Notes

The first few pages of Treasure Island give a fairly extensive physical and behavioral description of the man, whose name is revealed as Billy Bones, but who introduces himself simply as "captain." Bones is said to be a fairly dirty person, with skin tanned dark brown, and a white scar on his cheek, evidently made by a sword. He wears old clothes that he patches himself, and at this point in his life they are more patches than whole cloth. He is an alcoholic, and describes himself in nearly poetic terms not as a drunkard, but as someone to whom rum is as dear as food or family. Bones is very aggressive, and evidently accustomed to giving orders rather than following them. The only person before whom he evidently has no power is Dr. Livesey, on account of Livesey having the power to see Bones hanged, and because Livesey has sufficient self-confidence to be unmoved by Bones's threats.

In the book, convict leasing is described as the practice of leasing African-American prisoners as laborers for agricultural and industrial pursuits. Since the thirteenth amendment made the exploitation of slave labor illegal, Southern whites turned to the practice of leasing African-American prisoners to fill their backlog of labor needs. Companies were all too willing to pay state convict systems to secure them workers. As a whole, millions of dollars filled the state coffers of Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, and Florida during the turn of the century. In 1907, US Steel paid tens of thousands of dollars to more than 20 counties in Alabama for the privilege of securing a "steady supply of convict labor through at least 1912." Healthy, "first-class" African-American prisoners were leased out at $18.50 a month, with the understanding that they would cut and load 4 tons of coal a day. The weakest laborers or "dead...

In Chapter 6, Dill suggests that they go for a walk in the direction of the Radley yard. Scout initially protests, but agrees to go after Jem tells her to stop being such an "Angel May." When they approach the Radley yard, Jem tells Scout to go home, and they explain how they are simply going to peek in the window with the loose shutter to see if they could get a look at Boo Radley. Scout reluctantly agrees to join Dill and Jem as they enter the Radley yard through the rear. They crawl under the high wire fence that enclosed the garden and walk quietly through the garden until they reach the gate leading to the back yard. The children spit on the gate until it doesn't squeak anymore, and enter the Radley's back yard. They then creep to the side of the house and lift Dill up to peek through the window. Dill says that he can't see anything and suggests that they try looking in the back window. Jem leads the way, and when he steps on the porch, there is a loud squeak...

Given , `y = 9-|x| , y = 0` first let us find the total area of the bounded by the curves. so we shall proceed as follows as given , `y = 9-|x| , y = 0` =>` 9-|x|=0` => `|x| -9 =0` =>` |x|=9` so `x=+-9` the the area of the region is = `int _-9 ^9 (9-|x| -0) dx` =>`int _-9 ^0 (9+x -0) dx`+`int _0 ^9 (9-x -0) dx` =>`[9x+x^2 /2]_-9 ^0 + [9x-x^2/2]_0 ^9` =>`[0]-[-81+81/2] +[81-81/2]-[0]` =>`81/2 +81/2 =81` So now we have  to find the horizonal line that splits the region into two regions with area 81/2 as when the line y=b intersects the curve `y=9-|x|` then the area bounded is 81,so let us solve this as follows first we shall find the intersecting points as , `9-|x|=b` `|x|= 9-b` `x=+-(9-b)` so the area bound by these curves `y=b` and `y=9-|x| ` is as follows A= `int _-(9-b) ^(9-b) (9-|x|-b)dx = 81/2` =>`int _-(9-b) ^0 (9+x-b)dx +int _0 ^(9-b) (9-x-b)dx =81/2` =>`[9x+x^2/2-bx]_-(9-b) ^0 +[9x-x^2/2-bx]_0 ^(9-b) = 81/2` =>`[0]-[9(-(9-b))+(-(9-b))^2 /2-b(-(9-b))...

Atticus is describing the Ewell family by commenting on how they lived like animals.  In Chapter 3, Scout discusses her rough first day of school with her father. She tells Atticus that she doesn't have to go back to school because Burris Ewell is allowed to miss the entire school year after he comes on the first day. Atticus then discusses Burris Ewell's family history with Scout. He begins by telling Scout that the Ewells have been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations, and none of them have ever done an honest day's work in their lives. Atticus says, " They were people, but they lived like animals " (Lee 20). Scout listens as her father goes on to explain how Bob Ewell is an alcoholic who spends all of his money on whiskey. Throughout the novel, the Ewells disrespect others, cause numerous citizens harm, and are viewed with contempt throughout the Maycomb community.

Let; 1,2,3,4,5,6 be the numbers of the die in each side and H(head) and T(Tail) be the sides of the coin. When she roll the die and coin the all possible outcomes should be as follows. (1,H),(2,H),(3,H),(4,H),(5,H),(6,H) (1,T),(2,T),(3,T),(4,T),(5,T),(6,T) Probability = (no. of success outcomes)/(no. of All possible outcomes) No. of success outcomes = (2,H),(4,H,(6,H) So there are 3 success outcomes. Further total possible outcomes are 12. Then the probability of having even number with head = 3/12 = 0.25 So the probability would be 25%.  

In the article "The N-Word: Connected Through Historical Disconnect?," one of author Dr. Neal A. Lester's claims is that the "n-word" is attached to a "past and present American history of violence, pain, misrepresentation, death and mockery associated with black and brown bodies." In multiple chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird , Harper Lee's characters either intentionally or unintentionally use the word nigger , which connects them to the American history of pain, violence, and oppression that Dr. Lester speaks of. One example can be seen in Chapter 8 in which Scout inadvertently connects herself to the history of oppression by using the word "nigger." In Chapter 8, snow has come to Maycomb, and the children are excited about building their first snowman. But since there is not enough snow on the ground for a real snowman, Jem must be creative. He develops the idea of first making a man out of mud then covering it with snow. As Scout ...