Where can the idea of "The Lost Generation" be seen in The Great Gatsby?

I think that part of this is going to lie in your
description or definition of "the Lost Generation."  A part of this is going back to
Stein's definition and clearly establish that Stein uses the term to describe those who
have lost the ability to believe in anything, and have succumbed to a cynical hedonism
as a result.

It is here where some connection to the
flappers in Fitzgerald's work can be present.  Jordan Baker is a great example of
someone who has forgone morality and embraced the pursuit of the self- interested life
as the most important element for her.  Tom Buchanan does not believe in any set of
ideals unless they directly benefit he and his social standing.  Daisy might be able to
believe in some notion of idealism, but she surrenders it so easily for her own
convenience and comfort that one wonders whether it was worthy for her to believe in it
at all.  In this light, one can see that the characters in Fitzgerald's work might be
representatives of a "lost generation" on the basis that they represent much of what the
term means in describing a shift of belief in moral structure to the pursuit of the life
of self- interest.

What is the significance of the title of the story "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston?

“Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston tells the story of Delia
Jones and her struggles to survive in a hostile environment.  Hurston writes the story
using the black dialect common to the place and time of the
story.

The narration is third person with the narrator
telling the story through the eyes of this sensitive black woman who finds the courage
to finally stand up to her abusive husband Sykes.  Delia represents the women who live
in fear of their mates;  but something finally happens to push them to a breaking point,
and they fight back.

Symbolic
title

The title of the story comes from the
hard work that Delia does every week washing clothes for the white people in the nearby
city of Winter Park.  The sweat of her brow has made enough money to buy her home and
fund her lazy husband because he does not work.  Delia’s sweat could be viewed as
symbolic of all of the tedious, back breaking toil that  she has done and all of the
years of struggling she has been through. Her sweat is a
reminder.

Delia lives across the tracks in Eatonville, an
all-black town.  Attending church, fixing her garden, and working has become the routine
of Delia’s life.

When Sykes is around, much of his time is
spent harassing Delia about her work. In his ignorance, he taunts her about the job that
funds his foolishness and his adulterous affair with Bertha.  Sykes wants to move Bertha
into the house, and he wants Delia to get out. 

One day
while Delia was working, Sykes wraps a bullwhip around her neck. This scares Delia
because it looks like a snake, which Delia greatly
fears.

Sykes,
what you throw dat whip on me like dat? You know it would skeer me—looks just like a
snake, an’ you knows how skeered Ah is of
snakes.

 Sykes next brings in
a rattle snake in a wire cage, telling Delia that this is his pet.  She tells him to get
rid of it, but he leaves it there.

By the end of the week,
Delia tells Sykes that when she comes back from church she expects the snake to be gone.
As Delia walks into the house, she notices the snake is not in  the cage and thinks that
Sykes has gotten rid of it.  On Sunday evenings, she always starts her laundry work. 
She goes into her baskets, pulls back the lid, and discovers the snake in her
basket. 

It is then that Sykes has pushed Delia too far. 
She closes the door and runs into her garden and hides.  Later, Sykes shows up, peeks in
the window, and goes inside.  The snake attacks him biting him over and over.  Delia
hears the commotion and knows the results.  She opens the door, and the snake slinks
away.  Sykes is not dead, but he will be. 

Find if the distance between the point (2, y) and the line 3x-4y+5 = 0 is 12 units. Find y

The distance between a point (x1, y1) and a line ax + by +
c = 0 is given by: |a*x1 + b*y1 + c|/sqrt (a^2 +
b^2)

Substituting the values we have
here

D = |a*x1 + b*y1 + c|/sqrt (a^2 +
b^2)

=> |3*2 - 4*y + 5|/sqrt (3^2 +
4^2)

=> |6 - 4y + 5|/ sqrt
25

Now D = 12

=> 60 =
|11 - 4y|

=> 11 -4y = 60 and 11 - 4y =
-60

=> 4y = -49 and -4y =
-71

=> y = -49/4 and y = 71/
4

The values of y are y = -49/4 and y = 71/
4

What do the plebeians do in Act III, scene 3 of Julius Caesar?

Having shown how Antony unleashed the power of the mob in
Act III, scene 2, Shakespeare in this scene shows us the true nature of the power of the
plebeians in Rome, and how, with the vacuum that the conspirators have created through
killing Caesar, chaos and anarchy have descended upon Rome. The plebeians meet a poet
who bears the same name as one of the conspirators. Even though he protests his
innocence and is clearly not a conspirator, the plebeians nevertheless take him away to
be beaten to death. Note the picture of chilling violence with which this scene
ends:

Tear
him, tear him! Come, brands, ho! Firebrands! To Brutus', to Cassius'! Burn all! Some to
Decius' house and some to Casa's; some to Ligarius'! Away,
go!

Violence and murder rule
the streets of Rome, and we see that Antony has taken a gamble in unleashing such
irrational violence and cruelty that runs amuk.

In a sense,
of course, we find this scene parallelling the assassination of Caesar. Just as Cinna
here is the wrong man that the mob are looking for, so, in a sense, Brutus and Cassius
were mistaken in their assumption that killing Caesar would end his power and rule.
Although they have killed the physical Caesar, they underestimated the power of the
symbol that he had become, which Antony is able to use so well to make the mob rise
against them. They, too, killed the wrong man in a symbolic
sense.

In Animal Farm, how does George Orwell use diction in the the sentence below?" They explained that by their studies of the past three months the...

In defining "diction" as the choice of words employed,
Orwell might be making some distinct and deliberate choices in this sentence.  The first
deliberate word choice would have to be the linking of "studies" and pigs together. 
Indeed, Orwell depicts the pigs to be keen and studious about the prerequisites to
achieve power and how to keep it.  For example, when Old Major speaks, the Pigs are
gathered round him, paying close attention to what he says.  Clover might have been
concerned with the lost ducklings and have been in the back, but the pigs were in the
forefront, studying and analyzing what Old Major says and how he says it.  Another
deliberate example of diction would be in "succeeded in reducing."  I think that this is
powerfully effective because it helps to reflect how the pigs were skilled in "reducing"
opposition towards them.  Examine Napoleon's effective means in this realm in Chapter 7,
when he eliminates threats to his forced confessions and purges.  I think that Orwell's
employment of diction allows him to accomplish through word choice what he desire to
evoke from a thematic point of view.

What is the domestic policy of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

The domestic policy of Adams and Jefferson was many times
driven by their backgrounds. Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the Republican Party, a
Virginian planter, developed a domestic policy that promoted agricultural expansionism
and a self-sufficient society. His policy is perhaps best summarized by stating that he
advocated that America live within a "bubble." His intent was to do anything within his
power to promote farming in the young nation and thereby promote trade amongst the
states. He envisioned that the United States would not have to leave its own shores to
acquire anything it needed. To secure and maintain this vision or policy, only a militia
would be needed.

Jefferson's predecessor and close friend,
John Adams, was of a completely different mind set and was considered to be a member of
the opposite political party, which was known as the Federalist Party. It is of course
important to note that he never considered himself to be a "party man" and had personal
as well as professional issues with the Federalist leader, Alexander Hamilton. Never the
less, Adams, a Bostonian, believed that the nation should be world capitalists. He
envisioned the young nation developing into one that would promote manufacturing,
shipping and world trade. To secure this vision a powerful military, especially a navy,
would be needed. Therefore under his presidential guidance, he began to build our US
Navy.

In summary, the domestic policy of each are
drastically  contrast with one another. Jefferson's is an agricultural, self-sufficient,
militia-based policy whereas Adams' is a world capitalistic, navy-based policy.
Ultimately, when all was said and done, the United States would develop into a quality
mix of both their domestic policies for future generations that were yet to
come.

What is Shakespeare telling us about love in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Shakespeare tells us many things about love in A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Among those many things is the idea that love is
actually a foolish emotion. However, regardless of the foolishness of love, since he
gives the play a happy ending, he also depicts love as beneficial rather than
harmful.

The foolishness of love is portrayed in several places. It is
especially portrayed in the very first scene in which we learn that Demetrius really
does not have a known, rational reason for suddenly preferring Hermia over Helena when
he was engaged to Helena before he saw Hermia. As Helena points out herself, she is
recognized all over Athens as being just as fair is Hermia. Helena further points out
that love is really a figment of the imagination, rather than any concrete, rational
reality, as we see in her lines:

readability="9">

Things base and vile, holding no
quantity,
Love can transpose to form and dignity.
Love looks not
with the eyes, but with the mind;
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
(I.i.237-240)

In saying that
"[l]ove looks not with the eyes, but with the mind," she is saying that love is not
based on any objective reality, such as beauty; rather, love is guided by the "mind," or
the imagination.

A second place in which the foolishness of love is
portrayed is in Act 3, Scene 2, after both men have been enchanted to be in love with
Helena rather than Hermia. Puck's mix-up has caused a great deal of strife among all
four lovers, leading to accusations and insults. Helena especially accuses both men and
her best friend of joining forces to mock her. Puck rightly sees the four lovers'
behavior as foolish, especially Helena's. Helena should be rejoicing because she is now
loved by two when before she was loved by none. Likewise, both men should have enough
sense to know that it is useless to fight over one woman. Puck rightly characterizes the
foolishness of the Athenians' behavior and the foolishness of love in his lines, "Shall
we their fond pageant see? / Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
(III.ii.115-116).

However, while Shakespeare depicts mortals as
foolish and love as a foolish emotion, he pairs all the lovers in happy unity, creating
an emotionally satisfying ending. Therefore, while Shakespeare seems to be saying that
love is foolish, he also says that it can be as equally satisfying as it can be
foolish.