what is the author attitude toward each of the character? and how she convey it?

The basic conflict in this story is Maggie's knowledge of every day things and her intention to use them for their purposes, and her sister (Dee), who considers herself more worldly and educated and who thinks these every day things should be hung up and admired as antiques.

Maggie is not stupid, but she is scarred from a housefire, and her confidence is lacking.  She is a humble, loving, and simple person who adores her mother and just wants to live.  She knows how to sew, quilt, and make butter like her mother and grandmother.

Her sister is lovely, has gone off to school, treats both Maggie and her mother as beneath her...almost embarrassing because of their simple and backward ways.  She is arrogant, not used to being told "no," and suddenly aware of her African roots as she indicates in her dress and her boyfriend who has adopted an African name than no one can pronounce.

Maggie is quiet and is used to giving in to her sister.  When her sister insists on the quilts that her mother has already promised to give Maggie as a wedding gift, Maggie slams the kitchen door to show her anger.  She does finally come back into the house resigned to give her sister her wedding quilts.  However, Mother finally stands up to Dee and tells her she can not take Maggie's quilts.

It is clear that the author admires Maggie and Momma and what they stand for more than Dee and her haughty ways.

DO YOU VIEW "THE WASTE LAND " AS A POEM OF DISILLUSION.

Eliot wrote this poem during the Modernist era, a period in literary history following WWI. The poem deals in death and dying, a common response to a world that has seen more than its fair share of both. The poem is set in April, which is described as "the cruelest month." Traditionally, April evokes images of spring and rebirth, but Eliot gives us a garden that has been planted with the seeds of devastation. In lines 71 to 73: "That corpse you planted last year in your garden, 'Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? 'Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed?"

In order to answer your question, you must first consider why these images permeate Eliot's work as well as the works of other Modernist writers.Modernism came about as a reaction to WWI and the social conditions (particularly the working conditions) in the United States. It moved away from Realism (which presented ideas as closely to reality as possible) and stressed fractured and disjointed ideas. The "real" was still there but it was made more vivid. Additionally, three schools of thought emerged - Freud and his ideas of psychology, Marx and his ideas of social class structure and repression, and Nietzsche whose own philosophy was based around fragmented bits of great epiphanies of thought. All three philosophers saw that the world was falling apart - crime, brutal working conditions, poverty AND a war that had torn the world apart led to an overall sense of disillusionment - the world as a whole was often referred to as a Wasteland at this time, and Eliot's poem has later been alluded to in other works as symbolic of the imagery of the world as a wasteland.

With all of this in mind then, you must consider this - is this a poem of disillusionment, or is the sense of fracturing and isolation, hopelessness and despair, an overt call to examine this world and pit things right again? Keep in mind that Eliot did not write poetry for the masses - he wrote for an educated elite who were literate, sophisticated, and would easily understand his rhetoric. As such, while YES, this is a poem of disillusionment, it is also a poem of conscience.

In The Namesake, what are the literary techniques used?

Some literary techniques used by Jhumpa Lahiri in The Namesake include sensory detail, description, imagery. Literary techniques are a category of the two literary devices from which an author chooses freely to create the details of a novel, play, poem or short story. Literary elements, on the other hand, include tone and mood (also called atmosphere). Lahiri's narratorial tone is objective, though sympathetic, and confident. The mood she creates within the setting of the story varies. For example, it is sometimes one of thoughtfulness and sometimes one of agitated discontent.

Of literary techniques, Lahiri uses many sensory details in The Namesake. She tells the texture, smell and appearance of things from food to clothes. In close connection with sensory detail, Lahiri also gives detailed descriptions of what her characters wear, where they go, what they look at as well as what their feelings and actions are. The imagery--the mental visions triggered by the sensory detail and descriptive detail--is heightened to a level that some critics called "lyrical," which is akin to poetical.

Should the nature of the crime affect the defendant’s opportunity to plea bargain?Plea bargaining is another controversial practice in the...

I agree with the above post.  Prohibiting the ability of prosecutors to agree to a plea bargain in any situation compromises the way they do their job. In some situations, particularly those of sexual assault, it can be difficult to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in the absence of physical evidence, so the plea bargain is a way they can get prison time and a criminal record for offenders without taking the risk of acquittal and nothing happening to them at all.

Requiring a trial for that kind of violent crime, besides being expensive and time consuming, would not necessarily reduce the violent crime rate or make society any safer.  And if a policy does not result in either of those two, I'd say it would be an unwise policy.

In Catcher in the Rye, what is the significance of the Natural History Museum and what does this tell us about the main character Holden Caufield ?

Holden loved going to the museum as a younger child. Based on his narrative, the constancy of the museum appealed to him—the exhibits never changed no matter how much his own life did. It’s worth noting that the changes Holden is thinking about are all negative, like kids getting a disease or parents fighting at home.

His narrative also focuses on how people would be a little “different” every time they went to the museum. He is resistant to the idea of change. This is what concerns him when he thinks about his sister Phoebe going to the museum with her classes like he did. She would be changing each time too, and that is something he does not like the thought of. His sister, who is still young, is one of his favorite people and he does not want her to change. Perhaps he is afraid that she will be subjected to the same disappointments and problems that he has been struggling with.

I kept thinking about old Phoebe going to that museum on Saturdays the way I used to. I thought how she’d see the same stuff I used to see, and how she’d be different every time she saw it . . . Certain things should stay the same.

When he gets to the museum he decides not to go in. He says “It just didn’t appeal to me.” Why? Perhaps it is because now he knows that changes are inevitable—he isn’t going to be able to stop them from happening to himself or to people he cares about, like Phoebe.

Use 'Police Camera Action!' as an example of 'crime in the media' and explain what research methods (from the list below) were used to gain the...

The reality UK show Police Camera Action! is the UK variant of the US reality show "COPS". In both shows there are several ways to research crime as a way to educate the media about a typical day in a police station.

Participant and non participant observation- This technique is used by observing the criminals in action either during a chase, or while they are getting arrested by other officers in the act. Non-participant observation is the observations made on the family members, friends, or other witnesses that are at the scene. These are usually who speak to the camera while the arrest takes place.

Face to Face interviews occur during questioning. This is not the same as an interrogation, however, because the latter is often an offical request from the police department. During face to face interviews, the police are often seen asking the suspect questions as to what they are doing at the moment, and where are they heading. These interviews give lots of hints to the police officer as to when and how to arrest a person.

Although questionnaires are not often seen in the show, it is assumed that the surveys and questions asked to witnesses as to who perpetrated their homes, or who are their primary suspects could count as an informal questionnaire. Police reports and charge come in the form of questionnaires for the people to fill. However, these are just assumptions, as the show does not spend enough time in this area- presumably they do this behind the cameras.

The use of official statistics is sometimes used in the show to provide background information on a specific criminal trend, so that the audience can appreciate the depth of importance of the arrest or investigation at hand. These statistics, however, are mostly given solely for extra information and not as a basis to conduct a new investigation. Not for the show, anyways.

Using these four techniques, the cameras were able to catch them in practice, allowing the public to be a part of the action by becoming witnesses of the actions and duties of the police through reality television.

Calculate the following expressions: a) (x+3)^2-(x-3)^2+(x+3)(x-3) b) (x^2+x+1)-(x+1)^2 c) (x+2)(x^2-2x+4)-(x-3)(x^2+3x+9)

a) E(x)= (x+3)^2-(x-3)^2+(x+3)(x-3)

(x+3)^2=x^2+2*3*x+9 

(x-3)^2=x^2-2*3*x+9

(x+3)(x-3) = x^2-9

E(x)= x^2+2*3*x+9 – (x^2-2*3*x+9) + x^2-9

E(x)= x^2+2*3*x+9 – x^2+2*3*x-9 + x^2-9

After the process of reducing similar terms, the expression will become:

 E(x)= x^2 + 12x -9

b) E(x)= (x^2+x+1)-(x+1)^2

(x+1)^2= x^2 +2x + 1

E(x)= (x^2+x+1)-( x^2 +2x + 1)

If we are substituting x^2 +2x + 1 with a letter, t, the expression will become

E(t)=t-t

E(t)=0

So, the expression is not depending on the variable. 

c) E(x)= (x+2)(x^2-2x+4)-(x-3)(x^2+3x+9)

E(x)=x*(x^2-2x+4)+2*(x^2-2x+4)-x*(x^2+3x+9)+3*(x^2+3x+9)

E(x)= x^3-2x^2+4x+2x^2-4x+8- x^3-3x^2-9x+3x^2+9x+27

After the process of reducing similar terms, the expression will become:

E(x)=8+27

E(x)=35

This expression does not depend on any variable, also.