What literary elements are used in Black Beauty?

While Ann
Sewell's Black Beauty became famous for the poignant story of a
beautiful and gentle horse as well as the novel's effecting the promotion of humane
treatment of horses, the most salient of literary elements in its narrative is the
original idea of having the horse as narrator.   This personification
of Beauty intrigues the young reader who follows the internalizing of the
horse's observations and feelings.  Personification is used by Beauty himself as, for
instance, he describes his experiences with a train:  "A terrible creature" that
"shrieks and groans."

Along with personification, Sewell
also makes frequent use of simile.  For example, in
Chapter 1, Beauty describes Old Daniel who is "as gentle as our master."  Then, in
Chapter 3, Beauty describes the feel of the bit:  "A great piece of hard steel as thick
as a man's finger."  And, again in Chapter 5, Beauty describes how the groomsman used to
make his mane and tail "almost as smooth as a lady's hair." In Chapter 33 Beauty writes
that

Polly,
[Jerry's] wife was just as good a match as a man could
have.

Of course, there are
horse metaphors employed in this narrative such as "the
touch of the rein" which means the slight movements and signals that are given by an
experience rider who knows how to manipulate the horse's reins. Sewell's theme is stated
in Jerry Baker's remark which employs
metaphor:

"My
doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or srong that we have the power to stop, and do
nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the
guilt"

There is
irony in Black Beauty.  In Chapter 7,
Ginger relates her history to Beauty, and she tells
him,

"Then one
man dragged me along by the halter, another flogging behind, and this was
the first experience I had of men's
kindness..."

Determine the slope and y intercept for d1: -2x+3y+1=0 d2: 2x-3y+1=0

We'll put the equation of d1 in the standard
form:

y=mx + n, where the
coefficients represent:

- m - the
slope

- n - y
intercept

-2x+3y+1=0

We'll
isolate 3y to the left
side:

3y=2x-1

We'll divide
by 3 both sides:

y=(2x/3) -
1/3

The standard form of the equation
is:

y=(2x/3) -
1/3

The slope of the line d1
is m = 2/3 and the y intercept is n =
-1/3.

 

We'll
put the equation of d2 in the standard form:

y=mx + n,
where the coefficients represent:

- m - the
slope

- n - y
intercept

2x-3y+1=0

We'll
isolate -3y to the left
side:

-3y=-2x-1

We'll divide
by -3 both sides:

y=(2x/3) +
1/3

The standard form of the equation
is:

y=(2x/3) +
1/3

The slope of the line d1
is m = 2/3 and the y intercept is n = 1/3.

Why does Conrad use two narrators in the The Heart of Darkness?

Conrad's use of two narrators in Heart of
Darknessreinforces several of the novella's themes. The bulk of the narrative
is told by Charlie Marlow about his experiences in traveling up the Congo River in
search of Kurtz. Marlow retells his adventure while aboard a ship, the
Nellie, in the mouth of the Thames River waiting for the tide to
carry them out to sea. The Nellie and Marlow are introduced to the
reader at the very beginning of the novella by an unnamed narrator. Both Marlow and this
unnamed narrator are not entirely reliable in their accounts of events, both leave out
considerable details which beg the reader to become more involved in constructing the
meaning of both narratives. Even the interpretations of events of each of these
narrators is somewhat suspect--very little can be taken as
fact.

All of this supports one of the central themes of the
novella: the ambiguous nature of truth, evil, and morality. By using two narrators, we
are exposed to differing perspectives on the same basic concept--the journey into a
"heart of darkness" within the human soul--and are left to come to our own conclusions
about its meaning and significance.

What are some external and internal conflicts that Beowulf faces?

Concerning conflicts in Beowulf,
external conflicts abound.  Beowulf fights Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon.  He
also faces skeptics, such as some of Hrothgar's men, when he arrives in their homeland
and announces that he is there to solve their monster problem, which, of course, they
haven't been able to solve.  He also faces the problem of his loyal followers not being
so loyal, or at least not so brave--when they refuse to help him fight the dragon, for
instance. 

In short, Beowulf is good and noble and
honorable and just and he is in almost constant conflict with evil and dark forces, for
the most part, and envy and jealousy and cowardice, in minor
instances.

Concerning internal conflicts, the nature of a
hero in an epic like this one, written at the time it was written (Anglo-Saxon England),
is such that internal conflicts are anathema, pretty much nonexistent.  Beowulf is
perfect or at least nearly perfect.  He is good and righteous and almost all powerful,
and he knows it.  He knows what he does is righteous, and he knows he can do it.  He
does not suffer from self-doubt or any questioning of his purposes or questioning of the
consequences of his actions.  Beowulf is an ideal hero.  He, at least for the most part,
does not have inner conflicts.   

In other words, I cannot
say for sure that no internal conflicts exist in the whole of the
Beowulf epic.  I can say that, for the most part, a hero like
Beowulf does not have inner conflicts.  He is on the side of goodness and God and
justice, and one cannot question that--at least not for many centuries after
Beowulf was written.

Who is flat and who is a round character in "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield?

In this excellent story there are actually very few round
characters. Remember that a flat character can be compared to a paper doll - they are
two dimensional, with only one or two key personality traits. A round character has the
three-dimensional qualities of real-life people, with many traits and
complexities.

Given this distinction, let us consider how
the characters in "The Doll's House" measure up. It is clear that out of the Burnell
children, it is only Kezia who is a round character. The others are only interested in
flaunting the Doll's House to gain standing amongst their friends and in mocking the
Kelvey sisters. It is Kezia who shows she is a more rounded character, and the author
gives us lots of information about how she is struck by the
lamp:

But the
lamp was perfect. It seemed to smile at Kezia, to say, "I live here." The lamp was
real.

Kezia's focus on the
lamp and her thinking about it show that Mansfield is presenting her as a round
character.

When we consider the Kelvey sisters, at first
they are presented as flat characters - easily distinguishable because of their way of
walking and bearing themselves - Lil's silly smile and Else always hanging on to her
sister. Yet, by the end of the story, we see that there is more especially to Else. Her
comment about seeing the "little lamp" is highly significant, not least because the lamp
is an important symbol in this story, but also because it shows that she is not the
stupid, silent girl that everyone takes her for and she is able to think at a deeper
level.

What is a good zinger on an extended response about mood in "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs?

I assume that when you refer to the word "zinger" you are
wanting a sentence or a quote that will set the tone of your extended response to this
chilling short story. Well, to being, you need to remember that this tale is a
spine-tingling version of the "three wishes" tale told in most cultures. Like many
renditions of the tale, it offers lessons in morality, but it distinguishes itself from
other such tales through its aura of terror and suspense. Reading it is like going on an
emotional rollercoaster ride as the Whites are pushed to the brink of desperation,
trying to reverse their wish and bring their son back from the
dead.

One place to start in terms of focussing on the dark,
sinister mood that characterises this story is on the introduction of the paw and what
the general says about it. This is worth quoting at length to be able to discuss how
Jacobs begins to create the mood:

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The soldier regarded him in the way that middle
age is wont to regard presumptuous youth. "I have," he said, quietly, and his blotchy
face whitened.

"And did you really have the three wishes
granted?" asked Mrs. White.

"I did," said
the sergeant major, and his glass tapped against his strong
teeth.

"And has anybody else wished?" persisted the old
lady.

"The first man had his three wishes, yes," was the
reply; "I don't know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That's how I
got the paw."

His tones were so grave that a hush fell upon
the group.

Key aspects to
note about how the dark mood is established is the descriptions of the sergeant major.
The whitening of his face as he recalls his three wishes, and then, paradoxically, the
tapping of the glass against his "strong" teeth clearly sets a discordant note - a
strong military man is not expected to be reduced to a bag of nerves by the remembrance
of such "magic". Lastly, the recounting of the last man who wished for death as his last
wish creates an automatic hush - clearly the stage is set for the old fakir's prophecy
to prove true in the midst of the mood that has been
established.

Hopefully this will help you identify a
"zinger" that you can use to introduce your essay. Good luck, and remember, be careful
what you wish for :-).

Which steps does government have to take to maintain full employment and low inflation?

In theory, this is simple.  In practice it is very
difficult -- otherwise, there would never be problems with inflation or high
unemployment.

Basically, to have both of these things,
government is supposed to keep the supply of money at the proper level and keep taxes
and spending at the proper level.  (Who knows what these proper levels
are...)

If there is too much unemployment, the government
is supposed to spend more and tax less.  It is supposed to (like the Fed announced it
would do today) increase the money supply by doing things like buying government
bonds.

When the rate of inflation is too high, the
government is supposed to do the opposite of all of these things.  Basically, it is
supposed to drain money from the economy so that there will be less
inflation.

This is a very basic answer to a very broad
question...

How effective do you find the metaphor of the deer and the hunt in the poem? Is the metaphor retained till the end?

The extended metaphor of the hunt is indeed an effective
one when addressing the theme of the poem and the period in which it was
written.

Wyatt was an integral part of the Tudor court, and
as such was frequently to accompany the king on hunting trips. Both Henry VIII and
Thomas Wyatt were dynamic, energetic and handsome men in their youth and as a result
were well used to the pursuit of young women as well as young
hinds.

The choice of metaphor enhances the relationship
between the narrator and his audience. If we see that the poem was to be presented at
court, as Wyatt often did, then the sonnet contains a clear message to his monarch that
Wyatt renounces his pursuit of this current ‘hind’. History indicates that the ‘hind’
was representative of the young Anne Boleyn, who was believed to have been involved with
Wyatt before becoming the wife of Henry VIII.

Further
emphasis of the narrator’s renouncement of his pursuit is symbolised by the imagery of t
golden collar which indicates the hind as the property of Caesar. By including this
reference, Wyatt shows deference to his monarch and alludes to his greatness in the
comparison with Julius Caesar.

What impact did the so-called "Renaissance" have on English poetry of that period?

The word "Renaissance" -- closely related to a very
similar Italian word of the period -- suggests the idea of "rebirth." The term refers to
a rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman culture, especially classical literature.
Interest in the classical past had never by any means died out during the so-called
"middle ages," but such interest became especially intense during the Renaissance.  The
Renaissance began in Italy and is often associated with the fourteenth-century Italian
poet Francesco Petrarca (or "Petrarch," in English). Petrarch's sonnet sequence known as
the Rime sparse ("Scattered Rhymes") was especially influential on
subsequent Renaissance literature in many European countries. By the early 1500s, the
impact of the Renaissance in general, and of Petrarch in particular, was beginning to be
felt in England.

The main project of the "Renaissance" was
to try to determine how the writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans were relevant to
contemporary Christians. The rationale behind this quest was simple: since Christianity
was the Truth with a capital T, anything discovered in the classical past that was true
was, by definition, compatible with Christianity. Renaissance Christians felt enormous
respect for the so-called "virtuous pagans," such as Plato, Aristotle, and Seneca,who
had used reason alone to discover so much truth. Reason was a gift from God, and the
virtuous pagans had used it wisely and well. Even though they did not have access to the
full Truth (contained in the Bible), they had nevertheless discovered much truth simply
by using the reason God gives to all human beings.

This
admiration for the "virtuous pagans" can be seen, for example, in Sir Thomas Wyatt's
poem "Farewell, Love." Wyatt is usually considered one of the very first, and most
influential, of the English Renaissance poets.  In "Farewell, Love," the speaker turns
his back on Cupid, since Cupid is the symbol of selfish desire (as opposed to true
spiritual love). The speaker announces that Cupid's

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. . . baited hooks shall tangle me no
more;

Senec and Plato call me from thy
lore,

To perfect wealth my wit for to endeavor.
(2-4)

These lines are utterly
typical of Renaissance poetry. Cupid (i.e., selfish desire) tries to entice us with his
deceptive, baited hooks of temptation, as if we were as lacking in reason as fish are.
However, virtuous pagans, such as the Roman philosopher Seneca and the Greek philosopher
Plato, can help call us away from Cupid's "lore" (his teachings) and his "lure" (the
bait on his hook). In other words, the virtuous pagan philosophers can help teach us to
achieve "perfect" moral and intellectual "wealth" by teaching us to endeavor to employ
our "wit" (or reason) properly. This poem is just one of many pieces of English
Renaissance literature that makes essentially the same point: that Renaissance
Christians should strive to be at least as virtuous as the "virtuous pagans"
were.

Diamond & graphite are allotropes of carbon. Explain how they differ in terms of their molecular structure & why diamond is denser than..graphite?

Crystalline
structure of diamond:

- Each carbon atom is  linked through
four covalences by other four carbon atoms, using a tetrahedral orientation and having a
sp3 hybridization → a crystal diamond seems to be a"Giant
molecule".

- sp3 hybridized carbon atoms form powerful
links, involve all the electrons in connection.

- carbon
atoms have a tetrahedral geometry, which explain the physicochemical properties of
diamond.

- The elementary cell of diamond is
cubic.

Crystalline structure of
graphite:

- Crystal is composed of flat layers of carbon
atoms that are arranged in hexagons, as combs, and they are bound together by atomic
ties, the  parallel planes of carbon atoms are linked by weak bonds, Van der Waals
type;

- carbon atoms are Sp2 hybridized → those three links
made with the three hybrid orbitals are strong, the third 2p orbital of each atom of the
plan remains non-hybridized and contains a single
electron

- all electrons of non-hybridized orbitals of
atoms in a plane are common and mobile and they are belonging to all the atoms in the
plane

- Elementary cell of graphite is of hexagonal
type.

What is the theme of "The Lottery" and what true events mirror the central action of the story?

Jackson's "The Lottery" is very much a scapegoat story
that reflects the terrible behavior and cruelty humans are capable of when that behavior
is sanctioned by one's neighbors, by the majority.

The
story most directly suggests pogroms to me, events that were common in Europe before and
during WWII.  The Nazis weren't the only ones who killed Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals
during WWII.  Anti-semitism was common in Europe.  A pogrom is a spontaneous uprising
against a minority, rather than a big-government master plan to eliminate a minority. 
It is a kind of riot against one's neighbors who are different from oneself.  Cruel acts
are invariably performed by individuals seemingly not willing or capable of performing
these acts on their own.  Joined to a mob, however, the mob mentality prevails and
persecution results--the scapegoats are eliminated, as in "The Lottery."  The minority
suffers at the pleasure of the majority, for the sake, it is thought, of the
majority. 

In The Kite Runner, why is Baba disappointed by Amir's decision to become a writer?

It is clear from the very beginning of the novel that Baba
is disappointed about lots of things that he sees in his son, Amir, his penchant for
writing being only one of them. Consider how Chapter 3 ends - Baba, talking to Rahim
Khan, says that Amir is so different from him that he doubts he is his
son.

An interesting part of the novel that is worth
examining comes when Amir writes his first story and gives it to Baba, saying that he
had written a story:

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Baba nodded and gave a thin smile that conveyed
little more than feigned interest. "Well, that's very good, isn't it?" he said. Then
nothing more. He just looked at me through the cloud of
smoke.

I probably stood there for under a minute, but, to
this day, it was one of the longest minutes of my life. Seconds plodded by, each
separated from the next by an eternity. Air grew heavy, dam, almost solid. I was
breathing bricks. Baba went on staring me down, and didn't offer to
read.

It is clear that Baba
has no interest at all in his son's literary ambitions, and it is left to Rahim Khan to
encourage Amir and read the story. If it were up to Baba, Amir would be a businessman or
something more "manly" - a writer does not fit Baba's idea of a male
career.

Though examining the character relationships, please compare The Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You.Please give me textual...

This question could  make quite an extensive essay, so
I'll cover two relationships and point you, hopefully, in a useful direction.  Also,
since you don't distinguish, I'll be using the characters from 10
Things, the TV show.

The first major difference
between Kate and Petruchio in Shrew and Kat Stratford and Patrick
Verona is the way they interact.  In the play, Petruchio determines to make Kate his
wife, regardless of how she feels about it.  He gives the reason of
money:

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...and, therefore, if thou
know

One rich enough to be Petruchio's
wife...

She moves me not...

I
come to wive it wealthily in Padua. (I,
ii)

But he also seems excited
by the challenge posed by the wildcat Kate.  So, he meets Kate and directly confronts
her and tells her she will be his wife, whether she likes it or
not:

Thus in
plain terms:  your father hath consented

That you shall be
my wife; your dowry greed on;

And will you, nill you, I
will marry you. (II, i)

So
the die is cast early in the play, and Kate is resistant the whole way.  When Petruchio
says that they'll marry on Sunday, she retorts:

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I'll see thee hang'd on Sunday first. (II,
i)

While Kate and Petruchio,
from the moment that they meet are struggling over the questions of first betrothal and
later appropriate behaviour between husband and wife, Kat and Patrick are simply
students in high school, who are attracted to each other, but always seem to be at odds
over something.  This sort of cat and mouse tension works well for a TV show that must
run over many episodes, and also displays the awkwardness  that can exist between
teenagers when it comes to love.  They don't come anywhere near the life-changing topic
of marriage, and are pretty much confined to the common issues facing teenagers in
today's society.

The other major relationship that the TV
show 10 Things and Shrew portray differently
is Kate and Bianca, or Kat and Bianca.  In Shrew, Kate really has
no interaction with Bianca, save to tie up her hands and try to make her confess which
of her suitors she loves.  When their father comes in on this, he scolds Kate and
comforts Bianca.  Kate replies:

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...Nay, now I
see

She is your treasure, she must have a
husband....

Talk not to me, I will go
weep,

Till I can find occasion for revenge. (II,
i)

In 10
Things, these sisters have different personalities, but they ride back and
forth to school together, and sometimes cover for each other when one disobeys the house
rules.  Kat might not really understand why Bianca values the friends, etc, that she
does, but their relationship is nowhere near as hateful as the one in Shrew
appears to be.  Also, the above text suggests that Bianca is their father's
favorite in Shrew, while in 10 Things, it
seems that their father really admires Kat's quirky spirit best.

To what extent does Steinbeck's introductory description of Curley's wife reinforce or contradict what the old swamper has said ?this is in...

In Scene Two of Of Mice and Men when
Curley's wife appears in the doorway of the bunkhouse, Steinbeck's description of her
seems to aptly reinforce the comments of the old swamper, who has described her as
"Purty...but----" and "she got the eye" that she has given to Slim, the mule skinner and
Carlson.  For, as she stands in the doorway, she strikes a
pose:

She put
her hands behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown
forward.  "Your're the new fellas that just come, ain't
ya?"

As Lennie looks at her,
she "bridled a little," then glances at her fingernails, pretending to be nonchalant,
but her next words are said "playfully" as she "smiled archly and twitched her
body":

"....I
guess I better look some place
else."

Clearly, Curley's
wife, is flirtatious, with her "full, rouged lips" and heavily made up face and red
fingernails and "nasal, brittle" voice is no lady.  She notices the reaction of Lennie
when he looks at her legs and arches her body in an animalistic response to the male
interest in her.  Her remark that she should look elsewhere is a lure thrown out to see
if the new men will say, "Oh, you can stay a while."  But, George is aware of her
meaning and replies brusquely to her so she will understand that there is no
encouragement.

Steinbeck's depiction of Curley's wife is
that of an Eve, who poses threats to the peace and fraternity of the men.  It is
Curley's wife who disrupts any harmony between the boss's son and the workers, and among
the men who constantly struggle to overcome their alienation from one another.  As she
lies lifeless on the hay in the barn after the others have gone, Old Candy looks
helplessly back at her and "his sorrow and anger grew into
words":

"You done it, di'n't you?  I s'pose you're
glad.  ever'body knowed you'd mess things up.  You wasn't no good.  You ain't no good
now, you lousy tart."

What js a formal analysis of picasso's girl with a mandolin ? What are some points of view and some ideas to support the argument?

I would like to suggest that no analysis in the arts can
be "formal," as is the case in the natural sciences. Thus, I would like to recommend an
article, if this is still a timely response, called

"The
Painting of Pablo Picasso: A Psychoanalytic Study" in the College Art
Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter, 1947-1948), pp. 81-95, written by Daniel E.
Schneider.

Without a vast knowledge of Picasso's work, some
of my own observations include the following:

This work of
art was one of Picasso's early cubist creations. The only aspects of this art piece that
are not cubes are the girl's eyes, hair, breast, and mandolin. This contrast is a kind
of mixture between carpe diem (sieze the moment) and limit-experience (moments of
ecstasy and trance in the philosophical sense) in which Picasso captures in a work of
art that has no movement but the movement that we create in our own understanding of
it.

What are some major symbols in the story A Separate Peace?

I would argue that the most important symbol
in the novel is the tree. Gene is drawn to it when he returns to Devon in
the first chapter, and his description reflects on the influence of the tree on his
childhood. He describes as though it is a monster that tormented him as a child, but
upon returning, he realizes it is nothing of which to be afraid. The tree
has Biblical symbolism- Finny's fall represents the loss of innocence among the boys.
When Gene pushes Finny, not only does he lose his innocence by committing
an act of violence, but he cause Finny to lose his by shattering his ideal world.
To a lesser extent, WWII is also a symbol for loss of innocence in the
novel. It connects back to the shattering of Finny's world, which
connects back to the tree itself.

The weather is also a
symbol in the novel. The weather directly reflects Finny's influence on
Gene. When Finny and Gene are happy, and Finny is living his ideal
existence, it is summertime. The boys have few obligations, the rules of Devon have been
relaxed for the summer session, and there's an idyllic atmosphere to the school. Yet
when Finny is gone from Devon, and after he dies, it is winter. There is a coldness, the
war has come to the school, and Gene no longer has the friendship of Finny to guide
him.

Should India or Pakistan control Kashmir, and why or why not?

If you ask the Kashmiris themselves, you might get the
answer that neither one should control the whole region.  There are different groups
within the region itself that might side with India, particularly those who are Hindu,
the Muslims might side with Pakistan, and the Bhuddists might actually want to be part
of Tibet or China, depending on the circumstances.

You
could make the argument for either side depending on which perspective you take, but a
major part of the problem are the borders which were never drawn by the people living
within them but by foreign powers or nations such as India and Pakistan and China
without any sort of consultation with the Kashmiris themselves.

What is the theme for "The Gryphon" by Charles Baxter?

I believe that the central theme of "The Gryphon" is
unorthodoxy; its positive and negative aspects, and especially its effect on children.
Miss Ferenczi, the mysterious and eccentric substitute teacher who is the focus of the
narrative, is unlike no one the students have ever seen; her hairdo is bizarre, and she
wears tinted glasses and carries a purple purse and a checkered lunchbox. Miss
Ferenczi's unorthodoxy extends far beyond her appearance, howeve. In an educational
system which stresses rote memorization of facts, she teaches through storytelling, and
by relating events from her own experience. Miss Ferenczi challenges the students to
think through and beyond the information they are given in their textbooks, which would
seem to stimulate in them a needed sense of creativity and freedom. The substitute
teacher's methods, however, also expose the students to danger, as she is revealed to be
increasingly unstable, and ends up essentially messing with their minds, telling them
that seven times eleven might be sixty-eight, and predicting the death of one of the
students through the use of tarot cards.

In exploring the
nature of unorthodoxy, especially as it relates to the education of children, the author
poses many questions, to which he does not provide answers. Given that learning through
sheer memorization of facts is not enough, how much freedom is advisable? When does
unorthodoxy cross the line from stimulating creativity to causing absolute and
destructive chaos?

What is a t chart ?

Charts are used to visually represent data. There are many
styles of charts one could use. Pie charts, histograms, tables, bar and line graphs, are
all ways that one could present data. A T-chart typically has two columns. They can each
have a heading with numbers below to represent quantities relevant to the heading. For
example, one could have a T chart with the heading, Days in one column and Height in the
other column. This T chart could be used to record data from a growth experiment on a
plant for a certain number of days and the measurements obtained for the height of the
plant each day. One could then use the T chart as a data table and eventually use the
data to produce a graph. Generally, people should be able to extract the meaning of a
chart with very little text, based on the headings in the chart and the data found
therein.

Determine the multiplicative inverse of the number (7+2i)/(6-3i).

We'll establish the multiplicative inverse  of the given
ratio
is:

(6-3i)/(7+2i)

According to
the rule, it is not allowed that the denominator to be a complex
number.

We'll multiply the ratio by the conjugate of
(7+2i).

The conjugate of 7+2i =
7-2i

(6-3i)/(7+2i) = (6-3i)(7-2i) /
(7+2i)(7-2i)

We'll remove the
brackets:

(6-3i)(7-2i) = 42 - 12i - 21i
- 6

We'll combine the real parts and the imaginary parts
and we'll get:

 (6-3i)(7-2i) = 36 -
33i

Now, we'll calculate the difference of
squares:

(7+2i)(7-2i) = (7)^2 - (4i)^2 = 49 + 16 =
65

(6-3i)/(7+2i) = ( 36 -
33i)/65

The multiplicative
inverse of the number
(7+2i)/(6-3i) is:

36/65 -
(33/65)*i

Why does Pip decide against confiding his heartache to Mr. Pocket in Chapter 33 of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens?

After spending some time with Estella in the beginning of
Chapter 33, Pip is, once again, tortured with love for Estella (who has, despite knowing
him for many years, called him by name for the first time during a conversation about
Miss Havisham's plans for Estella).

When Pip returns to the
Pocket household, he briefly considers confiding in Mr. Pocket regarding his heartache,
as Mr. Pocket is "justly celebrated for giving most excellent practical advice." 
However, Pip changes his mind:

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Happening to look up at Mrs. Pocket as she sat
reading her book of dignities after prescribing bed as a sovereign remedy for baby, I
though--Well, no, I
wouldn't.

Essentially, Pip is
aware of the dysfunction that exists within the Pocket household.  In previous chapters,
readers discover Mrs. Pocket to be a woman whose obsession with social class (more
specifically, her obsession with the idea of "titles" and her own family's almost-royal
lineage) prevents her from even taking care of her own children.  In Chapter 23, Pip
describes Mrs. Pocket has "highly ornamental, but perfectly helpless and useless,"
and further describes the Pocket household as
follows:

Both
Mr. and Mrs. Pocket had such a noticeable air of being in somebody else's hands that I
wondered who really was in possession of the house and let them live there, until I
found this unknown power to be the
servants.

To return to your
question, Pip's knowledge of the Pockets' dysfunction prevents him from confiding in Mr.
Pocket.  As is consistent with his behavior in the rest of the novel, Pip expresses his
fear, although indirectly this time, that he will not be understood.  Incidentally, this
episode serves to reinforce Dickens's idea that social class is not as important as many
people, and many characters in the novel, make it out to be.

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what are the targets of Twain's satire in the Grangerford family?

The incident concerning the Grangerfords occurs in the
novel in Chapters 17 and 18. The two central aspects that Twain is appearing to be
satirising in this section is the mawkish preoccupation with death as expressed through
the character of Emmeline Grangerford and then the hypocrisy of the Grangerfords and the
Shepherdsons in their blood fued.

Firstly, Emmeline
Grangerford, although she is now dead, is presented as a young lady with an unhealthy
interest in death. It is hilarious the way that we are told she was so interested in
death that she was famed for arriving to give her respects even before the
undertaker:

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Every time a man died, or a woman died, or a
child died, she would be on hand with her "tribute" before he was cold. She called them
tributes. The neighbours said it was the doctor first, then Emmeline, then the
undertaker - the undertaker never got in ahead of Emmeline but once, and then she hung
fire on a rhyme for the dead person's name, which was
Whistler.

Her inability to
find a rhyme in time for "Whistler" is what drives her to her grave, as she let the
undertaker "beat" her to the dead person's family. This is clearly ludicrous and shows
Twain at his best poking fun at those with an unhealthy interest in
death.

Another aspect that is satirised is the feud between
the Grangerfords and the Shepherdons, which has gone on so long that no one remembers
what started it. In Chapter 18, Colonel Grangerford is presented as a civilised man, and
yet there is an amusing incident when they go to church and everyone takes their guns
and keeps them between their knees during the service whilst they listen to a sermon on
"brotherly love." Although they talk about it on the way back, it clearly has no impact
on them in terms of the rancour between the two different
families.

Twain therefore seems to be using the
Grangerfords to satirise the hypocrisy of the Southern Aristocracy and the unhealthy
interest in death expressed by some women. It would be interesting to find out what he
would think of the poetry of Emily Dickinson, who some critics have argued is similar to
Emmeline Grangerford!

For The Great Gatsby, how do I write 1-2 paragraphs of summary that include the main events and give details but is to the point?I keep writting...

One way to approach a two-paragraph description of
The Great Gatsby is to use paragraph one to cover from Nick
Carraway's visit to West Egg to see Daisy and Tom Buchanan through to the car accident.
Your sentences will need to be well constructed and cover more than one event each while
also succinctly introducing characters. I'll give one a try: Nick Carraway,
newly moved to the East to study
for a career in finance, goes
from his cottage home in West Egg to visit his cousin, her husband and
their golf-playing friend in wealthy and extravagant East
Egg where he mentions his new neighbor at
whose urging he will later press an
invitation on his cousin Daisy to come visit him and meet
his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, who is a man of questionable
morals and wealth who was once Daisy's beau
before she married Tom
Buchanan.

This one sentence introduces the main characters
and gets you all the way to Gatsby's rendezvous with Daisy at Nick's place. In one more
similar sentence you could move through events that take Nick and Gatsby to the shadow
of the billboard to claim Tom's mistress from her auto-mechanic husband and to their
subsequent drunken misadventures in New York that result in the car accident. Paragraph
two can cover events after the accident that lead to Gatsby's own death and then state
the meaning of the story in a similar fashion as my sample sentence. The highlighted (in
bold) words are the verbs (moved, goes, will),
prepositions (for, in, at, before),
participles (moved),
conjunctions (and), and subordinated
wh-clauses (where, whose, who, who)
that make vast amounts of information available within strict word or paragraph
limits.

What are the characters and characteristics in The Kiss by Kate Chopin?

There are only three characters in this story; Brantain,
Harvy and Nathalie. Natahlie is being courted by the rich Mr. Brantain. They are sitting
together when Mr. Harvy comes in a plants a big kiss right on Natahlie's lips. She
obviously likes Harvy, he is a friend of her brothers, but it is more important for her
to convince Brantain that she likes HIM because Brantain is rich and Nathalie wants to
marry him.

Nathalie is a calculating young woman. She sets
her sights on Brantain and  when Harvy comes in and kisses her, thus threatening her
relationship with Brantain, she immediately sets to work to fix things. She convinces
Brantain that the kiss means nothing.

Brantain is rather
unsure of himself. The story calls him "insignifcant" and "unattractive" whereas Harvy
is brash, attractive and outgoing. Brantain immediately gets up to leave when Harvy
kisses Nathalie, assuming the worst. After Nathalie coaxes him and convinces him she
does not care for Harvy, they marry. Harvy approaches Nathalie at her wedding and
informs her that her new husband has sent him over to kiss Natahlie - "No hard
feelings," so to speak, but he tells her he will NOT kiss her. He has given up kissing
women. It is too dangerous. He is joking with her, tongue in cheek, kind of telling her,
"Hey, you made your choice, so now live with it." The author says he has a sly smile on
his face when he greets Natahlie at her wedding.

Natahlie,
however, coldly concludes that, oh well, sometimes we can't have everything. She has
made her choice. Money over love.

What are some ways of enhancing a document with Microsoft editing tools?

I love WordArt as a way to enhance the title of a
document.  I think that it's really innovative and can be a very catchy and
aesthetically appealing element to Microsoft Word.  Prior to this, though, I would say
that being able to understand if this is something that can be done in accordance to an
assignment is going to be critical.  Some instructors frown upon "enhancement of a
document, and simply want the work.  I think you should check into this before
progressing with any of these tips.  In addition to WordArt, the ability to import a
picture in a document is another way to support its enhancement, as well as selection of
font and style, such as italics or bold.  These are all elements that can be easily
accessed through "Formatting Palette."  I would also investigate font size in terms of
enhancement and alignment of different elements in the document, if this is
feasible.

Calculate the area of a triangle who's vertices are the points (0,16) , (0,5) and (8,2)

To calculate the area of the triangle whose vertices are
(0,16),(0,5) and(8,2).

We know that if (x,y1), (x2,y2) and
(x3,y3) are the vertices of the triangle, then the area of the triangle is given
by:

Area of the triangle = (1/2) |{(x2-x1)(y2+y1)
+(x3-x2)(y3+y1)+(x1-x3)(y1+y2)}|

Therefore the area of the
triangle whose vertices are (0,16), (0,5), (8 ,2) is given
by:

Area of the triangle = (1/2) {(0-0)(16+5) +(8-0)((2+5)
+(0-8)(2+16)}

Area of triangle = (1/2) |{0 + 56 -
144}|

Area of the given triangle = (1/2) * 88 =
44 sq units.

W can calculate
the area by Heron's formula also:

Area of the triangle =
sqrt{s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}, a, b ,c are sides of triangle, s =
(a+b+c)/2.

a = sqrt(0+(16-5)^2 )=
11

b = sqrt[8^2+ (2-14)^2] = sqrt260 =
16.125..

c =sqrt[(8-0)*2+(2-5)^2] = sqrt73 =
8.544..

Therefore s = (11+sqrt260+sqrt73)/2 =
17.834..

Area of the triangle =
sqrt{(17.834..)(6.834...)(1.7097..)(9.2902...)}

Area of the
triangle = sqrt1935.999998

Area of the triangle =
43.999...sq units

What does the gravedigger scene reveal about Hamlet?

All true.  This particular scene in Hamlet
is one of the most introspective scenes in the play outside of the
soliloquies, it seems to me.  Because these "clowns" don't know who he is, he is able to
speak without pretense, which he does through much of the rest of the play--so much so
that we're not alwayssure when he's serious and when he's putting on his "antic
disposition."  When he talks to them, Hamlet is funny and witty, enjoying wordplay as we
know he does throughout.  When he and Horatio are watching one of the gravediggers
uncover the skull of what turns out to be Yorrick, Hamlet it pensive.  He reflects, as
he does many times in the play, on the concept of death; however, he does so here in a
much more somber and final way--a clear foreshadowing of his impending
death. 

His observation is that everyone is equal at
death--Alexander the Great and Caesar are just as dead as his former friend, the jester
Yorrick. All of them--and all of us--end up in the same place, mingling with the dust: 
"To what base uses we may return."  It's true Hamlet has reflected on his own death
before; this time, we see he is reflecting on the universality and reality of
death.

Finally, we see a grief-stricken Hamlet who does not
appear to be acting.  He is struck, as has been mentioned, by his culpability for
Ophelia's death; and his reaction to seeing her corpse speaks of genuine loss and love. 
It's here we have our suspicions confirmed, it seems to me:  Hamlet did, indeed, love
Ophelia. 

Rewrite the following sentence so that related ideas are expressed in similar or parallel structures.Careful planning prevented panic, and many...

Parallel structure in sentences is when words, phrases, or
clauses are written in similar length and grammatical form.  For example, a sentence
like "I like swimming, jogging, and to dance" should be written as "I like swimming,
jogging, and dancing".

For your sentence, it'd be more
proper to say "Careful planning prevented panic, and quick action saved many lives." 
Notice how the noun phrase and verb phrase in each is similar.  Another choice could be
"Panic was prevented by careful planning, and many lives were saved by quick action";
however, these two combined sentences are passive rather than active.  I recommend going
with the first one.

Why do you think Macbeth kills the chamberlains if this wasn't part of Lady Macbeth's plan?

Concerning Shakespeare's Macbeth,
several possibilities exist for explaining Macbeth's killing the grooms even though
doing so wasn't part of the original plan.

First, Macbeth
is already sleep deprived, as he will remain for the rest of the play as far as the
reader can tell.  Clear thinking is not an attribute of someone who hasn't slept. 
That's a bit of a stretch, though, when one considers how quickly he rationalizes an
argument to excuse himself for killing the only possible witnesses, when he answers
Macduff's question a few minutes later.

Second, Macbeth may
have just reacted to the moment.  An initial reaction against letting the grooms deny
their involvement in murdering Duncan is excusable.  Their denials could have led to
other suspects being sought.

Third, Macbeth may have been
trying to demonstrate his independence, as concerns his wife.  She manipulated him into
going ahead with the assassination, and from this point of the play on, Macbeth shuts
her out of all decision making.  He rules alone, from this point on.  Killing the grooms
may have been his first independent act. 

Whatever the
reason, Macbeth makes a mistake here.  His wife is the planner of the family, and he
should have let her continue to act as such.  His killing the grooms makes Macduff
suspicious, and Macduff is the man who will ultimately cut off his
head. 

What is a theme statement for "The Veldt"?

A thematic statement is the theme, or main idea of the
story; however, in addition, it tries to comment on humanity as a whole.  The typical
structure includes the title, author, genre, then the phrase "suggests that...", then
the actual statement; for example, "In the short story The Veldt,
Ray Bradbury suggests that...."

The link below discusses
many of the themes associated with Bradbury's story, so I would recommend first
determining which theme from the list you'd like to discuss and
defend.

Take consumerism, for instance.  A thematic
statement for this topic might be something like "In the short story The
Veldt, Ray Bradbury suggests that being overly attached to material things
may ultimately result in unhappiness."  Here, the sentence is true of the story, but
also can comment on humanity as a whole as well.

Good
luck!

How many bones does a newborn baby have?

Actually, babies have more cartilage than bone. A new born
baby’s skeleton is made up 300-350 parts. As the baby develops, some of his or her bones
combine to form larger, stronger bones. Adults consequently contain only 206
bones.

The bones in the baby are not fused at first because
the baby is able to pass through the birth canal more easily.This is why the babies have
fontanelles, or soft spots, in their skulls. But as the baby grows, the bones need to
fuse to become stronger in order to protect the brain and other organs. The scientific
term for this procedure is “intramembranous ossification” in which the calcium salts
replace the connective tissues to form actual bones.

The
most important function of the bones is to hold all muscles and organs together,
maintaining a firm structure. Other than physical support, the bone marrows synthesize
the blood and function as an important storage for minerals like calcium and phosphorus.
Bones are made of living cells and collagen. The bone cells depend on blood to maintain
life since the blood brings them nutrition, oxygen and also carries out the waste. The
collagen in the bones helps bones to grow and repair themselves. When a tissue or bone
breaks, the bone cells become active and multiply themselves to repair the
injury.

I hope it helped!

The sow's head and the conch shell each wield a certain kind of power over the boys. In what ways do these objects' power differ?Lord of the Flies...

In William Golding's Lord of the
Flies, the conch is symbolic of the order of society while the pig's head is
symbolic of Beelezebub and the chaos of demonic power.  Thus, they are representative of
two different aspects of man's nature.

In the first part of
Golding's allegory, the conch is respected and responded to by the boys.  They come in
an orderly way to their meetings, they do not speak unless they hold the conch; they act
civilized.  But, by Chapter 5, anarchy begins when Jack ignores the conch and shouts
over Ralph's insistence on that the rules are all they
have: 

"Who
cares?....Bollocks to the rules!  We're strong--we
hunt!"

It is at this point
that Simon becomes "inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness." 
And, Jack and the hunters steal the fire and leave the head for the beast.  Simon, who
has hidden himself in the leaves, looks at the head after the others
depart:

The
half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life.  They assured Simon
that everything was a bad business....the Lord ofthe Flies hung on his stick and
grinned...and his gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable
recognition.

Intuitively,
Simon recognizes the pig's head, "Lord of the Flies"/Beelezebub as the evil that is
inherent in man.  Simon tries to insist that he is merely "a pig's head on a stick," but
the Beast retorts,

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"You knew, didn't you?  I'm part of you?  Close,
close, close!  I'm the reason why it's no go?  Why things are what they
are?"

It is, of course, after
this incident and the theft of the fire that anarchy rules on the island, replacing the
civilization of the rules and the conch.

Explain Richard Nixon's destructive personality based on the Watergate scandal.Research essay on Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal.

What many political scientists and historians say is that
Nixon was focused on two things that ended up making him do stupid things to destroy
himself.  First, he was obsessed with getting even with his enemies.  Second, he was
very concerned about his place in history.  So this mean that he would be very
aggressive in attacking anyone and anything that he saw as a
threat.

In the context of Watergate, this meant that he
would aggressively attack those who were investigating.  He saw them as enemies and
believed that the investigation would tarnish his reputation.  Ironically, this led him
to really destroy his reputation by acting to try to cover up the scandal and to attack
those who were investigating it.

Explain the speaker's feeling in the last stanza of the poem "The Voice" by Thomas Hardy, and the metaphor.

It seems a bit like unnecessary surgery to isolate the
last stanza from this tear evoking poem because the feeling and meaning of the metaphor
are inextricably bound to what precedes. Nonetheless, a discussion of the
feeling expressed must refer to the preceding stanzas.
"Thus I;" refers though a figure of speech word scheme technique called
ellipsis to all that is said prior to "Thus I;". The word
thus has several meanings and usages; Random House Dictionary
(Dictionary.com) lists the first meaning and usage as: in the way just
indicated. Thus, thus indicates what went before, not
what follows. In this meaning, what follows sums up the consequences, results,
conclusions, etc of what preceded.

Therefore, "Thus I;"
isn't paraphrased as "See me go faltering forward ..." but rather as, "That's pathetic
me, listening to an imaginary voice on the wind telling me you'll be back and well and
young and fair; that's me, asking the voice to let me see you in the "air-blue gown" you
first wore; that's me ... knowing the voice is only the wind and you are nothingness."
If we were to fill in the ellipsis references, we might write: "Thus sadly go I;". The
semicolon at the end of the ellipsis is significant, which
is why I keep including it: It corroborates the division between the meaning of "Thus I"
and "faltering forward." Bear in mind that while there is a relationship between "Thus
I" and "faltering forward," the emotional impact, the feeling, is evoked by the
relationship of "Thus I" to the three stanzas that preceded
it.

Yet, the feeling is carried further by the relationship
with "faltering forward," which has a similar ellipsis and might be filled in this way:
"Now I go faltering forward," making "faltering forward" more clearly the
result of the feeling, not the whole feeling. This doubling
of effect, this doubling of feeling, results in this sorrowful poem, which evokes
sympathetic tears, having a second emotional plateau in which the reader may experience
an added twist to the heart, adding tears to tears, as the reader realizes how the
speaker's feelings affect his physical presence and activities: his feelings of
suffering and loss are not just internal; they make him falter and stumble; they show
his pain tangibly to any passer-by.

The
metaphor of the poem at large is a comparison of a voice
calling on the wind to the poetic speaker's longing for a beloved woman lost to a
seemingly old-age- and illness-ridden death ("When you had changed from the one who was
all to me, / But as at first, when our day was fair"). A metaphor is a comparison
between two unlike things, which is written without
the use of the comparative words as, like,
though (e.g., love though a rose), even
though (e.g., love even though a
thorn).

The final metaphor comparing a cold northern wind
to ooze ("Wind oozing thin through the thorn from norward,") gives a liquid quality to
the movement of air suggesting a slow passage of liquid through the bare branches of
thorn bushes while late autumn or early winter leaves fall about the speaker. This
imagery adds to the sense of faltering and accentuates the physical manifestation of the
speaker's suffering while also expanding his private loss and grief to the physical
elements around him: not only has he lost his love, but the world has turned unfriendly
and difficult without her "air-blue gown."

What are the character sketches of Duke Senior and Duke Frederick in the play As You Like It by Shakespeare?

One of the simplest ways to analyze these two is to
compare and contrast them.  First, they are brothers and caught up in a bit of a
struggle for power.  Duke Frederick is the younger, but holds the power at the opening
of the play, having banished his elder brother Duke
Senior.

For similarities, both are fathers:  Duke Frederick
is the father of Celia and Duke Senior of Rosalind.  Both are also actually rulers of
their dominions:  Duke Frederick at court and Duke Senior in the Forest of
Arden.

But they are very different men.  Duke Senior is the
rightful Duke, but as he has been banished by his brother, he sets up a Utopian society
in the forest which he rules, sort of like Robin Hood (without the stealing).  He is
good and virtuous.

Duke Frederick is sneaky, full of
intrigues and a bit devoid of motivation for his actions.  He represents all the power
plays and back-stabbings of a political life.  We can recognize the potential for this
even in our politicians today when we observe that "power" can
corrupt.

This being a Comedy in which a world turned
topsy-turvey is made right at the end of the play, Duke Senior is restored to his
rightful place of power.  And Duke Frederick repents and relents, restoring balance and
harmony to the world of the play.

I need to write an essay on a controversial topic. I am interested in religion, especially Islam, as this is a major topic in the news today. I am...

Since your essay needs to be controversial, why not decide
upon a thesis that argues one religious point of view (Islamic) is the best for solving
today's problems?  You could list some of the ills of our modern world -- poverty,
crime, war, etc. --- and then, from your research about the Muslim faith, create an
argument that suggests that the followers of Mohammad have the answers that our society
needs for improvement.

A few important steps to remember
when writing your essay.

1. Come up with a clear
   and supportable thesis statement.


2. Gather your information
   on the practices of the Islamic faith, so that you know enough specifics about the
   beliefs of the religion.


3. If you were to choose to write
   about solving the ills of the world, make sure to have a list of specific circumstances
   that this religion would address.  For example, rather than simply stating that the
   faith addresses poverty, pick an exact situation of poverty, like the plight of the
   inner city child in America.  You will probably need to do research for this part of
   your essay as well.

Often, in the conclusion of
a persuasive essay, it is a good idea to  moderate your position by taking a look at the
other point of view.  This would be a good place to mention, briefly, how other
religions might also provide some of the solutions that you have found in the practices
of the Muslim faith, while maintaining that the Islamic path would be the best solution
to the problems you have defined.

Compare and Contrast Jem's and Scout's reactions to the events of the summer of the trial. Why are they important?

Jem's reactions are extremely emotional and centered on
injustice. Scout is more blatant, matter-of-fact, and in your face about what goes
on.

Jem cried and remained quiet and moody for quite some
time. I think at 12 years old or so, Jem saw the injustice for what it was and lost a
little faith in adults to do the right thing. That is the disappointing truth about
adulthood, sometimes we sacrifice the right thing for social acceptance... sound
familiar?

Scout was almost too young to understand. She
accompanied Dill as the trial and the treatment of Tom Robinson made him physically
sick. She treated the situation as if that's how all the trials are. This shows her
immaturity and inability to understand the complexity of the issues presented, but
nonetheless, her innocent narration provided the details in a straight forward manner
that totally makes the audience aware of the severity of race relations at the
time.

Each of these two experience the concept that you
can't understand what people are going through because you can't be someone else. Jem
doesn't get the jury until his dad explains it to him; Scout doesn't get Boo until she
takes him home and looks at the world through his perspective, literally. Jem's jury
lived in a society that would judge them for letting this man off and that would
socially cost them. Jem couldn't relate to that. But Atticus could explain it to him.
There are things we can understand in our head but not accept in our heart. This is
where Jem was.

Their reactions are important because it
reminds us that as we age, we need to consider how our actions or prejudices matter.
Sometimes we become so accustomed to them that we don't notice how we hurt others. We
need to be more like Jem and have concern for all people's rights to be treated
fairly.

In the play, "Fences" How can the characters of Troy and Cory be compared and contrasted? Troy's character and Cory's character

I think that one level of comparison is that both Cory and
Troy have to deal with adversity.  This challenge is caused by social and economic
hardships.  Another comparison that I see between both of them is that because of this
condition, struggle is something that is apparent in both.  There is little evidence of
an easy life for both of them.  Neither of them enjoy vast amounts of wealth, enjoy the
privilege of someone taking care of them, and must earn whatever is theirs in this
life.  I think that significant differences lie in this realm.  Cory is one who is able
to understand that while struggle is evident, it should not weigh him down to the point
where bitterness results.  Troy is bitter.  The weight of life's ruptured hopes, the
condition of his own consciousness as one where there has been disappointment and
heartache has helped to make a human being who fails to understand transcendence of
happiness and redemption as evident.  Belonging to a younger generation, Cory is one who
does find hope and the power to overcome adversity with a spirit of progressivism,
something that the conditions of life have withered away in his
father.

How can the themes of rebellion and immaturity be used in a thesis statement for "A & P"?

One possible example of a thesis
statement:

In the story "A & P," John Updike
presents the growing pains of adolescence. Therefore, the main character displays the
typical characteristics of teenage behavior such as rebellion, immaturity, and the need
for individuality.

Focus on the theme of "growing up"
through three distinct behavioral attitudes.  Sammy's attitude (in his first-person
storytelling) is very distinct.  He comes across as someone who is attempting to tell a
story with apathy, but it is clear that he wants people to take him seriously.  The main
attitude he portrays, to me, is one of a teenager trying very hard to
sound like an adult.  Therefore, I'm not sure that your thesis
should only focus on Sammy.

The thesis suggestion above
clarifies your ideas. However, to focus on "rebellion," "immaturity," and the "need for
individuality" seems to point as much or even more to the girls who enter the store in
their bathing suits. I might tweak it to say something
like

In the
story "A & P," John Updike sums up the growing pains of adolescence in just one
afternoon.  Through the choices characters make and the reactions of others to those
choices, the author shows that growing up is a mixture of rebellion, immaturity, and the
desire for
individuality.

This way, you
can focus on each of the three attitudes you originally chose, but instead of limiting
yourself to Sammy's actions, you can choose from the actions of virtually anyone in the
store and even Sammy's family (who reacts to his quitting as "the sad part").  This
allows you to stay with your original idea but provides more examples as
proof.

Can somebody tell me the parts of a plant and their functions?example stem, leaf...

Plants are on of the five kingdoms into which all living
things are divided by scientists, the other four being animals, fungi, protists, and
monerans.

A typical plant is made up of  four main parts.
These are (1) roots, (2) stems, (3) leaves, and (4) flowers.  The roots, stems, and
leaves are called the vegetative parts of a plant.  The flowers, which includes fruit,
and seeds are known as the reproductive parts.

Most roots
grow underground, and absorb from the soil absorb the water and minerals that the plant
needs to grow. The roots of some plants float freely in water or attach themselves to
tree branches.

Roots also anchor the plant in the soil. 
The roots of some plants such as beets, carrots, radishes and sweet potatoes also store
food for the rest of the plant to use.

Stems include the
trunk, branches, and twigs and make up the largest parts of some kinds of plants,
particularly the common trees.  Other plants, such as cabbage and lettuce, have such
short stems that they appear to have no stems at all.  The stems of some other plants
like potatoes, grow partly underground.

Most stems grow
upright and support the leaves and reproductive organs of plants, holding these parts up
in position where they can receive sunlight.

Leaves differ
greatly in size and shape.  The largest leaves are those of the raffia palm, which grow
up to 20 metres long and 2.5 metres wide.  Most plants have broad, flat leaves with
smooth edges. Edges of leaves of some plants are toothed or wavy.   A few kinds of
leaves, such as  those of pine trees and cactuses, are rounded and have sharp
ends.

Leaves make food needed by plants the food by a
process called photosynthesis.  In this process, chlorophyll in the leaves absorbs light
energy from the sun, which is used  to combine water and minerals from the soil with
carbon dioxide from the air. A network of veins carry water with minerals to the
food-producing areas of a leaf.  The veins also help support the leaf and hold its
surface up to the sun.

Flowers form the reproductive parts
of flowering plants. Most flowers have four main parts - calyx, corolla, stamens, and 
pistils.  The flower parts are attached to a place on the stem called the
receptacle.

The calyx consists of small, usually green leaf
like structures called sepals.  All the petals of a flower make up the corolla. The
stamens and the pistils are attached to the receptacle inside the sepals and the
petals.  Each stamen has an enlarged part called an anther that grows on the end of a
long, narrow stalk called the filament.  Pollen grains are produced in the anther.  The
pistils of most flowers have three main parts: (1) a flattened structure called the
stigma at the top, (2) a slender tube called the style in the middle, and (3) a round
base called the ovary.  The ovary contains one or more structures called ovules.  Egg
cells form within the ovules.  The ovules become seeds when sperm cells fertilize the
egg cells to begin the formation of seeds and fruit.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, comment upon the one time that it's Scout that keeps Atticus safe.

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird,
young Scout arrives upon the scene when she is worried about her father.  She
and her brother Jem are both present.   Atticus is standing in for the sheriff who is
out at the time.  He is aware that Tom needs
protection.

The men gather around Atticus and demand that
he move and allow them to get Tom.  They are a lynch mob who plan to take justice into
their own hands.  When Jem is pulled back Scout becomes upset and moves to the front of
the crowd. 

Scout becomes the voice of innocence who does
not see the men as a mob but as individuals.  She begins to ask Mr. Cunningham about his
son, and she is puzzled by his actions.  By speaking out Scout inadvertently stops the
men from being caught up in mob reality and moves them apart as individuals.  Mr.
Cunningham feels awkward as he is separated out from the others and is forced to think
of himself in his individual role with Scout and Atticus.  Scout's actions defuse the
mob mentality.

What were the impacts of the Swadeshi and Boycott movements in India?please answer this question as much in detail as possible.....

Swadeshi and Boycott movement are two sides of the same
coin or the same social and political movement. It was a movement planned, launched and
directed by Mahatma Gandhi as an economic strategy to improve the economic conditions of
the artisans in India. Conditions of artisans in India had become extremely precarious
because of combined effect of competition from manufactured goods imported from Britain
and unfair policies and practices imposed by the British on India, that were designed to
benefit the British business at the cost of
Indians.

Swadeshi in Hindi language means "of ones own
country". It refers to the core strategy of the movement of using only the goods
manufactured in India., and boycotting or refusing to use imported goods. I am not sure
what reasoning  Mahatma Gandhi used in formulating this strategy. But now with our
advanced knowledge of economic concepts like opportunity cost and cost-benefit analysis,
we know that this strategy made a very good economic sense. It provided the poor
artisans a means to earn a livelihood. At the same time it helped the entire economy of
the country. These benefits were obtained in spite of the lower market price of
manufactured goods imported from Britain. In addition to helping the Indian  economy,
this strategy reduced the benefits British could extract by exploiting India. In this
way it reduced the determination of Britain to hold on to their rule over
India.

The swadeshi movement directly benefited the local
artisans and industries in India, and gave a boost to Indian Economy. In addition it
infused a spirit of nationalism among Indians. Particularly the Khadi movement, which
formed a part of swadeshi movement made a major contribution in this direction. Khadi
refers to coarse hand woven cloth made from hand spun yarn, and this movement involved
wearing only such cloth. This movement gave Indians a means for giving vent to their
nationalistic feeling, as well as a visible symbol of their determination to defy the
British. This helped to build a large and strong community of Indians openly displaying
their defiance and determination.

What does Rainsford learn about hunting that he did not understand at the beginning of the story?"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell

Sanger Rainsford learns two things from his
experiences:

1.  In the exposition of "The Most Dangerous
Game," Rainsford scoffs at his hunting companion, Whitney, who mentions that hunting in
the Amazon is only "good sport," for the hunter and not for the jaguar, telling Whitney,
"Who cares how a jaguar feels?"  However, in the rising action of Connell's narrative,
Rainsford becomes the mouse as the general is the cat:  "Then it was that Rainsford
knewthe full meaning of terror," a terror the jaguar
feels. 

2.  Besides learning what it means to be "an
animal at bay," Rainsford comes to apprehend something very surprising about himself. 
Whereas he has repudiated as murder General Zaroff's hunting of the "ideal animal" whom
he finds challenging because of the ability to reason, after he is pursued like a beast
of prey, Rainsford outsmarts his predator and arrives in the general's bedroom.  There,
he battles Zaroff to the death: 

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 He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford
decided.

Now, Sanger
Rainsford is guilty of what he has denounced in General Zaroff.  Now, Zaroff's earlier
words ring true:

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"I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized
a young man as you seem to be harbors romantic ideas about the value of human
life...."

Rainsford learns
that he no longer harbors those romantic ideas as he apprehends that he, like
Zaroff, has acquired pleasure and excitement from his "most dangerous
game."

find the equation of the straight line which passes through (2,-3) and is parallel with x axis or is parallel with y axis.

So, we have to write the equation of the line in 2
cases:

1) parallel to x
axis;

2) parallel to y
axis.

Let's write the equation of the line that passes
through the point (2,-3) and is parallel to x axis.

We'll
start from the standard form of the equation:

y = mx +
n

The point (2,-3) is on the line
if:

-3 = 2m + n

The line is
parallel to x axis so their slopes have to be equals.

Since
the slope of x axis is m=0, then the slope of the parallel line is also
m=0

The equation of the line is
:

-3 = 2*0 + n

n =
-3

y =
-3

2) When the line that passes through the
point (2,-3) is parallel to y axis, then the equation of the line
is:

x =
2

What is ironic about the doctor's reaction to the lieutenant's wounded arm in "An Episode of War"?

The surgeon is very dismissive of and unconcerned about
the lieutenant’s wound, and seems irritated that the man has brought him more work to
do. He treats the officer as though he is a child crying over a scraped knee, though the
lieutenant is being very calm and unobtrusive about the whole situation. As the surgeon
is directing the soldier to the hospital tents, “His voice contained the same scorn as
if he were saying, ‘You will have to go to jail.’” Here is one sense of irony—a doctor
treating an injury as if it were a criminal offense, and the injured as if he were
guilty, rather than a victim. The greatest irony, however, comes when the lieutenant
wonders placidly whether his arm will be amputated. The surgeon huffs contemptuously at
this suggestion, and exclaims patronizingly, "Nonsense, man! Nonsense! Nonsense!...Come
along, now. I won't amputate it. Come along. Don't be a baby." But, Crane notes shortly
after, “this is the story of how the lieutenant lost his arm.”  The surgeon dismisses
the officer’s wound and acts as though he were an ignorant child for even mentioning
amputation, and yet amputation is the arm’s ultimate fate.

What forms and features are present in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men that convey Modernist perspectives?John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

Modernism is, of course, extremely broad and far
reaching.  One element of Modernism that plays a part in Steinbeck's Of Mice
and Men is Marx's revelation that class systems are created, not natural. 
Marx's revelation is part of the world Modernism navigated
in.

Modernism dealt with a world that had lost its
foundations.  The late 19th century was a time when the Bible's literal truth came into
question, when human motivation was relegated to a basic sex drive, when ethics became
relative and were revealed to be constructed, rather than universal.  Modernism reacted
to these intellectual developments.

Of Mice and
Men deals with economic classes.  The hired hands are very much economically
trapped.  Marx's beliefs, which were part of the world Modernism dealt with, are
reflected in the novel.  Curly is certainly not inherently superior to anyone in the
novel, yet he is the owner's son.  The class system in the work does not accurately
reflect nobility, ability, quality of character, etc.  It is a construct.  Steinbeck, a
socialist, reflects Marx's revelations and demonstrates the injustice of America's
capitalistic economic system. 

Please help me create a character sketch of TOUCHSTONE in AS YOU LIKE IT. EXPLAIN TOUCHSTONE AS A PHILOSOPHER AND AS A OBSERVER OF PEOPLE'S...

Your question is quite broad, so I will try to give you
some background from which to build your own analysis of Touchstone.  First, he is
either referred to as a "clown" or a "fool."  These terms may seem interchangeable to
us, but to theatre-going audiences of Shakespeare's day, they were very different
beasts.

A Clown was simply an actor who possessed physical
skills such as tumbling and juggling and was in the play to provide moments of comedy,
often physical in nature.  The servants in Shakespeare's early plays -- The
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors, and The Taming of th
Shrew -- all serve as Clown characters.  The problem for a playwright with
the Clown was that he didn't really pay close attention to following the text word for
word, since much of his comedy came from pratfalls and improvising lines while in
performance.

Enter the Fool.  Touchstone can definitely be
considered to serve as a "fool" in As You Like It rather than a
"clown," and it is an important distinction.  Though fools existed in Shakespeare's day
as jesters who served in noble households (and Touchstone is described as such in the
play), in theatre the existence of the Fool as a character type was invented by
Shakespeare.  To keep the comic actor in line and dependent on his words (rather than ad
libbing for comic effect), Shakespeare invented the witty character who accompanies the
action of the play, commenting on the behaviour of others rather than getting overly
involved in the dilemmas of the plot.

With the advent of
this witty, language dependent player, Shakespeare also recruited different actors to
play his Fools than had played the Clowns.  The most famous of these Fool-players (and
the one some believe that Touchstone was written for) was Robert
Armin.

In As You Like It, Touchstone
does accompany Rosiland and Celia to the forest, and he actually gains a love interest,
Audrey.  However, his relationship with Audrey, his conversations with Jaques and the
other characters he meets, are all there to provide verbal humor and to illuminate the
qualities and dilemmas of those upon whom the events of plot hang.  Touchstone stands a
bit outside the action, providing comic observance through his words of wit.  This is
his dramatic function as the comic Fool in the play.

Compare the use of verisimilitude in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.

In both these works, the authors describe fictional events
in a detailed, realistic style.  The key difference is that Daniel Defoe, in
Robinson Crusoe, wants to trick the reader into thinking the events
in his novel really took place, whereas Jonathan Swift, in Gulliver's
Travels, wants the reader to understand his story as an
allegory.

The events of Robinson Crusoe
are remarkable, fascinating, extraordinary--but totally possible in the real
world.  A man is stranded on a remote island and manages to survive through wit, hard
work, and some good fortune.  Defoe's genius is that he tells his story with such
realistic detail that we are inclined to believe it as
fact.

The events of Gulliver's
Travels, by contrast, are obviously contrived: a land of midgets, a land of
giants, a land of talking horses, etc.  Although Swift does a great job of describing
his inventions, no intelligent reader takes his stories as fact.  Rather, they are
parodies of various aspects of humanity.

What would you include and how would you organize a persuasive essay saying that over the counter drugs should not be available to everyone?

A persuasive essay trying to convince people that some
over the counter drugs should not be sold to just anyone without limits could contain
any or all of the following arguments:

1)  Some of those
drugs are abused - such as cold medicine by teens, and some contain drugs that make
people drowsy and too dangerous to drive.  Age limits on who can buy those drugs (such
as 18 or older) is reasonable

2)  Sudafed is used by
methamphetamine manufacturers as a basic ingredient, so placing limits on age or on
quantity is reasonable

3)  Some drugs are dangerous for
women who are pregnant or may become pregnant, or that are taking other medicines too,
so requiring that such drugs be asked for over the counter and getting a pharmacist
consult when you buy them is a reasonable restriction, so they can refuse to sell them
to those they think may be endangered by them

When
organizing this essay, depending on how long or detailed your assignment is, you would
want your first paragraph to be your main thesis argument.  If you used the above
material, you could state that "Limiting sales of over the counter drugs to certain
people and age groups is reasonable because...", then you can list (not explain)
specifics from the main points you wish to make that prove that statement
true.

How does the plight of those outside the "Annexe" contribute to the theme that human growth involves pain?This is part of an assignment i have to...

It's a very interesting question.  I think that one of the
most profound elements of the work is how Anne conveys that while human beings can hide
and can seek sanctuary from the outside world, they can never be fully rid of it.  The
external always impacts the internal.  Anne and her family never lose sight of the fact
that the persecution and tales of horror of those caught by the Nazis can, do, and will
impact all of them.  Anne's own personal growth involves a great deal of pain and
challenge as she strives to make sense as to why what is happening is happening. 
Throughout the diary, when Anne begins to develop the concept of questioning right and
wrong and seeking to establish her own vision of justice and fairness, she always comes
back to what is happening outside the Annexe to help formulate her understandings of
totalizing reality.  The idea here is that when we, as human beings, seek to understand
who we are and the things in which we believe, we cannot do so in a vacuum and in
ignorance of what is going on outside our own annexes.  Invariably, the outside world
holds a great deal of impact on our own psyches and internal
workings.

What kind of monologue has been used for the main character in The Old Man and the Sea: interior monologue, soliloquy, or stream of consciousness?

Hemingway uses much interior monologue for Santiago as he
ventures out alone on the sea to battle the marlin and the
sharks.

Santiago talks directly to the fish, as if they are
brothers, in the first person singular (I), plural (we), and second person familiar
(you):

Fish, I
love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day
ends.

My choice was to go there and find him beyond all
people. Beyond all people in the world. Now we are joined together and have been since
noon. And no one to help either of
us.

Hemingway uses interior
monologue for practical purposes: Santiago is alone for over half the novella.  It is
also realistic for an old man to mutter to himself.  His de facto
audience is us, of course, but also Manolin and the sea and fish.  Children and nature
are coupled together for a reason: it's a Biblical parable.  Jesus spoke thusly to his
disciples and children, his preferred audiences (rather than the formal language of the
Pharisees).

Hemingway writes the dialogue in English
instead of Santiago's native Spanish.  Hemingway uses a few Spanish words ("la mar") to
achieve some realism, but--overall--we can tell that Hemingway's not translating from
one language to another.  Rather, he writes in plain English, as if Santiago was
speaking it for the first time.  Regardless of language, Santiago would not delve into
verbally complex soliloquies or stream-of-consciousness because he is a fisherman.
 Certainly not in English.

Hemingway, as a journalist, is
all about ethos (credibility) in his writing and characters.  He is
writing a parable, a morality tale of a fisherman, not unlike the Biblical Jonah or
Jesus.  As such, he writes in the language of humility and simplicity, unadorned by
hubris or stylistic experimentation.  Hemingway will save the
soliloquies and stream-of-consciousness for the poets and modernist contemporaries like
Faulkner or Woolf.

How do I change the voice of the following two sentences? "I just had one doubt. So, please help me as fast as you can."The sentences are "I just...

When a sentence is written in passive
voice, the Object of the Verb of the active substitution of the sentence
is moved to the Subject position in order to emphasize the Object, as in "Computers will
be operated by you."

This sentence empahsizes the Object
computers of the active sentence "You can operate computers" in
order to change the dynamic or the relationship between the actor/agent ("you") and the
recipient of the action ("computer").

The construction
model for a passive sentence is Subject, auxiliary be
+ Past Participle, Object as in "Computers (S) will be
(auxiliary be, simple
future tense) operated (PP) by you (O)."

To substitute a
passive voice construction for the above active sentence "I just had one doubt," you
will follow the above model with the result: "Just one doubt is what/all I had," with
"Just one doubt (S) is (auxiliary verb
be, present tense) what/all I had
(O)."

To substitute a passive voice construction for the
active sentence, having an omitted Subject
you, "So, [you] please help me as fast
as you can," takes a little more work.

Firstly, recognize
that "as fast as you can" is an Adverbial of Manner and not part of the active/passive
model, rendering the central active sentence as "[You] help me," with "You (S) help (V)
me (O) + as fast as you can (Adverbial of Manner)."

The
substituted passive construction will be "So, I will be helped by you as fast as you
can, please," with "I (S) will be (auxiliary
be, simple future tense) helped (PP)
by you (O) as fast as you can (Adverbial of Manner), please." You might notice that this
syntax is a little awkward as it loses its imperative function and becomes more of a
pleading prediction, which is why it is said that imperatives cannot be substituted with
passive voice construction in English.

The tense of a
passive sentence can vary widely using is, was, will, been, will
be, am, to be, will have been, are, were, were being, among
others. Though different, since be is
an irregular verb, they are all the same in that the passive
verb is auxiliary verb
be. For a more complete view of the tense variations
of passive verb be, see title="Passive Voice: Construction of the Passive Voice. EnglishClub.com"
href="http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-voice_passive.htm">EnglishClub.com.