How does the United States government differ from the Argentinian government?

One significant difference between the United States
government and that of the Argentinian might lie in its history.  The United States has
had a longer history of constitutional democracy than the Argentinian version.  One need
only look at the autocratic history of Peron as well as the governmental edicts such as
"the Dirty War" as an example of this.  While America's history has had many moments
where the denial of rights is a part of the narrative, there has not been overt moments
like the Argentinians.  One need only examine the "mothers of the disappeared" as a part
of this process.  Another difference between both nations' form of government might
actually show Argentina to be more progressive than the United States.  Political
parties that wish to be elected in Argentinian government must have a third of their
slates for election as women candidates.  This is vastly different than the United
States where no such stipulation exists.

How does "Song for a Dark Girl" by Langston Hughes relate to the Modernism time period?

The poem relates to Modernism in a couple of ways.  The
most dominant connection is the alienation that is articulated by the speaker.  The
feeling of alienation that the speaker experiences throughout the poem is reflective of
the division of consciousness articulated in Modernism.  The matter of fact manner in
which the opening lines depict the hanging of a loved one, along with the questioning of
religion's purpose in such a setting is akin to the Modernist idea of how the
protagonist is fundamentally different from the rest of the world.  The speaker might be
saying these elements without emotion, but their experiences of seeing someone they love
bruised, beaten, and hung from a tree makes them separate from all other societies.  At
the same time, there is fundamental disconnect between the supposed progress of the
world and the experiences of the speaker.  Something is adrift in a world that shows
advancement and progress, but still features loved ones hanging from trees without much
in way of redemption being offered.  This, too, is a Modernist
sentiment.

What responsibilities do companies have to future generations or societies?

I think that much of this answer is contingent on how one
views the function of business stakeholders.  On one hand, if management has a stake in
the company, if they see the company as a reflection of their own ideas and ideals, then
perhaps, the business will be seen as a part of a social setting.  It might be that such
businesses will see their role as one of contribution back to society and to help others
both now and in the future.  At the same time, if management does not see itself as
having a stake in the company, does not see itself as wedded to the principles of the
company's success, it might be less likely to view itself as a part of a present and
future society, and become more likely to serve its own interest than one of a larger
vision.  In the end, the role of management in the function of a company becomes a
critical part to this equation.

How well does Antigone fulfill Aristotole's requirements for a tragedy?

Let us remind ourselves of what Aristotle said. He argues that a
tragedy should be a tightly unified construction based on a single action and featuring a single
protagonist, or hero. Aristotle argued that this hero should be a man or woman who is on the
whole good, but whose downfall is brought about by some frailty or tragic flaw. Mostly, this flaw
is based on arrogance. The tragedy consists of the hero going through reversals of fortune until
he recognises the truth that has been hidden from him. In the process the hero experiences
profound suffering.

Examining the plot of this excellent play
reveals many similarities. It is indeed a tightly unified construction, and the tragic hero is
obviously, in spite of the title, Creon. It is his stubborness that is his tragic flaw, as he
seeks to secure his power by a show of strength forcing all rebels to be left unburied. It is
Antigone's refusal to do this for her brother that leads to his stubborness in stating that she
must be buried alive to starve to death and then leads to the death of his son and wife. It is
only at the end of the play that he realises how stupid he has been and he is left a raving old
man, having to cope with his isolation and what he has done. He realises his tragic flaw has
resulted in this situation.

How many years does an immigrant have to live in the US to become a US citizen?

The general answer to this is that a person must live in
the United States for five years before the person is eligible to become a US citizen. 
Please note that this is not technical legal advice, just a general
answer.

I should say that a person must generally live five
years in the US as a legal, permanent resident before being allowed to apply for
citizenship.  A permanent resident is what is usually referred to as the holder of a
"green card."

There are various rules about how much of the
five years a person can spend outside the US, but the idea is that the US must be your
permanent home for five years before you can apply.

How are the poem and movie Beowulf different based on the conflict good vs. evil?

Beowulf, the text, is all about contrasting imagery: light
and dark, good and evil, pagan and Christian.  The imagery from the text associates all
dark imagery with evil and light imagery with good.  The movie, the 2007 production,
seems to flip this imagery.  In the movie, Grendel's mother (played by Angelina Jolie)
is depicted as a golden woman; therefore, in accordance to the text, this would align
her with light and good.  There are also references to Beowulf as being dark- a complete
contrast to his characterization in the original text. Also, in the movie, Beowulf is
not seen as the typical Epic Hero.  He fails to adhere to the characteristics of the
Epic Hero in the movie and, again, this would pair him with being evil.  The text
supports Beowulf as the perfect warrior; the movie shows him to possess major character
flaws.

Also, the text seems to be a call to Christianity. 
Which, again, would align the text with "good"- depending on one's views.  In the movie,
Hrothgar refuses to pray to the Christian's God.  This is simply another example of how
the movie twists the imagery and thought behind what is considered good and what is
considered evil (in regards to the text's point-of-view).

Why do advocates of the crime control model oppose drug courts?

In addition to the above points, consider the purpose of drug
courts in general, that is why were they created?  When the "Drug War" began in the 1980s, the
number of drug cases brought before the court system as a whole exploded into the tens of
thousands per year.  While crime control advocates are not against the idea of a court to deal
with only drug cases, they are against what they have evolved into, which is a quick and cheap
way for the government to dispose of large numbers of such cases and still claim to be enforcing
the law.

The vast majority of these cases result in little jail
time, sort of a fast track plea bargain style of sentencing that often results in community
service, probation, restitution and treatment for first time offenders.  What crime control
theorists haven't really articulated well is how a system that aggressively enforced all drug
laws could function on a practical level, especially in a budget crisis.

Physics problem: Force and magnitudeA man cleaning his apartment pushes a vac-uum cleaner with a force of magnitude 42.8 N.The forcemakes an angle...

It is given that the vacuum cleaner is pushed with a force
of 42.8 N, and the direction of the force makes an angle of 16.5 degrees with the
horizontal. This makes the vacuum cleaner move a distance of 2.62 m to the right along
the floor.

We’ll first divide the force applied, into its
horizontal and vertical components. The component of the force acting downwards is equal
to 42.8*sin 16.5 = 12.15 N. The component of the force acting in the horizontal
direction is equal to 42.8*cos 16.5 = 41.03 N.

Now the
movement of the vacuum cleaner is in the direction of the horizontal component of the
force applied. Work done is equal to the product of the force applied and the distance
moved.

This gives the work done by the force as 41.03*2.62m
= 107.5 J. There is no work done by the vertical component of the
force.

The required work done by the force is
equal to 107.5 J.

In reference to academic papers, what are backnotes?

Footnotes and endnotes are the two most common ways of citing
academic text. Some people also refer to endnotes as
"backnotes," although it is not a term commonly used. Essentially,
endnotes, or backnotes, are a means of identifying the sources of
the information you either quote or refer to in your academic
papers.

When using end/backnotes, each use of a source, either as a
quotation, paraphrase, or other reference, is numbered in consecutive order with an Arabic
numeral ( 1, 2, 3, 4, etc) that corresponds to the same Arabic number on a separate Endnotes, or
Backnotes, page that will be appended to your essay or other academic paper. In the backnote,
following the appropriate and consecutively ordered Arabic number, you will provide standard
citation information in whatever academic writing style your instructor prefers, be that MLA,
APA, or otherwise.

Standard citation information includes things
like author, title of book, title of article, editor of collection, Web site name, date of
retrieval from the Internet, date of publication etc. So, backnotes,
more commonly called endnotes, provide a consecutively numbered list providing all the
information required for identifying and crediting sources and corresponding to identically
numbered quotations, paraphrases, etc. drawn from sources used as support or explanation or
background etc. in your academic paper.

Your instructor may also
require other source identification like Works Cited or Bibliography to accompany the
end/backnotes page. In addition, instructors may request that end/backnotes also be annotated,
which means that you would comment upon the sources you have used, perhaps stating the strong or
weak points or the authors' unique qualifications, etc.

What are some quotes describing Nick Carraway and his purpose in the Great Gatsby?

"How do you get to
West Egg Village?' he asked helplessly.

I told him. And as I walked
on I was lonely no longer.  I was a guide a pathfinder, an original
settler.

Nick describes an encounter
he had a with a man who stopped him on the road and asked for directions.  Nick felt as if he
knew the area well enough to give directions, and this knowledge gives him a sense of
satisfaction.  Nick serves this role for the reader as well.  He serves as a guide to the
lifestyles of the very wealthy living in the Roaring 20s.  He is our narrator, and as such he
guides us through the old money of the Buchanans in East Egg, the new money of Gatsby in West
Egg, the hubbub of Manhattan, and the deathly pallor of the Valley of
Ashes.

Nick considers himself "that most limited of all specialists,
the 'well-rounded' man.  And he adds

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. . . life is much more successfully looked at from a
single window, after all.

Nick is that
"single window" from which we see the characters and events in the novel.  We must keep that in
mind as we read about the wild parties, the drunken episodes, and the family
squabbles.

Fitzgerald gives Nick a certain objectivity and free
passage, connecting him both to the Buchanans and Gatsby.  He is related to Daisy, and he lives
next door to Gatsby.  So Nick becomes a neutral observer for the ensuing conflicts.  He  knows
the background of Daisy and Tom, and from various sources and by association, he eventually
fleshes out Gatsby's story.

Not only is Nick a narrator, but he is
also a character that we must look at closely.  While he seems to record without bias his
observations of others, he is somewhat blind when he describes himself.  He is not as honest or
as moral as he claims he is, and he shows us also how easy it is to get caught up in all the
glamour and carelessness of those he hangs out with.

What is the symbolism of the stripper in "Battle Royal"?Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

In Ralph Ellison's first chapter of his novel,
Invisible Man, the "Battle Royal" creates a vivid portrayal of the
inequities between whites and blacks.  Ellison's character is invited to give his graduation
address at a hotel; however, when he arrives, he is asked to join a group of men who are issued
boxing gloves and "fighting togs."  The are ushered into a large, mirrored hall to fight for the
amusement of some of the important men in the town. 

Ellison's
nameless narrator states that there is a dead silence as the young men notice facing them, a
"magnificent blonde--stark naked."  Fearing that they be accused of looking at her, many lower
their heads.  The narrator feels guilt and fear as his teeth chatter.  The stripper, who has an
American flag tattooed low upon her belly stares at the narrator with "impersonal eyes." 
Symbolically, Louis Althusser contends that the flag represents an iconic image, exerting power
over the males who see the stripper's tattoo. seeming to address each one individually. The
narrator states that the stripper seems to stare at him with "impersonal eyes." The stripper is
free to look without fear at the black men as "Old Glory" reminds them.  So, even in her being
the object of exploitation herself--the flag often represents the sacrificed body.  As such, no
one attains the satisfaction of touching her.

What are complements in regard to various products?my case study used the examples of Mobil and TOTAL gas companies and gave a sill example of...

Complementary products are products that tend to be used
with one another.  This means that the price of one of these can affect the demand for
the other.  If the price of one complement goes down, people buy more of it.  When this
happens, they need to buy more of the other complement.

If
we are talking about Mobil Oil, we might say that complements would be various chemicals
that they need for refining their crude oil.  In this case, if the price of chemical A
goes down, Mobil would be able to buy more of it (all other things being equal).  If
that happened, they would need to buy more of chemical B (used in the same process as
chemical A).

Or perhaps let us say that the price of
producing motor oil goes down.  A complement to motor oil (from the point of view of
Mobil) is the plastic bottles that the motor oil is packaged in.  If the price of
producing motor oil goes down, the demand for the plastic bottles would go up -- more
oil produced means more need for bottles to put it in.

In Brave New World, how does Bernard react to the DHC’s accusations?

It is interesting that although Bernard is nervous as he enters
for his hearing, he, thanks to what he discovered during his trip, has something up his sleeve.
For all the charges of inappropriate behaviour that the DHC can lay at his door, Bernard knows
that he can trump it by pointing out the way that the DHC himself has infringed several
regulations and laws. Fortunately for him, he has the proof that he can show to back his story up
in the form of Linda and John, the DHC's naturally born son. Thus it is that Bernard responds to
the charges against him "in a very loud voice." He is confident in his ability to create a public
embarrassment for the DHC and thus this gives him strength and determination in facing what
overtly seems to be an almost hopeless situation. Note the impact of the arrival of John on the
DHC and the assembled crowd:

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My father! The laughter, which had shown signs of dying
away, broke out again more loudly than ever. He put his hands over his ears and rushed out of the
room.

Bernard has succeeded in shaming
the very person who was trying to shame him by bringing out a skeleton in his closet and placing
it on display for all to see.

Add the following ( 2x^2 + 5xy ) + ( 4x - 7xy ) - 2x^2.

When we add or subtract polynomials, we have to find the
variables and exponents that match.

First, we'll remove the
brackets:

2x^2 + 5xy + 4x - 7xy -
2x^2

Now, we'll search for the terms that have matching
variables.

We notice that 2x^2 and -2x^2 have the same
variables and opposite coefficients, so we'll eliminate the
terms.

2x^2 - 2x^2 = 0

Now,
we'll combine the terms that have the variables x*y:

5xy -
7xy = -2xy

We notice that the term 4x is alone and we'll
add it to the final result.

The result of
adding the polynomials
is:

(2x^2 + 5xy) + (4x - 7xy)
- 2x^2 = 4x - 2xy

What classic stories of Homer are used in our own education? http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/MINOA/HOMER.HTM http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/MINOA/HOMER.HTM

Based on the article, the answer is that the narratives of
Achilles and Odysseus are used in our own educational settings.  Just as these works
told much about Greek society, these texts are used in our own education about Greek
society and their values.  The modern education of classical society cannot stray far
from reading about Achilles' battles with the Trojans, or about the political tension
between Agammemnon and the brave warrior, or about how his supposedly principled stance
against fighting having to be broken by Hector's murder of Patrocles.  This narrative
tells us much about what the Greeks valued in their society, notions such as honor and
glory that are realities over which one is to wage war and conflict.  In the end, the
artciles argues that if one wanted to have a good idea of how Greek society was
constructed, the works of Homer go very far in helping an individual develop a view of
that social order.

In the book Of Mice and Men, why did George quit teasing Lennie?

We see George reveal his compassion to Lennie when he
speaks with Slim about their circumstances in chapter 3. From that point on out, George
remains in defensive mode for Lennie. George cares about Lennie and cares like family.
In families, it's okay for members of the family to pick on each other,
but, and most importantly, others on
the outside are not allowed to pick on family members. George remains in a defensive
mode from the time they arrive on the ranch until the end. From there on out, George is
protecting Lennie by dictating what Lennie can and cannot do and say. When push comes to
shove at the end, George prefers to ensure that Lennie's death is comfortable as opposed
to torturous. When George moves into this defensive mode, I think his
entire capacity to tease Lennie leaves him.

Lord of the Flies five paragraph essay about how order keeps society from falling apart.I'm not asking anyone to write me up an essay I am merely...

As you brainstorm on this topic consider how once the
vestiges of society erode in Lord of the Flies the innate savagery
in the boys emerges.  Golding writes of the hold on order that society has through
conditioning.  In Chapter Four, for instance, Roger,

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a slight, furtive boy who keeps to himself with
an inner intensity of avoidance and
secrecy

kicks over the sand
castles and watches the little Henry as he plays by the shore.  He waits behind a palm
tree until he can safely throw things at him.  Then he picks up a stone, "that token of
preposterous time," and throws it just near Henry because the "taboo of the old life"
controls his arm.  Golding writes that

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Roger's arm was conditioned by a civilization
that knew nothing of him and was in
ruins.

After this, Jack shows
Roger his mask behind which he hunts savagely.  "Roger understood and nodded gravely." 
When Jack sees his reflection, he dances, laughs a "bloodthirsty snarling" and he is
"liberated from shame and self-consciousness."

This chapter
demonstrates the dissolution of the vestiges of society and the beginning of the
barbarism of Jack and the hunters.  Intuitively, Simon looks from Ralph to Jack--in a
symbolic motion--and "what he saw seemed to make him afraid."  The head of the pig they
have killed hangs down from the stake and seems "to search for something on the
ground."  The pig looks for the evil in the boys.  At this point, Jack breaks Piggy's
glasses--a symbolic act.  "Passions beat about Simon" as he senses the intrusion of the
inherent evil of the boys. 

An examination of this chapter
will demonstrate the breakdown of the boys from being civilized to regressing to
savagery.  This chapter is pivotal to the theme of the disintegration of civilized
behavior in the boys on the island.  By the time that Piggy asks for the return of his
glasses in Chapter Eleven, "not as a favor...but because what's right's right," Jack and
the others are unable to recognize any longer a moral code that society has
established in which law and cooperation is best and killing is
wrong.

So, in order to support the solidifying effect of
society, perhaps you may wish to demonstrate by contrast, showing how anarchy and
cruelty result once the vestiges of society are removed. Be sure, too, to read the
critical essays, etc on this site.

Could you give a brief explanation of the context of belonging in the film Hairspray (2007)?

We can find many examples of the idea of "belonging" in the
film.  The fact that Corny Collins' show is racially segregated is one such example.  The heavy
notion of racial division and what constitutes "belonging" in each realm is a dominant part of
the storyline.  When Tracy auditions for a role on the show, she is rejected for being a
proponent of racial integration and for being overweight.  It is in the latter condition where we
see another aspect of belonging present.  That helps to establish another element of belonging
between the "traditional notion" of beauty, as embodied by Amber and Velma and Tracy.  I would
also say that the act of dancing helps to define another element of belonging.  The manner in
which the White teenagers and the African- American teenagers dance represents a sense of
belonging in each group, with the former dancing in a different manner than the latter.  In this
light, dancing helps to reflect a sense of belonging.

lim (x->3) square root of ((8x^3-9)/(4x^2-9))Limit as x approaches 3 / 2 of the square root of 8 x to the 3 minus 27,divided by 4 x squared minus 9

So, we'll have to calculate 2
limits. 

1) First, we'll calculate the limit of the
expression:

sqrt [(8x^3-9)/(4x^2-9)], when x->
3

To calculate the limit, we'll have to substitute x by the
indicated value, namely 3. We'll check if we'll get an indeterminacy
case.

lim sqrt [(8x^3-9)/(4x^2-9)] =
sqrt[(8*3^3-9)/(4*3^2-9)]

lim sqrt [(8x^3-9)/(4x^2-9)] =
sqrt 207/27

lim sqrt [(8x^3-9)/(4x^2-9)] = sqrt
7.66

lim sqrt [(8x^3-9)/(4x^2-9)] = 2.76
approx.

2) lim sqrt [(8x^3-27)/(4x^2-9)], if
x - > 3/2

To calculate the limit, we'll have to
substitute x by the indicated value, namely 3/2. We'll check if we'll get an
indeterminacy case.

lim sqrt [(8x^3-27)/(4x^2-9)] = sqrt
(8*27/8 - 27)/(4*9/4- 9)

lim sqrt [(8x^3-27)/(4x^2-9)] =
sqrt (27-27)/(9-9)

lim
sqrt [(8x^3-27)/(4x^2-9)] = 0/0,
indetermination

 To calculate the limit
we'll use factorization. We notice that the numerator is a difference of
cubes:

8x^3-27 = (2x)^3 -
(3)^3

We'll apply the
formula:

a^3 - b^3 = (a-b)(a^2 + ab +
b^2)

a = 2x and b = 3

(2x)^3 -
(3)^3 = (2x-3)(4x^2 + 6x + 9)

We also notice that the
denominator is a difference of squares:

4x^2-9 = (2x)^2 -
3^2

We'll apply the
formula:

a^2 - b^2 =
(a-b)(a+b)

(2x)^2 - 3^2 =
(2x-3)(2x+3)

We'll substitute the differences by their
products:

lim sqrt [(8x^3-27)/(4x^2-9)] = lim
sqrt (2x-3)(4x^2 + 6x + 9)/(2x-3)(2x+3)]

We'll
simplify:

lim sqrt [(8x^3-27)/(4x^2-9)] = lim sqrt [(4x^2 +
6x + 9)/(2x+3)]

Now, we'll substitute x by
3/2:

lim sqrt [(4x^2 + 6x + 9)/(2x+3)] = sqrt(4*9/4 + 6*3/2
+ 9)/(2*3/2 + 3)

lim sqrt [(4x^2 + 6x + 9)/(2x+3)] = sqrt
(9+9+9)/(6)

lim sqrt [(4x^2 + 6x + 9)/(2x+3)] = sqrt
27/6

lim sqrt [(4x^2 + 6x + 9)/(2x+3)] =
3sqrt18/6

lim sqrt [(4x^2 + 6x + 9)/(2x+3)] =
3sqrt2/2

How does the Grammar Translation Method differ from other language teaching methods?

The Grammar Translation Method (GTM) of foreign and second
language teaching is a language learning and teaching strategy in which language is translated
verbatim, that is, word for word and accommodating accordingly by
phrases.

Recent research shows that the Grammar Translation Method
is best used for specific purposes entirely based on acquiring linguistic information in the raw.
It cannot (or should not) be used as a way to teach language usage for communicative purposes.
The reason for this is because GTM leaves behind meaning, semantics, idioms and other cultural
elements that make language the communication tool that it is.

For
that latter option there is the CALLA method, or the Communicative Academic Language Learning
Approach, which is the academic infusion of the target language to the teaching of a lesson. This
approach is awesome because it involves high cognitive and meta-cognitive skills, provides
opportunities for scaffolding, and is followed by consistent
assessment.

Other methods such as the functional-notional approach,
and the Total Physical Response TPR approach involve the recognition of sounds and symbols
through physically engaging activities. Kinesthetic learners would have a good time with
that.

Although new methods continue to appear (Rosetta Stone, tandem
asynchronous, synchronous, immersion, partial immersion, etc), the fact is that GTM is only good
for quantitative or raw meaning methods and not for effective language
acquisition.

How do Macbeth and Banquo react to the experience after the weird sisters vanish? (Act 1, scene 3)

In Shakespeare's play Macbeth,
Macbeth and Banquo have very different reactions to the visitation of the three
witches.

Macbeth is entranced by what the witches have told
him. He becomes preoccupied with imagining what the weird sisters' words might
ultimately mean to him. Becoming Thane of Cawdor would be nice, but becoming King is
unimaginable—or has been up to this point.

Banquo, also a
great warrior and Macbeth's good friend, is very different. He is cautious with regard
to the witches' words: he asks for his prediction, but tells them he does not fear them
and he will not beg. He expresses no deep longing, but perhaps only
curiosity.

When the witches' first prophecy comes true,
Banquo is shocked:

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What, can the Devil speak
true?

(Elizabethans believed
the Devil could not speak words that were true.) Banquo is cautious and tells Macbeth he
should be cautious as well.

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...'Tis strange; / And oftentimes to win us to
our harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to
betray's / In deepest
consequence.

The words mean
that sometimes evil can trick us with something small, like getting the title to Cawdor,
but then lead us do something awful later, because we believed the first little
prediction that came true.

Macbeth has little doubt after
the witches' predictions, especially when he receives his new title, but Banquo
exercises caution and counsels Macbeth to do the same.

Find the angle x if sin2x + 2sinx - cosx - 1 = 0.

To find x if sin2x+2sinx-cosx-1 =
0

We know that sin2x = sin(x+x) =
2sinxcosx.

Therefore substituting sin2x = 2sinxcosx in the
given equation, sin2x+2sinx -cosx -1 = 0, we get:

2sinxcosx
+2sinx -cosx -1 = 0.

2sinx (cosx+1) - 1(cosx+1) =
0.

(cosx-1)(2sinx-1) =
0.

Equating each factor to zero we
get:

cosx-1 = 0 . Or 2sinx -1=
0

cosx -1 = 0 gives cosx = 1. So x = 2npi, n =
0,1,2,...

2sinx -1 = 0 gives sinx = 1/2 . Or  x = npi +
(-1)^n*pi/6, n = 0, 1,2,....

In which parts of the book " The Kite Runner" is shown that Amir feels guilty?Amir felt guilty when he betrayed Hassan who always stood up for him.

The book opens in the adulthood of Amir and he relates
then and there that he made a bad decision in his childhood and he has spent the rest of
life to that point trying to redeem himself.  Then the book slides into a flashback and
we learn what bad decisions he makes, namely his poor treatment of his friend Hassan,
and his not trying to stop Assef's attack of Hassan after the kite running contest.  He
reveals his guilt immediately after the attack when he talks about why he didin't react;
he reveals it in his subsequent horrible treatment of Hassan and his false accusations;
he reveals it in a comment here or there throughout the novel as he tells about leaving
Afganistan and his life in the United States.  He specically thinks about it when he
learns about the mistake his wife made in running off the man.  She can reveal her sins,
while Amir states that he just can't. 

His guilt hits him
hardest when he hears from Kahn and learns that he needs to return to Afganistan.  Once
there when he learns that Kahn knew the whole truth all this time and that Hassan is
actually his half brother, the guilt is almost overwhelming and he is driven to atone
for that past by doing everything in his power to save Sohrab from the Taliban men and
Assef.  He devotes himself to bringing Sohrab home and healing Sohrab's spirit in a way
he never did for Hassan. 

There are references to his guilt
in almost every episode of the novel -- it is so clearly a novel about guilt and
redemption, and it works well because we are never left too long without a reminder of
what Amir did and his feelings about those childhood actions.

Can anyone summarize the content of the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae?

This poem, "In Flanders Fields," was written by John
McCrae, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Canadian Army during World War I.  He served as a
surgeon, and the poem is clearly a reaction to the horrors and death as well as the
moments of poignant beauty he experienced during his time of service.  The site I've
included gives more background, if you're interested.

The 
poem is fairly straightforward.  Stanza one depicts moments of beauty in the midst of
death.

In
Flanders Fields the poppies

Blow between the crosses row on
row

That mark their place; and in the
sky

The larks, still bravely singing,
fly

Scarce heard amid the guns
below.

Poppies are a
brilliant red, which is certainly appropriate for the tenor of the poem; otherwise, in
this stanza, everything seems so peaceful and calm and normal despite the ravages of war
which rage on the ground.  The next line dispels this normalcy with three simple
words:

We are the
Dead. 

Stanza two goes on to
say that just a few "short days ago" these men did everything "normal" people
did:

We
lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved,
and now we lie

In Flanders
Fields. 

The final stanza is
a call to arms made from the grave.  Those who have died are passing their weapons and
"passing the torch" of their intent to win this war to those who can still fight.  The
last lines could possibly be seen as a threat, beginning with the words "If you don't." 
Instead, it's more of an encouragement.

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If ye break faith with us who
die

We shall not sleep, though poppies
grow

In Flanders
Fields.

This is a typical war
poem in the sense that it treats the war as an unpleasant reality.  It is particularly
striking, again,  because of that peaceful field of poppies blowing in the wind as
soldiers fight and men die. 

On a personal note, I had
students memorize this poem one year more than twenty-five years ago, and that haunting
image of poppies blowing in a field has stayed with me ever
since.

In Oedipus Rex, how does Oedipus learn his fate?

You have asked more than one question so I have edited it
down to just one question. It is at the end of Scene 4 when Oedipus finally uncovers the
truth that has been hinted at for so long. Oedipus finds a Shepherd who was born into
slavery and served the old king Laius for all his life (the father of Oedipus). The
Messenger who is present during this scene reminds the Shepherd that he gave him a baby
boy to bring up as his own. The Messenger states that it was Oedipus who was that boy.
The Shepherd tries to evade further questioning and confirmation to the best of his
ability, but at last he is forced to admit that he was given a child from the house of
Laius:

If you
must be told, then...

They said it was Laius'
child;

But it is your wife who can tell you about
that.

It is the Shepherd who
reveals to Oedipus the prophecies that had been given concerning him, that he would kill
his own father. Ironically, the Shepherd explains that he pitied the baby and therefore
gave him to the messenger to have a new life, never thinking that by so doing he would
actually damn him. Note how Oedipus responds at this critical moment of self
knowledge:

Ah
God!

It was true!

All the
prophecies!

-Now,

O Light,
may I look on you for the last time!

I,
Oedipus,

Oedipus, damned in his birth, in his marriage
damned,

Damned in the blood he shed with his own
hand!

It is then that Oedipus
exits the stage to blind himself, to symbolically prevent the sight of the knowledge
that he has just discovered.

In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", when Dr. Heidegger kisses the withered rose, he says, "I love it as well thus." What does he mean?

This is a great question. We need to remember that this
tale is an example of an allegory, in that it is a story in which characters, settings,
and events stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities. Let us focus on what happens in
the tale. Dr. Heidegger invites four old friends round for dinner and offers them the
chance to grow young again. Firstly, he gives them an example using the
rose:

"This
rose," said Dr. Heidegger, with a sigh, "this same withered an crumbling flower,
blossomed five and fifty years ago. It was given me by Sylvia Ward, whose portrait hangs
yonder; and I means to wear it in my bosom at our wedding. Five and fity years it has
been treasured between the leaves of this old
volume."

The rose is clearly
very important to him, symbolising his love for the dead Sylvia Ward. However, it is
this same rose, that once it has bloomed again, and then withers, that the Doctor talks
about at the end, saying:

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"I love it as well thus, as in its dewy
freshness," observed he, pressing the withered rose to his
lips.

This is highly
significant, because unlike his guests, Dr. Heidegger has learnt the moral lesson of the
story - we must not overvalue youth at the expense of age. Dr. Heidegger is able to
accept that ageing has its own benefits, and thus he is not desperate or foolish enough
to rush back to his youth and repeat his mistakes like his guests. He recognises the
value of the wisdom that he has gained with age and does not want to lose
it.

What is Montag’s dilemma as Montag sees it?I dont have any clue what the dilemma that they are asking is

To me, Montag's main dilemma in this story is how to get
the life that he wants to have.  How will he be able to have a life in which he can care
about other people without getting in trouble with his
society?

Almost from the beginning of the story, we see
that Montag is not satisfied with the emotional part of his life.  He does not feel that
he and Milie have a true relationship, for example.  He wants that to change -- he wants
to truly care for other people and to have real relationships with them (sort of like
Clarisse did).

But Montag's society does not really allow
for such things.  People who try to act like that are liable to get themselves killed
the way that Clarisse seems to have.  So, to me, this is Montag's dilemma -- how to make
life worth living without ending up actually dead.

Simplify (4+3i)^2.

To simplify the complex number raised to square, we'll expand
the square, using the formula:

(a+b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab +
b^2

We'll put a = 4 and b =
3i:

(4+3i)^2 = 4^2 + 2*4*3i +
(3i)^2

(4+3i)^2 = 16 + 24i + 9i^2

But
i^2 = -1

(4+3i)^2 = 16 + 24i - 9

We'll
combine the real parts:

(4+3i)^2 = 7 +
24i

The simplified form of the complex number raised
to square is:

(z)^2 = 7 + 24i, where z
= 4+3i.

In Oedipus Rex, how does the Chorus's response change from Ode 1 to Ode 2?

This is a great question. It is well worth analysing the
Chorus as a character in his own right, and considering where he stands throughout the
play and how he comments on the action and what is happening. Certainly in Ode 1 the the
Chorus expresses both confident optimism and nervous apprehension. This apparent
indecision or ambiguity reflects the wider theme of Oedipus's great knowledge against
his ignorance of the terrible truth about his own
past.

However, the in Ode 2 the Chorus comments harshly on
those who attempt to defy or dismiss prophecy. Clearly he is referring here to Jocasta
and her scepticism regarding oracles and their veracity. In this Ode, the complete trust
in the Gods and their oracles and prophecies seems to indicate a siding against Oedipus
and for the element of destiny and fate that will gradually reveal itself. Consider the
following lines:

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Let each man take due earnings,
then,

And keep his hands from holy
things,

And from blasphemy stand apart
-

Else the crackling blast of
heaven

Blows on his head, and on his desperate
heart...

Clearly the power of
the Gods to punish blasphemy and those who oppose them, knowingly or unknowingly, is
alluded to, thus indicated bad things in the offing for Oedipus.

What were Silas's actions after finding his gold missing?

Upon finding out that his gold was missing, Silas had a
series of reactions that became a chain of events which led to Silas's ultimate
breakdown. Interestingly, this horrible moment was also the beginning of Silas's new
outlook in life.

When Silas entered his cottage and found
the gold missing, he first looked around in anxiety trying to figure out where it was.
Then, he looked outside his cottage to see if he could figure out more. Then he cried a
loud shriek after he looked for the gold everywhere he could think
of.

According to the
text:

Again
he put his trembling hands to his head, and gave a wild ringing scream, the cry of
desolation. For a few moments after, he stood motionless; but the cry had relieved him
from the first maddening pressure of the truth. He turned, and tottered towards his
loom, and got into the seat where he worked, instinctively seeking this as the strongest
assurance of reality.

After
this first reaction, Silas left his house in despair, wondering about the streets on his
way to The Rainbow, and it was there where Silas basically entered and, in summary, lost
his mind.

This was the first time that the people of
Raveloe felt compassion for Silas, and they even took it upon themselves to ensure
Silas's recovery. Like stated before, this was the beginning of Silas's transformation.
Losing it all meant gaining a new view of life.

What does the company owe Willy in Death of a Salesman Act II?Linda says, "He works for a company thirty-six years this MArch, opens up unheard-of...

This is an excellent question and the answer lies at the heart
of what Arthur Miller is trying to communicate through this outstanding play. The short answer to
your question is: nothing. The point of the play is that we are presented with an impersonal
capitalist system which only values a man by the amount of money he is worth. If you are not
worth anything, as Willy is not by his failure in his salesman role, you are discarded. This is
part of the tragedy of this play--that Willy can work for so long in his job and put so much of
himself into it, and then be thrown away as if he were useless orange peel, as the quote you have
identified suggests.

Note how, in his conversation with Charley,
Willy reflects on the irony of the situation:

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Funny, y'know? After all the highways, and the trains,
and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than
alive.

It is following a strictly
capitalist view that results in Willy's suicide, as he follows this logic through to its
conclusion and takes his own life so that he can be "worth" something to his family and to the
world through the insurance money he will receive. Miller then forces us to examine very closely
the morality of a world where it is logical for a man to take his own life because of the sum he
will receive.

Discuss the social criticism in The Jungle.

I think that an argument can be made that Sinclair's work
contains nothing but social criticism. In one light, Sinclair's work brings to light the
condition of immigrants entering America at the turn of the century. The people who enter
America, like Jurgis and Ona, believe in the power and hope of the dreams that are present in
America. They recognize that some sacrifice will be needed in order to achieve those dreams.
However, Sinclair brings to light the condition of how people like Jurgis and Ona are abused and
mistreated under the guise of "the American Dream." In this condition, Sinclair is making the
argument that there has to be something in place to protect the rights of those who are the most
vulnerable, individuals who endure language difficulties, cultural challenges, and the
psychological experience of leaving one realm for the better hopes of another. Linked to this is
a criticism of the capitalist machine driving American business. Sinclair's indictment of
capitalism as a type of force that seeks only profit at the cost of human beings is something
that is heavily criticized in the novel. The economic setting that uses people as means to an
end, as opposed to an end in its own right is something that is brought out in the novel that
demands change. Business practices that devalue both consumer and worker are evident in the
novel's meatpacking plants and something that Sinclair criticizes in American
society.

Talk about all he possible ways in which impact on the environment by humans can be calculated (measured).

Several statistical measures called environmental Indicators
have been devised by the scientists to assess the state of the environment. This state need not
be necessarily the result of the impact of human activities, but usually human activity has
substantial impact on the state of any environment within which the activity takes place. These
indicators do not actually describe the state of the environment in detail. Rather they provide
information on some specific aspect of the environment which is indicative of the more detailed
state of the environment. For example a measure like average global temperature is used a measure
to describe global environment as it impacts so many different aspects of the environment
including size of polar caps, sea water levels and area submerged by the sea, and impact on life
of flora and fauna.

Some major environmental indicators include the
following:

• Atmospheric
  temperature


• Concentration of ozone in the
  atmosphere


• Amount of greenhouse gas
  emissions


• Ocean acidification
  levels


• Presence of of specific chemicals or toxins in water, land,
  atmosphere.


• Presence of of specific chemicals or toxins in plants
  and animals used as food.


• Population/density of different types of
  flora and fauna


• Desertification or the extent of land covered by
  deserts


• Noise levels


• Smog
  levels

What does Kropp mean when he says of himself and his classmates, "The war has ruined us for everything"?in All Quiet on the Western Front

This quote points to the themes of
destruction and a lost
generation.  In chapter 5, Muller questions his comrades about their
plans for "after" the war.  Though this is a seemingly innocent (and somewhat
commonplace) conversation starter, it is actually received with mixed emotions.
 Unfortunately, because of the death and destruction they've not only witnessed, but
experienced, none of these boys will ever be the same again.  Though they talk of things
like women and drinking, the truth is, most of them cannot imagine life after the
war.

When he says, "The war has ruined us for everything,"
Kropp is talking about the comparison of life before the war to life after.  Before the
war, these boys were students who may have had short or even long term goals that likely
included typical things like careers and families.  The sheer trauma of what they've
experienced as a result of fighting on the front lines however, has put many of the
"childhood" goals and dreams in perspective.  In the face of that amount of death and
destruction, in the face of raw fear for their lives on a semi-regular basis, it is no
wonder none can imagine a regular life again.

This quote,
though spoken by a fictional character, embodies the simple but profound emotions that
such serious stress and trauma cause.  Kropp sums up the whole of the war in one word:
ruin.

What are the benefits of students reading text from a TV screen rather than a book?Elm/midd school context

Like the previous editor noted, there are pros indeed but
there are also cons.

The pros that I have encountered as a
teacher of languages are

a) The students in the 21st
century are so used to multimedia alternatives that they may create more connections
through the screen than through the book, after all, chances are that the screen will
provide more visuals than the book and will engage them
more.

b) The students will have a chance to have big, bold,
and bright words in front of them rather than small print words in a page. I insist on
the fact that kids hate squinting.

c) Students might be
able to read at a faster speed and actually train the eye to go faster as the words
change. Kind of the karaoke machines that makes us better and faster singers
(...)

The cons are that

a)
Students who are ADHD may or may not benefit from a shiny, visual, bright program that
will absorb their attention completely from the reading.
b) Like the previous
poster said, some kids with learning disabilities may not keep up to
speed.

c) THE MOST IMPORTANT: Never replace a TV with a
book. Use the TV as enrichment or remediation, but the feel and touch and need for focus
that comes as a result of concentrating on printed information is invaluable to teach
students at this age group to sit and focus, rather than shift from task to task
achieving less.

What tool from the Compromise of 1850 quieted sectional divisiveness?

Given that the Civil War started up a mere 11 years after this
compromise, it is clear that nothing in this compromise really did away with sectional enmity.
However, you could argue that the tool of "popular sovereignty" did reduce sectional tensions for
a time.

One piece of the Compromise of 1850 was the idea of popular
sovereignty. It stated that the territories that would be made out of the Mexican Cession would
be able to decide for themselves whether they wanted to be slave or free. This was in contrast to
the territories made from the Louisiana Purchase which were assigned to be slave or free by the
Missouri Compromise.

By doing this, the Compromise of 1850 at least
put off sectional divisiveness until a later date. It made it so that Congress did not have to go
through the rancorous process of deciding which areas would and would not be slave. However, just
deferring a problem is not the same as solving it. This is why the Compromise of 1850 did not
actually manage to fix the sectional problems.

How did the trials affect the church?

It seems that the trials tore the church apart. There were
many who wanted to rebel. We know this because in Act IV, Parris is feeling the impact
as the minister of the society's rebellion. The preceding night, he found a dagger that
had fallen from atop his door. Here is another comment that bears weight into how the
trials are affecting the town:

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Parris: I tell you what is said here, sir.
Andover have thrown out the court, they say, and will have no part in witchcraft. There
be a faction here, feeding on that news, and I tell you true, sir,
I fear there will be riot
here.

A more
literal application regarding HOW the trials affected the church has to do with the new
responsibility that has been heaped on people who are not yet dead or in jail. These
people have to take care of extra children, extra crops and extra livestock. Some of it
is just going uncared for:

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Hale: Excellency, there are orphans wandering
from house to house; abandoned cattle bellow on the highroads, the stink of rotting
crops hangs
everywhere.

Obviously, this
is a townspeople, a church body severely inflicted by this great evil going
on.

Was the period from 1815 to 1828 truly the "awakening of American nationalism" or was it the birth of sectionalism?The label"the awakening of...

From your question, it is clear that this is a DBQ and we,
of course, cannot see the documents so we will not be able to help you with
that.

If I were to answer this without being able to see
documents, I would rely on two main things -- the Missouri Compromise and the Tariff of
Abominations.  Both of these fit into your time frame.

The
Missouri Compromise itself, of course, did not promote sectionalism -- it tried to avoid
it.  But the fact that a compromise was needed shows that sectionalism had started to be
a big deal during this time period.

The passage of the
tariff showed that the two sections were really quite opposed to one another.  It showed
that the North was willing to pass a law that it believed in but which the South thought
was completely contrary to their interests.

So I would
start with those and then look at the documents and try to find support
there.

In reference to Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, to what extent do you think Harriet was successful in "getting free" from the Flint's?

I think that the answer to this question can be posed in both a
literal and symbolic manner.  From a literal point of view, I think that Linda/ Harriet was
successful in achieving freedom.  There is some level of discontent at the fact that people of
color could only enjoy their freedom through the purchase of it, but overall, being able to
escape the bizarrely sexual clutches of Mr. Flint would be success enough.  On a more symbolic
level, there might be some discussion whether or not the experience of slavery can ever be shed
into a transcendent realm of freedom.  I think that this is a challenging element within all
slave narratives.  Physical freedom does not preclude the emotional experience of reliving the
horrors of slavery and subjugation.  In this light, I am not sure anyone is really "free."  The
experience of flight to a realm where one's freedom can be somewhat recognized might not
completely eliminate the experience of pain inherent in slavery.  In this light, one must always
temper the concept of "getting free" with the fact that emotional scars will remain in the psyche
of the individual long after the physical experience has passed.

What are the three significances of Juliet's speech in Act 3 Scene 2 Line 73-85 of Romeo and Juliet?These three significances should correspond to...

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, it is
the conflicts between the intense love of Juliet and Romeo and the hatred that divides their
families that predominates throughout the play. Juliet's reflections in Act III, Scene 2, lines
73-85 delineate this love/hate motif.  For, when Juliet learns of Tybalt's death she does the
following:

• She speaks in contrasting
  images:  "serpent heart/flowering face, dragon/fair cave, beautiful tyrant,
  fiend/angelic, wolfish-rabid lamb, damned saint, honorable
  villain."


• Juliet's speech employs light/dark
  imagery, which also prevails throughout the play: "fiend angelical, dove-feather'd
  raven


• Her speech uses the metaphor of
  a book, which has also been used when her mother speaks to her of Paris--"the precious book of
  love" as a suitor in Act I, Scene 3 contrasting it with another metaphor of a
  palace:

Was
ever book containing such vile matter

So fairly bound?  O that
deceit should dwell

In such a gorgeous palace!
(3.2.83-85)

The dichotomy of Juliet's
speech refects the dichotomy of the love/hate theme of Romeo and
Juliet. 

How many viruses are there after seven days?Scientists culturing a virus find the number of viruses given by the function P(z)=2000+6000 lg(z + a),...

The number of live virus after z days is P(z) and this number
is given by:

P(z) =
2000+6000lg(z+a).

The  initial number of virus when z = 0, is given
by P(0) = 2000 +6000 log (0+a).

P(0) = 2572
given.

Therefore 2000 + 6000 log(0+a) = 2572
.

6000 loga = 2572 - 2000 =
572.

Therefore loga  =  572/6000
.

Therefore a = 10^(572/6000) =
1.24547

Therefore the given equation
becomes:

P(z) =
2000+6000log(z+1.24547).

Therefore the number of viruses after 7
days= P(7) = 2000+6000log(7+1.24547) = 2000+6000log(8.24547) = 2000+6000(0.916215) = 2000+5497 =
7497

So the number of virus after 7 days =
7497.

What is the author's purpose in breaking the story here, at the beginning of the chapter, at its most dramatic point?From chapter 8 in The Great...

I believe you are referring to the situation in which Nick
and Gatsby are talking. Nick is encouraging Gatsby to go away for awhile. Nick tells us,
the reading audience:

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He was clutching to some last hope and I couldn't
bear to shake him free.

Then,
the story breaks into a flashback about how Gatsby met Daisy originally. I believe this
is actually perfectly placed because for the entire story, we knew there was history but
didn't have the full scoop. Nick wants to help Gatsby realize fully and completely that
he and Daisy are over. Gatsby has been so infatuated and so obsessed for so long. Now
that he feels he actually has Daisy, his grip is so tight that he can't let go. This
diversion helps us understand how the obsession and infatuation developed. This
obsession helped create Gatsby's character. This is demonstrated in the
quote:

He had
intended, probably, to take what he could and go - but now he found that he had
committed himself to the following of a
grail.

His pursuit of Daisy
had become a guest. This is important because Daisy was a person with an established
life, not an object to be obtained.

Can some organisms survive without energy from the sun?

The sun is the ultimate source of energy for most of the
life on Earth.

But there are many creatures which inhabit
areas that receive no sunlight. These organisms use energy that is given off by the
Earth instead of energy from sunlight. This energy could be in the form of heat energy
which is released from thermal vents, chemical energy that is released by the breaking
down of chemicals like hydrogen sulfide or in a few cases even energy released from the
decay of uranium.

Some examples of these organisms are
members of the D. audaxviator bacterium species. A few members of this species use
energy released from the decay of uranium to catalyze all the reactions that form the
compounds which it is made up of. Others use heat energy released from thermal vents to
power themselves. A few break up the chemical hydrogen sulfide that the water around
them is saturated with and use the energy released to survive.

What are the second partial derivatives , z (x,y) and z (y,x) if z = x^2*y + 2x*e^1/y ?

To determine the second partial derivatives, we'll have to
calculate first partial derivative for given
expression.

We'll calculate
dz/dx.

z=x^2*y +
2x*e^1/y

We'll differentiate the expression of z with
respect to x, treating y as a constant.

dz/dx =
(d/dx)(x^2*y + 2x*e^1/y)

dz/dx = y(d/dx)(x^2) +
(2e^1/y)(d/dx)(x)

The first partial derivative, with
respect to x, is:

dz/dx = 2xy +
2e^1/y

d^2z/dx*dy= x^2 -
2xe^1/y/y^2

To calculate the first partial derivative of z,
with respect to y, we'll have:

dz/dy = (d/dy)(x^2*y +
2x*e^1/y)

dz/dy = x^2 -
2xe^1/y/y^2

d^2z/dy*dx = 2x -
2e^1/y/y^2

Find the distance between A(2,5) and B(a,b) . The point m(-1,3) is the midpoint of AB.

The answer posted above gives the coordinates of the point B,
whereas the answer required is the distance between the points A and
B.

To find this distance it is not necessary to find the coordinates
of B. Since coordinates of A and mid point m of AB are given, we can simply find the distance Am,
and double it to get the distance
AB.

Solution:

Distance between any two
points (x1, y1) and (x2, y20 is given by:

Distance = [(x2 - x1)^2 +
(y2 - y)^2]^(1/2)

Therefore:

Distance
Am = [(-1 - 2)^2 + (3 - 5)^2]^(1/2)

= (9 + 4)^(1/2) =
13^(1/2)

Distance AB = 2*Distance Am = 2*13^(1/2) =
7.2111

Do you have any suggestions on major themes other than nationality and identity in The English Patient?

The novel offers, in its characters, particularly in the
patient himself, ambiguities: they are in war, full of fire and destruction, yet they
attempt to restore themselves, or others. So the novel and the character of the patient
tell us that we can believe two opposing ideas at the one time: love = hate (patient and
affair), fire = water (Caravaggio falls into a river on
fire).

The characters in that Italian ruin reject the roles
allotted to them by war and war itself represents ambiguity in terms of how we are let
off the biblical hook of God’s edict – thou shalt not
kill.

 In the way Ondaatje tells this story of The English
Patient, not with a definite beginning, middle and end, he offers rejection of the
traditional historical way of telling the story. Through his focus on characters who are
dislocated, Ondaatje has made a kind of patchwork quilt of a story. The pieces, all
differently colored and not at all the same, form a rich narrative of complex human
identity. Ondaatje’s story and his way of telling it are like the patient himself, with
cul de sacs of memory and taking up different points of views on questions, just as the
medieval historians who consulted with the invading allies offered a wrong perspective –
in terms of time frame - on how to take the medieval Italian
towns.

Ondaatje’s themes are like the patient’s story of an
adulterous affair and its tragic outcome, like his wanderings in the unsullied desert
that had nothing much to do with the official history (His – story) of war, like the
sullied saint he is (laden with guilt about that love). So the reader comes away feeling
that if we can forget linear history – the official versions of events with its very
narrow singular view of events - that if in fact we tried to understand the rich mystery
of other selves, then maybe none of those characters would have had to try to restore
themselves in a ruined villa in the Italian countryside.  They would not have to take
themselves out of the current of ‘their’ world history and its inexorable erasing of
human lives. They would not have had to plunge into the pool, the well of the patient’s
Christ-like mystery. In fact, the patient would simply not have existed in that place
and time. Christ is dead – long live humanity.

Why does the author have the atomic war preparations going on throughout the story?

The preparations for the nuclear war that go on throughout
the book are a form of foreshadowing.  At the end of the book, the city where Montag had
lived gets destroyed in a nuclear explosion.  We assume that many other cities are
getting blown up as well.

The nuclear war has to happen for
the plot to work out the way Bradbury wants it to.  He wanted this book to have an
ending that left at least some amount of hope alive.  The nuclear war gives hope to
Montag and the rest of Granger's group because they hope that maybe they will be able to
rebuild society and have it be a better society than the one the fled
from.

How does a photocopier work?

A photocopier works approximately in the following way. I
don't know which of the processes you have listed apply but I'm sure you can figure that
out.

The photocopier has a charged plate covered with a
photoconductive material. By photoconductive I mean a surface that loses charge when
exposed to light. The plate is first positively charged and kept in the dark. Now the
sheet of paper which has to be copied is placed above it and light passed through it.
The areas which have an image do not allow light to pass through while light passes
easily through the other areas.

The light passing through
the paper strikes the plate and these areas become conductive and give up their charge.
Now a negatively charged ink powder is spread over the plate and it is attracted to the
areas on which light did not fall and which did not became conductive. When a positively
charged paper is placed on the plate, the particles stick to the paper at locations
which had an image in the original document.

The paper with
the ink is then passed through heated rollers that fuse the ink and makes the image
permanent.

What is meant by translation?Discuss its characteristics.

Translation is simply the changing of words, most notably a
text, from one language to another.

Texts, or words, are translated
because the piece is not written in a universal language and for others to benefit from the text,
it needs to be changed into another language.

While this seems easy
enough, many languages contain words that are not easily translated out of their original.
Translators must insure that they keep the word or text as close to the original so as not to
alter the intended meaning.

Many times, the original text must be
altered to a point where the feeling, message, or emotive qualities have changed. Unfortunately,
this is something simply accepted by the literary community. The phrase "lost in translation"
comes from this.

Characteristically, translators must be familiar
with the language, dialect, literary devices, and ideology of the original author and their
texts. Without this knowledge, the translation can become something very different from what the
author intended.

Find two numbers if their LCM is 120 & their HCF is 4.

LCM of the two numbers is 120. HCF of them is 4. To
find such numbers.

We know that if P and Q are the numbers
whose HCF is H, and LCM is M , then as H is the HCF, H should divide both Pand
Q.

P = H*p,

Q =
H*q.

where pq are integers prime to each
other.

Therefore H*pq = LCM =
120

pq = 120/4 = 120/4 =
30.

Now find pq such that pq = 30 and p and are prime to
each other.

30 = 30*1. Threfore P = 1*4= 120 and Q = 30*4 =
120.

30 = 2*15. Therefore P = 2*4 = 8 and Q = 15*4 = 
60

30 = 3*10. Therefore P= 3*4 = 12 and Q = 30*4 =
40.

30 = 5*6. P = 5*4 = 20 and Q = 6*4 =
24.

Therefore the following pairs have the HCF 4 and LCM =
120.

(20, 24), (12,40), (8,60) ,
(4,120).

In Jane Austen's Persuasion, how does the novel relate the innateness of beauty to social class?

Austen's characterizations help to show that what she considers
an attribute of high social class, is not necessarily physical beauty, but beauty in mind and
character.

In the cases of Sir Walter Elliot and his eldest daughter Elizabeth,
beauty was both innate and connected with social class, at least in terms of physical beauty.
However, Austen does attribute very ugly characteristics to both of them. For instance Sir Walter
is not only handsome, he is also described as an excessively vain man. In fact, "Vanity was the
beginning and the end of [his character" (Ch. 1). In other words, his only character trait
is vanity. Not only is he so vain as to devote all of his spare time to
reading his recorded life in the Baronetage, he also pays more attention to his appearance than
"few women" would (Ch. 1). In Sir Walter's eyes, due to his vanity, beauty and social class are
the only two things of value. However, while he may have been born with beauty, his social class
has done nothing to improve the beauty of his character.

Even Elizabeth is
described as being as vain and extravagant as her father, she is also very unpleasant towards
Anne. While even at the age of 29 she is still very handsome, like her father, her social class
has done nothing for the beauty of her character.

Anne, on the other hand, is
described as having a very noble character. She is intelligent, sensible,
and very caring. However, due to misfortune, while she was once very pretty, she lost her good
looks early and is now very plain. While Sir Walter would argue that Anne's looks have no place
in his upper class society, Anne's nobleness of character show that, despite what Sir Walter
thinks, good looks should not be as much a part of high social class as nobleness of mind and
character.

Find a general solution to :y'' + 2y' + 4y = 0.

First we will rewrite into auxiliary equation
form.

==> r^2 + 2r + 4 = 0

Now
we will calculatet the roots.

==> r1= [ -2+ sqrt(4--16) / 2 =
-1+sqrt3*i

==> r2=
-1-sqrt3*i

Since the roots are not real, then we know
that:

==> a = -1 ==> B=
sqrt3

Then the solution is given by
:

y(x)= c1e^-x* cos(sqrt3 x) + c2*e^-x *
sin(sqrt3*x)

Then the general solution is given by
:

==> y(x) = e^-x [ c1*cos(sqrt3*x)
+ c2*sin(sqrt3* x)].

What is the speaker feeling and doing at the beginning of "The Raven"?

According to the various famous verses from the poem that,
to this day, many can say with their eyes
closed:

           Once upon a midnight
dreary

While I
pondered, weak and weary

Upon many and quaint a curious
volume of forgotten lore

and
then he moves on to say that, he was nodding and
napping.

Basically, the main character and narrator was
sitting by the fire in a dark Winter night, pondering in weakness and feeling
weary.

This, he is doing because he is in mourning of his
love, Lenore. Since he feels so lonely and sad and the night's weather is making things
apparently worse for his psyche, he resolves to simply stay inside, think about Lenore,
and allow nostalgia to take over his mind and heart.

How would Mary Chesnut's diary have been different if she had been from the North?

One of the most important things about Mary Chesnut's
diary is that she looks at her region of the country through very critical eyes.  She is
willing, for example, to talk about how many white men have children with slave women
and she is willing to talk about the "white trash" who were part of Southern
society.

So, if she had been writing in the North, I would
expect that she would have looked at all of its "warts" too.  The diary, then, would
have been different because it would have looked at Northern problems instead of
Southern problems.

A Northern Mary Chesnut might, for
example, have paid more attention to poor immigrants and to the problems faced by
workers in the factories.  She would have looked at these major social/economic problems
instead of the ones that were more endemic to the South.

So
the diary would have been the same, I think, in that it would have looked at social
problems.  But the nature of the social problems it looked at would have been
different.

Discuss the role played by Magwitch in the life of Pip in Great Expectations.

Magwitch, the “convict, ” plays a key role in
Great Expectations, both thematically and plot-wise.  Magwitch is a
simple and kind man in some ways, but is always on the wrong side of the law.  When Pip
finds him and helps him, Magwitch is eternally grateful.  All he can think is that Pip
has a good heart, and helped him when no one else would.  He is sentenced to go to
Australia, where he actually does quite well for
himself.

He makes a fortune that he sends home to Pip. 
Everything he earns goes to making Pip a gentleman.  He sets Jaggers up to watch out for
Pip, and swears him not to tell where the money comes from.  Pip assumes that Miss
Havisham is setting him up to marry Estella.  Ironically, Estealla is Magwitch’s
daughter.

Magwitch is pleased that Pip has become a
gentleman.  He does not really see how miserable Pip seems to be.  He has fulfilled his
life’s wish.  Returning to London is a huge risk, and if he returns he will be sentenced
to death.  Instead, he is wounded in the attempted escape and dies of his injuries. 
This incident gives Pip a chance to redeem his character.  When he first learns that
Magwitch is his benefactor, Pip is revolted.  Yet he soon accepts it and actually begins
to care for Magwitch.  This is the first step in Pip’s realizing that being a true
gentleman has more to do with character than money.

Why must reptiles and birds use internal fertilization?

Reptiles were the first fully terrestrial vertebrates to
evolve on Earth. One adaptation that allowed them to live a terrestrial life was the
evolution of the amniotic egg and internal fertilization. With internal fertilization,
there is a greater chance of the sperm to be delivered to the egg and for fertilization
to occur. This is in contrast with Amphibians, which have external fertilization in a
freshwater environment. There is a risk that many of the eggs will never be fertilized
by sperm and thus, thousands are released to help insure some become fertilized.
However, after the female reptile or bird lays the fertilized eggs, they are equipped
with various membranes to support the embryo. These include the outer porous shell
and the chorion which is a moist respiratory membrane beneath the shell for gas
exchange. There is  the allantois, to store wastes, the yolk sac to provide food and an
amnion for the embryo to develop in. All of these adaptations made reptiles and later
on, the birds able to successfully reproduce on land.

If f(x) = x^2 + 5 and g(x) = sqrt(2x) then find (fog)(x) and (gof)(x)

We compose the 2 given functions in this
way:

(fog)(x) = f(g(x))

We
notice that the variable x was replaced by the function g(x). According to this, we'll
write the function f(g(x)) by substituting x by g(x) in the  original expression of
f(x):

f(g(x)) = [g(x)]^2 +
5

f(g(x)) = (sqrt 2x)^2 +
5

(fog)(x) = f(g(x)) = 2x +
5

Now, we'll compose gof and we'll
get:

(gof)(x) = g(f(x))

We
notice that the variable x was replaced by the function f(x). According to this, we'll
write the function g(f(x)) by substituting x by f(x) in the  original expression of
g(x):

g(f(x)) = sqrt
2f(x)

(gof)(x) = g(f(x)) = sqrt
2(x^2+5)

As we can remark, the result of the
2 compositions is not the same!

What evidence shows that Jem understood the situation at the jail while Scout did not?It's a hard book and I could use the answer pretty quick....

There are two evidences that Jem understood what was going
on much better than Scout. At first, when they are just spying on Atticus, Jem
understands there is a reason the kids shouldn't go out there and spend time with
Atticus right now. It's like Jem can read the situation and knows children aren't
welcome:

I
broke away from Jem and ran as fast as I could to Atticus. Jem shrieked and tried to
catch me, but I had a lead on him and
Dill.

After they had been
there awhile with the men, Jem had read even more about the situation and knew that if
he and the kids left, bad things could happen. So when Atticus blatantly tells the kids
to leave, Jem refuses:

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“Go home, Jem,” he said. “Take Scout and Dill
home.”

We were accustomed to prompt, if not always cheerful
acquiescence to Atticus’s instructions, but from the way he stood Jem was not thinking
of budging.

“Go home, I
said.”

Jem shook his
head.

Jem certainly read more
into the situation than Scout because of his age.

In "The Road Not Taken," where is the shift in the poem?

There is a definite shift in terms of time and when the poem is
being narrated in the break between the third and final stanza. The narrator has just made his
decision to follow one path, consoling himself with the thought that he could keep the other path
"for another day." However, as he goes on his chosen path, he reflects that he probably would be
unable to come back and take the other path later:

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Yet knowing how way leads on to
way,

I doubted if I should ever come
back.

The last stanza signifies a
break in the poem as the speaker imagines himself talking about this seemingly harmless incident
later on in life and expressing his sense of curiosity and regret about choosing the path that he
did:

I shall be
telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages
hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
-

I took the one less travelled by,

And
that has made all the difference.

This
shift in the last stanza seems to be related to what Frost is trying to say through the poem.
Every choice is a risk and even carefully weighed choices have unexpected outcomes. The reference
to the "sigh" that the speaker tells his story with helps establish a tone of regret. Although
both paths looked the same, and often in life choices may be very similar, one can turn out to
have radically different outcomes, and we are left wondering what would have happened if we had
taken the "road less travelled."

What does the naval officer symbolize in the story?

The naval officer symbolizes plenty of things: First, it
is a paternal figure which the boys desperately need. Second, it is a figure of
authority and salvation, which the kids are also desperately in need of. Third, it is
the first contact the boys have with the outside world. Fourth, it is a figure of
discipline, order, and organization- those are the very things that the boys lost when
they were left to their own devices. Fifth, he represents reality. Even the Naval
Officer himself was a bit grossed out at the state of the children, and the children did
not respond to him in a child-like or infantile way: Instead, everyone was shocked in
both sides, and that is the same way reality hits- shockingly at
times.

Finally, the naval officer represents salvation and
a return to humankind. The boys had been living in a semi primitive state. How
interesting that it is a NAVAL officer, one who commands the ocean (a very uncertain
element) appears to re-organize and save the boys. Yet, naval officers equally follow
nature's signs, and use objects to guide them through the most unreliable elements, and
make it. Therefore, the naval officer is the ultimate salvation to the
boys.

What are the three ways by which heat is transmitted?

Heat transmission takes place in three ways: conduction,
convection and radiation. Conduction is the transfer of heat between two bodies that are
in direct contact. For example, when you touch a hot pan it feels hot as it is good
conductor of heat.

Convection is the way that heat is
transferred in liquids and gases. Hot liquids and gases rise up and transfer the heat to
the surrounding molecules of the liquid or gas. This makes them cooler again and they
fall down.

Radiation is the transfer of heat by
electromagnetic waves. Hot bodies emit electromagnetic waves which carry energy. This
energy is transferred to the objects on which the radiation falls. This is how the heat
from the Sun reaches the Earth.

Please comment on Johannesburg as a metaphor in Cry, the Beloved Country.

I would argue that Johannesburg actually operates as more of a
symbol than a metaphor. Throughout the novel, in the way that both Kumalo and Arthur Jarvis
travel to Johannesburg, it seems to represent a place of evil and degradation, where people such
as Absalom and Gertrude are attracted and then become associated with crime and violence. Note
the way in which Kumalo is so overwhelmed when he arrives in
Johannesburg:

Black
people, white people, some going, some coming, so many that the tunnel is full. He goes carefully
that he may not bump anybody, holding tightly on to his bag. He comes out into a great hall, and
the stream goes up the steps, and here he is out in the street. The noise is immense. Cars and
buses one behind the other, more than he has ever
imagined.

There is a massive contrast
between the country and its peace and tranquility, and the noise and crime of Johannesburg. Note
the way in which one of the first things that happens to Kumalo is that he is tricked by a fellow
black man who takes his money to supposedly buy him a ticket. Johannesburg operates as the place
that corrupted Absalom and Gertrude and so many others like them.

The area of a square is 45 more square inches than its perimeter. What is the length of each side of the square?

Let x be one side of the
square.

We'll write the formula for the area of the
square:

A = x^2

We'll write the formula
for the perimeter of the square:

P =
4x

Now, we'll write mathematically the condition imposed by
enunciation:

x^2 = 4x + 45 (area is equal to the perimeter plus
45)

We'll subtract both sides 4x +
45:

x^2 - 4x - 45 = 4x + 45 - 4x -
45

We'll eliminate like terms:

x^2 - 4x
- 45 = 0

We'll pply the quadratic
formula:

x1 = [4+sqrt(16 + 180)]/2

x1 =
(4+14)/2

x1 = 9

x2 =
(4-14)/2

x2 = -5

Since the length of
the side of the square cannot be negative, we'll reject the second root x2 =
-5.

The length of the side of the square is x =
9.

Find the solution of the exponential equation 2^(1-x)=19 in terms of logarithms or correct the four decimal places.

2^(1-x) = 19

==> To solve
the equality, we will us the logarithm form.

==> First. let
us apply the logarithm to both sides:

==> log 2^(1-x) = log
19

Now we know from logarithm properties
that:

log a^b = b *log a

==> log
2^(1-x) = log 19

==> (1-x)*log 2 = log
19

Now we will divide by log
2

==> (1-x) = log 19/ log
2

==> -x = log 19/ log 2  -
1

Now multiply by -1.

==>  x = 1
- log19/log2

==> x = 1 -
4,2479

            =
-3,2479

Then, the answer is x =
-3,2479.

What date does the main character record in the book 1984?

In this book, the most important instance in which Winston
Smith records the date comes in the first chapter.  This is the point at which Winston
begins his diary.  When Winston begins the diary, he writes the date -- April 4,
1984.

This is important because of what we are told next --
Winston does not even know for sure what year it is.  This is one of the first
indications we get about how thoroughly the Party has taken over the society.  The Party
has kept people in such ignorance that they do not even know what year it
is.

When you add this to the slogans and to the names of
the ministries and the machine gun nests on the street and other things like that, you
can see that the Party has truly taken control of the society and that they have been
twisting the truth and keeping the people ignorant.

What are the problems with the federal budget process?

There are at least two main problems that can be identified with
regard to the federal budget process.  One of these is more political and the other is more
economic.

Politically, the major problem with the process is that it
is too difficult to get a budget passed.  The federal government often goes years without
producing and passing a full-fledged budget.  This is largely because it is so hard to get both
houses of Congress and the president to agree on such a large bill.  This tends to lead to a
succession of stopgap measures that allow the government to keep running but prevent it from ever
creating a long-range budget plan.  This does not help the country at
all.

Economically, the major problem with the budget process is that
it is too vulnerable to the demands of special interests.  A major problem in the US is the huge
budget deficits that the government runs.  One major reason for this is that every government
program has a constituency that can bring pressure to bear during the budget process.  The
easiest thing for the politicians to do is to give all the interests what they want so that the
budget can pass.  This means that it is very difficult to ever reduce spending or to raise or
reform taxes so as to put the country on a more stable financial footing.

In Fahrenheit 451, what happened when Montag first met Faber in the park?

Several times throughout the book, Montag recalls meeting Faber
in the park, although it is not made clear why this is important. He is reminded of Faber by
several things, including his first meeting with Clarisse and most significantly, when he is sick
and Chief Beatty is visiting. Montag feels the air blowing from the wall vent and thinks of
meeting Faber; it turns out that he has been stealing books for a long time and hiding them in
the vent. When the meeting is finally described, it is indicative of the police state in which
Montag lives (and willingly participates); Faber is terrified, but subservient, and only after a
long time does Faber open up and recite a poem from memory.

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Faber held his hand over his left coat-pocket and spoke
these words gently, and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the
man's coat. But he did not reach out. His. hands stayed on his knees, numbed and useless. "I
don't talk things, sir," said Faber. "I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm
alive."
(Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, Google
Books)

This is part of Montag's move
towards individualism; he realizes that a person like Faber is useful in society but that Faber
has been marginalized and his purpose destroyed to promote the government's agenda. Montag
contrasts his memory of Faber's conversation -- one of the only meaningful conversations that he
has ever had -- with the superficiality of Mildred's TV programs, and resolves for the first time
to take real action.

What is the meaning of enviromental approach of marketing ?

The most usual meaning of this term refers to an approach in
which firms' marketing strategy is driven by environmental factors. This does not refer to
environmentalism but rather to the "environment" both within the firm and in the market in which
the firm is trying to sell its product.

When marketing its products,
a firm must consider its external environment. It must, for example, consider the culture of the
marrket in which it is selling. This might mean that an ad campaign in the United States can make
much more use of sexual imagery than an ad campaign in a more culturally conservative
market.

A firm must also consider its internal environment. This can
include such things as the overall financial health of the company. A company with greater cash
flow, for example, can choose more expensive kinds of
marketing.

Overall, then, an environmental approach to marketing is
one that takes into account a firm's internal and external environment.

Please help with literary terms in the “How all occasions” passage from Hamlet.Please help me annotate this following passage from Act 4, Scene...

Whenever you are analyzing a passage, it is important to
remember the context of the lines.  At this point in they play, Hamlet knows for sure
that Claudius is guilty of murdering King Hamlet, but Prince Hamlet has not been able to
take direct action against him and now he is being sent to England because he killed
Polonius and Claudius fears what his next action may be.  Hamlet has just heard about
Fortinbras's plans to fight for a worthless piece of land in Poland just for the honor
of doing so.  He seems to admire Fortinbras for his resolve to
action.

Here are a few things to notice -- but there are
several others:

1.  The opening sentence is almost a
conclusion statement and Hamlet is clearly expressing his frustration over his current
situation.

2. The second sentence is a rhetorical question
that uses a metaphor.  Hamlet asks for man, in particular him is just an animal, a
beast, that eats and sleeps.  He goes on this theme for the next several
lines

3.  Alliteration is used in line 54:  Hamlet is
commenting on Fortinbras's actions in his cause saying that he does it despite the fact
that "fortune, death and danger dare."  The alliteration is used for emphasis of those
ideas.

4.  Metaphor is used in line 55:  This is the
completion of the sentence from above.  He calls Poland an eggshell -- something
worthless; something that most people throw away with little
regard.

5.  A simile is used in line 64 when Hamlet says
that he thinks Fortinbras's soldiers are fighting and heading toward their possible
death as easily as if they were going to sleep.  He says that "for a trick of fame
(they) go to their  graves like beds."

6.  Hamlet uses
hyperbole when he suggests that so many will die in this fight that there is "not tomb
enough and continent (earth) to hide the slain."  Clearly this is an
overstatement.

7.  In his final line Hamlet says his
thoughts will be "bloody."  Clearly, thoughts can't be bloody, but this metaphor implies
that the thought will be ABOUT blood -- specially his need to
avenge his father's murder.

In Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby, as Nick Drives away, what are his conflicting emotions?

As Nick drives away in chapter 1, he
feels:

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"confused and a little
disgusted."

Nick was
rekindling a relationship with a relative with whom he wanted to have mutual
respect. Daisy failed to play the part of a mother and wife he expected to see. Nick
thought Daisy would "rush out of the house - child in arms". This image demonstrates his
longing for appropriate familial relationships, alas, there were none. The fact that Tom
had a "girl in New York" disgusted him. These details all put together probably explain
his confusion. Why would a couple who could care less about their child and each other
stay together?

They also only came out to say a further
good-bye to Nick because they had heard gossip that they believed was true about Nick
being engaged. This is part of why he had left home. He had enough of the rumors. He
probably thought he had escaped all of that only to be reminded of it once
again.