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The scene of a group of angry farmers with pitchforks toppling a government seems far fetched and would make a great Hollywood film, but could it happen in real life?  It can, and did, happen in 1786.  On August 21st of that year, a group of farmers, led by Daniel Shays, attempted an insurrection against the government of Massachusetts.  Their list of grievances was long, but they were basically fed up with the ineptitude of their state government.  The twelve hundred farmers that marched on the federal arsenal at Springfield were tortured with debt and heavy taxation.  They wondered aloud why they just finished fighting a war over taxation only to be burdened with taxes by a different authority.  The Shay's Rebellion, as it is called, demonstrated to many national leaders that the Articles of Confederation was hurting the political and economic development of the United States.  The major reason for this is because the state governments were given too much authority and the federa...

In chapter 1, Sherlock Holmes meets Dr. Mortimer, who has come to get his assistance with a problem. Holmes shows off his skills in deduction to Watson.  In chapter 2, Dr. Mortimer shares the legend of the hound of the Baskervilles and shares the circumstances of Sir Charles Baskerville's death. Mortimer relates that he personally witnessed "a glimpse of something" that caused Sir Charles to become terrified. Mortimer explains his findings when he examined Sir Charles within an hour of his death--including the footprints of "a gigantic hound."  In chapter 3, Mortimer explains that the new owner of Baskerville Hall, Sir Charles' only known heir, will be arriving in London shortly. Holmes tells Mortimer he will decide within 24 hours whether to take the case. Holmes smokes and considers the case and briefs Watson on some of his theories. He decides to take the case. In chapter 4, Sir Henry Baskerville and Dr. Mortimer come to call on Holmes. Sir Henry has rece...

Based on Florence's landlocked location in the center of Italy, one might assume it would not have been a productive location for trade. Even though Florence was not located along a major trade route, it provided those who sought to sell, buy, and trade goods with something that was even more valuable than a convenient trade route — a financial hub home to more than 80 banks. The main reason why Florence was able to become such a popular destination for business and banks might be because people could exchange their money in Florence for gold florins. Florins were one of the most trusted pieces of currency in the 13th and 14th century. Merchants could use florins at virtually any location throughout Europe.

During the Atlantic Slave Trade, the Middle Passage refers to the transportation of slaves from Africa to the Americas. It was a horrifying experience for the captured African. They had no idea what their destination was and had less of an idea of who the white European was. Many believed that the whites were cannibals that were taking them away to be eaten. Most of the slaves came from the interior of Africa, so they did not even understand what the ocean was. Since they came from the interior, they had already completed a harrowing trip to the coast in which they were lucky to have survived. They were held in pens on the coast until the next slave vessel was ready to take them to the New World. Most of them spoke different languages and communicating with one another was difficult. They were taken from their family and friends and obviously were heartbroken and homesick. The Middle Passage, however, was the most difficult part of the voyage. The trip across the Atlantic Ocean took, a...

The function `y = sqrt(9 -x^2) `   defines a circle of radius 3 centered on the origin. The region bounded above by the function and below by the y-axis is a half circle. Rotating this about the y-axis gives a half sphere (hemisphere) with radius 3. The volume of a sphere is `4/3 pi r^3 ` where `r` is the radius. Therefore, the volume of a hemisphere is `2/3 pi r^3 `. In this example, we have `r=3 ` so that the volume of the hemisphere (a solid of revolution) in this case is `18pi `. If a hole, centered on the axis of revolution (the y-axis here) is drilled through the solid so that 1/3 of the volume is removed then the volume of the remaining volume is `12pi ` ` <br> ` The hole that is drilled out is also a solid of revolution about the y-axis, where the relevant interval on the x-axis is `0<=x<=a ` where `a ` is the radius of the hole. Also, what is left of the hemisphere is a solid of revolution, called a spherical segment . A spherical segment with upper radius `a `, lo...

In Zora Neale Hurston's story, "Sweat," Delia experiences a transformation from a scared, passive woman to a strong, defiant one. At the start of the story, she keeps her head down and works hard; she is terribly afraid when her husband, Sykes, drops his whip on her shoulder, pretending it is a snake. The first sign that Delia is changing is when she holds up an iron skillet as if she will strike her husband. She does this because he dirties the clothes she just cleaned. As the story progresses, Sykes becomes meaner and meaner, hurling insults at Delia and parading his mistress around town. When he finally brings home a live snake, this crosses the line for Delia. She realizes he will never change and when he is bitten by the snake, she becomes defiant and decides not to help him. In her newly-found strength, she fights back by allowing him to die. The reason she changes is in large part because of Sykes' increasing cruelty to her, and the continual threat of the thin...

Throughout the novel, Miss Maudie is a morally upright woman who supports the Finch family. There are several examples of Maudie displaying empathy for others throughout the story. The next day after the trial, Miss Maudie invites Scout, Jem, and Dill over to her house for some cake. It is obvious that Jem is very upset about the verdict and Maudie displays her empathy for him by saying, "Don't fret, Jem. Things are never as bad as they seem...I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them" (Lee 132). Maudie understands that Jem is emotionally hurt after witnessing racial injustice for the first time and tries her best to cheer him up. Another scene where Maudie displays her empathy for others takes place in Chapter 24. During Alexandra's missionary circle, Mrs. Merriweather indirectly criticizes Atticus for defending Tom Robinson. Maudie understands how Alexandra must feel ...

The short story "The Necklace," by Guy De Maupassant, and the short story "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker, have many similarities. There are also many differences. In terms of the setting, both stories take place in modest dwellings, with characters who come from little money and little status in society. In "The Necklace," Mathilde Loisel is born into a modest family and marries a man with little means and status. She feels that she was wronged by being born so humbly. She is dissatisfied with her station in life, her dwelling, clothes, and husband. In the opening paragraph of the story, this dissatisfaction is described: "She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as though fate had blundered over her, into a family of artisans. She had no marriage portion, no expectations, no means of getting known, understood, loved, and wedded by a man of wealth and distinction; and she let herself be married off to a little clerk in the Ministry of Edu...

John Steinbeck does seem to spend a good deal of his narrative describing hands in his novella Of Mice and Men . The description of these hands seems to be a method of indirect characterization and a character's hands have much to do with their overall personalities. In Chapter One, in his physical description of George, Steinbeck notes that he has "small, strong hands." George's hands are those of an ordinary man who is both strong and capable. After all, George hopes one day to use his hands to build up his farm. In contrast to George's small hands are Lennie's "big paws." That his hands are linked to an animal symbolizes both Lennie's primitive nature but also his innocence and playfulness. Unfortunately, the strength of his hands prove fatal to mice, puppies and eventually Curley's wife. In Chapter One, Lennie's hands are both lethal and playful. He is carrying a mouse which he has probably killed with his hands, but he also uses his ...

Monastic theology is largely defined by its emphasis on inner spirituality. It emphasizes spiritual withdrawal from the material world and ecstasy in the divine presence. In the medieval world, the monastics were monks who immersed themselves in the Scriptures under the spiritual tutelage of an abbot. Theirs was a life of contemplation and self-denial; they eschewed worldly distractions as a matter of practice. Additionally, the monks preached and practiced the doctrine of spiritual warfare and self-purification. Thus, a monastic life consisted of confession, prayer, meditation, and copious self-examination on a daily basis. On the other hand, the scholastic theologians were learned magistri or masters who favored logic over unconditional faith in matters of theology. Unlike their monastic peers, scholastic theologians preferred to focus on a scientific approach to faith; they championed dialectical and syllogistic reasoning, which involved seeking truth through the process of debate. ...

While there is no objective way to say which human right is the most important, I would argue that the right to life is the most important human right. Without the right to life, we would have no other rights.  Imagine, for example, that you had the right to freedom of religion, but not to life.  You would be able to practice the religion of your choice, but that right could easily be taken away simply by someone killing you.  If we do not have the right to remain alive, we do not have the ability to enjoy any other right. Similarly, I would say that the right to be free from slavery or arbitrary imprisonment is the next most important human right.  If you are a slave, you do have your life, but you have very little else.  It will be very hard to enjoy your life if you are enslaved.  After these two rights, the question becomes much more complicated.  Once you have the right to live and the right to be free, which right is the most important?  It is very hard to say, for example, wheth...

Carol Rumens’ work of poetry entitled “The Emigree” is about a child being forced to leave her home and flee to another land. It is a fantastic work, and can teach us much about the refugee situation exploding as a result of wars in the Middle East. The child is viewing her home city through rose-tinted glasses, meaning that she only remembers the best aspects of living there. She writes, “my memory of it is sunlight-clear,” which I believe to be significant because sunlight brings forward the imagery of warmth and happiness (Rumens). Rumens follows this up soon after with the following lines: “The worst news I receive of it cannot break / my original view, the bright, filled paperweight” (Rumens). This means no matter what news she hears of how awful things are in her original city, she has a paperweight holding the memories firmly in place, again with the imagery of brightness. In the following lines, we learn the reason she was likely forced to leave: “It may be at war, it may be si...

In simplest terms, hydrogen energy is energy derived from hydrogen. There are a number of ways in which hydrogen can be used to generate hydrogen energy. One method is hydrogen fuel cells, in which hydrogen and oxygen are combined to generate electricity, water, and heat. These fuel cells can directly generate hydrogen energy by undergoing combustion in the presence of oxygen. Hydrogen can also be used for nuclear fusion processes to generate energy, although attempts to do so are yet to succeed for a sustainable time duration (thus far, sustaining and controlling fusion is an issue). Hydrogen energy has a number of advantages. It is very clean and does not generate any greenhouse gases. It is abundant in the universe and is more efficient than other forms of energy. Currently, though, the cost of energy production is high and large-scale production is still under study. Hope this helps. 

When someone changes his or her thoughts or feelings in a dramatic way from the beginning of a story to the end, he or she is called a dynamic character. In O. Henry's "The Ransom of Red Chief," both of the criminals, Bill and Sam, learn a lesson that changes their minds about the benefits and lucrativeness of kidnapping. For example, at the beginning when they decide to kidnap a child to make a quick buck, the reasoning behind their thinking is as follows: "Philoprogenitiveness, says we, is strong in semirural communities; therefore, and for other reasons, a kidnapping project ought to do better there than in the radius of newspapers that send reporters out in plain clothes to stir up talk about such things." First of all, the word  philoprogenitiveness  is a noun that describes parents' strong love for their children. Thus, the criminals believe that parents in a rural community would pay any amount in order to get back a kidnapped child. These men haven...

One of the major problems the federal government faced during Reconstruction was the disagreement between Radical Republicans in Congress, who wanted to pursue a far-reaching policy of Reconstruction, and President Johnson, who wanted a far more limited program. After he was impeached (and was not convicted), Johnson's power was limited. The other problem the Radical Republicans faced was that the South wanted to return to their antebellum way of life. They were returning former Confederates to office, and they were also passing Black Codes to tie freed slaves to plantations and prevent their free movement. After Radical Republicans won the election of 1866, they pursued Military Reconstruction, which divided the South into military districts and required them to grant African-Americans citizenship (the 14th Amendment) and to give African-American men the vote (the 15th Amendment). By the late 1860s and early 1870s, the KKK was on the rise in many parts of the South, and there was ...

Process strategy involves figuring out the most efficient way to produce a good or deliver a service so that processes do not need to be outsourced and so that quality assurance is maximized. There are four types of process strategies: process focus; repetitive focus; product focus; and mass customization. A hospital needs to implement the process strategy of process focus , which involves producing low-volume services that involve a high degree of variety. This type of process strategy permits a business to use flexible strategies to produce different kinds of services and to concentrate on the processes that are essential to a business. For example, a hospital would concentrate on the processes of patient care and patient outcomes, as these processes and everything that goes into them (including nursing, physician care, pharmacy care, nutrition, etc.) are essential to the core business of the hospital.  Repetitive focus involves the mass production of goods and services through rep...

The brownstone houses are significant as repositories of human history. Prior to the West Indian migration en masse to Brooklyn in the 20th century, the brownstones had been largely inhabited by white families. As the story begins, the houses still stand proudly in their unique fashion. They resemble an "army massed at attention" and are formidable in their red-brown stone uniformity. Despite this superficial homogeneity in design, the narrator notes that each house is unique in its own way. Many houses boast Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque, Greek, and Victorian elements in their designs. By 1939, the white inhabitants of the brownstones were replaced by enthusiastic West Indian families, eager to assimilate into American society and equally eager to reap the material rewards of being contributing members of that society. While Selina revels in the ghosts of the past, she also knows what the brownstone house represents to her mother, the irrepressible Silla Boyce. Like so many of...

There are several examples of selflessness in Shoeless Joe . Annie, Ray's wife, is particularly selfless, as she allows him to build a baseball field on their farm. She tells him, "Oh, love, if it makes you happy you should do it" (page 5). Annie's selflessness is particularly striking because she doesn't quite understand what he is doing. Ray says of Annie, "Annie understands, though it is me she understands and not always what is happening" (page 11). Annie is selfless enough to accept Ray's motivation for building the field, though she doesn't understand the magic that populates the field with reincarnated baseball players. Ray dedicates himself selflessly to building the field. He says, "Three seasons I've spent seeding, watering, fussing, praying, coddling that field like a sick child" (page 8). He puts endless time and resources into growing the field without knowing if his dreams will come true.  Ray later tries to comfort J....

Political parties exist for the purpose of promoting the shared policy positions of their candidates and voting constituencies. When we talk about conservative vs. liberal policies, we are, in a very general way, talking about how the government should pursue its goals. Liberals generally believe that the government should intervene to help solve society's problems, while conservatives prefer to let the free market increase economic opportunity, which, theoretically, helps improve peoples' lives through their own efforts. In order for the parties to actually put their policy objectives into practice, they have to gain enough political power, usually by gaining electoral office in Congress and/or the White House. Health care is a good example of how this works. When Barack Obama took office in 2008, one of his main goals was to establish a national health care plan. This was a goal of the Democratic Party, and had been for a long while, but they had not yet gathered the politica...

Beowulf is one of English literature's most enduring heroes; his story has remained popular long after its estimated composition. Beowulf continues to appeal to modern audiences for many reasons. He's a brave and strong warrior who fights against the forces of evil and matures into a wise and noble king. These qualities are still valued today, even though Western society has advanced a great deal since Beowulf was first written. There are, however, more intricate reasons behind Beowulf's enduring appeal. For my part, I think the hero remains popular because he fights against the chaos continuously threatening to overwhelm civilized society. Consider, for instance, all of the monsters Beowulf faces. Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon all dwell in a chaotic wilderness of darkness and generally represent demonic, evil forces that repeatedly attempt to undermine the stability of human civilization. Indeed, though stability is provided by places like Heorot, this sta...

In Rodman Philbrick's novel  Freak the Mighty,  Max is not so much bothered by Freak's speaking as he is amazed by it. Max has never encountered anyone who speaks like Freak, whose real name is Kevin. There is no textual evidence to support that Max is bothered by his speech. Consider the following quotes:  "That's how he talked, like right out of a dictionary. So smart you can hardly believe it. While he's talking he's winding up the bird-thing. There's this elastic band inside, and he goes, 'Observe and be amazed, earthling.' And then he lets go. And you know what? I am amazed, because it does fly just like a little bird, flitting up and down and around, higher than I can reach."  "This is the first time for me, hearing Freak really talk, and right away I know one thing: when he's talking, you can't take your eyes off of him. His hands are moving, and it's like he's really seeing it, this story about an old king."  ...

Films always need much more visual and emotional drama to be appealing to viewers than books need to be appealing to readers. As such, while director Caroline Thompson's 1994 film is the most accurate adaptation of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty available, there are some differences. In films, conflicts and love intrigues must be established early on. For this reason, in the film , Black Beauty falls in love with Ginger early in the story, but Ginger refuses to be friendly. In contrast, in the book , though Ginger is hostile towards Beauty upon his arrival because she accuses him of usurping her of ownership rights to the lose box, they warm up to each other fairly quickly. When first partnered with Ginger in the carriage, Beauty notes that Ginger "behaved very well," and he developed an admiration for her to the extent that he declares, "I never wish to have a better partner in double harness" (Ch. 5). And by the seventh chapter, Beauty and Ginger are fri...

Rachel is excited because Chaya is from Lublin, a big city. Chaya was Hannah’s Aunt Eva’s friend, and Hannah was named after her for her Hebrew name.  When Hannah first experiences her vision or dream, she hears someone calling her Chaya and remembers that she was named after someone. Chaya. But that's my Hebrew name, Hannah thought. The one I was given to honor Aunt Eva's dead friend. Weird. She wondered how the woman knew that name, then laughed under her breath at her own foolishness. (Ch. 4)  In the dream or time travel, Hannah is Chaya.  She has traveled back to World War II, and taken her Aunt Eva’s friend’s place.  Hannah does not know what is going on, but since she is there she just becomes Chaya.  Gitl tells Hannah that her clothes had to be burned due to illness.  She gives her own of her old dresses to wear, and it fits perfectly.  When Hannah looks in a mirror, she sees Chaya.  It is unsettling, but again she goes with it.   Outside near the barn, Hannah meets anot...

When E. R. Braithwaite assumes a teaching position at a high school in London's East End, he experiences a culture shock. Here are some anecdotes from the autobiographical work: After being appalled at what poor reading skills the students have, followed by a disruption by a boy with a naked female doll that when squeezed inflates as though she is pregnant, Braithwaite tries to regain his composure and settle the class by moving to a lesson in mathematics after the mid-morning break. "Our arithmetic lesson will be on weights and measures," he announces. "Does anyone know the table of weights, avoir-dupois?" A heavyset boy responds, "Yeah, I know." The young man named Denham, who likes to box, is familiar with this system. Another boy named Tich Jackson also contributes. But, when he adds that troy weight is used by jewelers weighing "precious metals like gold, silver or platinum," a girl then quips sarcastically, "Diamonds are a girl...

In Chapter 3, Ralph and Jack begin to argue over building shelters and hunting. Jack insists that the boys need meat, while Ralph continues to promote the importance of building shelters and maintaining a signal fire. When Ralph mentions that the best thing they can do is find a way to be rescued, Jack says, "Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same, I'd like to catch a pig first---" (Golding 74). Ralph then says, "So long as your hunters remember the fire----" (Golding 75). Jack replies by saying, "You and your fire!" (Golding 75). The signal fire is a symbol of hope and rescue throughout the novel. Jack expresses his affinity for hunting pigs and dismisses the significance of the signal fire. Ralph's attempt to remind Jack about the importance of maintaining the fire is ignored. This minor disagreement eventually leads to the conflict between civility and savagery. In Chapter 5, Ralph holds a meeting to discuss why certain tasks and responsibilities...

This is a morbid question because it asks me to pick which teenager I want killed and chopped up into little pieces.  With that said, I would definitely pick Roland.  That guy has zero redeeming qualities about him.  He is a bully through and through.  He preys on the weak, and uses that fear to rule over other teenagers.  Additionally, Roland isn't scared of selling out his friends and allies, if it secures him something in return.  For example, Roland agrees to fly the Admiral, Connor, and Risa to a hospital in order to save the life of the Admiral.  Roland agrees to do it because he plans on turning in Connor and Risa for the reward money.  Next, Roland barters with the cops in order to secure his own safety and even more money.  Roland tells the cops about the Graveyard and all of its 400 Unwinds.   Roland looks the Juvey-cop in the eye — no shame, no fear — and boldly presents his offer. "What if I told you I know where there are more than four hundred AWOL Unwinds? What...

For Faber, the only way to change society is to change its culture, as he comments to Montag: The whole culture's shot through. The skeleton needs melting and re-shaping. In his view, it was not the firemen who caused censorship; it was the people. As he says, "the public itself chose to stop reading"; they wanted entertainment and happiness, not books. This view is based on his own experience as a professor when, one year, he found only one student had signed up for his course, "Drama from Aeschylus to O'Neill." According to Faber, society can only change if the following three things are restored: firstly, that people are given access to a wide variety of information; secondly, that they are given adequate time to digest it; and thirdly, that they have the right to "carry out actions" based on these first two points. So, in Faber's view, changing society involves more than destroying the firemen system. It is about giving people access to a w...

In this scenario, we are faced with a $1 trillion recessionary gap.  That means that the economy is producing $1 trillion less than it could be.  In order to eradicate this gap, the government needs to spend more money (according to Keynesian economics).  But how much more does the government need to spend?  To find this out, we need to find the value of the multiplier because every dollar that the government spends will be multiplied by this figure. The simple equation for the multiplier is 1/1- MPC.  In this scenario, you have told us that the MPC (marginal propensity to consume) is .9.  This means that every time someone in this economy gets another dollar, they will spend $.90 of it and only save $.10.  If we plug this value into the equation, we get 1/1-.9 = 1/.1 = 10.  This means that our multiplier is 10.  Every dollar the government spends will cause a $10 increase in GDP.  Because the AS curve is completely flat, the increase in GDP is all real.  That is, none of it is diluted...

Caesar instituted some constitutional reforms, which were met with extreme resistance from the senate. Due to the trouble caused by some of the reforms, Caesar did not live long enough to experience what he had set in motion. Caesar sought to strengthen the central government, which was in shambles and arrest the runaway corruption that came as a result of poor leadership.  In addition, Caesar wanted to stop the chaos in the provinces and centralize the administration. To achieve these reforms, Caesar increased his authority and restricted the authority exercised by other institutions. For instance, he appointed his close associates to the senate. Caesar was also successful in weakening individual magistrates by increasing the number of elected magistrates. The new positions created were also skewed to reward his supporters. Apart from political reforms, Caesar also improved the social and economic welfare of the Roman people. He established a housing program for the poor and eased the...

Mr. Frank is mild-mannered and patient.  He tries to help Anne and the others feel comfortable. In the second scene, we see Mr. Frank in his prime.  He is doing the best he can to make the most of the difficult situation. He begins with describing the living conditions for their hiding place.  The family can’t wear shoes during the day and they have to burn all of their trash.  They even have to be careful about when to visit the W.C. (bathroom).  Mr. Frank is always gracious and apologetic to everyone. This is the way we must live until it is over, if we are to survive. There is silence for a second. MRS. FRANK. Until it is over. MR. FRANK, reassuringly. After six we can move about ... we can talk and laugh and have our supper and read and play games ... just as we would at home. (Act 1, Scene 2)  Mr. Frank provides a gift of a diary for Anne.  He goes out of his way to help Anne, the youngest one there, feel comfortable.  The diary enables her to share her deepest thoughts, because A...

Sam Patch was a daredevil/stuntman who grew up in extreme poverty, working as a child in a textile mill alongside other family members and friends. Many textile factories in the early 1800s used water falls to provide the power necessary to run the machinery. The factory where Sam Patch worked as a boy was located near Pawtucket Falls in Rhode Island. The boys dared each other to jump into the falls from the top of the mill. It was a pass time for bored child laborers, but they perfected the jumping craft.  In his 20s, Sam Patch moved to Paterson, New Jersey, taking a job in a textile mill there. He began jumping into the Passaic Falls, where Paul E. Johnson speculates his first two jumps were of a socio/political nature, i.e., class consciousness. His first jump was purportedly to protest the opening of a private park for the upper middle class and elite to enjoy without having the working class in their midst. Sam's jump drew attention from the aristocrats opening the bridge to t...

The conical and the fluted papers employ the gravitation technique in the filtration process. The conical filter method entails folding the filter paper into a cone and inserting the cone into the filter funnel. The fluted filter method entails folding the filter paper into a fluted filter. With the use of the conical filter paper, the solvent may form a seal between the funnel and the filter paper, preventing displaced air from escaping and considerably slowing down the filtration process. The fluted filter paper, on the other hand, allows air to enter the flask along its sides to equalize pressure, thereby increasing the speed of filtration. The fluted filter paper also provides a larger surface area through which the solvent can seep. These two factors expedite the filtration process when the fluted filter paper is used instead of the conical filter paper.

Your answer will depend upon which edition you have. What I have is the 1993 edition, so the term "class enemies" is on page 263 of Part Five, Chapter Three (which is titled "Windward"). After being released from Red Bank (the correctional facility for girls), Legs crafts a plan to abduct Mr. Whitney Kellogg (a multi-millionaire businessman) for ransom. She befriends Marianne Kellogg, Mr. Whitney's daughter, who invites her to the Kellogg family's Greek Revival mansion several times. Marianne is a participant in the Big Sister-Little Sister program of the United Churches of Hammond Auxiliaries; she first meets Legs at the Red Bank correctional facility during a visit. In Part Five, Chapter Two, Legs admits that she is only nice to Marianne because she hopes to profit from the acquaintance. Ruthlessly, she characterizes Marianne as a flightless bird and herself as a "bird-eating mammal" who is ready for the kill. Meanwhile, the "Windward" ...

After Buck and the others reach Skaguay, the dogs hope to rest, but they are sold to two men and a woman, none of whom know anything about sled dogs. Whipped and forced to go when they are nearly dead, the dogs suffer terribly. Pike, the malingerer, who, in his lifetime of deceit, had often successfully feigned a hurt leg, was now limping in earnest. Sol-leks was limping, and Dub was suffering from a wrenched shoulder-blade. At a stop along the way to Dawson called Five Fingers, Hal, Charles, and Mercedes feed the dogs horsehide instead of meat. The dogs become even more weakened and starved, and some new dogs die. The three buy more dogs and lighten their load, but they now have fourteen dogs, and there are more of them than can be fed. When the team finally pulls the three people into John Thornton's camp at the beginning of Spring,  [H]e knew the breed, and he gave his advice in the certainty that it would not be followed. Thornton tells them that only foolish people would have ...

Ichabod Crane is enamored with Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of "a substantial Dutch farmer." There is no doubt that Ichabod, who has always had "a soft and foolish heart towards the [opposite] sex," becomes even more attracted to the rosy-cheeked Katrina after he visits the van Tassel farm and the mansion in which they dwell. Balthus Van Tassel, Katrina's "liberal-hearted" father, owns a huge barn and a large farm that has geese, ducks, turkeys, guinea fowl, "troops of sucking piglets," and other potential delights for the table. The pedagogue's mouth watered, as he looked upon this sumptuous promise of luxurious winter fare. Ichabod, who loves food, imagines the succulent roasting-pig, and the ducks in another roasting dish. Later, he gazes upon the rich fields of wheat, rye, and Indian corns, as well as the orchards of various fruit trees. So, when Ichabod enters the mansion after taking in the splendor of the van Tas...

The first stanza has a confident or grimly courageous mood. The speaker warns the young man (later addressed as “my son”) that there will come times in his life when he will be surrounded by chaos (“…when all about you / Are losing theirs [their heads] and blaming it on you”). He may be tempted to lose his head as well, but the path to “manhood” begins with keeping his head, even when he is accused of causing whatever troubles the crowd is encountering. The emotion that the speaker means to inspire in his son (and in the reader) is confidence, so that they may face this world with success, though it will not be easy. Though much of the trouble that the speaker relates is caused by other human beings, it is in one’s own strength and courage that these conflicts can be overcome.

In Chapter Nine, Scout learns that Atticus is to defend Tom Robinson, an African American man accused of raping a white woman. Because of the racist attitude of Maycomb, Atticus knows that Tom will not get a fair trial. However, because Atticus is an honorable man, he will defend Tom to the best of his ability. Atticus chooses to not reveal the fact that Judge Taylor appointed him to defend Tom in order to preserve their innocence. While he knew that they would eventually find out, he knew that the town of Maycomb would target not only him, but Scout and Jem as well.  In defending Atticus, Scout got into fights with a schoolmate and her cousin.  Atticus's defense of Tom coincides with a significant event in the novel, where he is required to shoot a rabid dog. Because he does so with one shot, his honor and true power are reinforced not only in Scout's mind, but in Maycomb's as well. While Scout's perception of her father may not be as innocent, it reinforces a positive...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant novel The Great Gatsby , published in 1925, is set in the summer of 1922 in the fictional New York areas of West Egg and East Egg. The 1920's in America were considered the Jazz Age (the music became popular in that decade), and Fitzgerald is widely accepted as the great chronicler of those times. The 1920's was a time of prosperity in America, but it was also a time of corruption, decadence and speculation. The 1920's ended with the stock market crash of 1929 and America was thrown into a deep and dark economic depression. Fitzgerald reflects this combination of prosperity and decadence in his novels and stories, most particularly in the opulent wealth of Jay Gatsby, who flaunts his riches with lavish parties. It's interesting that Fitzgerald was one of very few great American writers of the time who chose to write about what was happening in America in the 1920's. Others such as Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos and ...

Indefinite integrals are written in the form of `int f(x) dx = F(x) +C`  where:` f(x)` as the integrand            `F(x)` as the anti-derivative function             `C`  as the arbitrary constant known as constant of integration For the given problem `int cos(5theta)cos(3theta) d theta` has an integrand in a form of a trigonometric function. To evaluate this, we apply the identity: `cos(X)cos(Y) =[cos(X+Y) +cos(X-Y)]/2` The integral becomes: `int cos(5theta)cos(3theta) d theta = int[cos(5theta+3theta) + cos(5theta -3theta)]/2 d theta`  Apply the basic properties of integration:` int c*f(x) dx= c int f(x) dx` . `int[cos(5theta+3theta) + cos(5theta -3theta)]/2d theta = 1/2int[cos(5theta+3theta) + cos(5theta -3theta)] d theta`  Apply the basic integration property: `int (u+v) dx = int (u) dx + int (v) dx` . `1/2 *[int cos(5theta +3theta)d theta+cos(5theta -3theta)d theta]` Then apply u-substitution to be able to apply integration formula for cosine function:` int cos(u) du= sin(u) +C` . ...

T. S. Eliot writes that all men after World War I are "hollow." At the beginning of his poem "The Hollow Men," the line "Mistah Kurtz--he dead" appears. This is a reference to Kurtz, the antagonist of Conrad's Heart of Darkness --an evil man who dies after despairing of the state of humanity. However, the hollow men, their heads filled with straw and with "dry voices," have not passed to "Death's other kingdom," as Eliot writes in the first stanza of his poem. Instead, these hollow men wander the earth with "paralyzed force." They have no force but instead inhabit the earth as if they were dead. The hollow men that Eliot describes are afraid to look the dead in the face--they seem guilt-ridden to look at the dead. Instead, they wonder alive but in a "dead land," a "cactus land." Eliot's view is that humanity has no ability to be human after the war. They instead are unable to show emotion, such ...

First, you need to decide the purpose of your speech and know the intended audience. If the speech is meant to be a fictional dramatic monologue, you’ll need a clear idea of who your characters are. Try brainstorming ideas for the characters’ backstories. The Gotham Writers link provided below has sets of questions to help flesh out your characters. Next, every story needs a conflict to capture your audience’s interest. Why does the father feel sympathy for his son? Has the son made a mistake? Does the father have his own regrets? Remember, conflicts do not have to be between two characters. Standard conflicts in narrative writing usually fall into one of these categories: Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Man, and Man vs. Self. Whatever conflict you choose, a typical story structure means having a climax or turning point, followed by resolution of the conflict. If your story does not have a strong theme, your audience will be left asking themselves, “So what?” Perhaps the deepe...

According to the Archimedes Principle, a body fully or partially immersed in a liquid will experience an upward force which will be equal to the amount of liquid displaced by the body. This means that a floating cube of ice displaces a volume of water that has exactly the same mass as that of the cube. Since mass is conserved when the melting of ice occurs, the melted ice will make up for the displaced water mass and hence the water level will remain the same. Another way to think about the problem is this: an ice cube of mass m will displace a volume of water equal to m/d, where d is the density of water. When the ice cube melts, it will convert to a volume of water equal to m/d. That is, the displaced water volume is same as the water volume obtained from ice melting. Thus, the water level will stay the same.  Hope this helps. 

Odysseus is a good leader because he is clever, brave, and he cares about the men whom he leads.  When his men are trapped in Polyphemus's cave, Odysseus tells the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody"; that night, he gets the monster really drunk and then the crew blinds the monster when he's passed out.  Then, when the other Cyclopes rush to his aid, he calls to them that Nobody is hurting him.  So they leave!  It is a good plan, and Odysseus is very cunning in his execution of it. Further, Odysseus bravely goes to the Underworld to find the prophet, Teiresias, who can tell him and his crew how to get home.  Despite his own terror, he is successful here.  He also leads his crew past the Sirens, bravely leaving his ears unstopped so that he can hear their songs.  He even sails past Scylla, knowing that he could be one of the six men the monster eats.  If more of his men would have ultimately listened to his leadership (especially at Thrinacia), it seems likely that some ...

First, let's talk a bit about what Camus means when he refers to Sisyphus as the "absurd hero." What makes Sisyphus absurd is his consciousness; his intelligence got him into trouble with the gods (as he arrogantly scorned them, besting Thanatos and denying Hades his due souls), but his consciousness is also the key to making his eternal torture in the Underworld bearable. The gods can ultimately force Sisyphus to do a certain task (pushing the boulder up the hill each day and watching it roll back down each night), but they cannot control his thoughts. In a futile universe, Sisyphus can convince himself (as we all must) that his task has meaning. As Camus writes, "The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy." One fictional character who could be called an absurd hero is Jay Gatsby, the titular character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s  The Great Gatsby . Gatsby has worked so hard in order to earn the fort...

Macbeth's fatal flaw seems to be ambition. After the three witches reveal the prophecy that Macbeth will one day be king, Macbeth and his wife hatch a plan to make sure that happens. The idea of murdering someone never entered Macbeth's mind until he heard about the possibility of being king. In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth even admits that the only reason he has to kill King Duncan is ambition. He says, "I have no spur to to prick the side of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on th' other." Even after Macbeth kills King Duncan and becomes King of Scotland, his ambitions continue. He hires murderers to kill Banquo and his son Fleance because he wants to make sure his dynasty continues to his future son.  All of the murderous decisions Macbeth makes in the play are a result of him wanting to be king, and then once he receives the crown, making sure he stays king and that it continues within his lineage. 

Adolf Hitler died by committing suicide on April 30 1945 in his underground bunker (Fuhrerbunker) in Berlin. He shot himself with a pistol while his mistress, Eva Braun, died by ingesting cyanide, a deadly poison. To put Hitler's suicide into context, a Nazi victory in the war was no longer possible. Stalin's Red Army had already captured Berlin, leaving the Nazis in a hopeless situation. Moreover, the Allied forces were positioned to the west of Berlin, ready and waiting to provide support, if needed.  With the Red Army poised to take over the German chancellery (which stood above Hitler's bunker), Hitler had few options. He could risk escaping the city to go to the Berchtesgarden, his home in the Bavarian Alps, could surrender to the Red Army or commit suicide. Hitler chose the latter.  See the reference link provided for more information. 

The Taliban had close ties to Al-Qaeda.  In American news immediately after the invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001, these two organizations were used almost interchangeably.  In recent news, the Taliban and the secular government in Afghanistan have negotiated an uneasy peace.  Meanwhile, Al-Qaeda has opened up operations in Yemen and other places along the Arabian Peninsula.  They are still a considerable force in Iraq and attacks from truck bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are still fairly common, even as the U.S. scales back its role in stabilizing the Iraqi government in order to further engage Islamic State, which is a rival organization to Al-Qaeda.   The U.S. actually assisted the Taliban covertly during the Afghan-Soviet War that began in 1979.  The word "Taliban" actually translates into "holy warriors" and they started as part of the Mujaheddin forces that received aid and advice from CIA operatives in the region.   

The Enlightenment was an era in Europe in which there was a transition from religious thought and irrationality to the application of reason and investigation to acquire truth. The Enlightenment was inspired by the scientific revolution and the Renaissance. The colonists directly referenced principles of Enlightenment political philosophy to achieve their severance from England. Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence, was heavily directed by John Locke. Locke, the English philosopher in the Seventeenth Century spoke of natural rights that no government can abridge. These rights included life, liberty, and property. Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were all Enlightenment thinkers that advocated for popular sovereignty. The issue of taxation without representation correlates to the notion of popular sovereignty and was paramount to the colonists as a motive for separation from England. The various phases of the French Revolution were also inspir...

Geography always plays a very important role in how humans organize their culture.  This was certainly the case with the Ancient Greeks as geography made it nearly impossible for the early Greeks to unify under a single government. The landscape of Greece is very rugged and mountainous and travel between different areas of the peninsula was very difficult in ancient times.  As a result, regionalism was the reality of those living on the mountainous peninsula.  Each region developed into an independent city-state with elements of government that were unique.  Some city-states, like Athens, evolved into governments that allowed their citizens a greater role in governance.  Other city-states instituted oligarchies or retained monarchs.  With the variety of government types that developed as a result of the rugged geography, uniting Greece under a central government was a challenge that would not be met until the conquests of Alexander of Macedon in the Fourth Century BC. 

`r=2csc theta+3` To solve, express the polar equation in parametric form. To convert it to parametric equation, apply the formula `x = rcos theta` `y=r sin theta` Plugging in  `r=2csctheta +3` , the formula becomes: `x = (2csctheta +3)cos theta` `x= 2cot theta + 3cos theta` `y =(2csc theta+3)sin theta`  `y=2+3sintheta` So the equivalent parametric equation of `r=2csctheta +3` is: `x=2cot theta +3cos theta` `y=2+3sin theta` Then, take the derivative of x and y with respect to theta. `dx/(d theta ) = 2*(-csc^2 theta) + 3*(-sin theta)` `dx/(d theta)=-2csc^2 theta -3sin theta` `dy/(d theta)=3costheta` Take note that the slope of the tangent is equal to dy/dx. `m= (dy)/(dx)` To get the dy/dx of a parametric equation, apply the formula: `dy/dx = (dy/(d theta))/(dx/(d theta))` When the tangent line is horizontal, the slope of the tangent is zero. `0 = (dy/(d theta)) / (dx/(d theta))` This implies that the polar curve will have a horizontal tangent when numerator is zero. So set the derivative...

There were four candidates running in the election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln represented the Republican Party. Stephen Douglas represented the Northern Democrats. John C. Breckinridge represented the Southern Democrats. John Bell represented the Constitutional Union Party. Slavery was a key issue in the election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860. After Abraham Lincoln won the election, seven southern states seceded from the Union. They were convinced that Abraham Lincoln was going to abolish slavery. Even though Abraham Lincoln said he would allow slavery to remain where it already existed in order to keep the Union together, these states didn’t believe he would follow through on that statement. As a result, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas seceded after he won the election. Eventually four more states joined them after the attack on Fort Sumter.

Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" is centered around technological advancement and wild inventions. The story's two most obvious unusual technological devices would be the nursery and the HappyLife Home. The nursery can turn itself into any setting the children can imagine. The nursery can recreate the sounds, smells, and sights of whatever things the children choose to imagine. As George and Lydia note many times throughout the story, the nursery and its scenes feel very real. Unfortunately, the nursery can also be dangerous and eventually takes over as the parent of the children.  The HappyLife Home is composed of a variety of strange - and very cool - technological devices. Inside the HappyLife Home is a table that makes food for the homeowners, a machine that ties people's shoes, machines for cleaning the house, machines for giving people baths, etc. The HappyLife Home ensures that homeowners never have to lift a finger or complete a domestic task without assistance....

Auden's poem "Unknown Citizen" consists mostly of an epitaph for a recently deceased person, followed by pointed questions in the last two lines. The poem has a unique perspective, that of various data-collecting bodies (government, employer, union, etc.) and their acknowledgement that the Citizen was an upstanding person.  What makes this poem satire is the juxtaposition of the last two lines in relation to the tone of the poem. The majority of the poem is a presentation of the fact that the Citizen did what was expected and never challenged any of the authorities over him. In the eyes of these data-collecting bodies, this is laudable. Yet, the last two lines ask if he was happy and free and assure the reader that there is no reason to ask about this kind of thing. Everything was all right.  The last two lines don't just come out of the blue; Auden foreshadows them with some of his statements. For example, it is clear that the Citizen only had opinions acceptable to ...