How did Hitler try to convince his young listeners that he understood their lives?

Adolf Hitler was, without question, one of the most polarizing figures in modern world history.  While many German people, at least initially, viewed him as a great and powerful leader who pulled their country from the brink of ruin, many other international powers (i.e. the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, etc.) saw his actions as those of a corrupt aggressor with dangerous intentions.  With that in mind, it might seem difficult to comprehend just how the youth of Germany felt compelled to follow Hitler's ideals and philosophies.

In his "Speech to the German Youth" from 1939, Adolf Hitler attempts to convince young German boys and girls that he fully identifies with their current situations and lives.  One means by which he does this is to tell them of the pride felt by elder Germans in viewing the younger generation.  He says:

"Germany looks at you with pride...We see in you the promise that our work...bears fruit for our country.  We are all gripped with a proud happiness to see in you the fulfillment of our work."

Perhaps more dramatically, Hitler states that the German youth are inextricably linked with his peers by virtue of their being "flesh from our flesh and blood from our blood," joined not only in terms of lineage but also in ideology.  As he mentions in this speech, the spirit driving his generation is the very same one that burns within the minds of young Germans.

In his concluding statement, Hitler says that the young people of Germany "cannot be any other way but be bound to us," essentially imploring them to espouse his and the Nazi Party's vision for a unified, strong, and enduring nation. 

What effect does authorial intrusion yield in The Crucible?

Arthur Miller's "authorial intrusion" into the play's action provides background information on the characters and events that precede the spring of 1692 when the play begins. Miller's commentary enables readers to understand the beliefs and customs of the Puritans who populated Salem and its adjacent communities. Otherwise, modern readers might doubt that many people would believe that witchcraft and Satan's presence was a credible and constant threat to their lives. Moreover, because of Miller's commentary we understand that there are tensions among Salem's denizens and that politics are at work in their community. The church wants to maintain theocratic authority, but not everyone respects the local minister. For instance, some, like the Nurse family, would like to secede from Salem and create their own religious Utopia at Topsfield. The background Miller provides deepens readers' understanding of the characters and conflicts.

Questions: 1. Select one of the five trending facts about the economy, above, and apply it to the United States using the Conflict Perspective....

Question 1:

Of these facts, the one that can be most easily explained using the conflict perspective is Fact #3, the fact that the income gap between black and white Americans has persisted.  The conflict perspective holds that society is made up of groups that compete with one another for wealth, power, and other resources.  The society that we have is created through these conflicts.  In each conflict, one group wins and it creates institutions or rules that help it and which hurt the group that it defeated.

We can easily apply this to the inequality between black and white Americans.  These two groups have, arguably, been in conflict since before the US even became a country.  Throughout our history, whites have typically defeated African Americans in this conflict.  They have enslaved African Americans and enacted Jim Crow laws to segregate them.  They have discriminated against African Americans and prevented them from voting.  In all of these ways, and more, whites have created a society that helps them and hurts African Americans.

Conflict between blacks and whites can (arguably) explain persistent income inequality between the races.  Whites made blacks poor in various ways.  They created a segregated school system.  They set up a school system in which poorer people attend lower quality schools, thus helping wealthier whites and harming poorer blacks.  Whites have set up systems that are ostensibly based on merit but which allow whites to favor one another in hiring and other important decisions.  Whites have created a system of taxes and government programs that do not help African Americans rise from poverty.  Because whites won the conflict between themselves and African Americans, they have been able to “rig” the system to create income inequality between the two races that has persisted even after overt legal discrimination has ended.

Question 2:

While the conflict perspective explains Fact #3 very well, symbolic interactionism does a very good job of explaining Fact #4, the fact that Americans generally do not seem to care much about income inequality.  Symbolic interactionism says that people attach meanings to various things.  These “things” can be people, institutions, or other aspects of society.  People then interact with these things based on the meaning they attach to them.  From this perspective, aspects of our society are created by masses of individuals interacting with their surroundings and giving them similar meanings. 

In order to apply symbolic interactionism to Fact #4, we can say that Americans do not care about income inequality because they have not labelled it as a problem in their minds.  Instead, they have labelled it as a neutral or even a good thing.  For example, we can say that Americans have defined poor people as people who are unworthy.  When Americans see a poor person, they do not see someone who is a victim of fate or of an unkind system.  Instead, they see someone who has not done enough to make him or herself wealthy.  We can say that Americans have labelled government assistance as a bad thing.  In some countries, there is no stigma attached to getting economic help from the government.  In our society, there is such a stigma because we Americans have collectively decided that we should be individualistic and self-sufficient. 

In this way, symbolic interactionism explains Fact #4.  Americans have defined things in such a way that they do not think that income inequality is a problem.  Instead, they think that it is a natural byproduct of a society that is set up correctly.

What are three ways that Mrs. Dubose is courageous in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The story of Mrs. Dubose is found in chapter 11 of To Kill a Mockingbird. The three ways that she demonstrates courage are: by facing the world alone and sick for a very long time; by deciding at her old age to conquer a drug addiction; and by achieving her goal to die free from said addiction. For many years, Mrs. Dubose lived alone and in sickness. She was so sick that she became addicted to morphine, a drug prescribed to her by her doctor. Just facing each sickly day alone for years demonstrates courage. Then, when Mrs. Dubose figured she was nearing her life's end, she decided to overcome her addiction before she died. Making such a difficult decision like kicking a drug addiction at her age is also courageous. Finally, after her death, Atticus was able to report that Mrs. Dubose had achieved her goal to overcome the addiction and she died free of it. Atticus goes further to tell Jem about Mrs. Dubose's courage as follows:

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew" (112).

Another way Mrs. Dubose showed courage is when she realized she had a problem with her prescription. Not many people can identify and then admit they have a problem when they are as sick as she was. For many, it would just be easier to take the easy way out and die with the drugs in their system, but not her. When she decided to do something about her problem, she didn't let any excuses get in the way of achieving her goal and that is courageous. Again, where many wouldn't be strong enough to admit they even had a problem, she did; and then she actually did something productive about it. 

Why does nature destroy the men rather than their killing each other in "The Interlopers"?

Nature ends the lives of Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym rather than their killing each other, or becoming friends as described in the narrative, in order to produce the ironic twist at the end that is typical of Saki's writing.

Certainly, it is a double irony that is dealt by Nature to the two foes in "The Interlopers." The first irony is that the two men are pinioned together under the heavy branches of a huge beech tree, an accident which brings them together in misery and pain. While they are held captive by Nature, von Gradwitz experiences a change of heart as he realizes that the feud between him and Znaeym pales in comparison to their life and death struggle against the force of the storm: 

"Lying here tonight, thinking, I've come to think we've been rather fools; there are better things in life than getting the better of a boundary dispute. Neighbor, if you will help me to bury the old quarrel, I--I will ask you to be my friend."

Then, after Znaeym agrees to be his friend and the two foes reconcile after having been brought together in their suffering, there comes another ironic twist. With what seems a rather Naturalistic ending, death comes in the form of the pack of hungry wolves. Perhaps, with this ironic ending, Saki also reinforces an old Russian proverb, "Man is a wolf to man," as previously Ulrich and his men have moved through the forest in much the manner of wolves, manifesting their similarity to these predatory animals as they hunt Znaeym.

How do the main characters' personalities and behaviors change from the beginning of the novel to the end of The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott...

Gloria and Anthony, the lovers and later married couple who are at the center of The Beautiful and Damned, undergo fairly dramatic changes in their personalities by the end of the novel. As the story begins, they are both vibrant and lively, eager for new experiences and eager to have lives full of excitement and pleasure. They marry, convinced they're right for each other partly because they're both popular, admired and held in high esteem within their social circles. Gloria is considered a great beauty and Anthony is considered a young man with many talents and prospects. But after they are married for a while, things begin to shift. Anthony can't find a job that he thinks is worthy of his talents and energy, and becomes depressed. Gloria is frustrated by his inability to get a job that will allow them to live in the luxurious style she is accustomed to.

Gloria is initially quite needy and dependent on others to do things for her, as well as very fastidious, fussy about food, etc. But as Anthony becomes weaker and less able to function, he becomes dependent on her and Gloria finds she must cope by become the one who is more responsible and practical. She learns to cook and stops spending money on frivolous things they can't afford. In the end, there seems to be one last opportunity for Anthony to make something of himself, but when that opportunity finally arises, he is too beaten down and disillusioned to take advantage of it. Their hope for the future seems to have left them forever.

When did John F. Kennedy die?

John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, died on November 22, 1963. Kennedy was traveling through Texas with his wife and children on a two-day, five-city tour intended to unite feuding members of the Democratic Party who might later cause issues for his intended re-election campaign in 1964. 

The Kennedys, along with Governor John Connally and his wife, were riding in an open convertible in a motorcade from the Dallas airport to the location of Kennedy's next speaking engagement. At 12:30 PM, gunshots were fired in Dealey Plaza, and President Kennedy was hit in the neck and head by bullets. He was formally pronounced dead by 1:00 PM.

Lee Harvey Oswald was later arrested for assassinating Kennedy, but never stood trial for the crime, as he himself was murdered a mere two days after the charges were brought against him. 

`y = 3e^(2x) - 4sin(2x)` Determine whether the function is a solution of the differential equation `y^((4)) - 16y = 0`

Given,

`y=3e^(2x) -4sin(2x)`

so,

we have to find

`y'=(3e^(2x) -4sin(2x))' =(3e^(2x))'-(4sin(2x))'`

`=3*2 e^(2x)-2*4 cos(2x)`

`=6e^(2x)-8cos(2x)`

similarly

`y'' =(6e^(2x)-8cos(2x))'`

`=6*2 e^(2x)+2*8 sin(2x)`

`=12 e^(2x)+16 sin(2x)`

`y'''=(12 e^(2x)+16 sin(2x))'`

`=12*2 e^(2x)+16*2 cos(2x)`

`=24 e^(2x)+32 cos(2x)`

`y'''' =(24 e^(2x)+32 cos(2x))'`

`=24*2 e^(2x)-32*2 sin(2x)`

`=48 e^(2x)-64sin(2x)`

So lets see whether ` y'''' -16y=0`

=> `48 e^(2x)-64sin(2x) -16(3e^(2x) -4sin(2x))`

`=48 e^(2x)-64sin(2x) -48 e^(2x)+64sin(2x) =0`

so,

`y'''' -16y=0`

Can you give me some tips about how I can write a synopsis of the movie The Crucible?

A synopsis should cover the main elements of the movie. You can use headings to separate out these different elements and create a clear structure for your paper. One possible way to organize this would be:

• Introduction. This should discuss the author Arthur Miller, and the political background of the McCarthy era. It should introduce the purpose of the play and the main points Miller was making about mass hysteria. 


• Setting: This section should give information about the period in which the play was set and the degree to which it provides an historically accurate portrait of the Salem witch trials.


• Characters: You should include short descriptions of the main characters including John and Elizabeth Proctor, Tituba, Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, Rebecca Nurse, and John Hale.


• Plot: In your description of the plot, you should describe the main events of the play in chronological order. You might start with Abigail's affair with John Proctor and then move through the various witchcraft accusations and Proctor's final refusal to submit a signed confession.

Why do Doodle's parents name him William Armstrong?

The story doesn't give a specific "this is why" reason for why Doodle's parents name him William Armstrong.  There is a big hint at the reason from Brother; however, the story is told from Brother's perspective, so the reason might be Brother's interpretation of Doodle's legal name.  

To begin with, Doodle's parents did not expect him to live very long.  When Doodle defied the odds and lived to be three months old, his parents decided that they had better give him a proper name.  They name him William Armstrong.  It's a good, solid sounding name, and that is what Brother comments on.  He says that William Armstrong is not a name that fits Doodle.  The name is only a good name because it will look good on a tombstone.  That's really depressing to think that Doodle's parents picked William Armstrong because it would appear strong and wonderful on Doodle's grave.  

Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him. But he didn't die, and when he was three months old, Mama and Daddy decided they might as well name him. They named him William Armstrong, which is like tying a big tail on a small kite. Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone.

What happens in Chapter One of Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli?

In Chapter One, the narrator first describes the accident that killed Maniac's parents when he was three years old. Jeffrey, as he was called then before earning his nickname "Maniac," went to live with his aunt and uncle for eight years after that. He was unhappy there because the aunt and uncle disliked each other; Jeffrey had to spend time with each of them individually instead of both. Instead of sharing things like toasters and televisions as normal married couples do, Jeffrey's aunt and uncle each had their own items. For this reason, Jeffrey thinks of their home as "the house of two toasters."

Then, one spring night, Jeffrey is performing with his classmates in the chorus of a concert at school, and he notices that his aunt and uncle are sitting on opposite sides of the audience. Angered at their hostile, cold behavior toward each other, Jeffrey yells at them from the stage: "Talk! Talk, will ya! Talk! Talk! Talk!" This outburst is "the birth scream of a legend," the narrator tells us.

And the chapter ends as Jeffrey runs offstage and out the door. He never goes back to his aunt and uncle's house, and he never goes back to school, either.

What is an example of parallelism in the short story "In Another Country"?

Parallelism is a special feature of sentence structure in which multiple strings of words within the same sentence match each other in terms of word order. (That is, sections within a sentence are nearly identical and so they lie gracefully next to each other, like parallel lines.) The result is often a sentence that pleases the ear: one whose repetition, balance, rhythm, and/or flow makes the sentence memorable.

Hemingway is actually known for writing in a compressed, efficient way with no wasted words, so it's not surprising that we'd find parallelism in his stories. Let's check out some examples from "In Another Country":

1. "We were all at the hospital every afternoon, and there were different ways of walking across the town through the dusk to the hospital."

Notice how the three prepositional phrases are parallel to each other in the sentence above, creating a plodding rhythm appropriate for a description of that long walk to the hospital: "across the town," "through the dusk," "to the hospital." In each element of this instance of parallelism, we have "preposition + 'the' + noun." Hemingway adds extra emphasis to these parallel elements by leaving out any intervening commas, which creates the sense that the ideas are stacked tightly on top of each other.

2. "They were all three from Milan, and one of them was to be a lawyer, and one was to be a painter, and one had intended to be a soldier, and after we were finished with the machines, sometimes we walked back together to the Café Cova, which was next door to the Scala."

Here, again we see three elements that repeat in the pattern "'and one' + verb + 'to be' + 'a' + noun." The effect is that the story sounds for a moment like a fairy tale, one that lists each character in a solemn, repeated manner that lends weight and emphasis to their introduction. Notice here that Hemingway did decide to include commas so that we'd pause for a quick consideration of each person being introduced.

Overall, you can get a greater sense of the effectiveness of these examples, or any other examples of parallelism, by seeing what happens when you mess with the parallelism. That is, express the same idea in different words, and notice how much the rhythm and repetition really adds to the idea. In these rephrased versions, listen to how the style of the original sentences is gone: "There were different ways of walking to the hospital, at dusk, but you had to cross town regardless" or "The three men from Milan were going to be a lawyer, painter, and soldier."

In A Long Walk to Water, what is Salva's role to the reader influentially and morally?

In the novel A Long Walk to Water, Salva plays a significant role to the reader in several different contexts. This novel is unique in the sense that it tells the stories of one fictional character and one real person. Salva is the main character, and his story is one of a young Sudanese boy who overcomes tragedy to save thousands of lives through his courage and charity.

Salva's Influential Role

As the main character, Salva's influential role in the story is made clear to the reader from the beginning. After he is separated from his family at the age of 11, Salva is forced to travel a long distance on foot in order to escape other gunmen. Without food or water, he struggles to survive in a harsh environment while helping others. Salva's influence becomes apparent when he takes on a leadership role among other lost boys of Sudan. He leads the group to safety at a refugee camp and is taken to America seven years later. While in America, Salva uses the influence he gained from telling his story and his act of heroism to start a charity called Water for South Sudan.

Salva's Moral Role

Salva is a strong moral character, and his story gives the reader insight into the complex moral issues that caused the conflict in Sudan. Even while struggling to survive in a country torn apart by the Second Sudanese Civil War, Salva demonstrates great moral courage. His voice as a character is strong and compelling, helping the reader understand each decision he makes throughout the story. By the conclusion of A Long Walk to Water, the reader understands the moral importance of investing in charities such as Water for South Sudan.

In addition to his role as an ambassador for the Sudanese water crisis, Salva also helps the reader understand the complex nature of the Sudanese civil war. Salva makes a strong moral argument against the violence that characterized much of his childhood in Sudan and separated him from his family. He also serves as a moral exemplar by caring for the other lost boys of Sudan despite his own fears and all he has suffered.

Salva's Role in Relation to Nya

Throughout A Long Walk to Water, Salva is a strong, influential, and moral character. His true story is engaging and told in a manner that makes it easy or the reader to relate to his emotions and motivations. Nya's fictional account is a poignant complement to his journey, as it carries the moral themes of Salva's story through to the present-day life of a young girl in a Sudanese village. Both stories combine to support Salva's message of compassion, bravery, and the importance of access to clean water as a basic human right.

How can you answer a question that is asking for a literary device?

When it comes to responding to questions that ask you to defend your response using a literary device, it's best to have an arsenal of different literary devices available to you. I'm going to define several common literary devices that you may choose to use as evidence in future responses: 

Imagery: a word or phrase that evokes the reader's senses. Many people misinterpret imagery as referring solely to sight, as its root is the word "image." However, it actually refers to all of the senses: sight, touch, taste, sound, and smell. 

Analogy: a comparison between two unlike things. There are two commonly used types of analogies that you may be more familiar with: simile and metaphor. 

Syntax: the author's deliberate use of sentence length, clause/phrase organization, and punctuation type. Syntax can entirely transform the tone of a passage, and it's an often overlooked literary device that deeply impacts all written literature. 

If the density of ice is 0.91 gm/cc, then what volume of ice has a volume of 1000 cm^3 as liquid water?

The density of a substance is its mass divided by its volume:

d=m/V

Ice is less dense than liquid water so 1000 ml of liquid water, when frozen, will have a greater volume. (Note that the unit ml is equivalent to cm^3 or cc.)  

In order to solve this problem we need to know the density of water, which isn't given. Water's density varies slightly with temperature. The value often used is 1.00 g/cm^3 at a temperature of 25 degrees C. We'll use this value to solve the problem since temperature isn't given.

1. The mass of ice is equal to the mass of liquid water, which we can calculate as follows:

d = m/V, so m = d x V

m = (1.00 g/cm^3)(1000 cm^3) = 1.00 gram

2. Find the volume of 1.00 g ice:

V = m/d = (1.00g)/(0.91 g/cm^3) = 1.10 cm^3

In The Giver, how has the absence of color helped this society? How has it harmed it?

In The Giver, the lack of color is meant to promote sameness, to eliminate any variety or envy amongst the denizens of the community.  This, I suppose, could be an advantage for the society in that the people need not concern themselves with having to make choices or worry about whether or not their shirts match their trousers, for example. They can focus on their work and following the rules.  I imagine this does make for a more peaceful society, with no one envying someone who has a beautiful blue dress.  The production of material goods is simplified, too, since the making of clothes, furniture, or even bicycles need not include a variety of colors.  For the Elders, certainly, it is far easier to rule a group of people who have no envy and who can stay focused on whatever it is they are expected to do for the good of the community. 

On the other hand, much of the beauty in life rests on color and other forms of variability.  Eliminating color eliminates a great deal of the beauty and richness in the world and takes away one more kind of choice. Thus, the elimination of color confers a kind of aesthetic impoverishment on the people, as well as rendering them without choice in yet one more way. 

Which character is most to blame for all of the witchcraft hysteria that breaks out in Salem in The Crucible?

Abigail Williams is the most to blame for the witchcraft hysteria that takes hold of Salem.  She participates in witchcraft rituals in the woods, theoretically causing her cousin (and Ruth Putnam) to become ill from guilt and fear and allowing her uncle to find her and the other girls dancing and conjuring.  Her actions begin the entire problem.  Betty Parris wakes for a few moments in Act One to scream, "You drank blood, Abby!  You didn't tell [Reverend Parris] that! [....] You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife!"  Clearly, Betty is stressed out about their activities in the forest, and she is anxious about her father finding out.  If Abigail hadn't actually been engaging in these illegal and immoral activities, the hysteria would never have even begun.

Further, Abigail makes the first accusation when she names Tituba as a witch.  Once Abigail becomes the subject of Mr. Hale's questions, she panics.  In order to redirect suspicion away from herself, she cries out, "She made me do it!  She made Betty do it!" and she blames Tituba for "mak[ing] [her] drink blood," laugh during prayer, and sleepwalk naked.  Putnam and Parris then clamor to hang or beat Tituba to force her to confess, and she does what Abigail did before her: accuse someone else, someone who the town will believe could be a witch.  Thus, Abigail starts the chain of accusations that ignited the hysteria.

Finally, Abigail turns Tituba's attempt to save her own life into an opportunity to accuse others in the town and create her position of authority in the trials.  By the end of Act One, Hale is blessing Tituba and calling her "God's instrument," one who has been specially selected by God to "help [them] cleanse [their] village."  Tituba has become the center of attention, has acquired a position of authority (at least, relative to her position before), and Abigail wants this too.  She "rises, staring as though inspired" and she yells out, "I want to open myself!" and she repeats the names of the women Tituba named, adding one more.  Indeed, she has been inspired; she seems to realize that she will be believed if she falsely accuses others, and we might imagine that she now sees her opportunity to accuse Elizabeth Proctor.  She proceeds to falsely accuse three more women before the end of the act.

The protagonist in "The White Heron" changed in the resolution of the story. Describe her in the exposition and resolution to show the change....

In Sarah Orne Jewett's short story "The White Heron," the protagonist, Sylvia, changes from a vulnerable young girl seeking approval to a strong person who knows that nature is more valuable than money. Passing over the temporary pleasures of money or momentary kindness from the hunter, she protects the white heron, as she feels that the birds and the natural world they come from are far more valuable. In a short time, she has grown from being a shy girl to one who can stand up for what she believes in.

Here are some quotes to explain Sylvia's transformation. At the beginning of the story, in the exposition, she has just begun to flourish in the Maine countryside. Sylvia "had tried to grow for eight years in a crowded manufacturing town," but it is not until she comes to live on the Maine farm with her grandmother that she can truly develop physically and emotionally. To Sylvia herself, "it seemed as if she never had been alive" before she moved to the farm, where she is immersed in the world of nature and its delights, such as finding the lost cow in the huckleberry bushes. She also has seen the white heron: "She knew that strange white bird, and had once stolen softly near where it stood in some bright green swamp grass." She is alert to the wonders of nature, including the majestic white heron. Her grandmother, old Mrs. Tilley, understands how much Sylvia has grown since coming to the country, and she "thought often with wistful compassion of a wretched geranium that belonged to a town neighbor." The geranium is a flower that wilts in the town but thrives in the countryside, so it is a symbol for Sylvia. However, at the beginning of the story, Sylvia is so shy that she can barely speak to the handsome hunter who comes to her grandmother's house. 

In the resolution of the story, Sylvia climbs a pine tree and observes the wonders of nature. She is described as one with nature; as she climbs the tree, her "face was like a pale star." She has become something magical and a part of the natural world. Though she sees the heron and knows where it is, and though she wants the approval of the sympathetic hunter and the money he offers to her and her poor grandmother, she refuses to tell him where the bird is. All at once, the mysteries of nature come to her:

"The murmur of the pine's green branches is in her ears, she remembers how the white heron came flying through the golden air and how they watched the sea and the morning together, and Sylvia cannot speak."

The majesty of nature has won her over, and she knows that it's more powerful than the money or approval the hunter can offer her. She has gone from being a shy child to one who knows what she stands for and refuses to tell adults where the white heron is hiding.

What is the altitude of the tundra biome?

A biome is an ecosystem of plants and animals occupying a distinct region. The tundra biome is the coldest of all the biomes. The climate is too harsh for most trees and too cold for large animals to live in. The area therefore has very limited plant and animal life. The word tundra means treeless plain, derived from the Finnish word tunturi. The tundra can be separated into two types: the arctic tundra and the alpine tundra.

The arctic tundra encircles the north pole and extends southwards to the coniferous forests of the taiga. The altitude ranges from 300 to 11,079 feet with the highest point at a mountain in Watkins Range, Greenland.

The alpine tundra is located on high altitude mountains in various parts of the world. Altitude is variable depending on location but it usually appears above the treeline at altitudes above 10,000 feet. Alpine tundra can be found in places like South America, the Himalayas and Mt. Fuji. In Mexico, it appears at a lower altitude than that.

I am a 3-digit whole number. If you double me, I remain a 3-digit number. If you add 2 to me after I am doubled, I become a 4-digit number. What...

The answer to your question is 499.

First, we are told that we are dealing with a three digit number. At this point, this can be any number from 100 to 999. We are told that, if this number is doubled, the number will remain a three digit number. From this, we can deduce that the doubled number cannot be more than 999.

We are also told that, if we add 2 to the doubled number, the number immediately becomes a four digit number. To experiment, we can add 2 to 999 (999+2= 1001).

However, we soon realize that 999 does not divide by 2 without a remainder. So, now we know that we can't use 999 as the doubled number. At this point, the best thing to do is to try 998, which divides by 2 easily, giving us 499. Also, when we add 998 with 2, we get 1000 (a four digit number). So the original three digit number is 499.

How can I write an autobiographical narrative about my life and experiences as an ordinary person living in colonial America during either the 17th...

To write this narrative, you will first want to decide where you live. Each colony had a distinctive culture and way of functioning. For example, if you lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, you would have been subject to a government that functioned as a theocracy (a merging of church and state) that was run by Puritans. If you were a dissenter and wanted to break away from the Puritans, you might have lived in Rhode Island, which was founded for dissenters and allowed people freedom of religion. New York also allowed some degree of religious freedom, while the south was largely Anglican and had an economy based on agriculture (including raising cotton, tobacco, rice, indigo, and other crops) and slavery.

Next, you should decide what type of status or profession your character has. As demand for cheap agricultural labor grew, particularly in the south, many people immigrated to the United States, mainly from Britain, as indentured servants. They had to work about 4-7 years in return for passage before being set free. There were also slaves in the United States, concentrated in the south, starting in 1619. As time went on, the codes making slavery a lifelong condition became harsher and harsher. In the north, the beginnings of industrialization were in evidence, such as in the Saugus Ironworks, founded near Boston, Massachusetts in the 1640s. Many colonial Americans were farmers. The crops they raised depended on where they lived. For example, in colonial Virginia, farmers raised wheat, corn, cotton, and other crops and raised livestock.

Your character will also want to respond to events occurring during the time period during which he or she lived. Major events include (but aren't limited to)  the Pequot War that Puritans conducted against Native Americans in the Connecticut River Valley in the 1630s, Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia in 1676 (in which Virginians rose up against Native Americans as part of a class struggle between poorer farmers and wealthy plantation owners), and the events leading up the Revolution in 1776 (such as the Boston Tea Party, etc.).

Why did Mr. Otis offer the jewels given by the Canterville ghost to Virginia back to Lord Canterville?

In the story, the Canterville Ghost gave Virginia a box of jewels before he died.

Upon Virginia's return to her family, she presented her father, Mr. Otis, with the box of jewels. Later, however, Mr. Otis offered the box of jewels back to Lord Canterville because he felt that the priceless gems rightly belonged to the Canterville family, rather than his own. As a simple man from a working-class background, Mr. Otis did not feel that he had a right to lay claim to what was obviously his aristocratic counterpart's property. Additionally, the gems were of "great monetary worth, and if offered for sale would fetch a tall price." To Mr. Otis, it was quite clear that the jewels were Canterville heirlooms, and he wanted to return them to their original owners.

The only thing Mr. Otis requested was that Virginia be allowed to retain the box the jewels came in. Despite his surprise at a child of his "expressing sympathy with mediaevalism in any form," Mr. Otis felt compelled to speak on behalf of his beloved daughter.

For his part, Lord Canterville refused to accept ownership of the jewels. He assured Mr. Otis that Virginia had rendered his "unlucky ancestor, Sir Simon, a very important service" and that he and his family were indebted to Virginia for her "marvellous courage and pluck." Also, Lord Canterville proclaimed that, if he were heartless enough to take the jewels from Virginia, the Canterville Ghost would no doubt "be out of his grave in a fortnight..."

Additionally, since the jewels were never mentioned in a will or legal document, Lord Canterville maintained that he had no more claim on the jewels than anyone else. So, this was how Virginia came to retain the jewels and to wear them on the occasion of her marriage to the Duke of Cheshire.

Who is the intended audience in "My Papa's Waltz"?

The speaker in this poem addresses his father; this is established in the first line of the first stanza with the use of the personal possessive pronoun "your." 

"The whiskey on your breath   

Could make a small boy dizzy;   

But I hung on like death:   

Such waltzing was not easy."

In the subsequent stanzas, the speaker speaks of "you" (his father) and "me" (the speaker), as he recalls their roughhousing when he was a boy.  He remembers his father, who has apparently come home from a day of labor and an after-work drink, clumsily waltzing him around the kitchen. His father has the hands of a laborer, with a skinned knuckle and dirt-caked hands. He recalls his mother frowning at the ruckus they are causing and how he clung to his father's shirt as he "waltzed me off to bed."  

So while the poem addresses the father, it is, as all published poems are, intended for a broader audience to appreciate.

How did the Space Race affect the relationship between the United States and Soviet Union?

The world entered the space age when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957. Though only a radio encased inside a metal sphere the size of a basketball, it made many people in the United States feel that the Soviet Union had technologically surpassed the United States. For the next twelve years, the two nations were locked in a Space Race to see who could put a man on the Moon first.

Between 1957 and 1969, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. had very little communication about their goals in space. It wasn’t until many years later that the Soviet Union admitted that it had attempted a manned lunar program. Also, the lack of communication meant that both nations made the same fatal mistakes. For example, in 1961 the Soviet Union did not publicize the death of cosmonaut Valentin Bondarenko. Bondarenko died in an altitude chamber when he caused an accidental fire. A post-accident investigation revealed that the chamber’s high oxygen environment made the fire burn out of control. If the Soviet Union had shared this information with the United States, it may have prevented a similar accident six years later that killed the Apollo 1 crew.  

One side effect of the Space Race was that it allowed both nations to boast technological advancements that did not include military hardware or nuclear weapons. Though each nation’s rocket technology had a foundation in Intercontinental Ballistic Missile systems, many people in both nations believed that the Space Race provided a greater opportunity for scientific advancement that would benefit all mankind, rather than just the militaries of both nations.

Though the Space Race ended in 1969 when Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon, its legacy helped soften the relationship between the superpowers. In 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project had manned Soviet and American spacecraft dock for the first time. To prepare for this historic mission, the two crews spent time living in each other’s countries. Also, while the vehicles were docked, the American crew spoke Russian and the Soviet crew spoke English. This mission opened the door to greater cooperation in space such as Americans living on the Mir Space Station, and Russian involvement in constructing the International Space Station.

Who is the tragic hero of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?

The tragic hero of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is Brutus. Brutus is the character who most fulfills Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero.

First, he is a noble character, of high station, whose actions have a certain grandeur. He is morally admirable; Anthony states of him that he is "the noblest Roman of them all." Rather than being motivated by jealousy or love for power or personal gain, as the other conspirators, Brutus is an idealist, who acts solely from the patriotic desire to restore the Republic. 

The main flaw of Brutus as a character is poor judgment. He lacks the common touch and as a speaker is honest and rational rather than manipulative. His dedication to his ideals lead him to kill Caesar, a man whom he genuinely likes and admires. He also trusts the other conspirators to much, rather than realizing that their motives are less pure than his own. 

In George Orwell's novels Coming Up For Air, Animal Farm, and 1984, he envisages a very bleak England before, during, and after World War II. What...

While Orwell set 1984, Coming Up for Air, and Animal Farm in England, the societies in the novels resembled totalitarian regimes along Soviet lines. Orwell, who was English, was a patriot, and he served his country in World War II in the Home Guard (after being declared unfit for military duty). However, he had explored problems with England in many of his earlier writings, including his essay "Shooting an Elephant." This essay, which revealed the brutality of the English imperial regime, evolved from his service in the imperial police in Burma. He was critical of the British Empire and foresaw its collapse. In addition, he wrote books such as The Road to Wigan Pier, in which he revealed the suffering and poverty of northern English areas such as Yorkshire and Lancashire, which then relied on coal mines for employment of the working class. He was critical of the way in which England treated the working class. 

However much he was critical of England in his writings, he was also a patriot and wanted to protect his country from the totalitarian excesses of Stalinism. He was a socialist but had seen the problems with communism and some forms of socialism in his experiences in the Spanish Civil War (which he wrote about in his book Homage to Catalonia). He set these dystopian novels in England to warn his own countrymen about the dangers of communism. He was in general wary of the excesses of political power, a worry he also documented in his essay "Politics and the English Language," and he was wary of political extremism being exercised in his native country. 

What leads to the death of Ponyboy's parents?

In The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, the reader learns early in the book that Ponyboy and his older brother Sodapop live with, and are taken care of by, their oldest brother Darry. This is because the boys’ parents were killed prior to the start of the novel. In chapter 1, the reader is informed that Ponyboy’s parents were killed in an auto wreck. This comes to light when Ponyboy talks about how he and his brother Sodapop must stay out of trouble so they can continue to live with Darry. He goes on to say, “Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave” (Hinton 3). Later, in chapter 3, the reader learns that Ponyboy’s parents were killed “eight months ago” (Hinton 48), during a dream in which Ponyboy brings his parents back to life to live happily with himself and his brothers in the country.

Hope this helps!

What qualities make Gram and Gramps's marriage a happy one in Walk Two Moons?

Gram and Gramps’s marriage is based on the love and joy they feel in each other’s company. From the very first, when Gramps proposed to Gram, Gram asked about his dog and how she reacted when he came home. Gramps tells her shamefacedly that his dog acts so excited to see him that he takes her on his lap and hugs and kisses her. Gram says that she figures if he treats a dog that well, he will treat a wife even better.

Gramps tells Sal the story of their marriage bed, which was the bed in which he had been born. This bed was given to Gram and Gramps on their wedding night. Gramps says he has lived all his life in that bed and expects to die in it. When he does, that bed will know all there is to know about him. This becomes symbolic of his marriage to Gram. Though there have been troubling times (one time Gram ran away with the egg man), they have always stuck together. Their faithfulness to each other is based on love, not whether things are easy for them. They are married “for better or for worse, as the marriage vow says. They take their vows seriously until Gram’s death.

In The Odyssey books 1-2 why do the suitors avoid going to Icarius's house?

It seems that the suitors wish to avoid going to the house belonging to Penelope's father, Icarius, because they do not want him to be the one to choose which of them she would marry.  (They assume she is a widow since her husband, Odysseus, has been gone for twenty years and missing for almost ten years since the end of the Trojan War).  Telemachus says,

"Suitors plague my mother — against her will —
sons of the very men who are your finest here!
They'd sooner die than approach her father's house
so Icarius himself might see to his daughter's bridal,
hand her to whom he likes, whoever meets his fancy."

The suitors do not want Penelope's father to be in charge of the proceedings because then he will choose her husband from among them, not her.  Perhaps they each feel that they will be unable to impress him, and if he denies them her hand, they will have little recourse.  Further, the suitors have it really good at Odysseus's house: Penelope is powerless to affect their behavior, and Telemachus is too because he is so young.  They can basically drink up all Odysseus's wine, eat up all his livestock, and so forth, and such a happy situation is not likely to meet them at Icarius's house. 

What is the closest star to earth?

The closest star to the earth is our sun. Its average distance from the earth is approximately 93 million miles (or 1 AU; or 149.6 million km).

The "star" closest to our solar system is the three star system Alpha Centauri. Of the three stars in this system, Proxima Centauri is closest at a distance of about 271,000 A.U. or 39,900,000,000,000 km. When thinking of interstellar distances we usually use light years, or the distance travelled by light in a year. Proxima Centauri is about 4.22 light years away (with its companion stars, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, about 4.35 light years away).

The next closest is Barnard's star at approximately 5.96 light years away. Sirius, one of the brightest objects in the night sky, is approximately 8.58 light years away.

What does our legislative branch of government do?

The legislative branch of government in the United States is made up of the House of Representatives and Senate, which together make up the U.S. Congress. The Congress passes legislation in a process that involves the introduction of a bill in either house and the referral of the bill to the subcommittee or committee that handles that area (for example, there are committees related to the budget, agriculture, education, and other areas). Then, the bill is amended and, if the committee votes for it, the bill is sent to the floor of the House or Senate for debate. If both houses of the Congress pass the bill, it is sent to the President, who can either sign it or veto it (if the President vetoes it, the bill can still be passed with a two-thirds majority of the members of Congress).

In addition to creating bills and passing laws, the Congress has the right to declare war. The House has specific powers, such as originating revenue bills and impeaching the President and other federal officials. The Senate has the right to confirm or reject some Presidential appointees, such as Supreme Court justices, and the Senate also tries federal officials, including the President, who have been impeached by the House. The Senate must also approve treaties related to foreign trade. The Congress also has powers of oversight over governmental operations. For example, there is a House Committee on Oversight and Government Affairs to perform checks on governmental operations. 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of governmental involvement?

Of course, it's difficult to evaluate governmental involvement as it all depends on the structure of government, those actually in charge, and what the government is trying to influence.  Progressives such as Theodore Roosevelt would be in favor of governmental involvement to regulate business monopolies and to safeguard consumer interests.  Socialists would want to nationalize everything and try to eradicate poverty.  Varying forms of free-market thinkers would want as little government as possible and let the invisible hand of the market control things such as toll roads and business regulation.  

Government usually has more resources than the private sector, but it can sometimes be corrupt as well.  Governmental cronyism leads to one group voting another group special interests at taxpayer expense--this is what happened with many defense contracts in the Soviet Union during the Cold War and America's Teapot Dome Scandal.  Government safeguards of consumers often create a false sense of security in terms of food safety, as the public is outraged at the government when E. Coli is found in its food source.  Government can be quite inefficient--one only has to look at the highway repairs that are sometimes too expensive and late.  The point I'm trying to make is that it all depends on what role you think government should take in people's lives.  I've created both arguments--I'll let you decide which one you want to pursue.  

In the first chapter of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, one character tells the narrator that when he hears someone is writing an anti-war...

Slaughterhouse-Five is an anti-war novel. Vonnegut's protagonist suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Billy Pilgrim's psyche has become so fractured that he "has become unstuck in time." Due to the trauma he has suffered in the war, Billy is unable to live in the present.

Even before he begins to suffer from PTSD, Vonnegut is careful to portray Billy Pilgrim and all of the other soldiers in non-heroic terms. Billy looks more like a "filthy flamingo" than a soldier, and the men who capture Billy are "droolers as toothless as carp."

At one point, Billy, while watching a World War II documentary, imagines that he is seeing the film backward. Rather than dropping bombs, the bombers "flew backwards over a German city that was in flames. The bombers opened their bomb bay doors, exerted a miraculous magnetism which shrunk the fires, gathered them into cylindrical steel containers , and lifted the containers into the bellies of the planes." The bombs are then dismantled and buried "so they would never hurt anybody ever again."

Vonnegut ends his novel with the word "Poo-tee-weet?" because "there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre." In effect, Vonnegut is saying that war makes no sense, and there is nothing intelligent to be said about it.

What are the names of the electron-carrier molecules in the Glycolysis pathway?

Glycolysis is a series of 10 reactions that begins the process of cellular respiration. Throughout the reactions a molecule of glucose gets split into two molecules of pyruvate. In organisms that use aerobic cellular respiration, this pyruvate will then either continue on to the mitochondria to complete aerobic cellular respiration, or if there is not enough oxygen present it will continue through the reactions of fermentation.

To start glycolysis, 2 ATP are needed to get the reactions going. Throughout the process 4 ATP are produced, resulting in a net gain of 2 ATP. This is not much energy, hence the need for aerobic cellular respiration in many organisms to produce much larger amounts of ATP. 

As for electron carrier molecules, during glycolysis 2 NADH molecules are produced from 2 NAD+ molecules. These NADH molecules carry their electrons to the electron transport chain which occurs towards the end of aerobic cellular respiration. The electrons they drop off are used as energy to create an electrochemical gradient for the production of ATP. 

A side note about fermentation. Although glycolysis doesn't produce much energy (only 2 ATP), it is some energy. If the organism can only do fermentation because there is not enough oxygen present, it needs to convert the NADH back into NAD+ because NAD+ is a reactant for glycolysis. So, the purpose of fermentation is to do that conversion so that glycolysis can continue to produce at least some energy for the cell. There are various byproducts of fermentation depending on the organism. In humans, the byproduct is lactic acid, while in yeast, the byproduct is ethanol and carbon dioxide. Regardless of the byproduct, the purpose of fermentation is the same, to convert the electron carrier NADH back to NAD+ to keep glycolysis going.

What are specific examples and details about prison life that most affect Steve?

Steve Harmon expresses his negative feelings about jail in his notes throughout the novel. On Tuesday, July 7th, Steve Harmon writes that the only thing the prisoners talk about is hurting one another. Steve says,

"If you look at somebody, they say, "What you looking at me for? I'll mess you up!" If you make a noise they don't like, they say they'll mess you up. One guy has a knife." (Myers 49).

Steve has to constantly be on his guard around the violent prisoners. He hates violence and is forced to act tough around the other inmates. Steve does not feel comfortable around such brash, rough individuals and prefers to keep to himself. 

On Sunday, July 12th, Steve mentions that he refuses to smile back at a cafeteria worker who gives him extra food during breakfast. Following breakfast, Steve attends a church service where two inmates get into a fight and the guards lock all the prisoners up in their cells until one o'clock. Steve then describes another fight that almost breaks out while they are playing bid whist. Steve comments,

"I think I finally understand why there are so many fights. In here all you have going for you is the little surface stuff, how people look at you and what they say. And if that's all you have, then you have to protect that. Maybe that's right" (Myers 159).

After spending a substantial amount of time in jail, Steve begins to realize why the inmates act so violently. He begins to sympathize with them and tries to rationalize what makes them so violent. Although Steve himself is not a violent person, he understands that many prisoners have to act tough in order to survive. 

Which branch of government impeaches the President?

When the Constitution was being written, there was a big concern that the government or some of the people in the government would have too much power or would abuse the power they had. To deal with this possibility, the Founding Fathers made it possible to impeach a person such as the President if he broke laws or was accused of misconduct in office.

In our system, the legislative branch would handle the impeachment process. The House of Representatives would determine if there is enough evidence to impeach the President. If the House of Representatives impeaches the President, then the Senate would conduct the impeachment trial. In order to remove the President, two-thirds of the Senate must vote to convict him.

There have only been two presidents that have been impeached. These presidents were Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Neither person was removed from office, although Andrew Johnson fell one vote short of conviction.

The legislative branch is responsible for the impeachment of a President.

In John Le Carre's The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, how does the protagonist's relationship with Liz help him 'come in from the cold?'

Alec Leamas, the protagonist of John Le Carre's seminal Cold War espionage novel The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, is a burned-out field operative for the British foreign intelligence service, popularly known as MI6. As the novel begins, Leamas is waiting patiently at a checkpoint in divided-Berlin for an agent, an East German he has meticulously recruited to spy for the West. As Leamas waits, the reader is informed that this agent's life is in grave danger, and that other East Germans that spied for the West have already been captured, with the insinuation of torture and death that would inevitably follow, and that there is, in Leamas' line of work, a very thin line between life and death. 

After the agent for whom Leamas was waiting at the checkpoint in Berlin is killed attempting his escape, the emotionally-exhausted British operative returns to London and to the headquarters of the agency for which he works. It is during Leamas' meeting with the director of MI6, known in the novel as "Control," that the meaning of the book's title becomes clear. Explaining the extremes to which Western intelligence agencies must go in defense of liberty against a relentless and ruthless adversary, Control ruminates upon the psychological toll such work takes upon its most dedicated practitioners:

"We have to live without sympathy, don't we. That's impossible of course. We act it to one another, all this hardness; but we aren't like that, really, I mean . . . one can't be out in the cold all the time . . . one has to come in from the cold . . ."

As Control and Leamas continue their discussion, with the latter rejecting the former's apparently insincere invitation to his subordinate to accept a less demanding office job, Control once again dispatches his agent into the field--back out into the cold. 

The character of Liz, the young naive communist, is a plot contrivance. She exists to humanize Leamas, and to represent the innocence of those who live outside the confines of the intelligence game at which Leamas has become a master. The student's question--how does Liz help Leamas come in from the cold--is, consequently, something of a misnomer. Liz is, unknowingly, an integral part of Control's plan to eliminate a skilled and deadly East German intelligence officer whose guile has resulted in the decimation of Leamas' network of agents. She believes that she is helping this older, rumpled, thoroughly disillusioned man to exist in a more peaceable and just society. In reality, she is being used by Control and by Leamas to exact revenge on their nemesis across the 'iron curtain.' Not only is Liz not facilitating Leamas' transition from one world to another, she is, in fact, being pulled into a game from which she will not return. Leamas's relationship with Liz exists entirely within the context of his return to 'the cold.' 

What is the most significant theme of That Was Then, This Is Now?

S.E. Hinton examines several themes throughout the novel That Was Then, This Is Now, but the most significant theme deals with relationships. She explores relationships—particularly Mark and Bryon's friendship, and Bryon and Cathy's romance. Hinton depicts how close friendships can dissipate over time, and romantic relationships can change. For the majority of the novel, Bryon and Mark are best friends who do everything together. As the novel progresses, Bryon falls in love with Cathy and begins to spend less time with Mark. Bryon also begins to realize Mark has no conscience and does not have an understanding of right and wrong. When Bryon finds out Mark has been selling pills, he calls the police on him. By the end of the novel, Mark and Bryon are no longer friends, and Mark says he hates Bryon. After Bryon calls the police on Mark, he is emotionally drained and breaks up with Cathy. Bryon once loved Cathy, but after his friendship with Mark ends, Bryon is no longer interested in her. Throughout the novel, Hinton depicts how traumatic events and difficult circumstances negatively affect relationships.

How does James Joyce depict Dubliners in "Eveline"?

Before looking at how James Joyce depicts Dubliners in his short story "Eveline," it helps to look at how he envisions the inhabitants of Dublin in his short story collection (Dubliners) as a whole. For the most part, Joyce sees Dubliners as "paralyzed" individuals. This does not mean that they are actually physically unable to move; rather, Dubliners are paralyzed because they are unable to grow, progress, or move forward in a meaningful way (at least, according to Joyce's interpretation). Thus, many of Joyce's main characters are stuck in a largely unfulfilled existence. Most characters realize this fact through climactic epiphanies, one of Joyce's most famous literary tools.

Now, let's look at "Eveline" within this context. The eponymous character of the short story is a young woman who leads an abysmal existence. Her mother is dead, and so she is forced to work a dead-end job to make ends meet and to help care for her younger siblings. To make matters worse, Eveline's father is an alcoholic who drinks up much of her earnings and verbally abuses her. Eveline spends much of the story looking out a window onto the street (an image which exemplifies exactly how trapped she is) and ruminating on her sad existence. However, when she is given the opportunity to run away with a man and leave behind the confines of her life, Eveline chooses to stay home.

It's clear, then, that Joyce's portrait of Dubliners in "Eveline" is consistent with his depiction of the city dwellers in the rest of his short stories. Like her urban compatriots, Eveline is stuck in a dead-end world that has little hope of progressing. Thus, in "Eveline" and elsewhere in Dubliners, the inhabitants of Dublin are metaphorically paralyzed. By depicting Dubliners in such a way, Joyce highlights the oppressive experience of living in Dublin at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. 

What happens to bring Walter Mitty back to reality during his various daydreams in James Thurber's short story?

Reality is always interfering with the intense and detailed daydreams of Walter Mitty. In the opening sequence he imagines himself as a pilot guiding his "eight-engined Navy hydroplane" through a bad storm verging on being a hurricane. Just at the highest point of the action, Mitty is brought back to his mundane life when his wife nags at him not to drive so fast. They are on their way into Waterbury to run errands. His wife insists that Mitty needs to have a doctor look at him.

Likewise, after his daydream about being a famous surgeon who saves the day during an important operation on a millionaire banker, Mitty is shocked back to reality by a parking lot attendant who is warning Walter that he is going into the wrong lane. These abrupt awakenings do not prevent Mitty from sinking back into a third daydream sparked by a headline recited by a newspaper boy. This time he is on trial for murder and has just struck the district attorney, saying, "You miserable cur..." This reference to "cur," a derogatory name for a dog, jogs Mitty out of this fantasy as he remembers his wife wanted him to buy puppy biscuits at the market.

In his next daydream he is Captain Mitty, a World War I flier, attempting to destroy an enemy ammunition dump amidst heavy antiaircraft fire. This time Mitty is startled away from his heroics by his wife striking his shoulder and nagging about how she had been looking all over for him. In the last daydream he is placed before a firing squad but there is no shock back to reality in the text. Thurber may have meant that Mitty was simply the noble hero proudly accepting his fate which was not really the firing squad, but rather his interminable life as a henpecked husband.

What does Old Major urge the animals to do?

During his speech in Chapter One of Animal Farm, Old Major urges the animals to rise up against their human master (Mr Jones) and take the farm for themselves:

"What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion!"

This instruction is based on Old Major's belief that humans are responsible for the hard and short lives of animals. According to his observations, humans force the animals to work and give away their produce (like milk and eggs). Humans also prevent the animals from reaching their "natural span" through the cruel practice of slaughter.

Because of this exploitative relationship, Old Major is certain that rebellion is imminent, though he is not sure exactly when the animals will rise up against their human masters. His message, however, is one of hope and inspiration which leads directly to the overthrow of Mr Jones in Chapter Two. 

How do the nation's health goals relate to individual, family, and community health? What can an individual do to address the goals and objectives...

Healthy People 2010 is an initiative started by the US Department of Health and Human Services.  The goals of the program include increasing the quality and years of healthy life and eliminating health disparities.  The project identifies several leading health indicators that individuals may control to address the goals and objectives of the Healthy People 2010 initiative.  These indicators include maintaining regular physical activity, avoiding obesity, eliminating tobacco use and substance abuse, engaging in responsible sexual behaviors, identifying and treating mental health issues, avoiding incidences of injury and violence, being aware of environmental quality issues, maintaining immunizations, and accessing healthcare services as needed.   In addition to personally adopting the above leading health indicators, individuals may encourage health professionals and public officials to focus on these health indicators when setting community policy and making investments in health improvements. 

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has now published the Healthy People 2020 initiative, which is based on the work of the Healthy People 2010 program along with three other health initiatives. 

What effects does authorial intrusion yield in "The Crucible"?

Arthur Miller's intrusions into the play help readers to better understand these complicated characters because he offers us quite a bit of insight into their fictional lives.  For example, he tells readers that Abigail Williams is a fantastic liar and master manipulator, and this helps us to read into her behaviors and get to know her much more quickly that we might otherwise.  Likewise, we quickly develop an understanding of the complexities of John Proctor's character as a result of Miller's exposition on him (exposition is the presentation of background information that usually occurs toward the beginning of texts as a way to help the reader quickly get to know the people and places).  This helps us to contextualize Proctor's and Abigail's conversation with one another in Act I, and our opinions of these characters can begin to crystallize much more quickly.

Additionally, Miller's comments -- in acquainting us with these fictional characters -- help readers to understand how Miller has differentiated and changed them from their real-life counterparts.  Many of these names were real players in this tragic era of American history, and Miller makes some important changes (such as bringing Abigail and John closer together in age and creating their sexual affair).  His intrusions into the text allow us to quickly ascertain what changes he's made to the history.

Where did Atticus take the light and extension cord in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Atticus brings the light to the courthouse jail so that he can protect Tom Robinson. 

Atticus learns that Tom Robinson, his client, is in danger.  A group of white men want to prevent the trial and lynch Robinson. He is warned by a small group of men that appear at his house.  He refuses to back down.  Atticus knows that the Cunninghams will target his client, so he plans to sit up all night with Jim if that’s what it takes to protect him. 

Atticus tells the men that he will make sure his client gets his fair shake at the law. 

“Link, that boy might go to the chair, but he’s not going till the truth’s told.”

Atticus’s voice was even. “And you know what the truth is.” (Ch. 15) 

Then the children see Atticus come out with “a long electrical extension cord” with “a light bulb on the end” and he tells them he is going out for a while.  The children go out after him, and when he is not at his office they find him in front of the jail. 

A long extension cord ran between the bars of a second-floor window and down the side of the building. In the light from its bare bulb, Atticus was sitting propped against the front door. He was sitting in one of his office chairs, and he was reading, oblivious of the nightbugs dancing over his head. (Ch. 15) 

When the Cunninghams come, Atticus stands his ground.  They tell him that they sent Sherriff Tate off on a “snipe hunt” and he can’t protect Atticus.  Atticus refuses to back down.  He knows that this is just a mob of drunk men.  Scout, ironically, is the one who gets them to disperse.  She strikes up a friendly conversation with Walter Cunningham’s father, and the men come to their senses.

What is the theme and evidence of the theme in Gary Schmidt's Okay for Now?

The central theme in Gary Schmidt's Okay for Now concerns the extraordinary human ability to remain optimistic and rise above adversity. Schmidt paints this extraordinary ability through Doug's coming-of-age story. Doug faces a lot of abuse, both at home and at school. Doug starts out behaving the way many people would behave in his situation—like a withdrawn, insolent jerk. The more he decides he doesn't want to behave that way and embraces the world around him, though, the more he develops into a caring and courageous person, ready to embrace the wonderful adventures the future holds in store for him.

The theme of the book is first and best reflected in the title, Okay for Now. Despite his tribulations, Doug frequently, optimistically sees himself as being okay—for now. The meaning of the title and corresponding theme is reflected throughout the book each time Doug the narrator uses the word okay. For example, at one point he informs his reader he feels humiliated to be seen without his shirt on because, the night of his 12th birthday, his father came home drunk and took him out to get his birthday present—a tattoo with scrolls and flowers that reads "Mama's Baby" (Chapter 4). Not only does he have the tattoo to humiliate him, he is frequently bruised. At one point, Doug's gym teacher, Mr. Reed, learns about the tattoo and tries to incite an aggressive wrestling match by whispering to Doug's opponent to call Doug "Mama's Baby." The opponent refuses, however, and the entire wrestling class rebels against Mr. Reed. By the end of the day, Doug no longer fears being harassed because of the tattoo. He compares himself to Audubon's drawing titled Snowy Heron and notes that the heron still stands "proud and beautiful" (Chapter 6). Doug further describes the heron in the following narration:

His head is high, and he's got this sharp beak that's facing out to the world (Chapter 6).

Most importantly, just like Doug, the heron is "okay for now" (Chapter 6). It's moments like these in the story that tell us Schmidt's theme concerns the amazing human ability to face and overcome tribulations with a sense of optimism.

What is the meaning of night and morning in "A Poison Tree?"

The speaker describes how he bottled up his wrath for his foe. Over time, his wrath increased. In the second stanza, he says he watered it "Night & morning with my tears, / And I sunned it with smiles." He means that he allowed his wrath to grow, day and night. The third stanza continues this notion. His wrath grew into something more. He notes that it grew (metaphorically) into an apple. This metaphor is also an allusion to the fruit which Adam and Eve ate in the Garden of Eden. This is a reference to humanity's "fall" into sin. Blake uses this allusion to connect the speaker's wrath with the wrath that God showed Adam and Eve in this story from the Old Testament. 

In the last stanza, "night veiled" the sky. The "pole" possibly refers to the North Star and this means that the "pole" generally means the sky. So, the night is dark and perhaps foggy. It is during the night that his foe crept into the garden, the place where his wrath has grown. Night is often associated with darkness and evil and these are logical symbols that describe the place and time in/during which "wrath" thrives. 

The last few lines are a bit ambiguous. If "glad" describes the morning, it would mean that the morning is bright. In this case, he may ("in the light of day") have regret that his wrath has killed his foe. Or, "glad" describes "I," the speaker. And in this case, the speaker is glad to see his foe dead. This is probably the correct interpretation because Blake is condemning one who cultivates wrath: the speaker's wrath as well as the idea of a wrathful God. 

Before starting the experiment, what does Dr. Heidegger remind each of his guests?

Dr. Heidegger's experiment is conducted with four willing participants: the Widow Wycherly, Colonel Killigrew, Mr. Medbourne, and Mr. Gascoigne.  All are of an advanced age and eager to try a substance he identifies as fluid from the Fountain of Youth. Because all four have made poor choices in their past and suffered negative consequences, Dr. Heidegger counsels them to use the wisdom gained from their life experience and "become patterns of virtue and wisdom to all the young people of the age!" Because Dr. Heidegger believes he understands human nature and expects that the four participants in his experiment will make the same mistakes, he offers this advice.

The four find his advice "ridiculous" and unnecessary; the implication is that anyone given the chance to relive their past would naturally sidestep their youthful mistakes and missteps to avoid trouble and regret.

What is an example of syntax in "Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Gladly Beyond" by E.E. Cummings?

Syntax refers to word order in a sentence or clause or phrase.  Cummings is famous for his variations on “normal” syntax.  Every language has its own “rules” or “habits” of syntax; for example, in English an adjective usually goes before the noun it modifies (white wine), but in French the modifier follows the noun (vin blanc).  The same is true of adverbs and verbs – “normative” syntax puts the adverb after the verb (“moves gracefully”).  In Cummings’ poem, an example of “normative” syntax might be “small hands,” while Cummings’ variation of syntax might be “open always” (adverb before verb).  Beyond these small variations, Cummings also uses unusual sentence syntax, as in:

   you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens   (touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose

These variations offer freshness to his texts, causing the reader to read more carefully and to savor his metaphors.  Add to this his unique use of punctuation and spacing, and his poetic signature is evident everywhere in this beautiful love poem.

What does the detainment of Friar John due to his possible contact with a deadly plague suggest in the text? Could this act as another instance...

Friar John's detainment as a result of his possible contact with a terrible disease seems to be just one more way that fate is working against Romeo and Juliet.  Friar Lawrence's plan for Juliet to fake her death and thereby escape her marriage to the County Paris is relatively sound; it just depends on this one thing: Romeo receiving the letter that acquaints him with the details of the plan. However, as early as the Prologue, the Chorus says that Romeo and Juliet are "star-crossed lovers" who are "misadventured"; thus, we know that fate will work against them in the play, and an unexpected and previously unheard of "pestilence" is just another example of a terribly unlucky, unpredictable thing that could happen. 

Just as no one could have predicted that Tybalt would challenge Romeo just hours after he married Tybalt's cousin, or that Tybalt would kill Mercutio when Romeo came between them (an action that should have protected Mercutio rather than led to his death), or that Romeo would slay Tybalt, some random disease is just an unfortunate and arbitrary event.  Therefore, Friar John's quarantine seems like just one more symbol that fate will intervene to prevent Romeo and Juliet from being together, at least in this life.

What three things happen with Bob Ewell in Chapter 27 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

In Chapter 27 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Bob Ewell becomes a menace three times.

1. Bob Ewell acquires a job with the WPA, but is soon fired for his laziness. When he reports to the welfare office for a check, he claims repeatedly that Atticus Finch has cost him the job.


2. One Sunday evening Judge Taylor reads while his wife is at church. When he hears a scratching coming from the rear of his house, he thinks it is his dog who wants to go outside. But, when he goes to the door, he finds the screen door swinging, and he notices a shadow on the corner of his house "and "that was all he saw of his visitor," who he suspects is Bob Ewell.


3. When Helen Robinson walks down the public road to work for Mr. Link Deas, someone at the Ewells "chunked at her." After Mr. Deas threatens to report Ewell to the authorities, Bob Ewell walks behind Helen on the road, muttering foul words. When Mr. Deas comes out of his store, Ewell, who is leaning on the link fence, yells, "Don't you look at me, Link Deas, like I was dirt. I ain't jumped your---" Mr. Deas threatens again to involve the law if Ewell continues to bother Helen.

When Aunt Alexandra remarks that Bob Ewell seems to have a "permanent running grudge against everybody connected with the case," Atticus remarks that Ewell probably thought "he'd be a hero," but he really did not acquire any respect from anyone. He managed to get Tom convicted, but that was all. However, Atticus mistakenly believes that Ewell will "settle down when the weather changes."

What angle of the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitations Talks) I and II can argue about?

At the end of the 1960s, the United States began to negotiate with the Soviet Union to reduce the buildup of ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles). The United States was concerned that the Soviet Union might be constructing defenses that would prevent a missile from reaching Moscow. The SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talk) agreement, signed in 1972 between Nixon and Brezhnev, was the first time the Soviets and the United States had agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals. Talks regarding SALT II, intended to reduce Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicles (MIRVs), began in 1972, but this treaty was never ratified (though both sides abided by its terms).

A research paper on this topic might focus on why SALT II was never ratified, as it ran into internal American opposition related to Soviet treatment of dissidents in their country. In addition, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in late 1979 derailed the SALT II talks. A paper could also discuss other sticking points related to the ratification of SALT II, including the inability of the U.S. and the Soviet Union to agree on the number of warheads and strategic bombers and disagreement about the way in which the two nations would verify that the other side was abiding by the terms of the treaty.

How did China’s geography both help and hinder China’s development as a country?

Questions like this cannot be answered definitively.  We cannot go back and rerun China’s history, giving it different geography, to see what happens.  Instead, we can only speculate.  One famous speculation about the impact of China’s geography comes from Jared Diamond’s book Guns, Germs, and Steel.

Diamond says that China’s geography initially helped the country.  He says (on p. 414) that China’s heartland did not have many barriers to break it up.  Its two major river valleys were easily connected.  This allowed the civilization of the north to interact with the civilization of the south.  The two civilizations could share ideas and strengthen one another.  This, Diamond says, helped China become a very strong and advanced country by the early 1400s.  At that point, it was more developed than European countries were.  Thus, its geography helped it by allowing it to become a unified civilization very quickly.

However, Diamond says that this geography then caused China to lose its lead over Europe.  Because China was so geographically interconnected, it was able to become one unified country instead of being many small countries as existed in Western Europe.  In Europe, the countries competed with one another and forced each other to develop.  In China, there was only one country and there was no competition.  This meant that China did not have to keep progressing.  It could stagnate in terms of technology without being conquered by other neighboring countries.  Because China was united and unchallenged, it did not have to get stronger.  In this way, Diamond says, its geography, which had once helped it rise, also helped make it fall.

Describe why people believe it is necessary to have a government.

The most common reason proposed for why people need government is that people need government in order to protect their rights.  This idea is often called the “social contract” and it was made famous by philosophers such as Rousseau and Locke.

In this view, people without government would essentially not have any rights that were guaranteed to them.  They might have natural rights, but there would be no one to protect those rights.  You might think that you could do whatever you wanted to if there were no government.  But think about the fact that all the other people would be doing whatever they wanted to.  If you think about it, you will find that only the strongest people would get to keep their rights.  The strong would do whatever they wanted to the weak, perhaps even enslaving or killing them, and the weak would be unable to stop them.  Therefore, you would have no rights unless you were strong enough to protect them.

This is where government comes in.  The government does limit our freedom by telling us that we cannot do various things like use drugs or play loud music late at night.  However, it prevents other people from taking away our fundamental rights.  It prevents them from taking away our life (killing us), our liberty (enslaving us), or our property (stealing from us).  This is why people say we need government.  We need it in order that it can protect our fundamental human rights from other people.

How does Narayan make Susilla's illness and death so moving?

In The English Teacher, a novel by author R.K. Narayan, a portion of the main character's life is based on Narayan's. Narayan's own wife succumbed to typhoid in 1939, and he injected much of the grief and pain he felt as a result of this loss into Krishna's character. The fact that the author had actually experienced the loss he wrote about with Susila's death made the event even more moving and relatable. The emotions present in the last scenes between Krishna and Susila are thought-provoking, genuine and heartwarming. He shows his devotion as a husband by caring for her when she can no longer see to her own needs.

The majority of the novel focuses on Krishna's experience after his wife's death. The author also gives an honest look into the events leading up to Susila's death, and this realism is part of what makes the story so moving. The novel is divided into three distinct stages: Susila's illness, Susila's death, and Krishna's attempts to reach her in the afterlife.

After Susila's Death

While the realism of the events leading up to Susila's death are moving, the reader truly experiences Krishna's pain when he reaches out to his wife in the spiritual realm. This comes as a result of his philosophical musings and the burning question of how success in life relates to success in spiritual things, if at all. Krishna's interactions with his wife's ghost begin through a medium. Eventually, he is able to contact her on his own. What makes these experiences particularly moving is the unusual way in which the author paints them. Krishna's contact with Susila's ghost is treated as a normal part of life rather than anything supernatural or extraordinary. Eventually, the story reaches a moving emotional climax in which Krishna accepts that his wife is still with him spiritually even if she no longer has a physical presence in this world.

What social and economic goods and services does the ocean provide?

Ecosystem services are benefits provided to humans from the natural environment. Oceans provide enormous benefits to people valued at 21 trillion dollars annually, 60% of the estimated value of the entire biosphere (Costanza, 1999). 

Fisheries

The ocean is a rich nutritional source, and fishing not only provides food for people living in coastal areas, but it also is the basis for the economies of many countries. People in these areas depend on the sea for their nutrition and their livelihoods.

Tourism, Entertainment Value and Travel

People are naturally drawn to the sea, and enjoy vacationing in coastal areas. Proximity to the ocean boosts the economies of coastal areas by drawing in tourism dollars and expanding industries supported by tourism. We also use the ocean as an efficient method of travel, especially for large cargo ships transporting goods.

Medicine and Technologies

We have many medical products and technologies derived from or inspired by life in the ocean. An important example is horseshoe crab blood, which is used to test vaccines for bacterial contamination. There are also a number of medicines derived from corals and algaes that are used to treat asthma, arthritis and even some cancers. The thin but incredibly strong coating of slime on hagfish has inspired scientists to investigate its properties and try to develop similar protective products for everyday human use.

Water cycling

The cycling of water between earth and the atmosphere depends on large amounts of surface water that can readily evaporate and then rain back down onto the ground. Without the oceans, we would not have enough surface water and the earth would become a desert.

Protection against global warming

Excess carbon dioxide in the atomosphere leads to global warming. The oceans, particularly coastal areas, trap and store carbon dioxide (CO2), thereby providing a buffer against climate change. Destruction of healthy coastal habitats and loss of their ecosystem service would cause the rate of warming to rise.

Converting energy from the sun

Energy is absorbed from the sun and converted into a form that animals can use by photosynthetic organisms. The ocean surface is a field of photosynthetic algae that accounts for 35% of all primary production on earth (Costanza, 1999). 

Biodiversity

We have currently discovered only a fraction of the diversity of life in the ocean. We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the ocean floor (Copley, 2014). Biodiversity is of course important for supporting and sustaining healthy fisheries, but it serves humanity in other ways as well. First is the idea of the intrinsic value of nature- that it has value in and of itself, simply by existing. Most people are fascinated by the ocean and the mysteries it holds, and there is value in our enjoyment of exploring and experiencing the sea, or in experiencing the art, music, and literature it inspires. As mentioned above, ocean life has provided many solutions to health and technology issues faced by humans. Few may have expected the hagfish to be so valuable to people, and this serves as a reminder that we never know which species will hold the key to the issues we face. The enormous diversity of ocean life can be viewed as a rich source of untapped and unidentified resources, and therefore we should preserve the maximum biodiversity rather than risk throwing away a species before we know its potential to serve humanity.

I need help making a Venn diagram of Jem and Scout. Thanks.

First, you will have to decide on which similarities and differences you want to focus on for the two characters.  Both Scout and Jem have many differences and also many things in common.  I will highlight a few below:

Scout is younger than Jem.  Scout does not remember their mother because she died when the girl was very young.  She is more impulsive than her brother in the beginning of the book.  For example, Scout beats up Walter Cunningham after she gets in trouble with her teacher because she defended him.  Throughout most of the book, Scout is much more naive than her brother.  Scout asks many questions, which show her naivety.  For example, Scout asks Atticus why Mr. Cunningham pays him in crates "of smilax and holly" and "crokersack[s] full of turnip greens" instead of with money.

Jem is older than Scout.  Jem has memories of their deceased mother.  He is more rational.  When Scout beats up Walter Cunningham, Jem reasons with her.  He then invites the boy to lunch.  Jem is very aware of the goings on in Maycomb.  He demonstrates his knowledge throughout the book.  When Scout complains about school, Jem tells her with assurance that "the older [she gets] the better school [will] be" because "he started off the same way, and it was not until one reached the sixth grade that one learned anything of value."

Both Scout and Jem have a suspicion of Boo Radley.  They are also fascinated by him.  They both enjoy similar activities, such as playing with Dill, sneaking around the Radley house, and playing outside.  Scout and Jem both fiercely defend their father if necessary.  Both siblings are fascinated by the trial of Tom Robinson.  They are devastated when Tom Robinson is found guilty.

To create your Venn diagram, list the similarities the two characters share in the middle.  Then write the differences that Scout shows on one side, and the differences that Jem shows on the other.

How did Ralph from Lord of the Flies change or evolve from the beginning of the novel to the end? What caused this change to occur?

One of the major changes that Ralph undergoes over the course of the novel is his loss of innocence. This process begins as soon as he meets Piggy since Piggy is able to think more clearly and explain the reality of the situation. Ralph is confident that his father will come rescue him as soon as he gets leave. When Piggy asks him how he will know they are there, Ralph answers (in his mind), "Because, thought Ralph, because, because." He has a simplistic view of the world and of how things happen. His father will rescue him simply "because" that is how things work out.

Over the course of the story, however, Ralph sees the evil inside the boys and the terrible things they are capable of; he finishes the story weeping because of that loss of innocence.

Ralph also loses a great deal of confidence. At the beginning, when he is elected chief, there is a quiet and calm confidence about him that the boys recognize and are attracted to. But as the organization he attempts to set up falls apart and he calls more meetings and tries too hard to enforce rules, that confidence disappears; the boys notice it and are even more drawn to Jack. 

At the end of the story, Ralph falls at the feet of the officer: "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy." This describes all the ways that Ralph has changed. His mature perspective on life is so much more complicated and more sad than the boyish innocence he had at the beginning.

`3^(2x) = 75` Solve the equation accurate to three decimal places

Problem:` 3^(2x)=75` is an exponential equation.

  To simplify, we need to apply logarithm property: `log(x^y) = y*log(x)`

 to bring down the exponent that is in terms of x.

 Taking "log" on both sides:

`log(3^(2x))=log(75 )`

`(2x)log(3)=log(75)`

Divide both sides by `log(3)` to isolate "`2x` ":

`(2x * log (3)) /(log(3))= (log(75))/(log(3))`

`2x=(log(75))/(log(3))`

Multiply both sides by 1/2 to isolate x:

`(1/2)*2x=(log(75))/(log(3))*(1/2)`

Note: You will get the same result when you divide both sides by 2.

The equation becomes:

`x=(log(75))/(2log(3))`

`x~~1.965`    Rounded off to three decimal places

To check, plug-in `x=1.965` in` 3^(2x)=75` :

`3^(2*1.965)=?75`

`3^(3.93)=?75`

`75.0043637 ~~75`  TRUE

Conclusion: `x~~1.965` is the final answer.

Suppose that the average price of goods imported from Great Britain increased. Is it likely that the value of the Australian dollar would...

If the average price of goods imported from Great Britain rises, and if all other things truly are equal, then the value of the Australian dollar will depreciate relative to the pound and the price in pounds of Australian exports to Britain will fall.

Exchange rates are typically determined by supply and demand.  In the scenario you lay out here, the demand for pounds will rise as will the supply of Australian dollars.  Both of these changes will cause the value of the Australian dollar to depreciate.  If the price of British imports rises, Australian importers will need to buy more pounds to pay for those goods.  They will pay for those pounds in dollars.  When they do this, the demand for pounds rises (they need more of them) and the supply of dollars also rises (more are being put out on the foreign exchange market to buy pounds).  We know that when demand rises, the price also rises.  Therefore, the price of pounds will rise.  We also know that as supply rises, prices fall.  Therefore, the price of dollars will fall.  As the price of pounds rises and the price of dollars falls, the dollar will depreciate and the price in pounds of Australian exports will fall.

When did Gothic novels and short stories first become popular?

Gothic stories started to become popular in the late 18th century. These stories grew in popularity, in part, as a response to the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment emphasized reason and science, investigation and inquiry; on the other hand, feeling and intuition and concepts like genius were deprivileged and considered to be of far less importance. Romantic philosophies concerning the importance of emotion and its superiority over science and reason arose in response, and Gothic literature is part of this movement. 

Romantics believed emotion was the superior aspect of humanity because emotion and creativity do not have to be taught. Study, investigation, and reason are all things we must learn, skills we must acquire. Therefore, our feelings are more purely human because we come into the world already knowing how to feel, and Romantic writers believed we could be more true to ourselves by cultivating our feelings. Gothic literature inspired terror, fear, and passion, some of the strongest feelings human beings can have. As a result of this power, Gothic literature was believed to be beneficial.

Legally, what happened to Brent?

Because he was driving under the influence when he caused Lea Zamora's death, Brent is charged with DUI (Driving Under the Influence) and manslaughter.

Brent's parents hire a lawyer and a psychologist to argue against Brent being consigned to a juvenile detention center. After hearing arguments in court, the judge puts Brent on probation. According to the terms of his probation, Brent must receive alcohol counseling, participate in therapy to address his depression, volunteer in an emergency room, and if desired, meet with Lea's family to discuss restitution. This is what legally happens to Brent in the aftermath of the accident.

Mrs. Zamora decides to meet with Brent, but her husband refuses. During the meeting, Mrs. Zamora explains that, having lived through tumultuous times in the Philippines, she isn't interested in retribution. Instead, she tasks Brent with the responsibility of ensuring that Lea's beautiful and generous spirit lives on.

To accomplish this goal, Brent is asked to fashion four whirligigs in Lea's image and to deposit them in the four corners of the United States: in Maine, Florida, Washington, and California. Mrs. Zamora maintains that the joy people will receive from the whirligigs will help preserve Lea's selfless legacy for years to come.

What was Lincoln's position on slavery up to the Civil War?

Lincoln was always personally against slavery, but he did not believe that the federal government could end slavery constitutionally.  As a candidate in the 1860 election, Lincoln only sought to limit the expansion of slavery into the land taken during the Mexican War.  Lincoln thought that slavery would die a natural death due to technological advancements--slavery would be ended by replacing laborers with machines.  If there was to be any freeing of the slaves through governmental intervention, Lincoln hoped that it would come at the state level with the slave-owners being compensated for their lost property.  Radical Republicans thought that Lincoln was too soft on slavery and abolitionists thought that a better candidate in 1860 would have been William Seward or Salmon Chase.  

Lincoln's stance on slavery did not change until around the middle of 1862.  He saw freeing the slaves as a war aim meant to weaken the Confederacy and by turning the war into a war to end slavery, it would morally isolate the South from its prospective European allies.