Cite one example of explicit language and one of implicit language in "The Most Dangerous Game."

To state something explicitly, one goes directly to the point, whereas if one speaks implicitly, innuendos are employed, meanings are not directly expressed and are, therefore, open to interpretation. Intriguingly, the title of Connell's story has both explicit and implicit meanings: Explicitly, it means a sport or activity which involves great opportunities for harm to a person; implicitly, it can mean a creature that is hunted who possesses an intelligence which makes it a serious threat.

In "The Most Dangerous Game," there are certainly instances in which both explicit and implicit language are used by the characters. For instance, in his dinner conversation with Rainsford, General Zaroff employs both explicit and implicit language:

     Zaroff explains to Rainsford that he is familiar with him because he has read all Rainsford's books on hunting published in three different languages. Then, he says explicitly, "I have but one passion in my life, Mr. Rainsford, and it is the hunt."

Rainsford observes one of Zaroff's "wonderful heads" and remarks explicitly, "I've always thought...that the Cape buffalo is the most dangerous of all big game." To this remark, Zaroff replies implicitly, 

"Here in my preserve on this island," he replied in the same slow tone, " I hunt more dangerous game." (implicit language--he implies a meaning other than what Rainsford considers)
Rainsford expressed his surprise. "Is there big game on this island?" (explicit language)
The general nodded. "The biggest." (implicit language--the general is not speaking of size; he implies the intelligence level.)

Their conversation continues in this manner, until Rainsford finally grasps the implied meanings of Zaroff's remarks and is horrified at the realization that the general has been implying that he hunts men.

"But you can't mean---gasped Rainsford."    (explicit language)
"And why not?....I am speaking of hunting." (very implicit language)
"Hunting? General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder." (very explicit language)

What are some of the figures of speech in The Gift of the Magi?

It would be difficult to list them all in a single answer because this story is full of them, but here are a couple more examples. 

O Henry uses in allusion in refering to the riches of King Solomon (this is also humor as O Henry chooses to make King Solomon a janitor during this reference!)

Jim is similed to a hunting dog in the line, "Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a sett at the scent of quail."

And of course, the big one, lots of irony in this story.  Della sells her hair for the watch chain, and Jim sells his watch for the set of combs.

Explain the importance of the quote youre not wanted we are going to have fun on this island so dont try it on my poor misguided boy or else

In a more symbolic sense, the pig's head represents evil
incarnate, temptation.  We know that from Golding's notes on the novel in which he
equates "Lord of the Flies" to Beelzebub. On the other hand Simon has striking
similarities to Jesus.  He is kind, compassionate, intuitive, prophetic, and messianic.
 The pig's head acts as his tempter, equivalent to Satan's temptation of Jesus in the
wilderness.  What Simon is being asked to do is "have fun on the island."  This phrase
is most often used by Jack, and to him "having fun" means hunting and killing.  Almost
every other boy on the island with the exception of Piggy enjoys the savage nature of
the hunt.  Even Ralph enjoys participating in the boar hunt, and later engages in the
pig-hunt reenactment, which almost goes too far--Robert acting as the pig is almost hurt
by the boys surrounding him.

Simon is asked to join in the
fun or savagery.  In order to survive on the island, he must change.  The consequence
for remaining civilized is death.  As the pig's head tells Simon, the boys "will do him"
if he does not "play."

It is not Simon's nature to change,
to become savage, to hurt, or to kill, and he resist this temptation by falling into a
fit.  When he comes to, he goes to tell the boys the true nature of the beast. This
action leads to the fulfillment of the pig's head's prophecy.  The boys do indeed "do
him."

In Alberta when released from prison it's required that they give you a handgun with bullets. why is this a law?, has it caused any...

If this was indeed implemented, it would have to have been
around two centuries ago, when horse and gun were the most effective methods of
transportation and defense, respectively. Looks like this was a purely provincial law,
not necessarily a country-wide thing going on in Canada.

As
with other provincial laws, they are unique to a smaller population with perhaps a
social circumstance so diverse and separate from the rest of the country that special
and somewhat odd allocations and concessions might be permissible. In the case of the
gun and the horse, it is basically (like the previous post inferred) that the person is
given the chance to go far away, and the gun would protect them in the
wilderness.

I am almost positive that if this is an
anachronistic rule that is still in place for being overlooked, it still does not mean
that it is being practiced today.

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, what is Aunt Alexandra's attitude toward Bob Ewell, Tom Robinson and the trial? And what does she like to...

Since Atticus is her brother, Alexandra tends to support
him because he is family--and the Finch name has always been of the utmost importance to
her. If we can believe Scout's cousin, Francis, then we know that Alexandra cares little
for Negroes.

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"Grandma (Alexandra) says its bad enough he
(Atticus) lets you all run wild, but now he's turned out to be a
nigger-lover..."

We know that
Alexandra was not happy with Atticus defending Tom, since Scout later overheard her
arguing with her father.

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"She won't let him alone about Tom Robinson. She
almost said Atticus was disgracin' the
family."

Alexandra refused to
attend the trial, but she did seem sincerely disappointed that Atticus had suffered
defeat. Alexandra seems to have mellowed even more when she hears of Tom's death. But it
is her brother that she is most concerned about, not
Tom.

   "I
can't say I approve of everything he does, Maudie, but he's my brother, and I just want
to know when this will ever end... It tears him to
pieces."

Alexandra never
speaks much about Bob Ewell, but since she despises the Cunningham clan, we can only
assume that she must feel likewise about the Ewells. She does warn Atticus about Bob's
persistence, however.

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"His kind'd do anything to pay off a grudge. You
know how those people
are."

Perhaps Alexandra's
most telling opinion of Bob was one that was never uttered. In Chapter 27, she had a
premonition.

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... she stopped short in the middle of her
sentence. She closed her mouth, then opened it to say something, but no words
came.
    " 's matter, Auntie?" I asked.
    "Oh nothing, nothing,"
she said, "someone just walked over my
grave."

After the children
were attacked, Alexandra realized what her unexplained feeling had meant, and she blamed
herself for not understanding the implications of it.

As
for Alexandra's hobbies, she likes to socialize with other Maycomb women of high
standing; she enjoys cooking; and she attempts to put her mark on Atticus'
children--escpecially Scout, whom she hopes to somehow make more
ladylike.

In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, how old is Santiago when the story begins? How do you know?

In Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist, it can often times be misleading in trying to ascertain the age of Santiago for he is often times referred to as "the boy." There are probably several reasons for this. Quite literally in his culture, he may be considered a boy because he has not chosen a "fixed" career and married. He may not have taken on the responsibilities of a grown man in having a plan for his life. He is much like a child still filled with dreams and a desire not to settle down (though as the story progresses, he isexperiencing the first desires to stay in one place, with a merchant's daughter). For the sake of the novel, he has not yet determined his Personal Legend; at the beginning of the novel, he does not even know there is such a thing. So the sense that he is a boy simply may indicate that in terms of searching out his destiny, Santiago has not yet begun his journey.

As with most stories, we learn about our main characters at the beginning of the novel, where we begin to form our initial impressions. As with many first impressions, these perceptions will remain with the reader and should be "in sync" with what the character does: this is certainly the case with Santiago.

We meet a young "man" who knows what he does not want, and vaguely what he does want: he does not want to join the church as his family would have him do. He does want to travel (and has since he was a small boy), and logically decides that shepherding would provide him with this opportunity. And in keeping with this persona, he comes to love and know his sheep, care for them and appreciate them. He is a good person.

When the story begins, Santiago has found a ruined church, and it is here that we learn that he provides shelter for his sheep and accounts for each one—he will even search the entire next day if one sheep wanders away. (It his here that we see Santiago presented as a Christ-like figure.)

When the boy wakens, we learn several things: he is a "serious" reader, so we can assume that he is relatively smart. He has had "the recurring dream" again, he is aware of an undefined energy that he shares with his sheep and he has been with his sheep for two years.

It was as if some mysterious energy bound his life to that of the sheep, with whom he had spent the past two years...

Again, later, the boy thinks of the two years he has traveled the "Andalusian terrain." And immediately thereafter, he reveals his age:

He was planning, on this visit, to explain to the girl how it was that a simple shepherd knew how to read. That he had attended a seminary until he was sixteen...

So we know he is at least eighteen, though he might be a littleolder.

Ironically, Santiago thinks to himself...

But ever since he had been a child, he had wanted to know the world, and this was much more important to him than knowing God...

As the story progresses—after he meets Melchizedek and crosses the desert to the oasis where he will meet Fatima—he will encounter the alchemist who will boast of Santiago's ability to change himself into the wind, and here Santiago will meet God.

Though he is referred to as a boy, it is only because he has not been tried by the world and found his Personal Legend that he is not considered a man. By the novel's end, this is not the case.

Will somebody please explain to me what is a summary for Chapters 21-22 in Belle Prater's Boy?It doesn't have to be a summary, but just explain...

Woodrow convinces Gypsy to come with him on an adventure;
they will go with Blind Benny on his rounds. Benny shows the children his new shoes,
which the "boys at the hardware" store got him, explaining that the boys are like
family, and that he has Gypsy's parents to thank for that. Benny was born blind, and his
parents died when he was only twelve. To support himself, he became a "sin eater," which
is someone who takes the sins of dead upon himself by eating a banquet placed on the
deceased's casket, so that he or she can "go to...glory clean and free." Benny did this
for fifteen years, and was shunned by the townspeople because of it, until he met
Gypsy's dad, who told him the sin eater concept was "a bunch of ignorant superstitious
nonsense." Gypsy's dad brought Benny with him to Coal Station, Virginia, where he was
opening a hardware store. He gave the blind man a permanent place to stay, enabling him
to start a new life. Benny, Gypsy, and Woodrow sing and tell jokes as Benny gathers
things people have left for him outside their houses, and when they finally return home,
Gypsy realizes the joy that arises when people are good to others. She looks at Benny
and Woodrow through eyes of love, and recongizes that this has been one of the happiest
nights of her life (Chapter 21).

At Granny's birthday
dinner, Woodrow reads an essay defending his belief

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"that Blind Benny, even with his poor sightless
eyes, is the only person (he) knows who can see with perfect clarity...because Benny is
able to see beyond
appearances."

Porter proposes
a special toast to Granny, then announces that the towns folks think it is time for
Gypsy to have her own formal piano recital. Although Gypsy is at first stunned, she
feels "a thrill of excitement beginning to grow." Doc Dot then makes a second
announcement, concerning Woodrow. She has a doctor friend in Baltimore, who has agreed
to see if something can be done about Woodrow's eyes; the chances of a successful
operation appear to be promising. Now it is Woodrow's turn to be elated, and Gypsy calls
the party "by far the best one (they) ever had" (Chapter 22).