, the heart and brain being at almost same level, the heart has to make less effort to pump blood to the brain. However when we suddenly stand up from a relaxing position the body reacts internally, preparing for action. Thus the oxygen consumption of the entire body, along with that of the brain increases. With this the heart also need to immediately start pumping additional blood. But the heart may take some time to adjust to the requirement of increased blood supply. During this adjustment period, the brain, being located a higher level than heart, may not receive adequate blood and, with that, oxygen supply. This lack of enough oxygen to the brain makes a person feel dizzy.

Please explain this pun, "well, then is my pump well flowered." ll. iv. 62Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

There are other translations of this pun in Act II, scene
4 of Romeo and Juliet.  A pump is a
light shoe.  This definition is given in the Modern Text
of Romeo and Juliet noted as such in an edition by John A Price.  In this
line,Romeo makes a pun on another use for "pink" which Mercutio uses in "I am the very
pink of courtesy," with "pink" meaning Mercutio is a paragon of courtesy.  Romeo plays
on the word, saying "pink for pattern." In Romeo's line, "Pink"means to decorate in a
perforated pattern."

Then, Mercutio says to keep jesting
until the sole is worn out, punning on the words sole/soul; Romeo finishes the pun by
saying,

O
single-soled jest, solely singular for the singularness! (II,iv,64)  [the pun is
singular/unusual because of its silly
simplicity]

What is our Adam's Apple made of?throat

Contrary to people's beliefs, both, men and women, have the so-called Adam's apple.

The Adam's apple is a cartilage surrounding the larynx. It is more prominent at men because their vocal cords are wider.

The Adam's apple is of no help. As we say about cartilages in ears or nose, we can also say that it is there. Some men with an apple too big, they were able to "cut" it, without adverse effects.

Women can find Adam's apple as an ally. It becomes lively when men eat, as well as when they are nervous or they are lying.

"Since Feeling is First" by E. E. Cummings Divide this poem into sentences that express complete thoughts. Where does each sentence begin and end?

One of the challenges with the poetry of e. e. cummings is
to achieve precisely what you have mentioned - it is difficult to break it down into
logical sentence structure. Obviously you might come up with some different answers but
here is a suggestion to get you started:

Since feeling is
first who pays any attention to teh syntax of things will never wholly kiss
you.

Wholly to be a fool whilst Sprin is in the
world.

My blood approves, and kisses are a beter fate than
wisdom.

Lady I swear by all
flowers.

Don't cry - the best gesture of my brain is less
that your eyelids' flutter which says we are for each
other.

Then laugh, leaning back in my
arms.

For life's not a paragraph and death I think is no
paranthesis.

Hope this helps!

What's the difference between a optometrist an a ophthalmologist?

Generally speaking, when you go to the eye doctor for a general exam you are usually seeing an optometrist. Their concentration is the eye and structures related to the eye. An optometrist goes to school for four years and then enters optometry school, where they will receive their Doctor of Optometry degree (O.D.-Oculis Doctor).

An ophthalmologist, on the other hand, concentrates on diseases of the eye. They are specialists in anatomy and function of the eye and perform surgeries. They go to school for 4 years, attend medical school, complete residency and internship, and then attend a school for post graduate studies in ophthalmology. Upon completion of school they will hold a medical degree (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathy (D.O.).

Explain the importance of Act 4 scene 3 of Macbeth in bringing out the contrast between a good king Malcolm and a bad king Macbeth.

This scene is important because it establishes Malcolm's qualifications to become the next king of Scotland.  When Malcolm is crowned king at the end of the play, the readers are assured that order is restored--evil has been defeated, and good now reigns.

Without Act 4, scene 3, we would be doubtful as to the future of Scotland.  Malcolm proves his goodness as well as his intelligence by making sure that Macduff is trustworthy, that he is not going to fall into a trap if he goes back to Scotland with Macduff.  At the end of this conversation in which Malcolm falsely claims that he has no kingly virtues, Malcolm admits that he was just testing Macduff, and that he is not greedy or lecherous but instead is truthful and faithful.

We come to admire Malcolm even more when he comforts Macduff after Macduff finds out that Macbeth has had his wife and children murdered.  Malcolm encourages Macduff to let this act

Be the whetstone of your sword. let grief

convert to anger; blunt not the heart enrage it.

Malcolm has the zeal, intelligence, goodness, and strength to defeat Macbeth.  He is the rightful successor.

prove that tg(x) + ctg(x) = 2 cosec(2x)

First, we know that

cosec x = 1/sin x, so that cosec (2x) = 1/sin2x

We'll re-write the equation:

tg(x) + ctg(x) = 2/sin2x

We'll divide by 2 both sides:

[tg(x) + ctg(x)]/2 = 1/sin2x

But ctg x = 1/tg x

So, tg(x) + ctg(x)  = tg x + 1/tg x

We'll find the common denominator and we'll add:

tg(x) + ctg(x) = [(tg x)^2 + 1]/tgx

But (tg x)^2 + 1 = 1/(cosx)^2

[(tg x)^2 + 1]/tgx = 1/(tg x)*(cosx)^2

1/(tg x)*(cosx)^2 = cos x/(sin x)*(cos x)^2

After reducing similar terms, we'll get:

cos x/(sin x)*(cos x)^2 = 1/sin x * cos x

[tg(x) + ctg(x)]/2 = 1/2*sin x * cos x = 1/sin 2x

But, from enunciation, [tg(x) + ctg(x)]/2 = 1/sin2x, so the result is verified.

What is the theme of "She walks in beauty" by Lord Byron? and what is the summary?it would be really good if you could explain the summary line by...

Lines 1 and 2 introduce the two opposing forces in the
poem, darkness and light, by telling us the night is clear with bright stars. Lines 3
and 4 tell us how these two opposite forces "meet" in her. meaning that she is able to
bring them together within her, as is seen in her outward appearance as well as in her
eyes, her inward heart and soul. In lines 5 and 6, the speaker tells us that
when darkness and light join together in this beautiful woman, they produce a softness,
a "tender light" in her, not like the light of day, but softer and better. In lines
7-10, the poet again combines opposites, such as her dark hair ("raven tress") and her
lightened face. Even if she weren't proportioned just right, she would still be half
magnificent. Again, he is talking about both inner and outer beauty, as he refers to the
"nameless grace" in the lady's hair and face. Lines 11 and 12 refer to the woman's
thoughts and how pure her mind is. Lines 13-18 are the conclusion of the poem where the
poet writes three lines about the woman's beauty and three lines that tell about her
character. Her physical beauty is a result of doing good deeds and leads to her having a
pure mind and giving heart.

The themes of the poem deal
with harmony and perfection. The opposing forces which normally are unable to exist
together can do so in the beautiful woman. They live in peace and harmony. Together,
these opposites produce perfection. She is perfect in her appearance and in her
personality. The woman's beauty comes from her thoughts and innocent mind. Her inward
self creates the beauty in her outward appearance.

Do all the children understand what Ms. Moore is trying to teach?

I have always remained unsure about how much Sylvia learns because she refuses to admit to anything to Miss Moore.  She is angry, to be sure, and Miss Moore observes this of her, and she says "I"m mad, but I won't give her that satisfaction." And she later says about Miss Moore, who is teaching the kids about money and disparity, "But she ain't so smart cause I still got her four dollars from the taxi and she sure ain't gettin it." This does not seem to be a very productive lesson that she is learning from the situation.  She says at the end when she is racing down the street with her friend to spend the little money they have at Hascombs that "ain't nobody gonna beat me at nothin," which has some ambiguity concerning what she is going to do with what she has learned:  will this turn her into a productive citizen so that she makes more of her life (the point of the lesson, Miss Moore must hope) or will she act out resentment and anger in less productive ways such as by trying to trick people (as she does in being less than honest about Miss Moore's money). The girl has an attitude that is very much a product of the economic inequality, and that she will have to deal with if she wants to overcome that.

What does Aldous Huxley want to tell us about in Brave New World?Is there any message that he would like to deliver to readers of the contemporary...

Given that Huxley wrote a book entitled Brave New World Revisited, in which he explicates all that he sought to communicate in Brave New World, he did, indeed, have a message of paramount importance to future readers.  This theme is clearly stated in his "Foreword" to Brave New World:

The theme of Brave New World is not the advancement of science as such; it is the advancement of science as it affects human individuals. (BNW, Foreword, xi)

Satire, by its very definition, is "a kind of literature that ridicules human folly or vice with the purpose of bringing about reform or of keeping others from falling into similar folly or vice. As such, Huxley's satire, Brave New World sends a warning of the potential dehumanization of man in a technological world that supersedes him. This very warning has been echoed by others who have analyzed our modern society.  Within this last year, for instance, journalist Glenn Beck, who interviewed an author who has written about life in the twenty-first century, asked the author, "Have we now gone past 1984?  Are we not, now, living Brave New World?"  The author concurred.

The concern of Huxley with technology's potential to remove humans from what is most human--love, friendship, struggle, happiness--is a message for future generations, not merely his contemporaries.  If this satiric novel is not of worth for his future readers, how can it even be considered satire, and how is it that it is considered a classic and remains on the canon for high schools and colleges?

Which is the color of dark matter?

Dark matter has no color, because it's transparent, so it is invisible.

Let's see what makes a body to be black or dark in color. If the body is dark, it means that the body absorbs almost all photons of light which are falling on that body. Because these photons are not reflected back to reach the eye of the beholder, that area of space where that body is, is appearing to have no color. It means that appears black in that area in the image formed in our brains. But because other bodies around it, reflect some light and those bodies could be seen, our brains deduce that there exists a body and it is black. But if it is completely dark, then any colored bodies could not be seen and everything is black.

What kind of proof am I searching for to show that Mohatma Gandhi was an articulate speaker, which made him a good leader?My thesis states that...

The best approach in proving that Mahatma Gandhi was an effective and articulate speaker may be to research his speeches that prefaced historically successful events.  For instance, if Gandhi had a particularly motivating speech, this is one that can be cited as proof of his effectiveness.

One such speech is Gandhi's address on the eve of the historic Dandi of March 11, 1930.  The immediate impact of this speech was the arrest of Nehru and other delegates of the Congress.  And, although Gandhi was arrested, the entire nation joined forces with him.  In addition, the Dandi March became a landmark incident in India's pre-independence.  Moreover, this march that Gandhi's words influenced, took on a symbolic significance that "eternally appealed to the political and social scenario of the world" as the Dandi March has come to epitomize the potential of any passive civilian resistance.

What is the problem or the conflict in each chapter of That Was Then, This Is Now?

The conflicts in each chapter relate directly to the themes of the cycle of gang violence, loss of innocence, and growing up in the real world.  By chapter, they are as follows:

1. M&M is beaten up, and the gang's blithe attitude toward violence is questioned.

2. Bryon can understand how Mike can NOT hate the woman who caused his beating, but Mark cannot.

3. Mark is beat up, and Bryon wants revenge.

4. Mark gets away with everything because of his devil-may-care personality, but there are signs he won't be able to much longer.

5. Bryon feels guilty about Charlie's death.

6. Bryan tries to change his image and leave the gang life, and M&M runs away.

7. In an act of gang retaliation, Mark gets Angela drunk and cuts off her hair.

8. Mark is beat up again, but Bryon wants to end the cycle of violence and retaliation.

9. M&M has a deadly reaction to LSD.

10. Bryon finds out Mark has been dealing drugs and turns him in.

11. Mark has completely lost his innocence and hates Bryon for putting him in prison. Bryon, numb and confused by the pressures and uncertainties of being an adult, will question the rightness of his decision probably for the rest of his life.

What does Scout mean by: "there's only one kind of folks, folks" in To Kill a Mockingbird?What does this statement show?

This quote shows Scout's age, inexperience, and innocence.

We see this in Jem's response to her:

That's what I thought too... when I was your age.  If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other?  If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?  -Jem Finch, ch. 23

To me this quote shows this childhood ideal is still an ideal, but eventually is killed by reality.  Harper Lee is making a very profound statement on the world - and speaking a very profound message.  This message is, "Why can't we all just get along?"  If these kids get it, why can't the adults?

But isn't that the sad reality?  Kids do get it - the idea that it doesn't matter what we look like nor how much money we make, or even how educated we are - we can find something in common and love each other - and adults, too often, don't.

What are three quotes from Chapter 1 of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and why they are important?Only Chapter 1

In Chapter 1 of All Quiet on the Western Front, the author writes about how Paul and his friends were pushed to enlist in the German Army. He says,

"'During drill-time Kantorek gave us long lectures until the whole of our class went, under his shepherding, to the District Commandant and volunteered. I can see him now, as he used to glare at us through his spectacles and say in a moving voice: 'Won't you join up, Comrades?'"

Teachers, who were the boys' authority figures, were instrumental in convincing them to join up. The pressure to join was prolonged and unrelenting, and Mr. Kantorek in particular used passion and emotion to sway the impressionable young men.

"...no one could very well stand out, because at that time even one's parents were ready with the word 'coward.'"

Remarque makes some important points in this quote. The first is the propensity for boys of Paul's age to do their utmost not to seem different; the fear of not fitting in seems to be almost universal for adolescents. To be looked at as being a coward at this age is even worse. It is significant that even the boys' parents joined in the pressure to get their sons to enlist.

"...no one had the vaguest idea what we were in for. The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy."

This quote expresses one of the central themes in the book. The boys really did have no idea what the consequences would be when they enlisted. The nation was swept up in war-fever and an atmosphere of unthinking patriotism. In their zeal, the patriots overlooked the horrible reality of what war is really like, so overcome were they with enthusiasm for Germany's cause (Chapter 1).

What is the significance of pathos in As You Like It, Act 1, Scenes 2 and 3?

Pathos--a speaker's rhetorical technique for evoking strong emotions that may include joy or anger etc. but usually evokes deep suffering--in literature in a critical sense signifies a passage or scene in which pity and/or sympathetic sorrow are evoked in the reader or audience (Professor Kit Wheeler, Carson-Newman College). Act I, Scenes 1 and 2 of As You Like It both contain passages of pathos.

For example, in scene 2, Celia comes upon Rosalind in a melancholy (gloomy, pensive) mood and petitions her to "be merry" if for no other reason than out of love for Celia. In this passage of exchange between the two young ladies, Rosalind and Celia together reveal Rosalind's background and her reason for sorrow. Shakespeare writes the scene with such authenticity that, even though word play is present ("I show more mirth than I am mistress of; / and would you yet I were merrier?"), the audience/reader feels genuine pity and sympathetic sorrow for both Rosalind and Celia, who seems to as slighted as she feels.

Scene 3 evokes further pity and sorrow for Rosalind (and Celia, although pity and sorrow for her is mixed with admiration for her quick thinking and virtue) when Duke Frederick calls her a traitor ("Thus do all traitors") and banishes her from the dukedom he usurped from Duke Senior, who is his elder brother and Rosalind's father and Celia's uncle. Rosalind requires to hear the charges against her, then pleads her case as being innocent of all charges. Her banishment stands; she is distracted by profound anxiety, and the audience/reader is moved to pity and sympathetic sorrow at her plight.

The sum of 4 consecutive negative odd numbers is -32. What are the numbers?

Consecutive integers can be expressed as x, x+1, x+2 etc, however we do not want consecutive integers, we want consecutive odd integers that are also negative. Consecutive odd integers are 2 apart from eachother so we can adjust the list for consecutive integers to either odd or even by changing the +1 to +2, like this, x, x+2, x+4, x+6 etc. those 4 will give us the 4 we need, now the question is, do we need to do anything in particular to address the issue of the integers being negative?

I don't think so, we don't know if x is positive or negative it just represents the number and numbers we need to add to -32 so if it is negative it will show up that way when we solve for x.

so x+x+2+x+4+x+6=-32 is the equation we are going to work with, we need to combine like terms which gives us

4x+12=-32

subtract 12 from both sides of the equal sign

4x+12-12=-32-12

combine like terms

4x=-44    (-32+(-12))

divide both sides by 4

(4x/4)=(-44/4)

x=-11   so our 4 consecutive negative odd integers should be

-11,-9,-7,-5 which we check by adding them and they do indeed add to -32

What are Reverend Parris' complaints against the community in Act One of The Crucible?

Reverend Parris is a man who thinks people are always plotting against him. For a man of God, he worries quite a bit about money and public opinion.

In Act I, with his daughter Betty stricken with an unknown illness, he is more concerned about whether rumors will start and how this will affect his reputation. He tries to keep people from finding out what is wrong so that he does not look bad.

When he confronts Abigail with his discovery of the girls in the woods, he lectures her on how this will look for him. He also gets on her about her reputation, and how people are talking about her dismissal from the Proctor house. Again, he is not concerned for Abigail's own well-being, but for his own.

Parris and John Proctor are antagonistic towards each other. Proctor hates that Parris is always trying to negotiate a higher compensation, and arguing about his having to pay for his own firewood. Parris is more interested in money than in ministering to the people. It angers him that they do not reward his supposed worth.

How to calculate the extreme points of the function f(x)=x^3 + 3/x?

To calculate the extreme points of the function, we have to differentiate the function, with respect to x.

We'll differentiate and we'll obtain:

f'(x) = (x^3)' + (3*x^-1)'

f'(x) = 3x^2 - 3*x^-2

f'(x) = 3x^2 - 3/x^2

f'(x) = (3x^4 - 3)/x^2 

f'(x) = 3(x^4 - 1)/x^2 

Now, we have to calculate the roots of the first derivative. If the first derivative is cancelling  for a value of x, in that point the function has a stationary point.

We can see that the roots of the first derivative are;

x^4-1=0

(x^2 - 1)(x^2+1)=0

(x-1)(x+1)(x^2+1)=0

x-1=0

x1=1

x+1=0

x2=-1

x^2+1>0

So, the extreme points of the function will be:

f(1)=1+3=4

f(-1)=-1-3=-4

Extreme points: (1;4) and (-1;-4)

For the test on things fall apart what is an ibo practice that was good for thier people, but seen as an abomination by outsiders?and can u also...

One example of an Ibo custom that was good for their
people, but seen as an abomination to the colonialists was the practice of banishing
those afflicted with “the swelling” into the woods to die.  Although this may seem like
a harsh custom, it was a necessary one in such a small society.   We can presume a
couple of things—first, that the Ibo people had no medicinal cure for this mysterious
disease and, secondly, that it was contagious.  Therefore, it was necessary to remove
those afflicted with this condition in order to make sure that their entire tribe was
not wiped out by disease.  Even if, let’s say, twenty percent of the population were
affected by the disease, that would seriously jeopardize the lives of the WHOLE tribe
because they were so interdependent in terms of growing yams which sustain their lives. 
This is just one example of the many customs that seem brutal, but are crucial to the
survival of such a small community that is extremely dependent upon one another.

How do women act carelessly and cause destruction to their peers in both Macbeth and The Great Gatsby?

Lady Macbeth causes much destruction, directly and then indirectly, in Shakespeare's Macbeth.  I'm not sure I would classify her as careless, however.  She is extremely deliberate when she manipulates her husband into going ahead with the assassination of Duncan.  She's also deliberate in her plans and attempts to hide their guilt.  If she's careless, it's in her failure to realize that once she got Macbeth started, he would order further deaths and become a tyrant, all of which turn his subjects against him and convince others that he was guilty of treachery in the killing of Duncan.  But I'm not sure that could have been foreseen by Lady Macbeth. 

Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle are certainly careless in The Great Gatsby.  Daisy lets Gatsby take the blame for the accident then just leaves town, even after Wilson kills Gatsby.  Jordan comes right out and says that she is a careless driver, and just depends on other drivers to watch out for her.  Jordan is also amoral.  And Myrtle appears to not consider Wilson or any consequences when it comes to her affair with Tom.  Plus, of course, she runs out in front of a moving car depending on the car to stop, which not only results in her death, but in the deaths of Wilson and Gatsby.

In short, Lady Macbeth is aggressive and deliberate when she causes destruction.  The women in Gatsby are more passive and careless when their actions lead to destruction. 

A 55 kg block of granite has an original temperature of 15.0 C. Look below for the rest of the question.What will be the final temperature of this...

Given:

Wieight of granite block = w = 55 kg

Initial temperaturee of granite block = ti = 15.0 degrees C

Heat energy added = h = 4.5x10^4 kJ = 45000

We know specific heat of Granite = s = 0.79 kJ/kg/decree C

Therefore rise in temprrature of the granite block is gioven by:

h/(s*w)

Therefore:

Final temperature of block = tf = ti + h/(s*w)

Substituting the actual valuse on abobe equation we get:

tf = 15.0 + 45000/(0.79*55) = 15.0 + 1035.67 = 1050.67 degrees C

Answer:

Final temperature of granite block will be 1050.67 degrees C

Calculate the limit n^2/( 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n ), x->infinity

To evaluate the limit of the rational function, when n tends to +inf.,we'll factorize both, numerator and denominator.

In this case, first, we'll write the sum of the denominator:

1+2+...+n = n*(n+1)/2

We'll substitute the denominator, by the result of the sum, we'll factorize  by the highest power of n, which in this case is n^2.

We'll have:

lim n^2/( 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n )  = lim n^2/lim (1+2+3+ ... +n)

lim n^2/lim (1+2+3+ ... +n) = lim 2*n^2/lim n*(n+1)

We'll open the brackets from the denominator:

lim 2*n^2/lim n^2(1+1/n)

We'll divide by n^2:

lim 2/lim (1+1/n) = 2/(1+0)=2

What words or phrases would you choose to describe the character of The Giver?

The Giver is firm and focused.

He has a job to do, and does it, even though it is painful.  In the first paragraph of Chapter 14's second section, it says, "The Giver led Jonah firmly...into the deep and terrible suffering of the past."  In the middle of Chapter 18, in talking about Rosemary, he says, "...it broke my heart...to transfer pain to her.  But it was my job."

He is also kind and compassionate. 

With Rosemary and Jonah he always tries to soften the harsh memories with happy ones.  In Chapter 14, Jonah says, "Each time, in his kindness, The Giver ended the afternoon with a...memory of pleasure."

The Giver is terribly lonely.

As he explains in Chapter 20, the "worst part of holding the memories is...the loneliness of it."

The Giver is courageous and unselfish.

He wants to escape with Jonah in Chapter 20, but will stay because he knows if he goes, "...the community will be left with no one to help them..." through the troubles ahead.

How find the surface area of a cylinder if you know that the radius=10 cm and the height=17 cm?

We have cylinder with the radius of the base (r)= 10cm and the height (h)= 17

To find the surface area for the whole cylinder we need to calculate the area of the bases (2 circular baser) and the area of the cylinder

The area of the bases = pi* r^2   (pi=3.14)

                               = (3.14)*100 = 314 cm^2

But we have 2 bases , then both areas = 2(314)= 628 CM^2

Now we will calculate the surface of the cylinder.

The body of the cylinder is actually a rectangle with length is the height of the cylinder and width is the circumference of the circle.

The circumference of the circle = 2*pi*r= 62.8 cm.

Now the surface area of the rectangle = w*L = 62.8 * 17=1067.6 cm^2

Then the total surface area = 1067.6 + 628 = 1695.6 cm^2

Why does Atticus jump to conclusions that Jem killed Bob Ewell (in Chapter 30 of To Kill a Mockingbird)?

I think that Atticus comes to this conclusion because it
seems to him that that is the only logical possibility.  I mean, who else would have
killed Mr. Ewell?

So far as Atticus knows, only Jem and
Scout were out there in the dark with Bob Ewell.  So if they were the only ones out
there, who but Jem could have killed Ewell?

So I do not
think that it was really that much of jumping to a conclusion.  I would say that he was
making the logical assumption, even if it turned out to be
wrong.

Meaning of 'unforgiving time' in the poem 'if'

I think you are talking about the line in the last stanza:

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Unforgiving minute suggests a minute in time you will never get back again.  It does not "forgive" - meaning, if you mess up, you don't necessarily get a "redo."  So here, the speaker advises to fill it with the same endurance and fortitude (and with the same attitude) you've devoted to the rest of the "distance run" - or any other minute.  In a way, this is a final word saying, "Don't give up at the last minute.  Finish strong!"

Identify three foreign policy crises of the years 1790-1809, and explain why each was so controversial.

Here is a list of foreign policiy events which happened during the Washington, Adams, and Jefferson administrations.  I don't know if they were controversial.

Payment to the Babarbary pirates during the Washington Admiinistration.

Raising an Army and building a Navy because of the expected French invasion during the Adams Administration.

War with the Dey of Algiers during the Jefferson Administration.

The Embargo during the Jefferson Administration.

The Louisiana Purchase during the Jefferson Administration. 

What is an analysis of Thomas Wyatt's poem "And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus," and who is it dedicated to?

Thomas Wyatt's poem "And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus" isn't written in the sonnet form of fourteen lines with an ending couplet. Instead, it has four sextain stanzas (six lines each), each beginning with "And wilt thou leave me thus?" and ending with a repitition of "And wilt thou leave me thus?" followed by the pleading "Say nay, say nay!" Stanza two has the variation "As for to leave me thus?" The rhyme scheme is abbba, followed by "Say nay! Say nay!"

Wyatt wrote this impassioned poem as a plea to his mistress not to leave him after all the years they had been together. In it, he pleads with her to say "no" out of the shame of causing him grief and sorrow after all the years that he loved in "wealth and woe" and never faltered through "pain nor smart."

what is potential?what is high potential and low potential?

The mathematical study of potentials is known as potential theory; it is the study of harmonic functions on manifolds. This mathematical formulation arises from the fact that, in physics, the scalar potential is irrotational, and thus has a vanishing Laplacian — the very definition of a harmonic function.

In physics, Potential energy is energy stored within a physical system as a result of the position or configuration of the different parts of that system. It has the potential to be converted into other forms of energy, such as kinetic energy, and to do work in the process. The SI unit of measure for energy (including potential energy) and work is the joule (symbol J).

Potential energy is energy that is stored within a system. It exists when there is a force that tends to pull an object back towards some lower energy position. This force is often called a restoring force. For example, when a spring is stretched to the left, it exerts a force to the right so as to return to its original, unstretched position. Similarly, when a mass is lifted up, the force of gravity will act so as to bring it back down. The initial action of stretching the spring or lifting the mass both require energy to perform. The energy that went into lifting up the mass is stored in its position in the gravitational field, while similarly, the energy it took to stretch the spring is stored in the metal. According to the law of conservation of energy, energy cannot be created or destroyed; hence this energy cannot disappear. Instead, it is stored as potential energy. If the spring is released or the mass is dropped, this stored energy will be converted into kinetic energy by the restoring force, which is elasticity in the case of the spring, and gravity in the case of the mass. Think of a roller coaster. When the coaster climbs a hill it has potential energy. At the very top of the hill is its maximum potential energy. When the car speeds down the hill potential energy turns into kinetic. Kinetic energy is greatest at the bottom.

There are various types of potential energy, each associated with a particular type of force. More specifically, every conservative force gives rise to potential energy.Chemical potential energy, such as the energy stored in fossil fuels, is the work of the Coulomb force during rearrangement of mutual positions of electrons and nuclei in atoms and molecules. Thermal energy usually has two components: the kinetic energy of random motions of particles and the potential energy of their mutual positions.

As a general rule, the work done by a conservative force F will be

where ΔU is the change in the potential energy associated with that particular force. Common notations for potential energy are U, Ep, and PE.

Reference level

The potential energy is a function of the state a system is in, defined relative to an arbitrary reference energy. This energy can be chosen for convenience, and/or such that for a particular state the potential energy is zero. Typically the reference is chosen such that the potential energy depends on the relative positions of its components only.

In the case of inverse-square law forces, a common choice is to define the potential energy as tending to zero when the distances between all bodies tend to infinity.

What are similarities and differences between John the savage and Bernard Marx in Brave New World. Although they were raised very...

I do not think that these two have much in common.  Bernard and John are both at least somewhat dissatisfied with the brave new world, but I am not sure that Bernard's dissatisfaction is real.

Look what happens when Bernard becomes famous because of John.  He starts to really embrace the society -- he changes his attitude towards sex and towards getting ahead in the society.  I do not think that he is really dissatisfied with the society per se.  Instead, I think he is dissatisfied with his place in the society.

John, on the other hand, really is dissatisfied with the society.  He is more honest than Bernard and more committed to his convictions.  That is why he kills himself while Bernard begs not to be exiled.

What is Beowulf's attitude toward his possible death?

You don't indicate which part of Beowulf you are looking at. 

Beowulf believes he will be successful against Grendel because the omen for his success have been good.  Nevertheless, Beowulf believes in Wyrd - Fate - that will have decided the outcome of his battle before he even fights.  In the Burton Raffel translation, Beowulf says, "Fate will unwind as it must."  He also recognizes going against Grendel that there may not even be enough of him to bury (or burn).

Going against the dragon in the third section he is less optimistic.  He recognizes that he is not as young or strong as he once was.  Even so, he is the good leader to the end and will fight the dragon. 

In Mac Flecknoe by John Dryden, was Thomas Shadwell the same man as Mac Flecknoe?

The complete title of John Dryden' verse satire is "Mac Flecknoe; or, A satyr upon the True-Blew-Protestant Poet, T.S."

'T.S.' stands for Thomas Shadwell. So most obviously Mac Flecknoe stands for none other than Thomas Shadwell.

John Dryden satirizes Thomas Shadwell a famous playwright but a mediocre poet because of their serious disagreements over their critical opinions regarding contemporary drama and the genius and worth of Ben Jonson. Moreover, political differences also separated them: Shadwell was a Whig while Dryden was a supporter of the Stuart monarchy. To cap it all, Dryden was a Roman Catholic while Shadwell as the sub title of the poem indicates was a protestant.

To quote the e notes editor,

"The poem has been commonly adjudged the best short satiric poem in the English language."

What are maidenheads in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet?It was in the conversation between Sampson and Gregory in Act 1 scene 1.

sam. 'tis all one I will show myself a tyrant: when I have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the maids; I will caught off their heads.

gre. The heads of the maids?

sam. Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense tou whilt.

gre. They must take it in sense that feel it.

In this scene the humor is derived from the wordplay of a maiden's head (literally the heads of Montague women) and the maidenheads of the Montague girls (ie their hymens). This might seem gruesome but whole scene is humorous banter.

gre. To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand; therefore, if thou art moved thou runnest away.

sam. A dog of that house shall move me to stand: and I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.

gre.That show's thee a weak slave for the weakest goes to the wall.

The scene even begins with a hotheaded Sampson stating he and Gregory will not be insulted  as low or base "we'll not carry coals". Gregory who seems calmer and good humored responds jokingly, taking Sampson's comment literally. Sampson then explains he means if they are insulted (an we be in choler=angry), they will fight (we'll draw...our swords). Gregory replies with the advice "ay while you live, draw (wordplay on drawing out a sword) your neck out o' the collar (hangman's noose), insinuating that if they fight, they could be hanged. Sampson says then, he'll strike quickly, being moved (being provoked). Gregory suggests that Sampson is a coward "thou art not quickly moved to strike" which is prooved in the next scene

sam. My naked weapon is out. Quarrel, I will back thee. (I've my sword out. You go fight, I'm right behind you)

The wall which they talk about is the highroad. Back in the day, the streets were really nasty so the nobility and women were give the part of the walk closer to the houses (the wall) whereas the servants or men took the side closer to the road. Therefore "I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's " means I am better than anyone in Montague's household.  Gregory retorts that the weakest go to the wall because women, old people, ect. are offered the wall.  To end an explanation of the scene:

sam. they shall feel while I (my penis) is able to stand; and 'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh( well hung)  Gregory responds it is good that you are not a fish, for if you were you would be the shriveled poor John fish (you are not well-hung). Hey get your sword out the Montagues are coming.

The whole scene is just a comedic way to open the play. It is really just a fancy locker-room conversation between the 2 servants . hope this helped clear it up.

Is the following a true estimate of Bacon's Essays:Their (Essays) essential merit lies in the density of thought and expression., the frequent...

I think that much of this can be read as opinion.  It is difficult to assess whether or not such a statement is true because it is a matter of opinion.  Take some of the items presented in the statement and one can see that interpretation of Bacon's prose becomes critical.  For example, the "density of thought" line could be seen as valid from one's point of view, while another could feel that the essays offered are sparse in thought.  In terms of assessing the density of expression, all of them are in the essay form, so expression seems to be limited in that regard.  The effusive praise that is featured in the sub question is even subject to individual analysis.  While I think Bacon is an stellar thinker, the idea of "impressive loftiness" might not be something that I share in reading his work.  I think that in assessing the statement, one has to keep in mind that this is personal reflection, what an individual feels about Bacon's work.  It can be debated and assessed, but it can only be true so far as opinions can be considered to be true in the speaker's mind.

What causes Grendel to attack the mead-hall in Beowulf?

Grendel is the spawn of Cain, purely wretched by nature. His entire being is devoid of joy. Some think that when he hears the jubilant parties that take place at Herot he is filled with intense jealousy because he has never experienced anything happy. This jealousy may also be interpreted as hatred, which seems to present Grendel as pure evil, a rather one-sided view of the story. Some scholars prefer to present Grendel as a creature filled with bloodlust, but presenting him as a sad being without love experiencing envy seems to present a more complex story with more realistic emotions. 

With specific reference his historical plays, how does Shakespeare portray history in his works?

Though William Shakespeare could not be considered a historian by modern standards, he incorporates a great deal of history into his work.  The way in which does so, however, tends to be more utilitarian than academic.

Shakespeare was a highly intelligent playwright.  He was very well-aware of the political realities of his time, and as such, he brings that awareness to not only his choice of subject matter but also his decisions in portraying that subject matter.  Much of Shakespeare's corpus of history plays can be divided into his ancient/medieval plays and his "contemporary" history plays.

In his ancient/medieval plays, specifically those with a setting of at least 150 years prior to Shakespeare's own time (i.e. those prior to the Wars of the Roses), he takes more liberties with matters of historical record, and he is more willing to do so.  This is primarily because the events he depicts in plays like Henry V, Richard II, and King John had less apparent relevance to his own time.  His depiction of Henry V in the play of the same name, as well as the events leading up to Agincourt tend toward the heroic, while the realities are far less glamorous.  According to the historical record, Henry V the ruler does not correspond very closely to Henry V the character.  Likewise, the battle of Agincourt in the play pays little attention to the stark realities of battle in the late Middle Ages.  In short, many of his ancient/medieval history plays, while selective in their portrayal of historical content, tend to incorporate content that entertains.  There are always exceptions to this rule, of course.

In Shakespeare's "contemporary" history plays, the content and the characters have immediate relevance to Shakespeare's own time.  The most telling example of his "contemporary" history plays is Richard III.  Though Richard III ruled approximately 75 years before Elizabeth I ascended the English throne in 1558, the historical events leading up to Richard III being killed in battle at Bosworth field in 1485, reflect political realities of Elizabeth's rule.  Henry VII, Elizabeth I's grandfather, ascended the English throne after Richard III died in battle.  Historically, the portrayal of Richard III and Henry VII (Earl of Richmond) varies a great deal from how they are portrayed in the play.  Henry VII is portrayed as the savior of the English people, while Richard III is an evil usurper.  Shakespeare, certainly aware of the political realities of his own time, understood that portraying Richard III as anything other than someone who is despiccable would not be possible.  Doing so allows for Henry VII's gaining the throne and establishment of the Tudor line as legitimate, and by extension, Elizabeth I's rule is legitimate.  As a general rule, in his "contemporary" history plays, Shakespeare is more concerned with political realities than the historical record. 

What does Odysseus ask Eumaeus and Philoetius to do to aid him in his plan?

Odysseus could not have killed all the suitors without their help, which he requests.  You will find the scene of their slaughter in Book XXII.  Here is an excerpt:

They therefore aimed straight in front of them and threw their spears. Ulysses killed Demoptolemus, Telemachus Euryades, Eumaeus Elatus, while the stockman killed Pisander. These all bit the dust, and as the others drew back into a corner Ulysses and his men rushed forward and regained their spears by drawing them from the bodies of the dead.

Why did the Controller abandon pure science? Chapter 16 Brave new world

The main reason why he abandoned it is that he was going
to get exiled and sent to an island.  The powers that be in his day were upset with him
just as he is upset with Helmholtz and Bernard.

But why
were they upset with him?  The reason is that pure science is too involved with ideas
and thought.  The government does not really want that.  They just want people to
produce technology that is pretty much like what they already have.  But pure science
does things like making people think.  That is precisely what the society does not
want.

The larger of two integers is 5/2 the smaller.if twice the smaller is subtracted from twice the larger, the difference is 12. Find the numbers

If twice the smaller is subtracted from twice the larger we get 12.

So the larger is half of (12+twice smaller) = smaller+6

So we assume  the smaller one is x and the larger is  x+6

 Again by the first condition the larger , x+6 is 5/2 times the smaller x. So we set up the equation x+6 = x*(5/2) =5x/2

x+6=5x/2.

2(x+6) =2* 5x/2

2x+12 = 5x

2x+12 -2x = 5x-2x

12= 3x,

12/3 =3x/3

4=x.

So the larger = 5x/2 = 5*4/2 = 10.

Therefore, larger and smaller numbers :  10 and 4.

When was slavery abolished in the United States? When did this story take place?From comments in this story,how do you feel the abolition of...

Abraham Lincoln issued "The Emancipation Proclamation" in 1863, during the Civil War. This proclamation declared that the slaves were free, but since the Civil War was still going on, the southern states, in rebellion and wanting to secede from the Union, did not obey the decree. The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery. It was passed by the Senate on April 8th, 1864, passed by the House on January 21, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865.

The Flannery O'Connor short story was published in 1955, long after slavery was abolished, but a century of southern slavery was much harder to eradicate in the South. Prejudice remained long after the Civil War was over. The Jim Crow laws lasted until the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. These were laws that, among other things, made it hard for Blacks to vote by imposing steep fees that the poor Blacks could not afford to pay. These laws had the effect of preventing them from voting in an insidious way.

The way Blacks are referred to in Flannery O'Connor's stories, including this one, is very realistic. She herself explained that while she was not prejudiced and believed slavery to be evil, nevertheless her characters were based on what she knew, growing up and living in the South. She is often criticized for using the "N" word in her stories, but again, she defends herself by pointing out that her stories do not condone slavery and prejudice against blacks. Prejudiced characters in her stories are presented in a negative and critical way, if one really understands her writing and goes beyond the surface.

What are the poetic devices (figurative language) in the poem "Ode to my Socks"? How do they contribute to the meaning of the poem?

The very first line, “Maru Mori brought me,” sets a rhythm to the poem through the repetition of “m” and “r,” which seem to roll, not unlike the sounds of the entire poem. No specific rhythm dominates, but sounds link lines together, creating an inner beat.  The abundant presence of l’s and h’s and oo’s in the first stanza, for example, give the sense of luxury, contrasting with mundane topic of “socks,” a word itself consisting of pleasant sibilants of the “s” undermined by the vigor of the hard “k.” The poem uses images that appeal to the senses, such as  “soft as rabbits”  and “two knitted cases.”  Note here also the parallelism in structure that imitates the nature of the socks (always a pair).  This follows with the metaphor of “with threads of twilight and goatskin.”  Twilight and goatskin again contrast with each other (one ethereal and gentle, the other concrete and rough), reflecting the main idea of the poem concerning the beauty in something simple and useful.

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

Bill of rights with reference to the US Constitution refers to the first ten amendments to it that specify and guarantee individual rights such as freedom of speech, religion, the press, and the rights to trial by jury and peaceful assembly. It became a law on December 15, 1791.

Bill of rights was incorporated in the US constitution in response to the the opposition to the constitution on the grounds that it did not specifically guarantee enough individual rights. Thus incorporation of Bill of rights in the constitution helped to obtain the ratification by all the states of the US Constitution itself.

Why does Gatsby ask Nick what he thinks of him in Chapter 4?The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In Chapter Four of Fitzgerald's The Great
Gatsby, Gatsby says to Nick,

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Look here, old sport,...What's your opinion of me
anyhow?....Well, I'm going to tell you something
about my life....I don't want you to get a wrong idea of me
from all these stories you
hear.

Gatsby
asks Nick what he thinks of him so that he can tell his life story in order to prevent
Nick's believing the rumors about him.  He says to Nick, "This is the
God's truth."  Gatsby wants Nick to think well of him.  This is why he asks Nick "What's
your opinion of me anyhow?"

It is
after finishing his own personal history, a history that
resembles that of the early immigrants, the adventurers of early America who sought "the
American Dream," that Gatsby makes his request.  He does
not ask Nick what he thinks of him in order to make a
request because, before doing so, he tells Nick about himself. He does this, not to make
the request, but to impress Nick and somewhat endear himself to Nick by recreating an
endearing red-blooded American who seeks the Dream.  Having endeared himself to Nick
will lessen the likelihood of Nick's refusing his
request:

'I'm
going to make a big request of you today,' he said, pocketing his souvenirs with
satisfaction,' so I thought you ought to know something
about me.  I didn't want you to think I was
just some nobody.  You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here
and there trying to forget the sad thing that happened to
me.'

What do you believe the character of El Pachuco represents in "Zoot Suit"?

In a 1988 interview, Valdez, the playwright, said El Pachuco is "the power inside every individual that's greater than any human institution." El Pachuco is Hank's alter ego, the part of him that refuses to allow Anglo society to degrade and abuse Chicanos. He serves as a sort of master of ceremonies, talking to the audience and making comments about the action. El Pachuco is the cool Chicano that everyone wants to be. He is confident and assertive and represents the proud, unwavering Chicano. 

Why did slavery become a widespread institution in eighteenth-century colonial North America?

Regarding slavery in colonial North America: There was a market for tobacco and(in South Carolina) rice, and there was lots of cheap land on which to grow them, but no dependable source oflabor to work the land and produce the marketable goods.Pohnpei397's first reason given is correct.  His second reason needs a bit of correction, that is to say, some authorities do not entirely agree with him:  Actually plantation owners got more work out of indentured servants for the time that they owned them, than out of permanently enslaved servants, because they drove the indentureds harder knowing that they would not have them for life but for a few years only.  See Morgan, "American Slavery, American Freedom" on this.  The problem with indentureds was: not enough of them and they often ran away and were hard to detect and recover once they got beyond the community in which they were known to be indentured.

Another answer states that slaves could be completely controled by their masters: No more is that true of slaves than of any other human employees except as to physical location; slaves slowed down their work, attempted to deceive their masters, broke their work tools, hid their work tools, stole food from storage buildings, ran away to the swamps for a two-week vacation, and did all of the other things that modern employees do.  Also, indentureds could be sold and their period of indenture could be extended rather (not completely) arbitrarily; if an indentured ran away and was recapured, the period of indenture was extended; also for various forms of resistance or disrespect to the master, the period of indenture could be extended.

As for one answer, that breeding houses were kept where strong male slaves were used as studs to breed more slaves, I don't know that this is false, but in a graduate course "The Old South", an undergraduate course "The South in History and Literature," and in several other books on the Old South that I have read, I have never even seen such a thing suggested.  It is true that many owners did not encourage marriage by slaves; those owners' slaves mated randomly.  Other owners did encourage marriage of slaves, but maintained the same right they had over their own daughters, of approving the slave's selection of a marriage partner before the marriage could take place.

I have strayed off of your topic.

Who is alive at the end of the play, and how do the others meet their ends?Hamlet, Act 5

The death of Polonius is pivotal. Hamlet kills him by stabbing him through the arras with his sword. Her father's death causes Ophelia to lose her mind. It also brings Polonius' son Laertes back from France seeking vengeance. Claudius persuades Laertes to turn his wrath on Hamlet and murder him in a fencing match. Ophelia's death may be either an accident or suicide. She drowns in a stream. Claudius prepares a poisoned goblet to offer Hamlet during the fencing match to make doubly sure that Hamlet will die. During the match, Laertes stabs Hamlet with an untipped foil which he has dipped in a deadly poison. Hamlet manages to switch foils with Laertes and stabs him with the poisoned one. Gertrude drinks from the goblet of poisoned wine before her husband Claudius can stop her. Both Hamlet and Laertes are dying. Laertes confesses that the foil Hamlet now is holding is poisoned and that King Claudius was responsible for the plot to kill Hamlet. Hamlet is enraged at this final treachery of his uncle. He stabs him with the same foil and also forces him to drink some of the remaining poisoned wine from the goblet. So Laertes, Gertrude, Claudius, and finally Hamlet all die in the last act. At about this point, ambassadors arrive from England to inform Claudius that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been executed as they believe he requested in the letter which was actually forged by Hamlet. So all the principal characters except Horatio are dead. Horatio tries to kill himself by drinking out of the poisoned goblet in order to follow his good friend in death; but Hamlet prevents him, saying:

Give me the cup. Let go! By heaven, I'll have't.
O God, Horatio, what a wounded name,
Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me!
If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart,
Absent thee from felicity awhile,
And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain,
To tell my story.

Polonius is killed by Hamlet while he is spying on Hamlet and his mother in Gertrude's bedchamber.

Ophelia becomes insane with grief. She falls into a stream and does not try to save herself from drowning.

Laertes is killed by Hamlet in the fencing match.

Hamlet is killed by Laertes in that same match.

Gertrude dies from drinking out of the poisoned goblet that Claudius has prepared for Hamlet. It is not clear whether she knows the wine is poisoned and is drinking it to save her son's life or whether she is just thirsty.

Claudius is killed by Hamlet with the poisoned foil and being forced to drink from the poisoned goblet.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been beheaded by the English, who  act on the written request they believe was brought directly from King Claudius but was actually forged by Hamlet aboard the ship headed for England.

Horatio remains alive in order to tell the whole story. He is the only one left alive who knows the truth from beginning to end will be able to exonerate Hamlet.

Fortinbras appears in the last act and may become the next king of Denmark, but he is not one of the principal characters.

Give supportive evidence (examples and reasons) for the following three traits shown by Curley's wife - delusional, desires love and outgoing.

In Of Mice and Men, Curley's Wife is
a victim of sexism and the illusions of the American Dream.  She has no name or place in
this male-dominated workplace; therefore, she is a stock character: a flat, static,
temptress by default.

Curley's Wife has desires, but only
failed ones.  She seems outgoing, but only because the men refuse to talk to her.  She
seems delusional, but only because she is so optimistic about her dreams.  In short, she
is a foil for Lennie and George, who also are filled with unrealistic illusions of the
American dream.  But, because they are men and therefore closer to realizing the dream,
do we call them delusional when they too fail to achieve
it?

Observe what she
says:

If I
catch any one man, and he's alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the
guys get together an' you won't talk. Jus' nothing but mad. You're all scared of each
other, that's what. Ever' one of you's scared the rest is goin' to get something on you.
(85)

Here, I think she's
speaking for the author.  I don't see her as delusional or full of false desires.  She's
realistic.

In Chapter 3, Curley's Wife again calls out the
men:

They left
all the weak ones here. . . . Think I don't know where they all went? Even Curley.  I
know where they all went.
(77)

Here, she comments on
the Social Darwinism in the male society.  She is informed of the double standards of
men: her husband is at the cathouse.  She knows her role as a play-thing on the ranch,
and she lashes out at the weak men who are just like
her.

Later, she says:

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Listen...All the buys got a horseshoe tenement
goin' on....None of them guys is goin'to leave that tenement.  Why can't I talk to you? 
I never get to talk to nobody.  I get awful lonely....What's the matter with me?  Ani't
I got a right to talk to nobody?...You're a nice guy....I ain't doin' no harm to
you.

Here, Curley's wife is
again being honest and realistic.  She is lonely and questions why the men ignore her.
 She lacks a female community.

For these reasons, I would
say that Curley's wife is not delusional, or outgoing, or desirous of love.  Instead,
she is a victim of sexism, male reputation, and double standards--and she knows it.  She
only wants the men to acknowledge it, but they can't.  Steinbeck, then, wants his
readers to acknowledge it.

What are some character traits of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird? How are they illustrated in the novel?

Atticus Finch is one of the most famous literary characters known. Harper Lee goes to great detail to show us the kind of man he is. Jem and Scout don't see their father as anything special in the beginning, but we the readers, see from the very start, that Atticus is one of a kind.

Atticus is kind and fair. He is stern, but also very loving. He treats his children with respect and talks to them like they are adults. He answers all of their questions with honesty. He is always consistent, and doesn't waiver in his beliefs. Atticus is seen as the moral backbone in Maycomb. He fights for justice and teaches his children to do the same thing.

When Atticus takes the case of Tom Robinson, the town starts talking about him defending a black man. Jem and Scout hear this talk and ask Atticus about it, and he answers them in the most beautiful way, to teach them that you have to live with yourself first.

"They're entitled to think that, they're entitled to full respect for their opinions. But before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." 

Atticus is telling his children that he has to live with what his choices are before he please anyone else. He fights for the rights of people who are cheated. Atticus knows that Tom will never get a fair trial, because he is black, but he works his hardest and proves that the man is innocent. After Tom is convicted, Atticus tries to teach his children that there will always be people that treat black men wrong and that is not right.

"As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men everyday of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it- whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash."

Every so often, you run across a character, that will always stay with you. That is the true art of a writer. Harper Lee did her job with the character of Atticus Finch. He will live in our lives as if we really know him.