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The difficult fact is that those who are in love are typically likely to choose marriage without considering the odds of success and it is challenging to talk reality with people who have stars in their eyes. That said, it would be important for each person to consider what is known about the other person. What does the person say? How does the person act? Are the two reasonably congruent? If not, what is going on? How does this person show love? How selfish is this person? Are there financial issues going into the marriage because one person has not managed money well? Have there been failed relationships in the past for either person? What has been the cause of failure? Does one person have the goal of changing the other person?  Divorce is potentially devastating for children because of the way in which children think. A child thinks he or she is to blame because the parents are divorcing and that one or the other parent doesn't love him/her well enough to stay. Children especia...

Foods must be hydrolyzed (broken down) into simpler molecules in order for the body to be able to use them for energy and synthesis. Enzymes are proteins which are organic catalysts. They speed up chemical reactions like hydrolysis which occurs when food is digested. One of the food groups consumed for energy is carbohydrates. These include sugar and starch. The body can break down these polymers into simple sugars called monosaccharides. Cellulose, is also a polysaccharide and is the component of cell wall materials. Thus, when any plant based food is consumed, cellulose will be present.  It is a polymer of glucose molecules however, the glycosidic linkages (bonds) between glucose monomers consist of 1-4 linkages of beta glucose monomers. Celluose molecules are straight and unbranched. Starch, a different polysaccharide, is composed of 1-4 linkages of alpha glucose monomers. While humans have enzymes that can break down the bonds in starch, we don't have enzymes that can break dow...

First, the conflict perspective says that all aspects of our society come about through conflict between groups.  Groups compete to create the rules of our society.  When a group wins, it is able to set society up in a way that it likes (at least with regard to the issue it was competing over).  We can say that income inequality comes about because of conflict between the rich and poor/non-rich.  We could argue that the rich have won this battle.  An example of this would (arguably) be the fact that we have all sorts of free trade agreements with other countries.  We can say that the rich benefit from free trade while many poorer people lose their jobs because of it.  Therefore, if we have free trade, it is because the rich have won their conflict with the other classes. Second, the functionalist perspective says that all aspects of our society play a part in keeping our society alive and stable, just as every part of our body plays a part in keeping us alive and healthy.  In this view...

For a complete set of rules about your Bachelor's essay, you should consult your school or college. In general, Bachelor's essays are research projects that seniors in college carry out. The essays focus on independent research, and students generally work with a faculty member or professor to craft their research and writing. A good Bachelor's essay examines a new aspect of something you have studied and includes carefully documented independent research. In addition, a good essay makes an argument and defends it using appropriate evidence. To find the right idea, look at what you have studied. What has sparked your interest? What do you want to know more about? For example, if you have studied history, is there an event, question, person, or recurring theme in history that you want to dig into? If you are interested in military history, you could focus on a particular war, including the reasons that war was fought or first-person accounts of that war. If you studied Engli...

The concept of  Langue  (language) and Parole  (speech) was given by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure. These terms appeared first in the book “A Course In General Linguistics” (Cours de linguistique générale ) – a series of class notes that were compiled and published by Saussure’s students in 1916 after his death. Saussure, a linguist from the Structuralist school of linguistics, believed Language to be a system of signs. Each sign conventionally signifies something. Also, the relationship between a sign and what it signifies is arbitrary. It is important to note here that Saussure defined language in purely structural terms. Langue, then, for Saussure, is nothing but all the abstract rules and conventions of this system of signs (or language). These rules, as we know, do not occur in the world explicitly (as linguists, we only try to study and describe these rules). It is interesting to know that every language user has an instinctive, innate understanding of these rules tha...

Miller did not directly approach the subject of McCarthyism and the anti-communist trials of the 1950s, and instead modeled his morality play about intolerance and persecution on the Salem, Mass., witchcraft trials of 1692. Since the McCarthy hearings were in full swing at the time Miller wrote The Crucible in the early 1950s, Miller and many of his cohorts in Hollywood were under suspicion from McCarthy and many other powerful political and societal forces, and setting his play in colonial America gave Miller a certain measure of artistic cover to explore the themes he saw being mirrored during the era of anti-communist hysteria. Many artists and writers throughout history have employed a similar distance from the events of their time, at times to avoid the wrath of the authorities of the day, and also to convey to audiences the notion that what was taking place during the time of the artist's life was not new or novel. For Miller to imply that the red-baiting hysteria of the 1950...

Although health insurance plans set their own guidelines for coverage, patients and doctors do have an impact on their outcomes.  Physicians have an ethical responsibility to provide the most appropriate care to their patients.  Doctors’ decisions and recommendations directly impact health care costs.  Physicians who spend less time with their patients and circumvent an extensive review of their medical background may rely more on diagnostic tests.  This decision ultimately increases medical expenses billed to the insurance company.  Patients directly impact insurance plan expenditures through their personal healthcare decisions.  Patients who select to participate in preventative measures and make healthy decisions ultimately reduce their medical costs, and therefore their insurance coverage expenses.  On the other hand, patients may also increase their medical costs.  A recent study found that patients who participated in their medical decisions actually spent more time in the hospit...

Born to impoverished parents and bereaved of his father at a tender age, Lazarillo learns that life is a hard taskmaster. However, he also learns that he can thrive by manipulating human frailties to his own advantage. In the novel, Lazarillo is apprenticed to a blind beggar after his stepfather's violent demise. It is during his apprenticeship that Lazarillo begins to learn the tools of survival. Even though the beggar is cruelly abusive to Lazarillo (both physically and mentally), he is an extremely resourceful man; he is able to thrive by leveraging his knowledge of herbal medicine and natural remedies to solve "toothaches, fainting spells, and female illnesses." So, despite his disability, the blind beggar is able to earn more "in a month than a hundred ordinary blind men earn in a year." From him, Lazarillo learns how to transcend cruelty and to thrive; when his master deprives him of food, Lazarillo uses artifice and subterfuge to outwit the older man. Laz...

Carlos Bulosan, a Filipino poet born in 1913, writes about his early years growing up in the Philippines in his 1946 memoir America is in the Heart . He writes of the time right after World War I: "it seemed like the younger generation, influenced by false American ideals and modes of living, had become strangers to the older generation" (5). When he is growing up, the Philippines were becoming more and more Americanized. For example, the author's older brother, Macario, attends the school far from his village, and he is indoctrinated in American ways. When he sees Allos (or "Carlos"), Macario wants to cut his brother's hair in the American way.  Later, after Bulosan sees the plight of the peasants in his hometown of Luzon, he dreams of going to America and learns about Abraham Lincoln. He thinks, "A poor boy became President of the United States!" and he is fascinated by this story (69). He believes the United States represents equality. This is t...

The theme of friendship in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas can be seen throughout the film. From the film's exposition, Bruno underscores the importance of friendship.  He misses the friends that he has left behind in Berlin.  He never forgets the fact that while his father and his sister might be enjoying the new world of "Out- With," Bruno is lost without friendship.  The fact that Bruno does not waver in his commitment to friendship from the start of the film underscores the theme.  It helps to frame the work because it establishes  a significant way we get to know Bruno. Another way that friendship is reinforced in the film version of Boyne's book is when Bruno acknowledges that he was not a good friend to Shmuel.  When Bruno witnesses Kotler beating Shmuel up for something that he did not do, Bruno remains silent.  He watches as his friend is abused.  Bruno acknowledges his mistake to Shmuel.  In doing so, he reaffirms the importance of friendship.  It has to be...

In the book, Scout tells us that Atticus never eats desserts. Other than that, Atticus is a man who enjoys his food. A good father, he appreciates eating dinner with Scout and Jem on most evenings. Food is of central importance in the communities of Maycomb. For example, after Tom Robinson's trial, the African-American community shows its appreciation to Atticus by showering the family with gifts of food. During breakfast one morning, Atticus is surprised by the presence of chicken and rolls on his plate. Calpurnia explains that the chicken is a gift from Tom Robinson's father and the rolls are gifts from a woman named Estelle. In the kitchen, the table is loaded down with hunks of salt pork, beans, tomatoes, scuppernongs (grapes), and even a jar of pickled pig's knuckles. In the book, Miss Maudie is an expert in baking a Southern favorite: Lane cake. In fact, her Lane cakes are so good that Miss Stephanie Crawford is said to have been after the recipe for thirty years. Her...

Prior to Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860, the southern states had already threatened to secede. The southern states were not ready for a Republican president especially one who raised serious questions about slavery. Lincoln was against the spread of slavery, and he made his position public. After the elections, and by the time he was giving his inauguration speech in 1861, seven southern states lived up to their threats and seceded. The seven southern states officially instituted the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis as their president. The move was considered illegal by the official United States government and led to the onset of the American Civil War in April 1861. After the start of the Civil War, four more southern states declared secession and joined the Confederacy. The war raged on until Confederate forces surrendered and the Confederate government was disbanded.

I believe your question is in reference to Lois Lowry's novel,  The Giver,  which tells the story of a young boy named Jonas who holds a special role in his highly regulated community. There are at least two answers I can think of. First, the people of Jonas' community have grown up in this strict way of life and have grown accustomed to it. As we learn from the experience with Gabe, people who do not adjust well to society are "released." Because these people have been told all their lives that  this  is the way society ought to be, and all evidence points to the efficiency of such a community, they do not have any reason to believe otherwise. What's more, almost everyone in Jonas' community lacks knowledge or memory of things like suffering and joy. Life just  is as it is for most people. It is not until Jonas is given these memories by his mentor that he comes to suspect that his community might not be ideal. We should also consider the practicality of Jon...

In essence, education is the result of pedagogy.  Pedagogy is the art and science of teaching. It involves not just knowledge of subject matter, but the specialized knowledge of how to communicate that subject matter to learners. Sometimes a concept needs to be broken down into parts and then put back together for and with students. Sometimes students need to approach a skill through trying it with the teacher and then trying it by themselves. Sometimes students need multiple, different explanations of a single concept. A good pedagogue discerns what students need in order to be able to learn and then figures out how to provide that.  While the word "education" can be used in ways that appear to cover "pedagogy," a main focus of education is to change people. A person begins school unable to read or do arithmetic and ends high school with all kinds of skills, knowledge, and abilities. This is education. People who are an important part of making education happen, te...

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird , Atticus most definitely holds the belief that people are fundamentally good . One of the clearest moments in which he asserts his belief is the morning after facing the lynch mob. Scout feels confused by the reality that Mr. Walter Cunningham might have attacked Atticus to get what he wanted--to see Tom Robinson lynched--since she had believed Mr. Cunningham to be a friend of the Finches. In his reply to Scout's question, "I thought Mr. Cunningham was a friend of ours," Atticus reveals his belief in the fundamental goodness of mankind : Mr. Cunningham's basically a good man ... he just has his blind spots along with the rest of us. (Ch. 16) Later, after the children are attacked by Bob Ewell , Atticus further displays his belief in the fundamental goodness of mankind by being unable to believe that anyone could willingly attempt to take the lives of innocent children for the sake of revenge. When Sheriff Tate points out ...

Old Man Warner appears to be opposed to getting rid of the annual lottery mainly because he enjoys it. It provides excitement in his otherwise dull existence. We can see how much he enjoys the stoning near the end of the story as the crown converges on Tessie Hutchinson. Old Man Warner was saying, "Come on, come on, everyone." There must be other reasons why the old man looks forward to the lottery and would be disappointed if it was abolished. He is proud that he has survived them for so many years. It gives him distinction. He brags about it. "Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery," Old Man Warner said as he went through the crowd. "Seventy-seventh time." Old Man Warner is undoubtedly also superstitious about the lottery. He is afraid of what might happen if the villagers gave it up. As the senior citizen of the community, he appears to feel it is his duty to uphold tradition. Old Man Warner snorted. "Pack of crazy fools," he said. "L...

The land in colonial Virginia was overall considered good for farming.  Farming was essential to colonial Virginia.  Soil called Pamunkey soil was plentiful in Virginia.  This soil was rich and excellent for growing crops.  The Native Americans had plentiful crop growth.  The settlers at Jamestown also discovered this rich and fertile soil when they arrived.  It was ideal for growing crops, which helped the Jamestown settlement to flourish.  Importing foodstuffs from England and other European countries took time, so it was ideal to grow crops in or near a settlement. The settlers at Jamestown gained knowledge on local crops from the Powhatan Native Americans.  They learned about planting beans and squash near their corn crops.  Th settlers also planted vegetables, such as carrots, onions, and peas.  Herbs were grown in the fertile Pamunkey soil by the Jamestown settlers.

Some examples of the loss of innocence at this point are Jack’s insistence on killing a pig and Ralph's inability to get anything accomplished.   Jack wants to kill the pig, and it is more important than anything.  He is not interested in building shelters, and fights with Ralph about what is more important.  He also does not seem to care about being rescued.  He just wants to kill something.  It is not just about the meat.   “Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same, I’d like to catch a pig first—” He snatched up his spear and dashed it into the ground. The opaque, mad look came into his eyes again. Ralph looked at him critically through his tangle of fair hair. (Ch. 3)  The childishness of the fun of being alone on the island with no adults has also worn off.  The boys are unable to create a stable organization and get anything done.  They have not hunted and gotten meat.  They can’t get the shelters built.   “All the rest rushed off. He’s done as much as I have. Only—” “Simon’s alwa...

In "The Lottery," Jackson does not reveal for how long the lottery has been played by the townspeople. We can infer its history, however, based on some details from the story. Old Man Warner, for example, is the oldest man in town and when he walks through the crowd, he claims that this is the seventy-seventh lottery in which he has taken part. We can assume, therefore, that the lottery is at least seventy-seven years old. There is some evidence, however, to suggest that the lottery is even older than Warner. Early in the story when Jackson describes the lottery "paraphernalia," for instance, she comments that the current black box has been in use since before the birth of Old Man Warner. The lottery, then, is older than the living memory of anybody in the town and this adds to the sense of mystery which surrounds this violent ritual.

There is no more notorious example than that of Valeria Messalina, typically just called "Messalina," the third wife of Emperor Claudius. She, too, was of royal blood. She was the great grand-niece of the lauded Emperor Augustus and cousin to the notorious Emperors Nero and Caligula. Messalina was rumored to have been so promiscuous that she held a competition with a prostitute at a Roman bordello. She wagered that she could manage to have sex all night, outlasting the prostitute. It is said that Messalina won the competition.  Historians, now understanding the sexism that existed in Ancient Rome, suspect that Messalina, though probably adulterous, was probably not as promiscuous as historical records claim. She was a powerful woman who was directly and ruthlessly involved in politics, even causing her husband Claudius to condemn numerous senators to death. The reason for this is said to have been their refusal of her sexual advances, but one cannot be certain. As is true tod...

"The Rape of the Lock" was actually written in the 18th century (in March of 1714, to be more specific) by Alexander Pope. In the form of a mock heroic epic, this poem dramatizes a minor theft within an aristocratic family: the Baron, who lusts after Belinda cuts off a lock of the woman's hair without her consent, creating an enormous melodrama. This crime gets escalated to the status of the gods, with comparisons of the theft being made to the kidnapping of Helen of Troy and the other silly events of the day (a card game, Belinda waking up in the morning, coffee drinking) all being described in theatrically and mythologically large ways.  So while Pope riffed off of 17th century literature (namely, taking his parodied "sylphs" from Nicolas-Pierre-Henri de Montfaucon de Villars' novel Comte de Gabalis ), he was actually providing commentary about the 18th century and the shallowness and wastefulness of the newly formed English aristocratic class. By depicti...

The falling action of a story occurs after the climax and ends in the conclusion.  The story "Once Upon a Time" actually contains two stories. First, there is the frame story. This is the beginning where Gordimer explains how she's been asked to write a children's story. She is reluctant to do so. Then, she awakens one night to some unexplained sounds. Unable to sleep, she tells herself a bedtime story. The falling action of the frame story occurs when Gordimer realizes that her house is making the creaking noises. It had been built on top of a mine. This falling action resolves to a conclusion when she determines to tell herself a bedtime story in order to fall asleep.  This bedtime story is the "story within the story" or the "story within the frame story."  The falling action of this story within the frame story (the "children's story" about the family) occurs at the very end. The rising action of this story consists of the family...

When the story opens, the sniper is described as a seasoned soldier. He has become used to killing. He has the "cold, gleam of the fanatic" and has "the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death." An old woman on the street informs the enemy of the sniper's position. He has no choice but to kill the woman and the man in the turret. This is the cold reality of war. The sentiment presented here is "kill or be killed." It is primitive, barbaric, and inhumane. That is what is being communicated about war in this story. O'Flaherty adds another morbid aspect to this story. The sniper is inevitably forced to kill his own brother. This is the tragic irony of the story and the grim irony of civil wars. They are conflicts of brother against brother. O'Flaherty does not go into the causes of the war and nor does he claim if one side is more justified than the other. Although the "sniper" is the main character, and although the reader might r...

Steinbeck presents the brutality of ranch life in several ways: We witness at the beginning of the novella how George maneuvers the timing of their arrival at the ranch so that he and Lenny can miss some work. From this, we know from the start that the men endure long, exhausting hours in the fields. Steinbeck also describes the bunkhouse itself in great detail so that we can envision how harsh the living is for the men: they get a bunk, a shelf made of a crate, a wood burning stove for heat. The men have no privacy and no luxuries.   Curley, the owner's son, is presented as a bully who the men have to cater to. George is forced to worry about him: George knows that if Curley picks a fight with Lenny, it won't go well for them. Curley can enter the bunkhouse when he wants to, and he treats the men rudely. The ranch is a place of fear and danger to George, who constantly coaches Lennie on what to say and do and what not to say and do.  The aging Candy and his old dog also reflec...

Crooks is a pathetic figure because he is ostracized by the white workers and because he suffers chronic pain from his broken body. It seems inevitable that he would build up some resentment against fate and against humanity, but he cannot show it because he is at the very bottom of the social ladder. He could easily lose his job if anyone took a dislike to him, and he could even lose his life, as Curley's wife intimates when she suggests that she could have him lynched if she accused him of attempting to rape her. This doesn't come out in the dialogue but the reader understands the implications and sees it clearly in the fear the girl produces in Crooks just by suggesting the power she possesses. Crooks only dares to show his sadistic streak, which is his main flaw, when he is tormenting Lennie by hypothesizing that George might not come back from town.  Crooks' face lighted with pleasure in his torture. "Nobody can't tell what a guy'll do," he observed ...

At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is portrayed as a honest, valiant warrior, loyal to his kinsman King Duncan. He plays a leading role in crushing the rebellion against Duncan's rule by killing the rebel Macdonwald and, alongside his friend Banquo, marshaling the King's forces to victory. Indeed, the Sergeant describes Macbeth to Duncan as "valor's minion," and "brave Macbeth," describing in gory detail how he killed Macdonwald (and many others) in the battle. Duncan exclaims that Macbeth is a "valiant cousin" and a "worthy gentleman."  Yet almost immediately upon encountering the witches and their prophecy, Macbeth's ambition begins to bubble to the surface, especially when he finds out part of their vision has come true after the death of the thane of Cawdor. Still, he is not committed to murdering Duncan to make the prophecy come true, and it takes his wife's repeated goading to urge him onto the act, which he undertake...

Up until this point, Romeo has been mooning around, suffering from unrequited love (or lust) for Rosaline. His father is worried about him, because he wanders around at night and stays in his room by day. His friend Benvolio persuades Romeo to go in disguise to the rival Capulet family ball, saying there will many beautiful ladies there to take his mind off of Rosaline. Romeo says that won't work, and he will never find anyone to replace Rosaline, but agrees to go anyway.  At the ball, in Act I, scene 5, Romeo meets Juliet and instantly falls in love, forgetting all about Rosaline. He changes from a moping, lovesick creature pining for Rosaline to a young man overjoyed, on top of the world, and ecstatic to have found Juliet. 

Givne to solve, `lim_(x->1^(+)) (int_1^x cos(theta) d theta ) / (x-1)` =`lim_(x->1^(+)) ([sin(theta)]_1^x) / (x-1)` =`lim_(x->1^(+)) ([sin(x)-sin(1)]) / (x-1)` when `x-> 1+` then `([sin(x)-sin(1)]) / (x-1) = 0/0` form so upon applying the L 'Hopital rule we get the solution as follows, as for the general equation it is as follows `lim_(x->a) f(x)/g(x) is = 0/0` or `(+-oo)/(+-oo)` then by using the L'Hopital Rule we get  the solution with the  below form. `lim_(x->a) (f'(x))/(g'(x))` so , now evaluating `lim_(x->1^(+)) ([sin(x)-sin(1)]) / (x-1)` =`lim_(x->1^(+)) (([sin(x)-sin(1)])') / ((x-1)')` =`lim_(x->1^(+)) (cos(x)) / (1)` =`lim_(x->1^(+)) (cos(x))` on plugging the value `x= 1` we get `lim_(x->1^(+)) (cos(x))` `=cos(1)`

There are at least three ways in which colonizers benefited from imperialism.  They benefited (or at least could potentially benefit) economically, militarily, and politically. A major reason for imperialism was economic.  Colonizers were industrialized countries that needed sources of raw materials and new markets in which to sell their goods.  If they colonized countries that had resources that they needed, they could take those resources for themselves. They could produce finished goods and sell those goods back to the people in their colonies.  The colonized people would be a captive market, thus benefiting the colonizers.  For these reasons, industrialized countries often wanted to take empires. A second reason for imperialism was military.  Powerful countries wanted to be able to project their military power around the globe.  When they took colonies, they could place naval bases in those colonies.  If England had, for example, a colony in Yemen, it could use that as a base for n...

When Mr. Tom T. Shiftlet, as he calls himself, shows up at the farmhouse of Lucynell Crater, Lucynell first sizes him up to determine whether or not he's a threat. Based on his physical appearance, she determines Mr. Shiftlet is a drifter and, therefore, not a threat to her or to her daughter, also named Lucynell. Based on their conversation, Lucynell decides Mr. Shiftlet could be of use to her and the younger Lucynell in several ways. She allows him to move in with them in the hopes that he will marry the younger Lucynell.  Once they've been talking for a few minutes, Lucynell asks Mr. Shiftlet what carries in his box. He claims the box holds tools. Lucynell says he can work for her and that she will give him food and lodging, but she cannot pay him. This continues the conversation, and Lucynell learns more about Mr. Shiftlet's opinions on humanity. The first indication readers have that Lucynell is considering Mr. Shiftlet as a potential husband for her daughter comes aft...

You ask a lot of questions here, so I'll answer them all briefly, then explain, to help you understand in more detail. I feel sickened and defensive when I read Zinn's presentation of the United States, in this chapter and in others. Yes, the United States was an empire, and yes, it is still is in many ways. Now, to explain those points in more detail, I'm going to start by going outside that chapter briefly. Thomas Jefferson referred to the United States as "an empire for liberty." He meant that as a positive thing, and used the phrase without irony. That was one of his goals for the U.S., and so it isn't wrong or damning for Zinn to say the country was or is an empire. It is the nature of that empire that should give readers pause and make their stomachs upset. The United States was racist for a long time, consciously and intentionally racist. If you look at the country's internal laws governing race, you'll see that it was even legally racist. When ...

Timothy hints to Phillip that Phillip should climb some of the trees on the island in order to harvest some of the coconuts.   Phillip and Timothy are stranded on a tiny island together.  Timothy is wise and experienced at all kinds of things, but he is old.  Phillip is young and energetic, but he is currently blind.  At this point in the story, Timothy has been doing most of the work on the island to ensure their survival.  Their diet through this point has basically been anything that the ocean provides.  Timothy mentions that the coconuts would be a good dietary supplement.  The problem is that Timothy knows that he is too old and weak to climb to that height.  Phillip is physically capable of doing the climb, and Timothy hints that Phillip should give it a try.  Unfortunately, Phillip is too scared to attempt the climb. 

By "mirage" I will assume you are referring to the walls and floor of the children's nursery which, at " Four-Thirty " come alive with scenes from nature, including "yellow giraffes" and "summer-starched grass." The room probably has the ability to produce several different scenes yet it doesn't seem as though it has the technology capable of making the scenes different for each viewer. Bradbury writes that the images are produced by a film projector which is hidden somewhere in the walls of the room: "Hidden films clocked through well-oiled sprockets, and the walls lived." The nursery is somewhat similar to the nursery in another Bradbury short story "The Veldt" where the walls truly do come alive as the lions in the veldt actually end up killing and eating the parents. Bradbury never goes that far in establishing the reality or capabilities of the walls in "There Will Come Soft Rains." It is simply another ...

George Bernard Shaw was himself a pacifist and Arms and the Man is one of several anti-war plays he wrote over his long career. The main literary device Shaw uses to evoke this theme and support his anti-war position is satire, ridiculing the ways people are misled into supporting wars. The particular target of this satire is the Romantic artistic portrayal of war as magnificent and heroic. A secondary theme is equally romantic and unrealistic understandings of love. Shaw contrasts the ideals of love and war found in Romantic poetry and opera with their actual realities. The traditionally heroic Sergius is not only contrasted with the pragmatic Swiss mercenary but eventually shown to have his own doubts about the relationship of his image to his own inner feelings. In the matter of love, the traditionally good match of the heroic soldier and the charming young lady luckily doesn't happen, for as Shaw shows us, it would have been a mismatch. Instead, true love develops as men revea...

In writing the history of Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford gave God the credit for pretty much everything he and the other Separatists experienced in their journey on the Mayflower in 1620 and the first difficult winter they spent in Massachusetts.  In the spring of 1621, a Pemaquid named Samoset approached the English colony and spoke to them in broken English of a Wampanoag sachem, Massasoit.  Shortly thereafter, Massasoit came to the colony with Squanto, a Patuxet who spoke English well.  After negotiating a six-point agreement, Massosoit left, but Squanto stayed behind with the colonists and helped them.  He was a translator and advised them on the best places to plant, hunt, fish, and trade, and how to navigate the local geography.  Bradford describes Squanto as " a special instrument sent of God for their good beyond their expectation." Bradford gives the credit to God for sending Squanto to the colony.

Choice "B," sound, does not belong in the electromagnetic spectrum.  The full electromagnetic spectrum contains all of the various wavelengths and frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.  Within the spectrum, specific wavelengths and frequencies are divided up into groups.  The groups of electromagnetic radiation are radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light waves, ultraviolet waves, x-ray waves, and gamma waves.  I have listed those seven types of electromagnetic radiation in increasing energy.   Sound wave energy is distinctly different than electromagnetic wave energy.  An electromagnetic wave is a transverse wave while sound is a longitudinal (compression) wave.  Secondly, sound waves need a medium to travel through.  On the other hand, electromagnetic waves do not need to travel through a medium.  They can travel through a medium, but they don't need the medium.  

The process of soil formation is quite complex, so I won't be able to get into all the finer details. But here's a brief summary of why precipitation is one of the most important factors in soil deposition. Very low precipitation (as in deserts) will prevent soil from weathering (the chemical reactions and organisms such as earthworms and bacteria depend upon water), so the result is sandy, arid soil which is very coarse and not good for plant growth.  Very high precipitation (as in rainforests) will weather the soil very thoroughly, sometimes even into clay. It will also leech nutrients from the soil, leaving it only in the upper layers; so plants that evolved to live in rainforests have shallow roots that spread over a wide area. Still, rainforests do support extremely high biomass and biodiversity despite their poor soil. Moderate precipitation produces the best soil; it is enough to provide thorough weathering, but not enough to leech away nutrients. Another important consi...

In Kira's society, women are second-class citizens, and they live very separate lives from the men for the most part. Women seem to be primarily in charge of child-rearing, gardening, tending chickens, washing, and weaving. Although women are in charge of the "tykes" for the most part, there is no education to speak of, and nurturing seems rare. Most mothers let their children run around wildly and don't attempt to teach them manners or values. They discipline them by yelling at them and hitting them. Women are not allowed to go on hunts; they are forbidden to learn to read; they cannot serve as guardians.  Because Kira is a female character, she is less assertive and has lower goals for herself than she might if she were a male. Although she exhibits better analytical thinking skills than Thomas, a boy about her age, she doesn't try to take the lead over him. She asks him for assistance with Matt and with Jo. When she suggests to Thomas that they can perhaps make...

The party in question occurs in chapter 6. Daisy initially displays a mood of conviviality and enthusiasm, as evidenced by her remarks:  “These things excite me so,” she whispered.  “I’m looking around. I’m having a marvelous ——” She presents the same sort of excitement a bit later, after having done the rounds. “I’ve never met so many celebrities!” Daisy exclaimed. “I liked that man — what was his name? — with the sort of blue nose.” Gatsby identified him, adding that he was a small producer. “Well, I liked him anyhow.” Nick Carraway, however, later states: I knew that except for the half-hour she’d been alone with Gatsby she wasn’t having a good time . Nick repeats this sentiment after a while when Daisy passes a comment about a movie star whom she has seen with her producer. She says:  “I like her,” said Daisy, “I think she’s lovely.” Nick, contrarily, observes: But the rest offended her — and inarguably, because it wasn’t a gesture but an emotion. She was appalled by West Egg, thi...

That is an interesting question to ask. In this context, I am interpreting "philosophical" to mean some timeless and universal meanings for Frost's "Mending Wall." The two that I take away after reading it are that we should tamper with nature only for some good purpose and that the structures created by humankind may interfere with relationships amongst people more than they aid them. The first few lines of the poem tell us that nature does not like human-built barriers. The narrator says, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" (line 1). That something is nature, which does its best to break up the wall with its cycles of freezing and warming. The narrator goes on to point out that, while there could be a purpose to building a wall, he clearly sees no such purpose in this situation.  Therefore, if we are going to build walls, or anything else, interfering with nature's natural course, we should do so only for a very good reason, to the ...

Maclaurin series is a special case of Taylor series that is centered at `a=0` . The expansion of the function about 0 follows the formula: `f(x)=sum_(n=0)^oo (f^n(0))/(n!) x^n`  or `f(x)= f(0)+(f'(0))/(1!)x+(f^2(0))/(2!)x^2+(f^3(0))/(3!)x^3+(f^4(0))/(4!)x^4 +...` To determine the Maclaurin polynomial of degree `n=4` for the given function `f(x)=x/(x+1)` , we may apply the formula for Maclaurin series. The list `f^n(x)` up to `n=4` will be: `f(x)=x/(x+1)` Apply the Quotient rule for differentiation: `d/(dx) (u/v) = (u' *v -u*v' )/v^2` Let `u = x` then `u'=1`      `v = x+1` then `v' =1`  and `v^2= (x+1)^2` `f'(x) = d/(dx) (x/(x+1))`            `=(1 *(x+1) -x*1)/(x+1)^2`            `=((x+1) -x)/(x+1)^2`            `=(x+1 -x)/(x+1)^2`            `=1/(x+1)^2` Apply Law of Exponent: `1/x^n = x^(-n)` and Power Rule for differentiation: `d/(dx) u^n= n* u^(n-1) *(du)/(dx).` Let: ` u =x+1` then `(du)/(dx) = 1` `d/(dx) c*(x+1)^n = c *d/(dx) (x+1)^n`                       ...

It is ironic that the mother immediately spends the five thousand pounds she receives on flowers when it is winter, a tutor for Paul, tuition for Paul to go to Eton in the fall, and "other luxuries" when she insisted she needed the money to pay off her debts. Why would a person so constantly worried about money not save some of her windfall or use it to get out of debt? The answer is that the mother is using the money to try to fill a hole in her psyche. We learn early in the story that she is incapable of truly loving her children and that her husband is a disappointment to her. There's a void inside of her that she tries to fill with material goods, but the more money she gets, the more her appetite for money grows. She will never have enough to plug the emptiness she feels inside because money, in the end, can't replace the love she lacks.

The brutal murder of Simon marks an important turning point in the novel in terms of plot, characterization, and theme. Just prior to this scene, Jack has called for a vote of no confidence in Ralph, but the vote doesn't go Jack's way, so he says he's not going to play anymore and leaves the group. It doesn't take long before he has drawn many boys after him who want to hunt and honor him as chief. When he successfully kills a pig and hosts a feast on the beach, every boy except Piggy, Ralph, and Simon is lured over to Jack's camp. Eventually even Ralph and Piggy succumb to the temptation for meat. Thus the power structure has already begin to tilt away from Ralph, who represents civilization, and toward Jack, who represents violence. When Simon is murdered, it creates a further division in the two camps. Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric seem to understand what has occurred, and although they deny it outwardly, they at least acknowledge it to themselves. However, Jack use...

As chief of his tribe, Jack protects his authority by any means. He instructs his savages to guard the entrance to Castle Rock and not allow anyone to enter unless given permission. When Roger approaches the gate, the savages tell him to stop. When Roger asks why, they say, "The chief said we got to challenge everyone" (Golding 228). Jack rules over his tribe as a tyrant who encourages violence and bloodlust. He refuses to be challenged by any of his subjects and gives commands without explanations. Jack also uses punishment to deter any dissenters in his tribe. In a conversation between two savages, Robert tells Roger, "He's going to beat Wilfred" (Golding 229). When Roger asks why, Robert tells him "I don’t know. He didn’t say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up. He’s been...he’s been tied for hours, waiting—" (Golding 229). Jack also propagates the belief in the beast in order to manipulate the boys' fears. Jack understands that as long as ...

Air resistance is defined as the friction created by air as an object moves through it. Air is made of molecules just like any solid object and as something like a car or plane travels through it air will slow it down or resist its motion. Air resistance can be lowered through a few measures: Change the shape: The front surface of any vehicle or moving object has a major impact on the way air impacts it as it moves. The less area, the less resistance the vehicle will undergo. This is seen on Formula-1 cars as they are very narrow and low to the ground. You can also use more sloped angles which presents less of a front for air to impact and allows air to glide past a surface and reduces drag. Changing the surface: Rougher surfaces will have a harder time making it through air and will increase resistance. This is why the hood and fronts of most vehicles are as smooth as possible, as rough surfaces can have a major impact on performance. Some air-craft which are designed to not be stream...

Roald Dahl begins the story with a familiar domestic scene: a wife sits patiently sewing, waiting for her husband's return from work. When he arrives, the reader notes her loving and rather servile attitude toward him and his stereotypical "lord of the the manor" behavior as he pours a whiskey and fends off her offers of his slippers, cheese and crackers, or supper. The narrator makes us believe that Mary is nothing but a kind, gentle, and lovely pregnant young wife who loves her husband. Readers become uneasy after Mary's husband informs her of his intention to divorce her, although he will still financially look after her and their child. Her reaction makes the reader feel sympathy for her stunned disbelief as she whispers, "I'll get the supper."  Mary whacks her husband with a frozen leg of lamb. Mary had been so docile and sympathetic up to this point, and the gentle temperament of lambs is meant to underscore the humorous nature of Patrick's dea...

In "Marriage is a Private Affair," Achebe's most effective use of imagery and symbols helps to illuminate Okeke's state of mind. When his son marries against his will and sends a wedding picture to Okeke, the father's reaction is an intense one.  Okeke sends a terse response to his son with visceral imagery:  "...But on further thought I decided just to cut off your wife and send it back to you because I have nothing to do with her. How I wish that I had nothing to do with you either ."    Achebe's use of violent imagery communicates Okeke's state of mind. It shows the intensity to which the father clings to tradition.  The symbol of the mutilated picture underscores how Okeke embraces tradition above all.  The imagery conveyed through Okeke's deliberate words, "cut off your wife," also shows a dark intensity behind Okeke's adherence to tradition. Achebe's use of symbols and imagery to communicate Okeke's internal motiva...

While "Kabuliwala" shows how time can test relationships, the story also shows the enduring strength of human emotions. The effect of time on relationships is best seen in the relationship between Mini and the Kabuliwala.  When she was a child, both Tagore's daughter and the old Kabuliwala were the best of friends.  They shared inside jokes, laughter, and a deep connection.  Eight years passes between them as Rahmun is imprisoned.  When he is released, he returns to see his friend.  The little girl he once knew stands in front of him as a bride-to-be.   Tagore details how time tests relationships when he writes how the Kabuliwala was unable "to revive their old friendship."  Whereas Mini laughed at his joke about visiting her "father-in-law" she no longer is able to do so. As he makes the same joke, Mini "now understood the meaning of the word 'father-in-law' and she could not reply to his as of old."  Tagore notes that time has forev...

1.  What objections did Mead have to behaviorism? George Herbert Mead objected to the behaviorist theories of John Watson, who held that only observable behavior could be studied. Watson held that environmental factors determined behavior; therefore, it was impossible to study mental experiences. Mead, however, held that the inner experiences of people should be considered, too. 2.  How did Mead propose studying these internal attitudes? Mead held that such factors as inner experience, consciousness, and mental imagery were contributors to human behavior. Therefore, he developed the notion of "significant others," people who are meaningful and whose judgments are important to the developing individual. For, children first shape their behavior according to norms modeled by significant others. After they reach adulthood, guidelines are made on their own. Mead contended that the mind could be included in the study of social behavior because the individual responds in behavior to...

Oscar Madison's apartment is described as being "one of those large eight-room affairs on Riverside Drive in the upper eighties."  His apartment is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  It is on the Hudson River side of the neighborhood.  The building where Oscar's apartment is located is "35 years old and still has vestiges of its glorious past."  The apartment itself is on the twelfth floor.  The ceilings in the apartment are high and there are even walk-in closets.  It is on the large side, by New York City standards.  From the west facing window, one can look across the Hudson River to see the cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades.  There are several bedrooms and a bathroom in the apartment.  It is clear that the furnishings have been chosen by someone who has an eye for decorating.  It is difficult to see a well decorated apartment, however, because the apartment is very messy.  Despite the "dirty dishes, discarded clothes, old newspapers, [an...

The Mexican Revolution did not end in a “clean” way; that is, there was no clear end to the revolution, like a final battle or the signing of a peace treaty. Instead, the revolution sort of sputtered to an end. Historians do not all agree as to when the revolution ended. Let us look at two answers they might give: First, we could say that the revolution ended in 1920. It was at this point that the main violence of the revolution ended. 1920 was the year in which the last revolution-related assassination or execution of a president occurred. In 1920, Venustiano Carranza was president. He lost support and ended up being assassinated. He was eventually replaced by Alvaro Obregon, who served a full term as president. In a sense, you could say Carranza's and Obregon's election marked the end of the revolution. We could also say the revolution did not end until 1934, when Lazaro Cardenas became president of Mexico. He was the first truly reformist president to come to power after the...

In Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed , he argues that positive, healthy dialogue is dependent on a number of factors: love, faith, trust, hope, critical thinking, and humility. Freire argues that humility is crucial to dialogue because assuming that others are ignorant while not acknowledging one's own ignorance would prevent one from trusting that they would be able to learn from the other person in a dialogue. Self-sufficiency, according to Freire, is inherently incompatible with healthy dialogue. People must understand that they are able to learn, and able to rely on other people in order to have dialogue with them. He also stresses the importance of all people having dialogue, rather than restricting it to academics or the elite classes of society.

By his own admission, there was a time when Mark Twain was a "red-hot imperialist." He once believed that it would be good for the United States to assist the Philippines in gaining freedom from oppression. However, upon further studying the issue, Twain experienced a complete change of opinion on United States imperialism as it related to the Philippines. In a quote published in the New York Herald in October 1900, Twain shared the following: "I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. We have gone there to conquer, not to redeem." Twain spent a significant amount of time speaking out against imperialism over the course of the conflict in the Philippines. In fact, he joined the Anti-Imperialist League in an effort to show his opposition to the United States' role during the conflict in the Philippines.

A power series centered at` c=0` is follows the formula: `sum_(n=0)^oo a_nx^n = a_0+a_1x+a_2x^2+a_3x^3+...` The given function `f(x)= 1/(1-3x)`  resembles the power series: `(1+x)^k = sum_(n=0)^oo (k(k-1)(k-2)...(k-n+1))/(n!) x ^n` or `(1+x)^k = 1+kx +(k(k-1))/(2!)x^2+(k(k-1)(k-2))/(3!)x^3+(k(k-1)(k-2)(k-3))/(4!)x^4+...` To evaluate the given function `f(x) =1/(1-3x)` centered at `c=0` , we may apply Law of exponents: `1/x^n = x^(-n)` . `f(x)= (1-3x) ^(-1)` Apply the aforementioned formula for power series on  `(1-3x) ^(-1) or (1+(-3x))^(-1)` , we may replace "`x` " with "`-3x` " and "k" with "`-1` ". We let: `(1+(-3x))^(-1) = sum_(n=0)^oo (-1(-1-1)(-1-2)...(-1-n+1))/(n!) (-3x) ^n` `=sum_(n=0)^oo (-1(-2)(-3)...(-1-n+1))/(n!)(-3)^nx ^n` `=1+(-1)(-3)^1x +(-1(-2))/(2!)(-3)^2x ^2+(-1(-2)(-3))/(3!)(-3)^3x ^3+(-1(-2)(-3)(-4))/(4!)(-3)^4x ^4+...` `=1+3x +2/2*9*x ^2+(-6)/6(-27)x ^3+24/24*81*x ^4+...` `=1+3x +9x ^2+27x ^3+81x ^4+...` `= sum_(n=0)^oo (3x)^...

In the controlled society of  Brave New World , Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson are misfits because they are different from other Alphas.  Both Bernard and Helmholtz are independent thinkers—anachronisms in their society—and they are suspicious of aspects of society. This individualism of the two men makes them threats to a social system that has been devised to limit the intelligence of each group and to breed conformity. During incubation, some alcohol mixed with Bernard's blood surrogate and produced in him sensibilities similar to people who lived during the time of Henry Ford. So, what is perceived in him as a mental excess separates Bernard from others; his emotionalism also isolates him. For example, he displays much anger and impatience with people, as, for instance, in his attendance at the Solidarity Service. While the others believe that they feel the coming of the "Greater Being," despite having ingested the soma, Bernard has no profound stirrings like the o...

Miss Strangeworth feels that she is the guardian of her town. Her self-righteous attitude towards her fellow townsfolk can be seen in the way she characterizes them. To Miss Strangeworth, everyone in her town is either in need of her good advice or her knowledge about some private information that concerns their well-being. In other words, Miss Strangeworth perceives her neighbors as helpless children who need her guidance and wisdom. Miss Strangeworth is not above characterizing someone like Miss Chandler, the librarian, as a sloppy person, just because she fails to take adequate trouble with her hair one morning. As a self-styled arbiter of wisdom, Miss Strangeworth has no problems making superficial judgements about others. She writes anonymous letters to various people to warn them about unspecified moral dangers and to steer them away from what she considers unsavory choices. Sometimes, she divulges secrets about specific individuals, based solely on her suspicions. For example, M...

The two primary issues that drew the attention of 1960s protest movements were the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. However, the anti-war movement did not really reach its peak until the late 1960s. When Dylan wrote this lyric in 1963, anti-war protests were not widespread. Dylan's main focus in the song is civil rights for blacks. Dylan was inspired to write this song after hearing a Civil War era freedom song that he found very moving. He penned the words in about ten minutes while sitting in a cafe. The Civil Rights Movement was in full bloom at that time, and the song was performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial shortly before Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in August 1963. Civil rights are considered poignantly in the song using rhetorical questions. "Before you call him a man" refers to the practice of treating slaves as less than a full person, both politically and practically. The canon balls and the white...

The series in the problem is `sum_(n=1)^oo (2 +(-1)^n)/1.25^n` To determine the convergence of the series let us use the comparison test. If there are two series `S_a` and `S_b` with terms `T_a` and `T_b` and `T_b >= T_a` , if the series `S_b` converges, `S_a` also converges. Now, `(-1)^n` can be either positive or negative and this is dependent on whether n is even or odd. Let `T_b = (2 + 1^n)/1.25^n` . If `T_a = (2 +(-1)^n)/1.25^n` , `T_b >= T_a` To determine the convergence of `S_b` we use the ratio test. First we find the value of L = `lim_(n=oo) |T_(n+1)/T_n|` `T_(n+1) = (2 +(1)^(n+1))/1.25^(n+1)` = `(2 + 1^n)/(1.25*1.25^n)` L = `lim_(n=oo) |T_(n+1)/T_n|` = `lim_(n=oo)|((2 + 1^n)/(1.25*1.25^n))/((2 +1^n)/1.25^n)|` = `1/1.25` As 1.25 is greater than 1, `1/1.25` is less than 1. By the ratio test, the series `S_b = sum(2 + 1^n)/1.25^n` converges. As `S_b` converges, the series `S_a = sum (2 +(-1)^n)/1.25^n` also converges. The given series `sum_(n=1)^oo (2 +(-1)^n)/1.25^n` conv...