In Bible, Matthew, what are differences between the jewish expectations and Jesus' claim about the kingdom of heaven and the Messiah.

The book of Matthew starts with the geneology of Jesus
because this was very important to the Jews. The Jewish OT prediced that the Messiah
would come from the line of David, so it was very important to show how Jesus fulfilled
this prophecy. This is the first of the 4 gospels and focuses heavily on how Jesus
fulfilled the Jewish prophecies.

The Jews did not believe
it was proper to mention the name of God, so in this gospel, Matthew observes the Jewish
tradition of using the phrase "Kingdom of Heaven" instead of "Kingdom of
God."

Matthew’s goal was to show that Jesus was the
promised Messiah, the one that Moses spoke about in the law and the one of whom the
Jewish prophets wrote about. There are many allusions to the Old Testament in this book
and many, many more direct quotations from the Jewish Old Testament (the books of Moses)
than any other book in the New Testament. Matthew tries to show that Jesus came NOT to
destroy the Jewish law, but to fulfill it. Jesus is presented as the Messiah, the heir
to the throne of King David, the rightful King of the Jews. The genealogy, the story of
the wise men, the killing of the innocents and the flight into Egypt were all meant
establish Jesus as the predicted Messiah of Israel.

The
Jews did not and do not accept Jesus as Messiah. They beleive Messiah is still to
come. Jesus is the “stone that the builders rejected.” The Jews at the time were hoping
Messiah would come and free them from Roman rule. They expected a savior on a white
horse, which is also predicted in the Old Testament. Christians believe that Jesus will
come on a white horse also, but it will be the second time he comes. Jesus did not meet
the expectations of the Jews when he came as a humble servant and was born in a
stable.

What is the concentration of a solution with a volume of 9 mL that contains 2 grams of iron (III) hydroxide?

There are many ways of expressing the concentration of a
solution. One of them is to write it in terms of the number of moles of the solute that are
present in one liter of the solution. This is called the molar concentration or the
molarity.

The volume of the solution given to us is 9 mL and it has
2 g of iron (III) hydroxide. The molar mass of iron (III) hydroxide is 88.85 g/ mole. 2 grams of
iron (III) hydroxide constitute 2 / 88.85 = 0.0225 moles.

As 9 mL of
the solution has 0.0225 moles of iron (III) hydroxide, 1 liter of the solution will have
0.0225*(1000/9) = 2.501 moles.

This gives the concentration of a
solution with a volume of 9 mL that contains 2 grams of iron(III) hydroxide as 2.501
M

What is the meaning of "marginal" in economic terms?

The term "Marginal" in economics is used extremely often.
What it means, is essentially the next additional unit, product, person, or whatever
else you're associating the term with.

For example, say
you're reading an economics textbook and you come across the term "Marginal Profit."
What this means, is the profit you will gain from selling one additional unit of good,
after taking into account the marginal cost as
well.

Another example, "Marginal Utility" can be explained
as the additional utility a consumer receives from consuming one more additional unit of
good.

The most used terms would most likely be Marginal
cost, and marginal revenue. Businesses will place a lot of importance on these type of
terms because companies not only want to maximize and minimize profit, but they also
want to be efficient with what they do. If a marginal cost is increasing, while marginal
revenue is decreasing, it wouldn't make any sense to continue to produce past the point
where marginal cost is more than marginal revenue. Thus, by looking at the margins and
not just at the final big picture of revenue vs cost, companies are able to adjust more
quickly in the short run, and help their business reach optimal
efficiency.

Both Hamlet and Fortinbras have to avenge their fathers. Examine their approach to this task. What similarities and differences do you see?

Both young men have a similar job to do, but their
personalities and their approaches could not be more different.  Right away in Act 1
scene 1 we learn that Fortinbras has "sharked up a list of lawless resolutes" in order
to attack Denmark and regain lands that were rightfully lost to King Hamlet in a battle
some years ago.  Fortinbras has hired mercenaries and gone behind his uncle's (the King)
back in order to accomplish his goal. Notice that he has not enlisted the noble army of
Norway, but instead a group of mercenaries that are in it for the gain and the glory. 
Fortinbras probably suspects that this time of transition in Denmark is a vulnerable one
and sees this as the opportunity he has been waiting for.  He is not specifically
avenging a murder, but he wants to restore honor to the country and name of
Norway.

Hamlet on the other hand is directly told to avenge
his father's murder -- a murder that took place very recently.  He is much more cautious
and careful in his actions.  He doesn't immediately act on the information from the
ghost, but goes about to test the truth of it by pretending to be crazy and by putting
on a play that suggests the actions of Claudius, wherein, Hamlet can judge Claudius's
reaction to the play and determine his guilt.  It is only after he has proof that he can
act, and even then, other obstacles "inform against him."  He chooses not to kill
Claudius during his prayers and misses an excellent opportunity; he accidentally kills
Polonius, making himself a more imediate crisis to Claudius; hence, he is sent to
England by Claudius.  Hamlet figures out a way home and does eventually deal with
Claudius, but it is too late to save himself, and he dies from the poison that Claudius
and Laertes use in their plot against him.

All that said,
it isn't that Hamlet doesn't do anything -- it is just that he doesn't do it with the
same kind of intense and focused action that Fortinbras does.  If he had acted more
aggressively and earlier, he may have been able to avoid his fate.  It is a nice irony
that in the end, Fortinbras is able to "with sorrow embrace [his] fortune, " and he can
take not only the lands his father lost, but the total throne of
Denmark!

Given an=integral of cosnx/(1+cosx), x=0 to x=pi/2 calculate a0 and a1.

To detemrine a0, we'll substitute n by
0:

a0 = Int cos0*x dx/(1+cosx)

But cos
0 = 1

a0 = Int dx/(1+cosx)

We'll apply
the half angle identity:

2[cos (x/2)]^2 = 1 + cos
x

We'll re-write a0:

a0 = Int dx/2[cos
(x/2)]^2

We notice that [tan (x/2)]' = 1/2[cos
(x/2)]^2

a0 = Int [tan (x/2)]' dx = tan
(x/2)

Now, we'll apply Leibniz Newton, to evaluate
a0:

a0 = F(pi/2) - F(0)

F(pi/2) = tan
(pi/4) = 1

F(0) = tan 0 = 0

a0 = tan
(pi/4) - tan 0 = 1

a0 = 1

Now, we'll
determine a1, substituting n by 1:

a1 = Int cos x dx/(1 + cos
x)

a1 = Int dx - Int dx/(1 + cos
x)

We'll recognize in the second term from the right side, the
original form of a0.

a1 = Int dx -
a0

Since a0 = 1, we'll get:

a1 = Int dx
- 1

Int dx = x

Now, we'll apply Leibniz
Newton, to evaluate Int dx:

Int dx = F(pi/2) - F(0) =
pi/2

a1 = pi/2 - 1

The
requested terms are: a0 = 1 and a1 = pi/2 - 1.

Please provide a brief description of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.

In Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering
Heights, Heathcliff is at the center of the plot's
development.

Old Mr. Earnshaw (the master of Wuthering
Heights) brings a seven-year old Heathcliff home one evening, an orphan he discovered in
the Liverpool slums. Heathcliff becomes a member of the family to an extent: where
Catherine takes to him quickly, Hindley, Catherine's brother, greatly resents
Heathcliff, becoming abusive.

The years pass, and Catherine
and Mr. Earnshaw are very dear to Heathcliff. Because of Heathcliff's demeanor, darkened
by Hindley's treatment, Catherine admits that she could not marry him, and Heathcliff
overhears this. Instead, Catherine becomes involved with Edgar Linton, new neighbors at
a neighboring estate called Thrushcross Grange.

Feeling
rejected, Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights, not returning until well after Catherine
and Edgar are married. By this time Mr. Earnshaw has died. Heathcliff's obsession is to
do all he can to gain control of both estates and ruin the inhabitants of
both.

When Catherine dies, Heathcliff begs her ghost to
haunt him. He finds no comfort or escape from the pain of his loss, even though
Catherine was still married to Edgar. The bond they shared since childhood had never
been severed.

Heathcliff eventually marries Edgar's sister,
Isabella, against Edgar's wishes. But Heathcliff is abusive (mad or evil, she fears) and
she leaves him, pregnant with his son. For a time, Heathcliff continues his attempts to
ruin all those around him, and eventually gains control of both Wuthering Heights and
Thrushcross Grange. However, as time goes on, he loses the urge to damage the lives of
others and finds little purpose in his own life.

Haunted by
Catherine's ghost for days on end, Heathcliff starves himself and dies. His coffin is
placed next to Catherine's: the side panels of each are left open so their ashes will be
joined over the years. And those who walk the moors swear they see the ghosts of
Heathcliff and Catherine "wandering their old playground."

How is risk eliminated in the futures market?

The default risk involved with forward contracts is
eliminated by the futures exchange, thereby making them accessible to retail and small
entities.

The task of risk elimination lies with
organizations called clearinghouses. The clearinghouse creates standards according to
which contracts have to be created. This includes specifying what the underlying can be,
the quantity, quality, place of delivery and the alike.

The
risk of default is eliminated by ensuring that all losses and gains made by the parties
are settled at the end of each day. This is also known as daily settlement or mark to
market. As the profits and loss made by each party gets credited or debited from their
accounts every day, it does not build up over time. The party which is incurring the
losses has to arrange for funds to keep the contract or they are forfeited. As all
futures contracts are similar, it is not very difficult for the exchange to find new
buyers for contracts that have been forfeited from a party due to lack of funds. In
forward contracts the losses continue to add up till expiry and this is usually the
primary reason for default.

What important circumstances occur when the convicts are discovered in chapter 5?

As the two convicts are being discovered, they almost turn
themselves in because they are being so loud. The search party has the great opportunity
of overhearing what seems to be a great fight between the
two:

As we
came nearer to the shouting, it became more and more apparent that it was made by more
than one voice. Sometimes it seemed to stop altogether, and then the soldiers stopped.
When it broke out again, the soldiers made for it at a greater rate than ever, and we
after them. After a while, we had so run it down that we could hear one voice calling
"Murder!" and another voice, "Convicts! Runaways! Guard! This way for the runaway
convicts!" Then both voices would seem to be stifled in a struggle, and then would break
out again. And when it had come to this, the soldiers ran like deer, and Joe
too.

The convicts' noise led
the search party to them. As time goes on and discussion between the convicts and their
captors, the second convict tries to claim that the first tried to murder him. The
second is not Pip's convict, so as Pip reports these details, we almost feel him siding
with the first (my) convict.

Can we think Stephen Vincent Benet is actually doing a criticism of patriotism in "The Devil and Daniel Webster"?

There are certainly aspects of this story which constitute a
criticism of patriotism, but the story as a whole has a very different
message.

Of course, during the devil's arguments, the story seems to
be a criticism of patriotism.  The devil very accurately points out that very many evil things
have been done by Americans and that there have been many evil Americans.  This would seem to be
a critique of patriotism because it points out that America is no better of a country than any
other.

However, the way that the story ends is certainly not a
critique of patriotism.  Webster shows true patriotism -- he recognizes his country's faults but
he argues that they are outweighed by its virtues.  The fact that his argument wins the trial
clearly shows that Benet is not trying to argue against patriotic
sentiments.

In a game of pool, the 0.165 kg cue ball is hit towards the 0.155kg eight ball, which is stationary. The cue ball travels 6.2 m/s forward and...

The speed and direction of the ball that was initially
stationary can be determined using the law of conservation of momentum. According to the law, the
total momentum of system of bodies undergoing collision initially is equal to the total momentum
of the bodies after collision.

Here we have a cue ball that collides
with an eight ball. The mass of the cue ball is 0.165 kg and it is initially traveling at 6.2
m/s. The mass of the eight ball is 0.155 kg and it is initially
stationary.

The total momentum of the system is 0.165*6.2 = 1.023
kg*m/s in the forward direction.

After collision the cue ball rolls
away at a velocity of 3.7 m/s in a direction 40 degrees counter-clockwise from the initial
direction.

Let the velocity of the eight ball after collision be v
in a direction forming an angle x with the original direction of the cue ball in the clockwise
direction.

We can divide the momentum of the cue ball after impact
into its components, one in the original direction of motion and one in the direction forming an
angle of 90 degrees in the counter-clockwise direction. The magnitude of component in the
original direction of motion is 3.7*0.165*cos 40 and the component in the direction forming an
angle of 90 degrees counter-clockwise to the original direction is 3.7*0.165*sin
40.

By the law of conservation of momentum the velocity of the eight
ball should have a component in the direction forming an angle of 90 degree clockwise to the
original direction of motion equal to 3.7*0.165*sin 40. The component in the direction of the
original motion should be 1.023 - 3.7*0.165*cos 40.

This gives the
two components respectively as 0.3924 and 0.5553 kg*m/s. The components of the velocity are
momentum divided by mass or 2.5317 and 3.5827 m/s respectively.

The
two can be used to derive the final velocity of the ball and its direction. The final velocity is
the square root of the squares of the two components or 4.387 and the angle formed by it in the
clockwise direction is the arc tan of the value obtained when the normal component is divided by
component in the original direction. The angle is 33.527
degrees.

The velocity of the eight ball is 4.387
m/s in a direction forming an angle of 33.527 degrees
clockwise with the original direction of motion of the cue ball.

In "Just Lather, That's All," what does the narrator say about his fate?

This is another good question about this excellent short story
that contains a massive surprise at the end. The barber regrets intensely the position that fate
or "destiny" has placed him in. He is forced to make a decision which he would rather not make.
On the one hand, he could choose to do his job well as a barber, which is a very important thing
for him, but on the other hand he could kill Captain Torres for the cause of the rebels. As he
puts it:

My destiny
depends on the edge of this
blade.

However, after this
realization, he then has a kind of epiphany or sudden understanding about his role in life or his
fate:

But I don't want
to be a murderer. You came to me for a shave. And I perform my work honourably... I don't want
blood on my hands. Just lather, that's all. You are an executioner and I am only a barber. Each
person has his own place in the scheme of
things.

Thus the narrator, he
realises, is fated not to have blood on his hands, "just lather, that's all." He recognizes his
place in the "scheme of things," just as surely as he recognizes the place of Captain Torres.
This seems to indicate a grudging acceptance of the roles that fate has given them and also the
beginnings of a respect for Captain Torres and the job that he does - the job that the barber is
unable to do.

Why are lobe finned fishes important to evolutionary biologists?

You have clearly gotten this question out of your book so
you might want to look up the exact wording of the answer in case your teacher wants you
to be really faithful to the book...

Evolutionary
biologists are, in general, interested in these fish because these fish led to us.  Put
more broadly, it was these fish that led to life on the
land.

The first kinds of life evolved (we believe) in the
sea.  The lobe-finned fishes were the ones that first started to come out of the water
and to evolve into terrestrial life forms.  So I would say that these are important to
evolutionary biologists because they form a sort of transition between purely aquatic
animals and terrestrial ones.

What would have happened to Mary Maloney if she had been found guilty in Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl?

Whichever the laws of her particular state, Mary Maloney
would still have had a really bleak future had she been found guilty of murdering her
husband in Lamb to the
Slaughter.

First, she not only killed her
husband, but her husband happened to be a police officer. That alone is a huge deal
because she would be categorized immediately as a "cop killer" and the punishment that
is applied for attacking (let alone KILLING) an officer of the law is twice as
harsh.

Second, she concealed evidence. If any of the police
officers that were eating the lamb that night had even suspected that the lamb was the
murder weapon- and came forward with proof- Mary would have to also face charges for
that as well.

Mary would have to go through the horrors of
delivering her long-awaited baby in prison, perhaps never get out of prison, and she
would have to find a trusted source to give her child under
custody.

She would probably never see her child grow up,
and her pretty and comfortable home would now be a cold prison cell surrounded by
dangerous females that could be cold-hearted and mean to
her.

Even worse, Mary could have ended up in death row and
really NEVER even have the privilege of any visits from her child. Her family will
probably shun her and she would have been all alone and eventually die
unhappily.

When you think about it, you almost can
understand why she had to come up with a plan.

Important symbols in this novel includes the conch (order and law), the fire (rescue) and Piggy's glasses (intelligence).Now, what are...

The conch is used throughout the novel as a symbol of
order.  First, it is used to call the initial assembly when the boys first arrive, and
again for the subsequent meetings.  Also, the conch is used to keep order during the
meetings when the boys decide that only the person holding the conch may talk.  We can
see how Piggy desires the importance of the conch, especially when Jack and his tribe
raid Piggy and Ralph's camp for Piggy's glasses: Piggy thinks they're after the conch,
though.  Near the end of the book, Piggy dies and the conch is destroyed, symbolically
signalling the end of law on the island.

When the boys
first arrive on the island, they agree on the importance of the signal fire; however, as
the story progresses, we see how Jack and his tribe neglect to recognize the importance
of the fire: some boys forget to keep it going, for example.  It seems the signal fire
might also be a strong symbol for hope.  Once the signal fire is forgotten, hope for
rescue seems unimportant to most of the boys, and the focus turns to savagery and the
hunt for meat.

The boys use Piggy's glasses to start fires
on the island, so the glasses can be a sign of intelligence and perhaps even ingenuity. 
Piggy sees to have many of the most rational, mature ideas, but he's often ignored
because of his seemingly poor leadership and communication
skills.

What were the Causes and Effects of the Revolution of 1905?

The Revolution of 1905 was the culmination of many years
of Russian repression and unrest.  Economic conditions in Russia were already poor, and
had been since the Emancipation of serfs in 1861 by Alexander II.  This affected the
peasants poorly, whose sole income was from farming that they now did not have enough
workers for.  Industrialism was forced to become their main source of income. In the
years leading up to 1905, the Russian workers were experiencing very bad working
conditions.  This included working 11 hours a day and 10 hours on Sunday.   In 1904, the
prices of goods decreased dramatically, due to inflation, which led to poor
economic conditions.

As workers were centralized
in factories, this also allowed more radical ideas to come forward.  The Russians had
heard about Western ideals, including democracy and humanitarianism, and how revolutions
forced the government to listen to these ideas.  The country of Russia was also split
into several parties, including Autocrats, Capitalists, Constitutional Democrats,
Socialist Revolutionaries, and Social Democrats.  The social unrest of the working class
and the political unrest created by the numerous parties led to the Revolution of
1905.

Once the Revolution had been controlled,
Fundamental Laws were put into effect, which limited the Duma's power.  Economic reform
was also attempted, but it was not successful.  At this time, most of the country united
together for WWI.  However, food shortages, military reversals, and unrest of the
civilian population led to more revolution movements in February and October of
1917.

Show that [1+ln(x^x)+lnx]/(x+1)

We notice that the function f(x) = ln x is continuously and it
could be differentiated, we'll apply Lagrange's rule, over a closed interval [k ;
k+1].

According to Lagrange's rule, we'll
have:

f(k+1) - f(k) = f'(c)(k+1 - k)

c
belongs to the interval [k ; k+1].

f'(x) = 1/x => f'(c) =
1/c

We'll eliminate like terms inside brackets and we'll
have:

f(k+1) - f(k) = f'(c), where f'(c) =
1/c

f(k+1) - f(k) = 1/c

We'll re-write
the given inequality, over the closed interval [k ;
k+1].

[1+ln(k^k)+lnk]/(k+1)<ln(k+1)<[1+ln(k^k)]/k

We'll
apply the power rule of logarithms:

ln (k^k) = k*ln
k

[1+k*ln k+lnk]/(k+1)<ln(k+1)<[1+k*ln
k]/k

1/(k+1) + (lnk)*(k+1)/(k+1)<ln(k+1)< 1/k + k*(ln
k)/k

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

1/(k+1) + (lnk)<ln(k+1)< 1/k + (ln
k)

But ln k = f(k) and ln (k+1) =
f(k+1)

1/(k+1) + f(k) < f(k+1) < 1/k +
f(k)

We'll subtract f(k):

1/(k+1)
< f(k+1) - f(k) < 1/k

Since c belongs to [k ; k+1],
we'll write:

k < c <
k+1

1/k > 1/c >
1/(k+1)

But f(k+1) - f(k) = 1/c

1/k
> f(k+1) - f(k) > 1/(k+1) q.e.d.

According to
Lagrange's rule 1/k > f(k+1) - f(k) >
1/(k+1).

Based on the Lagrange's rule, the inequality
[1+ln(x^x)+lnx]/(x+1)<ln(x+1)<[1+ln(x^x)]/x is
verified.

Given the function f(x)=x^2-x^4, calculate (f o f o f o f)(1) .

We'll determine first
(fofofof)(x)

(fofofof)(x)=f(f(f(f(x))))

fof(x)=f(f(x))=[f(x)]^2-[f(x)]^4

fof(x)=(x^2-x^4)^4=(x^2-x^4)^2
*
[1-(x^2-x^4)^2]

fof(x)=(x^2-x^4)^2(1-x^2+x^4)(1+x^2-x^4)

Well
put
(fof)(x)=g(x)

f(f(f(x)))=f(g(x))=[g(x)]^2-[g(x)]^4

f(f(f(x)))=f(g(x))=(x^2-x^4)^4[1-(x^2-x^4)^2]^2-(x^2-x^4)^8[1-(x^2-x^4)^2]^4

h(x)=(x^2-x^4)[1-(x^2-x^4)^2]^2*{1-(x^2-x^4)^2[1-(x^2-x^4)^2]^2}

f(h(x))=(x^2-x^4)^8
*[1-(x^2-x^4)^2]^4 {1-(x^2-x^4)^2
[1-(x^2-x^4)^2]^2}^2-(x^2-x^4)^32*[1-(x^2-x^4)^2]^16*{1-(x^2-x^4)^2*[1-(x^2-x^4)^2]^2}^8

Now
, we'll
determine(fofofof)(1)=f(h(1))

f(h(1))=(1^2-1^4)^8*[1-(1^2-1^4)^2]^4*{1-(1^2-1^4)*[1-(1^2-1^4)^2]^2}^2-(1^2-1^4)^32*[1-(1^2-1^4)^2]^16*{1-(1^2-1^4)[1-(1^2-1^4)[1-(1^2-1^4)^2]^2}^8

f(h(1))=0*1(1-0)-0*(1-0)(1-0)=0

The
value of composition of functions is (fofofof)(1)=0.

What is the best way to help people begging on the streets -- give money to them or to charity?many people beg on the streets. do you think that...

In my opinion, donating to local charities is more
effective than giving money to individual beggars.  Here are some reasons for
this:

• Many beggars in the United States are in
  some way addicted to alcohol or drugs.  It is likely that the money that you give them
  will go to purchase these instead of food (which is probably what you want to help them
  with).


• It is likely that many of the beggars you see are
  people who need a lot of help (counseling, education) to get out of poverty and
  homelessness.  If you give them money, they might be able to eat today.  But it is more
  important to give money to charities that will feed them AND will help them gain the
  skills they need to some day get work.

The angles of a triangle are in arithmetic progression. Prove that the triangle has the angle of 60 deg.

We know that the sum of measures of the angles of a
triangle is 180 degrees.

We'll note the angles of the
triangle as a,b,c.

We also know that the angles of the
triangle are the terms of an a.p.

So, we can write the
angles as:

b = a + d

c = b +
d

d is the common difference of the arithmetic
progression.

The sum of the angles is 180
degrees.

a + b + c = 180

We'll
substitute  b and c by the relations above.

a + a + d + a +
d + d = 180

We'll combine like
terms:

3a + 3d = 180
degrees.

We'll factorize by
3:

3(a + d) = 180

We'll divide
by 3:

a + d = 60

But a + d is
the measure of the angle b, so the angle b is of 60
degrees.

a + d = b =  60
degrees

A dolphin moves in water towards an obstacle at a speed of 15 m/s. At 2m from the obstacle, it emits a signal whose speed in water is 1500 m/s.How...

Let t be the time at which the dolphin receives the return
signal, and let d be the distance that the dolphin travels in that time.
Then,

d = t*15 m/s

The
original distance D from the dolphin to the object is 2 m. When the dolphin recieves the
signal, he is at position D - d from the object. So the total distance traveled by the
ultrasonic signal is:

D + D - d = 2D - t*15 m/s = t * 1500
m/s

4 m = t*1485 m/s

t = 2.69
ms

At 2.69 ms, the dolphin has traveled d = 2.69 ms * 15
m/s  = 0.04 m. So the object is 1.96 m away from the dolphin. At 2.69 ms + 100 ms =
102.69 ms, the dolphin has traveled d = 102.69 ms * 15 m/s = 1.54 m. So, having
responded with 0.46 m to spare, the dolphin easily misses the
object.

Given the polynomial f=x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1 calculate f(1), f(-1)

Each time when we have to determine the value of a
polynomial, for a specific value of x, we'll have to substitute x by the given value, in
the expression of the polynomial.

To calculate the values
of the function for x = 1 and x = -1, we'll have to substitute x by 1 and by 01 in the
expression of the function.

f( 1 ) = 1^4 + 1^3 + 1^2 + 1 +
1

f(1) =
5

f(-1) = ( -1 )^4 + ( - 1 )^3 + (-1 )^2 + (
- 1) + 1

f(-1) = 1 - 1+ 1 -1 +
1

We'll eliminate like
terms:

f(-1) =
1

Solve the system of equations: 3x + 2y + 4z = 20, 13x + 12y + z = 4 and x+ y + z =9

3x + 2y + 4z =
20..............(1)

13x + 12y + z =
4...............(2)

x + y + z =
9....................(3)

We have a system of three
equations and three variables. Then, we will use the substitution and elimination method
to solve the system.

Let us rewrite
(3).

x + y + z = 9

==>
x = (9 - y -z)

We will substitute in (1) and
(2).

3x + 2y + 4z =
20

==> 3(9-y-z) + 2y + 4z =
20

==> 27 - 3y - 3z + 2y + 4z =
20

==> 7 - y + z =
0

==> y - z = 7
....................(4)

13x + 12y + z =
4........(2)

==> 13( 9- y - z) + 12y + z =
4

==> 117 - 13y -13z + 12y + z =
4

==> 113 - y - 12z =
0

==> y + 12z = 113
..............(5)

Now we will subtract (4) from
(5):

==> 13z = 
106

==> z= 106/
13

==> y= 7+ z = 7 + 106/13 =
197/13

==> y=
197/13

==> x = 9 - y  z = 9 - 197/13
- 106/13

               = ( 117 - 197 - 106)/13 = -186/
13

==> x= -186/
13

Describe the typical seasons in Southern Alabama in To Kill a Mockingbird.

I live in North Florida, so the climate here is not too
different from that of the fictional Maycomb (or Harper Lee's actual hometown of Monroeville),
Alabama. The change of seasons in the Deep South are not as obvious as in other northern
climates; although summers are usually hot (usually reaching the high 80s and 90s on most days in
Alabama), that may not seem unusual to someone living in New York City, where the summers also
can be brutal at times. The spring and fall climates are much less defined than in other parts of
the U.S. Winters are much cooler in the South, and Miss Lee makes this perfectly clear in Chapter
8, when Scout encounters her first snowfall. Snow is a rarity in the very Deep South, and when it
does occur (as in Maycomb), it is usually very light. At the time of the story (the early 1930s),
electric heat and air conditioning were virtually non-existent in Southern homes. Most houses
probably had fireplaces, but they were only necessary for a few months each year. Most homes had
porches--often front and back--since the insides of houses (especially the kitchens) got very
warm in the summer as well as the late spring and early fall. People spent a great deal of time
on their porches to avoid the heat (again, there was no AC), and they became a place where
neighbors socialized regularly. Scout and Jem often went barefoot (as many children still do in
the South), partly through comfort and also because shoes were expensive and were quickly worn
out by active children. They often played outside until after dark, since times were both simpler
and safer then.

How does Gregor's transformation show the power struggle within his family?

One of the major power struggles among the characters in
Kafka's The Metamorphosis revolves around the financial support of
the Samsa family.

Prior to Gregor's transformation into a
dung beetle, he had been the family's breadwinner.  Both his father, and his beloved
sister Grete, had been dependent on him. 

Gregor's father,
Mr. Samsa, is a failed businessman who has not worked for five years. Gregor's seventeen
year old sister, Grete, is considered by her parents to be "a somewhat useless
daughter."  Her big hope in life is that Gregor will someday be able to finance her
studies at a music conservatory.

After Gregor's metamorphis
and subsequent retirement from his job, both his father and sister go to work.  The
father becomes a messenger for a bank. He takes particular pride in his uniform,
probably because it is a symbol of his "victory" over his son.  Grete becomes a sales
clerk.

In the end, it is Grete and the father who take the
lead in the decision to banish Gregor from the family home.   Part of Grete's reasoning
is that it is unfair to her and her father, who are working so hard, to have to put up
with such a monstrosity at home:

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If people have to work as hard as we all do, they
can't endure this endless torment at home as well. I can't do it
either.”

The power equation
has been reversed.  No longer is Gregor the most important member of the family upon
whom others are dependent for financial support.  Rather, his sister and
father--formerly dependent on him--decide to expel Gregor from home because he has
become a useless burden.

Why is the accuracy of the experiment being performed here not affected by whether the container is covered with a lid or not?2 kg of ice at low...

You have mentioned that the accuracy of the experiment would not
be affected, but what is the objective of your experiment in the first place. Are you trying to
measure the heat required to melt ice, the specific heat of ice, the conductivity of the
polystyrene container, or something else.

If you are trying to
accomplish any of objectives that I have provided above, I think there will be a change in the
result when the container has a lid and when there is no lid on the
container.

You need to specify what you are trying to find through
the experiment in a more elaborate way so that a correct answer can be
provided.

Which companies have the highest weightage in the NASDAQ and DOW?

The NASDAQ-100 consists of 100 of the largest
non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ. This is a modified market value-weighted
index. Each company on the NASDAQ- 100 has a weight assigned to it based on its market
capitalization. For example a company with a weight of 1% would have to rise by 5 times
as much as a company with a weight of 5% to make the same change in the index. As of
June 22, 2010 five of the companies with the largest weight in the Index were Apple with
20.1%, Microsoft at 4.5%, Google at 4.2%, Qualcomm with 4.1% and Oracle with
2.8%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock index
consisting of 30 of the companies with the largest market capitalization. It is a scaled
price weighted average. The five largest companies on the DJIA are IBM with 9.55%, 3M
with 6.13%, Chevron with 5.77%, Caterpillar with 5.53% and McDonald’s with
5.23%.

Given that f(x) = e^x is a solution to y''-2y' +y = 0, determine a second linearly independent solution.

Let y= v(x)f(x) = ve^x

==>
y' = ve^x + v'e^x

==> y'' = ve^x + 2v'e^x +
v''e^x

Now we will substitute into the
equation.

==> ve^x + 2v'e^x + v''e^x - 2(ve^x+v'e^x) + ve^x =
0

Since we need a second linearly independant solution, then we know
that v'' = 0

==> v= c1x +
c2

Then the second solution is given by
:

==> y= vf =
xe^x

What is the style, the language used and how the atmosphere is created?It is for an oral book report.

In The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest
Hemingway uses a plain, straightfoward style of 3rd person narration that is common to
most religious parables and allegories.

Hemingway uses many
simple sentences, unadorned description, and a matter-of-fact dialogue to create
believability.  In short, Hemingway's style is without pathos (emotional appeal).
 Rather, the old man is based on logos (logic) and
ethos (ethics).

The mood of the
novella is based on religious allegory: it is a contemplation on man alone in nature
suffering, much like Jesus' temptation in the desert or Jonah and the
Whale.

Is there a connection between appearance and identity in Persuasion by Jane Austen?

Sir Walter Elliot certainly thinks there is a connection between
appearance and identity. His deep distresses are the little crows-feet line about Lady Russell's
temples and Mary's coarse skin:

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Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting, and
the rapid increase of the crow's foot about Lady Russell's temples had long been a distress to
him.

On the other hand, his pride and
slight delusion is that Elizabeth looks as youthful and lovely as ever and that he is still the
handsome man whose looks beguiled the sensible and good Lady Elliot to become Lady
Elliot:

Elizabeth,
still the same handsome Miss Elliot that she had begun to be thirteen years ago, and Sir Walter
might be excused, ... for thinking himself and Elizabeth as blooming as ever,
....

Lady Russell also adheres to the
principle of the connection between appearances and identity but in a different fashion. To her,
the appearance of financial stability and growing accumulation of wealth is the key indicator of
identity. This is proved in her disapproval of Wentworth who--despite his real options for
claiming a fortune off the spoils of a successfully fought war--was based on his appearance of
present and continuing penury, or lack of wealth. The converse of this occurring when Wentworth
returned from the war as a wealthy captain of his own ship exemplified her continuing adherence
to the principle upholding the connection between appearance and
identity.

Some characters, such as our heroine Anne and Mrs. Smith,
who have higher characters and moral integrity, realize that appearance and identity may be
disparate and seemingly contradictory components of a person's life. In fact, they see the ironic
inverse of the principle. For instance, cousin William Elliot has the appearance of an noble
identity yet is scheming for a connection with the family again in keeping with his ways, which
Mrs. Smith calls "black and hollow at heart" since he is, as she says, a "designing, wary,
cold-blooded being who thinks only of himself."

Returning to Sir
Walter, his real situation in life again proves Anne's and Mrs. Smith's superior beliefs about
the disparate and contradictory connection between appearance and identity. Sir Walter's identity
is particularly ironic since he is baronet, which is an hereditary British title of honor
bestowed on commoners and is the lowest of hereditary ranks. Baronet ranks just above the
nonhereditary honor of knight and below baron. This in reality makes Sir Walter the lowest of the
best not the best of the best as he likes to maintain the appearance of
being.

What is a symbol in the story "To Build a Fire"?

Fire is a repeating symbol in
Jack London's short story, "To Build a Fire." Fire, and the successful building of a
fire, serves many purposes. Above all, it is a life-sustaining force in the deadly cold
climate of the Yukon. It is used for warmth to preserve the human body, since a
continuous campfire is necessary for sleeping; otherwise, a man would freeze in the
extreme, sub-zero temperatures. Fire is used to cook food, further sustenance for man.
It is used for protection against wild animals. But fire's most important use in the
story comes as a heat source to thaw frozen clothing. The Chechaquo, the main character
in the story, recognizes this importance, and he uses fire for this purpose. In the end,
fire also causes the man's demise, melting the snow in the tree and sending it to the
earth, where the fire is extinguished. With the death of the fire comes the death of the
man.

Did segregation and racism have anything to do with the Great Depression in the United States?

Segregation and racism did not really help to cause the
Great Depression.  However, the government's actions during the Great Depression and the
New Deal did reflect racism and segregation.

The main
connection between racism and the Great Depression is the policies of many of the New
Deal programs.  New Deal programs were generally set up to try to help poor people. 
Many of the poor in the South were, of course, black.  But the federal government
allowed the local governments to run the programs.  This mean that most programs, like
the WPA, tended to treat blacks worse than whites.

Please
follow the link for an excellent discussion of this and many more examples of how
various New Deal programs discriminated against
African-Americans.

List the three "cards" Carton holds which will force Barsad to help him with his plan to free Darnay.A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

In another of Charles Dickens's signature coincidences, all of
the major characters connected to the trial of Charles Darnay in Book the First, except for
Stryver, come together on a street in St. Antoine in Chapter 8 of Book the Third of A
Tale of Two Cities. When Miss Pross, who is shopping with Jerry Cruncher, decides that
they need some wine, she enters a wine shop where there are a number of men with red caps. By
accident, she and a man come face-to-face: It is her brother Solomon, whom she has not seen for
years. He tells her not to call him Solomon and takes her outside the shop; then he asks who
Jerry Cruncher with a look on his face as though he has seen a ghost. For, Jerry recognizes the
man, asking him if his name is not also John as in John Basard,whom he witnessed at the Bailey
during the trial of Charles Darnay. (It is Sydney Carton who supplies the last name.) Carton then
steps forward and tells Barsad that he proposes the "losing game," but he will win Barsad. To
this, Barsad says that Carton must have winning cards. Replying that he does have winning cards,
Carton "lays" them before Barsad:

1. Sydney's first "card" that he
can pull against Barsad is to report that he has used a false name--John Barsad--to the French
when he is really Solomon Pross.

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"Mr. Barsad, now turnkey,always spy and secret informer,
so much the more valuable here for being English that an Englishman is less open to suspicion of
subornation in those charcter than a Frenchman, represents himself to his employers under a false
name...."

2 Sydney tells Barsad that
he can report him as a former English spy, Roger Cly, for the aristocrats of England, the enemy
of the French revolutionaries. (Jerry comes forward and tells Barsad that the cofffin of the
"deceased" Roger Cly was filled with rocks, suggesting that he and Carton know that Barsad and
Cly are the same man.)

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."Mr. Barsad, now in the employ of the republican French
government, was formerly in the employ of the aristocratic English government, the enemy of
France and freedom....Mr. Barsad, still in the pay of the aristocratic English government, is the
spy of Pitt, the treacherous foe of the Republic crouching in its bosom, the English traitor and
agent of all mischief so much spoken of and so difficult to find. That's a card not to be
beaten."

3. He will report Barsad as a
foreigner among the Revolutionaries. And, Barsad understands more than Carton the danger here
because of his spying on St. Antoine and Defarge's wine-shop. For, Barsad has noted the look on
Madame Defarge's face as she knitted one time; also, he has noticed that shortly after Madame
looks at someone and knits, that person is soon guillotined.

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"I play my Ace, Denunciation of Mr. Barsad to the nearest
Section Committee."

Once he has
convinced John Barsad of his "winning hand" Carton takes the spy into a dark room to have a final
word, "the losing hand" of Carton's admission into the Conciergerie.

Why does the author reveal the facts about the jilting as she does instead giving it in a straightforward manner?

Porter masterfully uses figurative language to depict the
netherworld between Granny Ellen Weatherall’s consciousness, memories, and the grip of
death. Dr.Harry floats “like a balloon” (paragraph 6) in a room “like a dark curtain
drawn around the bed” (paragraph 8) filed with “streamers of blue-gray light like tissue
paper over her eyes” (paragraph 29). Towards the end, Granny’s daughter’s
voice“staggered and bumped like a cart in a bad road” (paragraph 56) and in her last
moments, Granny enters the figurative world she describes: The line between figurative
and literal becomes blurred. It is Granny's worlds that becomes blurred because she is
near death. Granny climbs into the metaphorical cart which represents her daughter’s
faltering voice, which eventually “made short turns and tilted over and crashed”
(paragraph 58).

As Granny Weatherall reviews her life, it
is in the stream of consciousness style, the haphazardness of her recollection; it is
because her story charts the many transformations she has undergone in her eighty years.
Her life history captures how work changes a woman, how betrayal alters a person’s
heart, how motherhood changes a woman, and ultimately how aging affects her judgment of
her own life.

What literary devices does John Updike use in his short story, "A&P"?

"A&P", a short story by the late American author
John Updike is a quirky coming-of-age story. It narrates the day when the main
character, Sammy, a grocery clerk at the local A&P, offers a noble gesture in
the face of petty injustice, but for which he receives no recognition. Along the way his
character shifts away from the smart-aleck teen we meet in the first paragraphs of the
story. For the authenticity of this shift, Updike depends on three literary devices:
colloquial language, attention to detail, and symbolism. The story, told from the first
person point of view, engages the reader with a breezy, colloquial tone from the first
sentence: "In walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits". As Sammy
wise-crackingly relates their controversial progress through the grocery aisles, the
reader is adopted into the position of friend and confidant. The reader is
thus immediately sympathetic, and more than ready to take Sammy's side when he
fruitlessly steps out to defend the honour of the girls. Sammy is a keen observer of
humanity, dwelling detail by detail on the girls and their disquieting effect on the
customers. To be sure, his fascination with the novelty of three underclad teenage girls
in a 1950's era grocery store is likely driven by surging testosterone. But the
cumulative effect of so much detail is to make the girls presence exotic and glamorous,
and a suitable object of Sammy's new found romantic impulse. They are the
colourful foreground to the grocery store's drab background. In fact, Updike effectively
uses colour symbolism to reinforce the original twist in Sammy's thinking, and to
illustrate his perspective on the town: Queenie, the lead girl and the one for whom
Sammy has fallen completely, holds "a little gray jar in her hand";
"Stokesie, his fellow cashier "with his usual luck draws an old party in baggy
gray pants"; and Lengel, the store manager, as he accuses the girls
of indecency "sighs and begins to look very patient and old and gray".
The symbolism of the customers, like sheep, mindlessly marching in one
direction adds to author's purpose. The vivacious teenage visitation to the dreary
routine of the grocery store performs the function of a counterpoint, one that Sammy
wants to embrace, albeit in a futile gesture.  

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what does the character Dill bring to the book?

The children first come to know Dill as the character who lives
next door sometimes, and is worth learning about. In this regard, Dill helps represent the
microcosm of society that groups of young children can be. In all societies, those who are lesser
in some way, try to work up to being something more. Dill portrays this as he is significantly
shorter than Jem and is trying to prove that he is something more. In my opinion, this is why he
feels the need to lie. It is the way he compensates for being shipped around from relative to
relative.

This same effort comes from Mayella Ewell in her effort to
grow flowers, it comes from Bob Ewell in his effort to sue a Negro just to clear his own name
from possible suspicion regarding his daughter's injuries, and we see it in the woman at
Calpurnia's church who tries to push her weight around when some white children attend her
church. People compensate for their perceived weaknesses.

Another
contribution Dill brings to the story is the innocence of a child.
His illness in the courtroom helps us see beyond the Finch children who are somewhat immune to
courtroom banter that can be hurtful to a human of another race. Dill's innocence will not allow
him to yet see color like an adult. Jem and Scout are not racist, but they understand Mr.
Glimer's ways. Without Dill, readers would have had no need for Mr. Dolphus Raymond's explanation
of the way he lives in chapter 20.

In A Separate Peace, why does Leper have his breakdown in Chapter 10?

Leper actually has his breakdown before the action of Chapter
10, but when he is talking to Gene, Leper's fragile mental state is revealed to Gene. When Leper
is in boot camp, his anxiety and eccentricities that had been tolerated and somewhat coddled at
Devon become obvious to all, including Leper himself, and when he goes into a psychotic rant, his
superiors begin the process of discharging him for being mentally unfit. Leper is sane enough to
realize that a Section 8 discharge will be life altering in a negative way; so he deserts the
military.

In Chapter 10, when Gene goes to visit Leper at his home
in Vermont, Leper no longer has the ability to hold in his suspicions and paranoia. He associates
Gene (whom he saw jump on the branch, causing Finny's injury) with the "cruel" men at boot camp
and projects his fears onto Gene.

How is the influence of film evident in the play Angels in America?

I think that this is a very interesting idea. I would say that
the epic style of the drama is reflective of how film, as a genre, has helped to expand the
artistic imagination of both viewer and writer. The idea that a film can convey epics had been
something that was in evidence for some time prior to Kushner's work. In this light, the play is
able to take on the form of an epic, spanning different times and conditions, but being unified
by the idea of exploring the disintegration of relationships in the modern setting. The ability
to bring out global themes through the problems of individual people is something for which film
has become known. The play does this in much the same way. Political statements, artistic ideas,
and intellectual themes can be explored in the style of an epic, while focusing on the individual
narratives. This is one way in which film has influenced the development of Kushner's
drama.

Given the function f(x)=a*lnx+b, what are a and b if f'(1)=2 and definite integral of f(x)=7, if the limits of integration are 1 and e?

First, we'll differentiate the function to get
f'(x):

f'(x) = a/x

Now, we'll
substitute x by 1:

f'(1) = a/1

But,
from enunciation, f'(1) = 2 => a = 2.

We'll evaluate the
definite integral of f(x).

Int f(x)dx = Int (a*ln x + b)dx = Int
a*ln xdx + Int b dx

Int ln xdx = x*ln x - Int
dx

Int ln xdx = x*ln x - x + C

Int ln
xdx = x(ln x - 1) + C

We'll apply Leibniz Newton to determine the
values of definite integral:

Int ln x dx = F(e) -
F(1)

F(e) = e(ln e - 1) = 0

F(1) = 1(ln
1 - 1) = -1

F(e) - F(1) = - (-1) =
1

Int a*ln xdx = a

Int bdx = bx +
C

F(e) - F(1) = b*e - b = b(e-1)

But,
from enunciation, Int (a*ln x + b)dx = 7

a + b(e-1) =
7

2 +b(e-1) = 7

b(e-1) =
5

b = 5/(e-1)

We'll substitute a and b
and we'll get:

f(x) = 2ln x +
5/(e-1)

f(x) = ln (x^2) +
5/(e-1)

The requested function is f(x) = ln (x^2) +
5/(e-1).

Explain and analyze how Tolstoy lost his religious faith.What was wrong with the beliefs around him?

The late 1870s is usually described as a period of crisis
in Tolstoy’s life. Indeed, thereafter, he renounced many of the parts of his life that
used to occupy him and give his life structure, if not meaning: his fiction, for
starters.During this period, Tolstoy started to complain about his marriage and family
life and ask whether it was an obstacle to his living a life that was more in keeping
with the teaching of Christ. During this period Tolstoy recognized this teaching as the
only thing that could give his life meaning. He would bluntly criticize institutional
religion:

I
witnessed members of the Church, her teachers, monks, and ascetics condoning the killing
of helpless, lost youths. As I turned my attentionto all that is done by people who
profess Christianity, I was horrified. (Confession, 1988, p.
76)

In the later years,
Tolstoy wrote out on a number of issues: nonviolent resistance, Christ’s teachings,
vegetarianism, chastity, and abstention from tobacco and alcohol. He was critical of the
state, whose policies and power were founded on violence. He was also outspoken about
certain practices and dogmas of the Russian Orthodox Church, and was eventually
excommunicated. But many of his followers were inspired by his interpretation and
formulation of the teaching of Jesus and by Tolstoy’s efforts to practice what Jesus
preached.

A rectangle field with area of 300 square meters and a perimeter of 80 meters. What are the length and width of the field?

Let L represent length, let W represent
Width.

Perimeter is equal to 2L+2W for any rectangle, or
P=2L+2W

Area is equal to L*W for any rectangle, or
A=L*W

Here, the perimeter is 80 meters and the area is 300m^2.  How
can we use this information to find out answers?  Let's think and figure it
out.

L*W=300m^2

2L+2W=80m
>>>>>>>>
2(L+W)=80>>>>>>> (L+W)=80/2
=40

L+W=40 then L=40-W  OR W=40-L  Choose one or the other to use in
the equation for area.

A=L*W>>> 300m^2 =
L*(40-L)

300m^2=40L-L^2
>>>>>>rewrite>>> L^2-40L+300=0
>>>now solve for L by factoring this equation to get (L-30)(L-10)=0
Therefore L=30 or L = 10.  It would make more sense that the length would be the longest
dimension so we will say that L=30.  Then W would have to be 10.  The rectangle is 30m long and
10m wide.  Just to be sure, let's multiply L*W to see if we get 300m^2, which we know is the area
of this rectangle.

Is 10*30 = 300?  Yes, it is.  Therefore
10m*30m=300m^2

Now lets check the Perimeter: 80 = 2L+2W OR 80 = 2*30
+ 2*10  >>>> 60+20=80  Is that correct?  I think it is.  Now you have
your solution.  The length of this rectangle is 30 meters and the width of it is 10 meters.  That
wasn't too difficult, was it? 

How does Shakespeare use money, such as pounds, as a reference to create humor in Twelfth Night?

There are a few different places in which
money, such as ducats, coins, or
pounds, is used as a reference to create a comic
effect.

The first place is when Maria quizzes Sir
Toby about bringing Sir Andrew into the house to be a suitor to Olivia. Toby
defends his position by arguing that Andrew is as "tall a man as any's in Illyria," which is
apparently an attempt at making a case for Andrew's looks (I.iii.18). When Maria catches the
weakness of his point, asking, "What's that to the purpose?," Toby reveals his real
reason for inviting Andrew into the house as a suitor, saying, "Why, he has three
thousand ducats a year," which is a comment on Andrew's salary,
showing us that Toby really just wants to get his hands on Andrew's
money (19-20). This revelation is comical in the sense that it is
also ironic. It is ironic that Toby wants Andrew to court Olivia so that Toby can
access Andrew's money. Normally a suitor's money would have nothing to do with his so-called
friend; the money would belong to the suitor alone, and should he marry, he could choose to share
it with the bride. Hence, the fact that Toby is trying to set Olivia up with Andrew so that Toby
can access Andrew's money is both ironic and comical.

A second
comical reference to money is when Viola as Cesario pays Feste for entertaining
her with his plays on words. He next asks for a pair of coins so
that they might breed, saying, "I would play Lord Pandarus of
Phrygia, sir, to bring a Cressida to this Troilus," which is to say that he would act as a
"go-between" to help pair a female coin with his male coin so they might breed, just as Pandarus
of Troy acted as a "go-between" to join Troilus and Cressida together (III.i.49-50; title="William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Or What You Will, ed. Kenneth Deighton, Shakespare
Online, shakespare-online.com"
href="http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/twn_3_1.html">Shakespeare-online,
Twelfth Night). This is also comical because
his idea about breeding coins to make more coins is, of course,
ironic. Coins cannot breed together to make more
coins.

A third place in which money is referred to
in order to create a comical affect is in the final scene. Just after Sebastian hurts both Sirs
Toby and Andrew, Andrew exclaims, "I had rather than forty pound I were at home," meaning he
wishes he were home rather than having his last remaining forty
pounds (V.i.185). The irony is that we know very well
Sir Toby has been draining Andrew of his money, and if he had staid
at home instead, he would not be down to his last remaining forty pounds. Hence, even this
reference to money is comical due to its irony and is also revealing
about the characters.

What are the main advantages of proprietorship, partnerships, and limited liability companies?Please explain your answer in detail.

The advantages of sole proprietorship as a business form
include: ease of establishment, no required business taxes, and sole control of business
decision-making.  Sole proprietorships are easier to establish than a partnership, which
requires legal partnership agreements to be drawn up, or a corporation, which requires
an expensive and lengthy application for a government charter of incorportation.  Sole
proprietors only pay personal income taxes on the profits of the business, the business
itself is not responsible for paying any taxes.  Finally, the sole proprietor makes all
the business decisions for himself/herself, without potential conflict with a partner or
board of directors.

The chief advantages of a partnership
include: ease of raising capital, the ability to attract quality employees, and no
required business taxes.  It is easier for a partnership to raise financial capital
because partners represent a smaller risk than a sole proprietor.  If one partner
defaults on a business loan, the bank can still collect from the other partner(s).  The
possibility of "making partner," or being offered part ownership in the business as a
reward for hard work, is an incentive that partnership can offer that sole
proprietorships often cannot.  For this reason, partnerships can often attract more
quality employess.  Finally, like sole proprietorships, partners only have to pay
personal income taxes on their share of the profits.  The business is not liable for
business taxes as a corporation would be.

A limited
liability company (LLC) is a hybrid of a sole proprietorship or partnership, and a
corporation.  While enjoying the advantage of not having to pay business taxes like a
corporation, the owners of an LLC are not liable for "the acts and debts" of the
business.  This addresses a major disadvantage of sole proprietorships and partnerships,
unlimited liabilty, which means that the owners are personally liable for judgements
against the business.

Given x o y = xy-x-y+2 and f(x) = x+1 , prove that f(xy) = f(x) o f(y).

We'll write f(xy) = xy+1

Now, we'll
manage the right side:

f(x) o
f(y)=(x+1)o(y+1)

We'll apply the rule of composition of 2 terms
:

(x+1)o(y+1)=(x+1)(y+1)-(x+1)-(y+1)+2

(x+1)o(y+1)=xy+x+y+1-x-1-y-1+2

(x+1)o(y+1)=xy+1=f(xy)

We
notice that managing both sides, we've get the same
result.

There fore, the identity f(xy)=f(x)of(y) is
verified.

Where can I find examples of the Mariner's guilt in "The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner"?Could people please use quotes to answer the question, I...

I think the best place to start would actually be at the
end of the poem, which concludes the tale and also tells us of the impact of the Ancient
Mariner's story on his audience, the Wedding Guest. We are told that the Ancient Mariner
is plagued by the guilt of his actions in killing the albatross and is compelled by this
guilt to travel from land to land, where he will find individuals whom he knows he must
share his tale with:

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Since then, at an uncertain
hour,

That agony returns:

And
till my ghastly tale is told,

This heart within me
burns.

I pass, like night, from land to
land;

I have strange power of
speech;

That moment that his face I
see,

I know the man that must hear
me:

To him my tale I
teach.

This clearly conveys
the huge, massive sense of guilt that the Mariner feels as he is left to wander the
world, sharing his tale with a carefully selected
audience.

If you want other quotes, you will want to
examine the part when the Mariner actually kills the albatross - plenty to look for
there.

What are 3 adaptations of a leaf that show water loss by transpiration?

Transpiration is the loss of water through the leaf. There
are tiny openings called stomates and these are surrounded
by guard cells. In dry conditions, the guard cells
generally cause the stomates to close, thereby keeping water loss to a minimum. However,
if the guard cells swell and the stomates are open, transpiration will occur and water
vapor will exit the leaf. This can be seen by examining the leaf under the microscope to
see stomates in the open position and also, by further examining individual cells, the
vacuoles that store water in the plant will shrink due to
water loss. These vacuoles work like storage compartments and when the leaf cells have a
lot of water, they take up a great deal of room within the confines of the cell. When
transpiration occurs and water is lost, the vacuoles are much smaller in
volume.

Why do you think the author chose to "call" the main character as he did?

If by "call" you mean why did the author portray the
character in the way he did, with the ending the story has, my impression would be that
O'Flaherty is trying to impress upon the reader, not only what war can do, but to draw
attention to the terrible fighting that went on in Ireland for many, many
years.

This story is about civil war in Ireland, between
the Republicans and the Free Staters. As with the Civil War in this country, the
politics divided families onto opposite sides of the
battle.

The description the author presents of our
protagonist is that of a young man, who is good at what he does, but who is also
something of a fanatic. As the story begins, he is wound up and very tense.  He is
eating now because he has not eaten all day: he's been too
nervous.

In the story, the sniper is there to do a job. He
does not personify the people he kills: he is killing the enemy, and they are faceless
victims. When he kills the men in the armored tank, he goes ahead and kills the old
woman who tried to tell the men in the tank where the sniper was located.  The fact that
she is an old woman means nothing to him. The only way he can effectively do his job is
to separate himself from any emotions while he carries out his
duties.

When the sniper kills the old woman, a sniper on
another roof wounds the protagonist. Though it does not kill him, he knows he cannot
shoot his rifle again.

Rather than packing up and going to
find medical attention, the sniper dresses his own wound and then methodically goes
about trying to draw out the other sniper in order to kill
him.

Ultimately, by tricking the other man, the first
sniper is able to kill his adversary. At first, viewing this man as a fine shot and a
worthy adversary, the sniper is full of rage about the realities of war and the waste of
human life, and he nearly kills himself when he throws the revolver he used violently
onto the ground, where it misfires.

Finally pulling himself
together, the sniper climbs down from the roof and decides to see if he knows the other
sniper, perhaps from an old regiment. However, when he turns the man over, he is looking
into the face of his dead brother.

The ending never fails
to shock and appall the reader. O'Flaherty artfully lures us into the story, keeps the
excitement high, and then pulls the rug out from under us. However, he is once again
trying to bring to the reader's attention that although the sniper endeavors to keep it
"non-personal," this is really impossible: war is personal. To kill
means to take the life of another human being. In this case, it is more horrible than
the sniper could imagine, as he has taken the life of his
brother.

Explain what Lois Lowry is trying to say regarding change in society and in individuals in The Giver.Many authors deal with the theme of change in...

There is a lot you could say about this question, so allow me to
give you some introductory thoughts that will hopefully allow you to shape your own response. We
are presented with a society which is deliberately designed to stay the same. The number of
births are carefully controlled and all citizens, when puberty begins, must take drugs to
suppress their passions and desires. Anybody who defies the law of this community is "released"
or put to death. Likewise, anyone who does not fit the norms of this society is "released" such
as twins or those who are disabled. This is what Jonas realises when he begins his training as
the next Keeper of Memories. What happens within Jonas is that he recognises within himself
values and beliefs that stand in direct defiance to the values and beliefs of his world and his
community. However, he realises that he, by himself, is unable to change his world. His gradual
increasing awareness of the realities of his situation and his community culminate in his
decision to leave it with Gabriel to prevent his death at the hands of his father. Having
identified that he does not and cannot ascribe to the same beliefs as his community, and having
no possibility of changing it, he can only remove himself from
it.

Thus this situation says a lot about the nature of society and
how often as individuals we grow and position ourselves against the aspects of our society that
we cannot agree with.

What is an outline of the major steps in the strategic planning process (refer to below)?Strategic planning involves both the development of...

Strategic planning is essential for all endeavors, not just
business. If anything is going to go smoothly, then there must be step-by-step foresight. Here is
a general outline of how things can be done. First, there must be a goal that is in view. In
other words, what are the main objectives that a person or organization wants to accomplish. This
needs to made clear. The second question you need to ask is how a person is going to reach these
goals. What things or person(s) are necessary to achieve these objectives? In this stage, there
should already be concrete steps that are in place to obtain objectives, or goals. If the goals
are big, then incremental steps to achieve smaller goals may be important. The third step should
be evaluation. Critical evaluation is central and not an afterthought. You might find that you
are not working well or that there is a better way to achieve your goals. Finally, you follow the
steps over again for each incremental goal.

Explain how fate is a theme in "The Signal-man" in no less than 3 ideas that support fate.

"The Signal-Man" by Charles Dickens reflects the anxiety
that the Victorians felt about technological progress occurring during the Industrial
Revolution.  In this story, tragedies occur in spite of the careful measures established
to ensure safety, a fact that clearly suggests the interference of fate.  These
technological communications as well as the assiduousness of the signalman are
ineffective against the fateful power of the train that seems to possess an untamed
power of a preternatural nature.

Here are some
illustrations of the impervious power of the fateful train that overrides the strategies
of the people who try to control this technological
monster:

1. The signalman, upon hearing the narrator's call
to him, mistakes the narrator for someone else since the narrator has somehow spoken the
exact same words as those which were spoken prior to a tragic incident. The signalman
explains,

One
moonlight night...when I heard a voice cry, 'Halloa!  Below there!  Look out!...I
advanced so close upon [the figure who spoke these words] that I wondered at its keeping
the sleeve across its eyes.  I ran right up at it, and hand my hand stretched out to
pull the sleeve away, when it was
gone."

This apparition has
presaged the fateful ending of the signalman.  Despite the warning to look out, a
terrible train wreck has occurred.  Upon hearing this report, the narrator suggests that
the words were communicated to the signalman in "a supernatural way."  The signalman is
disturbed by the inexplicable repeated messages he
hears:

"Why
not tell me where that accident was to happen,--if it must happen?  Why not tell me how
it could be averted,--if it could be averted?...And I, Lord help me!  A mere poor
signal-man on this solitary station!  Why not go to somebody with credit to be believed,
and power to act?"

2.  Fate
seems a much stronger force that the two men who are isolated.  The signalman
is

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...remarkably exact and vigilant, breaking off
his   discourse at a syllable, and remaining silent until what he had to do was
done.

Yet, despite his
careful attention to all the safety measures, the signalman becomes doubtful as he hears
warnings when no one is around.  And, in his isolated state of "feverish distress," with
the narrator away at the time, the fated signalman is killed by the relentless and
uncontrollable power of the train.

3. The railroad company
has installed safety devices such as the telegraph signals, red lights, flags, and
bells.  Conscientiously, the signalman ensures that all these devices operate.  However,
despite the tecnical safety devices and spiritual warnings that the signalman
conscientiously checks, the inexorable fate of the accident
occurs.

What is the relationship between Holden and Ackley? What does Ackley think of Holden?I need information of how Holden thinks of Ackley and vise versa.

Ackley and Holden have an interesting relationship, and we
get more information of course on how Holden feels about Ackley than the other way
around.  Holden finds him physically disgusting, always discussing his pimples or his
smell and bad breath.  So while he makes this physical distaste very clear, it is also
clear that Holden feels somehow connected to Ackley and would prefer being around him to
being by himself.

At the same time, Ackley appears to
really like Holden and enjoy being around him as he invites him to do various things
with him.  But again, our picture of Ackley's feelings towards Holden is a little less
clear.

If sina = 3/5, find the value of cos(a) and sin2a

Given that sin(a) = 3/5

We need to
find cos(a).

First we will use trigonometric identities to find
cos(a).

We know that:

sin^2 a + cos^2 a
= 1

==> cos(a) = sqrt( 1- sin^2
a)

==> cos(a) = +-sqrt( 1- (3/5)^2 = sqrt( 1- 9/25) = sqrt
16/25 = 4/5

Then cos(a) = +- 4/5

Now we
will calculate sin2a

==> we know that sin2a =
2sina*cosa

Now we will substitute
:

==> sin2a = 2*3/5* +-4/5 =
+-24/25

==> sin2a =
+-24/25

Then cosa = +- 4/5 and sin2a = +-
24/25

What is the function of the lack of resolution in 1984?

1984 has a resolution, but it is not
a pleasing one.  Instead, the state crushes the individual, and there is little hope
that the future will be any different.

Remember,
1984 is a comedy--a political satire.  The focus of comedy is
usually on the society--its ills, evils, and illegitimacies.  The function of a comedy's
resolution, of course, is for these to be remedied by the end--and to have some laughs
along the way.  Neither of these happen in 1984: Winston is
tortured and rendered an unperson.  There is no Big Brother or Goldstein or the Golden
Country or revolution or love or memory.  Only room 101.  Rats.  A boot heel crushing a
skull.  Pain.  Suffering.

The resolution is not even
pleasing as a tragedy.  There is no tragic hero--no heroism at all, in fact.  There is
no tragic flaw--no course of action that Winston could have taken to avoid his fate.  He
was being set up, like us the reader, to be tortured all along.  Sure, we had hope that
Julia or Goldstein or the revolution could gain traction.  But, in the end, we were
duped, just like Winston.  The bitter laugh is on us.

The
resolution, I think, is the novel's brilliance.  Hundreds of years from now,
1984 will be remembered, along with the fiction of Aleksandr
Solzhenisyn, as the most brutal accounts of the atrocities against the
individual perpetrated in the 20th Century.  For those victims of totalitarian
governments, there is only torture, death, and fatalism.  Hope and love were
non-existent for two or three generations.  Orwell characterizes humanity at its
believable worst.

The ending should be no surprise for
those in the USSR or Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy.  Only we in democracies are
surprised by the how effective the gruesome and lethal machinery of government,
technology, and hate can destroy a people and their will.  But, Orwell is there to
remind us that it can happen in Britain and in the states.

How would you compare Laux's "The Life of Trees" to Brewster's "Where I Come From"?

“The Life of Trees,” by Laux, and Brewster’s “Where I Come
From” both deal with speculations about a quality of life that is less complicated and
more natural than the urbanized lives we live today. Almost through necessity,
therefore, both poems stress some of the ways of Nature. Laux devotes more lines to an
accurate and interesting description of inanimate trees while at the same time
attributing certain animate qualities to them. Brewster is less detailed, and concludes
her poem enigmatically with the reference to the door of the mind being blown open. It
is fair to say that the two poems share in the traditional pastoral impulse, though it
would not be correct to say that they are conventional pastoral poems. If one would like
to retain the term “pastoral,” it might work to say that they are “modern pastoral
poems.”

Define the functions of parties by using the Tea Party Movement as the example.

A political party is a group of people who share similar
views on common sets of issues and who seek to staff and run the government. The
functions of the political party is to staff and run the government, have a viable and
honest campaign process for the best candidate, and have an election process for the
most qualified candidate. Since the Tea Party fits most of these, functions and
responsibilities, the one thing it doesn't have and that is authority to place
candidates on ballots. I believe that most candidates, if not all, run as Republican
candidates and not Tea Part candidates, so the party would fail in that one respect.
Also, I am not sure of all the issues of Tea Part candidates and i am not sure if they
have broad sets of issues and not just one or two which would equate them as more of a
political interest group. An interest group. The Tea Party is similar to political
parties in that both make input to governmental components, both are organized efforts,
both tend to share common views, both tend to become more effective as they become
larger, both tend to draw people of similar characteristics, and both play important
roles in transmitting political values. The Tea Party Movement and political parties
have these values in common.

Why is Wedding Guest in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" a sadder and wiser man after hearing the Mariner's story?I need to have three reasons. I...

When the Wedding Guest is accosted by the Mariner, he is
irritated and frightened. Once the story is underway, the Wedding Guest is mesmerised.
By the end of the tale, he is sadder and wiser. His responses - fear at being accosted
by such a strange man, fascination at such a bizarre story, sadness and reflectiveness
in reaction to the Mariner's fate and his message - certainly seem
plausible.

To me, the key reason why he is a sadder and
wiser man is that he has learnt and taken to heart the moral of the
tale:

He
prayeth well, who loveth we;l

Both man and bird and
beast.

He prayeth best, who loveth
best

All things both great and
small;

For the dear God who loveth
us,

He made and loveth
all.

It seems to be that the
main theme of this ballad is that Nature exacts its own revenge for crimes committed
against it and that it is essential to love all creatures. The Wedding Guest is a
"sadder and wiser man" because he recognises that this theme of respect for all life is
a lesson that humanity must continually relearn.

In what ways does Yeats show aspects of modernist writing in his poem "A Prayer For My Daughter"?

“A Prayer For My Daughter” by Yeats is a prime example of
the tenets of the Modernist period in literature. It contains many of the elements that
define Modernism. The modernist movement was developed in
reaction against Romanticism and Realism, as such, it
counters many of the principles that guided the writing of poetry in those
periods.

For instance, while Romanticism discounted form,
structure, and literary devices because of the belief in the poet's inspiration from
Imagination, Modernists paid a great deal of attention to form, structure
and literary devices. For this reason, as href="http://vc.ws.edu/engl2265/unit4/Modernism/all.htm">David  L. White of
WSCC says, modernist poetry places heavy emphasis on the literary devices, especially
imagery and symbolism. An example of symbolism from Yeats' poem is the wished for
comparison of the sleeping daughter to a linnet. A linnet is a plain, brownish finch
songbird: its inner song is more important than its outer adornment of feathers. An
example of imagery is the description of the storm in the early
lines:

… There
is no obstacle
But Gregory's wood and one bare hill
Whereby the
haystack- and roof-levelling wind.
Bred on the Atlantic, can be
stayed;

This leads to another
point. Modernist poets are concerned with illustrating the inner
realms of the psyche's visions and reality along with the impact on
psychological impressions of events and external realities,
whereas Realists were intent on describing as accurately as possible the external
realities of the world: the shift is from external to internal.

Yeats certainly demonstrates this Modernist principle in
this poem. He begins with "for an hour I have walked and prayed," progresses to
lamenting the beauty that may "Lose natural kindness," then claims that for his
daughter, "In courtesy I'd have her chiefly learned" because "hearts are earned." Yeats
concludes by focusing on the birth of "innocence and beauty."

This ties back to the earlier point that for Modernists
structure was a guiding principle. This explains the
structure of the poem being built around a conceit that contrasts his hopes for his
daughter against Classical allusions emphasizing Helen of Troy, Aphrodite, Hephaestus,
and the Horn of Plenty of Greek mythology:

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Helen [of Troy] being chosen found life flat and
dull
And later had much trouble from a fool,
While that great Queen
[Aphrodite], that rose out of the spray,
Being fatherless could have her
way
Yet chose a bandy-legged smith [Hephaestus] for man.
It's
certain that fine women eat
A crazy salad with their meat
Whereby
the Horn of plenty is
undone.

Do read title="An Introduction to Modernism and Postmodernism. Dr. David L.White. Walters State
Community College, TN." href="http://vc.ws.edu/engl2265/unit4/Modernism/all.htm">Dr.
White’s description of the full details important to
Modernism to uncover even more ways Yeats’ poem exemplifies
the Modernist poetic period.

In "Through the Tunnel," identify the perspectives that affected the main character?

Arguably the central perspective that affected Jerry in
this excellent story was the relationship that Jerry has with his mother. It is clear
that at the start of the tale she is struggling to let Jerry go and let him do what he
wants to do. Note how she starts to encourage him to go with her to the "safe beach,"
instead of going to the dangerous beach:

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She looked impatient, then smiled. "Why,
darling, would you rather not come with me? Would you rather - " She frowned,
conscientiously worrying over what amusements he might secretly be longing for, which
she had been too busy or too careless to
imagine.

We are given a
greater insight into her character the next day as she decides to let Jerry go to the
"wild bay" by himself. As she walks away, Lessing uses an interior monologue to reveal
the mother's thoughts to us as she tries to encourage herself that she is doing the
right thing:

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She was thinking, Of course he's old enough to
be safe without me. Have I been keeping him too close? He mustn't feel he ought to be
with me. I must be careful.

He was an only child, eleven
years old. She was a widow. She was determined to be neither possessive nor lacking in
devotion. She went worrying off to her
beach.

The last details about
her and Jerry are particularly telling. For her, as a widow, with one child, of course
she is going to struggle to "let Jerry go" and to allow him to grow up. It is
interesting that before we are told that "contrition" compelled Jerry to go with his
mother, even though he would prefer to go to the wild
bay.

Thus the mother and her perspective is of central
importance to this story, and we are forced to see how Jerry has to win his way through
to adulthood on his own terms away from her care.

If sin a = (3/14) find cos a and tan (a)

sin(a) = 3/14

We need to determine
sin(a) and tan(a).

We will use the trigonometric properties to find
cos(a) and tan(a).

We know that: sin^2 x + cos^2 a =
1

 Let us substitute with sin(1) =
3/14.

==> (3/14)^2 + cos^2 a =
1

--< cos^2 a = 1-
(9/196)

==> cos^2 a = 187/
196

==> cos(a) = sqrt(187) /
14

Now let us calculate
tan(a).

From trigonometric properties, we know that tan(a) =
sin(a)/cos(a).

==> tan(a) = (3/14) / ( sqrt187/
14)

                  =
3/sqrt187

==> tan(a) = 3/
sqrt(187)

What could be a strong thesis statement for "In the Region of Ice" by Joyce Carol Oates?

Much of this is going to depend on what aspect of the story you
find particularly compelling. Given the fact that Oates' characterization of her protagonist is
so rich and the emotional frailties that exist between people is something to Oats is both
attracted and skilled, there is much there. I think that an avenue that is worthy of pursuit
would be for you to discuss the character of Sister Irene and her "region of ice" in terms of
possessing emotional control. Sister Irene's character is one that prefers the contained
emotional environment of her own carefully designed and configured world. Allen is a creature
that challenges Sister Irene's own emotional balance. Consider the quest to see Allen's parents.
At the start of it, Sister Irene "feels an intense affinity with the mysteries of Christianity
and the sufferings of Christ." This reflects a dimension of her own world that is uncontrolled, a
realm to which one must leave the cloistered domain of design and control to probe the purest
depths of human suffering. However, faced with the inertia of both Allen's parents and her own
willingness to probe deeper into this realm, Sister Irene resigns herself to departing this
realm, opting instead for the comfort of her own world, her own region of ice. This emotional
exploration might be a realm where a rich thesis statement about the need and limitations of
connection in the modern setting could be explored. Sister Irene's character provides enough in
way of finding examples and textual support for such a thesis statement.

What is the solution for log x^3 - log10x = log 40?

Given the logarithm equation log x^3 - log 10x = log
40.

We need to find x values that satisfies the
equation.

We will use logarithm properties to
solve.

First, we know that log a - log b = log
a/b.

==> log x^3 - log 10x = log
40

==> log x^3/10x = log
40

Now we will
simplify.

==> log x^2/10 = log
40

Now, we know that of the logarithms are equal, then the
bases are equal too.

Or, if log a = log b ==> a =
b

==>  x^2/10 = 40

We
will multiply by 10.

==> x^2 =
40*10

==> x^2 = 400

Now
we will take the root of both sides.

==> x1=
20

==> x2= -20 ( we will not consider this answer
because log 10x is not defined.

Then, the
answer is : x = 20

How does Mary Shelley portray education through the mind of the creature?

I edited this question as we can only answer one per day.
You are welcome to post a separate question on behalf of another
character.

Education is a very important topic in
Frankenstein because we get it in two ways: Taught by institutions, and
self-taught.

In the case of the creature, we know that he
taught himself to speak, read, and that his analytical skills were
superb.

We realize this way that an education given at the
best schools (such as the main character, Victor) do not give half the gist of life and
philosophy as an education acquired at one's own pace (like the creature's).  The
creature not only educated himself, but disciplined himself, contrasted himself to the
rest of the world, and even gave himself rules to live
by. 

This shows that education may be portrayed in the
novel as a gift that is inherent to whoever beholds it, and used as much as the owner's
temperament can allow.

Is The Old Man and the Sea told in chronological order?

There is no reason to believe that this novella,
The Old Man and the Sea, is written in anything but chronological
order. It begins with these lines:

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He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in
the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.  In the
first forty days a boy had been with him.  But after forty days without a fish the boy's
parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally
salao, which is the worst form of
unlucky....

From this
inauspicious beginning, we get all the antecedent action (that which happened before our
story begins) as well as a hint about the future, what is to come.  We know the old man,
Santiago, is now marked as having bad luck.

The story takes
the old man to sea, has him wrestle with his brother the fish, and brings him back
home.  There is no evidence that the story moves either back or forward in time outside
of a normal chronology.  Now, you do qualify your question with the idea of flashbacks,
and the novella does contain those, to a degree.  We experience Santiago's dreams
(Africa and the lions) as well as his reminiscences (of Joe DiMaggio and baseball, as
well as his wife).  These wanderings of the mind which Santiago experiences throughout
the course of the novel in no way change the forward movement or the chronology of the
story, though.  They are simply a looking back by an old man who is tired and thinking
and dreaming about other things to help him survive his present.