Why did Gatsby drop out of college in The Great Gatsby?

The answer to your question can be found in Chapter Six of
this excellent novel. It is important to remember the poor background that Gatbsy had
and yet at the same time his massive hopes and ambition. However, his background and his
state of lacking the money necessary to be the great person that he dreams of being is
shown to be a force against which he has to contend. Note what the text tells us about
Gatsby's time at college in the account that Nick gives us about Jay Gatbsy's real
background:

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An instinct toward his future glory had led him,
some months before, to the small Lutheran college of St. Olaf in southern Minnesota. He
stayed there two weeks, dismayed at its ferocious iindifference to the drums of his
destiny, to destiny itself, and despising the janitor's work with which he was to pay
his way through.

Thus we can
see that Gatsby dropped out because of his hatred of the low work that he has to do in
order to pay his fees, but also by the way in which he did not feel that the college was
aware of the greatness that he felt awaited him.

Why did the author write the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

In Edwards' sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,"
he uses the fear factor to compel people to turn to God. He condemns the people, hoping
this will straighten them out. His Puritanism was the driving force behind his
message:

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The Puritans emphasized the covenant of
works, which was in the control of human beings, and the covenant of grace, which was in
God's power to
bestow.

Edwards
believed that the works of mankind could save. In other words, it is in mankind's
control to save himself. He believed God's grace could be limited. He insinuated that
God can be judgmental and angry. Edwards' belief in God was that He was ready to throw
people into hell.

Edwards used his sermon to prove that the
people were worthy of hell and only God's restraints kept God from tossing the people
into a lake of fire:

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There are in the souls of wicked men those
hellish principles reigning, that would presently ignite and burst into flames of
hell-fire, if it were not for God's restraints. There is laid in the very nature of all
unsaved men, a foundation for the torments of
hell.

Edwards believed man
was so corrupt until hell was waiting. He believed that mankind could burst into flames
at any moment. He preached that God had restraint; otherwise, mankind would be destroyed
by hell's fire.

Edwards was judgmental and self righteous.
Had he search out the true loving nature of God, he would have found in John 3:16-17
that God sent his son into the world to save them, not condemn
them.

Edwards preached as if he were angry with the people.
He was the one who insisted that God was so angry until He was about to throw the people
in hell. For some people, the sermon may have been successful. Needless to say, for
those who had an image of God dangling people over the fires of hell, no doubt some
would run to the altar in repentance:

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What distinguishes this most famous example of
Puritan revival sermons is its use of imagery so vivid that it left people in the pews
trembling and weeping.

How can I show that n^2 - n where n belongs to N always divisible by 8 or 3?

We'll factorize n^2 - n  =
n*(n-1)

We'll give natural values to n, from 1 to
n;

For n = 1 => n*(n-1) = 1*0 =
0

For n = 2 => n*(n-1) = 2*1 = 2, that is not
divisible by 3, nor 8.

Therefore, the
difference n^2 - n is not divisible by 3 or 8, for any natural value of
n.

Given the coincidental lines mx+3y+2=0 and 2x+ny-8=0 what are m and n ?

Given the lines:

mx + 3y + 2
= 0

2x + ny -8 - 0

Given that
both lines are coincidental.

Then the equations of the
lines must be the same.

==> Then the rations should
be equal.

==< m/2 = 3/n =
2/-8

Now we will solve each
variable.

==?> m/2 = 2/-8 =
-1/4

==> 4m= -2 ==? m = -2/4 =
-1/2

Now we will solve for
n.

==> 3/n = 2/-8 =
-1/4

==> -n = 12 ==> n=
-12

Then the values are: m= -1/2  and n=
-12

What made Atticus Finch a good father in To Kill a Mockingbird?I need three examples.

Atticus is a wise, intelligent single parent who tries to
lead by example when it comes to raising and educating his children. During a talk with
his brother, Jack (which Atticus allows Scout to deliberately overhear), Atticus tells
him that

"I
just hope that Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to the
town... I just hope they trust me
enough..."

Although he is a
busy man with his law practice and frequent visits to Montgomery for legislative
sessions, he spends as much time as possible with his kids. He reads to Scout every
night, even after her teacher, Miss Caroline, suggests they stop this practice. He
stresses the importance of education (teaching Scout to read at a very early age) even
though he did not attend school himself. He employs Calpurnia to watch over them while
he is at work. He pays attention to their outside activities even when the children do
not realize he is watching. He gives them a great deal of independence, hoping that they
will learn about life through experience. And he teaches them not to pre-judge people,
suggesting that they "climb into his skin and walk around in it" first in order to
understand differing ideas and opinions.

log3(8x+3) = 1+ log3 (x^2)

We have : log3(8x+3) = 1+ log3
(x^2)

log3(8x+3) = 1+ log3
(x^2)

=> log3(8x+3) - log3 (x^2) =
1

use the property log a - log b = log
(a/b)

=> log3 [(8x + 3)/(x^2)] =
1

=> (8x + 3)/(x^2) =
3

=> 8x + 3 =
3x^3

=> 3x^2 - 8x - 3 =
0

=> 3x^2 - 9x + x - 3 =
0

=> 3x(x - 3) + 1(x - 3) =
0

=> (3x + 1)(x - 3)=
0

=> x = -1/3 and x =
3

Both the values are defined for the logs
given.

The solution of the equation is x =
-1/3 and x = 3

In "A Visit From St. Nicholas," by Clement Clarke Moore, is it the moon or the snow that is being personified in line 13?

"A Visit From St. Nicholas," by Clement Clarke Moore, is
also known to many as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Published in 1823, it has
become a holiday standard, read to children on Christmas Eve in preparation of Santa's
visit. The poem is written in couplets, with a rhyme scheme of aa bb, etc. Several
literary devices are employed. In this example, personification is
used.

href="http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_P.html">Personification is a
form of figurative language whereby human characteristics are given to non-human things.
For example, personification is used to describe leaves that "skip" down a road or
daffodils "raising their heads" to the sun. This device provides a clearer mental image
of the item being described, and is a device very often used in poetry. In the following
example from "A Visit From St. Nicholas," the moon and snow are being
discussed.

The
moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow

Gave the lustre
of mid-day to objects
below...

In order to
understand what is being personified, it is best to try to put the quotation into
standard, modern English to better understand the meaning of the line. I.e., we need to
understand what is being said before we can be sure what is being given human
characteristics. The lines shown above state that the moon is reflecting off of the
newly fallen snow, creating an illusion that the items below have a luster or shine from
that reflection. Having done this, we can more easily ascertain what is being
personified. This centers around one question: what does "breast" applies to—the moon or
the snow?

Looking at the quote within the context
of the entire statement, we find that "the breast" refers to "the snow," with
the use of the word "of." We could translate the line to
read:

The moon
[shining] on the breast of the new-fallen
snow...

The description does
not refer to the breast of the moon, but the breast of the new snow, from which the glow
or luster below comes. So your answer is that
snow is being personified
here.

how to determine molar concentration and mass What is the molar concentration of an NaOH (aq) solution that contains 12.0 grams of NaOH...

#1.  Molar concentration of an NaOH solution.  Molarity is
always based on # of moles per 1000 mL of solution.  In this case you have 12 g in 600
mL, therefore you have 20 g/L.  @0g NaOH / 40 g/mole = 0.50 M
solution.

#2.  Mass of K3PO4 required.  Molar mass is
212.27 g/mole.  For one liter of 0.2 M solution you need 212.27*.2 = 42.45 g.  For 1.5 L
you would then need 42.45 * 1.5 = 63.68 g of K3PO4

#3.  How
prepare solution of NaCl.  0.1 M means you have 0.1M x 58.5 g/mole, or 5.85 g/1000 mL. 
To make 250 mL of solution, you need 5.85/4 = 1.46 g of NaCl. Weigh out 1.46 g and
dissolve in 250 mL of water.

#4. Volume of 0.020 M KOH.  A
1.0 M solution has 56.18 g/liter. Therefore a 0.02 M solution has 56.18 * 0.02 = 1.12
g/1000 mL or 11.2 g in 10 L.

#5.  Resulting concentration. 
KBr = 119 g/mole. In 400 mL of 0.35 M you have 119 * .4 * .35 = 16.66 g.  16.66 g/500 mL
= 33.32 g/L.  33.32/119 = 0.28 M.

#6. How much water add to
make 0.75 M solution.  500/0.75 = 666.67 mL total volume. You already have 500 mL so
have to add 166.67 mL

#7. Given the equation.  molar mass
of I2 = 253.8.  Molar mass of NaI = 149.9.   508 g of I2 = 508/253.8 = ~2.0 moles. From
your equation, for every 2 moles of NaI used, you produce 1 mole of I2, therefore you
need 4 moles of NaI.  4 * 149.9 = ~600 g.  A 0.1 M solution of NaI has 15 g/L.  600/15 =
40, so you need 40 L of the 0.1 M solution.

How did the agriculture in America lead to introduction of slavery?

In North America, at least, agriculture led to the
introduction of slavery because the Southern colonies' agricultural sector was based on
the production of staple crops.  When agriculture is done like this, a plantation will
grow basically just one crop that it sells instead of growing lots of different kinds of
crops for its own use.

In the South, plantations started
off growing tobacco and rice and indigo, depending on where they were.  This was hard
work and free people did not really want to do it since they could go off and get farms
for themselves on all the "free" land that was around.  Because of this, the plantation
owners needed a source of labor that was not free.  They started with indentured
servants but soon came to realize that slaves would be a more reliable source of
labor.

How can I talk about theme of wrath in old age in King Lear?

Allow me to give you some pointers to help you think
through your approach to answering this excellent question. It appears that, out of all
of his plays, Shakespeare reserves this play for his most uncompromising presentation of
old age through the character of the aging Lear and the realities that he has to face.
Interestingly, so much of the wrath and anger that Lear displays in the play is actually
the result of his own stupidity and his desire to prize appearance over reality. This of
course operates in many different senses: he prizes the insincere declaration of love
from Regan and Goneril over the reality of the love that Cordelia has for him. Likewise
he wants to keep the appearance of the crown, whilst not having to deal with the reality
of the day to day responsibilities of being King. Therefore, although he initially
expresses anger against his daughters when they expel him from their household, he comes
to realise that this anger must be in part directed at himself. Note how he begins by
blaming others for his situation in Act II scene 4:

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If it be you that stirs these daughters'
hearts

Against their father, fool me not so
much

To bear it tamely; touch me with noble
anger...

Here he swears
revenge against Regan and Goneril for their treatment of him. However, at the end of the
play, he comes to show a much more accepting position when thinking of the old age that
allows him to be mistreated and makes him weak:

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I have seen the day, with my good biting
falchion

I would have made them skip. I am old
now,

And these same crosses spoil
me.

Here we can see a move
away from blaming others to an acceptance of his position and the necessary physical
weakness that comes with old age. Thus, although we see anger and wrath expressed
through Lear's character, as the play and Lear himself develop we see Lear accepting
more the realities of old age.

How does Hobbes's view compare to human behaviour under the feudal system?

It is possible to argue that the feudal system proves
Hobbes's view of human nature because people in that system tended to act in accordance
with their selfish interests.  In the feudal system (as opposed to in an absolute
monarchy) the various important lords had the ability to act in their own interests in
ways that may well have been harmful to the state as a whole.  This would tend to
support Hobbes's idea that an absolute ruler was needed in order to check the selfish
impulses of the people.

The history of feudal Europe is
littered with examples of people acting in very selfish ways.  Members of the nobility
were constantly fighting to advance their political interests.  They would often do this
even if it meant that their country as a whole would be harmed.  As an example of this,
we have events like the one in which Eleanor of Aquitaine led a revolt against her own
husband, King Henry II of England.  This sort of behavior by people in feudal times
seems to confirm Hobbes's views of human nature.

Comment on Anand's characterization of Munoo in Coolie.

The coolies' cheap labor is exploited in many regions of
India and in countries all over the world Asian coolies, mainly from India and China,
contribute to the development of national economies without enjoying citizenship rights.
Coolies are therefore dehumanised, they are often considered as useful tools, but rarely
as human beings. In contrast with this general lack of consideration for the coolies'
feelings, Anand's novel devotes significant passages to capture the psychological
development of Munoo from childhood into adolescence, an interior journey mirrored in
the geographical journey that he is forced to do across
India.

Munoo is given feelings and is shown as an able
critic of social evils. For example, he quickly realizes
that

all
servants look alike. There must be only two kinds of people in the world: the rich and
the poor.

The novel humanises
the figure of the coolie giving him hopes and fears. So, when Munoo has to leave his
uncle and aunt's house, he realizes that his condition may not
improve:

And,
in his heart, there was a lonely song, a melancholy wail, asking, not pointedly, but in
a vague, uncertain rhythm, what life in this woman's house would
prove. 

 As he escapes to
Daulatpur, he feels

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the fear of the unknown in his bowels and the
stirring of hope for a better life in the new world he was
entering.

Thus, although
Munoo has been charged with the passivity typical of characters in naturalist novels,
prey to circumstances and determinism, he is also shown in his capacity to react against
and analyse the social contexts he has to travel through.

What does the story's ending reveal about what Miss Brill realizes?short story

The ending of the story Miss Brill
reveals that Miss Brill, a middle-aged teacher who moved to Paris to teach English, is
as rare, as outdated, as lonely, and as strange to the common folk as is the furry piece
which she loves so much and takes with her to her Sunday walks in the
park.

When the young couple who seats near her see Miss
Brill, they make an expression of mockery and disapproval, demonstrating how odd and out
of place Miss Brill (and her fur coat) are when compared to everyone else in the
park.

As a result, Ms. Brill realizes for the first time in
her life the type of existence that she has been leading: So alone that she is submerged
in her own routines, even conferring emotional attachment to her fur. When she realizes
this, her life basically becomes real. She leaves the park, and enters her lonely living
space, putting the fur inside its box in almost the same manner in which she "hides"
herself from a cruel world inside her apartment.

In "An Episode of War," what does the lieutenant attempt to do with his sword?

Before being wounded, the lieutenant had been dividing
portions of coffee for his men with the sword. Assuming he was right-handed, he was
probably using the sword in his right hand. He was apparently wounded in the right arm,
and therefore switched the sword to his left hand. Generally, when the sheath is on the
left side, you would unsheath it with your right hand--now disabled. He was having
difficulty replacing the sword with his good, left hand. Although he was probably in
shock, he recognized the need to replace the sword in its sheath, but it was virtually
impossible to do so with the left hand. This entire scene, worrying about the
unimportant act of replacing the sword properly after receiving a serious wound, is an
absurd response to a desperate situation.

I need at least 3 quotes that prove that Othello is a tragic character. Please help!

I would select the following lines from Act II scene i
which indicate Othello's joy at his union with Desdemona, and yet his feeling is tinged
with the strange foreboding that he will never be this happy in his life again
-

If it were
now to die,
'Twere now to be most happy; for I fear
My soul hath
her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this

Succeeds in unknown
fate.

Secondly I would look
at the intense emotion Othello feels when he has been convinced by Iago that Desdemona
is unfaithful. In Act III scene iii Othello reveals his devastation in a vivid
metaphor-

 I
had rather be a toad,
And live upon the vapor of a dungeon,
Than
keep a corner in the thing I love
For others'
uses. 

By Act IV scene i we
see Othello reduced to catilepsy as even his eloquent words fail him and he loses
control of both his mind and body -

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 It is not words that shakes me thus. Pish!
Noses, ears, and
lips. Is't possible? Confess?—Handkerchief?—O
devil!

By the end of his
life, Othello has reconciled himself to his failings and finally kills the only person
he can truly blame for his thoughtless and violent reactions:
himself-

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Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,

Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that
loved not wisely but too well;
Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought,

Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand,
Like the base Indian,
threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe;

Here Othello realises his
fatal flaw, acknowledges it with dignity, then takes his own
life.

How to I cite an essay in MLA format for both in the essay and for a work cited page?

This is another excellent website (I've taken my examples
from
it):

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Generally
speaking, however, when you cite within your essay for a direct quote, you'll be using
the following format:

(Author's Last Name
Page #)

So, it would look like this:
(Wordsworth 263)

Note how
there is no punctuation contained within the citation. This is different than
APA.

Additionally, the citation should be at the end of the
sentence regardless of where the actually quote is, and it should be within the period.
For example:

Romantic poetry is characterized
by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth
263).

If you use the author's name within
your sentence, then there is no reason to embed it within the citation itself. For
example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic
poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"
(263).

Lastly, if you are using an idea that
is not your own even if you are not using the exact words, you still must cite from
where you got the idea. For
example:

Wordsworth extensively explored the
role of emotion in the creative process
(263).

When it comes to giving credit, a
general rule of thumb to follow is that if the ideas are not universal/general
knowledge, then you must provide a citation. So, it is unnecessary to provide support
when you make the statement that the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, but
if you're discussing the feelings of the signers at the moment they were putting their
signatures on the document, then you MUST give a citation as most people wouldn't be
aware of how these founding fathers felt at the
time.

Explain the symbolism of Bernini’s St. Peter’s Piazza, referring to the work to illustrate your explanation. (Where do you see the symbolism in...

Gian Lorenzo Bernini is considered one of the highest
examples of the Baroque style whose political message was to celebrate the greatness of
the Roman Catholic Church to counter the attacks of the Reformation. St. Peter's was to
be the material embodiment of this greatness and superiority so much so that no other
Catholic church was allowed to be bigger. Bernini himself commented on the possible
symbolism of his two colonnades, designed in the late 1640s, comparing them to open,
"motherly arms" welcoming the believers to St. Peter's. The two colonnades are not join
together on the side of the piazza opposite the basilica and thus do not seal it off
from the rest of the urban space, inviting the pilgrims to enter. In addition to this
"nurturing enclosure for the crowds of faithful", Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman
point out that the colonnade contributed to the appeal of the Church on the masses by
representing a dramatic stage onto which sacred processions and spectacles could
effectively take place.

How to solve? x^2-4x+3 ________

First we can factor into

(x -
3)(x - 1)/sqrt((2-x)(1+x)) < 0

The sqrt is by
definition positive so we have to check when (x - 3)(x - 1) <
0

We have two cases

x - 3
< 0 and x - 1 > 0  this gives us 1 < x <
3

x - 3 > 0 and x - 1 < 0 this gives x
< 1 and x > 3 there is no solution to
this.

The only other condition is (2-x)(1+x) >
0

We again have two cases because the argument to square
root must be positive

2 - x > 0 and 1 + x > 0
this gives us x < 2 and x > -1 which means -1 < x <
2.

2 - x < 0 and 1 + x < 0 this gives us x
> 2 and x < -1 which has no
solution

Combining this with our previous result that 1
< x < 3 and -1 < x <
2

we get the solution 1 < x <
2. or x is an element of (1, 2)

In As You Like It, how does Charles describe the exiled Duke Senior and his court?

Although Charles is but a minor character in this
excellent comedy, appearing but in Act I, he, in his role as Duke Ferdinand's wrestler,
plays an important part in terms of filling the audience in with important information
about what has happened in the world that we are introduced to. Note how in Act I scene
1 we principally see this, as it is Charles that tells us about the feud between Duke
Ferdinand and Duke Senior, and how Duke Senior has left court with his nobles and set up
a kind of alternative court in the Forest of Arden. Note how Charles describes this
court:

They
say he is already in the Forest of Arden and a many merry men with him, and there they
live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say many young gentlemen flock to him
every day and fleet the time carelessly as they did in the golden
world.

Thus Charles links
Duke Senior's exiled court to that of Robin Hood and his merry men. In particular, note
how we already see a distinction drawn between the political, Machiavellian intrigue of
court life in teh city and the careless, languid passing of time in the "golden world."
This of course is a contrast that will continue to be developed throughout the
play.

Why is Lennie so important to George in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men?

There is room for speculation when it comes to the
relationship between Lennie and George in John Steinbeck's classic Of Mice and
Men. What is meant by room for speculation refers to the rationale behind a
friendship so awkward and made of two completely different
personalities.

However, we can start by stating that Lennie
and George are cousins, and apparently they are the only family each other has. While
this is a good reason to suppose that Lennie was important to George, it does not
completely answer to the question" "Why?" Yet, this is when speculation
begins.

The first motif for their unconventional connection
is that they are both loners. They live in isolation from the rest of society and each
of the men, in their own unique way, finds it hard to connect with the world. Hence,
they enmesh their relationship and look within each other to find that much-needed link
to the community.

Second, because they are family and
because they have made a form of bond, they look out for each other. In any case, George
looks out for Lennie because he knows Lennie cannot not do it alone. After all, they ARE
family, and they DO have that bond that secludes them further from the rest of the
world.

Finally, Lennie must be important to George because
he shares with George the same goal and hope: To own their own farm and move away from
everyone. Just by sharing the dream makes the men more connected than ever. After all,
they both share half of the dream. Without the two of them together the dream would not
be completed.

These are some of the possible reasons why
Lennie means so much to George: Their family bond, their common isolation, and their
shared dream.

What metaphor does Sojourner Truth use in "Ain't I Woman?"rhetorical devices and give examples

Addressing the Woman’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio,
in May of 1851. Truth addressed the white women present who wanted rights for women,
saying that if the black women joined forces with them the "white men will be in a fix"
soon.  In a rhetorical question, she challenges the differences that the men contend
make them superior to women.  For instance, Truth asserts that she can work as hard as
any man, she can eat as much as any man, and she can go over ditches and climb as well
as any man.  As proof of the prowess of women, Sojourner Truth alludes to the fact that
Jesus Christ was born of a woman who conceived through the Immaculate Conception,
through the power of God, without any contribution from
man: 

Where
did your Christ come from?  From God and a woman!  Man had nothing to do with
Him.

In the final paragraph
of her address, as edited in 1851 by Frances Gage, a feminist activist, which added the
rhetorical question "Ain't I woman" along with more Southern slave dialect, Truth
employs a metaphor that compares the world to an orb that a woman is able to
move: 

If the
first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone,
these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up
again!

The "world" is a
metaphor for the existential condition on earth, one in which women are treated as
inferior.  Sojourner Truth suggests that in unison all women should be able to correct
this unjust treatment of women.

Comment on the similarities between the tricksters of "The Umbrella Man" by Roald Dahl and "Dusk" by Saki.

You have chosen two excellent stories to compare, as both
focus on how some people are able to trick others into taking advantage of them in some
way. What is interesting about both the man who sells the umbrella in Dahl's story and
the young man in "Dusk" is the way that both have obviously carefully practised and
presented their story many times to come across as convincingly as possible. The old man
in Dahl's story, in spite of the natural mistrust that the mother has of strange men,
spins a very convincing story, and is able to act the part, appearing to be tired and
weak. In the same way, in "Dusk," the young man is able to give obvious proof of how
unfortunate he is when he sits down next to Gortsby:

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As if to emphasise the fact that the world went
badly with him the new-comer unburdened himself of an angry and very audible expletive
as he flung himself into the
seat.

Both have carefully
prepared and planned their "story," and both end up being successful in gaining money
from their "victims," though of course it is the young man in "Dusk" who forgets a vital
piece of proof to back up his story and is only able to trick Gortsby thanks to complete
chance. The umbrella man too lets his story be shown to be false because of the
sprightly way in which he walks away from the mother and daughter. Thus, in a sense,
although both confidence tricksters have prepared their "acts" well, they let themselves
down through either forgetting one vital piece of proof, or letting the act drop too
quickly.

Why does cold air hold less water vapor than warm air? Why is relative humidity greater at lower temperatures?

The atmosphere is partially made up of water vapor
molecules which can move rapidly or slowly, depending on the amount of heat present.
 The determination of the amount of heat in the system is, in other words, to state the
temperature of the system.  Warm air means that the molecules are moving faster; cold
air means that they are moving slower.  In warm air, the molecules with their fast
motion are typically spread apart from each other.  In cold air, where there is less
heat present, the reverse is true -- the molecules have slower motion and are closer
together.   As a warm air system cools, the molecules slow down, get closer, and can
change state from gas to liquid -- in which case rain falls.  Cold air holds less water
vapor because it will tend to precipitate as rain, whereas warm air holds the energetic
water vapor molecules as gas.

What are the similarities between the two books, The Remains of the Day and The White Tiger. Both very different but any similarities?

Yes, the two books are very different, but there might be
a similarity in the protagonists.  Both Stevens and Balram in The Remains of
the Day and The White Tiger respectively are looking for
ways to be better at their jobs only to eventually realize that they work for less than
reputable men.  Stevens continually asks himself how he can be a great butler, and he
performs his duties with dignity and pride.  However, he later learns that his former
employer Lord Darlington was involved in spreading propaganda under Hitler's regime. 
Stevens then questions whether or not his service is respectable under such a man.  He
eventually resolves to try to be of good service to his new employer.  Similarly, Balram
ends up as a driver to Mr. Ashok and his wife Pinky Madam, and at first Balram thinks
that the pair are quite revolutionary because they claim to treat those of the lower
class with respect.  However, Balram later learns that Mr. Ashok is involved in
financial bribes and schemes, and he even blames Balram for the death of a young boy who
was really murdered by Pinky Madam.  Balram resolves to redirect his service to his own
venture and opens his taxi service.

How is the reader oriented in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll?

Carroll's style and his thematic development help to
orient the reader to experience what Alice is experiencing, to a great extent.  It is a
very strong stylistic move.  Carroll understands that the protagonist is entering into a
realm vastly different from her own existence and that this world carries with it a
sense of the absurd that cannot be fully appropriated, an element that is not present in
Alice's Victorian setting.  In order to fully convey this to the reader, Carroll is able
to compel the reader the feel the same way.  For example, when the Mad Hatter poses his
questions to Alice, she, and the reader, try to figure out, when in reality the question
is absurd.  Both the reader and Alice feel that the world has changed and that something
in it has fundamentally shifted from the world previously known.  In these moments where
the reader's experience's and Alice's are similar, Carroll has been able to make the
reader identify with Alice in a stronger and more meaningful
manner.

Characterize the animals according to their human traits and characteristics in Animal Farm.

Let's take it by animal species from the top to
the bottom.

The pigs (the leaders of the pack) are
confident, selfish, strong-willed, deceitful, and in need of constant pleasure and
comfort. The correspond very well to the corrupt leaders/dictators you hear about around
the world.

The dogs (the police/enforcers) are like the
sidekicks. They are loyal, cruel strong arms of the government who believe what the
leaders tell them and will enforce the state rules no matter who gets hurt. (Think the
Nazi SS)

The horses (Boxer and Clover) are like the loyal
workers. They believe what they are told because they are too dumb to think for
themselves. They will work harder than anyone because they are good hearted, but they
don't see how they are being used.

The Raven (which
represents the church) is holier than thou and hypocritical. He sidles up to whomever is
in power and spouts cliches about heaven. He supports which ever side brings him the
most comfort.

The Donkey is the skeptic, but he is also
selfish. He is smart and knows what is going on, but he wants to stay out of it and mind
his own business.

The chickens and the sheep are the
general public, pushed and pulled by every wind of
doctrine.

Old Major- is the idealistic believer
in equality and ultimately the purest form of communism. He is loyal and honest, and
wants the best for his "people". He corresponds to Karl Marx in
history.

Napoleon - is ruthless and brutal and has a lust
for power. Much like his historical counterpart Stalin, he cares only for himself and
will sell out anyone to give himself more power and
status.

Snowball- is a type for Trotsky in old Russia. He
believes that the pigs should be in charge, but he wants to bring forth communism
through education, not force.

Squealer- is the "spin
doctor" for the pigs. He manipulates the people to believe in the world
state.

The Dogs- are the military arm of the government. 
They are mindless "right-hand men" of the pigs. They have no thoughts of their own, but
simply carry out the brutal commands of their leaders. Think the Nazi
SS.

Boxer and Clover - are the true believers. They work
very hard to make everyone equal, but they are too stupid to understand that they are
being taken advantage of. They are much like the everyday people under
communism.

The donkey- is smart but stubborn. He knows what
is going on, but he doesn't want to get involved. I would equate him to those during
WWII that turned a blind eye to the holocaust.

The Raven-
is hypocritical and self-indlulgent much like Orwell's view of the church.  He sidles up
to whomever is in power and makes promises of a better life, so the leaders will keep
him happy.

The sheep and the chickens- are regular
joes.

what are the basic mathematics used in physics?

To derive the basic laws of motion, you need Calculus. 
The only types of problems possible without Calculus are constant acceleration
problems.  Most of the laws in physics are stated in Calculus notation.  F=ma, was
actully written by Newton as the force is the time derivative of momentum.  This is why
space ships can move.  As you get deeper into Physics you find that most physical
phenomina can be modeled by a differential equation, which you need Calculus to solve or
appoximate.  Even throwing a baseball or hitting a golf ball do not follow the simple
approach shown in Physics textbooks without calculus.  The Physics you can do with
algebra alone is mysterious and almost useless.   I do agree that as you get deeper into
Physics you need much more complicated mathematics.

Prove that tanx=2sinx*cosx/(1+cos^2x-sin^2x) .

We'll replace 1 from denominator of the fraction by
Pythagorean identity:

(sin x)^2 + (cos x)^2 =
1

The denominator will
become:

(sin x)^2 + (cos x)^2 + (cos x)^2 - (sin x)^2 = 2
(cos x)^2

We'll re-write the
fraction:

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

But the fraction sin x/cos x represents the tangent
function.

Since the LHS = RHS, then the given
identity tan x = 2 sinx*cos x/[1 + (cos x)^2 - (sin x)^2] is
true.

Contrast the attitude towards faith and God in "Dover Beach" by Mathew Arnold and "If on a Quiet Sea" by Augustus Toplady.

These two poems, though seemingly very similar at their
beginnings, in fact have two very different messages and attitudes regarding faith, in
addition to differing in their tones and sentiments about life, trial, hardship and
despair.

Toplady's poem begins with a description of
sailing out to sea.  During his poem, he speaks to God, and blesses God for His great
bounty and mercy, and declares that even trials drive "us nearer to home," and that in
the midst of those trials, God" "tender mercy" will "illumine the midnight of the
soul."  In other words, when hardships occur, they only serve to bring us closer to God
(or home), and that through them, God does not abandon us, but gives us further light to
guide us in the darkness ("illume the midnight of the soul").  He continues his
declaration of faith by saying that even death does not drive him from God; rather, that
"faith alone" makes life worth living.  To summarize, Toplady's poem is filled with calm
and joyous expressions of faith in God; that He is there through our trials, and that to
have faith is what makes life fulfilled.

Compare that to
Arnold's poem.  He too starts off calmly and reflectively looking at the sea and
pondering it and life, just as Toplady does.  So, they both discuss the ocean and the
scenery with respect and descriptions of beauty.  However, of faith, Arnold believes
that the entire world is devoid of faith or hope; he says that he can "hear its
melancholy, long, withdrawing roar," and in its absence, mankind is left bereft and
alone, with only each other for comfort.  He declares there is no beauty, "nor joy, nor
love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace" left in the world, and that we are alone,
without God or faith, on the "darkling plain" as armies fight each other to the death. 
It is a much more pessimistic viewpoint of the world, and describes a world without God
or faith left in it.  On the other hand, Toplady's world described is filed with faith
and God, and in his mind as a result, joy and love.

I hope
that those thoughts can help to get you started; good luck!

To what fairy tale character does Phyllisia compare Edith in The Friends, and why might Phyllisia prefer to think about Edith this way?

Phyllisia compares her friend, Edith, to the fairy tale
character, Cinderella. It is probably a fair comparison, since Edith's innate
friendliness toward Phyllisia presents a side that differs from Edith's outward
appearance. Like Cinderella, Edith is a plain, common girl who works hard to help her
family. Like Cinderella, Edith is a good person who has dreams of bettering herself by
escaping from the realities of her lower-class world. Edith is fascinated that Phyl's
mother allows her to wear silk stocking and high heels, and the acquisition of stockings
suddenly becomes a goal of Edith's--a bit of luxury that can help her forget her poor
home life, much like Cinderella's glass slipper becomes a reminder of her short, magical
evening. 

What is the role of miscegenation in the novel "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"?

The heinous practice of misceganation in the antebellum
South is explored in this autobiographical novel by Harriet Jacobs.  Linda, the main
character, is born into slavery, but her parents are fairly well-treated and well taken
care of, as slaves go, and her early childhood is spent in a happy home situation.  When
Linda's mother dies, Linda is sent to the mistress her mother served, where she is,
again, treated fairly well, and taught to read and write.  However, Linda's luck does
not hold when her mistress dies; Linda is given to some relatives who do not treat her
well, and where her new owner pressures her to have sex.  She works hard to avoid this,
and ultimately consents to an affair with a neighboring white man, with whom she has
two children, in an effort to avoid her disgusting owner.  Her hope is that by doing so,
her owner will be irritated and sell her; however, he instead gets revenge by sending
her to work in the fields.

One thing about Linda's
(Harriet's) situation that likely differed from that of many slave women during the time
before the Civil War was the fact that she had a choice--sort of--in refusing Dr.
Flint.  She was able to keep him at bay, and ultimately, find an "alternate"
relationship and thereby avoid him.  Most slave women who were "visited" by the owners
of their plantations were not offered a choice in the matter.

The section on the Grangerford-Shepherdson feud plays an important role in Huck's maturing. What struck you as being the prime reason Twain...

Huckleberry's exposure to the Grangefords in Mark Twain's
Huckleberry Finn conveys a situation that is no different than a
transition from ignorance to knowledge, from innocence to maturity, and from fantasy to
reality. It is safe to argue that the Grangeford experience is the rite of passage that
moves Huckleberry's character from a happy-go-lucky and oblivious child to an analytical
and more watchful young adult.

The Grangefords were Huck's
ideal of the grand and the great. He found politeness and class in their exaggerated
mannerisms; He saw grandiosity and elegance in their over-stuffed and tacky home, and he
saw a strong family unit in what was really a dysfunctional, and oddly- behaved,
lot.

Yet, as he notices the bloody feud between the
Grangefords and the Sheperdsons, he begins to question exactly what could create hatred
so extreme that it can live within the same two families from generation to
generation. To top it all, Huck witnesses how the two families bring their weapons even
to church, and keep a watchful eye over each other while they are also "worshipping
God". The tension must have been thick enough for Huck to sense, even as innocent as he
is, that what he is seeing is a deeply disturbed family, and not the great clan he had
imagined them to be.

This is what makes Huck analyze, for
the first time, that looks are deceiving, and that life cannot be taken at face value.
Perhaps this is why he, after finding Jim and re-embarking on his raft with him, Huck
says the words:

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Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery,
but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a
raft.

What this means is
simple: Huck comes to the realization that home is not some place created by others to
provide for you, but that your home is what you make of it; Huck's home is his raft,
while Jim is the closest thing he has to family.

If 2x+6y = 12 and y= 3x+5, find the values of x and y.

Given the system of
equations:

2x + 6y =
12..............(1)

y= 3x + 5
.............(2)

We need to find the solution to the
system.

We will use the substitution method to
solve.

We will substitute (2) into
(1)

==> 2x + 6( 3x+5) =
12

==> 2x + 18x + 30 =
12

==> 20x = 12-
30

==> 20x =
-18

==> x = -18/20 =
-9/10

Now we will substitute into (2) to find
y.

==> y= 3x +5 = 3*-9/10 + 5 = (-27 + 50)/10 =
23/10

Then the answer is : x= -9/10  and y=
23/10

Compare and contrast the colonial strategies of Spain and Britain in the period of 1490-1800, with regards to trade, religion, and national prestige.

That's a very large topic, so in this limited space I can
give you a good overview and then some resources for further
research.

The goals of the Spanish Empire are often
referred to by historians as "Gold, Glory and God".  That is, they developed their
empire in the Western Hemisphere because of the large deposits of gold and silver they
could exploit, which in turn paid for their empire, funded aggressive and widespread
missionary work on behalf of the Catholic Church, and made the Spanish military and navy
the most powerful and feared on Earth.  However, large numbers of Spaniards did not
settle the New World as the British later would.

The
British, on the other hand, established an empire in North America not because of
religion, but because of cash crop potential.  They may have wanted to find gold, but
since little was available in their colonies, they went another direction that was
ultimately very profitable as well.  By contrast to the Spanish, they were not looking
to save souls or convert the Native Americans to Protestantism, rather, native peoples
were exterminated and pushed west as part of the policy of the crown, and to make way
for more settlement and increased plantation cultivation.

"It's a name that can open this door night or day, lad!—and welcome!"Why has Mr. Welshman's attitude changed, and what is "unusual" about this...

In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer, Huck has been listening to Injun Joe and his partner plan the
mutilation of the Widow Douglas—as they stand hidden right outside of her home. Because
she has been kind to Huck, he feels compelled to protect the Widow from harm. He sneaks
away so he does not make a sound and alert the "villains" to his presence, and runs to
the Welshman's house. When he franticly knocks on the door, the old man (the
Welshman—Mr. Jones) asks who it is. When Huck answers, his welcome is
not a warm one. The Welshman
says:

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Huckleberry Finn, indeed! It ain't a name to open
many doors, I judge!

Seeing
how upset Huck is with the news he holds, the old man lets him in to hear his
story—about the threat to the Widow Douglas. The Welshman and his sons arm themselves
and race to the Widow Douglas' home. Huck waits nearby until he hears "an explosion of
firearms and a cry." As quickly as possible, Huck runs away, fearful that Injun Joe will
learn that Huck was involved in bringing aid to the Widow, and kill him. This ends
Chapter Twenty-Nine.

In Chapter Thirty, when dawn comes,
Huck again stands outside the Welshman's door, knocking. He
identifies himself...

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Please let me in! It's only Huck
Finn!

Huck's reception is
very different than the day before in two ways. This time the
Welshman has "changed his tune," and he tells Huck:

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It's a name that can open this door night or day,
lad!—and welcome!

Not only
does the Welshman seem pleased that Huck is there (which we find out is because Huck
went to such lengths to protect the Widow Douglas), but he uses the word "welcome" with
Huck. Huck is surprised, not remembering ever in his lifetime that someone had expressed
such a positive response to Huck—no one ever made a move to "welcome"
him.

These
were strange words to the vagabond boy's ears, and the pleasantest he had ever heard. He
could not recollect that the closing word had ever been applied in his case before. The
door was quickly unlocked, and he
entered.

The speed with which
the door is opened also indicates that a warm welcome does, in fact, wait for Huck
within the Welshman's home.

What does "Happy Endings" suggest about the elements we consider important to a satisfying life?

Atwood's "Happy Endings" suggests that the elements we
consider important to having a satisfying life are all absurd.  In story A, John and
Mary appear to be happy because they possess the "ideal" elements to a happy lifestyle: 
fabulous jobs, money, children, a large home, and personal luxuries.  However, at the
end of the story, they just die and the story comes to an end.  As the stories progress,
the characters' lives become a bit more complicated, but they still always end up at
story A, and they die in the end.  At the end of "Happy Endings," the narrator
challenges the reader to engage with all that happens in the middle--the journey is the
interesting part.  By the end, all one can say is the fact of what has happened, not the
"how" or the "why" of the situation.  In story A, how do all these
things make the couple happy.  Why?  They're really not happy at
all and have no actual story to tell.

What type of relationship did Gregor Samsa have with his family?

The relationships in the Samsa household are defined by
tension and resentment. Before his metamorphosis, Gregor is the only working family
member. His job as a salesman supports the family financially, and Gregor takes his role
seriously. He often sacrifices so his family can be comfortable, although he does
sometimes feel slighted (meaning he doesn't think his family appreciates him
enough).

Gregor's father has failed to support his family
himself, so he behaves aggressively toward his son, due to his feelings of inadequacy.
Gregor's mother tries to defend him on occasion, but she gives in to her husband's
anger. Gregor's sister seems to be the family member for whom Gregor holds the most
affection. Before he changes, he expresses the desire to pay for her musical
training.

Unfortunately, after his transformation, every
memer of the Samsa family abandons Gregor, wanting him to simply disappear. They are
disgusted by his appearance, and there is a sense that they somehow feel betrayed by his
misfortune. In the end, he sacrifices himself once again for their
needs.

Identify the characteristics that best explain Farrington in Counterparts.

Farrington can be seen as a victim of the world around
him.  He is victimized by his boss and his work setting.  He is victimized by his
friends, who use him for a night of drinking. He is victimized by his pawn broker, whom
he now owes.  Joyce also describes his domestic situation as one of victimization:  "His
wife was a little sharp-faced woman who bullied her husband when he was sober and was
bullied by him when he was drunk."  It is this victimization that drives him to beat Tom
in the end of the story.  Farrington is a victim of the world around him and of his own
limited condition.  In being "the figure of brutalized Irish manhood," Farrington can be
described as a victim.

Another characteristic that can
explain Farrington is victimizer.  Farrington victimizes Miss Parker, demanding that she
work faster in order to compensate for his not working much at all.  Farrington also
victimizes his boy, who seeks to make him dinner and while being beaten begs his father
to stop so that he can say a "Hail Mary" for him.  Farrington is shown to be a victim of
the world around him that dehumanizes its workers and uses people as a means to an end.
Yet, Joyce does not miss the opportunity to show the effects of such treatment, one in
which the victims become victimizers themselves in a startling absence of empathy.  It
is in here in which Farrington becomes a very challenging figure to describe, but
compelling character to understand.

Where does the train finally arrive at the end of chapter 7 in Night?

The train in the seventh section of the book is heading to
the Buchenwald camp.  It is here where Elie will be liberated, as this will be the last
camp to which he and his father are shipped.  There are some very important elements of
the story that happen on this train journey. The fact that Elie's father appears dead at
one moment is significant because it foreshadows his eventual death at Buchenwald.  I
think that another significant moment is the scene where the father steals extra bread,
and his son, not recognizing that his father took extra for both of them, helps in
pulverizing his father.  The son then takes the bread for himself.  The ultimate sadness
is when others on the train beat the son to death.  In the end, both corpses are laid
next to one another only to be thrown out to make more room.  This becomes a memory that
haunts Eliezer, again foreshadowing a betrayal between loved ones.  The train journey to
Buchenwald serves to be the essence of the seventh section of the
narrative.

In "Marriage is a Private Affair", what is the Okeke's external conflict?

The fundamental external conflict that Okeke has is that
he cannot accept the marriage of his son.  In his mind, Nene is an unacceptable choice
for a couple of reasons. The first is that she is of a different cultural background,
not of the Ibo of which he and his son are a part.  Additionally, Okeke did not choose
Nene for his son.  He selected someone else for his son, a neighbor's daughter who "has
studied in a convent," and who seems to be a more acceptable choice to his liking. 
Finally, the fact that Nnaemeka chose a wife on his own, without consulting Okeke
represents the last reason that his external conflict is so pronounced.  He sees his
son's actions in a variety of ways, with all of them being bad and representing a form
of disenchantment and resentment with his son.  The external conflict reaches its zenith
when the son sends Okeke a wedding picture and it is returned with Nene's likeness
marked up and hacked up with what appears to be scissors or a razor.  The external
conflict is defined as son and his life versus the father and his own expectations. The
ending with Nene's letter is what brings resolution to this external conflict,
transforming it into a physical one.  The father's anger melts at the mention of his son
and grandsons, and turns into fear that he will not have time to right his wrong.  It is
here where Achebe might be trying to use the situation to represent a "teachable
moment."  External conflicts over something small have a tendency to fester over time,
to a point where one cannot rectify it for it is too late.  It is here where Okeke is
located in that he cannot shake the feeling that time and mortality will rob him of his
opportunity to bring a sense of peace to the situation.  In this, external becomes
internal quite quickly.

When Paul says he has suffered the loss of all things, how was that loss associated with his accepting Christ?Religion

I assume that you are talking about what Paul says in
Philippians, Chapter 3.  There, he says that he has lost all things for the sake of
knowing Jesus Christ.  Therefore, his loss is completely associated with his acceptance
of Christ because it is accepting Christ that made him lose
everything.

In the earliest verses of this chapter, Paul
establishes that he was a very important person among the Jews.  He was a Pharisee, a
member of the Jewish elite.  This meant that he had a high position in society.  But, in
this letter, he is emphasizing that he has given away his position and his prestige.  He
has done this because he has come to realize that you do not gain salvation by following
the law (by circumcising or anything else like that) but, rather, by knowing Jesus
Christ.

Because Paul was a Pharisee and a member of the
Jewish elite, he lost his position in society when he came to accept
Jesus.

What are the similarities between characteristics of a person and a guitar ?

I assume you're being asked to think creatively here.  If
I had to come up with points of similarity, my first one would be that both a guitar and
a person need the right amount of tension to perform correctly.  A guitar will not sound
right if the strings are tightened too much, but it will also not sound right if the
strings are not tight enough.  You can argue that people are the same.  If we have no
tension in our lives, we have no urgency and we are not likely to work hard and fulfill
our potential.  If we have too much tension, though, we are likely to fail because we
cannot handle the stress.

I suppose the other similarity
could be that all of our parts have to work together for us to function properly.  When
you play a guitar, you have to hold all the strings in the proper way for each chord to
sound right.  The strings all have to work together (not to mention what your
strumming/picking hand has to do).  In our lives, all of our "strings" have to be "held
right" as well.  For us to function at our best, we have to have our work life and our
personal life and perhaps our spiritual life all working
correctly.

What is the setting of Black Beauty?

Anna Sewell's endearing and poignant story of
Black Beauty opens in a large, pleasant meadow with a clean pond at
Farmer's Grey in the English countryside, the first home of the young colt.  After he is
grown, "Darkie" as he is called, is sold and moves to Squire Gordon's park which
"skirted the village of Birtwick.  There Beauty lives in a comfortable stable with
Merrylegs and Ginger; sometimes he is turned out into a paddock or an
orchard.

When the mistress of Birtwick must move to warmer
country, Beauty is ridden to Earls Hall Park. There he lives until he injures his knees
and is no longer handsome; the Earl sells him to a livery stable in Bath.  After
enduring the whip and other hardships, Beauty is sold to Mr. Barry, who also lives in
Bath.  However, after Beauty develops thrush, a fungus of the bottom of the hoof, he is
sold after he recovers.

Following his experience at the
horse fair, Beauty becomes a London cab horse with a new master, Jeremiah Barker, a kind
and good man, until Jerry falls ill and can no longer drive a cab.  So, Beauty is sold
to a corn dealer and baker whom Jerry thought would care for the horse.  However, such
is not the case as Beauty bore heavy loads and lived in a dismal stable in
London.

His new master is Nicholas Skinner and Beauty is a
cab horse again, but it is a wretched life as he is overworked and underfed.  After he
falls, Beauty is nursed back to health and sold a few miles from London.  It is at this
sale that Mr. Thoroughgood buys Beauty and puts him in a meadow where he can recover his
strength until he is sold--of all people--to Joe Green, who does not recognize the black
horse at first.  Then, Beauty is promised he can live out his days
there.

Throw light on the Feminist Movement in the 20th century?

I assume you mean the Feminist movement of the mid
twentieth century and part of the 60's turbulence. The movement got its greatest
momentum from the publication of The Feminine Mystiqueby Betty
Fredan who said that the 50's image of the stay-at-home housewife was a myth that did
not represent reality. She said such women were in a "comfortable concentration camp." 
In 1966 Fredan with the help of others organized the National Organization for Women
(NOW.) Proponents of the movement called themselves "liberated
women."

Among the accomplishments of the Feminist movement:
Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972 was amended to require Colleges to
institute affirmative action programs to admit more women; Congress passed the Equal
Rights Amendment which had been tied up in Congressional Committees for over 50 years;
and many formerly all male institutions such as Harvard, Yale and Princeton began
admitting women. NOW was instrumental in bringing Roe vs. Wade to
the Supreme Court, which struck down state laws forbidding abortions during the first
three months of pregnancy.  There were some failures: The Equal Rights Amendment was not
ratified by the requisite number of states, even when the ratification period was
extended; and the abortion movement created a backlash among Catholics and
fundamentalist Protestants. Still, the role of women in society had changed forever..

What consitutes an analysis of an epiphany for a paper topic?Our assignment is to choose and perform an analysis of a specific epiphany. I have...

For James Joyce, an epiphany is the moment at which a
character has a sudden insight or enlightenment about his/her situation.  For the young
narrator in Joyce's short story, "Araby," for instance, the ephiphany comes with the
narrator's final lines,

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Gazing up into the darness I saw myself as a
creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and
anger.

The narrator sees
himself as a victim of self-deception who has been blinded by his infatuation--like the
blind street on which he lives--and in darkness about reality--like the dark bazaar--and
his relationship with Mangan's sister has been trivial--like the conversation between
the English shop girl and the young men.  After his ephiphany, Joyce's narrator matures
from an idealistic youth to a somewhat cynical young
man.

James Joyce's story is very carefully constructed as
details from the opening paragraphs, thus, tie perfectly to the ending.  Throughout the
narrative, the boy confuses his infatuation and burgeoning feeling for Mangan's sister
with his idealism and religious fervor.  Indeed, it is this confusion which leads to his
crushing ephiphany as he realizes that his relationship, his conversations and meeting
with Mangan's sister have been merely trivial [Notice in one meeting she turns "a silver
bracelet round and round her wrist" suggesting the mundaneness of their
conversation].

An analysis of the epiphany involves a
retracing of the conditions and characteristics of the narrator that lead to his
self-deception.  Then, this explanation is followed by an definition of the narrator's
epiphany and how it came about.  That is, how the character realizes his
self-delusions.

Comment on the significance of the title Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

The central theme of this excellent work, which was, of
course, made into the film Bladerunner starring Harrison Ford, is
the nature of humanity. What makes us human? And in particular, when we are in a world
populated by humans and androids who resemble humans so perfectly and even have emotions
and are given their own past, like Rachel, what separates us from androids? We, as
humans, are able to dream of one day having possessions or reaching positions of
happiness and contentment, but are androids able to have similar dreams, just as Deckard
dreams of having his own electric sheep? And if they are, what really does make us
different from artificially formed life?

Thus the question
of the title goes to the heart of the theme of humanity in the play and how we define
it. Throughout it all, the worrying notion of Deckard himself being a replicant
questions our own basis of how we define ourselves and severely limits the sense in
which we can consider ourselves to be unique.

In what ways was the US's preparation for WW2 similiar and different to that of WW1?

The major difference between these two is that the US
government, led by Pres. Roosevelt, was much more proactive about preparing for and
trying to get involved in WWII.  This is in contrast to Wilson's policy of trying to
avoid involvement in WWI.

Once WWII started in Europe, FDR
took many steps to help the Allies and to get the US ready in case it got into the war. 
The most obvious of the steps that were meant to prepare the US for war was the fact
that the US started drafting men into the armed forces in September of 1940.  This was
the first time that the US had ever had a draft when it was not at war.  By contrast,
there was no draft and no major buildup of weapons in the period between the start of
WWI in 1914 and the US entry in 1917.

The most obvious
similarity occurred once the US had entered the wars and was trying to get ready to
fight effectively.  In both wars, the government set up agencies to help ensure that
materials needed for the war would be available.  These agencies did things like working
with businesses to make sure that military materiel (rather than civilian consumer
goods) were produced.