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The effects of the Atlantic slave trade on West African societies were complex and characterized by change over time. At first, the slave trade was actually controlled by West African kings, who offered enslaved people instead of the gold that many early European voyagers sought to trade for. Over time, as the kingdoms of Europe established colonies overseas, the increased demand for labor that accompanied this transformation altered the trade. The slave trade enriched the kings of such empires as the Kongo, but it did so at a massive cost. It led to endemic warfare in the region, as Europeans sought captives to enslave. It later led to major social stresses, as village life was often disrupted by slave gangs who kidnapped young people for sale. Over time, European powers sought to conduct the trade on their terms, building large fortresses that served as the centers of slave trade and the ports of departure for millions of unfortunate people. One very significant way that the trade af...

Julio Cortázar employs Magical Realism and Gothic techniques in his short story "House Taken Over": Magical Realism (elements are in italics) --One aspect of the story that might be identified as  "realist description"  is the portrait of the house in which the narrator and his sister dwell—it has been owned by generations before them and the siblings love it because it holds memories of ancestors and "the whole of childhood." --Another aspect of Magical Realism is that time is "both history and the timeless" with the historic ancestral home and the occupancy of the siblings, who have both lost their opportunities to marry. They then seal themselves from time with their reclusive routine of cleaning the house and spending the rest of the day occupied with favorite pastimes of knitting and reading. --The reader is torn between two concepts of reality . Apparently, there is a supernatural force that enters the house, but the brother, who narrates,...

Throughout Part Two: "The Sieve and the Sand," Bradbury provides a social commentary on the dystopian society through Montag's conversation with Faber and his experience with Mildred's friends. When Montag allows Faber to look through the Bible, Faber mentions that it is a shame how advertisers and the media have commercialized religion. Montag then begins to explain his unhappiness and Faber mentions that Montag is in search of some of the things that books provide. Faber goes on to explain how the populace desires comfort and does not wish to critique themselves. The majority of citizens have no desire to reflect on their behavior. He says, "The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless" (Bradbury 79). Faber also mentions how the society neglects individuality. Society does not value intellectual thought and is content listening to their parlor walls and Seashell radios. Faber also comments on how the citizens do not h...

In Chapter 8, Simon is in the presence of the Lord of the Flies. He tries not to look at the disgusting image of the severed pig's head on top of a stick, but cannot help himself. When Simon looks at the hog's white teeth, dim eyes, and the blood dripping from the head, Golding writes, " his gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable recognition " (138). The "ancient, inescapable recognition" Golding references is essentially man's understanding of the presence of evil in this world. Unlike the other boys on the island, only Simon has the insight to realize that the "beast" is actually the inherent wickedness present in each individual. The Lord of the Flies symbolically represents Satan, the manifestation of evil, and when Simon looks into its face, he understands that the boys are inherently evil. Golding refers to Simon's understanding as "ancient" because the belief in some form of ultimate evil has been around since recorde...

Without knowing your thesis, this is a tricky question to answer. I would say, though, that the best concluding paragraphs answer the larger "so what" kind of questions; they connect what you have been saying in your body paragraphs to the larger world. You seem to be on the same page with this when you say you are looking for a lesson that you can globalize.  My suggestion would be to explore some of the prominent themes of the novel and find one that matches the points you are trying to make in your essay. If you are doing the essay on archetypal characters, it seems you're looking at how many dystopian books deal with similar sets of problems and similar characters working through those problems. Consider why we tell the same basic story again and again in this way. How does the dystopian genre capture our fears about the modern world and its problems? Then carry that knowledge over the themes of the book, as these give readers insight into the nature of these problems...

In The Cherry Orchard , there are several characters that represent the past. One of the characters is the mother, Lyubov Ranevskaya. Although her life is falling apart and she is losing her beloved cherry orchard, she refuses to accept reality, believing that everything will remain the same as it was in her past. One scene that is a very good example of this is in Act I, when she is looking out at the orchard and she says, “Oh my childhood! My purity! This was the nursery I slept in, those were the windows through which I gazed out at the orchard, each morning happiness woke with me, and the orchard was exactly the same back then, nothing has changed” (Act I). The audience knows that everything has changed. Ranevskaya herself ran away from her family to escape reality. She lost a son. The family is in a dire financial crisis. Things are not at all the same. Ghayev also represents the past. He is also ignoring the financial situation of the family, acknowledging only vaguely that he sh...

The title “Father Returning Home” by Dilip Chitre is appropriate both literally and metaphorically. In the poem, an elderly man, with his “unseeing eyes,” arrives home by way of the commuter train. The poet describes the evening as the train travels away from the city to the hometowns of its passengers. The man carries a well-worn bag, which contains his life’s work, and wears dirty clothing and muddy shoes. He hurries home but it is evident that he is no longer relevant to his children; they do not interact with him. A few droplets cling to the greying hairs on his wrists. His sullen children have often refused to share He goes to his slumber listening to the static of the radio thinking about the future, his grandchildren, and his past, his ancestors and their “nomadic wanderings.” Metaphorically, the Father, his mind gone feeble, is returning to his past, his home. He is a man in the twilight of his life. There is a duality to the meaning of the poem’s words. He will now go to sleep...

Duncan, the king, speaks these words after his forces have won the day and secured his throne and Scotland against Norway and traitors at home. Duncan is so pleased with Macbeth's victories that he's given him the title Thane of Cawdor as a reward and had the old thane executed for treason. Therefore, when Duncan says, "My plenteous joys, / Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves / In drops of sorrow," he means that he is so happy, so pleased, that it threatens to make him cry. Next, he speaks to all those loyal nobles who are so close, like family to him, because he wants them to listen to him. He names his older son, Malcolm, the prince of Cumberland; this is the term for the next in line to the throne. Thus, Duncan has made Malcolm his heir. Duncan assures them all that he will honor them as well for their loyalty and bravery. When he speaks to Macbeth, he says that they will now go to Macbeth's home in Inverness, where Macbeth's hospitality toward him ...

Sing Down the Moon , tells the story of Bright Morning, a young Navajo girl living in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona in the mid-1860s. Early in the novel, we meet Tall Boy, who Bright Morning hopes to one day marry. A pivotal moment happens in a battle with Spaniards when Tall Boy is shot and ends up losing the use of one arm. This disability relegates Tall Boy to the low social status of a woman because he is no longer able to perform the duties expected of a Navajo man as a hunter and warrior. O’Dell is known for his strong female protagonists, and this novel is no exception. Despite how he is viewed in her culture, Bright Morning sees past Tall Boy’s physical limitations, and marries him anyway. She shows that she values who he is as a person and teaches him to also value those qualities in himself, showing that strength of character is more important than physical strength. 

Atticus, Aunt Alexandra, and Dr. Reynolds all treat Arthur Radley with respect. They all address him as Arthur, not by his nickname, Boo. Even though Arthur doesn't speak, each adult acknowledges him when he is in the room by greeting him properly as a guest. They don't get in his face, though. They don't expect him to carry on a conversation, so they don't ask him questions which might make the situation more awkward. Scout is the first to point out Arthur Radley's presence in the Finch house at the end of chapter 29 by saying "Hey, Boo" (270). At the beginning of chapter 30, Atticus reminds Scout of her manners and tells her to call him "Mr. Arthur," not Boo. Dr. Reynolds happens to appear at this time, sees Arthur, and politely says, "Evenin', Arthur. Didn't notice you the first time I was here" (271). Scout is amazed that the adults are treating Arthur as though he spoke with each of them every day of his life. For Scout, th...

Shakespeare presents Antonio as a gracious friend who willingly risks his life to fund Bassanio's trip to Belmont so that he can try to marry Portia. Shylock is viewed as a vindictive Jew who seeks revenge from Antonio for treating him unfairly and ridiculing his practice of usury. Shylock is also greedy, and his love of money is evident throughout the play. He laments about Jessica stealing his money and jewels when she elopes with Lorenzo. Although Antonio is viewed as a magnanimous individual, he is prejudiced towards Shylock and causes him much grief. However, Shylock refuses to show mercy to Antonio, and Antonio is willing to sacrifice his life for his friend. Antonio's willingness to die for Bassanio is why Antonio is ultimately a more moral individual and better person than Shylock.

A direct variation model can be written in the form y=kx where k is said to be the constant of proportionality. Y is said to vary directly with x, or y is proportional to x. If x increases so does y, and if x decreases y does so also. (1) The formula d=rt where d is a distance, r a rate, and t the time represents a direct variation model. As written, for a constant speed (r as the rate), d the distance varies directly with t time. (e.g. if you drive at a constant speed, say 60mph, the distance increases the longer you drive by a constant 60 miles every hour driven.) Rewritten as d=tr we see that distance can vary directly with the speed for a fixed (constant) time. Thus is we drive for exactly one hour, we will cover more distance if the speed is increased. (2) If you are paid an hourly wage, your gross income varies directly with the number of hours you work (excluding overtime, holiday pay, etc...) If I make $10 per hour, then my gross pay is G=10t where t is the number of hours I wo...

In the  Tractatus , Wittgenstein argued that all of the problems of philosophy are problems of language. Therefore, all philosophical problems can be solved by addressing the way philosophical problems are stated, reasoned, and thought of. This includes applications of logic, symbolic logic, linguistics, semantics, and how we think. In this latter case, Wittgenstein likened the thinking of language and philosophy as making a logical picture of facts. For Wittgenstein, at this stage of his thinking, language has a logical structure. Anything we can say that has truth and/or meaning, can only be said in language. So, whatever we can not say in language is beyond our understanding and is therefore beyond the limits of philosophy. Anything that is beyond our understanding is meaningless to us. The  Tractatus focuses on language but it is also Wittgenstein's way of showing the limits of thought. Language is a fixed, logical structure.  In  Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein is...

The tone of the second line of "War is Kind" is bitterly ironic because it is suggestive of a man having been near the explosion of a cannon ball as he is powerfully jolted out of the saddle while his terrified horse runs on alone and he falls to the ground in death. Stephen Crane's poem exposes the hypocrisies of the many myths of heroic glory that soldiers supposedly experienced in wars. The Civil War soldier who throws his arms upward with his "wild hands" that seem to reach for the sky does not offer himself to any glory. Instead, he is merely a wobbling victim at the will of the force of a weapon of war. Furthermore, his frantic gesture of extending his hands to the sky seems almost a parodical act of an ancient warrior offering himself to the gods of war. Further in the poem, Crane writes that there is an "excellence in killing," perhaps ironically suggesting that death is better than living with terrible injuries. After all, there is the glory o...

Before we compare and contrast the three systems, let's take a look at what the three represent. The encomienda system was originally instituted by the Spanish monarchy to exact tribute from its Native American labor force in the Americas. This tribute system was designed to richly reward Spanish soldiers or conquistadors who took charge of Native American tribes. These leaders were granted the right to inculcate in the natives a knowledge of the Spanish language and the Catholic faith as they reaped the results of native labor. For their efforts, they could exact any tribute they desired from the Indians. However, these Spanish leaders had no ownership of the land; they owned only the labor that worked the land. The repartimiento (literally "partitioning") system was a system of forced labor as well; it was imposed upon the native populations in Spanish America and the Philippines. In this system, natives were forced to work in mines, fields, and in workshops. The Spani...

The volume of a rock will vary depending on the size of the rock. Since a rock is an irregularly shaped object, a good way to determine its volume is by using  water displacement . When an object is placed in water, the amount of water that is displaced by the object is equal to the volume of the object.  Example : Fill a graduated cylinder with 30 mL of water. 30 mL is the  initial volume of the water. Carefully place a rock in the water. You will notice that the level of water in the graduated cylinder increases. Let's say that the water level increases to 50 mL when the rock is added. 50 mL is the  final volume of the water. To find the volume of the rock, subtract the initial volume of the water from the final volume of the water: 50 mL - 30 mL = 20 mL. Therefore, the volume of the rock would be equal to 20 mL or 20 cc .

Animal Farm  is an allegory for the Russian/Bolshevik Revolution in particular, and for the rise of totalitarian dictatorships based on communist principles in general. Orwell was a democratic socialist, and like many European (and American) leftists during the Great Depression, he viewed the Bolshevik Revolution and the establishment of a communist state with great interest and even hope. But as the decade wore on, he found himself deeply disillusioned as news of the brutality of Stalin's regime leaked out, and as he witnessed firsthand the death and destruction of the Spanish Civil War. Orwell's contempt for the Stalinist regime became complete when Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939. He wrote the book a few years later, and published it at the end of the war, in 1945. So Animal Farm is replete with allegorical figures and events. Old Major, whose impassioned speech provides the basis for the ideas of Animalism, is meant to evoke Karl Marx. Napoleon, who...

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet , the theme of hate is most prominently seen in the feud that exists between the Capulets and Montagues. It is because of this ongoing feud—and no one remembers why it even started—that Romeo and Juliet not only meet and marry in secret, but also die. Their families will not let the past go, but insist upon feeding the hate that stands between them. One of the play's themes is hatred. Hatred breeds disaster, and the feuding families’ blind intolerance is punished with the deaths of their children. This hatred is found at the beginning of the play. Although the Prince has outlawed any fighting associated with the feud, Capulet's servants are still prepared to do battle, most especially Sampson. While Gregory explains that it is only their quarrel because it is their master's quarrel, Sampson is ready to fight and face the hangman's noose. Enter Benvolio and Tybalt. While Benvolio tries to stop the brewing fight from taking off, Tyba...

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hispanics, who now make up 17% of the American population and who are 50 million in number, overall drink less than non-Hispanic white people. For example, only 54.5% of Hispanic people over 18 had one drink in the last year, as compared to 70% of non-Hispanic whites. Hispanics have high rates of abstinence from alcohol (31.8%), compared to non-Hispanic whites (of whom 15.5% are abstainers).However, those Hispanics who drink tend to drink more.  Those Hispanics who are more acculturated into American society tend to drink more than other Hispanics, and Hispanic men tend to drink more than Hispanic women. In addition, Hispanic men who are born in the U.S. and who are not Protestant tend to have what the NIH reports is a "relaxed attitude" towards drinking. This attitude is predictive of being more likely to drink, drinking heavily, and having alcohol-rela...

`(4+tan^2(x))y'=sec^2(x)` `=>y'=(sec^2(x))/(4+tan^2(x))` `y=int(sec^2(x))/(4+tan^2(x))dx` Apply integral substitution: `u=tan(x)` `du=sec^2(x)dx` `y=int1/(4+u^2)du` `=int1/(u^2+2^2)du` Use the standard integral :`int1/(x^2+a^2)dx=1/aarctan(x/a)` `=1/2arctan(u/2)` Substitute back u=tan(x) and a constant C to the solution, `=1/2arctan(tan(x)/2)+C` `y=1/2arctan(tan(x)/2)+C`

The rhyme scheme of a poem subconsciously affects the way you perceive the writing, much in the same way that the soundtrack of a movie can make you feel afraid, or the way that certain types of rap can make you feel passionate while others make you feel empowered. Musicality is a very primal instinct that humans feel and relate to, and the musicality of writing is not exempt from the ability to sway readers. For example, consider the idea of a limerick: it follows a very specific rhyme scheme, technically speaking, “AABBA.” What if you changed the rhyme scheme and made it “ABABA?” Let’s look: AABBA scheme: There once was a man from Peru Who had a big snake in his shoe He had such a fright When it gave a bite So he hopped all the way to the zoo. ABABA scheme: There once was a man from Peru Who was filled with fright By a snake in his shoe And it gave him a bite So he hopped all the way to the zoo. Both poems tell the same story, but the first one reads with a certain sort of bounce tha...

In Saki's "The Open Window," there is foreshadowing—defined as clues that suggest events that have yet to occur—soon after Vera enters the room where Framton Nuttel awaits her aunt. Nuttel is unsure if such a visit with a stranger will do much for a nerve cure for him. When she asks Framton Nuttel if he knows the people from the area and if he knows much about her aunt, Nuttel answers " Hardly a soul ." At the time that Vera, "the very self-possessed young lady of fifteen," asks Nuttel if he knows anyone from the area and if he is acquainted with her aunt, Mrs. Stappleton, she wants to determine to what lengths her "[R]omance at short notice" can go. Therefore, after Nuttel replies that he knows almost no one in the area , Vera realizes that she can give full rein to her imagination and take advantage of the nervous little man across from her. Cleverly, she proceeds to weave a tale that has some veracity mixed in with fictitious tragic even...

The main distinction from the actual philosophy of existentialism in Camus’ fictive work is his concentration not on the question of whether existence precedes essence (the foundation of the philosophy as explained by Sartre in Being and Nothingness ), but rather Camus’ fictional depiction of the difficulty in determining the consequences of one’s actions.  To be sure, some consequences of our choices are apparent and immediate, but many others are not.  From the very first line of The Stranger it is clear that the “facts” on which we base our choices and decisions are not always sound and unequivocal; Mersault’s shooting of the “native,” an act in itself ambiguous and almost unintentional, is an example of the difficulty built into living the “existential” life.  Not only are the consequences “invisible” to the moment, but our actual motives for choosing one action over another are not always steered by a moral (that is, answering to a code of action in the absence of “design”) cons...

The title of Mansfield's story, Je ne parle pas français , is expressive of the lack of communication and social meaning in the main characters. There is little, if anything, which reflects a culture more than a language. So, the "stale phrase" of Je ne parle pas français --I do not speak French--is thematic of Mansfield's stream-of-consciousness story narrated by the male prostitute, Raoul Duquette.   This phrase, so commonly repeated by those who do not belong to the French culture, reflects the theme of sexual ambiguity--not belonging in a single sexual category-- since Raoul will go with men or women, as does Dick Harmon. Also, the woman called "Mouse" that Dick brings to Paris has some manly traits, such as her "boyish" hands. Her act of holding out her hand "in that strange boyish way Englishwomen do" also conveys a certain sexual ambiguity.  A story set in post World War I, a time in which France lost its moral center just as did o...

There are many interesting similarities between chess and real life in “Rules of the Game.” In chess, the white piece always moves first. Symbolically, this could represent the idea in "Rules of the Game" that Chinese culture is considered inferior to the white culture. The Christmas party scene, in which Meimei’s family is given the used chess set but cannot complain, is a good example of this. In chess, the queen is the most powerful piece and can move in any direction as long as it represents a straight line. In the story, she is represented by Meimei’s mother, who has all the power. Meimei, then, is the pawn. In chess, a pawn can only move forward one square at a time, not backwards, and the pawn can only capture diagonally. This is akin to Meimei, who is controlled by her mother and only has a limited number of moves available to her. Interestingly, a pawn in chess, if it reaches the other side of the board, can be promoted to any other piece, and often a pawn is promote...

In The Giver (Lowry), Asher, Jonas' friend, is assigned at the Ceremony of Twelve to be the Assistant Director of Education. As with the other assignments, the Elders have been observing Asher his entire life to choose an assignment consistent with his capabilities. And this does seem to be a very good fit. Asher is clearly a very nice person, whose "'...humor is unfailing'" (Lowry 55). Everyone in the community knows of his "cheerful disposition" (55). When he does something wrong, he promptly apologizes. He seems to be a very active and athletic person, one who does not like sitting still. He must be chastised even at the Ceremony of Twelves "to sit still and face forward" (53).  These seem like good qualities for an Assistant Director of Education. The Elders have also taken note over the years of assignments that Asher would not have been well-suited for because of some problems he has had.  As a Three, Asher had difficulty remembering and...

The story begins with what becomes a melancholy refrain. Della would like to buy her husband a nice Christmas present, but she only has one dollar and eighty-seven cents. ONE DOLLAR AND eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. The narrator repeats the amount of Della's meager savings three more times. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present.  Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim.  The reader can not only visualize the sum of $1.87 in small coins but can also picture Della counting them over and over again, as if she were hoping as if by magic they would amount to a little bit more. This would seem to be a very good way to represent the whole setting and reflect Della's mood. O. Henry must have thought the same, because he repeats more or less the same words four times. The reader understands not only Della's sorrow but her str...

Granny and Grandaddy Cain demonstrate their self-respect in the manner that they do not permit the interlopers on their property to film and exploit them. When the camera man and his companion trespass onto the Cain property, Granny comes out her screen door. The companion, referred to by the narrator/grandchild as Smilin' Man, says to Granny, "We thought we'd get a shot or two of the house and everything and then--" But, he is cut off by Granny, who says, "Good mornin," implying that the men could, at least, be polite. When the man observes, "Nice place you got here, Aunty," she contradicts his patronizing attitude with "Your mama and I are not related." Then, she remains silent as the Smilin' Man continues to talk to Granny, explaining why they are filming and asking if she wants to say anything. Granny goes back into the house because she will not remain outside and allow these men to be disrespectful. When the men do not retreat f...

Squeaky isn't especially enthusiastic about the May Day celebration. She takes her time getting to the park on May Day because the track meet is the last event of the program, and that is the only event she wants to participate in. Squeaky especially wants to avoid the May Pole dancing. She thinks that dressing up in a "white organdy dress with a big satin sash" is a waste of time, since the dress will eventually get dirty. Also, May Day occurs only once a year; in Squeaky's opinion, the expense of a pretty dress is unjustified, especially since she won't be able to fit into it the next year. She also doesn't like the idea of dressing up for the sake of pretending to be something she's not. For example, she relates how she once dressed up as a strawberry in a Hansel and Gretel pageant in nursery school. Squeaky explains that she felt pretty uncomfortable with the whole affair. The reality is that she prefers to run; that's what she's good at, and t...

Since the actual length is 1cm, both results are accurate. If the measurement is given as 1.00cm, the observer is stating that the actual length l is in the interval `0.995"cm"<=l<=1.005"cm" ` ; in other words the measurement is accurate to the nearest hundredth of a cm (or nearest mm.) The actual length could be as much as .5mm from the given measurement. If the measurement is given as 1.000cm, the observer is stating that the actual measurement is in the interval `0.9995"cm"<=l<=1.0005"cm" ` . Thus in a sense, 1.000cm is more accurate than 1.00cm as the possible interval for the actual value is smaller.

The direct comparison test is applicable when `suma_n` and `sumb_n` are both positive series for all n such that `a_n<=b_n` If `sumb_n` converges , then `suma_n` converges, If `suma_n` diverges , then `sumb_n` diverges Given the series is `sum_(n=1)^oo1/sqrt(n^3+1)` Let `a_n=1/sqrt(n^3+1)` and `b_n=1/sqrt(n^3)=1/n^(3/2)` `1/sqrt(n^3)>1/sqrt(n^3+1)>0`  for `n>=1` The series `sum_(n=1)^oo1/n^(3/2)` is a p-series with p=`3/2` The p-series `sum_(n=1)^oo1/n^p` converges if `p>1` and diverges if `0<p<=1`   As per the p-series test the series `sum_(n=1)^oo1/sqrt(n^3)` converges, so the series `sum_(n=1)^oo1/sqrt(n^3+1)` as well, converges by the direct comparison test.

Egypt is very isolated compared to Mesopotamia. Surrounded by deserts, the Nile River provided the ancient Egyptians with the means to form a civilization. While Mesopotamia was also a river-based civilization, it was not as geographically isolated as Egypt and therefore was more open to cultural and military expansion as well as invasion. This diversity of ideas and culture would lead to Mesopotamian politics being more participatory and slightly less authoritative than the Egyptian civilization. Rather than one unified kingdom, Mesopotamia was comprised of many independent city states, each ruled by a king. It would have been very difficult for one city state to dominate the others.  In Egypt, life revolved entirely around the Nile River. This common reliance on the Nile helped to unify Egypt into a kingdom 600 miles long. Farming on the Nile dates back to around 5,000 BCE, and from that point on the Egyptian civilization made rapid advances both culturally and technologically. By ar...

Buck fights and kills Spitz and takes over as lead sled dog. Spitz is the leader of the sled dog team, and Buck grows to hate him. He refuses to give in to Spitz, eventually killing him and taking his place as the leader. One day, Buck sees Spitz fighting Curly.  The brutality of the fight upsets Buck.  Once Spitz attacks the dog, all of the others attack her too with no mercy. So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you. Well, he would see to it that he never went down. Spitz ran out his tongue and laughed again, and from that moment Buck hated him with a bitter and deathless hatred. (Ch. 2) Buck is determined not to go down.  He is learning the ways of the wild, and the Law of Club and Fang.  Basically, that means that whoever is strongest is in charge.  The humans have the club, and the dogs have the fang. Spitz knows that Buck is a “dangerous rival” and is careful of him, always showing aggression toward him and never letting his guard down.  Buck also doe...

I am not entirely sure how specific you would like the answer to be, so I will start broad and work my way toward a very specific location.   The Locktons live in the state of New York.   The city that they live in is New York.  More specifically than that, the Lockton's New York home is in Manhattan.   The Locktons are wealthy Loyalists, so they live toward the south side of Manhattan.  Readers are told at the start of chapter seven that the Lockton house is located about a mile south of the Tea Water Pump.   At the end of chapter five, Curzon provides the exact location of the Lockton house.  The house is on the south side of Wall Street just past Smith.  Curzon says that it's one of the proudest houses in the city, and Isabel is shocked to see that it is five stories tall.  

The scale and duration of fighting that characterized the Great War (later renamed World War I) precipitated the demise of the European monarchies that had successfully survived the tumultuous events of 1848, known variously as "the Revolutions of 1848," "the Spring of Nations," and "the Springtime of Peoples." The reformist and revolutionary movements the actions of which brought about the short-lived consent on the part of the monarchies to liberalize and improve the welfare of their subjects manifested themselves more definitively in the chaotic atmosphere of the Great War. Especially in Russia, where the February popular revolt against the reign of Czar Nicholas II would soon be followed by the Bolshevik Revolution that imposed a totalitarian political and economic system on the population, the effects of the war on European societies were profound. The Romanov Dynasty was thrown out, and the czar and members of his family executed as a symbol of the i...

During Tom Robinson’s trial in To Kill a Mockingbird , Atticus Finch references Thomas Jefferson’s writings. When Atticus tells the jury that “all men are equal,” he is not referring to complete equality between the races, but only equality under the law. Another way to understand his meaning is to compare it to the well-known saying that ‘justice is blind.’ Atticus hopes the jury will be able to look past Tom Robinson’s skin color and judge him based on the evidence, all of which points to Tom’s innocence. Despite Atticus’s oratorical skill, the all-white jury returns with a guilty verdict. Though tragic, Atticus takes solace from the fact that he has fought the good fight, and will continue to do so in the future. At the same time, the reader understands there is still a long road ahead before African Americans in Maycomb will experience equal treatment under the law.

The important context for thinking about this is salary levels. Teachers are paid substantially less than other professionals with similar levels of education. They also tend to work high levels of unpaid overtime in a job that is extremely stressful. The teaching profession also has a high attrition rate of approximately 40 percent annually. Some areas and specializations are facing significant teacher shortages. Even worse, education is not a major attracting the best qualified applicants, with prospective education majors scoring in the bottom half of standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT compared to students interested in other majors. What this means is that tenure, which offers a form of job security, is one of the few things that might attract and retain highly qualified applicants to the profession. It is also important to ensure that teachers can grade fairly, rather than feeling compelled to give students higher grades or teach exclusively to standardized tests to hold o...

En route to their hunting excursion in Brazil, Whitney and Rainsford discuss Ship-Trap Island and the hunter/prey relationship. As they move through the dark sea, Whitney mentions that to their right is what the old charts call "Ship-Trap Island," adding that sailors have a dread of this place hidden in the dark. Whitney then observes that it will be light by the time they reach Rio de Janeiro, and Rainsford indicates his excitement about hunting jaguars: "The best sport in the world" "For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar." "....Who cares how a jaguar feels?" "Perhaps the jaguar does," observed Whitney. "Bah! They've no understanding." Whitney counters that jaguars understand, at least, the fears of pain and death. This last discussion is quite ironic because later in the narrative, Rainsford finds himself in the position of the jaguar he and Whitney have discussed. After falling off his ship and...

You may rebuild the structure you find at denominator, such that: `int (x^2-3x+7)/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx = int ((x^2-4x+6) + x + 1)/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx` Separate into two integrals: `int (x^2-4x+6)/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx + int (x + 1)/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx` Take the first integral and reduce like terms: `int (x^2-4x+6)/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx = int 1/((x^2-4x+6))dx ` You may write `x^2 - 4x + 6 = x^2 - 4x + 4 + 2 = (x- 2)^2 + 2` `int 1/((x^2-4x+6))dx= int 1/((x- 2)^2 + 2)dx = sqrt2/2 arctan ((x - 2)/sqrt2) + c` You need to take the integral` int (x + 1)/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx ` and to separate it into two simpler integrals: `int (x + 1)/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx = int x/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx + int 1/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx` You should notice that if you differentiate `x^2-4x+6` yields `2x - 4,` hence, you need to multiply and divide by two and then subtract and add 4, such that: `(1/2)int ((2x-4) + 4)/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx = (1/2)int ((2x-4))//((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx + 2int 1/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx` Hence, `int (x + 1)/((x^2-4x+6)^2)dx = (1/2)int ((2x-4))/...

Gonzalo is an eighth-grade student who immigrated from Guatemala. He mentions that two years after he moved to Cleveland he learned how to speak English. Gonzalo says his father worked in a kitchen with Mexicans and Salvadorans, which is why his English was worse than a kindergartener. His father refused to go to any store other than the local bodega and rarely talked to strangers because he didn't want them to hear his mistakes. Gonzalo's uncle, Tio Juan, spoke an Indian language and was not able to speak English. Tio Juan continually wandered around their home like a child. One day, Tio Juan left the home and discovered the lot on Gibb Street where people were planting their vegetables. Tio Juan used to be a farmer, and was happy to see the community garden. Gonzalo's mother told him to take Tio Juan to the garden to let him plant seeds. Gonzalo mentions that when he took his uncle to the lot he was hoping that none of his friends saw him. Gonzalo is embarrassed by his f...

When the boy first arrives in the oasis, he notices that there are many more women and children than there are men. The camel driver explains that oases are neutral territories and reserved as "places of refuge" (88). There are many oases in the desert, but battles are fought outside of them so women and children are not hurt. Another rule inside an oasis is that those that reside there, visitors alike, must not harbor any weapons, nor must they shelter any armies or troops. This helps to bring the community together as a peace-keeping society. As long as the occupants follow the rules of the desert, they will not be harmed by the wars being fought around them. In addition, if the tribesmen who are at war uphold the rules of the oases, that is, if they leave oases alone by not taking them by force, then at least there are places that can be sanctuaries, or safe places, for anyone to claim as needed. Obeying the rules of the oases shows that people can at least agree on someth...

To illustrate the consumer want-got gap, I'll select a toaster oven (opportunity), a new set of bath towels (need), and a new sofa (want). Type and Brand of Product: Toaster oven: All stainless steel construction to eliminate toxic chemical exposure; Oster 6-Slice Toaster Oven, Stainless-Steel. Set of bath towels: GOTS Certified (Global Organic Textile Standard Certified) organic cotton bath towel set; Coyuchi Mediterranean Turkish weave. New sofa: Chemical-free hand-made sofa using Eco materials; Stem Jeeni Sofa. Purpose of Product: Toaster oven, for small, low-energy baking and broiling needs; bath towels, for daily washing and bathing needs (and a extra set for guests); new sofa, for family living needs in a safe, non-toxic home environment free of off-gasing toxic chemicals. Time given to research: Toaster oven, 20 minutes; bath towels, several months; new sofa, several years (the market had to catch up with the wanted product).  Want, Need, Opportunity: Toaster oven: This i...

A number of simple methods to separate aluminum and plastic can be devised. These depend on the differences in the properties of these two materials. We can use differences in the density and melting points to our advantage.  Differences in density: aluminum has a specific gravity (ratio of density of a substance to that of a standard fluid, typically water) of 2.7. In comparison, depending on the plastic in question, the specific gravity may vary from 0.6 to about 2.3. Thus, plastic is lighter than aluminum and we can use this to separate them. We can suspend the aluminum-plastic mixture in water and mix it thoroughly and allow it to settle, and obtain different layers of plastic and aluminum.  Differences in melting point: Aluminum has a melting point of 660 degrees Celsius, while that of different types of plastics vary between 100-250 degrees Celsius. Thus, we can melt a mixture containing plastics and aluminum to say up to 300 degrees C and remove all the molten plastic, leaving b...

The U.S. grants visiting diplomats and consuls what is called "diplomatic immunity," or freedom from prosecution by local laws, partly because this type of immunity has been a tradition throughout history. In 1708, Great Britain first granted diplomatic immunity to foreign emissaries, and this tradition was adopted by the U.S. in 1790. This type of immunity is also granted to U.S. diplomats abroad, as part of the international code of law that was developed by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations in 1961. The idea behind the law is that countries grant foreign emissaries the immunity that they want for their own emissaries abroad. The protective status is not conferred directly on an individual but on an individual who represents a state. The Vienna Convention (see the link below for the complete document) states the following: "the purpose of such privileges and immunities is not to benefit individuals but to ensure the efficient performance of the functions of...

This is an interesting and complex question. In the novel, we perceive gender both through the eyes of Winston, a male, and through the lens of the Party, which wants to neuter gender.  Winston, at first, reacts hostilely to Julia, for she activates within him the sexual frustration he feels in a system that exalts chastity as a high virtue. The narrow red anti-sex sash she wears around her attractive waist symbolizes to him the way he is barred from a normal sex life with a beautiful woman. Julia is to Winston at first solely a sex object, and worse, a wholly forbidden sex object, flaunting both her desirability and her inaccessibility. He has conflicted desires: he wants to have sex with her but since she presents as frigid this causes him to engage in violent fantasies about her. Later, when they have an affair, he falls in love with her, and she comes to represent completion and wholeness to him, much of this is based on sexual fulfillment, but some of it is clearly a response to a...

`intx/sqrt(6x+1)dx` Apply integral substitution: `u=6x+1` `=>(u-1)=6x` `=>x=(u-1)/6` `dx=1/6(du)` `intx/sqrt(6x+1)dx=int((u-1)/6)/sqrt(u)(1/6)du` `=int1/36(u-1)/(sqrt(u))du` Take the constant out, `=1/36int(u-1)/sqrt(u)du` `=1/36int(u/sqrt(u)-1/sqrt(u))du` `=1/36int(u^(1/2)-u^(-1/2))du` Apply the sum rule, `=1/36{intu^(1/2)du-intu^(-1/2)du}` Apply the power rule, `=1/36{(u^(1/2+1)/(1/2+1))-(u^(-1/2+1)/(-1/2+1))}` `=1/36{u^(3/2)/(3/2)-u^(1/2)/(1/2)}` `=1/36{2/3u^(3/2)-2u^(1/2)}` Substitute back `u=(6x+1)` and add a constant C to the solution, `=1/36(2/3(6x+1)^(3/2)-2(6x+1)^(1/2))+C` `=1/36(2)(6x+1)^(1/2)(1/3(6x+1)-1)+C` `=1/18sqrt(6x+1)((6x+1-3)/3)+C` `=sqrt(6x+1)/18((6x-2)/3)+C` `=sqrt(6x+1)/18(2/3)(3x-1)+C` `=1/27(3x-1)sqrt(6x+1)+C`

According to an estimate provided by the United Nations, the world population in 1950 was 2.54 billion. The estimate for the year 2000 is more than 6.055 billion. So the population increased by approximately 3.6 billion people. These numbers represent a best guess based on data collected from a combination of sources, including government censuses, vital records (birth and death certificates), and surveys conducted by non-government organizations and academics. The sources are fallible, and in some countries, there is relatively little data collected. Thus, these estimates contain a degree of error. For instance, Live Science has quoted an unnamed UN analyst as saying "The uncertainty in census data is very high: in the range of 2 to 3 percent in most countries." As the article author points out "That range might not sound very large, but for a country like China, which has a population of 1 billion, that means a 40-to-60-million-person error."

The United States changed socially in many ways after World War I ended. One way was with our dealing with immigrants. After World War I ended, there was an effort on the part of the United States to pull back from our involvement in world affairs. We were concerned about the effects of immigration on our country, especially those immigrants coming from South and East Europe. We were concerned some of these immigrants were communists and anarchists. Partially because of these concerns, we passed very restrictive immigration laws that greatly limited immigration to our country, especially immigration from South and East Europe. The Emergency Quota Act and the National Origins Act are examples of two laws that were passed that limited immigration to the United States. Women’s roles began to change. Women got the right to vote in 1920. Women began to appear in public with shorter dresses. They were more opinionated than in the past. They also were smoking and drinking in public. Women als...

In the opening paragraph of Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" it is revealed that Madame Loisel married a "minor civil servant at the Ministry of Education." In other words, Loisel is a bureaucrat for the French department of education. It is the reason why he is able to procure an invitation to the fancy ball at the Ministry where Madame Loisel loses the necklace. After failing to recover the lost necklace Monsieur and Madame Loisel sink into a life of poverty because they have to repay the debt incurred in replacing Madame Forestier's necklace. They have to give up their comfortable apartment and dismiss their maid. In order to pay back the debt, plus "exorbitant" interest rates, Monsieur Loisel not only works his day job at the Ministry but also takes on two night jobs working as an accountant and a copier (in a time before copy machines): Her husband worked in the evenings, putting a shopkeeper's ledgers in order, and often at ...

For many musicians, jazz represented the racial and social hierarchies of both the professional music scene and the society it existed in during the 1920s. Jazz was seen as a lower class form of music, and even classically-trained African American musicians made a living playing jazz because racism restricted access to positions in professional orchestras. While the circumstances of racism and segregation that pushed African American musicians to create jazz are not positive, jazz can still be seen as a positive social force. Jazz can be viewed as a symbol of talent and accomplishment in the face of discrimination for African American people. Today, the genre is viewed as classic American music, and learning the history of jazz can lend to an understanding of African American history, and the history of segregation and social hierarchies that led to its creation.

`int(-3x)/(x^2+3)^(3/2)dx` Take the constant out, `=-3intx/(x^2+3)^(3/2)dx` Apply integral substitution:`u=x^2+3` `=>du=2xdx` `=-3int1/(u)^(3/2)(du)/2` Take the constant out, `=-3/2int1/u^(3/2)du` `=-3/2intu^(-3/2)du` Apply the power rule,`intx^adx=x^(a+1)/(a+1), a!=-1` `=-3/2(u^(-3/2+1))/(-3/2+1)` `=-3/2u^(-1/2)/(-1/2)` `=-3/2(-2/1)u^(-1/2)` `=3/u^(1/2)` Substitute back `u=x^2+3` `=3/(x^2+3)^(1/2)` Add a constant C to the solution, `=3/sqrt(x^2+3)+C`

One important quotation from the novel is: “If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.” This encapsulates the idea of freedom for the patients, namely freedom from external constraints and the ability to live their lives completely as they choose. The vision Kesey develops is Utopian and anarchic, very much part of the Beat anti-Establishment ethos. It suggests not just freedom from external authority or compulsion, but also freedom from conventional ideas that restrict the scope of individual action. At times, though, the gestures of freedom such as buying sex from prostitutes, getting drunk, indulging in recreational drugs, and engaging in pointless violence seem less admirable than Kesey intends them to be. Kesey finds the standard notion of "sanity" itself oppressive.  Nurse Ratched appears intended as the villain of the novel, represe...

Diction means choice of words.  The diction in Ozymandias is lofty, slightly unusual, and it paints vivid pictures. By "lofty," I mean the author often chooses longer words that would be familiar to an educated person.  For example, the author uses "antique" instead of "ancient," "visage" instead of "face," and "colossal" instead of "huge."  This is formal, classroom diction, not the diction of the home or street. Sometimes the poem uses a word that is not exactly loftier than the expected word, but it is a little different.  For example, the fallen statue is called a "wreck" instead of a "ruin" as we would expect.  Wreck is more often applied to ships, not ancient stone statues. Sometimes these slightly odd word choices help the rhythm or rhyme of the poem.  For example, "Nothing beside remains." If the poet had written, "Nothing else remains," that line would not have had the...

Where: Caribbean island of Haiti When:  Late 1700s All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell is the first book in a three-part series that chronicles the slave uprising in Haiti around the end of the 18th century. The trilogy is historical fiction whose locus of action is the Haitian Revolution of 1791. The story follows the revolt from the perspective of characters from many different places in life. All Souls' Rising primarily takes place in the Caribbean island of Haiti in the late 1700s. During that time, the island was divided between Spanish colonization in the west and French colonization in the East. The divide fomented the slave revolt, which claimed thousands of lives within its first few months. The revolt was the only slave uprising that resulted in the creation of a state that was ruled by non-whites and free of slavery.

One important relationship shown in the film adaptation of  Into the Wild is the relationship between Chris McCandless and Ronald Franz.   The film makes some definite changes from the book, and the film includes multiple scenes that Krakauer did not write about in his book about McCandless.  For example, the scene with McCandless and Franz on some random desert mountain top talking about God, forgiveness, and love is not in Krakauer's account; however, the scene does add depth to the relationship between McCandless and Franz.   Both the book and the film stress the importance of the relationship between McCandless and Franz.  Both stories show that the relationship was beneficial to both people.  In McCandless, Franz finds another "son" to take under his wing.  McCandless finds the sort of father figure that he wishes he had.  What the film shows very well, especially in that mountain top scene, is that Franz deeply loves McCandless  and encourages him to follow his dr...

When carbon dioxide reacts with red hot coke, carbon monoxide is formed. The balanced chemical equation for this reaction can be written as: `CO_2 + C -> 2CO` Here, 1 mole of carbon dioxide reacts with 1 mole of coke to produce 2 moles of carbon monoxide.  Let us assume that x liters of carbon dioxide are consumed in the reaction, then the remaining volume of carbon dioxide is 1-x liters. Assuming STP conditions, 1 l of CO2 = 1/22.4 moles and x l = x/22.4 moles Using stoichiometry, x/22.4 moles of CO2 will produce 2x/22.4 moles of CO. At STP, 2x/22.4 moles = 2x l (1 mole = 22.4 l at STP) Thus, the final volume of gases will include the leftover CO2 and newly formed CO. That is, 1-x + 2 x = 1.4 l or, 1 + x = 1.4 or, x = 0.4 l and 2x = 0.8 l Thus, 0.8 l of CO are formed. And 0.6 l (= 1- x = 1- 0.4) of CO2 are left over. Hope this helps. 

John Steinbeck's  Of Mice and Men tackles many social and cultural issues. One of the most fascinating analyses he performs is gender in society, depicted through Curley's wife.  In the 1930s, women still lacked many basic rights and privileges afforded to their male counterparts; this invariably applied across racial and socioeconomic lines. Most obviously, Steinbeck never names Curley's wife. She is simply classified as an object, "wife", which is possessed, "belonging to Curley". This simple dehumanization achieves a great deal of depth in Steinbeck's commentary on gender roles in the 1930s.  In her actions, Curley's wife reveals a desperation and sadness of an individual denied agency and freedom. An object, she is not allowed to make decisions about who she interacts with, where she goes, or what she does. What little power she has is relegated to that which her possessor deems valuable: her sexuality. As such, she perceives and uses this s...

Silas is looked upon by the people of Raveloe as quite a strange character. Most of this general opinion is caused by Silas himself, however, as he had interesting and salient traits, both physical and behavioral. In Chapter 1, we learn that Silas was just a "pallid young man" that, to the regular eye, would not have caused any curiosity. However, to the particular people of Raveloe, he looked "mysterious," which led them to consider him a "North'ard," or someone from some unknown place of origin. In addition to this, Silas was very introverted and never spent time with people or went to the public house like everyone else did. This deepened the enigma surrounding his persona, and made people ask more questions about him. Another issue with Silas was his curious tendency to freeze, as if in suspended animation. This ability, which some saw as a gift from heaven, made him quite popular in his former town. Here, however, it added on to the weirdness of i...

International human resource management (IHRM) is concerned with providing training for employee expatriates planning to work in multinational corporations with production factories in more than one nation. The IHRM standard is to provide preparatory training and post-arrival training for expatriates, those who have taken job assignments in another nation. Preparatory training includes job related skills and cultural knowledge to equip the expatriate to work successfully in a different culture. Preparatory training varies in duration, often ranging between 3-6 weeks. Language education may be part of the training or a second language may be a job requirement. For these employees opening two factories, Chinese and German languages would be the focus of language study. Cultural training might include the topics of Chinese ancestor worship and German attitudes toward World War II references. Post-arrival training includes on-site job training. The expatriate already has the needed skills...

Most sources will tell you there are around 639 to 640 muscles throughout the human body.  There are 30 facial muscles alone.  The muscles of the human body are divided into three categories depending on the placement in the body and the job they do for the body.  The first group are the skeletal muscles.  These muscles are voluntary, which means you have control over their movement.  These are the muscles that actually help you to move.  They are made of bands called fibrils and are striated. They have multiple nuclei to provide them with the energy they need (since these muscles perform a great deal of movement).  The second group is the smooth muscles, which are involuntary (you have no control over them).  They make up hollow organs in the body and are controlled by the autonomic nervous system.  Finally, you have the cardiac muscle.  This muscle is found in only one place in the body and that is the heart.  It is also involuntary.  The muscle is striated, but only has one nucleus ...

Mrs. Hale is a dynamic and round character in the story "A Jury of Her Peers." Even though she always suspects something is not entirely clear at the scene of the crime, her discoveries continuously make her more sure of her assertions, and about her views on the case. As such, she is able to create a mental tableau of the life of Minnie Wright. She already knew Minnie, whose maiden name was "Foster" before Minnie married John Wright. She describes a very different person from the nervous, anxiety-ridden woman now being held at the county jail because she is expected of murdering her husband. Mrs. Hale explains that Minnie Foster, the name she prefers to use for Minnie Wright, was a much happier woman before she married. She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively—when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls, singing in the choir. But that—oh, that was twenty years ago." Still, Mrs. Hale is able to show compassion toward the woman who now awaits her fate...