Saturday, February 28, 2015

How many generals in the history of mankind fought over a hundred battles and did not lose even a single one? Name them.

I'm not sure this question can be answered, since many of
the greatest undefeated commanders lived in ancient times when there was no true
documentation of events. However, I have included a list of generals who were never
defeated in battle.


  • Alexander the
    Great
    . Considered by many the greatest commander of all time, Alexander
    (356 B. C.-323 B. C.) won dozens of battles, but whether he won more than 100 is
    unknown.

  • Sargon the Great.
    Akkadian emperor (2200-2300 B. C.)

  • Yue
    Fei
    . General (1103-1142) of the Southern Song Dynasty(1127-1279), was
    undefeated in as many as 80 battles.

  • Bai
    Qi
    . Qin general (died 257 B. C.) whose armies killed more than a million
    soldiers, earning him the nickname "Human Butcher." He captured at least 70 cities
    during his 30 years in command.

  • John II
    Komnenos
    .  Byzantine emperor (1087-1143) who regained many lands lost to
    the Turks during his 25 year reign.

Undefeated
generals of modern times include Shaka Zulu (19th century
Africa); 1st Duke of Marlborough (17th-18th century
British); Louis Nicolas Davout (Napoleon's only
unbeaten marshal); Alexander Suvorov (Russian
field-marshal); and Fedor Ushakov (18th century Russian
naval commander, undefeated in more than 40 naval battles).

What happened in the "D-Day of the South", when southern France was invaded from the sea?

Code named Operation Dragoon, the little-known landings in
southern France took place in mid-August 1944, over two months after the landings in
Normandy.  The idea was two-fold: 1) The German defenses would have been weakened by the
shift of troops and armor north to fight the original landings, so the invasion would be
easier and 2) that it would drain German resources from other fronts, and perhaps enable
the main invasion in the north to breakout and head for the German
border.


Over 100,000 Allied troops were involved in the
first day's landings, and in no small part due to a major attack by the French
resistance and British commandos, they met little resistance.  The British had argued
against the plan rather strongly, thinking the Allies should concentrate on the fight in
Italy and not shift soldiers and materiel from that front, but they were overruled by
Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Allied Commander.

Friday, February 27, 2015

In "Two Kinds," does the mother adjust to America?

I suppose the answer to this question relates to what you
precisely mean by the word "adjust." If you mean does she become American and leave her
Chinese part behind, then definitely the answer is no. However, if your question refers
to the way in which immigrants out of necessity have to form some kind of compromise
between their cultural heritage and the culture of their new country, then we can say
that Jing-Mei's mother does adjust to America in this
sense.


We need to remember that for any immigrant, life is
very difficult as you have to adapt to a radically different set of cultural norms and
values. You cannot carry on living your life as you did in your former country, and yet
you are not able to completely leave your life behind either, as you are indelibly
marked by your culture. Jing-Mei's mother does her best to live in America but also
tries to bring up her daughter with Chinese values and culture. Consider how she
responds to Jing-Mei's act of defiance in the story:


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"Only two kinds of daughters," she shouted in
Chinese. "Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! Only one kind of
daughter can live in this house, Obedient
daughter!"



Clearly, the fact
that she is speaking in Chinese to her daughter and the way in which she demands
obedience from Jing-Mei indicates that, whilst she is able to live in America, she is
still very definitely Chinese and still looks at life from her Chinese
perspective.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

If you failed an exam and you are given a second chance what strategies should you use to prepare so as to pass with a good grade?

The answer to this is going to depend somewhat on you and
what sorts of things do and don't work for you in particular.  If you studied in a
particular way for the first test and didn't pass, then obviously you shouldn't study in
that way again.


The most important thing for you to do is
to review all the material you have that is relevant to the test.  When you review the
material, you should do as much as you can to interact with it.  For example, you should
not simply read over the notes.  That does not really force you to think about the
material.  Instead, make yourself flash cards about important facts and study the
cards.  Then, particularly if you have written answers (as opposed to multiple choice or
one-word answers), you should try to do things like writing little essays about the
connections between the facts on those cards.


For the parts
of the test that cover things that you read in a textbook, you might try to write little
summaries of the various sections of the text.  Go back and read each section and try to
sum it up in a sentence or two.  Then summarize the whole
chapter.


All of these things will force you to really
interact with the material and to think about it rather than simply looking at it
passively.  Hopefully, that will help you do well on the next test and on future tests. 
Good luck!

How would you compare "The Sniper" and "The Monkey's Paw?"

Although these two stories seem completely different at
first, one can see that there is a similarity in their themes.  In a sense, both are
stories about how cruel fate can be.


In "The Monkey's Paw,"
fate gives the White family what they ask for.  However, it gives it to them in a
horrible way, by killing their son and then (it is implied) bringing him back as some
sort of zombie.  Similarly, the title character in the sniper gets what he wants.  He
manages to kill his opponent.  But here, too, he is given what he wants in a horrible
way since the opponent turns out to be his brother.


In both
stories, characters get what they want, but fate is so cruel that they might well wish
they hadn't.   This is the major similarity between the two.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

What kind of conflict was dominant in the story? find a quote if possible or explain the conflict

Another conflict which is seen at the end of Shirley
Jackson's short story "The Lottery" happens with some of the townsfolk. Throughout the
story, the hoarding of rocks by the boys of the town alludes to the impending stoning of
the winner.


In the end, readers see a few of the townsfolk
grabbing as many rocks as they can, while others only grab a few. One of the townswomen,
Mrs. Dunbar, seems to not be able to take place in the stoning of her friend
Tessie.



Mr.
Dunbar had small stones in both hands, and she said. gasping for breath. "I can't run at
all. You'll have to go ahead and I'll catch up with
you."



Not only does Mrs.
Dunbar tell the others to go on without her, she has also only grabbed two small rocks.
There is certainly an internal conflict arising in Mrs. Dunbar given she only grabs two
small rocks and does not wish to be at the front of the line against
Tessie.


Therefore, outside of Tessie's internal and
external conflicts noted in the answer above, Mrs. Dunbar also seems to be conflicted as
well.

In "The Most Dangerous Game," what is an example of irony?

Rainsford, the protagonist, begins the story as a famous
hunter with no empathy for his animal prey. After falling overboard, he meets Zaroff,
who invites him on a hunt. When he discovers the nature of the hunted animal -- man --
he resists the idea. During his own hunt, as a prey animal, Rainsford uses his knowledge
of a hunter's mindset to set traps and ambushes. Rainsford's eventual success is a
result of his willingness to bend the rules; even Zaroff, at the end, acknowledges
Rainsford's win. The irony is that Rainsford, who refused to accept the concept of the
Game, must accept first his role as prey and then reverse the roles and be willing to
kill a reasoning man as hunter.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

If Federalists were to time travel to our present, how would they feel about the relationship between the President and Congress?

Naturally, I think that the Federalist would see much
today for which there would be affection and much for which there would be
apprehension.  The consolidation of the Washington power base lying with businesses and
economic institutions like banks is a Federalist concept that is alive today.  The
relationship that Congress and the President have with businesses and commercial
elements are Federalist beliefs.  Hamilton and other Federalists were strong advocates
of ensuring that there exist a powerful and potent relationship between businesses and
political centers.  When the President and Congressional members need to consult Wall
Street to ensure that Main Street can experience redemption, this is a Federalist
concept.  Political power is a realm that is strongly linked to businesses and economic
development, something that is a Federalist construct.  In this, they would embrace how
Congress and the President have worked together to ensure this reality.  The
relationship between Congress and the President might be challenged or even considered
dysfunctional.  However, both rely on the force of money and financial institutions to
such a great extent that this is where power exists for both of them.  It is here where
the Federalist would find a level of comfort, for the party advocated this.  The
Republican or Jeffersonian notion of smaller government pushing for the rights of
farmers is something absent, demonstrating that this particular argument was won by the
Federalists.  They would be happy to see this element in the modern relationship between
the Executive and Legislative branches of government.

In Francine Prose's essay "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read," why does Prose start out with such strong language?Prose's opening paragraph...

By beginning her essay “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot
Read” with very strong and judgmental language, Francine Prose surely wanted to appear
as impassioned, honest, forthright, concerned, alarmed, disturbed, and straightforward. 
Surely she wanted to “hook” her readers by making them feel immediately that her subject
was important and that she had justifiably strong views about
it.


Readers not already sympathetic to Prose’s argument,
however, may be turned off by the opening of the essay (as well as by the entire essay
itself). They may find Prose’s tone condescending, smug, elitist, and arrogant.  Writing
as someone who basically agrees with much of what Prose says, I have to admit that I
found the tone of the essay somewhat off-putting.  I was rooting for Prose and hoping
that she would make a rhetorically persuasive (as well as logically compelling) case.
Often, however, I found myself feeling that she had engaged in rhetorical overkill and
would not convince readers already inclined (as I am) to agree with her.  I have to
confess that I winced a few times while reading her piece. I felt that she was often
shooting herself in her metaphorical foot.


Consider, for
instance, the opening sentences of the essay:


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Like most parents who have, against all odds,
preserved a lively and still evolving passion for good books, I find myself, each
September, increasingly appalled by the dismal lists of texts that my sons are doomed to
waste a school year reading. What I get as compensation is a measure of insight into why
our society has come to admire Montel Williams and Ricki Lake so much more than Dante
and Homer.



The phrase
“against all odds” can make Prose seem (to those inclined to agree with her) heroic in
her “passion for good books,” but to other readers the phrase may seem hyperbolic. 
(Against all odds? Would “against great odds”
be more persuasive?)


Likewise, those who might already be
sympathetic to Prose might admire her own “passion for good books,” while more skeptical
readers might find this phrase somewhat self-congratulatory. The words “appalled” and
“dismal” might seem appropriate word choices to people as worried about trends in
American education as Prose seems to be.  But those very same words might strike other
readers as a bit melodramatic – designed, again, to call attention to Prose’s own good
taste and to mock the supposedly shabby tastes of others.  Meanwhile, the word “doomed”
may suggest a loving mother’s concern for the welfare of her children, but the same word
may again strike some reader as exaggerated. Finally, the contrast between Dante and
Home (on the one hand) and Montel Williams and Ricki Lake (on the other) might seem
justifiably hard-hitting to some but might strike others as
overblown.


Much depends, of course, on the intended
audience of Prose’s essay. If she was writing in order to stir up and energize people
who might already agree with her, then perhaps her prose would seem effective to such
readers.  If, however, she was hoping to change the minds of people in the educational
establishment, she might have been advised to adopt a more restrained and reasonable
tone.  Few people will listen carefully and thoughtfully to anyone who seems to be
insulting them. Unfortunately, Prose runs the risk of being tuned out even before her
argument has really gotten under way.

Monday, February 23, 2015

This question is referring to the crucible What “law” is Danforth referring to in his assertion: “I should hang ten thousand...

The "law" Danforth refers to is Salem's Religious law. 
Remember, during this time period there was no separation of church and state.  The
rules of the state were the same as the rules of the church.  Think back to the
beginning of the play in which Miller's exposition tells us that people were charged
with walking around the town on Sundays to make sure people were in
church.


In the instance of this quote, Danforth believes he
is doing God's work by eradicating Salem of the witchcraft threat.  This includes
fighting those who are against him, and therefore also against the work of the church. 
It also shows that he and the other judges are cruel and refuse to listen to any
evidence that goes against the girls’ testimony or the court’s
case.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

What characters does Chaucer use for satire directed toward the Catholic Church in The Canterbury Tales?

The most famous work in which Chaucer satirizes the
Catholic Church is The Canterbury Tales. He has a number of
characters in this great poem that lend to that satirization. The objective of this
satire is to humorously point out the failings and folly (or worse) of the Church of his
era. Remember that during Chaucer’s time, the Christian Church was only the Catholic
Church as the Protestant Reformation didn’t occur until 1517 with the public notice of
Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses. The nature of satire is that it is
delivered through biting wit and humor, so Chaucer’s satirical characters are on the
amusing, even comical, side, even though some of them are
scoundrels.


Some of the most obvious characters who
satirize the Church are the Friar, the Pardoner, The the Prioress, and Nun’s Priest. The
Friar provides a satirical view of the Church because of his ability to practice a
religious calling that specializes in hearing the confessions of wealthy people who pay
generous donations:


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instead of weeping and [of] prayers
Men
may give silver to the poor
freres.



The sincerity of the
Church is satirized through the Pardoner who sells relics that forgive and remove a
person’s sins--for a tidy price. The Prioress is the female representative satirizing
the Church. She is elegant and tastefully adorned, with an inclination for romance. Her
jewelry and other niceties satirize the Church’s religious ideal of sacrifice and
devotion to spiritual over worldly pleasures. The Nun’s Priest satirizes the Church
because of his position as chaplain to the Prioress. There is a suggestion that the
Prioress’s romantic proclivities are directed at and reciprocated by her nun’s priest,
though both have taken vows of chastity. This view may be supported by his tale in which
Chanticleer is exceedingly fond of his many wives:


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This gentle cock had in his
governance
Seven hens, for to do all his
pleasánce,


Friday, February 20, 2015

Uncle Jack Finch tells Scout that she is growing out of her pants in Chapter 9 of To Kill a Mockingbird. What does this mean? Why might he say...

In Harper Lee's To Kill a
Mockingbird
, when Uncle Jack tells Scout Finch that she is "growing out of
her pants," there are several layers to this comment. First of all, there is the
parallel to the phrase "getting too big for your britches," as noted by other answers.
It indicates that Scout is becoming too stuck up and self
important.


Beyond that, there is the context of the entire
setting and background of the novel. Throughout the novel, Scout ages from six to eight
years old. At this point in her life, she has always been a "tomboy." She has rejected
traditional feminine roles and ideas. She is called the gender ambiguous nickname
"Scout," rather than her very feminine given name, Jean Louise. She loathes everything
ladylike, as demonstrated by her strained relationship with her proper Aunt Alexandra.
But for a young girl to do these things (even today, but especially in the American
South during the era of the Great Depression), she is considered deviant. Because Scout
is very young and has only been raised by a single father, she is often "forgiven" by
relatives and community members for her boyishness and rejection of the feminine.
However, people around her believe that it is time for her to start learning how to be
more of a lady. (A large part of the reason why Aunt Alexandra comes to visit in the
first place is to "help" Scout become a lady.) Uncle Jack's comment basically implies,
"Scout, you are growing up, which means that it is becoming less and less okay for you
to act like a boy. You have to start conforming to societal norms and presenting
yourself publicly as a lady." The "pants" seem to be metaphoric. They represent the
boyish lifestyle that Scout adores and yearns to keep. She struggles against the "dress"
lifestyle of ladyhood. Yet, she is beginning to realize that people around her are
expecting her to act in a way she does not want to act. She does not want to "grow out
of her pants," even as the society she lives in continually insists that she
should. 

Shakespeare's 1st introduction to acting was watching traveling actors performing____________,and stories from the bible when he was young.Help?

Miracle and morality
plays.


These were traveling troupes of actors that
performed miracle plays which are stories depicting lives of Biblical characters and
events.  Morality plays, on the other hand, were plays that presented messages about how
to live a holy life based upon teachings from the
Bible.


These troupes did not have a formal, permanent
structure to perform in, so they packed everything up and took it on the
road.

What is Unferth's reaction to seeing the arm of Grendel?

Unferth, the orator to Hrothgar in the epic
Beowulf, is first seen mocking Beowulf's honor when trying to "call
out" Beowulf as not being truly as heroic or strong as he has been made out to be.
Beowulf tells Unferth that it is his drunkenness making him brave and that Unbferth does
not know the entire story of the swimming challenge with
Brecca.


Beowulf, that night, finds victory over Grendel
(the monster who has murdered many of Hrothgar's men in the mead hall, Heorot. After
defeating Grendel, the arm Beowulf took from Grendel is hung "beneath the high gabled
roof" of Heorot.


It is not directly mentioned how Unferth
reacts to the arm of Grendel. Instead, it is stated that many warriors and leaders
gathered at Heorot to gaze upon the arm of Grendel. The story of Beowulf's victory over
Grendel was known far and wide (typical of the true epic
hero).


While it is not mentioned directly how Unferth
reacts to seeing the arm of Grendel, one can see how his attitude towards Beowulf
changes after Beowulf's victory.


Unferth gives Beowulf his
ancestral sword, Hrunting, to fight Grendel's mother. Unferth knows that the sword has
never failed when in the hand of a true hero. By doing so, Unferth was admitting to the
fact that "he did not dare to risk his life as a loyal liegeman" and he, therefore,
"fell short of glory and the honor of the court."


Unferth
knows that he is not the hero that Beowulf is and the assumed wonder at the arm of
Grendel (as shown by the giving of Hrunting to Beowulf) forces him to admit
this.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

In Chapter 13 of The Kite Runner, where are places that it shows foreshadowing, symbolism and imagery?

FORESHADOWING.  There is an
example of foreshadowing when Amir wonders if Hassan has married and who the girl may
have been. At the time, Amir probably never expected to find out, but circumstances
would later provide him an answer. Baba's death proves to be forthcoming when Soraya
suggests that the newly married couple move in with him instead of getting a home of
their own. When Baba tells her "There is no pain tonight," we know death is near. Amir's
quest for atonement is suggested following Baba's death when he states
that



Baba
couldn't show me the way anymore; I'd have to find it on my
own.



Amir and Soraya's talk
of adoption when she is found to be infertile signals their future with
Sohrab.


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It wasn't meant to be... Or
maybe it was meant not to
be.



IMAGERY
The author creates a wealth of imagery with his description of the Afghan-style wedding,
especially through the use of the native words and terms: the nika,
with Amir dressed in traditional green; the Ayena Masshaf, when the
two looked at each other's reflections in mirrors; and the ahesta
boro
, the wedding
song.


SYMBOLISM.  Soraya's
infertile womb serves as a symbol for emptiness, "rising from Soraya and settling
between us."

What are some appeals to ethos in Francine Prose's essay "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read"? What different roles, or personae, does Prose use...

In her essay “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Sing,”
Francine Prose adopts a number of distinct personae in order to make her argument as
effective as possible.  These personae include the
following:


  • the loving mother, concerned for the
    welfare of her children.

  • the devoted reader with a
    passion for good literature.

  • the devoted reader who loves
    the classics and disdains popular TV shows. All three of these personae appear in the
    very opening sentences of the essay:

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Like most parents who have, against all odds,
preserved a lively and still evolving passion for good books, I find myself, each
September, increasingly appalled by the dismal lists of texts that my sons are doomed to
waste a school year reading. What I get as compensation is a measure of insight into why
our society has come to admire Montel Williams and Ricki Lake so much more than Dante
and Homer.



  • the
    experienced cultural observer who is concerned about the shoddy status of American
    literary culture in general, not just in high
    schools.

  • the sensitive close reader who knows how to
    appreciate the skill with which great literature is
    written.

  • the concerned college professor who worries that
    high schools are not preparing their students to do the kind of intellectual work they
    should be able to do in college.

  • the good American who is
    concerned about the shabby cultural future toward which the U. S. is
    headed.

  • the widely read critic who knows how to separate
    literary wheat from sub-literary chaff.

  • the diligent
    researcher who has done her homework and has sought hard evidence before settling on her
    final views.

  • the thoughtful, perceptive close reader who
    knows, in detail, what kind of writing is effective and what kind is
    embarrassing.

  • the brave critic willing to speak honestly
    about poorly written books that have somehow come to be widely admired and
    praised.

Please note that the preceding list
applies only to the first half of the essay!  There is much more to come but
insufficient space here to describe later personae.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Questions about the "Casein Glue Experiment." What are the physical and chemical properties used/tested in this lab? What data could you take...

I'm having a bit of trouble helping you with these
questions because of the way that they are worded, but I'll
try.


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"What are the physical and chemical
properties used/tested in this
lab."



I'll assume
you are referring to an experiment in which you are trying to extract Casein from milk.
 Tested in this type of experiment would be solubility (in
this case, the ability of a solid, Casein, to dissolve into a liquid),
protein denaturation (making a protein lose its structure)
and the concept of polymers (long chains of molecules
strung together.)


I'm not really sure what the second
question is asking, the part about the "percentage protein recovered in milk."  It
sounds like it's a question about the amount of protein in different kinds of milk based
on milk-fat. The fattier the milk the more Casein you can get out of it, so I suppose
you could collect data about the quantity of Casein removed from different samples as a
way to compare the original protein in the milk.


The third
question is most straight forward.  Depending on the type of cow, milk is usually made
up of a pretty similar composition: water, protein, fat, lactose, and ash.  If you let
milk sit, the fat rises to the top because it is lighter.  All of the fat is skimmed
off, and then depending on the type of milk you're trying to make, some is put back in.
 At the milk processing plant, this is actually accomplished by using a centrifuge.  It
spins the milk around, forcing the separation.

Why do children imagine different things when sexual abuse is happening to them?

Children are not aware of what sexual abuse is. As in a
majority of cases the perpetrators are known and people with whom the child interacts on
a regular basis, like family members, it becomes difficult to disassociate the pain that
was inflicted during sexual abuse and the feelings that are exchanged
normally.


In a majority of cases children do not reveal
sexual abuse due to threats of violence and a change in relationship status by the
perpetrators. Children may also refrain from telling others to save the family and the
reputation of the perpetrator. To handle the sexual abuse it becomes essential for them
to alter the experience they had in their minds to other things. This in a way also
helps them deal with their suffering and the pain they suffer during sexual
abuse.

What is a theme statement for "The Lady or the Tiger"?

A theme statement is a topic sentence for a paper (essay).
Depending upon what you, as the writer, wish to say about the text you are examining,
theme statements will be different from writer to writer (even when writing about the
same text).


Therefore, there are many different theme
statements one could use when discussing Frank Stockton's short story "The Lady or the
Tiger?"


Here are some different examples of theme
statements one could use (as a topic sentence of an essay/ paragraph) when examining the
text:


1. The main reasoning behind Frank Stockton's short
story "The Lady or the Tiger?" is examination of one's choices and recognition of
consequences.


2. Frank Stockton, in the short story "The
Lady or the Tiger?," examines the circumstances which surround
betrayal.


3. The concept of beauty is examined in regards
to importance in society in his short story "The Lady or the
Tiger?"

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

According to Guns, Germs, and Steel, what was the Mongols' political structure?

Diamond mentions two different political structures that
the Mongols had.  These structures changed over time.  At first, the Mongols' society
was a chiefdom.  Later, as the Mongols were able to conquer an empire, their society
turned into a state.


At the end of Chapter 13, Diamond
states that the Mongols who conquered China were a chiefdom.  At this time, they did
have a centralized government, but it was less organized.  It was not the sort of
government that the Mongols later had when they had conquered China.  At that point,
they had a highly bureaucratized government wtih laws and judges, not a more informal
system where issues of justice were decided more
arbitrarily. 


So, the Mongols had a chiefdom but then
developed a state as they increased the size of their empire.

Monday, February 16, 2015

How do I find the domain and range of y=tan(2x-pi)?

The domain of a function y = f(x) is all the values that
the independent variable x can take which gives real values for
y.


The range is the values of y when x lies in the
domain.


The tangent function is periodic with a periodicity
of pi.


Here, y = tan (2x -
pi)


For the set of values [-pi/2, pi/2], the value of the
tangent of every angle can be found except -pi/2 and
pi/2.


2x - pi cannot be equal to pi/2, 2x cannot be equal
to 3pi/2, x cannot be equal to 3*pi/4


2x - pi cannot be
equal to -pi/2, 2x cannot be equal to pi/2, x cannot be equal to
pi/4


The domain of the function is R - {k*pi/4, -3*k*pi/4}
where k is an integer.


The range of the function is
R.


The required domain is R - {k*pi/4,
-3*k*pi/4} and the range is R

What are the main philosophical arguments of Plato's Gorgias?

Plato's Gorgias is divided into three main sections. In
the first, Socrates' interlocutor is Gorgias, in the second Polus, and in the third,
Callicles. The first section discusses the nature of rhetorical persuasion and whether
it can be taught as a purely technical art or whether the teacher of rhetoric must also
teach virtue. In the Polus section, the discussion of rhetoric extends to also include
the argument that in order to teach rhetoric well, the teacher must be one who knows the
virtues and thus a philosopher. Both the explicit arguments and the background of Polus
being Gorgias' pupil raise the question of whther the teacher is responsible for misuse
of teachings by pupils.


In the final section the
interlocutors discuss justice. Socrates makes the paradoxical claim that you should use
rhetoric to persuade judges to punish you when  you have done wrong. This is corollary
to the argument he raises that it is worsed to commit than to suffer injustice, because
the former harms the soul but the latter only affects one's external
circumstances.

Friday, February 13, 2015

What changes does the car go through in Louise Erdrich's short story, "The Red Convertible," and how, then, is the car symbolic in the story?

In Louise Erdrich's short story, "The Red Convertible,"
from her collection Love Medicine, the car represents the bond that
exists between the two Lamartine brothers, Lyman and Henry. When the brothers first see
the car for sale, Lyman personifies it.


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There it was, parked...Really as if it was
alive. I though of the word repose, because the car wasn't simply
stopped, parked or whatever. That car reposed, calm and
gleaming...



This represents
the relationship between the brothers. They pool their cash and ultimately take the trip
all the way to Alaska one summer, simply to give a girl they find hitchhiking, home.
After they arrive, they spend most of the summer there. They relationship between the
brothers is stronger than ever...like the car.


After the
boys return, Henry is drafted. Henry is gone for three years, and when he returns home,
he is not the same. All he does is watch TV. Lyman gets upset and tries to bring his
brother "back"— he goes into the garage and trashes the
car:



I took
myself a hammer. I went out to that car and I did a number on its underside. Whacked it
up. Bent the tail pipe double. Ripped the muffler loose. By the time I was done with the
car it looked worse than any typical Indian car that has been driven all its life on
reservation roads...full of
holes.



Now the car is
figuratively in the same shape as Henry. Lyman leaves it alone for a month or so,
waiting for his brother to notice the condition of the car. When Henry
does, Lyman pretends that he thinks the car is a piece of junk, but
Henry argues that it is a classic, and so goes about fixing it. He stops watching TV,
and pours all his energy into repairing the battered
convertible.


readability="6">

By the time [the snow] was really melting
outside, he had it
fixed.



Spring is symbolic of
new life, and it seems that Henry is starting to change: that he is
beginning a new life. One day the brothers decide to go for a ride. Henry says he wants
to see the high water—one assumes it is from the melting snow. (This is
foreshadowing.)


readability="10">

When everything starts changing, drying up,
clearing off, you feel like your whole life is starting. Henry felt it, too...The car
hummed like a top.



Henry
admits that he was aware of what Lyman had done to the car. Fixed up, he insists upon
giving the car to Lyman, but Lyman refuses, and they begin to fight. It becomes
physical. Soon, they are laughing. Next, Henry is
dancing.


Henry says he needs to cool off and jumps into the
water, letting the current carry him out. He calls to Lyman, "My boots are filling."
Within moments, he goes under, and Henry is gone. Lyman tries to find him, but it's
impossible. So he turns on the car and its lights, puts it in gear, and drives it into
the water, watching it sink—watching the lights under the water until they short
out.



And then
there is only the water, the sound of it going and running and going and running and
running.



Perhaps this last
line also refers to Henry who cannot face the demons of the war that haunt him still. He
is out of step with his family and his life. He decides to run, like the car—like the
water. In reality, he commits suicide.


Throughout the
story, the car has mirrored Henry's experiences. In the end, as he ceased to be, Lyman
feels that the car, Henry's pride, should "suffer" the same fate, and he lets it follow
Henry to nothingness.

How isthe characterization presented?

The characterization in "Everyday Use" is presented from
the first person point of view narration of Mrs. Johnson, a rural Southern black mother
of two girls.


The readers learn about Mrs. Johnson from Mrs
Johnson herself, primarily through her words and actions.  She admits that she is a
simple, large Southern lady but is proud of her ability to slaughter animals, hang meat
and do other typically male chores with great finesse.  She does note that Dee might
prefer her to look different, but that she is who she is:  "In real life I am a large,
big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands."


Mrs.
Johnson characterizes Maggie through noting her actions.  The reader sees a shy,
shuffling, slightly disfigured young woman who has little intelligence and less
confidence.  Yet, the way that Mrs. Johnson seems to protect Maggie shows her dedication
to her.


Dee is also characterized through the eyes of her
mother, but this is primarly through listening to Dee.  She appears to have become a
successful woman who has adopted an African name and abandoned her traditional
upbringing.  Her interest in the home is not out of love but out of a need to decorate
with actual items from heritage - a butter churn and some handmade quilts.  We see her
true personality when she laments that Maggie has been promised the quilts: " 'Maggie
can't appreciate these quilts!' she said. 'She'd probably be backward enough to put them
to everyday use'."


Interestingly, it is through this very
incident that we see Mrs. Johnsons' personality and conviction clearly.  She announces
her loyalty to Maggie and their family lifestyle and heritage by snatching the quilts
from Dee and giving them to Maggie.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

How does a battery creates voltage or potential difference?

It comes from a negative charged plate and a positive
charged plate being immersed in a electrolyte solution, this could be an acid such as
the sulfuric acid of your car battery, or a base such as in alkalyine battery. When
connected to a load, a flow of electricity moves from the battery to the
load.


Electric potential difference is the difference in
the electric potential (V) between the final and the initial location (terminals of the
battery)  when work is done (the battery powers some device) upon a charge to change its
potential energy.  A battery converts potential energy (stored energy) into electrical
energy.


When a circuit  is generated when the battery is
connected to a load, it causes current to flow, such that there is an electrical 
differential between the negative and positive terminals of the battery.  Voltage can be
viewed as electrical pressure, analagous to water pressure, while current can be viewed
as analagous to the flow of water through a pipe (the flow of electricity (electrons)
through a circuit- which is current)

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

How old is Gabe?

Gabe is approximately a year old.  It’s not quite clear
exactly how old he is.  Let me explain.


Gabe is the baby
that Jonas’s father brings home.  Jonas’s father works with newchildren as a nurturer. 
In Jonas’s community, babies are created through artificial insemination of women known
as birth mothers.  They do not keep the babies, and they instead go to the Nurturing
Center to be cared for by Nurturers. 


Age is not calculated
the same way in the community as in our world.  Everyone born in a certain year turns
one at the same time, regardless of when during that year he or she was born.  That is
when they are given a name.  We know that Gabe is not growing as fast as he should be,
so we can guess that perhaps he is younger than the other babies.  It is because Gabe
does not develop fast enough when it is his time to be one that he is scheduled to be
released.

Is there a dynamic character that changes throughout the story?In what way is this change important?

A dynamic character is a character who grows and changes
over the action of the text. The opposing character is called a static character. This
character does not change or grow over the movement of the
text.


In regards to the protagonist in Gilman's short story
"The Yellow Wallpaper" the protagonist does, in fact, change throughout the
text.


The story opens detailing a move to the country where
the narrator is supposed to be getting better. While it is never stated, the protagonist
has been assumed to be suffering from Post-Partum Depression. Therefore, she is already
suffering from a mental illness.


During her stay at the
country home, the protagonist grows rapidly more and more unstable. In the end, she has
gone completely insane.


Therefore, based upon this fact
alone, the character does change over the course of the story. But, one could argue that
she comes into the story mentally unbalanced and ends the story still mentally
unbalanced. In regards to this interpretation, the protagonist would be considered to be
a static character.


The denotation of either static or
dynamic simply depends upon ones own personal interpretation of the changes which takes
place.


As for the other characters in the story (Jennie and
John) readers do not know enough about them to deem them static or
dynamic.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

How can Oedipus consider himself responsible for evil actions, given that he was unaware of the evil nature of the actions at the time when they...

This is a very good questions and engages two important
issues in the history of philosophy and theologyu. The first is that of free will and
predestination: if the gods have determined Oedipus' fate (by the curse laid upon the
house of Atreus) how can Oedipus be considered responsible for his actions? Second, are
acts judged evil by their intentions or their
consequences?


One way to think through these questions in
terms of ancient Greek religion is to consider the importance of "miasma" or ritual
pollution. A person who offended the gods by committing acts which caused him to become
unclean or ritually polluted brought the anger of the gods down on the entire city.
Oedipus' killing his own father and marrying his mother both make him ritually unclean;
thus the gods send a plague on the entire city until this pollution is cleansed.
Oedipus' self mutilation and resignation of kingship purify the city (see Oedipus at
Colonus for the final resolution of the Oedipus story). The issue isn't so much evil in
the modern sense, but pollution and its effects on the city.

What is the difference politically, socially, and economically between the classical two civilizations India and China?Please answer ASAP

Politically, Classical China was racked by the Period of
the Warring States. This period of instability led to the rise of the doctrines of
Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. It also saw the rise of the Han Dynasty which
established a strong central government based on legalist principles. In India, Ashoka
Maurya conquered the Indian sub-continent and instituted rule according to Buddhist
principles. His empire collapsed shortly after his death; and was succeeded by the Gupta
dynasty that did not establish strong central rule, but rather relied on local
administrators or even military allies to govern. Neither dynasty lasted long; whereas
the Han dynasty was relatively long-lived.


Socially, India
was dominated by the caste system. The four primary castes had developed into a large
number of sub-castes known as jati. Those who did not fit into any classification were
"out-castes" and treated as untouchable. Members of the same caste socialized with each
other and often ate together. They also tended to marry within their own caste. In
China, class distinction developed largely as a result of land ownership. The wealthy
owned large amounts of land, and often gained more when the poor were forced to sell
land to them in order to survive. Rich wore expensive clothing and dined on fine meals
such as pork and fish; the poor wore clothing woven from hemp and ate mostly porridges
made from grain.


Economically, agriculture was the backbone
of the Indian system; however Indian merchants grew wealthy by trading pepper, cotton,
and precious jewels throughout the Indian Ocean basin by reliance on the monsoon winds
which reverse course in Spring and Fall. They managed to trade as far as the Roman
Empire where Indian pepper was highly prized. In China, Agriculture was important to the
Chinese economy also; however merchants became wealthy trading silks throughout Eurasia
on the Silk Roads. Silk was as highly prized as Indian pepper and served to make many
merchants quite rich.

Monday, February 9, 2015

What is the potential long term problems of type 2 diabetes?

Type II diabetes, also know as adult-onset diabetes,
affects the entire body. Because diabetes causes excess glucose in body fluids, the
osmotic balance of cells is disturbed, resulting in a wide variety of side
effects.


Blindness can occur with type II diabetes as a
result of cataracts, glaucoma, or macular degeneration. Diabetic nephropathy, or kidney
disease, is a common problem for type II diabetics, and can become life-threatening.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, can result from type II diabetes, and can create
stress on the heart, resulting in chronic heart
disease.


Diabetic neuropathies are a significant problem;
the osmotic imbalances in the body create swelling, which can impede blood and  oxygen
flow to tissues and result in nerve damage. This makes the diabetic unaware of everyday
discomforts such as blisters and other small injuries, which  go unnoticed and
untreated. The poor circulation and excess glucose in the tissues make bacterial
infection much more likely than normal, and the same issues make healing slow and
difficult. Diabetics are therefore at very high risk for major infections and
amputations, particularly in the leg and foot area.

Why did Monsieur Loisel expect his wife to be pleased to receive the invitation from the Minister of Education?

Monsieur Loisel had always felt guilty of not being able
to provide a comfortable and luxurious life to his wife,
Mathilde.


"She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And
these were the only things she loved; she felt that she was made for them. She had
longed so eagerly to charm, to be desired, to be wildly attractive and sought
after."


Thus when this wonderful invitation came by, he
thought it was one chance that Providence had provided him to make his wife feel happy.
It was a "life-time opportunity" and he wanted to make use of it. He was obviously under
the impression that his wife will be the centre of attraction at the party. Probably it
would compensate for his neglect and inability to make her feel important and sought
after. Little did he know then that this would make her even more
unhappy.


The most important aspect that one must draw is
that it is in the nature of women in general to feel that their life is incomplete
without physical comforts of life; the more the better. And Mathilde was no exception to
this philosophy. Hence, Mr. Loisel made  a grave error to think he was trying to make
his wife happy by bringing home the invitation from the Minister of
Education.

How does Jem change from the beginning to the end of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Jem changes as many young boys will over the two and
one-half years in which To Kill a Mockingbird takes place. Jem is
nine years old when the novel begins, and he is a boy full of mischief and who likes to
play games with his closest friend, his sister, Scout. When Dill Harris arrives to spend
his first summer in Maycomb, the Finch children quickly accept him as the new member of
their triumvirat. They spend most of their time wrapped up with the mysterious Boo
Radley--trying to figure ways to make him come out of his house, and acting out
imaginary dramas of the Radley family. First believing the town gossip about Boo's
nocturnal habits of peeping and animal carnage, Jem soon comes to realize that Boo is
their friend, albeit a silent and unseen one, when gifts are left behind in a knothole
of the Radley oak tree. Jem understands that the gifts could have come from no one but
Boo, and he and Scout eventually abandon their original goals, and leave Boo to his
self-imposed privacy.


By the second half of the novel, Jem
is 12 and approaching puberty. He is growing hair under his arms, and he has little time
for his younger sister anymore. Jem is transfixed by the approaching trial of Tom
Robinson, and he is devastated when Tom is found guilty. Jem recognizes that the jury
was biased from the start and that they had deliberately disregarded the evidence that
his father had presented to them. It is just one case of lost innocence he experiences
during the novel, leaving him more wary of adults and their ideas of justice. By the
night of the Halloween pageant, Jem no longer believes in the superstitions so important
to him when he was younger; nor does he run past the Radley house out of fear. When Bob
Ewell attacks him and Scout, Jem gallantly attempts to protect his sister. He is left
with a broken elbow, which we find out (through Scout's retrospective view on the first
page of the novel) has little effect on his athletic
career.



... he
was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his
right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body...
He couldn't have cared less, so long as he could punt and
pass. 


Other than technology and media, what might I suggest for things that represent the modern age?Hi, I am writing an essay on what represents the...

In addition to the two things you mention, I would mention
one of the following two things:


  • General
    tolerance.  To me, a hallmark of the modern age is the idea that it is no longer
    acceptable to be intolerant of minority groups or bigoted towards women.  This is
    something that has changed in my lifetime and which seems very modern to
    me.

  • Globalization.  One of the major attributes of our
    society today is the extent to which it is globalized.  We live in an era where there is
    so much trade and where more and more countries are becoming part of the global economy.

These are more social aspects of the modern
age in contrast to what you already have, which is more
technological.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

How does The Great Gatsby relate to the Jazz Age through characters and setting?

Fitzgerald portrays the Jazz Age in The Great
Gatsby
in a variety of ways.


First, he sets
Gatsby's parties as great dance and drinking parties. Throughout the night, he
references music. Here are just a few descriptors during the first party Nick
attends:



By
seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived, no thin five piece affair, but a whole pitful
of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and
high drums...


The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches
away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, and the opera
of voices pitches a key higher...


Suddenly one of these
gypsies, in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage
and, moving her hands like Frisco, dances out alone on the canvas platform. A momentary
hush; the orchestra leader varies his rhythym obligingly for her, and there is a burst
of chatter... The party has begun. (Chapter
3)



The parties are set to the
backdrop of the Jazz Age.


Later in the book, when Daisy
goes to a Gatsby party, she is excited to meet all the famous people and to dance with
Gatsby. (Chapter 6)


Throughout the book, the themes of the
Jazz Age are protrayed through the characters. Fame and fortune were new for many
aspiring artists and the popularity of Jazz made it regular for the common people to
meet some of these artists. Readers see this attitude particularly through the female
characters. Jordan, although low-key, certainly keeps up on the gossip of famous people,
while Daisy is just attracted to knowing all of the interesting and cultured people
after being cooped up in her relationship with Tom.

Fill in the blank for the correct number of molecules to balance the chemical equation: C6H12O6 + ______O2 ----------------------> _____CO2...

The correct chemical equation
is:


C6H12O6   +   6 O2 -->  6 CO2   +   6
H20



Chemical equations must balance so that
there are always equal numbers of atoms of each type on the left (reactants) and on the
right (products).  Balanced chemical equations show the number of moles of each reactant
and product in the reaction. This ensures that there are equal numbers of atoms of every
element on both sides of the equation.

Absolute zero is considered to be the point at which all motion ceases. If this is the case how do you explain the theory that says that ...

The First Law of Thermodynamics, or more commonly known as
the Law of Conservation of Energy states that it is not possible to create nor destroy
energy.  Energy can only be changed between the six standard forms of energy:
mechanical, electrical, radiant, thermal, chemical, and
nuclear.


When we say that we are lowering the temperature
of an item to absolute zero, what we are saying is that we are reducing the amount of
thermal energy that an object has.  We are not destroying the energy, we are simply
changing the energy content of the object.  The thermal energy is either being
transferred out of the object into something else, or the thermal energy is being
converted to two or more of the other forms of
energy.


Absolute zero may mean "no motion" in a general
sense as kinetic energy is linked to thermal energy (through the kinetic-molecular
theory), but it does not mean the object has "no energy".

Saturday, February 7, 2015

What are examples of prejudice of every kind in Maycomb in To Kill a Mockingbird?

There are certainly a wide variety of prejudices exhibited
by Harper Lee in To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism is the most obvious,
and it is displayed by many different characters--from the hatred of Tom Robinson shown
by the Ewells, to the more subtle distinction of black and white seen in the jury's
verdict. Many of the children--including Jem and Scout--use the "N" word, though
sometimes innocently, to describe Negroes; adults, including the women of the Missionary
Circle, are more hateful in their useage of the word.


There
is prejudice shown against those with mental instability, particularly Boo Radley; and
with those believed to be unstable (Dolphus Raymond). Women receive uneven treatment
from many of the citizens, including through Scout's narration. Many of Scout's
neighbors, including Miss Rachel and Miss Stephanie, seem to be regarded as odd because
of their marital status and love of gossip. The Misses Tutti and Frutti are scorned
because of their deafness, place of birth and political orientation (they are
Republicans). Children are also looked down upon, particularly by Mr. Avery, who blames
Jem and Scout for the unseasonable snowfall. The Cunninghams and Ewells are denigrated
because of their heritage and financial shortcomings. Outsiders, such as Miss Caroline,
are also looked down upon. 

How do you perform precipitation and agglutination?I am trying to understand the concepts of both from a microbiological stand point.

Both precipitation and agglutination are immunoassay
techniques that involve using the antigen - antibody complex to identify and separate
proteins.


For immunoprecipitation, one must first label the
sample by adding a marker element or radioisotope. The sample is then incubated with the
antigen, and antigen - antibody complexes are allowed to form. The complexes are then
passed across a separation plate which contains a bound protein which has a high
affinity for the antibody - antigen complexes. The complexes are separated from the
bound protein by centrifuging, heating to disrupt the protein, or pH adjustment, and are
collected.


Agglutination is a simpler version of the same
technique. To do it you mix an agglutinin with a liquid blood sample, and if the
corresponding protein is present in the sample, you will see clumping. It is useful as a
rapid diagnostic test for things such as blood group
typing.


If you need more details on the techniques, you
will find an excellent reference from Tulane University href="http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/methods/notes.pdf">here.

Friday, February 6, 2015

Chapter two>Explain Joseph's escape.

Joseph Balinki was confined  in a prisoner of war camp in
Zakyna by the Nazis for turning a picture of Hitler to the wall during a scripture
lesson. Zakyna was in the mountains of South Poland. In Chapter One he escapes by
knocking out a Nazi guard and stealing his clothes.  He walks out of the prison camp as
one of the guards. 


Chapter two opens with Joseph walking
through the village.  He is challenged by a drunken German soldier who wants a
cigarette.  Joseph ignores him and keeps walking.  He starts to run and the German runs
after him.  As he reaches the edge of the village, he notices a mail truck.  Joseph
dives behind a wall of snow and waits. He jumps in a crate without wheels and hides. 
Crates are loaded on top of him and around him and covered with a tarpaulin ---- a heavy
cloth. He then feels the crate moving.  He lifts back the tarpaulin and finds that
he  is in a type of cable car made with pulleys; its purpose is to transport mail and
luggage from one side of the steep valley to another.  Suddenly the cable car stops, and
he is headed back to the road where he started.  When it stops, he hears men put on
another crate. It banged against his foot, causing pain, but he kept his mouth shut. 
Then the cable car started off again and in a few minutes, the balance lift, which is
the descending car which balances the weight of the car he is in, was seen gliding
past.  That meant that he was halfway there.  He didn't know if there were soldiers on
the other side.  He didn't have a weapon, and he knew that there was no way he was going
to escape detection.  So, he threw back the tarpaulin and waited for the cable car to
come to the end of the trip.

I need arguments that support and refute the idea that Germany was without effective political leadership from mid-1944 to the end of the war.

I tend to agree with that thesis, and I think a better
series of arguments can be made to support it, but here are two arguments for each
side:


Without Effective
Leadership:


1)  Personal Health of
Hitler/Assassination Attempt -
By the time of the Allied invasions on
D-Day, Hitler's mental health (or what was left of it) was shaky at best.  Demoralized
and depressed by battlefield defeats since Stalingrad a year earlier, he became
increasingly reactionary and irrational when issuing orders to his commanders, and
increasingly paranoid about those in his own government.  The assassination attempt on
July 20, 1944 was very nearly successful, and left Hitler partially deaf and with a
tremor.


2)  Isolation of the German
government/Allied bombing -
As Allied bombing raids reduced every major
German city to rubble, communication, transportation and security became increasingly
difficult for Hitler and his general staff.  This eventually drove him into the bunker
below Berlin, where he was told what he wanted to hear rather than the stark reality
facing his country.  From there until the end of the war the German SS and Gestapo
effectively managed the country while the Wehrmacht fought the
war.


With Effective
Leadership:


1)  Hitler's subordinates managed
the country well in spite of Hitler -
Those Nazis and commanders who
worked under Hitler were often in better mental and physical shape than their Fuhrer,
and were intensely motivated by the defense of the Fatherland, and so obeyed Hitler's
orders while tweaking them to make more practical and military
sense.


2)  Climate of Fear/Security Apparatus
-
Most of Hitler's opponents and potential opponents had been arrested,
killed or sent to concentration camps by 1944, and the Gestapo secret police and the SS
ruled by fear with an iron fist.  The conspirators in the July 20th plot were hanged
with piano wire and it was broadcast over the radio.  No effective resistance to Hitler
took place after that, and while it was a losing cause, Hitler still managed to stay
alive and in charge to almost the very end.

Why is it significant that Homer is a construction foreman and a Northerner in "A Rose for Emily"?

Homer Barron, who almost by default is the antagonist of
the short story, "A Rose for Emily," is symbolized by many of his characteristics.
First, the name: He has a common, folky first name, but a last name that has
aristocratic implications (Barron vs. Baron). The fact that he is a day laborer, a
construction foreman, sets him apart from the aristocratic Griersons. Unlike Emily, who
considers herself "a little too high for what they really were," and makes no attempts
at friendship with anyone (because she thinks most people are beneath her), Homer makes
friends at every turn. The fact that he is a Yankee, and an outsider, makes him
an inappropriate mate for Emily, who comes from Southern aristocracy. He works outside
in the heat of the day, while Emily rarely leaves the darkness of her home. He works
among the common man, and he enjoys their company. The fact that he is a construction
worker symbolizes that he is part of the changing modern generation, destroying and
rebuilding parts of ante-bellum Jefferson. Emily, of course, symbolizes the Old South
and the unchanging values of the 19th century. Homer is said to prefer the company of
men, another hint that Emily's desire for him to marry her will not be accepted. As for
being a Northerner--a "damn Yankee"--Homer was still looked upon by many people as a
"carpetbagger," a man who heads south to make a financial profit off the vanquished
Southerners. Northerners were still hated and distrusted by many Southerners of the
time--there are still Civil War veterans in the town who keep the hatred of the North
alive--and Homer may well have been completely reviled by the people of Jefferson if not
for his warm personality and ease at making friends. Emily's choice of Homer for a
possible spouse made it obvious to many people that he was a desperate last chance at
marriage for a woman who had long since run out of other
options.

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Examine the character of Healthcliff in Wuthering Heights: Is he a realistic character or more of a symbolic representation?

The character of Heathcliff in Emily Bronte's classic
Wuthering Heights could be considered a realistic character with a
deep and disturbing set of complexes that transformed him negatively. Yet, it is this
very transformation what is used as a Gothic literary technique to demonstrate the main
aspects of Gothic literature


  • a) a reversal for
    the worse, 

  • b) the inevitability of faith, 

  • c) a disturbance of emotions, 

  • d) a deadly or crippling problem that ends with the
    peace of the main character.

Therefore, we can
conclude that Heathcliff is a realistic character whose internal demons and horrid
experiences growing up molded him into a psychotic and sadistic man. This helps to
represent the depth of his grief and the intensity of his
hatred.


We must remember that Heathcliff is a gypsy, whose
origin is mysterious. Many claimed that his mother was the lover of the lord of the
manor, who later rescued him, raised him, and loved him as his own
son.


However, he radically switched from an accepting and
loving home to a living hades after Mr. Earnshaw dies and his eldest son, Hindley, takes
over the manor. The hateful and sadistic way in which Hindleymistreats Heathcliff
creates a deep disdain in Heathcliff. This leads him to question his social position,
the power of money, his worth as a person, and his love for Catherine Earnshaw. When
Catherine chooses another man to marry (Edgar) for fear of being degraded by marrying a
gypsy, Heathcliff's life begins to spiral out of
control.


We know that Heathcliff returns to Wuthering
Heights a rich man, with power. So much power that he even handles people whichever way
he wants, and ends up even taking over the manor. Yet, he never gets to have Catherine.
He has everything, both love and hatred, power and submission- but no
Catherine.


Hence, Heathcliff clearly could represent a
demonic transformation caused by social injustice and plenty of failures. The thing that
happens when people are overpowered by an ambition that knows no
boundaries.

Hi, need some help on the following question!! find the possible values of tan(1/2)x, if tanx=3/4 thanks A Ui need the method explained as clearly...

`tan(x)= 3/4`


``We need to
find the value of `tan(1/2)x = tan(x/2)`


`We know
that:`


`tan(x)=
sin(x)/cos(x)`


`==> sin(x)/cos(x)=
3/4`


`==> 3cos(x)=
4sin(x)`


Now we know that `sin^2 x+ cos^2 x = 1 ==>
cosx = sqrt(1-sin^2 x)`


`==> 3sqrt(1-sin^2 x)=
4sin(x)`


``Now we will square both
sides:


`==> 9(1-sin^2 x) = 14sin^2
x`


`==> 9 - 9sin^2 x == 14sin^2
x`


`==> 25sin^2 x =
9`


`==> sin^2 x =
9/25`


`==> sin(x)=
3/5`


`==> cos(x)=
4/5` ..................(2)


Now we know
that:


`cos(2x)= 1- 2sin^2
x`


`==> cos(x)= 1- 2sin^2
(x/2)`


`==> 4/5 = 1- 2sin^2
(x/2)`


`==> 2sin^2 (x/2) = 1-
4/5`


`==> 2sin^2 (x/2)=
1/5`


`==> sin^2 (x/2)=
1/10`


`==> sin(x/2)=
1/sqrt10`


``Now we know
that:


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


`==> cos(x/2)= sqrt(1-sin^2
(x/2))`


`==> cos(x/2)= sqrt(1-
1/10)`


`==> cos(x/2)= sqrt(9/10) =
3/sqrt10`


`==> tan(x/2)= sin(x/2) /
cos(x/2)`


`==> tan(x/2)= (1/sqrt10) / (3/sqrt10) =
1/3`


`==> tan(x/2)=
1/3`


``

I need a poem about "silver" related to chemistry

How about "Silver" by Naveed Akram
:


Silver is a wonderful element,
A fierce
wonder, much honoured;
And its help is great, forever,
And
forever. I give in to silver.
For silver I take the number of
days
To be many for the occupation of mine.
The silvered men and
women
Are never the forgotten people;
So choose silver, and wise
are you.
Silver is the best metal
Too hard to possess.


There are not a lot of poems that are about a specific
element. You might try a look through href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/silver/page-1/">this link at
poemhunter , which is where I found the one above. There are also some neat
ones at the Poetic Table
of the Elements
- just click on "silver" and a list of them will pop
up.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

what is the general attitude toward curley's wife in chapter 2 of the book Of Mice And Men? it's in chapter 2 of the book Of Mice And Men!!

Curley’s father is the boss. He knows that the men who
work on the ranch are desperate to maintain their positions. Further, he knows that none
of the workers can afford to lose their jobs. Therefore, he allows his insecurity
(regarding his small size) to motivate him to violence. He bullies the bigger men on the
ranch in an attempt to feel better about himself. He is also obsessed with his wife and
assumes that she is unfaithful.


 The men on the ranch are
conscious of Curley’s insecurities and they know that his wife is a flirt. Her behavior
towards the other men on the ranch creates tension. She is overly-friendly and she makes
efforts to tempt them. However, despite her beauty, they all realize that Curley will
certainly punish them if they fraternize with her. Consequently, the workers resent her,
believing that she will entrap them and cause them to lose their jobs. Even George, who
is generally fair, warns Lennie to stay away from Curley (who hates big guys) and his
wife, who offers dangerous association.

Prove that if a^p is congruent to b^p (mod p) and a and b are integers not divisible by the prime p, then a is congruent to b (mod p).

It is given that a and b are not divisible by p. We have
to prove that if a^p is congruent to b^p(mod p), then a is congruent to b(mod
p).


a^p is congruent to b^p(mod m), implies (a^p - b^p) =
k*p, where k is an integer.


a^p - b^p can be expressed as a
product (a - b)[C(p, 0)*a^(p-1) - C(p, 1)*a^(p-2)*b + C(p, 2)*a^(p-3)*b^2 -... - C(p,
p)*b^(p-1)]


As a and b are not divisible by p, none of the
terms in the expansion above except (a - b) can be divisible by
p.


But a^p - b^p = k*p, implies a - b is divisible by
p


As a - b is divisible by p, a is congruent to b(mod
p)


This proves that a is congruent to b(mod
p) if a^p is congruent to b^p(mod p)

How do plants adapt to life in the desert with high temperatures and low supplies of water?

The problems faced by plants is not due to too much light
but an increased temperature due to the infra-red rays that fall on them. In the
deserts, a high temperature is accompanied by a very low amount of water that is
available. Plants that grow in these conditions use many ways methods to overcome the
challenge. Some of these are:


  • Reducing the
    number of leaves or eliminating them altogether, this reduces the surface area for
    evaporation of precious water. Photosynthesis is carried out in a green stem rather than
    leaves.

  • Storage of water in the stems and the
    leaves.

  • Alignment of leaves to keep the heat rays falling
    on them to the minimum.

  • The presence of a waxy coating on
    the leaves that reflects light and also reduces the amount of water
    lost.

By what means do you learn about the main character? Please support with quotations. "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck

Having written of his
story,



It is
entirely different and designed to strike without the reader's
knowledge



it is only through
minimal indirect characterization that the reader learns of Elisa in "The
Chrysanthemums." With the use of a limited third person narrator, the description of
Elisa Allen is merely objective:


readability="11">

She was thirty-five.  Her face was lean and
strong and her eyes were as clear as water.  Her figure looked blocked and heavy in her
gardening costume, a man's black hat pulled lowdown over her eyes, clod-hopper shoes, a
figured print dress almost completely covered by a big corduroy apron....She wore heavy
leather gloves to protect her hands while she
worked.



As she works, Elisa
glances at the men talking with her husband, then she is startled at the sound of her
husband's voice because he had neared her quietly.  The conversation between her and her
husband is clipped and told without explanation since the narrator is third-person
narrator.  It is as though the reader hears as Elisa and Henry hear each other and must
guess at the meaning of the words along with them:


readability="9">

"...I mean you look different, strong and
happy."


"...I'm strong," she boasted.  "I never knew before
how strong."



Before this
conversation between Elisa and Henry, the tinker arrives and engages Elisa in talk about
her flowers; then, she surprisingly reveals her aesthetic soul as well as her
suppressed passionate nature.  For instance, Elisa's voice grows "husky" as she
describes looking at at the sky at night,


readability="10">

"...When the night is dark--why, the stars are
sharp-pointed, and there's quiet.  Why, you rise up and up!  Every pointed star gets
driven into your body.  It's like that. Hot and sharp
and--lovely."



Her actions,
too, indicate the yearning of Elisa to express her womanly passion. For example, Elisa
kneels on the ground looking up at the tinker with "[H]er breast swelled passionately"
and "[H]er hesitant fingers almost touched the cloth" of his trousers as she "crouched
low like a fawning dog."  As the tinker leaves, "[H]er shoulders were straight, her head
thrown back, her eyes half-closed" and Elisa whispers, "That's a bright direction,
There's a glowing there," but the narrator reserves
comment.


With the use of limited third-person narrator and
the indirect characterization methods of physical description, the character's words and
actions as well as the speech and reactions of others, Steinbeck develops his main
character, Elisa Allen. 

Monday, February 2, 2015

Discuss how Miller is able to convey the weaknesses of Proctor and Elizabeth's relationship in Act Two.

The opening stage direction of Proctor adding spice to the
broth might be one example of how Miller is able to convey the frailty of the
relationship between husband and wife in Act II.  The mere act of him needing to add
spice to her cooking is reflective of how the challenges in the kitchen are seen
elsewhere in their lives.  The discussion of weather, crops, and other elements seem to
merely be superficial tidings trying to conceal the hollowness that both feel is there. 
Miller creates a mood in the discussion between husband and wife as being one where
there is a gaping hole between them, caused by John's infidelity and Elizabeth's
emotional frigidity, to a great extent.  The lingering feeling of his guilt and anger
and her regret and sadness are still there.  Miller might be saying that the only way
couples can work out such difficulties is through open and frank dialogue, something
that the culture of Salem is not one to embrace, as seen in the opening stage directions
in Act I, and something that both husband and wife in this scene cannot fully accept. 
The fact that he demands to no longer be judged and she responds with the "magistrate"
resides in his heart is reflective of how there is an overall weakness in their
relationship in the scene.  Interestingly enough, there seems to be some level of
reclamation of their relationship as the Act develops. Elizabeth's arrest is one of the
first moments Proctor is seen to be animated to be a better
husband.

What is the connection between Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms and the rule of law? Are they the same thing?

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is,
essentially, a bill of rights for the Canadian people.  It specifies what sorts of
things the government of Canada is not allowed to do to its citizens.  This means that
the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is an example of one part of the rule of
law.


The rule of law is, among other things, the idea that
the government must abide by a set of rules and cannot simply do whatever it wants to
the people.  The Charter is a good example of this idea.  For example, Section Fifteen
of the Charter tells the government that it must not discriminate against any person one
the basis of things like race, sex, or ethnicity.  The government, even though it makes
the rules and has the power, is not allowed to do this sort of
thing.


So, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is an example
of one aspect of the rule of law.

What are the two meanings of the title, "The Most dangerus Game"?

The two meanings are based on the word "Game".  A game can
be something played for enjoyment, or " animals under pursuit or taken in hunting;
especially : wild animals hunted for
sport or food" (see link below). 


Zaroff tells Rainsford
"No animal had a chance with me any more.  That is no boast; it is a mathematical
certainty. the animals had nothing but his legs and his instinct.  Instinct is not match
for reason."(pg 5)  So Zaroff went in search of better game, and he found it.  He says
"it supplies me with the most exciting hunting in the world.  No other hunting compares
with it for an instant.  Every day I hunt, and I never grow bored now, for I have a
quarry with which I can match my wits." (pg 6) That quarry is the only one that can
reason; that quarry is man.  Since man can reason, he can match Zaroff's wits, and
becomes the most dangerous game to hunt.


The second meaning
is the game that is played.  Zaroff has decided to hunt Rainsford.  He tells him "You'll
find this game worth playing".(pg8) Although Zaroff does not admit it at first, the game
is to the death.  That makes it the most dangerous game.  Only one man
survives.

What is the relation between bruno and maria in the first 4 chapters of "The Boy in Striped Pyjamas"?

Maria is the family's maid. She is very subservient and
always keeps her head bowed and her eyes on the ground.  This is shown in the first
paragraph in the book and when the young blond soldier looks into Bruno's room (pg 18) 
Bruno was told by his mother to always treat Maria respectfully and not imitate the way
Father spoke to her. She specifically takes care of Bruno, especially in the new house
because there are other servants who come with the house and take care of the other
duties. Bruno feels he can talk to Maria.  He has always liked Maria and felt as if she
was one of the family. (pg 17) However, Maria knows her place and tries to help Bruno
see that his father has an important job. Even though Maria has been with them since he
was three, he does not want her to see him cry.  He holds back tears when they are
having a conversation in the room at the new house because he doesn't want her to think
he is a baby. (pg 19)


You learn more about Maria in Chapter
Six.  She has a definite history with the family.

Sunday, February 1, 2015

From The Bible, could someone tell me what Ephesians 6:1 means?children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right

This verse instructs children to obey their parents in the
Lord. What this means is that children should obey Godly parents. Parents who are in the
Lord are spiritual parents. In the Lord also means that the Lord expects children to
obey their parents. In the Lord means that we as children are his representatives. In
the Lord means that he has set our parents over us and we should honor them by
obeying.


It is a commandment to honor our parents. Parents
teach children right from wrong. Parents know best because they are older and more
experienced about life. As children, we are to show respect to our parents by obeying
what they tell us to do.


With the commandment of Honor your
father and mother, there is a blessing attached. If you show honor to your parents, all
will go well with you and you may live long upon the
earth.


It is to a child's benefit to honor his or her
mother and father. Honoring those who have authority over us is extremely important.
There is a chain of command set up and it is to our benefit to show honor to our
parents. It is God's system of order. Without order, it would be total chaos. That is
why God wrote the commandment of honoring our parents. God is
orderly.

Biology, race, and geography all influence humanity and therefore our cultural expression. Isn't geographical location a consequence of the need to...

I assume that you are positing this possibility as a way
of arguing that Diamond's thesis is invalid. If so, I think that you are missing two
things.  First, Diamond does not argue that all forms of
cultural expression are dictated by geography.  Second, Diamond's major thesis has to do
with the differences between people on different continents, not between, for example,
French people and Scandinavians.


With regard to the first
point, Diamond is talking about economics and politics, not about culture.  He is not
saying that cultural and spiritual differences are determined by geography.  He is
saying that food production and, thereby, technological levels and population densities
are determined by geography.  These things allow some societies to dominate and others
to be dominated.


With regard to the second point, the kinds
of migrations you are talking about have tended to be within continents.  Diamond's
thesis is that geography caused Eurasia to be dominant, not that it caused England to
become stronger than Portugal.  Since Diamond is arguing about things on such a large
geographic scale, the kinds of migrations you are discussing seem much less relevant to
his argument.

Film: 'Crocodile Dundee' directed by Peter FaimanHow are stereotypical roles upheld and challenged?

One of the stereotypes that is both upheld and challenged is the role of the damsel in distress. Sue is supposed to be the delic...