Why does Rainsford agree to play General Zaroff's game?

Rainsford agrees to play General Zaroff's game because he wanted to see if General Zaroff would keep his word and let him go if he survived three days of the hunt.  It is always important to follow the word of a "gentleman and sportsman." I also think that Rainsford wanted to see if he could match wits with Zaroff.  Zaroff says it is like a game of "Outdoor Chess."  It all depends on the moves and how you outmaneuver your opponent, which Rainsford definitely made all the right moves.  Rainsford knew if he didn't agree to the hunt that Ivan would enjoy diposing of him, but I think he felt he had a better chance using his wits to win.

Reference: The Language and Literature Book by McDougal Littell.

why do many Muslims and Arabs hate the government of the United States? Do they hate the American people?

Speculation as to why Muslims and Arabs hate America: I
can't give you answers to your questions, but I can tell you my experience which may
give you some perspective on the issue.

I worked for about
a year in the Saudi Arabian embassy in Wash., DC.

There
were Saudiis there who hated the U.S.  One declared to the Americans there one day that
he hated America and would kill Americans if he could.  There were others who did not
hate the U.S.

The ones who hated were arrogant,
self-righteous, aloof people.  The ones who did not hate were friendly, conversational,
relaxed people.

I suspect the former practiced puritanical
Islam and the second practiced their religion for the moral guidance that it gave to
them.

I think I will make another point: The American
popular culture embraces modernity and opposes tradition.  America is engaged both
governmentally (such as the Iraqi war) and nongovernmentally (such as rock stars and
Hollywood movies) in spreading its modernity all over the world.  There is even a big
cultural "war" here in America between the forces of modernity and the forces of
tradition.  The bulk of Muslims are traditional people, though it seems to me that the
very ones who hate us are the ones who have abandoned much of their traditional ways and
embraced much of the ways of modernity.  I may be wrong.  These are just my
impressions.

What is the meaning of the comment about "the wrong end of [the] little telescope" (paragraph 24)? How is that comment a suitable conclusion for...

The first part of the story presents the women in very narrrow ways, usually from the point of view of each other or, alternatively, from the point of view of a narrator who observes a distance herself (always third person). They are referred to as “the dark lady,” “the other lady, “her companion,” and so on, for they do not know each other at all.  The simile of the telescope makes use of the idea that in looking through the wrong end of a telescope the vision becomes reduced, more narrow, rather enlarged. Such is the view each has of the other.  In the two previous paragraphs, Mrs Slade “refects” that “she felt her own unemployment” more than her friend, suggesting she perceives her self as more important and with greater sensibilities, while Mrs. Ansley thinks “Alida Slade's awfully brilliant; but not as brilliant as she thinks," an equally belittling remark.

What is the plot of The Miller's Tale?

The plot of The Miller's tale is a hilarious lovers triangle between Alsion, her boarder Nicholas and  a parish clerk named Absalom.  The plot is further complicated by the presence of Alison's husband John.  Nicholas and Alsin launch a crazy plot convincing John that there is going to be a flood and that they will die unless they follow his instructions to set up tubs to float away in.  Once John falls asleep in the tubs, the lovers have their tryst.  Contributing to the hilarity, Absalom comes to call and begs for a kiss from Alison, and she complies but not in the way that Absalom expects.  In the end all three of the men look ridiculous in their machinations to have Alison. 

List six important events in 1984, and describe how Winston felt about them.

At the beginning Winston is a man desperate to feel something, anything. The iron grip of the totalitarian party has sucked the life out of Winston. He spends any "free" time he has by sucking back vile Victory Gin to forget about is monotonous inconsequential life. In desperation, Winston buys a contraband diary in a futile effort to feel and record something.

1. Winston buys diary. He does not know what to write or to whom. He does feel an "awakening" of sorts.

2. Winston sees Julia and is deathly afraid of her. He thinks she is most certainly part of the thought police.

3. Winston gets note from Julia. It says "I Love you". Winston feels many intense emotions for the first time.

4. Winston meets Julia and they have "hot loving". Winston feels young again but living on borrowed time.

5. Winston and Julia meet with O'Brien thinking they can be part of some brotherhood to revolution. This is what Winston has dreamed of but never thought possible.

6. Winston was right, it was not possible. Winston and Julia are caught. O'Brien tortures Winston for about four chapters. Winston feels his brain getting fried and all the terror of room 101.

At the end Winston is not really Winston anymore. He swills back Victory Gin and plays chess with imaginary opponents at the Chestnut Tree Cafe. He drools allot and thinks he loves Big Brother.

Is John really freer than the world state members? How is he conditioned in his own way?

This question, like so many others, hinges on what "freer" means.  If you are a determinist/behaviorist, perhaps there is no such thing as freedom, so the question is irrelevant.  You might want to read B.F. Skinner's "Beyond Freedom and Dignity."

To my way of thinking, John is freer because he is aware of a larger range of options than the citizens of BNW.  They know only what they are programmed to know (although the Island indicates that the programming is less than perfect), so there is little to no chance that they are "free."  The real question is "Does John's wider knowledge really provide a wider range of choices than those of the citizenry?"  Does his upbringing give him a seeming range of choices that are easier for us to identify with, but give him a very small range of options because of his "formation"?

I know that he is the character that 'seems' freer, but I'm not sure that he really is.  I do suspect, however, that his version freedom is much more attractive to us than the alternative.

What does Odysseus do to cause the Cyclops to become careless; and when the cyclops asks Odysseus' name, what name does he give?

Odysseus offers the Cyclops three bags of wine.  The
Cyclops drinks the wine without thinking of the possible repercussions of this and
passes out.  This directly allows Odysseus and his men to blind the Cyclops after he
passes out.  Prior to this, Odysseus tells the Cyclops that his name is "Nohbody".  This
works out perfectly later in the story after Odysseus and his men sharpen a tree branch
and stab the Cyclops in the eye.  When this happens, the Cyclops tells the other cyclops
that "Nobody" hurt him after Odysseus and his men stabbed and blinded
him.