Saturday, May 17, 2014

Can you give me a quote showing that Scout is maturing in To Kill a Mockingbird?

In chapter 30, after Scout has recounted the events under the tree (the fight with Mr. Ewell which ended in his death) Mr. Tate finalizes the events with:



"Bob Ewell fell on his knife.  He killed himself."



Atticus will not take this answer though, because he (at first) thinks it is Jem who killed Mr. Ewell.  After much argument, Mr. Tate indirectly infers that it was actually Boo who stabbed Mr. Ewell, therefore he will maintain that it was an accidental suicide.  When Atticus asks Scout if she can "possibly understand," she responds with:



"Yes sir I understand... Mr. Tate was right... it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?"



This pattern of events and final quote of Scout's shows she finally has an understanding of who Boo is, and how the small town of Maycomb works.

Friday, May 16, 2014

What are some incidents or foreshadow the coming danger to the sighet jews? Why doesn't the community belive in this danger?this quiestion is from...

Aside from Moshe the Beadle's stories (which is the
biggest example and goes mostly ignored by everyone), there are a few other things that
happened before the town was shipped off to concentration camps.  It is important to
note that all the while, by following directions and listening to orders they BELIEVED
they would be ok.


First, people were moved out of their
houses and relocated block by block to other houses.  This new organization of people
was of course known as the "ghettos."   The synagogue was closed down and they were
forced to worship privately or in their homes.  They had to hand over their valuables
(and many burried personal items).


Ironically, through all
of these signs, Wiesel is pretty clear that the enormity of the situation didn't hit
most of them until they were packed into cattle cars and shipped off by the
100s.

How are apoptosis and necrosis simular and different?

Apoptosis is programmed cell death undertaken by the body as part of a normal biological process in multicellular organisms. This is accomplished through biochemical reactions. This is an internal process.


Whereas apoptosis is a normal process, necrosis is an abnormal process. Necrosis means death of cells and or tissues or organs. Remember, cells make up tissues which make up organs. If something is necrotic, it is dead. Necrosis occurs in living tissues either from disease or trauma. Necrosis has an external etiology. A good example of necrosis is when a diabetic injures a toe, the toe becomes infected, the toe starts to die (become necrotic) because the diabetic tissue can't heal normally.

What is the point of view of this book? Could this book be anti-war or could it be a book that glorifies war or maybe neither?Heay guys PLEASE help...

The point of view is third person limited, so we know only what Henry Fleming, the main character, is thinking. We don't know what the other characters are thinking and feeling.

This book is mainly a coming-of-age story for Henry Fleming. He leaves his mother as an innocent boy eager to fight, glorifying and romanticizing war. Once he's wounded, he becomes so afraid that he leaves the battlefield. He does return to his unit, but he must lie to them because he's ashamed of deserting. By the end, Henry is much like a veteran soldier who understands what war is really like.

In no way does Crane glorify war in his book. Through Henry, we see the horrors of war. When he wanders into the forest, he sees death and the agony of war. Men have lost limbs and are so stunned by what has happened to them that they no longer seem able to function. This shocks Henry and confuses him, making him feel even more alone. Crane uses Henry to show his readers what war does to men and to show how senseless and cruel war is.

Atticus says" Don't fool yourselves- it's all adding up,and one of these days we're going to pay the bill for it. what does he mean?

This can be found in Chapter 23.  Atticus speaks these
words after the Tom Robinson trial has ended and Tom has been
convicted.


What Atticus says is that black people have been
abused (like Tom Robinson has been) for too long.  He says that the frustrations of the
blacks are adding up and that there will be a rebellion some day.  That is what he means
by saying that one day they will have to pay the bill.


He
hopes that the bill will not need to be paid in his kids' lifetime, but he says that
eventually it will have to be paid.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

What are the evidences that the society is fixated on materialism and doesn't understand itself in Fahrenheit 451?

The people in the dystopia of Fahrenheit 451 are consumers of materialism: they burn books, overdose on drugs, watch TV non-stop, and use helicopters and mechanical hounds to spy on and kill people.


In Part II "The Sieve and the Sand" Captain Beatty says:



The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are. They're Caesar's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, 'Remember, Caesar, thou art mortal.'  Most of us can't rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends.  The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book.  Don't ask for guarantees.  And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library.  Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore. (86)



Books stand in sharp contrast to materialism.  First, they are comprised of ideas, and they lead to asceticism (the holy life).  The Book People are like the prophets and disciples in the scriptures: they are common men who live outside society by humble means for a higher cause.  Other martyrs, like Clarisse and the woman who burned herself, refuse to base their lives on material items; instead, they live by the light of knowledge taken from books.  Gradually, Montag learns from their examples.


Beatty says that the "The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world."  The dystopia of F451 is based on worldly items: houses, wall screens, drugs, sex, and money.  Beatty tempts Montag here the way Satan tempted Christ: with bread (hunger for wants, desires, things).

What is the meaning of the last two lines of Auden's "The Unknown Citizen?"

The politicians of every nation express their respect and
honor perfunctorily to the memories of the martyrs who had laid down their lives in
safeguarding the country by building an impressive monument dedicated to the 'Unknown
Soldier,' and visiting this monument occasionally to place a wreath on it. This is a
charade which became popular especially after World War
I.


Auden's ironic poem "The Unknown Citizen" sarcastically
suggests that the anonymous ordinary citizen also deserves a similar monument for
conforming exactly to the rules and regulations of a mediocre modern civilization. Just
like how the monument of the 'unknown soldier' will never reveal the true feelings of
the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in serving their country, the modern state will
never know, leave alone care whether the 'unknown citizen' was free and
happy:


Was he free? Was he
happy? The question is absurd: Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have
heard.

The poem is a
bitter satire against  modern forms of government whose only aim is that all its
citizens conform to its sterile norms. The  'unknown' citizen who is only given a number
- JS/07 M 378 - sacrifices his unique personality  by abiding by the norms of the state
to 'serve the Greater Community.'  By doing so he is canonized by the state which honors
him with a marble monument!

How far is Iago justified in hating Othello?

Iago hates Othello for some of reasons. First reason could be that Othello promoted Cassio in his place; however, Iago wants it and he cosid...