How does the following quote from Catch-22 develop the characters, theme, and conflict within the novel? “He had decided to live forever or die...

This quotation can be found in Chapter 3 of Joseph
Heller's great anti-war novel, Catch-22, and can be attributed to
the main character and protagonist, Yossarian. Yossarian's primary goal is to stay alive
during his endless bombing runs during World War II. He often takes the easy way out,
dropping his bombs early (sometimes in the open water) or deliberately short of the
target in the hope of returning safely without taking unnecessary flak from below or
from enemy planes above. However, the maximum number of bombing missions are constantly
raised by his superiors, so each time he nears this number, it is increased
again--another of the numerous examples of "Catch-22" described in the novel. Therefore,
he must continue flying his missions: It is the only way he will eventually reach the
maximum number and then be sent home. However, he finally comes to realize that the
number will continue to be increased--he may never be sent home--and his chance of
survival decreases with each mission. So, he plots other ways to return home--like Orr,
who deliberately practices crash landings in the water because he eventually plans to
escape via liferaft to Sweden.

Given f(x)=3x+1 prove that f(f(x)) is increasing.

To prove that a function is increasing or decreasing,
we'll have to do the first derivative test. To do the first derivative test, we'll have
to determine the result of the composition of f(x) with
f(x).

f(x)*f(x) =
f(f(x))

We'll substitute in the expression of f(x), the
variable x by the expression of f(x).

f(f(x)) = 3f(x) +
1

f(f(x)) = 3(3x+1) + 1

We'll
remove the brackets:

f(f(x)) = 9x + 3 +
1

We'll combine like
terms:

f(f(x)) = 9x + 4

Since
we know the expression of f(f(x)), we can do the first derivative
test.

f'(f(x)) = (9x +
4)'

f'(f(x)) = 9

If the first
derivative is positive, then the original function is
increasing.

Since the result of the first
derivative test is positive, then f(f(x)) is an increasing
function.

What is an analysis of the quotation "Somehow Atticus had hit her hard in a way that was not clear to me, but it gave him no pleasure to do so"?Any...

Scout reports this of Atticus during his cross-examination
of Mayella Ewell. This tells us several things:

1. Atticus'
moral character can barely stomach the thought of making
this girl hurt any more than she already has and does. Atticus knows that his client is
innocent, but this demonstrates his compassion for Mayella's situation. Atticus
intuitively knows she is being hurt by her father in a variety of
ways.

2. This situation advances the
plot. When we discover that Tom is definitely innocent by
his physical description (which is close to this... Atticus has Tom stand), we see a
further complication which causes us to wonder who is then at fault for her
rape?

3. This reveals the consistent
theme of innocence. Atticus hates doing this to Mayella.
Mayella may not necessarily be on the stand of her own accord. This shows that Atticus
gets that she doesn't desire this but has to do it. I think her father is making her be
there.

What is the monotony of f(x)=x*lnx?

The monotony of a function is the behavior of the function
over specified ranges.

To determine the monotony of a
function, we'll have to calculate the first derivative of the
function.

f(x) = x*lnx

We'll
compute f'(x):

f'(x) = (x*ln
x)'

We'll apply the product
rule:

f'(x) = (x')*ln x +
x*(lnx)'

f'(x) = ln x +
x/x

f'(x) = ln x + 1

We recall
that the domain of the logarithmic function is (0,
+infinite).

We'll determine the critical values for
x:

f'(x) = 0

ln x + 1 =
0

ln x = -1

x =
e^-1

x = 1/e

For x = 1/e, the
first derivative is cancelling.

For x = e => f'(x) =
ln e + 1 = 1 + 1 = 2>0

So, for
x>1/e, the function is increasing since f'(x) is
positive.

We'll put x =
1/e^2

f'(x) = ln e^-2 + 1 = -2 + 1 =
-1<0

For x values from the range (0,
1/e), the function is decreasing, since the first derivative is
negative.

How is Bianca portrayed in Othello?

Bianca shows up in the play when everyone arrives on the
isle of Cyprus.  She is a courtesan attached to Cassio.  In order to describe how she is
"portrayed" in the play, we must look both at what she says and does and what others
(mainly Cassio) say about her, the fact that she is described as a Courtesan or
prostititue, being an influence on how she is percieved and treated by
others.

Her first entrance into the play is in Act III,
scene iv,  and begins with tender conversation with Cassio.  He calls her "most fair,"
"sweet love," and "sweet Bianca;" and she wonders why he has been absent from her house
for "seven days and nights."  They seem to have real affection for each other.  And then
Cassio produces the handkerchielf, given him by Iago.  Bianca recognizes that it might
mean that Cassio also has another woman.  And at this, Cassio turns on her.  Gone are
his loving words, replaced by dismissive reprimand.  They are both soon pacified,
however, and in this scene they seem to be very affectionate with each other, and Bianca
is portrayed as a loving, yet jealous, woman.

In Act IV,
scene i, the situation is a bit different.  Iago has decided to question Cassio about
his feelings towards Bianca within the earshot of Othello, but by only referring to her
as "she," Iago intends to have Othello mistakenly believe that they discuss Desdemona. 
In this scene, Cassio seems to do a 180 degree turn in his opinion of Bianca.  He makes
fun of her for loving him, and says:

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I marry her?  What?  A
customer?

I prithee, bear some charity to my
wit,

Do not think it so unwholesome.  Ha, ha
ha.

Cassio basically portrays
her as a common whore and his feelings about her only those of one of her "customers." 
Yet, he seemed to have real affection for her in the scene previous.  Suddenly Bianca
enters the scene, on the warpath.  She has determined that he has given her some "minx's
token," and she throws in in his face, saying, "[T]here, give it the hobby-horse,
wheresoever you had it."  And Cassio, all bluster and disdain only moments before is
suddenly calling her "sweet Bianca" again, seemingly begging her to forgive him.  She
persists, however, telling him, in effect, that it makes no difference to her if he
comes to see her again or not.  And, like a chided boy, Cassio runs off after
her.

The final scene with Bianca, Act V, scene i, shows her
to be even more completely in love, and even more proud and unwilling to be put down. 
Cassio is wounded in the streets, and she, hearing the noise, comes out to find him,
crying, "O dear Cassio, O my sweet Cassio."  And, when Emilia and Iago cast aspersions
on her at the end of the scene, she defends herself with
pride:

I am no
strumpet, but of life as honest

As you, that thus abuse
me.

So, though we see Bianca
for a total of three scenes in the play, she reveals her strength, her love for Cassio,
and her honest, forthright pride of self.  Cassio's opinion of her, however, is a bit
more wishy-washy, as he seems to change his feelings as the breeze
blows.

For more on Bianca and the scenes in which she
appears, please follow the links below.

Why are misunderstandings so important in romantic comedies?

Misunderstandings create a conflict that can usually be
pretty easily resolved.  In order to have a good story there has be a good conflict, and
it is even better if the reader (or viewer) doesn't see an easy way for the conflict to
resolve itself.  But in the end, we want the happy ending that romantic comedies are
known for, so we keep reading or wathcing to see, not IF the story will resolve itself,
but HOW the story will resolve itself.  That is a huge element in the enjoyment of these
types of novels and movies.   When all is said and done, it doesn't take much to make a
misunderstanding into a sense of understanding, so we are kind of along for the ride --
enjoying the moments of dramatic irony, situational irony, near misses, further
complications, moments of near hopelessness, and finally, an interesting and satisfying
to the end of the problematic misunderstanding that can bring about the happy ending we
KNEW was coming eventually. 

What is the relationship of economic growth to the size of firm.

This is a matter of some contention in economics.  To my
knowledge, there is no clear answer.

One of the
better-known theories this field is that of Hernando De Soto.  He argues that corruption
in government favors big firms over small in the developing world.  He argues that large
firms are, therefore, associated with corrupt and stagnant
economies.

However, there are other scholars who have
attempted to confirm this relationship empirically and have come to disagree with it. 
One example of this is in the article I have linked to in the williams.edu link.  This
paper argues that there is no clear correlation between firm size and economic growth in
a country.

There is, as I have said, no consensus on this. 
The other link I have provided argues that larger firms contribute more to growth.  It
says that they are able to invest in research and development and can enjoy economies of
scale.  This allows them to be a cause of economic growth.

What is the central message of "Dream On."

The idea that poetry is based on “the dream”
that “has a pain in its heart” is crucial to much poetry, but not necessarily to all. It
is significant for poetry to express compassion, kindness, sympathy, pity, mercy, loving
kindness, and understanding—to create interest and commiseration with the situations of
others. But poetry may also be comic, ironic, and satiric—characteristics that are also
fleeting, like the flight of the dragonfly. The last line of the poem seems to be ironic
because it is almost a negation of what has gone before in the poem. But the idea is
that even the poet, and poetry, cannot sustain the constant reaching out after wonder.
People can reach the highest mountain peaks, but must return to the valleys, and when
down, they find it hard to re-imagine their previous elevation.

Solve this problem : If (Log x)/(b-c)=(Log y)/(c-a)=(Log z)/(a-b) Prove that x^(b+c)*y^(c+a)*z^(b+a)=1

We'll take logarithms both
sides:

log [x^(b+c)*y^(c+a)*z^(b+a)] = log 1
(*)

We'll transform the logarithm of the product into a
sum:

log [x^(b+c)*y^(c+a)*z^(b+a)] = log x^(b+c) +
logy^(c+a) + log z^(b+a)

We'll use the power property of
logarithms:

log x^(b+c) = (b+c)*log
x

logy^(c+a) = (c+a)*log y

log
z^(b+a) = (b+a)*log z

The relation (*) will become
(1):

(b+c)*log x + (c+a)*log y + (b+a)*log z =
0  (1)

But, from enunciation, we'll
have:

(Log x)/(b-c) = (Log y)/(c-a) = (Log
z)/(a-b)

We'll cross
multiply:

(Log x)*(c-a) = (Log
y)*(b-c)

Log y = (Log
x)*(c-a)/(b-c)

Log z = (Log
x)*(a-b)/(b-c)

So, the relation (1) will become
(2):

(b+c)*Log x + (c+a)*(Log x)*(c-a)/(b-c) + (b+a)*(Log
x)*(a-b)/(b-c) = 0 

We'll factorize by log
x:

log x [b+c + (c^2-a^2)/(b-c) + (a^2 - b^2)/(b-c)] =
0

We'll divide by log x and we'll remove the
brackets:

b^2 - c^2 + c^2-a^2 + a^2 - b^2 =
0

We'll remove like terms and we'll
get:

0 =
0

So,
x^(b+c)*y^(c+a)*z^(b+a)=1 if and only if (Log x)/(b-c) = (Log y)/(c-a) = (Log
z)/(a-b).

To what extent and in what ways do love and relationships present a method of survival in The Handmaid's Tale?

For Offred, she is able to survive her horrible
circumstances because of love--love for her daughter, love for her old husband Luke, and
in the end, her love for Nick.

She mentions throughout the
story how at night, when she is finally alone in the privacy of her room, she is able to
escape.  Escape for her is remembering her life before, with her husband and daughter. 
Going over those memories of them, and feeling the love that existed between them, keeps
her sane.  It is her only refuge, her only escape, her only anchor to a world where love
actually meant anything.  The world that she lives in now is devoid of love, and
physical intimacy was a hushed, stifled thing.  It is easy, in her world, to buy into
the ideologies being pushed, and doing so would make her lose her individuality.  So,
she clings to that love of her child and husband like a lifeline to her own identity. 
That love also gives her hope; she feels like she would know if they had died.  She
feels like her love would flicker or dim, and because it hasn't, her love gives her hope
that her family is still living.

Her love for Nick is a bit
different.  It is more of a physical escape, a form of rebellion against their society,
and a way to prove that she was indeed alive, strong, wanted, beautiful and capable of
emotion.  Being with him is her firm fist of defiance against the repressive system that
she lives under.  These moments of escape with Nick give her the sanity to go forward in
the daytime and live the charade she is forced to act in order to survive; they give her
the inner conviction that life really hasn't changed that much, and knowing that she can
escape and be her true self later is also a lifeline to
her.

I hope that those thoughts helped; good
luck!

Describe Nora's character in A Doll's House.

Nora is the "doll" of the title of this excellent play,
kept in her "house" by her husband Torvald. It is clear from the very beginning of this
play that her main preoccupation in life is being the "perfect wife" and charming her
husband with her youthfulness, naivety and supposed innocence. What is notable in the
first Act is how she receives and even welcomes her husband referring to her variously
as a "rustling squirrel," a "twittering skylark" and a "little squanderbird." Each of
these titles seem to demean Nora's character and places her in the role of a little
child to her husband, but she accepts them and even appears to delight in
them.

However, apart from playing this "role" she also has
her secrets that she keeps from Torvald even when it appears there is little advantage
in doing so. It appears that we are presented with a central character who practices
deception naturally and almost as if it has become second nature for her. Let us
consider her secrets: she lies to Torvald about the housekeeping money, conceals the
jobs she takes to earn a little extra and forges her father's signature on a loan. It is
clear that she is regarded as the "doll" that is referred to in the title: a child, an
object or toy, and yet she is never regarded as a fellow human being equal in intellect.
She feels she is totally dependent on Torvald for all her needs until she realises her
own self-sufficiency and inner-strength that becomes apparent at the end of this
memorable drama. As Norma herself describes her life to
Torvald:

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You've always been very kind to me. But our home
has never been anything but a playroom. I've been your doll-wife, just as I used to be
Papa's doll-child. And the children have been my dolls. I used to think it was fun when
you came in and played with me, just as they think it's fun when I go in and play games
with them. That's all our marriage has been,
Torvald.

It is this epiphany
that Nora experiences about her character and her desire to finally exit her doll's
house and become a human that marks this play as such a
masterpiece.

What is the property of light used in the endoscope?

light is a eleactromagnetic radiation that has property of
waves such as -

1. electromagnetic waves don't require any
material medium for their propagation.

2. the
electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature.

3. the
energy densities of an electromagnetic wave of the electric and magnetic fields of a
plane electromagnetic waves are
equal.

 endoscpoy application is based on the light and the
properties of light help play a major role in this application by create a image
.

medical application are
-

1. laser ,

2. uvr
therapy,

3. infra red radition therapy
etc.

Why is the 18th Century known as the Age of Reason?I want to know the spirit of this age and how this reflected on the people at that...

Every era has a set of Key Ideas which people who come
after them look back and identify.  All the ideas may not apply to all authors or
people, but in general they represent the attitude and genre of the period well.  For
the 18th Century, these ideas are:

 •Politics  •Wealth and
Poverty  •Elegance and Reason  •Technological and Commercial Advance   •Journalism 
 •The development of the novel

Every era rebels against the
one which came before it in some way, fashion, or attitude.  The 18th Century rebels
against the "haves and have nots" attitude of the Renaissance.  The focus changes for
the 18th Century on the values and life of the middle class rather than solely on the
upper class.  The concerns included work, domestic relations, and social
respectability.  They urged public manners and morals.  They focused more on reason and
logic than emotion and imagination.  They focused more on elegance and social
correctness which would help the middle class take more pride in itself as the backbone
of the nation.  Social work was a huge focus as people like Dickens and other critics
repeatedly pointed out the impoverished condition of children, widows, and other less
fortunates on the street. As you can see from the Key Ideas, industry becomes a focal
point as well.  More people moved from the country to settle into cities and looked for
jobs in the factories and other industries available in larger cities.  With more people
moving into the cities, there was a greater focus on individual needs as opposed to
society as a whole...more people were reading, and the with the invention of the
printing press, more people were able to afford the mass-produced books than before as
the books were painstakingly copied by hand.  Because more people were reading, new
reading materials were created...magazines, newspapers...journalism as we know it was
invented and thrived on its new audience.  The novel was also invented, and focused on
the women of the time. It was a time of relative peace as the country had just come out
of Civil War and plague.  They were reaching for change and rebelling against what had
been.  There are many names for this time period...neolithic period, Augustan Age,
Enlightenment, Age of Reason...all of which describe part of the era but none of which
adequately represent the entire time.  Check out the links I've provided for more
information.  Good Luck!

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what is the name of the solicitor in chapter 17?

In the trial of Tom Robinson, Mr. Gilmer is the circuit
solicitor.  Scout describes him as a man who was from Abbottsville, whom she and Jem and
Dill only saw when court was in session.  He was

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a balding, smooth-faced man, he could have been
anywhere between forty and sixty....we knew he had a slight cast in one of his eyes
which he used to his advantage:  he seemed to be looking at a person when he was
actually doing nothing of the kind, thus he was hell on juries and
witnesses.

There is a tension
between Atticus Finch and Mr. Gilmer that develops in this chapter because when Mr.
Gilmer interviews Sherriff Tate, and Mr. Tate testifies that Mayella was "pretty well
beat up," Mr. Gilmer just thanks Mr. Tate for his testimony, but Atticus asks why a
doctor was not called.  Mr. Gilmer's disinterest seems to irritate Atticus because he
senses that Mr. Gilmer feels his case is already won.

Then,
when Atticus asks Bob Ewell if he can write and read, Mr. Gilmer objects, wondering what
influence "Mr. Ewell's education had on the case."  As Atticus continues, Mr. Gilmer
half-stands and half-sits at his table, actions that suggest his discomfiture with
Atticus's questions which establish Mr. Ewell as being left-handed.  For, Mr. Gilmer
realizes that by pointing out that Bob Ewell is left-handed, Atticus can establish that
Tom Robinson is not guilty of striking Mayella since the marks on her face were made by
someone who has use of his left hand and arm. Knowing this crucial fact could sway even
a complacent jury, Mr. Gilmer becomes angry

Which one of these factors DOES NOT effect air pressure? altitude air pressure humidly unequal heating

Humidity does affect air pressure (water has a different
mass than air)-this is how a barometer (which measures air pressure) can help  predict
the severity of storms (H20 weighs less than the N2/O2 mix of air).  Altitude affects
air pressure because the higher you go, the less air is above you to press down on you.
 Therefore the answer would be unequal heating.

However,
temperature affects density. If there was equal heating, you would expect higher temps
to lead to lower pressure, and vice versa.  In practice, humidity and altitude are the
most important modulators of atmospheric pressure.

Comment on the use of light and darkness in "Araby."

I think you have touched upon a very fundamental part of
the symbolism of this story. What fascinates me is that the story begins with lots of
images of light and then as we move ever closer to the crushing epiphany that the
narrator experiences, we have more images of darkness.

Key
to the images of light is the presentation of Mangan's sister, the focus of the
narrator's Romantic dreams:

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She was waiting for us, her figure defined by
the light from the half-opened door.

The light from the
lamp opposite our door caught the white curve of her neck, lit up her hair that rested
there and, falling, lit up the hand upon the
railing.

Both of these images
use light to present Mangan's sister as an almost angelic figure - a suitable receptacle
for all the boy's desires and Romantic dreams.

However, as
the narrator nears Araby, we see more and more images of
darkness:

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Nearly all the stalls were closed and the greater
part of teh hall was in darkness.

The upper part of the
hall was now completely
dark.

It is entirely fitting
then that the narrator should experience his epiphany about the vanity of his hopes and
life in complete darkness, for he has had his illusions and hopes cruelly ripped away
from him, and all but darkness remains:

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Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a
creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and
anger.

Images of light and
darkness thus of course play a central role in establishing and supporting the theme of
this excellent short story.

How was Oliver Twist a success for Dickens?

There are a couple of ways that this book was successful
for Dickens.  First of all, it was Dickens's first novel but it was published in
installments.  Most of the Dickens books we have today were published in serial form in
newspapers or magazines.  Dickens had been a court reporter and had published several
successful sketches under the pen name Boz.  Some of these were published as a book in
the form of The Pickwick Papers, which was wildly
successful.

Little Oliver was also a huge commercial
success.  He was popular and made a name for Dickens.  Although this is one of Dickens
strangest and most imperfect novels in a way, it has a storyline and characters so
captivating that it is still one of Dickens's most popular
books.

Another way the book was successful was in its
impact on the social conditions Dickens was trying to bring to the public's attention. 
The book addresses poverty, the cruelty of the Poor Law, the inadequacy of the justice
system and the rampant nature of crime.  What an ambitious first book!  Dickens managed
to do the impossible.  He humanized beggars and prostitutes.  He got the prudish
Victorians to consider the lower classes.  Eventually, the book was instrumental in
getting the Poor Law revoked.

How might John Hale's description of the countryside be regarded as symbolic of the moral and spiritual desolation that has afflicted Salem?...

The best quote I can find of Hale referencing the
countryside occurs in these words:

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Excellency, there are orphans wandering from
house to house; abandoned cattle bellow on the highroads, the stink of rotting crops
hangs everywhere, and no man knows when the harlot's cry will end his
life.

I will respond assuming
this is the quote to which you refer. I think this is not just symbolic but a direct and
literal description of the countryside during this time. If you need it to be a symbol
of moral and spiritual desolation then let's look at it a little differently. These
signs are of emptiness, inefficiency, and abandonment. The term "rotting crops" in
particular calls to mind the fact that a spiritual or moral life requires planting,
fertilizing, and watering to grow. When these disciplines aren't followed, the result is
foul. This is happening in the society. Cattle are generally easy to please animals, but
if they "bellow on the highroads" this demonstrates a loss of home and loss of
nourishment from their masters who cared for them. This town is no longer receiving
fulfilling nourishment from the minister, nor is it at home.

Determine the angle a for arcsina + arcos1/2 = pi.

 arc sina+ arxco(1/2) =
pi.

We know that sin(A+B) = sinAcosB+cosAsinB
.

Therfore taking sine of both sides ofthe given equation,
we get:

 sin (arcsina) cos(arccos(1/2) +cos(arc sina) sin(
arc cos(1/2) ) = sin pi = 0.

a* (1/2) -
sqrt(1-a^2)sqrt{1-(1/2)^2} = 0.

a/2 +sqrt(1-a^2)*(sqrt3/2)
= 0

 a /2=
-(1/2)sqrt(1-a^2)*sqrt3

a =
-sqrt(1-a^2)*sqrt3

a^2 =
3(1-a^2)

a^2 =
3-3a^2

4a^2=3

a^2 =
3/4

a = +sqrt3/2. Or a =
-sqrt3/2

Therefore angles are :  Therfore arc  sqrt
sinsqrt3/2 = 120 and arc cos(1/2) = 60.

Also a = 240 degree
and arc cos (1/2) = -60 deg

When did Lord Byron travel to Persia and did he write a travel writing about that?

It is extremely difficult to depict Lord Byron, and even
presumptuous to attempt it. This is not only because he is a familiar subject, the
triumphs and sorrows of whose career have been often portrayed, but also because he
presents so many contradictions in his life and character,--lofty yet degraded, earnest
yet frivolous, an impersonation of noble deeds and sentiments, and also of almost every
frailty which Christianity and humanity alike condemn. No great man has been more
extravagantly admired, and none more bitterly assailed; but generally he is regarded as
a fallen star,--a man with splendid gifts which he wasted, for whom pity is the
predominant sentiment in broad and generous minds. With all his faults, the
English-speaking people are proud of him as one of the greatest lights in our
literature; and in view of the brilliancy of his literary career his own nation in
particular does not like to have his defects and vices dwelt upon. It blushes and
condones. It would fain blot out his life and much of his poetry if, without them, it
could preserve the best and grandest of his writings,--that ill-disguised autobiography
which goes by the name of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," in which he soars to loftier
flights than any English poet from Milton to his own time. Like Shakespeare, like
Dryden, like Pope, like Burns, he was a born poet; while most of the other poets,
however eminent and excellent, were simply made,--made by study and labor on a basis of
talent, rather than exalted by native genius as he was, speaking out what he could not
help, and revelling in the richness of unconscious gifts, whether for good or
evil.

In Washington's Crossing, what made the Battle of Trenton a bloody but decisive American victory?

The key to Washington's success at the Battle of Trenton
in December of 1776 was surprise.  No one could have expected Washington's beaten,
shrinking and demoralized army to be able to successfully cross the river--onto the same
side as the massive 20,000 strong force under General Howe--and march on a force of
experienced, tough mercenaries such as the Hessians guarding the
city.

It was Christmas morning, and many of the Hessians
were hung over.  This was their day off, they had celebrated the night before, and they
were supremely overconfident.  This was garrison duty after all, and they were only
expected to watch the colonials across the river so that they did not escape while Howe
waited for the river to freeze.

This is what makes
Washington's attack so brilliant.  He had no alternative, he went against every rule of
military training he had received and took the Hessians completely by surprise.  What
made it bloody was that much of the fighting was hand to hand combat, house to house,
where bayonets and pikes were used in place of rain-soaked
gunpowder.

What are four differences in the description of Kurtz in the novel Heart of Darkness by J. Conrad and in the movie Apocalypse Now by F.Coppola?

I have to admit that this novel is one of my favourites,
and I also love the way that F. Coppola did an updated version of it in his excellent
film. Of course, the film focuses and comments upon the Vietnam war rather than
colonialism in general, but I think there are definite parallels between the two
texts.

One key difference between the texts is that Kurtz
in the novel is a station manager working for the Company whose job is to get as much
ivory as possible. Kurtz in the film, however, is an officer in the American Army whose
job it was to subdue the natives and hold a station deep
up-river.

Apart from this, there are mainly similarities:
both are deeply charismatic figures who subdue the natives in part through their sheer
charisma and rhetoric as well as through terror. Both are figures with incredible
promise, but who have "gone bad" because of their isolation and the arena they find
themselves in without any social checks on their behaviour. In the film, Kurtz is
assassinated by Marlow, whereas in the book, Kurtz dies from an illness. However, both
characters - the Kurtz in the film and the Kurtz in the book - act as a memorable
warning of the corruptibility of mankind - even the most civilised
example.

Find dy/dx by implicit differentiation. x^2-5xy+3y^2=7.

To find dy/dx by implicit differentiation.
x^2-5xy+3y^2=7.

We differentiate the function f(x,y) = C
both sides with respect to x and solve for dy/dx in terms of x and y, as y is not
explicit.

x^2-5xy +3y^2 =
7.

We differentiate both sides with respect to
x:

(x^2-5xy +3y^2)' =
(7)'.

2x-5(1y+xdy/dx) +3*2y*dy/dx =
0.

2x-5y -5xdy/dx +6ydy/dx=
0.

We collect dy/dx terms
together:

2x-5y +(-5x+6y)dy/dx =
0.

(6y-5x) dy/dx = 5y-2x.

we
divide both sides by 6y-5x.

dy/dx =
(5y-2x)/(6y-5x).

Therefore dy/dx =
(5y-2x)/(6y-5x).

Here is a video on implicit
differentiation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL6MC-lKOrw

The base of the rectangle is 3 less than twice the height. If the area is 135 square inches, find the dimensions of the rectangle.

We'll note the height as x and the base as 2x -
3.

We'll calculate the area of the rectangle as the product
of the base and height:

A =
x(2x-3)

We know the value of the area and we'll substitute
in the relation above:

135 =
x(2x-3)

We'll remove the
brackets:

135 = 2x^2 -
3x

We'll subtract 135 both sides and we'll use the
symmetric property:

2x^2 - 3x - 135 =
0

We'll apply the quadratic
formula:

x1 = [3+sqrt(9 +
1080)]/4

x1 = (3+33)/4

x1 =
9

x2 = (-30)/4

x2 =
-7.5

Since a measure of a side cannot be negative, the
value -*7.5 will be rejected.

The height is 9
inches and the base is 2*9 - 3 = 15 inches.

What is the plot of "An Episode of War"?

This is an excellent short story, and it will not take you
much time to read it, so please don't use this summary as a substitute for reading it
yourself.

The story opens with the sight of an army
lieutenant rationing out the coffee supply his company has. A sudden shot sounds and the
soldiers see blood covering the sleeve of their lieutenant. The lieutenant tries to
sheathe the sword he had been using to count the coffee packets as his mind is
overwhelmed by the mysteries of life and existence. His soldiers try to assist him and
he leaves the field overwhelmed by sadness to seek medical
assistance.

As the lieutenant moves towards his goal, we
are shown a series of wartime vignettes: horsemen in the midst of motors, wheels and
levers, an aide galloping to a general and delivering a message, and batteries moving
forward intent on destruction. The drama of war is shown through these sights, as is the
adventure of war demonstrated through the roadside brigade that is making coffee and
chatting "like girls at a boarding school."

As he arrives
at the hospital, a surgeon greets him initially with kindness, but then when he sees the
wound of the lieutenant, he treats him with contempt, ordering the lieutenant to
accomapny him. He then tries to encourage the lieutenant to come with him by lying to
him and saying that he will not amputate the arm. The lieutenant finally goes with him
towards the entrance to the tent, which to him looks like "the portal of death." We are
told that this is how the lieutenant had his arm
amputated.

The last section of the story describes the
sadness of the lieutenant's family at the sight of his sleeve that is empty. However, we
are told that in reality this event is nothing, just something that many soldiers
experienced and just another "episode of war."

Who are the characters in "Bonny George Campbell," the anonymous traditional English ballad?

The three characters in the poem are Campbell, his mother,
and his wife. None is described in any detail. Although we may conclude that the family
is well off and perhaps noble, details do not seem to matter; the poem focuses only on
the climax of a series of actions. Bonny George Campbell is clearly dead, having ridden
away to an unspecified battle—probably a border skirmish. He has been killed, and his
horse returns home without him. We may infer that his comrades, too, were also killed,
because if they had survived they would have brought the corpse home. The ballad leaves
us to imagine these events, first of all, because our discovery deepens our awareness
and our involvement with the poem, and second, because the ballad is a short form, at
its best when it touches the main details without superfluous
explanations.

A taxi is shuttling 11 students to a concert. The taxi can hold 4 students.In how many ways can 4 students be chosen for the taxi's second trip

The number of students are
11.

We know that  it is the number of ways of grouping of 4
persons out of 11 persons.Choosing or grouping is different from
arranging.

We can arange 4 persone from 11 on  4 chairs
11P4 ways = 11*10*9*8 ways.The reason is that the number of choices of arranging on the
1st chair is 11 and the number of choices of 2nd person  from the remaining (11-1) = 10
persons is 10, and in this way for the 3rd and 4 th chair the number of choices are  9
and  8.

Now let us pressume  that  in all possible ways it
is x number of different groups in which we can select 4 persons in each group from 11
persons. In any of these  group of 4 persons could be arranged in 4P4 = 4!. Therefore
the total possible number of ways we can arrange  4 persons from 11 persons = x *
4!.

Therefore 11P4 =
x!*4!

Therefore k = 11P4/4! = 11*10*9*8/(4*3*2*1 )= 330
ways.

Therefore the different ways of making  4 person
group to transport is 330 ways.

But the question
is pertaining to the number of  ways of grouping 4 persons out of 7 remaining persons,
as in  the 1st trip  4 persons have already been
transported.

So applying the same rule , we get
:

x = 7P4/4! = 7*6*5*4 /(4*3*2*1) =  35
ways.

Need help writing a good introduction for an essay on the topic: charity.Charity: as in groups helping with certain causes. Instructions: Your...

Given that the assignment allows you to write from the
"first person" perspective, this essay could be considered a
personal exposition.  That means that though you will be writing on
a topic and giving facts about that topic, you are allowed to include your opinion as
well.

Before writing your introduction, you should have
done the
following:

1. Brainstormed
   a list of ideas about your topic.  (Answer the question: what is your outlook on charity
   and why?)


2. Categorized your
   brainstormed list into 3 general groups of ideas.  (Possible example: I believe
   charities are an organized and effective way to use time and money, allow many people to
   be involved in different ways, and reach far and wide in the scope of
   humanitarianism.)


3. Outlined
   your body paragraphs using your categories as topic sentences and specific
   examples.

In your introduction you will include
(as the assignment says) a "hook," your thesis, and your three categories.  Your thesis
can be as simple as something like, "I believe charities are doing nothing but positive
things in the world."  Then, your three categories breaks down exactly
how they are so positive.

As far as a
hook or attention grabber goes, you have several options.  You
could use a thought provoking question, a quote, or even a short anecdote (story told in
a few sentences) that has to do with your topic.

Use the
link below for further help.

In The Giver, how does Jonas feel about eliminating true happiness and pleasure to also eliminate both physical and emotional pain in the...

Clearly, Jonas does does not like this idea at all.  This
is why he runs away from the community.

As Jonas goes along
in the process of receiving memories from the Giver, he realizes that the people of his
community have lost something very important.  He realizes that people in the community
have no pain, but he does not think this is worth the cost.  He feels very unhappy about
the idea that the others can never experience the things that he has
experienced.

Because of this, Jonas decides to destroy the
community by running away.  He knows that this will set free all his memories and the
other people will start to feel all the things he has
felt.

If Jonas liked the idea of eliminating true pleasure
so as to eliminate pain, he would not have run away.

In My Antonia, in what ways are Jim Burden's and Antonia Shimerda's situations different when they arrive in Black Hawk, Nebraska?

Jim and Antonia travel to Black Hawk for the first time on
the same train, but their lives are shown to be quite different even before they arrive.
An orphan at the age of ten, Jim travels to a new home where he will live with his
grandparents; he is escorted by Jake Marpole, who had once worked for Jim's deceased
father. In another train car, Antonia is surrounded by members of her family, Bohemian
immigrants seeking a new life in a strange land.

Once they
arrive in Black Hawk, their living situations are quite different. Jim lives with his
grandparents in a comfortable frame house on a farm with a stable and a fruitful garden.
He enjoys the advantages of his grandparents' home and financial
security.

Antonia, however, lives with her family in abject
poverty. Arriving in Black Hawk with few worldly possessions, her family barely survives
in a structure dug into the side of a hill. The little money they had with them upon
arriving in Black Hawk is gone, since they had been cheated when they bought their
"house." Speaking little English and knowing nothing about farming, the Shimerda
family's situation, including Antonia's, is quite bleak, very different from Jim's
comfortable and secure life with his grandparents.

In chapter 7 of To Kill a Mockingbird, why is Jem so emotional when Mr. Radley fills the knothole with cement?

Jem is struggling with several forces at work in his life
here. First off, he was getting pretty excited about the newly formed relationship the
kids were having with the giver of the gifts. This was especially significant to Jem
when the giver hand carved soap dolls to be spitting images of the kids. I think this
made Jem feel pretty special to be so specifically focused on. Secondly, Jem is getting
older. He used details to uncover a truth about all adults: they lie. This becomes
important much later, but here Jem caught Mr. Nathan Radley lying to him. Atticus
defends the lie, but it doesn't seem to sit well with Jem and a significant growing pain
occurs for Jem. Jem also looks up to his dad. To think it is possible his dad is
covering something up may be significantly effecting him
too.

An even simpler answer is to look at Jem's changing
age. Getting on in years, Jem is 11 or 12 and beginning puberty. No matter what the
gender of an individual, those are emotional years.

The voluntary affirmative action plan is a paradigm shift from the American philosophy of "only merit, not privilege". Do you agree? Give two reasons

This one is tough.  No doubt about it.  If one were to
assess affirmative action in a vacuum and without any sort of context, I do believe that
an argument could be made that it goes against the American philosophy of "only merit,
not privilege."  However, I think that one cannot, in good faith, ignore context and
circumstances.  The initial supposition here would be to question the American
philosophy of "only merit, not privilege."  This premise presumes that everyone in
America starts off at the same commencement, faces the same hurdles, and there is not a
set of social and political institutional conditions that do not impact some more than
others.  We simply know this to be not true.  At the same time, I think it also presumes
that everyone in America "gets ahead" because of "only merit, not privilege."  Once
again, we simply know this to be not true.  In my mind, questioning the premise of the
philosophy has to be done in order to assess whether or not affirmative action does
change paradigms in American culture.  I can see how affected individuals would respond
to affirmative action in such a manner, believing it to violate American philosophy. 
Yet, I think the reality of social conditions and contexts that impact different
Americans in different ways have to be accounted and questioning the notion of what
"hard work" means in said different conditions and contexts are of vital importance. 
All of this is to underscore that another premise of American philosophy is the idea
that power distribution and representation should follow or echo the will of the
people.  American thought has not been an advocate of one group or one body controlling
everything in the position of power.  Representation has been a stated and theoretical
reality that has been sought.  In this light, affirmative action does meet this aspect
of American philosophy.

Determine the points of inflection of y=x^3-3x^2-9x+6.

The inflection points could be found by calculating the
roots of the second derivative of the function (if there are
any).

For the beginning, we'll differentiate the
function:

dy/dx=d/dx(x^3-3x^2-9x+6)

dy/dx
= d/dx(x^3) - d/dx(3x^2) - d/dx(9x) + d/dx(6)

dy/dx = 3x^2
- 6x - 9

Now, we'll differentiate
dy/dx:

d^2y/dx = d/dx(3x^2 - 6x -
9)

d^2y/dx = d/dx(3x^2) - d/dx(6x) -
d/dx(9)

d^2y/dx = 6x -
6

or

f"(x) = 6x -
6

After f"(x) calculus, we'll try to determine the roots of
f"(x).

f"(x) = 0

6x - 6 =
0

We'll divide by 6:

x - 1 =
0

x = 1

For x = 1, the
function has an inflection point.

f(1) =
1^3-3*1^2-9*1+6

f(1) = 1 - 3 - 9 +
6

f(1) = -5

The
inflection point is: (1 , -5).

In A Doll's House, how much time has gone by from act 1 to act 2?

We are given no precise sense of how much time has passed
in this play in between Act One and Act Two, yet I think we can safely infer that
roughly a month has passed. In Act One, we are introduced to a Nora who has been buying
presents and decorations for Christmas, such as the tree, and who eagerly asks her maid
to hide the tree for her so that the children will not see it until it is decorated. In
Act Two, Nora begins by giving us a firm time marker:

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There's someone coming! No, it's no one. of
course - no one'll come today. It's Christmas
Day.

So I think we can safely
say that the separation between the Acts is roughly a month as this is the normal time
between when the majority of people put up their Christmas decorations and celebrate
Christmas.

Discuss thoughts on Nissim Ezekiel as a poet.

I think that you can make a fairly strong argument as to
how Ezekiel represents one of the modern voices of Indian English poetry.  Ezekiel seeks
to bring together the domains of the English speaking world in India and the Indian
experience that brings out what it means to be Indian.  Both opposing polarities find a
home in his poetry.  We can see this in "Night of the Scorpion."  The rationalist father
is brought together with the traditional mysticism of the villagers.  Both forms of
expression are futile in the face of the scorpion's poison.  In this light, we can see
how Ezekiel's poem speaks to different, sometimes even opposing, forms of expression in
a common end.  The rural/ urban, the medical/ religious, the Indian/ English are all
examples of the dichotomies played with in Ezekiel's poetry, representative of how he
sees India and its expression in his work.

A car is traveling at 44 mph. How long will it take to travel 99 miles?

Given the car's speed (s)= 44
mph

We need to determine the time ( t) that takes the car
to travel 99 miles.

We are given the speed ( s) and the
distance ( d). Then, we can use the distance formula to calculate the time
required.

We know that:

Speed
( mph)= distance ( mile) / time ( hour)

We will cross
multiply:

==> speed * time =
distance

Now we will divide by
speed.

==> time = distance/
speed.

Now we will substitute with given
values.

==> time = 99 / 44= 9/4 (
hour)

==> t= 2.25 ( hour) = 2:
15

Then, the time required for the car to
travel 99 miles at 44 mph speed is 2 hours and 15
minutes.

It is posible for x to be equal to sinx ?

Yes, it is possible for x = 0. But let's prove
it!

We'll have to solve the equation x - sin x =
0.

The equation is a transcedental one, so we'll have to
differentiate the function f.

Before differentiating, we'll
check if the function is continuous. Because f(x) is formed by elementary functions as
the linear one, x , and the trigonometric function, sin x, f(x) is a continuous
function.

We'll differentiate
f(x).

df/dx =
1-cosx

We notice that f(x) is a monotone increasing
function.

( -1<cosx<1), so the difference 1
-cos x>0 =>f(x)>0, so f(x) is an
injection.

We can also do a very simple
calculus:

f(0)=0-sin0=0-0=0.

Because
f(x) is an one-to-one, x=0 is the only solution for the equation 
x-sinx=0.

So, yes, x = sin x, for x =
0.

In Brave New World, what crimes does the DHC accuse Bernard of?

We are given the answer to this question in the second
section of Chapter 6 when Bernard goes to the Director of Hatcheries and asks him to
confirm the travel permit that he needs to take Lenina to the reservations. After
narrating a tale about what happened when he took a date to a reservation (that as we
shall see will come back to haunt him later on in the story), he then turns on Bernard
and accuses of him of the "crime" you refer to in your
question:

"If
ever I hear again of any lapse from a proper standard of infantile decorum, I shall ask
for your transference to a Sub-Centre - preferably
Iceland."

Thus we discover it
is Bernard's tendency to not maintain the proper standard of "infantile decorum" which
is so important in this society that gets him into trouble and leads the DHC to threaten
to transfer him.

Discuss the potential benefits and risks in business diversification.no

To me, there is one major type of potential benefit and
one major type of potential risk when a business
diversifies.

The major possibility of benefit is that the
business can increase profit and revenue.  If a business, for example, diversifies up
and down its supply chain, it can give itself (through vertical integration) advantages
over competitors who lack such diversification.  In addition, the business can hedge
against problems in one area of business by having many different types of
enterprises.

The problem, though, is that diversification
can move a firm away from its core competencies.  Firms that are good at one thing may
not be any good at some other thing.  When they branch out to go outside of the things
they are truly good at, they become inefficient and actually lose
profit.

So there is a risk/reward element in
diversification.  It can be profitable, but it can also harm a
firm.

In Chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby, how truthful was Gatsby when he relayed the story of his life to Nick?

It is clear that Gatsby's tale of rags-to-riches has a
certain fairy-tale element to it, and it certainly is hopelessly Romantic. It reports
how Gatsby has transformed himself from a humble Midwestern boy to an East Coast
celebrity. He, however, has also transformed Daisy Fay, within his own imagination, from
a Southern girl to an ideal of radiant beauty. The novel is packed with
references to magic and to enchantment, and, at least within the confines of his own
mind, "The Great Gatsby" is an accomplished magician. This title carries a suggestion
of the showmanship of stage magicians, who practise an art of illusion and use such
names to advertise their performances.

So, it appears to me
that there is a profound ambivalence in Fitzgerald's attitude to the imagination. It can
be seen to work magic and make ordinary life seem enchanted; or it can be seen to
generate illusions that keep harsh realities out of focus and help perpetuate
injustices. Therefore when we think about Gatsby's autobiography as he relays it to
Nick, we are perhaps slightly sceptical of the Romantic tinge that he gives his
transformation - a scepticism that the rest of the novel bears
out.

Why it is called "Interactive Language Arts"?6th grade

If this is the same concept of which I am thinking,
interactive Language Arts is the same content, but the manner in which it is taught is
more student centered.  Instead of the more traditional way of teaching language arts,
driven by "what" is taught, a more interactive approach focuses on "how" it is taught. 
The premise behind this is that modern students are fundamentally different from a
cognitive standpoint than their predecessors.  Part of this is due to the proliferation
of technology that envelops the modern student, allowing them to understand more
information and have difficulty sorting it out and assessing it.  In the end, I think
that this is where the interactive nature of the discipline enters.  The teacher in this
setting teaches the the skills of critical thinking in a manner that is student
centered, making the teacher more of a facilitator of understanding than the font of
it.  In the interactive setting, content is taught through the learner, where options
and differentiated instruction is scaffolded so that students can feel more empowered
and greater activity within their learning setting.

What were the conditions behind the Latin America revolutions?

To me, there were two major conditions that allowed the
revolutions in the Latin American countries to occur.  One condition had to do with
things that were internal to the countries, the other had to do with
Europe.

Internally, the major issue was the discrimination
faced by the creoles.  They were ethnic Spaniards who were born in the colonies.  They
felt they were as good as the Peninsulares but they were excluded from important offices
and positions.

The other issue was the weakening of the
Spanish monarchy.  This came to a peak in the early 1800s when the Spanish monarchy was
actually overthrown by Napoleon.  This caused some amount of chaos and a severe decrease
in the loyalty felt by the colonists towards Spain.

Prove sinh2x=2sinhx*coshx

We'll write the formula for each term of the given
identity:

sinh2x = (1/2)(e^2x -
e^-2x)

sinh x = (1/2)(e^x -
e^-x)

cosh x =  (1/2)(e^x +
e^-x)

We'll re-write the identity that has to be
demonstrated:

(1/2)(e^2x - e^-2x) = 2*(1/2)*(1/2)(e^x -
e^-x)*(e^x + e^-x)

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

(1/2)(e^2x - e^-2x) = (1/2)(e^x - e^-x)*(e^x +
e^-x)

We'll re-write the product from the right side as a
difference of squares:

(1/2)(e^2x - e^-2x) = (1/2)[(e^x)^2
- (e^-x)^2]

We'll multiply the exponents and we'll
get:

(1/2)(e^2x - e^-2x) = (1/2)(e^2x -
e^-2x) q.e.d.

In Part I of To Kill a Mockingbird, what are the different types of atmosphere created around Boo Radley?

Remember that atmosphere is a
combination of setting and tone.  Look at the descriptions of the house and Boo Radley
himself and consider the fact that everything comes from the perspective of children (or
their versions of Miss Stephanie Crawford).

The darkness of
the house (physically created by shadows and lack of street lights and socially created
by the neighborhood's lack of knowledge and relationship with the Radley's), the
prejudice of the town, and the interest of the children, suggest a negative atmosphere
surrounding Boo Radley.  Some descriptive words for this atmosphere might be
mysterious, intriguing, and possibly
evil.  The incidents with the tree, Jem's pants, and the blanket on
Scout (at the fire) however, suggest a positive atmosphere surrounding Boo.  This seems
to be an atmosphere of innocent secrecy that comes with good
intentions.  It is almost a childish secrecy, the kind that every child enjoys, almost
as if there is a prize for solving the mystery.

What would be a summary of time management techniques? What could be some ideas to help improve time management skills?

Time management techniques are strategies that you can use
to make the most of the time that you have in any given day, week, month, or even year.
We use these techniques to help us schedule our lives so that we can accomplish
everything that we need to do.

One of the best time
management techniques that I know of is to make use of a detailed calendar. Start by
writing down everything you do on a given day - include travel time to and from school
or work, time spent studying, time spent at work, in class, on the phone, watching TV,
taking a shower, eating, sleeping - don't leave anything out. Then, see where you can
add time to your life by cutting out wasted time. Do you spend too much time watching TV
or socializing? Could that time be put to better use? Are there blocks of time that you
are not using?

Once you know ow you use your time, then
decide what you really need to accomplish. Schedule time to complete certain tasks and
stick to it. Don't be drawn away from the plan by outside
influences.

It can also help to make lists of tasks that
need to be done and check them off as you complete them. This not only helps with time
management but also gives you a feeling of accomplishment as you see the list
dwindle.

f(x)=(x-1)*(x+2)^3. Verify if the function is convex or concave.

If a function is convex, then the second derivative is
positive:

f"(x)>0

If a
function is concave, then the second derivative is
negative:

f"(x)<0

To
determine if the second derivative is negative or positive, we'll have to calculate, for
the beginning, the first derivative:

f'(x) =
[(x-1)*(x+2)^3]'

Since the function is a product, we'll
differentiate using the rule of product:

(u*v)' = u'*v +
u*v'

We'll put u = x-1

u' =
(x-1)'

u' = 1

v =
(x+2)^3

v' =
3*[(x+2)^2]*(x+2)'

v' =
3*[(x+2)^2]

f'(x) = (x+2)^3 +
3(x-1)*[(x+2)^2]

f"(x) = 3(x+2)^2 + 3(x+2)^2 +
3(x-1)*2(x+2)

f"(x) = 6(x+2)^2 +
6(x+2)(x-1)

We'll factorize by
6(x+2):

f"(x)
= 6(x+2)(x+2+x-1)

f"(x)
= 6(x+2)(x+1)

Now, we'll put f"(x) =
0:

6(x+2)(x+1) = 0

We'll put x
+ 2 = 0

x1 = -2

x+1 =
0

x2 =
-1

Between x = -2 and x = -1, f"(x) is
negative, and between (-infinite;-2) and (-1;+infinite), f"(x) is
positive.

The function is
convex for x over the intervals (-infinite;-2) and (-1;+infinite), and f(x) is concave
for x between (-2 , -1).

In Kim Edward's The Memory Keeper's Daughter, using specific references, what main ideas (themes) about life are presented in the story?I NEED...

Kim Edward's novel The Memory Keeper's Daughter
tells the story of two families--one which keeps a secret and one which lives
in relative secret.  David and Norah have twins;  David (a doctor and the one who
delivered his children) makes a life-changing decision to tell his wife the second baby
died.  In fact, the baby girl was born with Downs Syndrome, and he asked his nurse,
Caroline, to take her to an institution--which she ultimately could not do.  Both small
families go on to live their lives.  David, Norah, and their son Paul all suffer the
consequences of this decision, though only David knows the secret which is the root of
their deteriorating relationships.  Caroline raises Phoebe with a wonderful man, Al, and
they do nothing but grow closer together as they face the external battle of an equal
education for their daughter.

As for the lessons, consider
the following broad ideas which can be explored in the context of this
novel:

Doing
the wrong thing, even for the right reason, is bound to have
consequences.

A family which does not communicate is likely
to have little to hold it together when times get
difficult.

One must be willing to fight for something about
which one feels passionate.

Having money does not guarantee
happiness; not having money does not preclude happiness.

A
disability is only as significant as people make it; having a disability does not
relegate one to second-class
status.

This should get you
started, anyway.  Best of luck!

What were the differences between the Dawes and Marshall plans.

The Dawes Plan and Marshall Plan were similar in that they
were both meant to try to help European countries' economies recover from the impacts of
the world wars.  However, there are some important
differences:

• The Dawes Plan involved more Allied
  control of the Germany (the main country affected by the plan).  It would, for example,
  give the Allies the power to reorganize Germany's central bank.  The Marshall Plan did
  not try to "meddle" so much.


• The Dawes Plan involved
  mainly the forgiveness of loans and the reduction of reparations.  In other words, the
  Dawes Plan was about not making people pay things back.  By contrast, the Marshall Plan
  was actually involved in giving money to the countries and in giving them in-kind
  donations.

What is the probability of havingat least one boy out of 3 children?Please show work.

We assume the a child is either a boy or a girl. Therefore
the probability that a child is a boy = 1/2. Also the probability that child is a girl 
= 1/2

Therefore the event of at least one boy out 3
children includes the event of one boy and 2 girls,  2 boys and 1 girl, all 3 boys
.

The probability that one child is a boy and 2 are girls =
3C1*(1/2) {1-1/2}^2 = 3/8.

The probability that 2 are boys
and one is girl = 3C2*(1/2)^2 {1-1/2} =3/8

The pobability
that all 3 are boys = 3C3*(1/2)^3 = 1/8

Therefore the
required probability  of at leat least one child is boy out of 3 children = 3/8+3/8+1/8
= 7/8.

Alternatively , probability of at least one out of 3
chidren is a boy is equivalent to the probability of not all 3 are girls. Probability
that all three children are girls = (1/2)^3 = 1/8. Therefore the probability that not
all three children are girls is 1-1/8 = 7/8.

Find the equation of the circle whose center (0,13) and the area = 25pi.

We'll write the equation of the circle in standard
form:

(x-h)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2, where h and k are the
coordinates of the center of the circle.

We'll identify h
and k:

h = 0 and k = 13

Now,
we'll determine the radius of the circle, using the formula for area of the
circle:

A = pi*r^2

25*pi =
pi*r^2

We'll divide by pi:

r^2
= 25

r = 5

We'll accept only
the positive value, since it is about a radius of a circle and it cannot be
negative.

Now,we'll substitute the coordinates of the
center of the circle and the value of radius in the equation of the
circle:

x^2 + (y - 13)^2 =
25

If we'll expand the square, we'll obtain
the general form of the equation:

x^2 + y^2 - 26y + 169 -
25 = 0

x^2 + y^2 - 26y  + 144 =
0

What is the prevalent theme in "Where are you going, Where have you been"?, and what does it say about the relationship between evil and youth

I think there may be a number of themes present in this
story, but I think the most persistent one is the loss of innocence. Connie is a teenage
girl whose beauty is a source of admiration for many. In the film version of the story,
she is portrayed by Laura Dern, whose pale blonde hair and blue eyes lend a visual sense
of innocence and purity to the character. Connie is susceptible to flattery from boys
and obviously easily led into sexual situations. She seems to revel in her discovery of
the power of her sexuality and the impact her appearance has on others. The thrill
derived from this sense of empowerment is suggested as the key impulse that corrupts
Connie and propels her forward into a world of sexual sophistication and knowing. But
her reaction to the advances of Arnold Friend, a mix of repulsion, fear, attraction and
curiosity, demonstrate that she is not completely comfortable with the fast track to
maturity she has chosen. Whether Arnold Friend is "evil" or not is left somewhat
ambiguous; but Connie's inability to resist his lure is testament to her growing
inability to ground her actions in accepted modes of morality. She wishes to strike out
on her own as an adult but is, sadly, still naive and childlike, and ignorant of the
pitfalls that may await her.

Write a critical appreciation of "Anger Lay by Me" by Elizabeth Daryush.

The metrical rhythm in "Anger
Lay By Me" is for the most part iambic (^ /) tetrameter (four feet), but Daryush does
begins the first and second stanzas with an interesting variation to the meter. In
stanza one, the first two feet are trochaic (/ ^),  "An'
ger^ / lay'  by^ / me^ all' / night^ long'." In stanza two, one reading would scan it,
"He^ stood' / by^ me' / all^ through' / the^ day'," in straight iambic
tetrameter.

Of course scansion is a subject that engenders
debate, but this analysis would be fairly well supported by (1) the standard syllabic
accentuation of an' -ger; (2) the sentence pattern in English that
puts sentence stress on the Verb, "lay," before stressing a preposition, "by"; (3) the
emphatic quality of the adjective "all" in "all through"; (4) a tendency among poets to
vary opening feet.

However, an alternate reading might scan
the first three feet of the first line in stanza two as
trochaic, "He' stood^ / by' me^ / all' through^ /." This scansion could be well
supported by the argument that it builds structural equilibrium when the relationship
preposition "by" is stressed to balance an emphatic adjective "all."  This would render
stress on the Subject "He" more logical than stress on the Verb "stood." Daryush employs
an alternating abab cdcd efef rhyme scheme in three
quatrains.

The
theme might be considered a bit ambiguous because the
language of line three, "He^ told' / me^ of' / my^ burn' / -ing" wrong'," doesn't make
it absolutely clear whether "my wrong" was done to the
poetic speaker or by her. It is logical to think it is a
wrong done by her to somebody because a seemingly vengeful
Anger strikes the book and pen from her hand and dares her to "sing" (i.e., write
poetry) if she has the heart to. Yet it is equally logical to think it is a wrong
done to her because the last stanza reveals that she can't
separate herself from Anger and that Anger will be her undoing, or "doom." I would
venture to analyse it as she being angry at a wrong done to
her that she can't forgive. Therefore Anger has overshadowed her inspiration and will
thus be her "doom."

In what sense has Chillingworth devoted himself to "a devil's office" in The Scarlet Letter?This is hopefully in chapter 14.

Chillingworth has devoted his life to seeking revenge
against Arthur Dimmesdale.  In doing so, he has become as evil as his desire to harm
another. 

In
a word, old Roger Chillingworth was a striking evidence of man's faculty of transforming
himself into a devil, if he will only, for a reasonable space of time, undertake a
devil's office.  This unhappy person had effected such a transformation by devoting
himself, for seven years, to the constant analysis of a heart full of torture, and
deriving his enjoyment thence, and adding fuel to those fiery tortures which he analyzed
and gloated
over.

Chillingworth is
obsessed with the idea of Dimmesdale's suffering; his life is devoted to it.  There is
nothing about which he is more passionate; he is excited and invigorated by the though
of Dimmesdale enduring the torture inflicted upon him.  Chillingworth has even become so
transformed by his devotion to revenge that, upon reflection on the person he has
become, he refers to himself as "A fiend!"  He is no longer
the

earnest,
studious, thoughtful, quiet...thoughtful for others, craving little for himself--kind,
true, just and of constant if not warm
affection

 man he once
was. 

In what ways does Creon change over the course of the play Antigone?I am writing an essay about Creon. I would like to know some of the ways in...

Over the course of the play Antigone,
Creon becomes a more sympathetic character.  At the beginning of the play, Creon is
entirely stubborn and insists that there should be no mercy for Polyneices.  When he
learns that Antigone has in fact attempted to bury her brother's body, Creon orders that
she be put to death.  He will not let Haemon reason with him, and Creon tells his son
that he has been pushed over by a woman.  Creon insists that the people of Thebes
respect his orders as King.  However, over time Creon begins to see that he is being
blinded by the laws of men.  Great tragedies befall his family and Creon begins to
change his ways; however, he is ultimately too late to save the ones closest to him.  In
the end, Creon does learn that his earlier stubborn nature has led him to his own
downfall.

In 1984 how does Julia subvert Winston's expectations of Party women?

Winston has had limited and negative experiences with
"party women," or, women who are completely loyal subject to the ideologies and
preachings of party values.  His wife was one of them; she was a cold and unfeeling
woman who filtered every emotion through the Party's expectations of her.  Intimacy was
merely a duty performed to produce children.  Marriage was the expected ritual to
undertake in order to further society.  The only true feeling she showed was fervor for
Party ideals.  This left Winston alienated and lonely, and eventually, they split up,
because there was no true foundation of affection or closeness between
them.

With that experience as a foundation, Winston fit
most other women he sees into that category.  He sees Julia with her slogans and perfect
attitude at work, and can't help but fit her into the mindless, robotic slaves of the
Party that he has found most women to be.  However, when he meets her, he realizes that
she is in fact quite the opposite.  She has her own beliefs, hates the Party, and uses
its rituals and practices as a front for rebellion whenever she can.  Winston is
completely surprised at this.  He didn't expect it, especially from her, who he always
saw participating in the right activities in the right way.  She helps him to realize
that not all women believe the act, even if they are playing the part.  This discovery
is like a miraculous revelation to him, and changes his entire
world.

I hope that helped; good
luck!

What other victories other than catching the marlin were achieved by Santiago?

Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
is clearly a story of perseverance and determination.  Victory implies
something much more intense, but Santiago does experience some kinds of victories
through his perseverance and determination. 

You mention
his catching the marlin.  That's the first victory, of course, for he has been
eighty-four days without a fish.  He has broken his dry spell (his unlucky time) simply
by catching the marlin.  The second victory is actually being able to haul it in by
himself.  This fish, his brother, is gigantic, and it is no easy feat for him to prepare
the fish and the boat for their trip home.  The third victory is similar--he manages to
keep focused and intent despite his mental wanderings and physical struggles.  Finally,
Santiago experiences a victory in the eyes of the boy who so adores him. Manolin had not
lost faith in the old man, but this is a reminder that Santiago is still the finest
fisherman. 

Others who see the floating carcass are
impressed or pitying or saddened at the sight; for Santiago it is victory enough to know
he caught the fish and he is no longer unlucky. 

Describe the contributions and significance of Isaac Newton to science and Europe's understanding of the natural world in the Eighteenth Century?

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) was the most influential
scientist of the 17th Century. He virtually invented the fields of physics and calculus,
two subjects that, even in modern times, are quite challenging. When Cambridge closed
down because of the plague, Newton developed some of the great theories in the history
of physics. Consider Newton's Laws of Motion (1666), a staple of physics even
today:

• An object
  will remain in a state of inertia unless acted upon by
  force.


• The relationship between acceleration and applied
  force is F=ma.


• For every action there is an equal and
  opposite
  reaction.

He
utilized these laws of motion to create theories on gravity that ultimately changed how
scientists viewed the universe. He was able to explain the motions of the Sun and the
planets in a groundbreaking fashion.

Isaac Newton's most
accomplished work was the book Principia. In Principia, he broke down the mechanisms of
the solar system through the use of equations. These equations explained the nature of
orbits and the pull of gravity between heavenly bodies. He was able to explain to the
world that the Moon orbits around the Earth because the Earth is substantially heavier
than the Moon. This mass allows gravity to pull the Moon around the Earth and not
vice-versa.

Can you give me some help on an introduction to an essay in which I must discuss Steinbeck's presentation of Crooks?

An introduction should perform three
functions:

• draw in the
  reader


• transition to the
  thesis


• use a thesis to explain the purpose of the paper.
  

If writing about Crooks, to hook the audience,
you might consider some of the racial injustices in the world. A good hook or lead (that
1st sentence or 2) might shock the reader with a statistic, tell an engaging story, or
relive a part of the text that most demonstrates racism, prejudice or injustice. Another
way to begin is to just sum up some of the relevant scenarios from the book: I teach my
students to T.A.G. that first sentence sometimes. Use the Title, Author and Genre to get
into what the book is about.

Use a middle part of your
intro to connect topically to your thesis.

I don't know
what you have chosen your body paragraphs to be about, but I often encourage students in
9th grade to write a thesis that contains these elements: topic + strong verb + BP1 +
BP2 + BP3. The order is not important, but this is a good simple styled
thesis.

Yours might look like this: "Steinbeck portrays
Crooks through  imagery, characterization, and dialogue in order to develop his
character."

Hope that helps!

The film Little Buddha opens with a story about a monk killing a goat but the monk changes his life and becomes a protector of goats. The point...

The point of telling the story was to teach the children
that no animal should be sacrificed or hurt, which is basically the doctrine that their
religion follows and the reason why so many of them are
vegetarian.

However, the tale in itself is important
because it really brings out the topic of reincarnation, and demonstrates the
preoccupation about being born into an animal or into a human, or into something
important or not important.

Hence, although the priest was
not that altruistic, he still saw the point in the potential karmic effects of
sacrificing the goat, and what could happen as a result of wasting life
away.

Find Int [cos 2x / (sin 2x)^3 dx]

Let F(x) = intg (cos2x / sin2x)^3
dx.

Let us assume that y =
sin2x.

==> dy = 2cos2x. dx ==> dx =
dy/2cos2x

Let us
substitute.

F(x) = int   cos2x/ y^3 *
dy/2cos2x

       = intg dy / 2y^3
.

       = intg (1/2) y^-3
dy

Let us
integrate.

==> F(x) = (1/2) y^-2 / -2  +
C

==> F(x) = (1/-4) y^-2 +
c

              = 1/(-4y^2)  +
C

Now we will substitute with y=
sin2x

==> F(x) =- 1/[4(sin2x)^2]  +
C

What are two quotes that show Lady Macbeth manipulating Macbeth in Macbeth?

There is an argument that Macbeth's fate is not
predestined and that transgressive female characters such as Lady Macbeth push him
further into 'blood'. Declaring "we will proceed no further in this business", Macbeth
evidently undergoes a mental process by which he comes round to the idea of murdering
Duncan. He does this as a result of his wife's manipulation, her leverage being his
manliness. She mocks him, forcing him to act to prove her
wrong: 

When
you durst do it, then you are a
man 

She is unsympathetic
"you do unbend your noble strength to think so brainsickly of things" and even critical
of her husband, despite the fact she was unable to carry out the murder of Duncan
herself. 

My
hands are of your colour;
but I shame to wear a heart so
white

Both Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth's hands are of the same colour, that is, red from the blood of Duncan. Yet Lady
Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into acting innocent, she accuses him of being weak and her
words suggest that they will be found out if he cannot pull himself together and collect
himself.

This is consolidated by her demand that he "look
like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under't". In such a manner, Lady Macbeth
manipulates Macbeth into keeping their heinous deed a secret. She wants to be queen,
even if she has to coerce her husband into murdering the king to become
this. 

What are the belief systems in ancient Greece? Please explain the belief in spirit possession on Athena's divine internetion.

In answer to your question with regard to the belief
systems in ancient Greece, the people of the time believed that the gods (Greek gods,
not Roman gods) were in charge of the destiny of all
men.

The people believed that the Titans had been defeated
by Zeus. They believed that the gods often came down from Mount Olympus and played
"tricks" on unsuspecting humans. Heroes from the myths were often the result of a
liaison between a god and a human, that tended to result in the birth of a demi-god like
Heracles. (Roman mythology's version is "Hercules.")

The
people explained naturally occurring processes by looking to the gods. For example,
Persephone, was the unhappy queen of the Underworld. She was required to spend half of
her year in the land of the dead. When winter came, the Greeks believed that this was
when Persephone returned to the Underworld.  When spring arrived, they believed that
Persephone had returned from the Underworld and would remain until the change of seasons
again.

Because the people of ancient Greece believed that
the gods could reward or punish them at will, they often would call upon a certain god
for protection, and/or would worship in a temple that was dedicated to a single deity.
For example, the people built a temple to honor Athena.

The
gods caused crops to fail, for thunder to sound and lightning to flash; they punished
the wicked, vain and foolish. The ancient Greeks believed monsters like the Medusa and
Polyphemus—the Cyclopes, both results of some kind of involvement or intervention by the
gods.

Greek mythology is filled with stories of gods who
often had the same characteristics as humans, and the ancient Greeks fashioned a great
deal of the things they did and feared on the stories of the Greek
gods.

( Frank Liszt) Why do you think Liszt called this collection of 12 short studies "Transcendental"?

Les Transcendental Etudes is a collection of 12 studies
performed by Listz which include additions, revisions, and many other very technical,
complex, yet colorful piano compositions that are known for being rich in color,
description, and depth.

The reason why Listz may have
called these etudes "Transcendental" is twofold. First, each one of the 12 pieces depict
a different mood. You start with the preludio, as a "starter" and
then you move to the Molto Vivace, where the rhythm is very
energetic, and then fall back into a very peaceful paysage, where
you kind of "rest" from the Vivace.

These are ONLY the
first three. When you go into the rest of the studies you find yourself going up and
down in heart rate, and it is this quality of transporting you to different places what
truly makes it "transcendental."

Another reason is, of
course, its characteristic magic. Many of the pieces are almost surreal and
supernatural. The typical pianist would have to become an expert to perform some of the
etudes and be quite flexible with his or her hands not to break a finger. So, the
uniqueness of the content plus the form in which they are delivered make each of the
piano creations almost magical, and that is why the word "transcendental" truly fits
in.

Prospero maneuvers the whole scene in The Tempest. How far is his Machiavellian manipulation justified? He himself brings his ill-fate. He...

First, you should know that Milan is Prospero's dukedom. 
He is the "right Duke of Milan."  Prospero made his brother, Antonio, the manager of his
state, but Antonio became greedy and power hungry and, with the help of Alonso, King of
Naples, had Prospero declared "incapable" of ruling and set out to sea with his small
daughter Miranda to, Antonio hoped, die.  All of this is related in more detail in Act
I, scene ii.  It is very important to understand this situation, since the restoration
of Prospero to his rightful place and the forgiveness of Antonio and Alonso is a huge
part of the play.

Now, for your question.  Machiavellian
might be a term better used to describe Antonio's actions, since he was a master behind
the scenes manipulator of political events to his own advantage before the events of the
play, and he continues this trend when he persuades Sebastian to follow his lead and
knock off Alonso.  Actually, Propsero's problem as a Duke seems to have been his lack of
interest in politics and actually owning the responsibility of ruling his own dukedom,
hence his having Antonio to manage it for him.  In this way, Prospero, as you say could
be seen to "bring his ill-fate," being cast out and stranded on the island where he
begins the play.

At the end of the play, Prospero forgives
Antonio and is restored to his rightful place as Duke of Milan.  He leaves behind his
tools of magic (his robe and staff) and says that he will "retire" at Milan,
"where/Every third thought shall be [his] grave."  So, it is definitely worth wondering
if he'll be able to return to his dukedom and rule it himself this time, but there is no
evidence in the play that he is headed to an ill-fate of any kind, nor that he gained
Milan by sorcery, since he was the correct and rightful Duke to begin
with.

Until 1980 the national debt was mostly a result of what?

Looking at and interpreting a graph from
Macroeconomics by McEachern, I would argue that most of the federal
debt in 1980 came as a result of defense spending.

Defense
spending made up around 50% of all federal outlays in 1960.  This declined, especially
after the end of the Vietnam War, but it was still around 25% of all outlays in 1980. 
For the whole period 1960 to 1980, defense spending is the single biggest category of
outlay.  Moreover, defense spending was surely a bigger portion of federal spending
during WWII and the Korean War--especially since there were fewer social programs during
those days.

So, looking at that graph, I think that the
best answer is that defense spending was the cause of most of the debt before
1980.

What does Charles Bukowski believe the poem "Splash" can do for us?

I believe that what Bukowski is saying in his poem
"Splash" is that there is life in the words, and not just words on the
paper.

He defies the method of other poets to simply write
ideas on a page: this kind of poetry, Bukowski says, is boring, and so he turns the
tables and announces that what he writes cannot possibly be
poetry.

The idea is that this "poem" goes beyond simple
poetry as it wraps the reader in its words and transports the reader to a place where
the rules don't count, or there are no rules. The ideas may be placed on a page, but the
poetry is born and exists within the reader based upon how the
reader interprets the work.

Bukowski
challenges the reader to try and NOT
to be affected by this poem. He draws the reader into the circle of words with phrases
that evoke images and demand consideration, even if complete understanding of each image
is difficult to grasp. I would guess that the poet is not so concerned that the reader
get it all, but simple that the reader gives the poem a chance to speak in some—or
any—way to its audience.

At the end, the poet
says that the reader can die now with a true knowledge: of
what? This is a good question. It must
(has to) depend on the reader's perceptions, as everything
in poetry (and the world) does! The poet believes that if
you free yourself of the sense that poetry is flat—just a jumble of words—that you truly
understand the beauty a poet
creates——without the restrictions of someone
else's belief (or perhaps even your own) that the words
MUST mean one thing, and that
if you don't get IT, it is meaningless. "Meaning one
thing:" this is NOT true of art: it speaks many languages, and creates many pictures:
and all may be different because it is based on the collection of personal experiences
each member of "the audience" brings with him or her to the specific piece of "art,"
whatever its form: poem, painting, song, etc.

I
would like to believe that the victory Bukowksi speaks of comes from meeting poetry
on your own terms and taking from it what is says specifically to
you, which does not need to be the same as what it says to others.
It is a personal experience, and the sooner readers understand this, the more poetry
speaks to them, and the less it is about reaching some impossible plateau where
all is clear. If so much in life makes us ask thousands of
questions, why would poetry be any different?

Bottom line:
I believe the poet wants us as readers to do just what the title alludes to: it's about
just jumping in, getting wet, and seeing what
happens.

(Please remember that poetry speaks to everyone
differently: it is the nature of poetry—any form of art—to do just
that.)

Hope this is of some help.