What led to the decline of the Harappan civilization?

Harappan society entered a period of decline about 1900
B.C.E. There is evidence of deforestation as woodlands were cleared to create more
arable land to feed a growing population. This deforestation in turn led to reduced
rainfall and erosion of the topsoil, as a result of which the area soon became a desert.
To this day, it requires considerable irrigation to be farmed. There is further evidence
of some natural catastrophes, possibly earthquakes, which further weakened the society.
It is important to note that there is no evidence of military conflict, so the decline
of the society was not the result of conquest. Also, the decline did not happen
overnight, or even in a single lifetime. It most likely occurred over a period of five
hundred years. By 1500 B.C.E., the society had collapsed. Still, its influence remained
with the people who survived them, including their deities and their cultivation
practices.

In “A Pair of Silk Stockings,” why does Mrs. Sommers spend the fifteen dollars the way that she does?

It is important to understand something of the context in
which the story is based. Kate Chopin is an author who is famed for her presentation of
women frustrated by their position in society. In the 1890s, the time when this story
was written, women in the United States had little opportunity for self-improvement
through education and employment, they could not vote and were not financially
independent. We also know that Mrs. Sommers had enjoyed "better days" that her current
penny-pinching state would suggest, but that her life was spent in constant battle to
try and make ends meet so that she had no time for "morbid
retrospection":

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The needs of the present absorbed her every
faculty. A vision of the future like some dim, gaunt monster sometimes appalled her, but
luckily tomorrow never
comes.

To this woman, then,
whose every fibre is taken up with the challenge of making ends meet, a large sum of
money comes. As she sits down, tired and exhausted, and runs her fingers through some
silk stockings, which are said to "glide serpentlike through her fingers," the
temptation to do something that she would never normally contemplate arises and she
spends the money entirely on herself to give herself one day of pleasure and relaxation.
Her desire at the end of the story that the cable car "would never stop anywhere, but go
on and on with her forever," indicates the way in which she will struggle to return to
her financially challenged life.

Prove: If a + b = 0 then b = -a. (This states that the additive inverse of a real number is unique.)

To prove that the additive inverse is unique, we'll have
to deny first this assumption.

We'll assume that there are
at least two additive inverse of the same real number, b and c, such
as:

a + b = 0 (1)

a + c = 0
(2)

We'll equate (1) and
(2):

a + b = a + c

We'll
subtract a both sides:

b =
c

We notice that the numbers assumed to be
the additive inverse of the real number a, are equal, therefore, the additive inverse of
a real number is unique. Also, we'll apply the symmetric property of equality, such as
if a = -b => b = -a => a + (-a) =
0.

What are the most prominent examples of the theme of "pride" being expressed in Pride and Prejudice?

The most prominent example of "pride" in Jane Austen's
novel, Pride and Prejudice are Elizabeth's behavior with Darcy, and
with her family.

Although Darcy acts foolishly towards
Elizabeth and her family at the beginning of the novel, looking down on them because of
their "social inferiority" and country manners, he is a man who is able to revisit
decisions he makes and change his mind if he believes he has been wrong in his judgment.
However, Elizabeth, who believes herself perhaps ethically superior to Darcy is unable
to recognize that perhaps she doesn't know him as well as she thinks; nor does she
revisit her feelings towards him until the proof is right there in front of her,
irrefutable—that he is not the devil she imagines him to be. It seems that Darcy is able
to change his preconceptions based on what he witnesses with regard
to Elizabeth and her family, despite what others may say. Elizabeth
cannot see the good in Darcy, perhaps letting her overblown sense of pride with Darcy
blind her to what is right before her eyes.

However,
Elizabeth's pride is also a positive thing in how she protects her family and herself.
When she overhears Darcy making a rude comment about why he won't dance with Elizabeth,
she refuses to let the comment make her feel small. She takes pride in who she is, and
regardless of social standing, knows that she has value that has nothing to do with the
opinions of others.

Though her family
sometimes embarrasses her with their "rough" country ways, she still has a sense of
pride in them. They are good people; they love and support each other; and, they are
generally patient with Elizabeth's feistiness.

In the
novel, there are two sides to pride. On one hand, it interferes with the way Elizabeth
sees Darcy, and her refusal to give him the benefit of the
doubt.

By
trusting entirely to her own observations (pride)..., Elizabeth threatens her future
happiness with Fitzwilliam
Darcy.

However, in defending
her family from the nasty behavior of people like the Bingley women, Elizabeth
demonstrates a sense of pride in who she is and the family from which she
comes.

Sugar is an example of a(n)______, while koolaid is an example of a(n)______.Its a question on my science final study guide that I haven't been...

Sugar is an example of a compound, while koolaid is an
example of a homogeneous mixture (more specifically, a
solution).

A compound is a combination of 2 or more
different kinds of atoms chemically bonded in a set
ratio.

A mixture is a combination of 2 or more substances. 
When the mixture is homogeneous, the substances are evenly mixed throughout.  In a
solution, one substance (the solute) dissolves into another (the solvent), which means
that the solute breaks down into such small particles that it can't be seen anymore. 
Both the solute and the solvent keep their original properties.

What is the setting of S. E. Hinton's Tex?

Heralded as her best novel, S. E. Hinton's
Tex is set in a small town in Oklahoma sometime during the late
1970s and early 1980s.  With a repression covering the country in the mid-1970s, many
farming communities were threatened economically.  In fact, record numbers of families
filed for bankruptcy during this period. Because of not having enough money, Tex's
brother Mason has sold both his horse and Tex's beloved horse Negrito, an act which
causes much contention between the brothers.

In Hinton's
novel, also, Jamie, the girlfriend of Tex, speaks often of "Women's Lib," a movement
begun in the 1970s as women fought gender discrimination in the workplace. 
Organizations fought for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and they fought against
sexual harrassment on the job site.  When Tex wants to go too far with Jamie, she
refuses because she, like Mason, wants to leave the small town and make a better future
for herself.  Such thinking is reflective of this Women's Rights movement of the
setting.   

How is the Appomattox Court House of importance in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The Civil War is mentioned several times by Scout in
To Kill a Mockingbird, and remembrances of the war are still very
much alive in the town. Scout's much older cousin, Ike Finch, is the last surviving
veteran of the war still residing in Maycomb, and many Confederate heroes' names find
their way into the text: Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, Joe Wheeler and John Bell
Hood among them. The reference to Appomattox Court House, Virginia, the site of Lee's
surrender in 1865, comes from Mr. Avery on the night of the early cold spell that hits
Maycomb. Mr. Avery comments that it "Hasn't snowed in Maycomb since Appomattox," and
blames the bad weather on bad children like Jem and Scout. He was incorrect on both
counts, since according to Eula May, it actually hadn't snowed since
1885.  

Solve for x the inequality: 81^(x-1) - 9^(x+1) > 0

We'll the base of the 1st term as power of
9:

9^2*(x-1) - 9^(x+1) >
0

We'll shift to the left, the 2nd
term:

9^2*(x-1) >
9^(x+1)

Since the bases are bigger than unit value, the
function is increasing and we'll get:

2*(x-1)>
(x+1)

We'll remove the
brackets:

2x - 2 > x +
1

We'll subtract x both
sides:

2x - x - 2 > 1

x
- 2 > 1

We'll add 2 both
sides:

x > 2 + 1

x
> 3

The range of values of x, for the
inequality to hold, is (3 , +infinite).

How to use integration rules to evaluate the integral of tan (2x)?

First, we'll substitute 2x by
t.

2x = t

Differentiating both
sides, we'll get:

2dx = dt => dx =
dt/2

We'll re-write the
integral:

Int tan(2x)dx = Int (tan
t)*dt/2

We'll write tan t = sin t/cos
t

Int (tan t)*dt/2 = Int (sin t/cos
t)*(dt/2)

We'll apply substitution technique to solve the
indefinite integral. We'll put cos t = v.

- sin t dt =
dv

Int (sin t/cos t)*(dt/2) = Int -dv/2v = - (1/2)*ln |v| +
C

Int (tan t)*dt/2 = - (1/2)*ln |cos t| +
C

Int tan (2x)*dx = - (1/2)*ln |cos (2x)| +
C

Int tan (2x)*dx = ln [1/sqrt (cos 2x)] +
C

The indefinite integral of the given
function is: Int tan (2x)*dx = ln [1/sqrt (cos 2x)] +
C

How is Macbeth ruined by ambition?3 causes

Macbeth's tragic flaw is that of vaulting ambition.  When
the play first opens, he is a valiant and loyal soldier for the king.  However, during
his first encounter with the witches, a seed of greed and ambition is planted. At first
Banquo and Macbeth tease one another about how ridiculous the predictions made by the
witches were.  Banquo also admitted that such an evil source could never be trusted to
tell the truth.  Nevertheless, this is when Macbeth writes to his wife about his
encounter with the witches, and this is where is ambition truly rises.  It is also true
to say, that without Lady Macbeth, Macbeth probably would have remained a true and noble
soldier to the king.  But, upon reading her husband's letter, she immediately becomes
obsessed with the realization of the prophecies told by the witches.  It is this very
ambition which causes Macbeth to kill Duncan, to kill Banquo, for Lady Macbeth to have
killed herself because of overwhelming grief, and which brings Macbeth to his own
untimely death.

What is the equilibrium expression for equation C6H12O6+ 6O2----->6H2O + 6CO2

The equilibrium expression for any chemical reaction can
be determined if the phase of each substance that constitutes the chemical equation is
known and the equation is balanced with the same number of atoms of each element on both
the sides.

The equilibrium expression can be in terms of
the concentration of each substance that makes up the equation or if there are gases
involved it can be terms of the partial pressure. The equilibrium equation does not
include substances that solids or pure liquids or
solvents.

For the equation given: C6H12O6+
6O2----->6H2O + 6CO2, C6H12O6 is being oxidized to give water and carbon
dioxide.

C6H12O6 (s) + 6O2(g) -----> 6H2O(l) +
6CO2(g)

Here C6H12O6 is a solid and the water in the
products is a liquid.

We can write the equilibrium
constant

Kc =
[H20]^6*[CO2]^6/[O2]^6, where [X] is the concentration of X in moles per
liter and it is raised to power equal to the number of molecules in the balanced
chemical equation.

Kp =
[H2O]^6*P(CO2)^6/P(O2)^6 where P(X) is the partial pressure of X and it
is raised to the power equal to the number of molecules in the balanced chemical
equation.

I am applying for a scholarship and I need help in writing a bit of the essay.How do you feel your chosen school's program will help you reach...

I actually think the list of required things to include in
this essay present a pretty workable outline for you.  It sounds like you are struggling
most with what to write about.  Fortunately, as a scholarship
application essay, only you can write this.  It is, afterall, very
personal.  And trust me when I say that the best college application essays are the ones
that stick out because they are so personal, rather than sounding formatted, cliche, or
like you are only writing what you think they want to
hear.

With those things in mind,
brainstorm.

Make lists under each of the above headings
that are both very real, and very personal.  In my mind, the "summary of your goals"
could viably be accomplished in one sentence.  Use that, but go into a short story about
why you have this goal.

Also, the plan
to achieve your goals, at this point, might be very rudimentary.  You are at the very
beginning of your journey afterall.  Admit any doubts or questions you have in this
plan.  Admit things you know you don't yet know.  The application
judging pannel wants to "meet" you in this essay and see your humanity.  Be as authentic
as possible.

Finally, from the goal to your plan, they want
to see how their university or program is the one that will help
you accomplish your goals.  This is an opportunity to say why you want to be accepted
into their program.  So, why do you like this program so much?  Be honest.  Include
details that caught your attention that maybe seem insignificant.  I caution you not to
just list the things that are listed in the program's "brochure" as far as statistics
and bragging points go.  Most other students are going to use that information.  Think
of the details about the program that are unique and personally appealing to
you, and then tell why.

Good
luck.

How does the story "The Sniper" by Liam O' Flaherty highlight the futility and pointlessness of war?

I would want to argue that your question, as excellent as
it is, needs to add one word to clearly focus on the issue presented to us in this
wonderful story. Let us not forget that the war in which this story is set was a civil
war, which was infamous for dividing Ireland and still lingers on today in the form of
deep-seated divisions and long-standing rancour. In addition, this civil war, like so
many, was characterised by its ability to divide streets and even families. This story
explores this concept through the shocking realisation of the sniper at the end of the
story as he turns over his defeated enemy and realises he has only killed his
brother.

Of course, this realisation is symbolised by the
feelings of the sniper after his victory over his unknown enemy. Note how the text
describes what the sniper endures:

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The nsiper looked at his enemy falling and he
shuddered. The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse. The sweat stood
out in beads on his forehead. Weakened by his wound and the long summer day of fasting
and watching on the roof, he revolted from the sight of the shattered mass of his dead
enemy. His teeth chattered, he began to gibber to himself, cursing the war, cursing
himself, cursing
everybody.

Civil war is shown
through the devasating ending to be something that ultimately only hurts yourself.
Engaging in acts of violence against an unknown enemy is shown to be really engaging in
acts of violence against yourself. Even though the sniper is shown to be "victorious,"
really, his victory is hollow and meaningless as he realises the cost of it and the high
price that civil war always exacts from those who participate in
it.

Discuss the target audience for Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry.

I would think that the middle school years would be the
most appropriate for this particular work by Lowry.  Much of her writing is aimed at
this group, but I think that the issues brought up in this work make it more appropriate
for children in grades 6-8.  The issue of child abuse is one where some level of
maturation in the reader is needed.  At the same time, Lowry's playing with the
"insider/ outsider" dynamic is highly relevant to the middle school child, who
struggles, for the most part, with this dynamic on an almost daily basis.  The mere
definition of "normal" and the practices of exclusion based on this designation is
something that seems to be quite appropriate for the middle school aged child,
psychologically and cognitively becoming more aware of differences within individuals
and within themselves.  I think that these issues make the book something that can be
read and appreciated by children in grades 6-8.

Macbeth was a good man but he made the wrong choices. In Macbeth, what are those wrong choices?

He listens to the witches who tell his future completely
without thinking of the consequences, chosing murder and mayhem to achieve his future
goals rather then letting fate run its course.

He listens
to his wife and lets her lust for power overthrow his
judgment.

He choses to kill his friend Banquo instead of
listening to his valuable advice.

Mainly, one could read
Macbeth as a character whose ambition overwhelms his sense of good judgement and
morality.

What are the major events for the climax and falling action of The Giver?

Depending on how you want to examine the story, the climax
comes after Jonas has learnt the "truth" about his society and the way that the tightly
controlled nature and rules and regulations are reinforced by the euphemistically named
punishment of "release," which is actually death. Having learnt this, and then having
decided to work hard to try and change his society, there is a sudden break in the plot
at the beginning of Chapter Twenty-One, indicated by the following
paragraph:

But
that evening everything changed. All of it--all the things they had thought through so
meticulously--fell
apart.

Jonas was "forced to
flee," in the words of the novel, because of the imminent "release" of Gabriel. The love
that Jonas has for Gabriel and the way that he has been sharing memories with Gabriel
has created a bond between them that Jonas cannot simply ignore. This is what leads to
his escape and the kidnap of Gabriel from the community and their subsequent flight into
unknown territory and the highly ambiguous ending as they sled downwards into an
uncertain and unknowable future.

Discuss the theme of emotion versus materialism in The Cherry Orchard.

I think that there is much to be discussed in Chekhov's
work.  The fundamental conflict here is the aristocratic family who is forced to see
their beloved estate sold off in an auction.  In this idea itself, one sees the conflict
between emotion and materialism.  Yet, Chekhov is innovative in how this possesses
complexity.  The emotion of the Ranevsky family is present, yet it is matched by a
stunted element of apathy and passivity.  Simply put, the family does nothing from a
proactive and practical point of view to maintain their emotional happiness.  They keep
waiting for something to alleviate their pain, only to find that there is no miracle
that is available.  In this, emotion is presented as noble and worthy, but must be
accompanied by a sense of action and commitment.  Emotion without function is fairly
worthless in the play.  On the other hand, materialism is present in the growth of the
Russian middle class and in Lopakhin, himself.  While he is materialist, he does
demonstrate love and an emotional connection to Mrs. Ranevsky in attempting to persuade
her to "cut down the orchard to clear land for building country vacation cottages for
the rising middle class."  In this, one sees materialism mixed with a sense of loyalty
and a sense of emotional connection.  The theme of emotion vs. materialism in this
dynamic between both characters is present, but it is not shown as an "either or"
ultimatum element.  Rather, there is a development shown that both realities need the
other in order to find happiness in what it means to be human.  It is here where the
play makes its greatest impact.

Where lies the American Romanticism in "Rip Van Winkle"?

One of the aspects of this excellent tale that we can
definitely link into American Romanticism is the way that American Romanticism sought to
take myths and legends and update them to the challenges and issues facing the new
America as a nation. We see this distinctly in this text and in the short fiction of
Washington Irving as a whole, who read the German Romantics and found inspiration in
folklore and legends. This borrowing from the European past in his work is given a new,
up-to-date spin as he gives it a new voice and a focus on the issues facing America.
This can be seen as the legend of Rip Van Winkle is used to comment critically on the
Civil War, as nothing much seems to have changed except the exchange of portraits as
King George is replaced by George Washington.

In addition,
we can say that the depiction of nature is an important aspect of American Romanticism.
Rip Van Winkle is a man who seeks out nature as a solace to the harshness of his wife
and the poverty of his situation in town. He and his dog deliberately find peace and
tranquility in nature as opposed to the chaos of town life. Note the following
description of his reasons for leaving town:

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Poor Rip was at last reduced almost to despair,
and his only alternative, to escape from the labour of the farm and the clamour of his
wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the
woods.

Nature is seen as an
antidote to the worries and pressures of modern living, which is seen in the treatment
that Rip Van Winkle experiences from his wife and his money
worries.

In Act I, scene ii of Othello, what is Othello's answer and what does it suggest about what Othello values when Iago warns Othello about...

Iago, as your question indicates, gives rise to the way in
which Brabantio is popular and the power that he has. In addition to being "much loved"
he also, according to Iago, has a "voice potential / As double as the duke's."
Basically, Iago is trying to reinforce that Brabantio is definitely not a man without
any contacts or influence, and therefore he is not an enemy to cross. However, let us
look at how Othello responds to Iago's concern and what that reveals about his
character:

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Let him do his
spite;

My services, which I have done the
signiory,

Shall out-tongue his complaints. 'Tis yet to
know--

Which, when I know that boasting is an
honour,

I shall promulgate--I fetch my height and
being

From men of royal siege, and my
demerits

May speak unbonneted to as proud a
fortune

As this that I have
reached.

Othello is very
confident in what he has already achieved and his exploits that he has done on behalf of
the "signiory," and also he is proud of his lineage and his background and the "fortune"
that he has gained. Othello comes across in this speech as a very confident man,
confident in his own abilities and powers and in what he has achieved. Just as Brabantio
is not friendless, so Othello himself has gained influence and he believes that his
exploits will "out-tongue" any of the complaints that Brabantio might raise against
him.

Find x and y if y= 3x-1 and 2y-3x = 12

Given the equations:

y =
3x-1

2y - 3x = 12

We need to
solve for x and y .

We will use the substitution method to
solve

We will substitute with y= 3x-1 into the second
equation.

==> 2 ( 3x-1) - 3x =
12

==> 6x - 2 - 3x =
12

==> 3x =
14

==> x = 14/3

Now we
will substitute to find y.

==> y= 3x-1 = 3(14/3) -1
= 14 - 1 = 13

Then the answer is x= 14/3  and
y= 13

What impression does Shakespeare give of the crowd's mentality in Act III?Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

More than Sigmund Freud, Harold Bloom declares, William
Shakespeare is "our psychologist."  A perspicacious observer of mankind, Shakespeare
demonstrates with the Roman crowd how easily men's minds can be swayed.  While the
idealistic Brutus believes that the Romans will be convinced through logic that it has
been necessary to remove Caesar as leader of Rome, telling them that he loved Rome more
than Caesar:

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Had you rather Caesar were living and die all
slaves,
than that Caesar were dead to live all freemen? As Caesar

loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at
it; as
he was valiant, I honor him; but as he was ambitious,
I slew him. There is
tears for his love, joy for his fortune,
....honor for his valor, and death
for his ambition. Who is here
so vile that will not love his country? If any,
speak, for him
have I offended. I pause for a reply.

(3.2.23-34)

However,
this idealistic trust in the rationality of the crowd is soon dispelled when Marc Antony
addresses the Romans in emotional appeals to their love and
loyalty:

You
all did love him once, not without cause;
What cause withholds you then to
mourn for him?
O judgement, thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And
men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there
with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to
me.(3.2.110-115)

Then Antony
brings out the mutilated body of Caesar for the crowd to see.  Finally, he appeals to
one of the strongest urges of man--that of greed, reading the will of Caesar which
bequeaths money to each and every Roman citizen; Antony suggests that Brutus and the
other conspirators have prevented the Romans from receiving this reward.  Ironically, a
citizen remarks, "Methinks there is much reason in his sayings," indicating how easily
Antony has swayed them from their previous feelings.  Thus, in the ensuing riot scene
which begins a civil war, Shakespeare clearly points to the capricious, unreasoning
mentality of crowds driven by the urges of greed, blind loyalty, and
revenge. 

What are several ways Information Technology could provide a competitive advantage to a business?

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In today's society
full of technology, a good Information Technology department is indispensable to most
businesses. Information Technology is such a broad area of service, it may be helpful to
look at a specific example. Many IT departments are now responsible for cell phones and
other such resources. Consider that many businesses provide their employees with cell
phones; these phones help employees manage important emails, carry information (like
meeting materials), manage client contact lists, and keep in touch with clients. A
company with a linked contact list and other such resources would be able to provide a
more personal and efficient experience with their business.

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Realism in The Scarlet Letter: Where are there examples in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter?

For his magnum opus, The Scarlet Letter,
Nathaniel Hawthorne chose a real historic setting: the years 1642-1649, the
period in which John Winthrop, whose death is represented near the middle of the novel,
established the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This Puritan colony had as its intent the
establishment of an ideal community with civil and religious perfection.  In order to
maintain this ideal, strict moral regulations were established; in fact, a prison was
constructed as a place of enforcement for the enforcement of these
regulations.

Another real person added as a character to
Hawthorne's narrative is Governor Bellingham, who represents Richard Bellingham, who
came to America from England in 1630, and who was governor of the colony in 1644, 1654,
and 1655.  Another real character is the governor's sister, Mistress Hibbins, who
represents Ann Hibbins, a Puritan woman executed in 1656 for witchcraft.  Still another
real character is John Wilson, an active and strong figure of Puritan intolerance, who
also arrived in America in 1630.

And, while Hawthorne's
discovery of the scarlet letter on the second floor of the Customs House is fabricated,
the author's re-creation of the stigma placed upon a woman such as Hester Prynne is lent
reality as similar ways of marking trangressors was certainly done by the Puritans. 
Certainly, placing this worn scarlet letter in the real, ancient Customs House where
Hawthorne actually worked, lends a realistic overtone to the
letter.

At the same time, however, the reader should
understand that Hawthorne takes authorial liberties with historical events and
characters.  For, his use of different events, while meaningful, is also powerfully
symbolic.  For instance, in his first chapter, "The Custom House," Hawthorne recreates
for the reader this ancient building and all that is associated with it in order to lend
both authenticity and the "Puritan guilt" which permeates his narrative.  Thus,
Hawthorne introduces his narrative as his moral parable as well as a retelling of some
real events and people.

What is a 8 to 10 summary about this book? Do not write every detail in the story only the most imporant parts of the plot and climax to the...

Old Yeller is a somewhat nostalgic yet sad story of a
young man who is forced into an adult role of life all to early. His Dad is away, and
he, his mother and younger brother must keep the family farm. He becomes a surrogate
father to his younger brother; and head of household, evidenced by the fact that his
mother and brother waited dinner until he returned from his farm chores. Underlying the
story is the foreshadowing of hydrophobia, or rabies, the dread disease of animals that
is 100% fatal. His dog, Yeller, saves the family from a rabid animal and must be
confined to insure that he has not been exposed to the disease during the fight. Sadly,
he has, and there is no choice but to destroy him. The young man, who has grown so close
to the dog, must now shoot him himself to protect his family and livestock. This last
act is his final passage to manhood; to make the hard decisions that no child should
have to make. He has become a man.

What is f'(x) if f(x)=x^(sin x)?

First thing, we'll take natural logarithms both
sides:

ln f(x) = ln [x^(sin
x)]

We'll apply the power rule of
logarithms:

ln f(x) = sin x* ln
x

We'll differentiate with respect to x both
sides:

f'(x)/f(x) = (sin x*ln
x)'

We'll apply product rule to the right
side:

f'(x)/f(x) = cos x* ln x + (sin
x)/x

Now, we'll multiply both sides by
f(x):

f'(x) = f(x)*[cos x* ln x + (sin
x)/x]

But f(x) = x^(sin x), therefore f'(x) =
[x^(sin x)]*[cos x* ln x + (sin x)/x].

What do you think would be the demographic characteristics of people who consume the most bottled water?

It seems likely that the people who consume most bottled
water will be people who have the most disposable income and are the least likely to be
frugal.  Therefore, I would predict that the people who consume the greatest amount of
bottled water would be relatively well-off people who are fairly young.  Young people
are less likely to be frugal and well-off people are more likely to have disposable
income.

It could also be that the people who consume the
most bottled water will be the people who have the most hectic lives.  Therefore, I
might also predict that people with 2 or more school-aged children will consume more
bottled water.  This will be the case because they are more hurried as they rush around
getting their children to various activities.  This will be particularly true if both
parents have full-time jobs.

When Maudie's house begins to burn,what other possibility is the Finch family worried about in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The most important thing about the fire was how Atticus
Finch responded. He first woke his family and got them out of the house and far away
from the danger. Then, he went to see what he might do to
help.

Jem was made aware by Atticus of the possibility of
their own house catching fire from the wind blowing embers onto their roof.  Jem
carefully watched his father's body language to know when it would be time to move the
furniture from their own home.

Atticus' fears were not
realized as the fire trucks came in time and began wetting the roof of his and the
neighboring homes. The wind's direction did not blow burning embers onto their roof. 
But fire duringthe 1930s was a very real danger and threat to homes and neighborhoods as
most homes in central Alabama of this period were made of wood with tar or wood shingles
on the roof.

What is the rising action in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band."

What is interesting about many of the stories of Sherlock
Holmes is the way in which he spends a very long time interrogating the person who has
come to see him at the beginning of the story before any action takes place. In a sense,
then, the rising action of this short story occurs after Holmes has spoken to Helen
Stoner, and includes a number of events. Firstly, the sudden appearance of Dr. Grimesby
Roylott after the exit of Helen Stoner clearly signifies the beginning of the rising
action. Note the way he is described:

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So tall was he that his hat actually brushed the
cross bar of the doorway, and his breadth seemed ot span it across from side to side. A
large face, seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the sun, and marked with
every evil passion, was turned from one to teh other of us, while his deep-set,
bile-shot eyes, and his high, thin, fleshless nose, gave him somewhat the resemblance to
a fierce old bird of
prey.

Clearly this is key in
setting up the conflict between Holmes and Roylott, and then leads on to the visit that
Holmes makes to Stoke Moran and his investigation of the rooms, and then his plan to
swap rooms with Helen Stoner for that night. This of course leads to the climax of
Roylott's attempt to kill Helen (as he thinks), and the way that Holmes sends the snake
back to kill its master.

Discuss instances of racism in James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex- Coloured Man.

Johnson's work features much in way of instances where
race play a central role in the definition of one's character.  Consider early on in the
autobiography how the comment from the principal changes the narrator's perception of
the world.  This is a racial lens with which he views the world, one that differentiates
him from White society.  The feelings of inferiority and a lack of self worth that this
social bias possesses is what is internalized within the narrator.  He understands that
the social setting in which he lives validates and authenticates the predicament of
White America, and delegitimizes the experiences of American of color, in particular
African- Americans.  When Johnson goes to Atlanta, he recognizes a solidarity iwht
people of color because of their large numbers in the South.  In this instance, the
issue of race again projects itself into the discourse because the narrator recognizes
that race can also be a point of solidarity.  A reality that White America of the time
has already understood is something that the narrator grasps when he arrives in
Atlanta.  I think that another instance where race injects itself into the discussion
concerns the principle of "slumming," when White patrons would partake in largely
"Black" areas after hours, in the still of the night, and refer to it as being able to
be "fashionable" while being racist at the same time.  For Johnson, the production of
Black expressions of cultural art is perceived as something "chic" and simultaneously
"lower class" by White society.  In this, the presence of race helps to define even
moments where the narrator perceives White America and the America of color coming
together.

Can anyone help me by explaining the main themes of the poem "Out Out" by Robert Frost?

This poem by Robert Frost is a wonderful poem to
illustrate the power of allusion in literature.  The title of the poem, "Out, Out --" is
an allusion to a speech near the end of Shakespeare's play,
Macbeth.  In the play, Macbeth's wife has just died, and Macbeth is
comparing her life and her death to that of a candle.  The complete quote is "Out, out
brief candle."  Candles are a great metaphor for life because they burn bright when they
are new, and should slowly extinguish themselves by the process of living (burning
down).  But, candles and the flame are also fragile and flickering.  One strong wind or
one quick act can extinguish the candle, just as one quick motion of the chainsaw can
take off the boy's hand.  As the boy bleeds to death, his brief life ends. Recognizing
the allusion provides the reader with an immediate theme to read for in the
poem. 

This poem is about the routines of life on the farm,
and how one careless moment, an accident even, can change everything.  It is about how
fragile life is:  one minute he is excited for supper, and the next minute he is dead. 
The end of the poem, when everyone seems to just walk away from his dead body and return
to normalcy is also important theme.  There is nothing to do for the dead once they are
dead.  Life is for the living and life goes on for the living, even the face of a
devastatingl oss. I don't think we are to read that they didn't care, but in that
moment, they had to finish up for the day and do what had to be done.  Another point
about this poem is that a boy was doing some rather dangerous adult-type work.  That
perhaps suggests the theme of growing up too soon or it could be an illustration of the
hard work of farm life.  That last line of Macbeth's speech is that life is a "tale,
told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."  I think that that last
idea is also something that Frost is trying to convey.  The boy's life and death are
hard realities, but what do they really mean to those left
behind? 

In the resolution, the last scene, why is it significant that Octavius delivers the play’s final speech?Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

There are a few other reasons why Octavius has the last
words. However, before I give these reasons, it would be good to give the the words of
Shakespeare.

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According to his virtue let us use him, With all
respect and rites of burial. Within my tent his bones to-night shall lie, Most like a
soldier, order'd honourably. So call the field to rest; and let's away, To part the
glories of this happy day.

As
mentioned above, Octavius is Caesar's adopted son. One of the characteristics that
Caesar was known for was his clemency. So, to show clemency is to follow in the
footsteps of Caesar. This shows continuity to the
people.

Second, from a political point of view, this was
wise, because the battle of Philippi was a civil war. So, to show mercy is to bring
healing to Rome. 

Finally, from a literary point of view,
it was important that Octavius have the final words because he will be the first Roman
emperor. So, it is fitting that he have the final words of honor. And if you recall, he
would not give into Antony in the play. So, Octavius had to have the last words. This
showed that he has won.

Solve for x the inequality:4(6x-1)+4x>24?

We'll divide by 4 both
sides:

6x - 1 + x >
6

We'll subtract 6 both
sides:

6x - 1 - 6 + x >
0

We'll combine like terms:

7x
- 7 > 0

We'll factorize by
7:

7(x-1)>0

We'll
divide by
7:

x-1>0

x>1

The
range of possible values for x, for the inequality to hold, is:(1,
+infinite).

How could interest rates in the U.S. be impacted by the European sovereign debt crisis?

The most likely short term impact is that the European
sovereign debt crisis will cause the Federal Reserve to refrain from raising interest
rates.  The bloomberg.com link below says that the President of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Chicago has indicated that

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the European sovereign debt crisis will prompt
the U.S. central bank to delay raising interest
rates.

The reason for this is
that the crisis is likely to depress economic activity worldwide.  It does this because
it decreases Europe's buying power thus making Europe conduct less business with the
rest of the world.

When an economy faces a situation where
economic activity is likely to decline, its central bank should not raise interest
rates.  Raising interest rates makes it harder to borrow money.  When less money is
borrowed, fewer goods and services are bought.  Raising interest is something a central
bank should do when there is a threat of inflation, not when there is a threat of
recession as there is now because of the European sovereign debt
crisis.

What is the importance of this quote in To Kill a Mockingbird?The quote is "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his...

The quotation you mention is probably the most important
in the novel, along with the line that includes "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." The
quote you mention is spoken by Atticus following Scout's disastrous first day at school.
Scout has just told Atticus that she doesn't want to go back to school, what with all
the problems she had: being punished by Miss Caroline, fighting with Walter Cunningham
Jr., and then being scolded by Calpurnia. Atticus' suggestion to first climb into the
other person's skin is a request for Scout to consider every individual's viewpoint
before making a quick judgement.

Scout doesn't forget
Atticus' advice. At the end of the novel, Scout stands on the Radley porch, pretending
that she is standing in the shoes of Boo Radley. From this viewpoint, Scout sees her
neighborhood from a different perspective--this time from the eyes of Boo. Things look
differently to her this way, and she understands that Boo--Arthur--was just another
neighbor observing the world around him.

Compare and contrast "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" written by William Blake.themes, motives, real life experience of william blake that may impact on...

"The Tyger's" poem starts by asking it what kind of divine
being could have created it and in "The Lamb" poem it starts by asking it about its
origins as well.

The speaker in "The Lamb" is a
child.

The Tyger is born from fire in “The Tyger”
poem.

In "The Tyger" poem asks many rhetorical questions,
but doesn't answer them, such as --> how could the creator create such a horrific
scary thing? could the creator who created a lamb create a tyger? All of these questions
are about the wisdom of God. Like why did God create Good and
Evil?

You can think of both poems as a contradictory to one
another, or somehow one of them is critical “The Tyger” and the other is joyful and
praising “The Lamb”

What are the top 10 reasons why the stock market crashed in 1929?why did it crash.. because of what

I doubt that there are ten specific reasons for the crash;
but the ultimate cause was speculation by inexperienced buyers purchasing stocks on
margin.

Purchasing stocks on margin is a common practice,
in which one pays only a percentage of the price, the broker pays the difference as a
loan to the buyer, and the buyer repays the loan when the stock is sold. Current
practice allows for purchases with a minimum margin payment of 50%. During the 20's, the
minimum margin was a mere five percent. There was the common belief that the market had
entered a period of perpetual growth, and anyone could make money in the market simply
by buying on margin and selling a short time later. A striking similarity may be seen to
the recent real estate bubble in which buyers purchased homes well beyond their means
anticipating re-selling the home later at an enhanced price. In both instances, the same
thing happened. The buying frenzy actually drove the market higher, until it reached an
unrealistic level, at which point it collapsed under its own weight. Both markets
collapsed catastrophically.

A famous anecdote of the stock
market crash is that J.P. Morgan once received a "hot tip" on a stock purchase from a
shoe shine boy. On hearing the news, Morgan immediately sold everything he had in the
market; when unskilled laborers were playing the market, it was only a matter of time
before it collapsed. As a result, he escaped unscathed, while many lost everything. This
perhaps explains the silliness of the times and how so many people were destroyed by the
silliness.

Why are reaction mechanisms a necessary part of the collision theory model?

ANS:- According to  collision
theory.

1)      Reactant particles must collide in order to
react.

2)      Not every collision results in a reaction .
There must be a certain minimum energy (Threshold energy) in the collision to bring
about the necessary reorganization of the bonds in the colliding 
particles.

3)      The colliding particles must be
correctly oriented with respect to each other in the collision otherwise new bonds may
not formed.

Consider a bimolecular
reaction

A  + B
  ==>  product

Consider one mole of A and one mole
of B present. Then at STP, there will be 1030 collisions/sec. If all collisions are
effective then the reaction will be very fast. But it is not so. When A and B molecules
are slow moving, the collision may be so gentle that there is no change in the identity
of the molecule during the collision. Electron clouds associated with A and B repel each
other. But if A or B or both A & B have much kinetic energy before collision,
they can easily use their kinetic energy to do work against the repulsive forces and
electron and atom rearrangement takes place. Hence the chemical reaction takes place.
The amount of energy required to convert the starting reagents (A and B) to the product
is called the ENERY OF ACTIVATION.

What are some indirect and direct quotes about Curley's wife that describe her traits?John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

Representative of the temptress, the Eve who ruins the
halcyon environment of the Eden-like pond and surrounding greenery, Curley's wife is
pathetically lonely after having had to abandon her dreams of being a movie-star--"I
tell ya I could of went with shows."

Out of this
loneliness, much like the loneliness of the bindle stiffs themselves, Curley's wife
comes around the bunkhouse.  However, she holds a power that the men do not:  she poses
as the temptress with

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full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily
made up.  Her fingernails were red.  Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like
sausages.  She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of which were
little bouquets of red ostrich feathers. 'I'm looking for Curley,' she said.  Her voice
had a nasal, brittle quality.

...She put her hands behind
her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown
forward.

When George tells
her that Curley has not been there, she flirts with
him,

"If he
ain't, I guess I better look some place else," she said playfully....She smiled archly
and twitched her body.

After
this, George expresses his assessment of her and tells
Lennie,

"I
seen 'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her.  You
leave her be."

Curley's wife
uses her power as the wife of the son of the boss to be cruel and to
intimidate,

"I
seen too many you guys.  If you had two bits in the worl', why you'd be in gettin' two
shots of corn with it and suckin' the bottom of the glass.  I know you
guys." 

When she asks Lennie
about his bruises and Lennie just says that Curley had his hand caught in a machine, she
laughs and says,

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"O.K. Machine. I'll talk to you later. I like
machines."

"I'm glad you bust up Curley a little bit.  He
got it comin; to him.  Sometimes I'd like to bust him
myself."

She later uses her
sensuality to threaten Crooks,

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"Listen, N--....You know what I could do to you
if you open your trap?...I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even
funny."

and to control
Lennie,

She
looked up at Lennie, and she made a small grand gesture with her arm and hand to show
that she could act.  The fingers trailed after her leading wrist, and her little finger
stuck out grandly from the rest.

Lennie sighed
deeply....

...she ran her fingers over the top of her
head.  "Some people got kinda coarse hair," she said complacently...."Feel right aroun'
there an' see how soft it
is."

An attractive woman whom
Candy says "has the eye" and George calls "jail-bait," Curley's wife is seductive,
cruel, and intimidating. Her behavior, born of her terrible aloneness, acts as the Eve
in Steinbeck's world of men.  For, it is she who spoils the dream of George and Lennie,
a dream first expressed in the peace of the Eden-like clearing with the
pool. 

The Earth attracts all bodies towards its centre with the same gravitational acceleration...this means that if two bodies of different masses are...

Yes, it is true that two different objects, dropped from
the same height, could not rach the ground at the same time, though the same
gravitational force is acting on them.

The element that
makes the difference in this case is not the mass of the objects, because the mass does
not exist in case of free falling, but the air
resistance.

On the moon, where there is no air resistance,
the objects will hit it's surface, at the same
time.

Therefore, two objects of different
masses and materials, dropped from the same height, will hit the surface of the Earth at
different moments.

What is "Lyme Disease"?

Lyme disease is a condition caused by human exposure (by
biting) to ticks that are infected with a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi, which is a spirochete. A spirochete, in turn, is a bacteria in
the shape of a worm which causes diseases such as
syphillis.

Lyme disease was not identified until the mid
1970's in the town of Lyme, CT, when parents of a group of kids diagnosed with R.A.
(Rheumatoid Arthritis) after also being told that they had a bacterial infection. Since
the two do not go together (RA is not a consequence of bacterial infection, nor vice
versa) the parents further investigated with the result that in 1982 the disease finally
was classified and named as "Lyme disease."

The symptoms of
this condition manifest themselves in three stages: The early stage is the initial bite,
where the bacteria gets punctured into the skin, leaving a huge rash with flu-like
symptoms. The second stage affects the nerves and some muscles, such as the heart. The
last stage involves brain damage.

Most cases can be treated
with antibiotics, but prevention is the best cure.

What are several word phrases that Ernest Hemingway repeats in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"?

In Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean,Well-Lighted Place," there
are several phrases that are repeated with certain
variations:

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The guard will get
him

to kill himself

it is
necessary that the place be clean

A clean well-lighted
place

The light is very bright and
pleasant

I wish he would go
home

in nada as it is in
nada

The story’s simplicity
and thematic austerity has many critics ridiculing Hemingway while his admirers contend
that ‘‘A Clean, Well-Lighted Place’’ is Hemingway at his most pure
as

he captures
in both form and content an irreducible and tragic essence of
life. 

The older waiter
sympathies that lie with the old man point to the existential condition of man whose
life is simplified to "nada" and he must struggle to find some light in the darkness of
nothingness.  He does this by finding a place that is clean and well-lighted where he
can be with others in and where he can display good form and conduct.  The old man
displays good conduct as he sits in the cafe and "drinks without
spilling."

In what major ways is Hamlet a late Renaissance hero in William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet? In what major ways is Hamlet a late renaissance...

When studying Shakespeare's Hamlet,
we look to Hamlet as a tragic hero. The guidelines for a tragic hero are based on
Aristotle's model. The tragic hero must be a "great" man (a mighty warrior, respected
leader, member of nobility, etc.), he must die, and his death must be his own
fault—caused by his tragic flaw. His fall is the result of "an error of
judgment."

Hamlet is considered a tragic hero—he is a great
man. Claudius admits to Laertes near the play's end, that Hamlet is well-loved by the
Danish subjects. He does die at the end (as is the case with almost every major
character). His tragic flaw is indecision, and it is Hamlet's inability to kill Claudius
when the moment presents itself that allows Claudius to conspire with Laertes, and bring
about not only Hamlet's death, but Gertrude's, Laertes' and his
own.

The heroes of Homer's time are somewhat different,
although they are still imbued with noteworthy and admirable qualities. Homer looks to
the following criteria to gauge whether someone is "good." These characteristics include
that a man must be of noble birth, he must be wealthy, and he must have physical
strength. The man must have honor; others must think well of him. A hero, specifically,
must have a concern for others: the suffering of others is not something a Homeric hero
could ignore, and he must be sympathetic to the plight of others.
"Reputation and material honor" are extremely
important.

• A hero is never expected to sacrifice
  his reputation or material honors for others
  
  • That would
    diminish his honor
  
  
  • Which would diminish his ability to
    protect and further his
    followers
  
  

• Why
  are Homeric ethics reasonable?
  
  • Wealth, honor, status,
    power are all
    achievable.
  
  

In
studying these details, we see strong differences.

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In ancient Greek myth, heroes were humans...of
the remote past, endowed with superhuman abilities and descended from the immortal gods
themselves. The prime example is ...Achilles in the English tradition. This, the
greatest hero...was the son of Thetis, a sea-goddess known for her far-reaching cosmic
powers.

With Achilles, honor
comes from compiling material goods: trophies, rewards, etc. Achilles is also considered
honorable in his concern for others which was also expected of Homer's hero. Achilles is
concerned for Patroclus, but is also accused of having little or no concern for his
army. Achilles falls short of being a great hero based on his treatment of Hector's
body: he will be punished for this. Reputation was also very
important, as well as valor in battle.

Hamlet is very
different from Homer's heroes. First, his honor does not rest on Homeric values:
material goods are not important to him, and he seems rather indifferent to the
suffering of others, in particular Ophelia. Hamlet does have the
good opinion of others. He is of noble birth; wealth is not brought into question, but—
the sense that someone must be wealthy to be good does not apply to the play
Hamlet. Hamlet's honor rests instead on honoring his promise to his
father by avenging Old Hamlet's death: not on earning prizes and rewards. Hamlet is a
decent young man who becomes embroiled in the politics in court, wanting only to avenge
his father's dead.

Whereas Achilles has earned the label of
"hero" by accumulating material goods, there is some dissension as to whether he
is well-thought of. Hamlet, on the other hand, tries to be a man of
his word, especially in honoring his father's last request.

What is limit of the function (x^5+1)/(x^7+1), x-->-1 ?

To evaluate the limit, we'll re-write the numerator and
denominator, using the identity:

a^n + b^n = (a+b)*(a^(n-1)
- a^(n-2)*b + a^(n-3)*b^2 - a^(n-4)*b^3 + ....)

According
to this formula, we'll get:

x^5 + 1 = (x + 1)(x^4 - x^3 +
x^2 - x + 1)

x^7 + 1 = (x + 1)(x^6 - x^5 + x^4 - x^3 + x^2
- x + 1)

(x^5+1)/(x^7+1) = (x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1)/(x^6 -
x^5 + x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1)

We'll evaluate the
limit:

lim (x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1)/(x^6 - x^5 + x^4 - x^3
+ x^2 - x + 1) = [(-1)^4-(-1)^3+ (-1)^2 +1  +
1]/(1+1+1+1+1+1+1)

lim (x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1)/(x^6 - x^5
+ x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1) =
(1+1+1+1+1)/(1+1+1+1+1+1+1)

lim (x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x +
1)/(x^6 - x^5 + x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1) =
5/7

The value of the limit of the function,
if x approaches to -1, is: lim (x^5+1)/(x^7+1) =
5/7.

How does Huxley create a dramatic sense of contrast in Brave New World?

I think the most obvious comparison that is featured in
the novel is the way that the sterilised, programmed and ordered world of the new
society that dominates earth is contrasted with the life on the reservation that Bernard
and Lenina are going to visit. Note how the Director of the Reservation describes life
their for them, hoping to scare Lenina:

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...about sixty thousand Indians and
half-breeds... absolute savages... our inspectors occasionally visit... otherwise, no
communication whatever with the civilised world... stil preserve their repulsive habits
and customs... marriage, if you know what that is, my dear young lady; families... no
conditioning... monstrous supersitions... Christianity and totemism and ancestor
worship... extinct languages, such as Zuni and Spanish and Athapascan... pumas,
porcupines and other ferocious animals... infectious diseases... priests... venomous
lizards.

Note the way that
when they finally arrive and from this description, we can see that life on the Reserve
is actually the kind of life that we are most used to, and we can relate to. Thus it is
that the author shows us the immense contrast between our lives now and the lives that
the majority of humans in this possible future world enjoy: a life where everything is
conditioned and everything is safe, and institutions such as marriage and childbirth
have been eradicated. Above all, it is a "life" were the humans are persented as nothing
more than robots.

What is a key passage in Chapter 4 or Chapter 5 of When the Emperor Was Divine?

In Chapter 4 of When the Emperor Was Divine,
the narrative voice is assumed by the two children of the anonymous family. 
They have returned home from the internment camp, but they realize that they have become
strangers and enemies to their neighbors.  The narrator says, "We were free now, free to
go wherever we wanted to go, whenever we pleased."  But even though the family is free
from the restraints forced on them at the internment camp, ironically they are not free
to live the lives that they had before being sent to the camps.  The children are
harrassed, their house is vandalized, and the family fears leaving the house and feels
like everyone is against them.  This passage is significant because it highlights one of
the author's major purposes for writing the story--to examine the injustice and
discrimination brought about by the internment.

What does the man value in "To Build a Fire"?

It is clear from this excellent story about nature and the
danger it contains that the man values very different things from the dog that
accompanies him. As we read through the story, it is clear that the man and dog act as
foils for each other, with the dog, through its survival, showing that it is better
suited to survive the rigours of nature because of the way that it is dominated by
instinct. The man is shown to have lost this characteristic, which makes him prone to
danger and disaster. Note what we are told about him:

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The trouble with him was that he was without
imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and
not in the significances. Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty-odd degreees of frost.
Such fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all. It did not
lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temeprature, and upon man's
frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold, and
from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's
place in the
universe.

Clearly, then, the
man is said to lack imagination and discernment, which could obviously lead him to
taking unnecessary risks and ignoring or not recognising danger. We see this of course
in the way the dog reluctantly follows the man, even though its instinct is telling it
to find fire or to bury itself in the snow. Even though the dog "did not know anything
about thermometers," it is clear that because of its "instinct" it recognises the danger
of the environment while the man refuses to recognise the danger implicit in the extreme
cold.

In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, who dies during the winter in Chapter Eight?

In Harper Lee's To Kill a
Mockingbird, the day before the snow falls (which so frightens Scout), Mrs.
Radley dies. Not someone seen very often, Scout notes (as an adult) that it caused very
little commotion in town.

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Old Mrs. Radley died that winter, but her death
caused hardly a ripple—the neighborhood seldom saw her, except when she watered her
cannas.

In that the Radleys
hold a strong fascination for the Finch children, this is something of note in that Mrs.
Radley's "appeal" is because she is a part of Boo's household. The children speculate as
to the cause of her death.

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Jem and I decided that Boo had got her at last,
but when Atticus returned from the Radley house he said she died of natural causes, to
our disappointment.

The
children have a question and quibble over who will ask Atticus about what is foremost on
their minds—Scout "loses." She wonders if Atticus saw Boo Radley while visiting the
house. Atticus' reaction is hardly a surprise in light of all the "shenanigans" the
children have been involved in regarding Boo while Dill was in town over the
summer.

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Atticus looked sternly around his newspaper at
me: "I did not."

Atticus'
response ended their discussion with him. Jem told Scout not to ask any more questions
because he believed Atticus was still "touchous" about the children's interest in the
Radleys, so she says nothing else. It is all quickly forgotten when it snows the
following day.

Define the term population from an ecological perspective.Describe various relationships between plants and animals in terms of of how natural...

Population is the members of a given species of animal in
a defined geographical area.  This can be at the local level and at the regional level. 
Populations tend to have fuzzy boundaries, with the traits marking a particular
population being more marked in the middle of the population and more transitional along
the boundaries.  Biologically, humans are best thought of in terms of populations rather
than as races, as races are sociological rather than biological
constructs.

The initial colonization of an area by a spcies
is known as a pioneer population, depending on the degree of isolation of that
population, this can lead to significant genetic drift, as well as adaptation to new
ecological challenges.  As populations spread you frequently can have interbreeding of
populations along boundaries, but inability of more remote specimens to
interbreed.

Populations are shaped by birth, deaths and
migration (including immigration and emigration). They are shaped by natural events such
as disease and natural disasters.

Populations will
frequently achieve a balance or equilibrium for long periods leading to stability, but
new competition, environmental change such as climate change, natural disasters, or
increased predation can lead to dynamism that can knock the population out of
equilibrium.

Identify the soliloquy in Act 3, in Shakespeare's Macbeth, and analyze it.

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act Three,
scene one, Macbeth delivers a soliloquy with regard to being King and the dangers that
threaten his position, namely his close friend
Banquo.

Macbeth states that to be King is nothing if he
cannot safely be so. His biggest worry at this point is Banquo, who was present when the
witches made their predictions. This incident would naturally raise questions in
Banquo's mind about what Macbeth did to make the predictions come true. Macbeth fears
Banquo's "royal nature," in essence, his integrity. Banquo has the courage to take a
stand and is smart enough to do so in safety. Banquo, Macbeth admits, is the only person
he fears, and Macbeth's actions would be "despised" in Banquo's sight—the same way
Caesar felt about Mark Antony (or so they say).

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To be thus is
nothing,

But to be safely thus. Our fears in
Banquo

Stick deep, and in his royalty of
nature

Reigns that which would be fear'd. ’Tis much he
dares, (55)

And, to that dauntless temper of his
mind,

He hath a wisdom that doth guide his
valor

To act in safety. There is none but
he

Whose being I do fear; and under
him

My genius is rebuked, as it is said
(60)

Mark Antony's was by
Caesar.

Macbeth recalls that
Banquo scolded the three witches ("sisters") when the first "predicted" that Macbeth
would be king, that they should speak to him also. Like prophets,
the witches declared that while Banquo would not be king, he would father a line of
kings. Macbeth understands now that he will never have children to
pass his crown to ("fruitless crown") and his power will be taken
from him ("barren scepter"), never to be given to his son: he has
no children.

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He chid the
sisters,

When first they put the name of King upon
me,

And bade them speak to him; then
prophet-like

They hail'd him father to a line of
kings:

Upon my head they placed a fruitless
crown(65)

And put a barren sceptre in my
gripe,

Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal
hand,

No son of mine
succeeding.

If this is the
case, Macbeth reasons, he has sold his soul to the powers of darkness—in killing Duncan,
a king—so he could be King, but more so, that Banquo's descendants
will come to the throne. Seemingly for nothing, Macbeth has lost his peace of mind, has
lost his soul ("his eternal jewel") to "man's common enemy" (the Devil), just to make
Banquo's "issue" (descendants) kings. Rather than see this happen,
Macbeth is prepared to fight Fate to the death if necessary, to keep the witches'
prediction for Banquo from coming true.

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If't be so,

For
Banquo's issue have I filed my mind,

For them the gracious
Duncan have I murdered, (70)

Put rancors in the vessel of
my peace

Only for them, and mine eternal
jewel

Given to the common enemy of
man,

To make them kings, the seed of Banquo
kings!

Rather than so, come, Fate, into the list,
(75)

And champion me to the
utterance!

Discuss Orwell's attitudes towards Burmese people in "Shooting an Elephant" refering to the quotation below. "I had done it soley to avoid...

It is highly ironic that Orwell in this essay explains how
he was forced to do something that he did not want to do or see any need for doing
because of the mob power of the Burmese and the pressure of the "sea of yellow faces"
that expect Orwell to perform "a magic trick" in killing the elephant. This of course
points towards the way that the power relations are completely reversed, and supports
Orwell's main thesis in this excellent essay, which is that "when the white man turns
tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys." We see, in the quote that you have
highlighted, Orwell being forced to act through nothing more noble than the fear of
being laughed at. Note the following quote as well:

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The sole thought in my mind was that if anything
went wrong those two thousand Burmans would see me pursued, caught, trampled on, and
reduced to a grinning corpse like that Indian up the hill. And if that happpened it was
quite probably that some of them would laught. That would never
do.

Note the way that this
situation reverses the expected patterns of power. Orwell, as a colonial officier, in
theory should have power, and yet this quote reveals his fear of being laughed at, which
actually gives the Burmese incredible power and renders Orwell powerless. Orwell
recognises the immense irony of this and how it limits his own freedom and turns the
Burmese people into a kind of tyrant as they have expectations that they want to be
met.

I need the sequence of events of "The Monkey's Paw." Number the main events of the story and make sure you include all the main events.

1.  Mr. White and his son are playing chess, waiting for
the arrival of their visitor, Sergeant Major Morris.
2.  Morris arrives and
shows them the monkey's paw, telling them of its unusual history, and how it grants
three wishes to its owner.
3.  Morris tosses the paw into the fire, but Mr.
White retrieves it.
4.  After purchasing the paw from Morris, Morris leaves,
and Mr. White wishes for 200 pounds, the approximate amount needed to pay off what is
owed on their home.
5.  The next day, the Whites are notified that their son,
Herbert, has died in a tragic accident at work. The representative from work offers the
Whites 200 pounds as insurance compensation.
6.  The grieving Mrs. White
suggests they make a second wish--that Herbert should come back to life.
7. 
Shortly afterward they hear a knock on the door. They believe it to be Herbert,
returning from the dead.
8.  The Whites also realize that Herbdert may return
in his mangled form, so before opening the door, Mr. White makes his third
wish.
9.  The wish is unknown, but when he opens the door, no one is
there.

In Act II of Pygmalion, when Doolittle says, "I'm undeserving, & I mean to go on being undeserving," why does he not want to better himself?

In Pygmalion, Alfred Doolittle is
Eliza's father.  With the character and values that truly mirror his compound name
containing the words "Do" and "Little," it is no surprise that Doolittle boasts with
this statement.  Let's look at a little bit more what he says in Act II with a certain
"gift of rhetoric" that eventually gets him in
trouble:

I ask
you, what am I? I'm one of the undeserving poor: that's what I am. Think of what that
means to a man. It means that he's up agen middle class morality all the time. ... I
don't need less than a deserving man: I need more. I don't eat less hearty than him; and
I drink a lot more.

Considering he
finds himself "undeserving, and I mean to go on being undeserving," even his daughter
Eliza (of the same metal as her dad, of course) is absolutely
disgusted.

You see, Eliza is, in fact,
trying to better herself.

Alfred Doolittle considers
himself as one of the "undeserving poor."  Why?  Because he does not do any work,
doesn't want to do any work, and never plans
to do any work, no matter what.  Oh, there's a wonderful song in My
Fair Lady (the musical version of Pygmalion) that deals
in this very issue:  "With A Little Bit of Luck." How's this as the answer to your
question:

The
Lord above gave man an arm of iron
So he could do his job and never shirk.

The Lord gave man an arm of iron-but
With a little bit of luck,
With a little bit of luck,
Someone else'll do the blinkin'
work!

Sums Afred up quite
nicely, eh?  Not sure if Shaw could have said it better
himself.

Back to the point, though.  Why doesn't Alfred
Doolittle want to "better himself"?  Simple!  Alfred Doolittle is perfectly happy the
way he is living and has no desire to change it.  Ah, but that's about to change thanks
to Professor Higgins.  : )

What were the practical effects of the American Constitution of 1788?

There were (and continue to be) multiple practical effects
of the writing of the Constitution.  The most important of these practical effects was
that the Constitution allowed the new country to continue to function as an actual
unified country instead of splitting up into a separate little
countries.

Before the Constitution was written, the states
had tremendous powers under the Articles of Confederation and the central government had
very little power.  This is not a good recipe for success.  If a country has a system
like this, it will not remain (de facto, at least) a real country.  Instead, it will be
a country in name only where the states might as well be
independent.

Had it not been for the Constitution, it is
likely that the states would have drifted further apart, instead of seeing themselves as
part of a greater whole.  They had already done this to some extent, doing things like
having trade wars and boundary disputes.  If this had continued, there would probably
never have been the large, powerful, united country that the United States now
is.

What are some themes in The Devil Wears Prada?

I think that one of the themes that comes out in the book
is what evil can look like.  The fashion element emerges quite prominently in this
exploration.  How some of the most beautifully clad people can do some of the most
horrible of things is a part of this.  Miranda is one of the most well dressed,
impeccably groomed individuals, an embodiment of class.  Yet, her treatment of others,
in particular Andrea, helps to bring out how cruelty and evil is not something that
looks disarmingly awful.  Rather, it exists in what we might place a great deal of value
upon and to which weight is added.  At the same time, I think that another theme is the
notion of understanding one's identity.  The fact that Andrea no longer wants to emulate
Miranda is a part of this and a theme that makes the novel representative of character
exploration as well as redemptive.

How was the issue of the ownership of the Oregon Territory settled?

Regarding the settlement of the issue of the ownership of
the Oregon Territory, this territory was jointly owned by the United States and Great
Britain for some time.  As the years went by, there came to be more conflict between the
two countries as to how much of the territory would belong to each country.  This
conflict led to demands among some Americans for "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight."  This was
a demand that all of the Oregon Territory up to the Fifty-Four Forty line should be
American territory.

Eventually, the issue was settled
peacefully.  The US took the territory up to the 49th parallel, where the border between
the US and Canada is today.  As the almanac link below
says,

After
lengthy though peaceful negotiations with the British, the United States obtained on
June 10, 1846, all the territory south of the 49th parallel (the line of latitude that
now defines the United States's northern border with
Canada).

What are the different types of conflicts that take place in "Hills Like White Elephants."

Perhaps one of the most important elements of conflict
which has not been suggested by the answer above is the way in which the title suggests
a larger conflict. It seems that there is a conflict between the imagination and the
ability to see in metaphors and the inability to use the imagination, as expressed in
Jig's ability to see the hills that surround them as if they were "white elephants."
This of course is linked to the question of the
abortion.

Jig's reference to her metaphor results in a
squabble between the two lovers, which ends in Jig deliberately choosing to dismantle
her vision in an attempt to regain his love and affection. Note what Jig
says:

"They
don't really look like white elephants. I just mean the colouring of their skin through
the trees."

Thus we can see
in this comment the way that her abortion is foreshadowed. Just as the imagination is
conquered by a dull, practical view of the world, so her body will have the abortion
that her lover wants her to have.

Chemical reactions occur when reactants collide. For what reasons may a collision fail to produce a chemical reaction?

One of the postulates of collision theory of reactions is
that the reacting species approach at the correct attitude. e.g for the reaction between
monobromomethane (methyl bromide) and sodium hydroxide to make methanol the hydroxide
ion has to approach the methyl bromide molecule from the side opposite the bromine atom
for best chance of reaction occurring.

What were the living conditions of children at the time of "The Chimney Sweeper" like?

The speakers in the two poems that Blake wrote with this
name were prime examples of the way in which children were forced to work, often in
treacherous conditions. The Industrial Revolution, which was characterised by new
technologies and a certain social dislocation, meant that more children were working
harder and with less care and safety than every before. For example, tending factory
machines required a dexterity and alertness instead of experience which resulted in
children manning these machines for very low wages. Laws at the time required parishes
to provide for orphans and children by apprenticing them. However, many children were
just given to factories and became little better than slaves. Children did not just work
as chimney sweeps and in factories manning machines, but also in coal mines, where
children as young as five would work for long hours underground, breathing in noxious
fumes and carrying heavy buckets. Perhaps the most poignant symbol of child labour at
this time is found in the chimney sweep, however. Children as young as four or five were
used to climb the narrowest of chimneys where they could get stuck and face suffocation.
Blake picked the chimney sweep as the focus of his poem that argues against a completely
unjust situation of child exploitation.

Whihc of the following is associated with the color white in China?Optiona are: a. Peace b. Growth c. War d. Mourning

Of the options that you have given us, the best answer is
D.  This is another case (like the question you asked about gestures) in which different
cultures assign different meanings to things.

In many
Western cultures, white is associated with purity.  That is why, for example, brides in
the West wear white dresses at their weddings.  By contrast, in China, this color is
much more associated with death.  As an example of how this could be relevant to a
business, Google changed their logo to all-white for users in China and Hong Kong in
2010 as a sign of mourning for the victims of the Qinghai earthquake.  A business that
wanted to be culturally sensitive would be aware of this sort of difference in cultural
meanings of color.

In Chapter 1, "The Spy," of The Killer Angels, what dangers would the spy encounter while riding at night?

The scout, Harrison, was actually a real-life spy for the
Confederacy, working under the occasional supervision of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet.
Harrison, a Richmond stage actor, had a cover story to use when necessary: He was a
"half-witted farmer... terrified of soldiers," whose wife had run off, and he was
looking for her. This would, he thought, be a sufficient tale to tell if he was caught
alone in the middle of the night.

It was a rough night for
Harrison. Pelting rain and constant lightning prevented him from taking refuge under
trees. He quoted from Shakespeare during the storm. He took a crossroads just before
dark, not knowing if it would lead toward Lee's army or the Union lines. As he crossed
South Mountain in the twilight, he had to dismount, since his horse refused to move up
the rugged trail. The rain made the hot weather cooler, and he ate his meal in the
downpour. Although he now knew he close to the Confederate lines, the night was the most
dangerous time for him.

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... few men rode out at night on good and honest
business, not now, this night, in this invaded
country.

Travelling at night
did provide him with the cover of darkness, however. When he finally reached a sentry,
he worried that he might be shot.

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With some you postured and with some you groveled
and with some you were imperious. But you could do that only by daylight, when you could
see the faces and gauge the
reactions.

The sentry was a
Confederate, but even then, he knew he was not safe, since if no one knew him, he could
be hanged as a spy.

What are the elements of a story?

The elements of a story are plot, characters, setting,
problem, point of view, solution, rising action, climax and falling action or
resolution.

The plot is the story line.  Is it an adventure
story or a Cinderella story?

The characters fall into two
categories: protagonist and antagonist.  The protagonist is the main character or hero
of the story.  The antagonist is the villain or nemesis of the main character.  Other
characters in the story will fall on either side of the main character or the villain or
will be neutral characters who might even be telling the
story.

The setting is a dramatic element of a story. 
Mystery stories often involve storms, fog and rain.  Romance stories often have open
meadows with flowers in full bloom.  The setting creates the mood for the
reader.

The point of view tells you how the reader observes
the story. is the story being told by one of the characters in 1st person?  Is the story
being told from a "bird's eye" point of view "omniscient" 3rd person point of
view?

The problem/solution is the dramatic unfolding of the
story.  The rising action leads up to the climax of the story which is the peak action
and most exciting portion of the story.  After that, the story is being wrapped up and
loose ends tidied.  Stories typically have some sort of "ending" that is either happy or
tragic.  In a mystery, the villain is caught or discovered.  In a romance, the couple
marry and live happily ever after.  In Western stories, the cowboy rides off into the
sunset after breaking up a brawl in the local saloon.