What was the historical setting of the world in 1946, the copyright date of Animal Farm? What effect did this have on Orwell's work?

1946 marked the end  of World War II, but Communist Russia
began asserting itself and began to dominate international politics. This resulted in
the beginning of the Cold War and Europe itself being divided into two camps - one
capitalist like West Germany, and the other communist like East
Germany.

Orwell, like many others, was totally
disillusioned by the consequences of the communist revolution in Russia in 1917. Instead
of an open - In March 1946 Churchill coined the phrase "the iron curtain - egalitarian
society, by 1946 the USSR had become a brutal dictatorship with no respect for human
rights.

His disillusionment is expressed bitterly in the
concluding lines of "Animal Farm" :

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No question, now, what had happened to the faces
of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from
pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was
which.

Is Into the Wild a novel?I have to write an analysis for this book, but when I begin to talk about it, I don't know if I should call it just a...

First, novels are books, but all books aren't necessarily
novels. They are also narratives, which mean they tell a story, but some nonfiction
works tell a story, also. The essential difference is that a novel is a work of fiction
as opposed to non-fiction.I believe the reason you may be confused with this issue is
due to the fact that there exists both a film version directed by Sean Penn in 2007 and
the original novel, entitled, “Into the Wild”. The novel, and yes it is a novel, that
Krakauer’s penned, focused on the life of young Christopher McCandless and his desire to
escape from society. and a lifestyle that most people would dream of. McCandless was
just entering society, with the support of a loving family he  successfully graduated
from Emory University, with more than $24,000 in savings. The main force behind the
authors quest in this novel is to secure an answer to the question of why McCandless
would completely run away from all that he knew, give away everything he owned, and
simply disappear to the bitter, cold Alaskan wilderness to seek out some type of new
life.

I hope this helps.

A surveyor measure the distance across a straight river by the following methods:starting across from a tree on the opposite bank. she walks...

In this problem three points - that is the position of the
tree (A), the original position of the surveyor (B), and the position of surveyor after
walking 278 m (C) forms a right angle triangle with angle ABC being a right
angle.

We know the length BC (278 m) and angle BCA (44.7
degrees).

We have to find distance betewwn tree and
original position of surveyor. This is equal to AB

tan(BCA)
= tan(44.7) = (AB)/(BC)

Substituting value of tan 44.7 as
0.9896 and given value of BC:

0.9896 =
(AB)/278

Therefore:

AB =
0.9896*278 = 275.1088
m

Answer:

The river is
275.1088 m wide.

What do they mean by "reflection on your reading" for Rumble Fish?

While different teachers use the term in different ways,
"Reflection" means for students to personalize the notion of reading and generate
personalized responses to the reading selection or text.  Some questions that can guide
your thought would be, "How do you feel after reading the text?"  Another type of
question to identify a particular moment or sequence of events that stuck out in your
mind after reading and why it resonated in your mind.  Questions such as these force you
to reflect and think about the reading.  Reflection questions are designed for deeper
and more penetrating thought about the text and the impact it had on the reader.
Specific characters, motivations, and character changes might be a part of your
reflection. These questions are designed to gauge how well you, as the reader, could
relate to the text.  Many teachers have different takes on reflection questions, and you
should check with your teacher what they want, but I  think these ideas might be a good
guide.

Do you think Rainsford committed murder or self-defense in the end?

Concerning Rainsford's killing of General Zaroff.
Rainsford had already escaped from the island and, although there was really nowhere
else for him to go but to return again, he chose to confront Zaroff in his bedroom. Upon
seeing Rainsford, Zaroff conceded that Rainsford had "won" the game, and the Cossack
accepted defeat. Although he had already shown that he was a cold-blooded killer, he
also displayed a sense of honor. With his bodyguard, Ivan, dead, he had no other
protection. Rainsford could have chosen to lock Zaroff up where the general kept his
other human prisoners; instead, he chose to continue the hunt and, apparently, killed
Zaroff. There was no evidence in the story that Zaroff was armed and was able to defend
himself; if so, it might be considered self-defense. But assuming that Rainsford killed
Zaroff outright, or even if he hunted him down and killed him, in either case it would
be out-and-out murder--not self-defense.

Find Y at X on the circumference of a circle, centered at (0,0)

We have the circle centered at
O(0,0)

r is the
radius.

==> x^2 + y^2 =
r^2

(x,y) is a point on the
corcumference)

There are unlimited points on the
cicumference of the circle.

However, the relation between x
and y should be constant and defines with the equation x^2 +y^2 =
r^2

Points on the circumference could
be:

(r,0) (0, r) ( -r,0) (0,
-r)

Also, y= sqrt(r^2 - x^2)

How did prejudice and discrimination contribute to the collapse of the group?

Overall, male against female discrimination contributes to
Okonkwo's tragedy, but I don't think it contributes to the collapse of the tribe.  White
against black racism and Christian monotheism against tribal polytheism contribute more
toward the collective unraveling of culture.

In Part I of
Things Fall Apart, the Igbo tribe is segregated in terms of gender
roles.  Men farm for yams; women cultivate cassavas and beans.  Men take part in the
wrestling and masked dancing; the women prepare for these
feasts.

Whether this is gender discrimination or sexism
depends on which culture is framing the question.  Our independent modern culture, which
champions integrated gender roles and feminism, would certainly call this male prejudice
against women.  Specifically, Okonkwo has rigid roles that he feels he should play, as
well as his wives and male and female children.  For example, Nwoye acts a bit feminine
and Enzimna acts a bit masculine, but Okonkwo makes sure that neither crosses over into
the gender duties of the other.  These roles contribute to Okonkwo's fear of being weak,
which--in turn--leads to his exile and eventual suicide.  These differences alone,
though, do not cause the group to fall apart.  In short, they tolerate what we call
sexism.

Religion is a major unraveling agent in Parts II
and III.  The white Christian colonists feel that the Igbo are polytheistic and,
therefore, pagan.  Little do the British know that the tribe has one major god and many
other gods doing his service.  Conversely, the tribe has little religious prejudice
against the Christians.  At first, the Igbo largely ignore the Christians because they
have set up camp in the evil forest and, as a result, the Igbo feel the missionaries are
going to be obliterated.  The survival of the church and the converts obtained are a
major contributing factor in the tribal split.  The Christians expose the tribe's
practice of killing twins and cruelty to
outcasts.

Racially, there is some white against black
racism, but it is not as developed as the religious differences.