In "A Raisin in the Sun," Mama says: "He finally come into his manhood today, didn't he? Kind of like a rainbow after the rain." What does she...

Walter had grown up in Mama's house with Mama making the
decisions for the family. Walter has been a bitter black man, trying to make it in a
white man's world. He feels that life has passed him by. He makes excuses for his
bitterness, claiming that others have better advantages in
life.

Walter drinks and practically gives away his father's
insurance money. He then decides to give Mr. Lindner what he wants by selling out. He
decides that the family will sell the house and not move into the new
neighborhood.

When Mama asks Walter to explain to his son
Travis why he is making such a decision to sell the family's new house, Walter thinks
about his decison. When Mr. Lindner comes over, Walter has a change of heart. He
explains to Mr. Lindner that the family will indeed move into the new house. That is
when Mama exclaims that Walter has finally become a man. He finally makes the right
decision for the family. Walter could not sell the house with Travis looking up to him.
Walter comes into his manhood as he looks first at Travis and then Mr. Lindner. He makes
the right decision based on what is best for the family. For once, he is thinking about
others and not himself.

Comment on the theme of interdependence in Great Expectations.

This is a very interesting theme to discuss with regard to
this book. In a sense of course, we can relate it to Pip's process of maturing and
education, as he comes to realise by the end of the novel the way that he is
interdependent as a character, and not dependent. Note the way that after he receives
his wealth, he does his best to forget Joe and Biddy and his roots, choosing to stay
elsewhere rather than in his old house when he returns to his childhood village and
feeling highly embarrassed by Joe when he comes to town to visit
him.

However, it is after his suffering, and in particular
the discovery of who his real benefactor is and when he gets wounded by trying to rescue
Miss Havisham, that he becomes much more aware of how wealth does not make you
independent, but that everyone is interdependent. The image we are left with at the end
of the novel, with Pip living in happiness with good relationships with Herbert and his
wife and Joe and Biddy and his godson, suggests that he has reconciled himself to the
necessary interdependence of humans and matured greatly from the days when he thought
that he should deny his past relationships.

How does the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration protect consumers?

The NHTSA does a number of things that help to protect
consumers.  Some examples of these
include:

• Regulation.  The NHTSA sets standards
  for safety that must be met by all vehicles sold in the US.  These include things like
  seat belts but also things like the amount of impact that a car must be able to
  withstand.  These regulations ensure that consumers will not buy cars that do not meet
  some minimum safety levels.


• Testing.  The NHTSA tests
  vehicles to make sure that they meet the standards mentioned above.  They also test how
  well various cars protect passengers against various kinds of
  collisions.


• Public information campaigns.  The agency
  tries to protect people by making them aware of ways that they could increase their
  safety while driving.

All of these are ways in
which the NHTSA helps to protect consumers.

In The Crucible, how does Elizabeth Proctor suddenly refuse to judge her husband's final decision?

She shows herself unable to judge John's final decision
precisely because she has been locked up for three months, unable to see him, which has
give her lots of time to reflect and think about her life and what had happened to their
marriage. Having been so judgemental and critical in the past, Elizabeth now realises
that she has no right to judge another man, even her husband, for such a massive
decision, and she recognises the complexity of the decision that her husband must make
and the varying factors and different "pulls" that are involved. Note what she says to
John:

It is
not my soul, John, it is yours. Only be sure of this, for I know it now: Whatever you
will do, it is a good man does it. I have read my heart this three month, John. I have
sins of my own to
count.

Elizabeth therefore
has reflected upon her own life and mistakes, which has made her much less ready to
judge others. She has come to the conclusion though that her husband is an essentially
"good" man and therefore will make the right decision.

How the quadratic may be factored by grouping 5x^2 + 17x – 40 = 0?

`5x^2+17x-40 = 0 `

`A=5`
 `b=17`   `c=-40`

Multiply `axxc` and find factors of that
number that minus to b

`-40xx5=-200`    factors of -200
that minus to 17 are 25, -8    plug these numbers into the
problem

`5x^2+25x-8x–40` now factor by
grouping

`(5x^2+25x)(-8x–40)`

Find
the greatest number the numbers in the parenthesis have in common and factor them
out

`5x(x+5)
-8(x+5)`

(5x-8) (x+5)

and
the answers are  (5x-8) (x+5)

I need help completing and balancing equations Mg+O2 --> KOH + NHO3 --> Febr3 + KOH--> CuSO4 + Na--> C6H14+O2 --> smallest...

First reaction is
synthesis:

2Mg + O2 -->
2MgO

Second reaction is double replacement or
neutralization

KOH + HNO3 -->  KNO3  +
HOH

Third reaction would also be double
replacement

FeBr3 + 3 KOH --> Fe(OH)3  + 3
KBr

Fourth reaction is single
replacement:

CuSO4 + 2 Na  -->  Na2SO4  +
Cu

Last reaction is
combustion:

2 C6H14  +   19 O2  -->  12 CO2  + 14
HOH

Is Shirley in Grace Paley's "The Loudest Voice" considered a hero in her multicultural world? If so, explain with examples.

In Grace Paley's short story, "The Loudest Voice,"
Shirley, the daughter of Jewish immigrants, is considered a hero by the play's director
Mr. Hilton, a teacher of the school play. She has a particularly loud voice, and he asks
her if she will participate in the holiday play for she has such a loud voice. It is a
big part, he tells her, and if she wants it, she must agree to work hard. Shirley swears
she will do so.

Ironically, the story starts with Shirley
recounting that her mother and even the grocer complained that Shirley was too loud. And
once her mother finds out that she is taking place in a Christian play, she becomes very
unhappy. She is afraid she will lose sight of her own faith. However, Shirley's father
is very open-minded about the entire situation. He believed that she will learn a good
deal and that there are many people in the world to learn
about.

A Christmas tree is erected in their neighborhood.
Many people walk several blocks out of their way to buy bread, avoiding the Christmas
tree. The butcher puts down the shades so that the light will not shine on his chickens.
However, Shirley blows the lonely tree a kiss, comparing the tree to Jew
in Egypt—"strangers in a strange land." This indicates that there is a great deal of
discomfort in the community with the Christmas celebration. However, of all the Jewish
children who have received parts in the play, only one boy is forbidden to participate.
These people might not see Shirley as a hero, but would appreciate her selection as the
narrator.

As the players continue their practicing, the
director depends more and more on Shirley. If the students do not listen to his stage
direction, he asks Shirley, with her loud voice, to repeat his instructions. When the
night of the play comes, Shirley does a wonderful job, with a heart that is open to a
story different than her own. She takes pride in the job she
does.

The adults discuss it afterwards. Shirley's mother
and a neighbor don't understand why Jewish children were picked for parts in this play,
since it is not their holiday. However, Shirley's father believes
the program was a great success, and a good experience for Shirley. He compares
Christmas and Hanukkah and their historical roots. He
says,

What
belongs to history, belongs to all
men.

Shirley is a hero to the
play's director. She is a hero to her father, not because of being a part of a Christmas
play, but for seizing the opportunity with which life has presented her. With some of
their Jewish neighbors, Shirley is not a hero.

However,
Shirley is a child who is able to embrace a part of American life without losing her own
sense of importance in her Jewish faith and heritage.