Notes

When Richard Nixon realized in 1968 that he was losing Republican support to George Wallace, who was running as an American Independent Party candidate, he "opted to tack right on race," as Lopez writes.  Nixon made a "backroom deal" with Senator Strom Thurmond from South Carolina, a strong segregationist who had supported Goldwater. He secretly promised the senator that if he were elected, he would restrict school desegregation. Once he was elected, as promised, President Nixon took a stand against "forced busing," in which children were bused sometimes up to an hour's trip across a city to another school in order to establish integration. Lopez further claims that Nixon took a racial stand when he "hammer[ed] away at the issue of law and order" ("dog whistle") as Southerners protested against racial activists as "lawbreakers" since they violated Jim Crow statutes. Dismissing these protesters as criminals shifted the issu...

God sees man as simply borrowing the goods of the earth, which belong to God, for a short time. God expects men to be good stewards of his (God's) possessions. God likewise puts no weight on a person's outward characteristics, such as friends, family, physical strength, looks, wits, or the other attributes the world values. God values man for the good he does on earth while he is alive. The God in this play might be called the great accountant. He is going to take an accounting of what every person does in his or her life (this comes from Jesus's parable of the talents) that God deems good. This play, a morality play, warns people that God's ways are not our ways, and that God will judge after death according to a standard of values that is based on good deeds of compassion and mercy, a person's humility, and an honest confession of sins. It warns people that God is not going to be impressed with bragging, bluster, family, fame or fortune, but the state of our heart...

To apply the  Root test  on a series `sum a_n` , we determine a limit as: `lim_(n-gtoo) root(n)(|a_n|)= L` or `lim_(n-gtoo) |a_n|^(1/n)= L` Then, we follow the conditions: a) `Llt1` then the series is  absolutely convergent . b)` Lgt1 ` then the series is  divergent . c) `L=1` or  does not exist   then the  test is inconclusive . The series may be divergent, conditionally convergent, or absolutely convergent. In order to apply the  Root Test  in determining the convergence or divergence of the  series  `sum_(n=1)^oo n(7/8)^n` , we let : `a_n =n(7/8)^n` . Applying the Root test, we set-up the limit as:  `lim_(n-gtoo) |n(7/8)^n|^(1/n) =lim_(n-gtoo) (n(7/8)^n)^(1/n)` Apply Law of  Exponents: (`x*y)^n = x^n*y^n` and `(x^n)^m = x^(n*m)` . `lim_(n-gtoo) (n(7/8)^n)^(1/n)=lim_(n-gtoo) n^(1/n) ((7/8)^n)^(1/n)`                                `=lim_(n-gtoo) n^(1/n) (7/8)^(n*1/n)`                                `=lim_(n-gtoo) n^(1/n) (7/8)^(n/n)`                                `=lim_(n-gtoo) n^(1/...

Sea of Poppies is the first novel in the Ibis trilogy, created by author and historian Amitav Ghosh. The book takes place in India at the beginning of the opium trade. In proceeding years, the opium trade would lead, in part, to the domination of the subcontinent by British rule. The novel traces the stories of a cast of diverse characters who are implicated, in one way or another, in the opium trade. These characters include Deeti, a low-caste Indian woman with an opium-addicted husband; Neel, a former  raja who has fallen victim to the cunning of English traders; and Zachary, an American sailor aboard the ship  Ibis , which is carrying opium from India to the international market. Eventually, all the characters in the novel come aboard the Ibis.   In bringing together this diverse cast on the opium ship, the novel stages themes of interconnectivity and power at the cusp of globalization . How do individual differences (cultural, economic, or otherwise) fade or intensify in the cont...

I believe that Baroka deserves to marry Sidi more than Lakunle does in the play The Lion and the Jewel . Initially, Lakunle seems like he has a legitimate excuse not to pay the bride-price because he is opposed to the traditional Yoruba custom, in favor of modern views of marriage. However, at the end of the play, Lakunle uses the custom to manipulate and justify his decision to not pay the bride-price. His initial reasoning for not paying the bride-price was insincere, which is why he does not deserve to have Sidi as his wife. On the other hand, Baroka cunningly devises an ingenious plan to woo Sidi. He is willing to have his reputation tarnished over the false rumors of his impotence in order to marry Sidi. Baroka puts more thought and effort into winning Sidi's heart than Lakunle does which is also why he deserves to have Sidi as his wife.

Whether Macbeth's character is good or evil is sort of the big, tough question.  It's big because there is so much evidence to sort through, and it is tough because there is evidence to support each argument!  In my view, Macbeth starts off good and then, as a result of his interactions with the Weird Sisters and his wife as well as his own ambition and pride, he is corrupted and becomes evil.  Initially, Macbeth is thought of as "brave" and loyal, to the point that the king rewards him for his services to the crown (1.2.18).  His wife, the person who arguably knows him the best, feels that he is "full o' th' milk of human kindness" in the beginning (1.5.17).  His best friend is Banquo, a man we know to be good and loyal as well, and this friendship would seem to indicate Macbeth's goodness too. However, once the Weird Sisters tell him that he will become Thane of Cawdor and king, and he becomes Thane of Cawdor, he begins to dream of what it woul...

A mutagen is a chemical or physical substance that corrupts genetic material, such as DNA or RNA. Mutagens create genetic mutations and increase an organism's risk for cancers and cell death. The two main types of mutagens are physical and chemical. A physical mutagen is in the form of a physical substance. The main physical mutagen is short wave rays which penetrate living cells and alter genetic material. Examples of this type of mutagen include ultraviolet rays and X-rays. A chemical mutagen is a mutating agent in the form of a chemical substance. These substances work by mimicking nitrogenous bases in genetic material that cannot be duplicated during DNA replication. Examples of this type of mutagen would be nitric acid or peroxide.