In chapter 2, what is the significance of the chapter's title, "Fire on the Mountain"?

Fire is symbolic in the novel.  Fire is generally a symbol of civilization, but the boys, twice, let fire get out of control.  The first time the fire gets out of control it is purely unintentional - they have set a signal fire.  The second time the fire gets away from them, they have started it to smoke out Ralph.  The boys go from using fire as a form of civility to using it as a form of savagery.

Who is more brave, Daniel or Joel?

The meaning of bravery is an important theme of the novel. At the beginning, Daniel often seems to be more reckless than brave. He is brave when he does the right thing out of goodness but less brave when he does it because Rosh orders him or out of hatred and revenge. For example, he is brave when he disobeys Rosh and helps the man he has just beaten and taken money from, and he is even brave when he risks the ridicule of the village by getting water and food (women's work) to care for his sister. When he spits at a Roman soldier or refuses to pick up a bundle when required by Roman law, he is more reckless than brave, especially because he endangers Thacia. Joel does not act out of selfish reasons, however. His bravery arises from love of country and desire to help others rather than a personal hatred for personal injuries. Often Joel shows himself ready to sacrifice personal interest, not out of bravado (which often motivates Daniel), but because he thinks it is the best thing to do.

In The Lovely Bones, what stages of grief do each character (Susie, Jack, Abigail, Lindsey and Buckley) go through? When do these stages appear?

We are limited for space, so I'm going to focus on just one or two characters.  However, first lets establish that all the characters are able to travel through all 5 stages of grief by the end of the story. 

The 5 stages are:  Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance

As is the case in real life, the characters of the story don't move from one to the other in a clear line.  There is always going to be some back and forth movement.  Even after acceptance, a person can travel back into depression.

Of the living characters, Jack and Lindsay experience the stages in the most developed way.  Jack refuses at first to accept that Susie might be dead.  When he is presented with the body part and must accept, he does so for the sake of his family.  But he quickly retreats to anger.  He smashes all the ships that he and Susie worked together to build.  He shifts into bargaining as he finds a target for his anger in Mr. Harvey, and works with the police - harrasses the police - to get Mr. Harvey arrested. He bargains with Lindsay to find more evidence. His anger comes out again in the cornfield when he attacks who he thinks is Harvey.  After ending up in the hospital, his anger slowly subsides into depression, a depression so deep that Buckley, left alone at home with his dad, feels alienated and ignored.  Finally, at his heart attack, Jack starts to let Susie go and accepts a life without her.

What is a major theme in the play Proof by David Auburn?

This is my take on the theme of Trust. What do you think? Am I spot on or going out of point?

Catherine is shown to distrust Hal in Act 1, Scene 1. Her distrust of Hal and suggested paranoia of Hal stealing a notebook could be due to the fact that she had been taking care of Robert for 4 years, resulting in her dropping out of school, losing her friends and hence, her social skills. She repeatedly accuses Hal of having "a notebook in that backpack". Despite Hal reasoning out with her that he would have nothing to steal since Catherine herself stated they were "full of bullshit", she still snatched his backpack and rifiled through his things. What is hypocritical of Catherine is that while she distrusts people, she expects them to trust her. When Hal did not believe she wrote the proof in Act 2, Scene 2, she told him that "[she] trusted [him]" and asking whether she was wrong to trust him. In Act 2, Scene 5, she berates Hal, telling him nothing would prove that she wrote the proof and that he "should have trusted [her]". While she takes a long time to open up her true emotions and feelings to others (ie trusting them), she expects others to trust her immediately.

Hal himself did not trust Catherine's capability in Math in the beginning of the play as while Hal has a PhD, Catherine had only taken a few classes in Northwestern. In Act 1, Scenes 1 and 3, he constantly attempts to explain Math terms (explaining i means imaginary number and what Germain Primes were) to her, despite her already stating that she understands. He openly tells her what he thinks of her capabilities, stating that there was no way she could understand any Math (if any) in Robert's notebooks. In Scene 3, both open up to each other. At this time, Hal begins to trust Catherine, believing her to be a strong and independent woman. In Act 2, Scene 2, Hal again does not trust Catherine. He does not believe that Catherine could write the proof, stating that it was in Robert's handwriting, that it was impossible for Catherine to come up with such Math and that it is too advanced. In Scene 5 however, Hal has renewed his trust in Catherine, having respect for her capabilities in Math as well as her independence.

Unlike Hal, Claire does not even trust Catherine at all. She treats her as a little girl, viewing her as fragile and unstable. She feels that Catherine is in need of professional help and care. Claire does not believe that Catherine can look after herself, stating that "[Catherine] couldn't even take care of [herself] for 5 days" (Act 2, Scene 5) even though Catherine has looked after Robert for 4 years! Claire refused to believe that Catherine wrote the proof, suspecting that she had passed off Robert's work as her own. She constantly cut Catherine off, believing Hal, a complete stranger, rather than her own sister about the proof. Throughout the play, Claire's view and lack of trust for Catherine does not change at all and at times, she distrusts Catherine even more.

Robert has always trusted Catherine and believes in her capability in Math. In Act 1, Scene 1, her vision of Robert is shown to see potential in Catherine and tells Catherine not to "waste [her] talent". In Act 2, Scene 1, Robert is shown to believe in Catherine's ability, supporting her descision to enroll in Nothwestern. In Act 2, Scene 4, Robert again shows his trust in Catherine's capabilities. He offers to collaborate with her, viewing her as his equal in Math.

What does "...proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten" mean in Chapter 1 of Things Fall Apart?

There is a saying in Igbo land that "when a proverb is used and explained to a man, that his mother's bride price was paid in vain." The mark of an elder in Igbo land is the ability to use proverbs dexterously in social conversations. A man who is not seasoned in the use of proverbs is seen as immature or foolish in talk. Proverbs are particularly useful because they are used to state the length and breadth of a matter in such a way that children and women are kept outside the loop, thus elders are able to freely converse in the presence of children and women without fear of letting too much out.

Palmoil is a very important staple used for cooking or even on its own for many purposes in the dietary life of the Igbo man. It is so important that there is hardly any food that palmoil does not feature as a part of the meal. Thus the use of the metaphor of proverbs, the oil with which elders eat words. The metaphor shows how important proverbs are in Igbo social discourse when we come to understand the important role of palmoil in the cooking and dietary culture.

What are some concrete examples of imagery in this piece? How successful would this poem be if the imagery were not there?

Langston Hughes' short poem "Harlem" is pretty much successful because of its imagery. Take away the imagery and you have nothing left aside from the opening question, "What happens to a dream deferred?". The poem has five or six images. The first five images are very clearly and concretely presented in more than five words and often in combination with a simile (the poem makes repeated use of comparisons using the word "like"): "a raisin in the sun," a festering "sore," "rotten meat," "a syrupy sweet," and "a heavy load." The final line of the poem -- "Or does it explode?" -- might be considered to include an image and a comparison, too, but these elements are much less developed in the final line than they are earlier in the poem.

On a side note, the first image is the most famous of the bunch and provided Lorraine Hansberry with a title for her widely read play on urban Afircan American life in the mid-20th century.

Explain how the 'Carpe Diem' theme is expressed in Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress."

- Marvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress’ is built on ‘Crape-Dime’ theme. In his poem we find a lover more active in the courtship urges his lady-love to make love at her youth. The shy mistress remains always from the immediate response but the lover builds the logic of syllogism and concludes that the only way of courtship is enjoying life while ones are young.

These assumed prepositions are used to awaken the lady-love from her negation to physical union out of her shyness. The only object as we understand is to enjoy the bliss of mutual love hence the ‘Carpe-Diem’ theme becomes the supreme goal.

The second stanza introduces the reality of life. In the real world the lover and the lady-love are placed in a transient or they could surely be devoured by time and the lady-love would grow and die. The lover would not be able to make love in the ‘marble vault’. Her long preserved virginity would be tasted by warms. Again the lover can feel and it is sure that the lady-love has her ‘quaint honour’. She is within full of desire of love-making. But for her shyness she is simply making a ‘crime’.

Here once again we find that all arguments are made to show the lady-love the reality of life and to make her conscious of what she should do. The concept ‘Crape-Diem’ has been built on argument.

The concluding stanza becomes a conclusion of the lover. And the conclusion is drawn from the first two stanzas. As life is not placed in eternity and as the lover and the lady-love would grow and die, so they should not loss a single moment of youth. For, youth is fast-fading. This idea has been decorated, with a number of images as ‘willing soul’, (transpires) ‘instant fires’, ‘amourous birds of prey’, ‘one ball’, ‘rough strife’, ‘iron gates of life’. These images are suggestive to signify the quick and violent love-making. Besides, during the love-making the lover and the lady-love would be forgetful the effect of time upon them aesthetic delight in which they would be dipped into estasy would be to them the highest bliss of the mundane existence,

“Thus though we can not make our sun

Stand still yet we make him run”

Marvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress’ is a logical exhibition of carpe-diem theme. In this lyric Marvell avoiding the emotional out burst of his predecessors, analyzes, explains, and concludes the essence of ‘Carpe-Diem’. That is “Gather ye rose, buds while ye may” or “Seize the day” (from Horace’s odes) or “To the virgins, to make much of time” or “Go, lovely rose” etc. hence the present poem in its contents bears the epitome of the essentials of ‘Carpe-Diem’.

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen – George Savile... What exactly does this mean?I am asking this for a...

What this means is that capital punishment (and punishment in general) is not really punishment for a crime that has already been committed.  Instead, capital punishment is supposed to prevent other people from wanting to commit the same kind of crime that has gotten someone executed.  In other words, capital punishment is a deterrent, not really a punishment.

So in the quote, you hang a person not because he stole a horse.  You hang him to scare others so they won't steal horses too.

Even today, this is a major argument in favor of the death penalty.

In Moby Dick, what might the fight between Ahab and Moby Dick represent?

As Moby Dick comes to represent the forces of Nature (or god), the battle between Ahab and Moby Dick is a battle between Man and Nature (or Man and God). 

Specifically, Ahab rebels against the notion that his fate might be determined by any power outside of himself. He insists, in the novel, on being the sole arbiter of his fate. 

These conflicts are, of course, symbolic and for this reason require interpretation. However, in the case of this novel, the symbolism is rather clear. Moby Dick is directly aligned with nature and its abstract counterpart, Nature. 

In developing the theme of the individual (Ahab) versus Nature (symbolized by Moby-Dick), Melville explores the attributes of natural forces.

If Emily was to be convicted would she be guilty or innocent of everything she did in the story?

Concerning your question about Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," first, as you word it, if she were "convicted," then of course she would be found guilty.  That's the definition of convicted.

I'll assume you mean if she were put on trial, and answer accordingly.

The evidence certainly suggests Emily is guilty of premeditated murder.  She buys rat poison, has a body/skeleton in a bed in her home, and leaves a hair in an indentation on a pillow beside the body.  For a reader, this is certainly enough to convince one that she is guilty of premeditated murder.

Beyond that, whatever might happen in a court of law is speculation.  In Emily's day, the law certainly could not prove Homer was murdered with the same poison that Emily bought.  The law might also have a little trouble proving that Emily murdered Homer and not her servant--especially since he disappears out the back door right after Emily's death.  Who knows, the law may not even be able to prove Homer was murdered at all, or even that the skeleton is Homer's. 

If the person wasn't murdered, or if the servant murdered him, then Emily is only guilty of necrophilia. 

Those are just some of my speculative thoughts on convicting Emily.  I wouldn't take them too seriously. 

Why is Curley's wife so flirtly with Slim,do they have something going on?

Curley's wife seeks attention. She specifically flirts with Slim because he is the man with the most power in the bunkhouse. He's the leader, the one the other men look up to, and he demonstrates a kind of quiet leadership. When Curley's hand is crushed by Lennie, Slim even orders the boss's son not to tell. Her husband, on the other hand, has a need to impress others all the time. Slim is tall and masculine while Curley is a smaller man who suffers from the need to bait larger men like Lennie to fight. Curley is loud and aggressive while Slim is neither. Curley's wife may wish she were married to someone like Slim, who is very nearly the opposite of Curley.

How do Michael and Mina's perceptions of Skellig change throughout David Almond's book, Skellig?

In David Almond's book, Skellig, Michael and Mina learn to see Skellig in a different way as time goes by: it's hard to say if they change because of him, or things around them make them change towards him, or both.

When Michael first sees Skellig, he is curious, but he also wants to help. As time goes on, he finds more ways to help Skellig, not just from bringing him Chinese food leftovers, aspirin, brown ale, and cod liver oil, but also when he asks the doctor at the hospital how he can help his "friend" who has arthritis. Michael easily becomes attached to Skellig—taking a risk by telling Mina about him, and moving him to a place where he will be safer.

Mina is an unusual girl: for her the world is full of wonder. She is naturally curious, but not one to dismiss another because of looks. While she may initially be intimidated by Skellig, she continually notes how extraordinary he is. Like Michael, she decides that she wants to help and protect Skellig, and the two sneak out at night to take this unusual person food and blankets. They develop a special kinship with Skellig, and under their care and ministrations, he begins to grow stronger.

[Mina] took off her cardigan. She folded it and laid it beneath his head.

"We'll bring you more things to make you comfortable," she said.

"We'll make you well. Is there anything you would like?"

I smiled.

"27 and 53," I said.

"27 and 53," he whimpered.

....

We smiled at each other. We looked at him, lying beside us.

"We won't be long," I said.

Mina kissed his pale cracked cheek. She stretched her arms once more around his back. Here eyes burned with astonishment and joy.

By the end of the story, the three have developed a deep and abiding love for each other. The children help Skellig to survive, they find a special friendship with each other that will continue after Skellig leaves and they have a new sense of feeling connected to the world.

Whatever gifts the children give Skellig, he returns  their love, and then visits the hospital, "flying" with Michael's baby sister, Joy— giving her strength to survive an operation the next day...even while he insists that she has helped him.

Michael and Mina discover that the value of a person is not in how he or she may look, but in who he or she is within. Everyone is deserving of kindness, and they learn that their kindnesses to Skellig are returned with his love for them. They did not help him to be rewarded, but find friendship and love have their own rewards.

How did Sonny in "Sonny's Blues" express his feelings through his music?James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues"

The Blues of music is a genre created by African-Americans in the Deep South during the nineteenth century; the word blues refers to what was called "the blue devils" by the African-Americans, a name given to overwhelming feelings of melancholy and sadness.

In James Baldwin's story, "Sonny's Blues," the plot revolves around Sonny's misdirected attempts to silence these "blue devils" by the seductive use of heroine and, then the freedom of music.  After he has been arrested for heroine use, Sonny and his estranged brother reunite as the brother brings Sonny to his home.  When Sonny ventures to invite his brother to the nightclub where he performs, the brother understands how deeply Sonny has felt the vicissitudes of life as he listens in the dark to his talented brother.  He also realizes that through music, Sonny is able to diffuse his suffering:

...the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from and void and imposing order on it as it hits the air.  What is evoked in him, then, is of another order, more terrible because it has no words, and triumphant, too, for that same reason....For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be hear.  There isn't any other tale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness.

Always any form of the fine arts--which music, of course, is--feeds the soul.  Thus, Sonny's suffering soul is nurtured through his piano playing.  The glass of Scotch and milk atop the piano of Sonny is likened by the brother to the "very cup of trembling," the chalice, which is a symbol of suffering and, specifically, the suffering which Sonny has experienced.  Like religion, the music, too, allays his "blues."

What does the masked figure represent in "The Masque of the Red Death"?

It has a threefold meaning:

First, it represents the red death itself, infiltrating itself in the castle with no idea from the courtiers.

With this, another meaning is ascribed:

First, the inevitability of Fate- No matter how much they ran, they still were followed by the red death.

Second, the vulnerability of man- Again, as much as they tried to control a situation by sheltering themselves, it went and found them.

Third: Fate itself- The courtiers tempted it, and she got them- The illness appeared in the castle, as guarded and as sheltered from it as it was.

In the poems "Soldier", and "Anthem for Doomed Youth", what are the tensions that lie between the dream of battle and reality?

The poets portray the feelings about war in a plurality of ways in the poems “The Soldier” and “The Anthem of Doomed Youth”, both poets employ the use of linguistic techniques, structure and reoccurring motifs and themes to convey that families grieved and suffered because of death in war and how they came to terms with it. Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke differ in many ways with what they feels about war: Owen thinks it is a melancholy and terrible place although Brooke thought it was wonderful and honourable to fight in the war for England, Though he never fought himself but died on the way the Battle of Gallipoli.

‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’, a wartime Sonnet by Wilfred Owen The poem uses many techniques to convey its meaning. By our understanding of the use of these techniques, the poem becomes easier to understand and at the same time, more is revealed to us. Wilfred Owen was a soldier during WW1 and therefore gives us a firsthand experience of war. He was against war and was appalled by the effects of war on people and their families.                                      .     
By using a sonnet for the structure of his poem, Wilfred Owen introduces a touch of irony. The conventional function for a sonnet is love, but this poem has a sort of anti-love, or rather, a love that turns bad. The young male population have so much patriotic love, and are so eager to serve, but this love turns sour. They spend time rotting in the wastes of the trenches, only to be mown down in the blink of an eye by a machine-gun. Not only are their lives wasted, gone without the holy rite of a funeral, but the lives of their loved ones at home are also ruined.

The technique of comparison is used a lot in this poem. Owen explores the monstrosity of war in various examples of comparison. The boys 'die as cattle, ' this conveys the idea that the young men going to war is the same as cattle going to a slaughter house to be killed - with no real purpose but to be mindlessly massacred. Through personification, the guns responsible for taking so much human life are made out to be monstrous, even evil. The poem also links their deaths to a funeral between ones held by the church and ones on the battle field, but one where the bells are shots from machine guns, and the mourning choirs are the army's bugles.  The drawing down of the blinds, the traditional sign to show that the family is in mourning, has been compared to the drawing of a sheet to cover the dead. 

Through various literary techniques, Wilfred Owen enhances the meaning of the poem. The title itself has significant use of assonance, 'Doomed Youth.' The sound is intended to be drawn out, long and melancholy, as melancholy as the subject of war itself. Onomatopoeia is used to make the sounds real: as if we were really there. We hear the 'stuttering rifles' and the 'patter out their hasty orisons.' Repetition and alliteration have also been used to make the poem reflect the ordeal that the soldiers had to face: monotonous boredom in the terrible conditions, then their death, inevitable from the start, will come.

The poet structures the poem in a fascinating way. The poem is split into two parts, one part contains eight lines and the second part contains six lines. In the octet a question is asked in the first line and answered in the remaining seven lines. The poet also uses the same techniquthe sestet from the octet by a question. “

In Fahrenheit 451, how does Beatty try to confuse Montag and what alternative to this confusion does he offer?

I assume you are referring to Beatty’s lecture when he visits Montag at home. What I find interesting about Beatty in this scene and in the work as a whole is that while he is in charge of the destruction of books, he is also very well read.

I believe Beatty knows and understands what Montag is going through before Montag does. Beatty is essentially intimidating Montag into following the norm. He doesn’t outright accuse Montag of stealing books, but alludes to it.

Beatty’s message in the lecture is that books cause confusion and conflict in society and in man’s personal life. Books offer no answers only questions; therefore, they are dangerous.

List 3 examples of imagery used in "The Chambered Nautilus."

The entire poem is rife with rich imagery.  First, the speaker compares the shell to a ship that has been abandoned.  As he beholds the "ship of pearl" he wonders about the years that it took to create such a vessel, "Year after year beheld the silent toil / That spread his lustrous coil;" and wonders further what might have caused the hearty worker to leave his home:  "Still, as the spiral grew, / He left the past year's dwelling for the new...". 

Later, he gives the shell as much signficance as the gods of old, the imagery here is of the god Triton whom, as he contemplates the empty remains envisions  "From thy dead lips a clearer note is born / Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn."

The speaker is flabbergasted by the beauty and complexity of such a seemingly insignificant creature.  The image in the last stanza is of a beautiful mansion, and the hopes that he, a much more complicated creature than the nautilus, might be worthy of even greater feats.  He concludes, "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul...Till thou at length art free, / Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!"

What was the purpose of the Yalta Conference and two important decisions made there?

The purpose of the Yalta Conference was to settle the question of what Europe, especially, would look like after the end of World War II.  The major decisions made there, in my opinion, were 1) that the USSR would join the war against Japan and 2) that the US would pretty much let the USSR have Eastern Europe for its own.

The reason for this deal was that the US felt that it needed the help of the USSR to defeat Japan.  The USSR wanted a buffer zone in Eastern Europe.  So the deal was made where they got their buffer and the US got (eventually) Russian help against Japan.

In The Crucible who was dancing in the forest with Tituba, and what were the motivations of each person?

There was a whole crowd of girls there, some that we know of, and other unnamed girls that don't have enough of a significant role in the play for Miller to have even mentioned them. The girls that we do know, that are named, are Abby, Betty, Ruth, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis, and Tituba.

Abby is there to attempt to kill off Elizabeth Proctor, so that she can then dance in and be John's wife.  She is in love with John, they had an affair, and as a result, Abby envy's Elizabeth. So, she goes to the forest to create "a charm to kill Goody Proctor."  Rather evil, if you ask me, and essentially, the only one in the play that can truly be accused of actually attempting a form of witchcraft, in addition to Goody Putnam, who asks Tituba to conjure the spirits of her dead children to discover who killed them.

Speaking of Tituba, she was there because Abby "begged" her to make a charm against Goody Proctor, and because Mrs. Putnam had asked her to try to speak to her dead children's spirits.  She was just doing the bidding of other people.  As a slave beholden to white masters, she probably feared the repercussions of saying no to these women.

Mary Warren was there because she's a follower.  She wanted to be accepted, had no spine of her own, so went along for the ride in order to be included.  This can also be said of Mercy Lewis, who Miller describes as a "fat, sly girl" who enjoys attention and probably doing something a bit edgy.

Betty, unfortunately, was probably just carried on the tide of Abby's strength; Abby is like a stronger, older sister to Betty, and through peer pressure and the sheer force of her will, Abby probably had Betty go along with her.

So, either through intentional purposes and ulterior motives, or through peer pressure and wanting to do something exciting, this group of girls gathered in the woods to dance, and that is where all of the trouble began.  I hope that helped; good luck!

Why does Rudyard Kipling call disaster and triumph impostors in his poem "If"?

I look at this in light of what God says in The Bible, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)  and "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Triumph and Disaster are, first of all, imposters.  Why? Because neither of them define God's purpose.  Whether something seems triumphant or disasterous, the cicumstances we face do not change God's goodness and His good plans for our lives.  His plans don't shift with our attitudes or circumstances.

Because of Jesus, we are made new and nothing can take separate us from God's love!  

Satan tries to use both triumph and disaster to distract us from remembering and knowing God's perfect plan and purpose for our lives...or even that God is involved in our lifes at all.  In triumph we can become too proud, in disaster we can think we are worthless.  And then we become self-centered instead of focused on God.

Rudyard Kipling is making a great point, because if we can treat those two imposters the same then it is a sign that we are mature and filled with God's love.

In Fahrenheit 451, on what page did Mildred tell Guy that Clarisse was dead?

Of course, there are many different versions and editions of this book in print, so it is very hard to give you the right page number.

In one edition of the book (sold on Amazon), the page you are looking for is page 47.  In that book, Part 1 starts on page 1 and Part 2 starts on page 69.  So the page you are looking for is about two thirds of the way through Part 1.

Another way to find it is to know that it is just a bit before the part where Guy gets sick.  It happens as they are going to bed and then in the morning he's sick.

IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR,REAL GDP WAS $400 BILLION;IN THE SECOND QUARTER, IT WAS $398 BILLION; IN THE THIRD QUARTER,IT WAS $399...

No, there has not been a recession, even though the Real GDP at the end of the year is lower than the Real GDP at the beginning of the year.  The reason for this has to do with the technical meaning of the term "recession."

For a recession to occur, there has to be a drop in Real GDP, but that drop has to happen in two consecutive quarters.

In the example you give, Real GDP dropped in the second quarter, but then it went up in the third before dropping again in the fourth.  So, technically, this is not a recession.

What comment does Uplike through Sammy make about "supermarket " society in this story?

I would add that Sammy also longs for that beautiful white body of the "Queen" who walks into the store.  She represents a class to which he doesn't and won't ever belong (even after he quits his job).  She buys the Fancy Herring Snacks while his family drinks "Schlitz in tall glasses with "They'll do it every time" cartoons stencilled on." But she also can break the rules with a certain audacity, and just as Sammy admires her confrontation with the "sheep" in the store, so does Updike, I think. He doesn't criticize them so much as, with Sammy, mourn and criticize the fact that such a gap exists, one which Sammy will not cross ove. Perhaps they are a representation of The American Dream (often embodied in American literature through wealthy, beautiful women) that the ordinary guy just cannot obtain.

What narrative conventions has Harper Lee used to represent racismand how? Eg. The structure of the neighbourhood. I really need help.. its...

Narrative conventions include points of view, character development, descriptive language, conflict, climax, plot, theme, etc.

In this novel, racism is represented in several of the narrative conventions. I will get you started on some, and you can take it from there.

Plot - A main plot in this story is the accusation of rape and subsequent trial of Tom Robinson. Tom is black and has been accused of rape by a white trash white woman. He is not guilty. Atticus Finch defends Tom and even though Tom is convicted due to the racism in the town, Atticus puts up a brilliant defense. The blacks in the community stand when Atticus leaves the courtroom to show their gratitude. During the trial, Scout and Jem are constantly defending their dad's decision to "defend niggers."

Characters - There is the character of Tom Robinson. He is a rather stereotyped character but his character illustrates the racisim prevalent in the South at the time. He is a good man, but he is poor, black and uneducated, and a scapegoat to be blamed for a rape that never occurred. Mayella Ewell accused him of raping her to protect herself from her crazy father because, in actuality, it was SHE who tried to seduce Tom.

Also, the character of Calpurnia illustrates racism. Calpurnia is the Finch's maid. She is wise and intelligent, but another black stereotype. She reverts to "her own language" when she is under stress or among her own people, but when she is working among whites, her language is that of an educated person. It illustrates how blacks were forced to act in different ways, depending on where they were.

Setting - The story is set in the South, where racism was more prevalent. Also, the blacks live on the other side of town. Calpurnia takes Scout and Jem to that part of town from time to time, and they stand out because they are white. They are uncomfortable. Also, Atticus visits Tom's wife on that part of town and is spit on for being a "nigger lover." Also, during the trial, Scout, Jem and Dill sit in the balcony, with the "coloreds" - not in the regular courtroom. Atticus has told them not to come to the trial, but they come anyway and are embraced and protected by the blacks.

Get the idea? Now you can do the rest. If you are writing an essay, perhaps you will want to limit your subject to one or just a few of these elements, because there are so many in the novel. Racism is one of the themes, so naturally it is going to permeate all of the narrative conventions.

What factors influenced the peace treaties that ended WWI, and how did people react to the treaties?

In addition, President Woodrow Wilson was very idealistic in his approach to peace.  He brought his Fourteen Points - ideas to end war for all time - to the peace negotiations, while Britain was more interested in how their empire could gain from winning the war, and France was more interested in punishment of Germany and war reparations.

The Fourteen Points did influence the final treaty, creating a League of Nations and creating the new nations of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia, but the Treaty was also harsh and damaging towards Germany in the end, which many historians argue led to the rise of Hitler in later years.

Do you agree with Billy's decision not to kill the ghost coon? Why or why not?

In the book Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, Billy is respectful of nature and living things.  However, he is a coon hunter.  His dogs had been on the trail of the ghost coon and they had treed it, but even though Billy had looked in the tree twice and all its holes and crooks, he could not find a coon.  Suddenly, Little Ann started howling as the wind blew.  She had caught scent of the coon.  She howled the howl of a dog that had treed a coon.  It was then that Billy noticed the old post.  He checked the post and found that it dropped right under a tree branch.  He poked a stick into it and out jumped the raccoon.

The two dogs fought the coon fiercely and the coon fought back.  Finally it went up the tree and Billy went after it to get it down for the dogs.  The animal was older and howled like a baby's cry.  For some reason it bothered Billy reminding him of how a baby would cry out.  He never liked to hear a coon cry like that at the end of its life.  Something just came over Billy and he did not have the heart to kill it.  He told his friend it was because the coon had lived there for a longtime and many a hunter had heard its call, so he did not kill it or let his friend send it out.

Billy made the right decision.  Sometimes, even a coon hunter has to respect that a creature had been able to survive a longtime and just give the animal its due.  The coon was wise and had been outsmarting many hunters for years.  Billy and his dogs had proved themselves by locating the coon, so allowing it to live longer just proved that Billy was moving towards manhood and compassion.

Compare and contrast the narrators of "Our Society at Cranford" and "A Scandal in Bohemia."I'm homeschooled and I would love some help with this....

One thing that is similar about the narrators in both of these stories is that they are first person narrators.  They say "I" and they tell the story from their own point of view rather than just sort of saying what happened.  Both narrators are actual characters in the stories, though not the main characters.

Both narrators seem to be able to some extent to see what is going on in other people's minds.  At the beginning of the story, Watson is telling us what Holmes thinks.  The narrator in the other story can do this at times, saying, for example

If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford evening parties...

She shouldn't be able to know why the men leave, but she does.

As far as differences, the main one I see is that the narrator in "Cranford" talks all the time.  There is very little dialogue.  By contrast, most of "Scandal" is dialogue once the actual action gets going.

I hope that helps a bit...

What is the moral (or hidden lesson) of the story "The Most Dangerous Game"?

One theme that can be gleaned from this short story is that a person should not judge others until they have shared a similar experience. The saying, "Don't judge others until you've walked a mile in their shoes" comes to mind when discussing the theme of The Most Dangerous Game.

As the story opens on the water, Rainsford is talking to his companion, Whitney about whether or not the animals Rainsford hunts have feelings about being hunted. Whitney feels empathy for the animals hunted and Rainsford believes this is nonsense. He says to her, "there are two classes, the hunters and the huntees." He feels that the game he hunts are put there to serve the purpose of being hunted and they feel neither pain nor fear about being hunted.

As the plot unfolds on Zarrof's unique island and Rainsford is forced to play the "game" he begins to change his feelings about the huntees  because now he has become one.

Rainsford prevails at being a cunning piece of game to hunt and wins Zarrof's game, therefore sending Zarrof to his dogs. Rainsford enjoys his victory bed and peaceful sleep and he is changed at the close of the story because now he too can empathize with game that is hunted. He "walked a mile in the shoes" of a huntee and now he knows that a huntee does in fact experience pain and fear at being hunted down.

What are some similarities and differences between Lennie and Curley? What chapter best illustrates these?

Lennie and Curley are from different classes in the American social structure.  Curley, as the son of the ranch boss, will one day become a land owner through inheritance and not necessarily through hard work.  In the social structure of the ranch, Curley might be considered part of the upper class because he was born into money.  Lennie, on the other hand, would be considered part of the lower class, not only because he is poor and travels to find work, but because he is mentally handicapped.  Unlike Curley, Lennie will never inherit land, but through hard work, he and George could be able to "get a little place".

Both Lennie and Curley act without thinking.  Each reacts to situations rather than taking the time to think things through.  Lennie reacts to fear by clenching down on whatever is in his grip (a girl's dress, a mouse, Curley's hand, a puppy, and Curley's wife's hair).  Each instance becomes progressively worse throughout the novella.  Curley's reactions lead to similarly destructive situations (a poor relationship with the ranch workers and with his wife, a fight with Lennie that leaves him crippled, and murderous intentions when his wife is killed), but it's his anger that drives him.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, how well does Atticus feel he should defend Tom Robinson?

There is little doubt at any time during the novel that Atticus does not plan to defend Tom Robinson as fervently as possible. He tells his brother, Jack, that he "hoped to get through life without a case of this kind," but Judge Taylor's request made it virtually impossible for Atticus to turn it down. He also tells Jack that he plans to "jar the jury a bit" even though he knows there is no chance that a white jury will take the word of a black man over a white man. However, Atticus doesn't believe he can face his children if he doesn't defend Tom. "You know what's going to happen as well as I do," he continues.

The townspeople also know Atticus means business. "Yeah, but Atticus aims to defend him," one man tells another on the day of the trial. After the trial, Miss Maudie tells Jem that Atticus is "the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like this." Atticus knew a win was out of the question, but his true hope rested with a successful appeal. Tom's death prevented that possibility from happening.

What do you mean by the term model ?My posted question is related with Research Methodology

With reference to research methodology, a model is a simplified statement that a researcher makes.  He or she makes such a statement to try to explain what independent variables are important in determining the value of some dependent variable.

In the real world, the number of independent variables is huge.  There is no way a researcher could study the impacts of all of them.  Therefore, researchers must hypothesize as to which independent variables are most important to the dependent variable they are studying.

The researchers then make a model by predicting how these independent variables will affect the dependent variable.

Discuss the different figures of speech used in the poem "The Wind" for the poet James Stephens?

"The Wind" by James Stephens is centered around personification:  the wind "stood up," "gave a shout," "whistled," "Kicked," "thumped," "said he'll kill," has a voice, fingers, legs, and hands.  The wind, in addition to acting and speaking and being built like a human, is given gender:  the wind is a "he." 

The speaker covers usual effects of the wind, giving human motivation to the actions.  The wind makes loud noises, which become a shout and a whistle; the wind blows leaves around, which becomes a kick; branches break, here they are thumped; wind kills people, here it's on purpose.

The speaker also gives personality to the wind, which of course it doesn't really possess.  In "The Wind," wind is apparently vindictive, and certainly destructive. 

The writer gives a perspective of nature different from the usual.

Newspaper articles-What is happening in Europe during this time period when Lord of the Flies published? (World War II) newspaper format.

This novel was published in 1954. World War II ended in 1945. After World War II, Europe was trying to rebuild under the terms of the treaty (Axis powers Italy, Germany and Japan were not allowed to re-arm, much of the Allied countries of France, England, etc. were rebuilding after the destruction of the war). The United States entered into a Cold War with the Soviet Union.

Although the U.S. was uneasy allies with Russia during World War II, it soon became evident that the Russians were not our friends. Some figures report, in fact, that Stalin killed more people than Hitler. The U.S. did not agree with the Soviets on how to re-configure Europe after the war. The Russians established what was called the Soviet Bloc of countries, taking control and establishing Communism not only in Russia, but in the countries of Eastern Europe. Germany was divided into East and West Germany. What followed was a continuing state of tension, strained relationships, military conflicts and competition that did not end until the collapse of communism in the early 1990s. The U.S. and Russia were racing each other to build up the most powerful military and racing each other into space.

Lord of the Flies was written out of the disillusionment of the war. Golding was a Brit and lived through the bombing of England. He saw first hand how man had the capability to destroy himself. The novel illustrates how man is basically evil, and left to his own devices, he would destroy himself, even if removed to a deserted island with no outside influence. The fact that a group of school boys could turn into savages even when NOT exposed to the so-called evils of society was a chilling indictment of the evil that lives within us.

Can you cite ethos and logos examples in Julius Caesar?

The funeral speeches in Act 3 contain numerous examples of both appeals. 

Ethos (the speaker's establishing his or her credibility or an appeal to morals/values):

Examples: In Brutus's speech, he begins by addressing the crowd as "Romans, countrymen, and lovers," demonstrating that he is one of them and that he values their role in Roman society.  This helps establish credibility, and as Brutus continues by arguing that he killed Caesar to protect all citizens from Caesar's ambition, he appeals to their sense of Roman values. Similarly, Antony employs a multitude of ethical appeals.  Like Brutus, he groups himself with the crowd and addresses them as "Friends, Romans, and Countrymen." He also asks their permission to leave the platform and go down among them--this helps establish his credibility as "one of them," not as someone who is above them. While much of his speech appeals to the crowd's emotions (pathos), Antony does discuss the people's duty to Caesar by showing what a "people's" leader Caesar was.

Logos (an appeal to logic through the use of facts, statistics, etc.)

Examples: Brutus uses logos when he cites examples of Caesar being too ambitious and seeking a crown when the Romans had already suffered under the reign of a tyrant king.  By bringing up elements of Roman history and true events involving Caesar, Brutus seeks to demonstrate that the assassination was a planned action based on thought and facts. Antony, too, employs logos when he lists examples of Caesar's actions on behalf of all Roman citizens--his willingness to share the spoils of war with the people and his establishing a reputation for Rome throughout the known world; even Brutus could not the truth in Antony's words. The will itself is another example of logos.  While Antony uses the literal will to stir up the crowd's emotions, the contents of the will represent logical support for Antony's defense of Caesar.  The will leaves the each citizen a stipend and land to use for public parks.

Hope this helps!

Act 4:Why does Danforth allow Elizabeth to speak of John Proctor? How has she changed towards her husband? Why doesn`t she take Hale`s advice?

Danforth allows Elizabeth to speak to John in order to get him to enter a guilty plea and save himself.  Danforth likely knows Proctor is innocent.  However, for the integrity of the court, he cannot simply overturn the guilty verdict.  So he needs John to confess in order to appease the growing discontent of the townspeople toward the court. 

Elizabeth realizes that she was cold and distant toward her husband and helped drive him away, which is one reason for his affair with Abigail.

Ultimately, Proctor tears up his confession because he wants to keep a shred of dignity.  Signing a false confession, in his view, would be worse than dying for a crime he didn't commit.  He chooses to die at the hands of an unjust court rather than owe the rest of his life to a lie.

What is the setting, time period and place, in the short story of The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell? time period and hint in the story...

The time period of "The Most Dangerous Game" is the 20th century when game hunting was a popular past-time for the wealthy class.  The story involves three locations: the yacht Rainsford is sailing on, Zaroff's chateau, and the jungle lands on ship-trap island.  The island is located in the Caribbean Sea towards Rio.

Illuminate and extract the uses of rhyme scheme in the sonnet 116 and also extract ( figures of speach)

Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 uses the following traditional rhyme scheme:

a b a b   c d c d   e f e f   gg

with the quatrains (four-line stanzas) each using self-contained rhymes (the rhymes are not shared) and the closing couplet (pair of rhymed lines) set apart.  The self-contained rhymes reflect and contribute to the content, in the sense that each quatrain uses its own line of thought just as it contains its own rhymes.  Rhyme, as always, creates unity, as well. 

Metaphor is the dominant figure of speech in the poem.  We read:  love doesn't bend with the remover, love is a mark (an unspecified nautical device), love is a star, love is not time's fool (court jester), the grim reaper's sickle swipes like the arc of a compass.  The metaphors create a series of images used to describe love. 

The poem closes with a paradox--if what the speaker says is not true, then he has never written, and no man has ever loved. 

Describe the murder plot macbeth devices in scene 1, please and thank you.

Well, here's the whole brilliant (sarcasm) plot in Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's own words:

LADY MACBETH:

...When Duncan is asleep—

Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey

Soundly invite him—his two chamberlains

Will I with wine and wassail so convince,

That memory, the warder of the brain,

Shall be a fume and the receipt of reason

A limbec only. When in swinish sleep

Their drenched natures lie as in a death,

What cannot you and I perform upon

The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon

His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt

Of our great quell?

MACBETH:

...Will it not be received,

When we have mark'd with blood those sleepy two

Of his own chamber, and used their very daggers,

That they have done't?

LADY MACBETH:

Who dares receive it other,

As we shall make our griefs and clamor roar

Upon his death?

So the plan goes as follows: When old and already tuckered out Duncan is asleep and his guards are almost dead from alcohol and drugs, Macbeth is to go in and kill the sleeping Duncan. Then he is to take the daggers from the knocked out guards, dip the daggrs in the King's blood, and smear the guards with the blood. Then he and Lady Macbeth are to quick put on their jammies and go to bed. Then when whoever finds the dead Duncan, Macbeth and his awakened Lady are to run downstairs and look all horrified and shocked. Does such a plan have a chance... are people that gullible?

Deviations from the rational model of the decision making process are mostly due to behavioral factors?

Decision making by people, whether using rational or subjective approaches, are part of human behavior. Thus the choice between alternative approaches to decision making is also a part of decision making behavior affected by behavioral influences or factors. Thus all type of decision making behavior including the rational decision making process are influenced by behavioral factors. But there is a difference of degrees. Rational decision process will involve a greater proportion of objective considerations and clearly laid down decision making algorithms and less of subjective elements, as compared to decision  that are based on personal judgements or subjective preferences.

If a decision is completely devoid of human elements of personal judgement or some other subjective, then it has to be a decision that can be taken by an automated system without human involvement. For example decision that are based entirely on some mathematical techniques such as EOQ or linear programming can be taken in a suitably programmed computer system without human intervention.

Before I close, I thing it will be appropriate for me to draw attention towards the fact that the use of the phrase "Deviation from rational model of decision making" creates some wrong impression that deviation from rational model of decision making is necessarily undesirable.

A rational decision is one which is based on a clearly defined objective rationale. The quality of a rational is only as good as the quality and applicability of the rationale used. A rational decision based on wrong data or wrong decision making technique, can be much worse than the subjective decision of an experienced person.As a matter of fact, in management most of the important decision requires more of subjective elements rather than the objective elements of rational decision making.

What is the climax of "Daniel's Story"?

This book is very much like a documentary, in that it follows the event of Daniel's life rather than a traditional plot, which would follow the development of a particular conflict.

However, in these incidents, it is obvious that Daniel's Story is one about the coming of age of a boy stuck in war-torn Europe.  As a boy who is maturing,  he has to decide what type of person he will be.  He can choose to remain bitter and angry and to retaliate against those who have persecuted him and his family.  Or, he can choose to rise above it and to be a better, stronger person than his enemies.

Daniel chooses the latter.  He chooses to be good.  That choice is the climax.  It happens after Buchenwald is liberated.  Daniel threatens to kill the children of an SS officer, but he is unable to do it, and he is angry at himself for causing fear in the children.  He has, as Erika wanted him to, chosen love.

What is the plot of The Rocking-Horse Winner?i need to see how the plot is generated in he story to make the theme become clearer.

The plot in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is generated by the mother's greed and her constant harping on the need for more money.

This leads to other family members feeling inadequate, and to them sensing and obsessing about the constant need for more money.

This leads to the boy riding the rocking-horse, betting on the races, etc.

The theme of the story is revealed and emphasized by the mother's greed and the constant, haunting awareness that the family must have more money.  Of course, the tragic conclusion demonstrates and solidifies the theme, as well.

How does the poem "A Noiseless Patient Spider" demonstrate Transcendentalist ideals?Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider"

In Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider," Whitman's love for nature--an ideal founded in Transcendentalism--is communicated as the spider becomes a metaphor for the individual soul.  In its isolation, in its individuality--also a precept of Transcendentalism --the spider casts out its gossamer threads "to explore the vacant, vast surrounding."  If this line is not reminiscient of Henry David Thoreau's quest into the woods to "live deliberately" and "to learn what it had to teach," then, certainly the last stanza is.

And, like Emerson's nonconformist who must be himself, the spider/soul of Whitman stands alone, "surrounded by measureless oceans of space...seeking the spheres to connect them"--that is, "living deliberately," as Thoreau writes.

Why does Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell's death was self-inflicted? Chapter 30

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Heck Tate has to be insistent because Atticus believes that his son, Jem had killed Bob Ewell.

Atticus finds that he can not live with himself or his son if he says one thing and does another so he states he wants his son to stand trial if he had killed Bob.  He is really fixated on the fact that his son had killed him.

Heck Tate knows that Boo had stabbed Bob, but to get Atticus to let go of the notion of Jem killing Bob he has to be adamant with Atticus.  In addition, he is aware that if Boo goes to trial he will not get a fair trial because people will not be any different towards Boo than they were towards Tom and another innocent man will be harmed.

What kind of problems can arise if we feed a dog with bones?

Unfortunately, if we decide to give to a dog a bone or if it finds one in the trash, it may get more than a tasty snack. Bones do not decompose easily. This means that the dog has to remove them through the faeces, mostly leading to slow transit and constipation, which it will require a visit to the veterinarian. Bones may also cause airway obstruction(suffocation) or gastrointestinal tract obstruction, also bones may cause intestinal bleeding, if the bone fragments rips or tear the intestinal wall.

Thin bones, such as ribs or fish bones, can remain stationed in the throat, where they can cause serious damages to surrounding tissues and even dog suffocation.

Even large beef bones (humerus, femur, etc.) may cause problems more or less serious. Depending on the force of dog's bite, even these bones can be crushed and swallowed without being chewed.

Chicken and turkey bones are especially dangerous. They are more fragile and they can easily be broken. Bone chips or fragments can cause perforation of the mouth, esophagus, small intestine and colon, causing very serious internal injuries, which often leads to death of the animal.

In The Great Gatsby, why does Nick take care of Gatsby's funeral in Chapter 9?

To me, there are at least two reasons why Nick would take care of Gatsby's funeral.

The first is because Nick is fundamentally a very decent man.  He may be the only decent person in the book.  He feels that Gatsby should have a funeral and there is no one else to take care of it.

Second, I think that Nick actually liked and respected Gatsby.  I think he felt that Gatsby was an honest person as well.  He felt that Gatsby had really tried his best to be a good person.

All in all, he wanted to take care of the funeral because that is what a decent person would do for someone they respect.

Sources of seed capital

The reason of venture capital funds  is given by the inadequate offer of capital made by financial institutions and the high demand for funds for new firms or those that present a high risk but they have a great potential of development.

Therefore, venture capital (venture capital), provide financing for the first stage of bussiness or financing for the expansion of these companies.Initially, the venture capital funds are seeking to meet the needs of young companies for seed capital and for start-up financing.

Seed capital is directed to research and developing activities, for new products and technologies, before starting commercial production. The amount of funds is limited, the investment has a large time horizon,the risk of bankruptcy is very high and further financing for production is very high.

Venture capital is classified according to the time of investment, so that seed type financing  occurs in the product research phase, before the product to be ready for market.

The source of venture capital,seed capital, are true business partners, that supports the risks of business  and offer their experience and advice. The source requires no warranties and it does not attract personal liability.

I don't understand the following assignment. Please explain it in plain English.You are to “draft” a fictitious situation or scenario for your...

You are asked make up a fake celebrity that you will pretend is your client.  You need to make up a situation that your client is involved in, but make sure it is appropriate (nothing vulgar).  You need to write a summary paragraph(s) making sure to include the 5 W's of reporting (who, what, when, where, why). Include the information that you and your public relations team would use to troubleshoot this situation.  Make sure that you use a fake celebrity, so no real names.  For example, my client celebrity might be Jessie Powell who is a professional baseball player.  Obviously, I made him up.  He is accused of taking steriods(again, made up).  My job would be to troubleshoot as I would with a public relations team to tell what happened and make sure to tell who, what, when, where, and why.

What does the phrase: "There's nothing to fear, except fear itself" mean?How do you feel about the idea of fear? and how do think the phrase ...

Fear is a powerful emotion that can cause people to behave badly. Fear of the unknown caused the Puritans to believe in witchcraft and led to the destruction of many lives. This is an example of allowing fear to overtake your whole being, so that a person will do anything he/she has to in order to quit being afraid. On the other hand, I don't believe admitting that you're afraid is bad as long as you don't allow it to control you.

Fear can be a positive motivating factor as well. I have a senior student who had slacked off at the beginning of the semester. His grades fell greatly, and he was told he might not graduate. His fear of not graduating with his classmates and of disappointing his parents motivated him to do extra assignments, to come to school every day, and to get his homework in on time. 

I don't know if you've been reading or listening to the news about the fifteen-year-old girl from Ireland who committed suicide due to bullying, but I think this is a perfect example of how fear can have a positive and a negative effect. I believe people who bully others are cowards who are afraid of being picked on or embarrassed themselves. They allow their fears to cause negative results. Those who are being harassed are also afraid to have to deal with the bullying on a daily basis. Their fear, rightfully so, becomes the motivating factor in their lives. The young, Irish girl's fear of being further harassed resulted in her death. Hopefully, however, something positive will come from this situation. It has brought the situation of bullying in our schools to the forefront, and now something can be done to make schools, parents, and students more responsible.

FDR used this phrase to positively motivate American society to remain hopeful instead of giving up. If we become too afraid, we then allow others to control us, and we no longer have control of our own lives. FDR wanted to inspire Americans to respond to a bad situation by doing something positive and not allowing their fears to keep them from reacting at all.

Who is the main character in My Side of the Mountain?

Sam Gribley is the main character.  Sam lives in the woods for an entire year, fending for himself.  Almost as much a "central" character as Sam are the wild animals with whom he interacts.  You can find out more about "My Side of the Mountain" by visiting the link below. 

Use the 'Large Hadron Collider (LHC)' as an example of a technological development and briefly state what the moral and ethical issues raised are?

The LHC is designed to accelerate atoms to hyperspeeds and collide them together, on the theory that this breaks them apart into subatomic particles.  It is hoped this will open the door to greater understanding of the nature of matter and the origins of the universe.

The problem is, just as with the atomic bomb, we aren't sure exactly what will happen.  That is, we are advancing technology we don't fully understand.  There have been some who say such a collider could open tiny black holes that swallow all the Earth, although true scientists don't believe this and it is more of a conspiracy theory.  The ethical issue is how aggressively we should pursue this new technology if there is actually any danger of results that are harmful to humans.  What if this technology, as with the atom bomb, can be used as or developed into a weapon?

This facililty also has a very large dollar cost attached to it, and one can argue that the potential scientific value of such research is not worth denying that kind of funding to other areas of human need, or other research that might be more valuable to advancing human interests.

How successful were diplomatic efforts in ending World War 2 and in establishing the terms of peace?If you can please explain and give details.

The USA engaged in much diplomacy to end World War II, but not with its opponents.  The only thing acceptable to USA from its opponents was total surrender without conditions.  This stance by USA probably had the effect of prolonging the war, since no one wants to surrender without retaining some rights.  So in this respect you could say that lack of diplomacy with enemies had an effect on the ending of WW II.  It may have postponed the ending.

With Britain, on the other hand, USA engaged in much ongoing diplomacy.  Much discussion and arguing and compromise as to how to pursue victory in Europe, took place between war-leaders of Britain and USA, and at Tehran, Russia.  This finally led to a blueprint for smashing Germany, in which each of the three played big parts in ending World War II and establishing the terms of peace.

Show how Tintern Abbey traces Wordsworth spiritual growth as a poet.

Woodsworth's "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," mimics and reflects his famous definition of poetry:  emotion recollected in tranquility.  He shows the process of writing poetry, at least his process. 

The poem is more about his memories of the area from when he visited five summers ago, than it is about the area in the present of the poem.  His recollections are what moves or enables him to achieve the sublime (lines 36-49). 

Notice "again I hear," "Once again," "I again repose," and "Once again," again.  Recollection.  Woodsworth is revealing how he writes.  He's giving the reader an example of how he creates.

One's reaction to nature may be more ecstatic when it's first seen, as this area was for Woodsworth when he was younger, he writes, but it is in recollection and contemplation that "We see into the life of things."  That's when Woodsworth wrote his poetry.

How many bones and muscles are in the human body?

The human body does have 206 bones, however, if the sternum is counted as three then the human body would have 208 bones. When people have an abnormal number of bones it is usually due to vertebrae or ribs.

There are two systems of bones and these are the axial skeleton which is the body and the appendicular skeleton which are the limbs.

The number of muscles in the body depends on who you ask. The previous post is accurate. The reason there is some controversy over how many muscles there are in the human body is due to the fact that many experts argue about what constitutes a muscle.

In Song of Solomon, what act of kindness did Ruth do for Pilate?

Ruth got money from her husband (Macon Dead) to give Hagar a decent and respectable funeral. After Hagar died Pilate and Reba had little money for the funeral and burial since they gave most of their money to Hagar for makeup and clothing to make herself feel accepted and loved by Milkman. Ruth demanded that Macon give her money, and she wouldn't leave his office until he gave her a satisfactory amount.

Ruth was perhaps reciprocating Pilate's kind acts toward her. It was Pilate who gave Ruth the concoction to seduce her husband, which led to Milkman's conception. Pilate also saved Milkman from Macon's attempts to abort him by scaring him with a voodoo doll.

Is this a good thesis: Dickinson use of enjambment and repetition shows society's disregard for virtue and the debilitating nature of death.I have...

A few thoughts:

I do love that you're pointing to the actual language of the poem in your thesis, and enjambment is huge for Dickinson, esp. this poem.

when you say it "shows" society's disregard, you have to be careful, because that assumes that there is some stable truth about society that the poem is merely revealing.  Poems actively construct a certain world and a certain effect with each choice of diction, enjambment, etc.; they depict society as X or argue that society thinks Y.

I think the trouble with this thesis as it stands now is that it's somewhat hodgepodge.  We've got two ideas: dying for truth is no better (or something) than dying for beauty, and death is debilitating.  How do they go together?

I'm trying to mind read here, but it seems as if you're going to talk about the double meaning of "I was scarce" and "I was scarce/ adjusted in the tomb," where the latter reading (across the enjambment) produces narrative information, while the former reading (which registers the pause created by the line break) creates a sense of lack on the narrator's part (I was scarce).

The repetition is, I think, going to be "died for beauty," "died for truth" + was + adjective (scarce/lain)?  So the fact that these deaths are made parallel by the language, aside from the fact that one death is for beauty and the other truth, and the fact that the actual "characters" are laid in adjoining rooms, implies that the deaths are somehow equivalent or comparable.

I *think* that's where you were going with enjambment/repetition.  So the question remains, for me, whether you see the sense of lack implied by the enjambment, a lack connected to a death for beauty, as contradicted or reinforced by the fact that the death for beauty is written as parallel to the death for truth.

Are beauty and truth both "noble causes," or are you taking beauty to be a lesser cause than truth (that's what it seems like from your thesis that society disregards virtue).  If they're both noble causes, and the deaths are portrayed as parallel, then it seems that the "lack" expressed by the enjambment condemns both deaths-for-causes as not worth it.  If beauty is a lesser cause, and that's the lack the enjambment names, then that sense that it wasn't worth it to die for beauty contradicts the fact that the poem makes the deaths parallel, or comparable.

I hope that isn't totally confusing.  Those questions are meant to help you develop an argument that draws a connection between the two meaning-producing features of the poem that you've identified.  Again, I hope you'll scrap the pronouncement about society, and stick to making a claim about what the poem says about death, or causes, or, or, or...

Good luck with your essay!

What is the story of "The Griesly Bride" by John Manifold?What is the form of this poem?

John Manifold was an Australian poet who was also interested in folk music.  This influence can be seen in his poem "The Griesly Wife," which like most folk lyrics, tells a story with gothic undertones.

In this story, a newlywed couple are getting ready to spend their wedding night together, when the woman jumps out of bed and runs into the night.  The man follows her tracks, growing angrier and angrier at her disappearance.  Then he discovers that the tracks have changed from two feet to four feet.  His anger changes to fear, and he turns back.  However, at the end of the poem, he "lies in a crimson tide," a metaphor for blood; the young husband has died.

Though what actually happens to the man and the wife remains a mystery, there are a few clues in the poem which can help draw conclusions.  The moon is full and dingoes are heard howling far off.  The husband finds his wife's discarded nightgown at the same place where her tracks turn to four feet.  And finally, he is chased by what was once his "quarry."  It is possible, and we are supposed to assume, that his new wife was a werewolf.

In your judgment, is America any less racially prejudiced today than it was 50 years ago?"Your summary should express your judgment, based upon...

Absolutely. This of course does not mean that prejudice does not exist. People have learned to be more tolerant of other cultures, races, ethnicities, etc. and attitudes have thus changed.

In the 1960's there was a huge civil rights movement going on. People were fighting for equality.

There were many events that led to desegregation. There were many unfair attacks on The Freedom Riders and the field secretary for the NAACP, Medgar Evans, was murdered.

Prominent equal rights activists were murdered, such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. They fought for equal rights and helped in making the United States a more tolerant nation.

America still holds a lot of discrimination against people based on gender, ethnicity, and race but we have definitely come a long way in the last fifty years.

Acoustic Poem for Dill Harris.. how would you describe him and his personality? (The term is ACROSTIC poem, not acoustic)I so far have this...D...

H - Honest, H - Hard-playing, H - Humble

R - Rambunctious

S - Strong-willed, S - Supportive

Yes, Dill is very respectful.  He also has a keen sense of what is right and what is wrong. He has been through adversity (no father, being passed off to his aunt by his mom) and doesn't feel sorry for himself.  Even though he creates stories about his fictional father, he is honest where it counts.

How well did the animals work together? Why is that so?

Animals continue to work together throughout the novel, at moments building up real solidarity, such as when Boxer dies and is sent off.  Cats and rats do not get along, however, and at one point Mollie leaves because the others resent her bourgeois vanity. Significantly, Snowball is forced to leave by Napoleon because he disagrees with him. Following this, Napoleon makes Snowball the scapegoat for all the bad things that transpire on the far. They get along because they have subscribed to the idelogogy of "animalism," because they know the consequences of questioning (the dogs will attack them), and because they become so tired they do not have the energy to protest, because they cannot read or write and are easily persuaded by Squealer, and because they remain hungry as the story progresses, losing any energy for struggle.