In Ray Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451, what are some connections can you make in Part Three, entitled "Burning Bright?"

In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451,
there are several things I connect with. The first is Mildred's betrayal of Montag. This
is a clear indication of just how far apart this married couple has become. It is as if
they really don't know each other anymore, and Mildred—a
stranger more than a wife—has betrayed Montag to Beatty and the
others.

Another thing extremely obvious to me is the
reversal of positions: of Montag, the fireman who burns houses with
books, and Montag, the lawbreaker whose house is burned because of
books. In this case, the burning of the home previously where the old woman not only
refused to abandon her books, but lit the match herself, feels like foreshadowing of
this moment in Montag's life. He was appalled when he witnessed the
old woman's death because of her commitment to books, and now it has become
his reality: he is experiencing first- hand what he has been
responsible for doing to others, throughout all the time he has been a fireman—it has
now becomes his turn, as with the old woman, to decide how
important having books is to him.

It
is in this section that Montag chooses to change his life forever. First, he kills
Beatty, showing how far he is willing
to go; next he plants books in Black's house and reports his fellow-firefighter for
having them; he runs from the Mechanical Hound—"beating" it; and, makes it across the
river to join others like him who have chosen to leave society to read, share, memorize,
and enjoy the knowledge of books—to build a new place to
live.

Granger, one of the men Guy Montag meets on the other
side, likens the destruction of their society, as well as their plan to rebuild, to the
mythical phoenix:

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There was a silly damned bird called a phoenix
back before Christ, every few hundred years he built a pyre and burnt himself up...But
every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over
again. And it looks like we're doing the same
thing...

The third section of
the book, in an odd way, is like Montag's religious conversion (theme: change
and transformation). Montag had heard "the Word" before, from people like
Clarissa and Faber, but had been slow to move or change. The conversion is a dark one,
with the ghastly murder of Beatty, but symbolically this represents rejection of an old
way of life to make way for the new. In this story of growing self-awareness and
rebellion, Montag becomes a "founding-father" of a new society.

Which of these 19th century ideology emphasized the greatest degree of freedom of opinion and dissent? A. Liberalism B. Nationalism C. Communism...

The best answer to this question is
A.

Liberalism was an ideology that pretty closely resembled
the beliefs that we have in the United States today.  Liberalism is based very strongly
on the idea that individual people have rights and that the government should have to
honor those rights.  As the link below says, liberalism
is

... a set
of attitudes, including particularly an emphasis on the recognition of the rights of the
individual and tolerance, which permits considerable diversity of views among
liberals.

As you can see from
this quote, liberalism is quite clearly an ideology that is based more than anything
else on the idea that people should be able to express their points of view on various
issues.  Therefore, the best answer is A.

How is the first part of Life of Pi essential for understanding the second part?

There is a sense in which the entire narrative of this
excellent and incredibly creative novel is based around Pi's struggle to define himself
and to establish his own identity. Whilst of course the major narrative of his time at
sea plays a crucial role in this, one of the purposes of the beginning chapters, that
describe his life before this section, is to show the way that Pi struggles with his
identity and has to re-fashion it. Focus on how chapter 5 begins, when Pi tells
us:

My name
isn't the end of the story about my
name.

This of course
highlights the importance of naming and how Pi, tired of being made fun of because of
the resemblance of his name to "pissing," "finds refuge" in the name of Pi and through
this name change is able to be himself. The way that Pi reinvents himself, which allows
him to tell different stories about who he is and his place in the world, is key to the
overall theme of identity in the novel. Note the way that one of Pi's problems with
Christianity is that there is but one story. Pi of course re-tells the story of what is
happening to him at sea to try and understand it better. As we see at the end of the
tale, these stories were radically different. Above all, the text therefore, taken in
its entirety seems to represent the struggle of one man trying to make sense of himself
and his place in the confusing world of which he is a part. Whilst this struggle of
course is heightened by the main narrative, the beginning chapters are valuable in
establishing this theme through Pi's self-transformation from Piscine into
Pi.

What are the main things to remember in the preliminary investigation of a suspected arson?

Arson investigations are very difficult due to destruction
of crime scene due to fire or explosion.  An arson investigator must determine two
things, point of origin and cause of the fire.  The point of origin is the cornerstone
of an arson investigation as any materials found in the area will help determine whether
an accelerant or an igniter was used.  Examples of the presence of an accelerant would
be a charred gasoline can or other combustible materials far removed from an electrical
source. An accelerant intensifies a fire and so there are specific signs which to look
for during the investigation.   

 The U.S. Department of
Justice gives the following recommendations for all public safety personnel who are
investigating a fire.  It states first responders should:
 

 

• Observe
  and mentally note evidence that may be present at
  the


• scene, such as:


• Fire
  patterns (including multiple fire locations).


• Burn
  injuries to victims and fire patterns on
  clothing.


• Trailers, ignitable liquids, or other unusual
  fuel distribution(e.g., piles of newspapers, furniture pushed
  together).


• Incendiary/ignition/explosive devices (e.g.,
  lighters, matches,timing devices).


• Shoe prints and tire
  impressions.


• Broken windows and
  doors.


• Distribution of broken glass and
  debris.


• Indications of forced entry (tools and tool
  marks).

 Where
there are unusual or suspicious circumstances an investigator will look at possible
motive for the fire.  Common motives for arson include financial gain, covering a crime
and revenge.  Less common motive is the psychopathy of the serial arsonist who simply
sets fires because it gives him/her pleasure.

What are some puns that Feste uses in Twelfth Night?

A pun is a play on words which reveals a clever and often
humorous double meaning for a word or the sound of a word. Puns are widely used in
literature but in the twenty-first century they are sometimes cliche and so they do not
always achieve their desired result. In order to benefit from a pun, the response needs
to be spontaneous; otherwise the joke is often lost when the implied meaning is not
shared.  

Shakespeare uses puns generously in his works and
in Twelfth Night, Feste the Fool or clown is an intelligent and
astute man, a keen observer and well-placed to recognize weakness in others. In Act I,
scene v he quips "Better a witty fool than a foolish wit" (33) having just bantered with
Maria over the benefits of being hanged and therefore avoiding "a bad marriage" (18). He
says "I am resolved on two points" (21) and Maria shares this pun when she comments on
the "points" used to hold up his trousers.

When Olivia
instructs "Take the fool away" (35), Feste immediately responds that she must mean
herself. He says, "Do you hear, fellows? Take away the lady." The "fool" is a
duly-appointed jester or entertainer and no fool at all but he is again using a pun
suggesting that Olivia must be the real fool and he can prove it. He suggests that
Olivia's state of mourning for her brother is misplaced as he is surely in heaven not
hell; thus proving that she is foolish as why would anyone mourn for a soul that is
peacefully in heaven. 

When Feste talks to Viola and she
asks him about his tabor or drum and whether he "lives by" it (III.i.2), she is
inquiring whether it is essential to his profession and from which he makes a living but
he uses a pun in taking her intended meaning of "live by" and advises that "I live by
the church." He means that he lives next to the church and not that he is a clergyman;
thereby purposefully misleading her. Viola is happy to continue the thread and
recognizes Feste's sharp wit. 

Looking for ideas on the duality of man in Macbeth (the existence of good and evil in his choices).In comparison with Fahrenheit 451 how is the...

In one way, Macbeth did not desire to follow through with
King Duncan's murder. In fact, Macbeth told Lady Macbeth that he had changed his mind.
He had decided not to murder King Duncan:

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We will proceed no further in this business. He
[King Duncan] has recently honored me, and I now have the Golden opinions from all sorts
of people, Which I want to enjoy for a bit longer, and Not cast them aside so
soon.

Macbeth seems content
being Thane of Cawdor at this point. He plainly states that "we will proceed no further
in this business," meaning proceed no further in the murdering of King Duncan, but Lady
Macbeth becomes furious. Of course, this change of heart infuriates Lady Macbeth. She
begins to challenge Macbeth's manhood, insisting that he is
afraid:

Are you afraid To be the same
man in reality As the one you wish to be? Would you have the crown Which you believe to
be the ornament of life, And yet live like a coward in your own
self-esteem?

Lady Macbeth is using intimidation
to convince Macbeth to follow through with the murder. Had it not been for Lady
Macbeth's evil pursuing of the matter, Macbeth may have chosen not to kill King Duncan.
Here we see that his goodness is influenced by Lady Macbeth's evilness.
After
Lady Macbeth intimidates him, Macbeth gives in and states that they will murder King
Duncan indeed. He states that Lady Macbeth has convinced him to follow through with the
murder:

I’m convinced, and I commit Every part of my body to
this terrible event. Let’s go and pass the time by pretending to be happy. False faces
must hide what the false heart
knows.

What is the theme of William Shakespeare's The Tempest?the the of the book

One of the main themes in "The Tempest" is the
consequences of the uses and abuses of power. Prospero has accumulated and lost a great
deal of power in his life. For this reason, and because his brother is also
power-hungry, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been banished to an island.
Prospero's only remaining power is controlling the weather and the other inhabitants of
the island: his daughter, his faery servant Ariel, and the monstrous Caliban. As the
play progresses, Shakespeare depicts Prospero as increasingly weary of using his powers;
he wants now only to make certain that his daughter has a future. He contrives a
shipwreck and stages a meeting between Miranda and a suitable husband. After all turns
out the way he planned, he yields his power to the future and returns
home.