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It is very likely that the officer wasn't surprised to see the stranger at the doorway. The text tells us why. If we refer to Jimmy's letter at the end of the story, we will understand why he may not have been surprised to see Bob (the stranger). In the letter, Jimmy says that he was at the meeting place on time. Then, he says something very interesting: "I saw the face of the man wanted by Chicago cops." Being a police officer, Jimmy is privy to information about wanted criminals. So, despite the space of twenty years, Jimmy still recognized Bob. Most importantly, Jimmy and Bob made a pact twenty years ago. So, Jimmy was likely not surprised to see Bob waiting at the doorway of the shop. The text also tells us that Bob wanted to prove he could find success in the West. Once he did, Bob would have returned to New York City to tell Jimmy about it. I hope Jimmy has done half as well. He was a slow mover. I’ve had to fight for my success. In New York a man doesn’t change...

I am assuming you are referring to Pre-Columbian societies as discussed in Charles C. Mann's book 1491. These early American societies were actually quite connected. The Aztecs controlled a great deal of central Mexico through either conquest or demanding tribute. Trade goods such as conch shells have been found in Mississippian burial mounds. Feathers from tropical birds have been found in archaeological digs in the Northeast. Even without the aid of horses, early Americans still explored their surroundings and sought out trade goods. Either through trade or diplomacy, many tribes had at least some knowledge that other cultures existed. This explains why disease killed off millions of Native Americans before they even had contact with Europeans—the trade networks which had existed for years before 1491 served to carry disease vectors across the continent when the Europeans arrived.

The Magi referenced in O. Henry's short story are the three Wise Men who brought gifts of frankincense, gold, and myrrh to the infant Jesus in the Biblical tale; this was a risky gesture, as it could have resulted in punishment by King Herod. Their travel and actions involved sacrifice and the act of selfless giving.   Thus the narrator of this story compares Della and Jim to the Magi out of respect for their own personal sacrifices. Having no money to purchase each other Christmas gifts, Della had cut off her greatest treasure--her long, beautiful hair--in order to afford a chain for Jim's watch, and Jim had sold his most valued possession--the aforementioned watch--to buy tortoiseshell combs to adorn Della's hair. Much like the Magi honored Christ by falling before him with offerings of love, Della and Jim have done the same by showing no concern for their own desires or interests. They are focused only on the act of spreading love to each other.  Della and Jim are compar...

Show that $\displaystyle \cos h 2x = \cos h^2 x + \sin h^2 x$ Solving for the left-hand side of the equation Using Hyperbolic Function $ \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} \cos hx =& \frac{e^x + e^{-x}}{2} \\ \\ \cos h 2 x =& \frac{e^{2x} + e^{-2x}}{2} \\ \\ \cos h 2 x =& \frac{e^x e^x + e^{-x} e^{-x}}{2} \end{aligned} \end{equation} $ Using Hyperbolic Identities $ \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} & \cos hx + \sin hx = e^x \text{ and } \cos hx - \sin hx = e^{-x} \\ \\ & \cos h 2 x = \frac{(\cos hx + \sin hx)(\cos hx + \sin hx) + (\cos hx - \sin hx)(\cos hx - \sin hx)}{2} \\ \\ & \cos h 2 x = \frac{(\cos hx + \sin hx)^2 + (\cos hx - \sin hx)^2}{2} \\ \\ & \cos h 2 x = \frac{\cos h^2 x + \cancel{2 \cos hx \sin hx} + \sin h^2 x + \cos h^2 x - \cancel{2 \cos hx \sin hx} + \sin h^2 x}{2} \\ \\ & \cos h 2 x = \frac{2 \cos h^2 x + 2 \sin h^2 x}{2} \\ \\ & \cos h 2 x = \frac{\cancel{2} (\cos h^2 x + \sin h^2 x)}{\cancel{2}} \\ \\ & \cos h 2 x = \cos h^2 x ...

Contrapasso is one of the rules by which Dante chose to design his version of Hell in his Divine Comedy. Accordingly, each sinner in each circle of Hell is tormented by a punishment that mirrors the sin he or she committed when alive on earth. The sin of lust is by definition a strong or passionate (usually sexual) desire for something or someone. The connotations thereof are typically that the person ("sinner") in question is swept off his or her feet by, or simply overcome by depth of feeling and/or desire for, the object in question, so much so that rationality and common sense have been all but abandoned or ignored in the single-minded pursuit of the object of his or her lust. Therefore, in Canto V of Dante's rendition of Hell in Inferno, the spirits of the lustful, "who reason subjugate[d] to appetite," are violently thrown about by ceaseless winds, indeed described as an "infernal hurricane that never rests" and "hither, thither, downward, u...

Interesting question! If we follow the story, both Father Green (the French teacher) and Tom Roche (the swim coach) did abuse Skippy, but in different ways. The former abused his authority over Skippy by humiliating the young boy in class. As for Tom Roche, the story later reveals that he sexually abused Skippy after the latter passed out. In the story, Father Green actually harbors pedophiliac tendencies. He finds himself developing feelings of attraction for Skippy, but he doesn't act on them. Instead, he is routinely plagued by feelings of extreme guilt from his days in Africa, when he did sexually abuse boys. Because of his pedophiliac intentions towards Skippy, Father Green uses explicitly sexual banter to toy with the young boy in class. The priest's unfounded allegations about Skippy's misconduct, tinged with salacious implications, cause Skippy to throw up in class. Later, we learn about Tom Roche's confession to Howard. Accordingly, Tom admitted to his colleagu...

In the second paragraph of the story, Poe gives us a vivid description of the castellated abbey in which Prince Prospero and the other nobles hide from the devastating plague that stalks the land. A strong and lofty wall girdled it in. This wall had gates of iron. The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts. They resolved to leave means neither of ingress or egress to the sudden impulses of despair or of frenzy from within. The abbey is a pretty solid structure designed to keep out the raging pestilence. But it is also constructed to make absolutely certain that no one can escape. Right from the outset, Poe sets the tone of what is to follow. The abbey is not really a place of safety; it is a dark prison in which Prince Prospero and his guests are to be trapped. The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think. The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure. The contemptuous attitude of ...

Christopher Columbus did not have an easy time convincing monarchs to fund his explorations.  The King of Portugal turned him away after consulting his advisors and the King and Queen of Spain initially turned him away after consulting their advisors.  The advisors were skeptical of Columbus's calculations in the distance to Asia, which is why both Portugal and Spain turned him down initially. However, unlike Portugal, Spain saw some potential in Columbus's far-fetched proposal.  The advisory committee, while still skeptical, saw that the potential payoff to the Crown for discovering new lands was worth more than the risk of Columbus receiving funding only to fail in his expedition.  As a result, the committee drew up an agreement between Columbus and the Crown, called the "Capitulations of Santa Fe." In this deal, in exchange for Columbus claiming all newly discovered lands for Spain, he would receive ten percent of revenues from these lands and the ability to buy co...

There were multiple parties working toward unity after the Civil War, and their understandings of what unity meant differed widely. President Lincoln worked under a somewhat forgiving plan, hoping to restore the former Confederate states to the Union as if they had never seceded, except as it concerned the freedom of slaves. After Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, the new President, Andrew Johnson, was even more forgiving. Johnson was a former slave owner from Tennessee who used the power of the presidency to attempt to grant southern states the ability to restrict the rights of former slaves. A group of Republicans, however, fought for the equal representation of former slaves and pushed for the eventual passage of the Fourteenth Amendment. These “Radical Republicans” finally overcame the consistent vetoes of President Johnson and nearly had him impeached in 1868.

This is a fairly complex assignment. In your first paragraph, you should set out a discussion of what your paper will be addressing. Perhaps the best issue to talk about is the decline in social mobility and increase in income inequality of the past few decades. Once you make a basic statement that the "American Dream" is less possible for many Americans due to these changes, you should set out what you intend to discuss in the following sections. Issues you might address are: Definition of American Dream:The phrase was first defined by 1931. Historian James Truslow Adams in his book 1931 volume Epic of America. in the following passage: "The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement." After this definition, you might talk about how these ideals existed before the phrase itself and how they are embodied in the Declaration of Independence and ...

The Catcher in the Rye details a manic three-day period in which Holden Caulfield's life slowly unravels, leading to a mental breakdown and a stay in an institution. The story deals with serious subject matter, including depression, isolation, death of a sibling, and inappropriate teacher advances, and Caulfield's veiled cries for help are likely to invoke pity in readers; these details indicate a work of literature that can certainly be categorized as a tragedy. Caulfield is a self-conscious, ill-adjusted narcissist who is traumatized by the death of his brother Allie and is incapable of fitting in at the various boarding schools he attends. His narrative displays the confusion and conflict within, and he contradicts himself often by detailing the beauty of life, followed closely by the terrible misery of life. Caulfield expresses disdain for things and people that are phony, yet he himself lives in an alternate reality, distracted and discontent. He looks fondly upon the past...

Many of the founders were affected by the ideas of the Enlightenment, including the importance of reason over superstition and a belief in science. Enlightenment ideas, such as the social contract formulated by Locke and others, played a defining role in the founders' drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Many of the founders were also religious and reconciled their religious beliefs with their belief in reason by becoming Deists. The essential idea behind Deism was that a so-called "watchmaker God" had created the world and then had stepped back to let it run on its own. With this belief system, the founders could continue to believe in reason and the idea that the universe was governed by science while still believing in God. The First Great Awakening (there were several in American history), which took place in the 1730s and 1740s, was an attempt to assert the importance of faith in the context of the growth of Enlightenment ideals. In New E...

In terms of the end result, cytokinesis in plants and animals is the same. The cells that have been undergoing cell division through mitosis are now separated, and each cell is an individual cell with a complete set of DNA; however, cytokinesis is different between plant cells and animal cells. The reason for this is that plant cells have a cell wall in addition to their cell membrane. Animal cells do not have cell walls; therefore, cytokinesis can happen by having the cell membrane begin "pinching" inward. This pinching is called a cleavage furrow and is controlled by the cytoskeleton. The furrow will continue to deepen until it meets the membrane and fuses. At this point, the cell completely divides and forms two daughter cells. A plant cell can't do this pinching action because of the rigid cell wall. In this case a new wall, called a cell plate, is formed inside the cell. It will grow outward until two new cells are formed. https://sciencing.com/difference-plant-anima...

Recall that infinite series converge to a single finite value S  if the limit of the partial sum S_n as n approaches oo converges to S . We follow it in a formula: lim_(n-gtoo) S_n=sum_(n=1)^oo a_n = S . To evaluate the  sum_(n=0)^oo 3^n/1000 , we may express it in a form: sum_(n=0)^oo 1/1000 * 3^n .  This resembles form of geometric series with an index shift:  sum_(n=0)^oo a*r^n . By comparing "1/1000 * 3^n " with  "a*r^n ", we determine the corresponding values: a = 1/1000 and r = 3 .  The convergence test for the geometric series follows the conditions:  a) If |r|lt1  or -1 ltrlt 1 then the geometric series converges to sum_(n=0)^oo a*r^n =sum_(n=1)^oo a*r^(n-1)= a/(1-r) .  b) If |r|gt=1 then the geometric series diverges. The r=3 from the given infinite series falls within the condition |r|gt=1 since |3|gt=1 . Therefore, we may conclude that sum_(n=0)^oo 3^n/1000  is a divergent series.

The novel opens with Robert Walton writing to his sister at length about his lack of a friend as he embarks on his voyage. He tells her of his deep desire for friendship. He writes: I bitterly feel the want of a friend. I have no one near me, gentle yet courageous, possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind, whose tastes are like my own, to approve or amend my plans. How would such a friend repair the faults of your poor brother! Robert then writes to Margaret four months later to tell her of the extraordinary occurrence of meeting Victor Frankenstein. Robert finds Victor a "divine wanderer," "wonderful," and a person of "extraordinary merits." Because of their similar class background, education, and sensitivity, Robert considers Victor a kindred spirit. He writes: Sometimes I have endeavored to discover what quality it is which he possesses that elevates him so immeasurably above any other person I ever knew. Robert's loneliness and lon...

The concept of Hamlet's descent into madness is a major theme throughout the play, but there is no definitive answer as to whether he was actually mad or simply giving a convincing performance. Prince Hamlet actively attempts to convince others that he is insane for his own purposes, which makes the matter more difficult to assess as a reader. It is possible that Hamlet believes his madness to be a pretense when it is, in fact, a reality. In this sense, madness is both a theme and a plot device. Hamlet's Perspective Throughout the story, Hamlet's ability to distinguish reality from imagination is called into question by himself as well as others. The first significant evidence that Hamlet is mad could also be taken as a supernatural encounter, depending on your perspective. Towards the beginning of the story, Prince Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his father who asks Hamlet to avenge his murder at the hands of his brother, King Claudius. As events in the play unfold, even...

Sedaris makes use of malapropism, which is the misuse of words to humorous effect. For example, he writes, describing the dialogue among the students learning French, "That is common for me also, but be more strong, you. Much work, and someday you talk pretty." Many of his sentences contain these types of misuses of language, and it is funny to hear the mistakes that he and his fellow students make in French. In addition, Sedaris makes use of hyperbole, or exaggeration. For example, he writes, "The first Anna hailed from an industrial town outside of Warsaw and had front teeth the size of tombstones." These types of exaggeration amplify the strangeness of Sedaris's classmates and make these characters funnier to the reader. Sedaris also uses verbal irony, which typically says the opposite of what the author really means. For example, when his teacher tells him, "You exhaust me with your foolishness and reward my efforts with nothing but pain, do you underst...

The Enlightenment gave the colonies the philosophical underpinnings to oppose British rule and establish their own country. For example, John Locke's Second Treatise on Government makes many of the same claims as the colonists later used in declaring their independence. Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke based human rights on the idea of natural law, which argues that humans have a God-given right to liberty and the pursuit of self interest or happiness. He contended that people give up some of these rights to enter into civil society and gain the protection of the government. However, Locke also stated that humans have an innate right to rebel against and throw off a government that becomes too tyrannous, violating the rights of the populace. Men such as Thomas Jefferson used this line of thought to justify breaking away from the British to set up an independent nation. For example, The Declaration of Independence borrowed from Enlightenment thinking when it states that gov...

When Nunez first looks down from the hill at the houses, he thinks that the people that built them must have been "as blind as a bat." They have smeared the walls with plaster of such irregular colors that browns, grays, and other drab colors are all mixed together in an ugly swirl. Perhaps in light of this, Nunez states that the most noticeable thing about them was the cleanliness of their surroundings. They are organized in "continuous row on either side of a central street of astonishing cleanness." They are, he says, quite unlike "the higgledy-piggledy agglomeration of the mountain villages he knew." Even more intriguingly, none of the houses have any windows. Their only opening is a small door. When he finally enters a house and the door is closed behind him, it is, apart from a fire at one end, pitch black. In "The Country of the Blind," Nunez notices that the village houses do not resemble any of the ones he is familiar with in mountain vi...

The effects of the slave trade were numerous and enduring. They are, arguably, still being felt in our present day.  The two most important effects to consider are economic and cultural. The New World, particularly the United States, built its wealth off of slave labor. Around forty-five percent of Africans who were captured on the western coast of the continent were shipped to Brazil. Another forty-five percent went to the British, French, and Spanish colonies in the Caribbean. Only around five percent were sent to the thirteen colonies that would become the United States. The number of slaves would significantly increase during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries due to the practice of "breeding" slaves, to not even mention the impact of rape and concubinage. The remaining five percent of slaves were scattered around Mexico, Central America, and other parts of South America.  Industrialists and planters reaped vast amounts of wealth off of cash crops, such as sugar, ric...

The Revolutionary War, the American colonies needed to coordinate their efforts against Britain. They created an emergency government to raise money for the war effort called The Continental Congress. After the Revolution the colonies were officially independent from Great Britain. They needed to create a system of government to run this new nation. The first system created was known as The Articles of Confederation and was adopted on November 15th, 1777. In its final form, the Articles of Confederation were comprised of a preamble and 13 articles. The structure of the Articles of Confederation consisted of one branch of government placing Congress responsible for making national laws. The executive and judicial branch did not exist. Each state had one representative vote in Congress and to pass a proposal to become law 9 of 13 states needed to approve. For existing laws all states had to agree to the proposed change. This loose alliance of states could not collect taxes, had to ask in...

There are several key differences between the two main families featured in My Ántonia. The Burdens are the family of Jim Burden, the orphaned boy who's the novel's narrator and protagonist, while the Shimerdas are the family of the titular character, Ántonia. And one important difference to mention (though it doesn't necessarily fit into the following list of cultural differences) is that Josiah and Emmaline Burden are not Jim's parents: they're his grandparents, so they're a generation older than the Shimerdas. Back to the key differences. The first pertains to nationality and ethnic heritage. The Shimerdas are Bohemian immigrants (and Mr. Shimerda, Ántonia's father, feels very out of place in his new home, which leads to depression), while the Burdens have long been established in their community in Nebraska.  The second difference is in the disposition or personality type of each family's patriarch. As I mentioned above, Mr. Shimerda falls into a dep...

Ponyboy is a dreamer. It is one of the reasons why he and Cherry get along so well together. He's also an open-minded, critical thinker. This is another reason why he and Cherry get along. She tells Ponyboy that the Greasers and Socs are similar, and she tells him that the Socs have their own problems as well. Ponyboy doesn't dismiss the idea. Instead, he contemplates it and ends up agreeing with her. Ponyboy is also one of the most respectful of the Greasers. This is why he doesn't talk dirty to Cherry and her friend, and it's why he feels ashamed when another Greaser does talk to them in a disrespectful manner. The other Greasers all recognize these qualities about Ponyboy, and it is why they try to keep him a bit distanced from their violent world. Johnny especially notices these characteristics, and that's why he tells Ponyboy to "stay gold." As for looks, the opening paragraphs of the book provide readers with a fair amount of detail. He tells his rea...

The primary characteristic of mongooses that makes them hard to frighten and accounts for their motto "Run and find out," is their curious nature. Similar to most mongooses, Rikki-tikki is inherently curious and courageously explores unknown regions, such as the bungalow and its surrounding property, without batting an eye. After being washed from his burrow and family in a severe flood, Rikki-tikki arrives at a British family's bungalow in Colonial India. Rikki-tikki does not waste time exploring the new home and surrounding region, where he discovers two malevolent cobras terrorizing the garden of the family's bungalow. Despite being a young newcomer, Rikki-tikki is not frightened by his new environment or the massive cobras living in the family's garden. Thanks to Rikki-tikki's insatiable curiosity, he is not afraid when he comes face-to-face with Nag and Nagaina. Kipling reveals Rikki-tikki's inherently courageous nature by writing, "...it is impo...

Post-colonial is a term for literature affected by Western Imperialism. It explores what stories (narratives) to tell and how to tell them. Achebe's title highlights this notion: Things Fall Apart, taken from Yeats’ “The Second Coming.” Achebe's narrative works both with and against European literary tradition. The last two lines of Yeats' poem warn: "And what rough beast...Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" Alluding to Yeats, Achebe offers criticism of imperial rule as too much of a "good" thing; the colonizers believed they were saving a savage people who lacked law and religion. However, Achebe's perspective highlights a counter narrative (the Igbo people DID have cultural values). For example, "It is against our custom, It is an abomination for a man to take his own life. It is an offense against the Earth" (178). Tragically, due to imperial interventions, Okonkwo feels he has lost his identity and reason to live. The "roug...

Here we need the conservation of momentum law. I suppose that before the explosion the block was in rest thus its momentum was zero. The law states that after the explosion the total momentum of the pieces is also zero (if we ignore the mass and speed of explosives). Momentum is a vector quantity and the total momentum is a vector sum. Denote the mass of each piece as m. Then m vec V_1+m vec V_2+m vec V_3=0,  or  vec V_1+vec V_2+vec V_3=0 (look at the picture attached).   Projections on the x and y axes give us -v+2v cos alpha + 2v cos beta =0,  or  2(cos alpha + cos beta)=1,  and 2v sin alpha = 2v sin beta,  so  alpha = beta.   Thus from the first equation we have 4cos alpha=1, or  alpha=arccos(1/4) approx 75.5^@. The angle in question is  180^@-alpha approx 104.5^@.   http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfadd/1350/09Mom/ConsMom.html

In this sonnet, the star is functioning as something that is constant, something a wanderer could look to in order to get his bearings and know where he is. Without the aid of modern navigational instruments and technology, the traveler on the sea would have to count on the stars to provide something constant by which to steer. The speaker of the poem says, "It is the star [...]," and the it refers directly to love. Thus, the star in the poem is a metaphor for love. A metaphor is a comparison of two unalike things where the poet says that one thing is another. This particular metaphor comparing love to a guiding star suggests that love can provide the same kind of constant reassurance and guidance that the stars can. In Shakespeare's Sonnet 116, the speaker compares love to "a star to every wandering bark." This is a metaphor in which love is compared to the North Star or a constellation that is used by sailors to guide their ships, or "barks." In...

When determining the rhyme scheme of a poem, the first line is assigned the letter A. If the next line rhymes, it also receives the letter A. However, if the next line does not rhyme then it receives the next letter in the alphabet (B). You continue this pattern, moving through the letters of the alphabet, until you reach the end of the poem. Therefore, the rhyme scheme of "Virtue" is ABAB CBCB DBDB EFEF. All of the even lines rhyme with each other until you reach the final stanza of the poem. The final stanza of the poem does not fit the rhyming pattern that the rest of the poem has followed. This is important because this last stanza delivers the final message of the poem. Just like the rhyme scheme in the final stanza is different, the poem itself has reached a turning point. In the first three stanzas of the poem, the author describes how everything must eventually die or come to an end. Stanza one describes the end of a day, stanza two describes a rose dying, and stanza ...

While Emerson would be pleased at elementary education's advancement, he would say there is more to do to create a system of formal elementary instruction that maximizes student choice. Emerson was passionate about students having choices in their studies. Emerson saw the educational setting based on rote instruction as failing to ignite student passion: "It is ominous, a presumption of crime, that this word Education has so cold, so hopeless a sound. A treatise on education, a convention for education, a lecture, a system, affects us with slight paralysis and a certain yawning of the jaws." Emerson believed that the "certain yawning of the jaws" was because those in positions of power did not construct education with the student voice in mind. Emerson believed education "should be as broad as man" and should enhance "elements in him." He believed education should be geared towards individual passion: The imagination must be addressed. Why al...

Illustrate the linear inequality $3x - y To graph $3x - y intercepts of the line $x$-intercept (set $y = 0$): $ \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} 3x - 0 &= 3 \\ \\ 3x &= 3 \\ \\ x &= 1 \end{aligned} \end{equation} $ $y$-intercept (set $x = 0$): $ \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} 3(0) - y &= 3 \\ \\ -y &= 3 \\ \\ y &= -3 \end{aligned} \end{equation} $ Now, by using test point. Let's say point $(0,0)$ from the left of the boundary line. $ \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} 3x - y & \\ 3(0) - 0 & \\ 0 & \end{aligned} \end{equation} $ Since the inequality symbol is $ Moreover, since the test point satisfy the inequality, then we must shade the left portion of the boundary line. So the graph is,

Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, can be measured using either the income approach or the expenditure approach. GDP is a monetary measure and is defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a specific time period, typically annually. The two approaches represent measuring either using the demand side (expenditures) or the supply side (income) of the economy. The expenditures approach calculates the consumption of all households, total business investment, government expenditure, and capital used to produce exports and purchase imports. On the other side, the income approach captures all earnings of a nation, which includes labor and wages, interest, profits, rent, taxes, and depreciation. The major assumption here is that all income will eventually go back into the economy so capturing the total amount of money earned can help depict and forecast the potential future growth. Not included in this method is the black market or under-the-table work. The inco...

In "The Devil and Tom Walker," Irving uses the character of Tom Walker to mock greed. This is shown clearly through Tom's bargain with the devil, in which he sets himself up as a usurer (moneylender) in return for the treasure. Tom's greed is immediately obvious to the reader. When the devil suggests that Tom charge two cents per month, for example, Tom says that he will double the rate and charge four. Irving, therefore, characterizes Tom as being twice as greedy as the devil himself. In addition, even after becoming a "violent church-goer," Tom's greed never decreases. On the last day of his life, Tom forecloses on a mortgage that will leave a "land jobber" and his family without a home. In this example, Irving mocks Tom's greed through irony.  Tom claims, for example, that he must take care of himself in these "hard times." This is ironic because Tom has no real understanding of hard times. He is one of the richest men in Bosto...

Ancient methods of taking measurements often used objects that were handy to people. For example, to measure length, people used their thumbs (which are about an inch), their feet (giving rise to the measurement known as a foot), or a yard (which could be a yard in front or behind someone's house or the length of two cubits, the measurement of a forearm). The measurement of a mile comes from the Roman term for "a thousand paces." To determine more exact measurements, civilizations such as those in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia began to use rods of precise lengths. To measure weight, many ancient people used the human body. They also used grains for lighter objects and then began to develop metals of standard weights. To measure volume, ancient people could use baskets or other types of jars or containers. The passage of time was often measured through the movement of the sun and through devices such as the sundial. 

One change that I am quite certain that I would like to make is that I would have the film show what Patrick says to Mary. In Dahl's short story, the reader never gets to know exactly what Patrick says that upsets and stuns Mary so much.  It's obviously something that ends the marriage.  I think a film version should script out that scene.  It would help paint Patrick as the bad guy a bit more, and it would increase our sympathies for Mary.   The other change that I would make would be to have Mary's unborn child already born.  Mary is already a sympathetic character to begin with because she is pregnant.  But all viewers would get to see is Mary worried about herself.  Based on the text, she is worried about her unborn baby, but that would be difficult to show on screen.   On the other hand, what about the child? What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill then both-mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? What did they do? Mary ...

George Bergeron is a very intelligent man. But in the dystopian world in which Harrison Bergeron is set, that's considered dangerous. To drag him down to the general level of mediocrity, he's forced to wear what's called a handicap. In the case of George and other intelligent people that means wearing a radio which emits noise at regular intervals to interrupt this thoughts. He's also a physically strong man and so he's forced to wear weights around his neck. Although they cause him considerable pain and discomfort, George accepts his handicaps without complaint. He won't make the slightest effort to reduce the burden of his handicaps, no matter how small. There's nothing subversive about George; he's no rebel like his son and believes in obeying the law no matter how unjust and ridiculous it is. He suggests to his wife, Hazel, that society would fall apart if everyone started breaking the law.

The first quote is a reference to Gillian's inheritance. His deceased uncle has bequeathed him the sum of a thousand dollars. Gillian maintains that a larger or smaller sum would have been more to his liking. He feels that he would have put a larger sum of money to better use. He uses the word "fireworks" as a metaphor to characterize how much he might have enjoyed himself if his inheritance had been larger. Also, with a bigger sum, the work of documenting all his expenditures would have been worth the time it took. Conversely, a smaller sum means that he will have to do less work in documenting his expenditures. This is why he mentions that "Even fifty dollars should have been less trouble." Gillian considers a thousand dollars an awkward sum; presumably, he can't spend lavishly enough to justify the time it will take to document his expenditures. The second quote is quite interesting. Gillian tells Old Bryson that his uncle has essentially left the majorit...

In chapter 20 of Holes, Mr. Sir brings Stanley to see the Warden. Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds have been stolen, and although he doesn't think that Stanley was responsible, he does believe that Stanley is covering up for the perpetrator. The Warden is not exactly thrilled at being disturbed over what she considers such a trivial matter. She's a fearsome woman to both kids and overseers alike, as she proceeds to demonstrate when Stanley is brought before her. She asks him to go into the next room and bring back her small makeup case. Inside the case there's a bottle of bright red nail polish. This isn't just any old nail polish; it's nail polish made with snake venom—rattlesnake venom, to be precise. Having painted her nails, the Warden proceeds to slap the hapless Mr. Sir right across the face, breaking the skin. He falls to the floor, writhing in pain. The Warden's unique brand of nail polish is toxic when wet, but although Mr. Sir will survive, it's still...

You need to perform the following substitution to solve the integral sin t = u => cos t dt = du => t = arcsin u int_0^(pi/2) (cos t dt)/(sqrt(1 + sin^2 t)) = int_(u_1)^(u_2) (du)/(sqrt(1 + u^2) = ln(u + sqrt(u^2+1))|_(u_1)^(u_2) Replacing back u for t yields: int_0^(pi/2) (cos t dt)/(sqrt(1 + sin^2 t)) = ln(sin t + sqrt(1 + sin^2 t))|_0^(pi/2) int_0^(pi/2) (cos t dt)/(sqrt(1 + sin^2 t)) = ln(sin (pi/2) + sqrt(1 + sin^2 (pi/2))) - ln(sin (0) + sqrt(1 + sin^2 0)) int_0^(pi/2) (cos t dt)/(sqrt(1 + sin^2 t)) = ln(1 + sqrt2) - ln(0 + 1) int_0^(pi/2) (cos t dt)/(sqrt(1 + sin^2 t)) = ln(1 + sqrt2) - ln 1 int_0^(pi/2) (cos t dt)/(sqrt(1 + sin^2 t)) = ln(1 + sqrt2) - 0 int_0^(pi/2) (cos t dt)/(sqrt(1 + sin^2 t)) = ln(1 + sqrt2) Hence, evaluating the definite integral yields int_0^(pi/2) (cos t dt)/(sqrt(1 + sin^2 t)) = ln(1 + sqrt2).

As a literary device, foreshadowing is used by an author to give readers a hint of what is to happen later in the story. Foreshadowing creates suspense and makes the reader interested to know more. The story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" exhibits some instances in which foreshadowing is evident. Early on in the story, for example, the grandmother states, "I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it" after she had read an article about The Misfit having escaped from jail. Her reference foreshadows the family's later encounter with the very same criminal and his two associates. When she asks June Star, "Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?" she is also predicting their eventual meeting with the ruthless criminals. The grandmother dresses herself up because "In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady." Her actions and...

After fleeing their comfortable home in Johannesburg, Maureen Smales and her family are taken in by the family of their servant, July. July and his family live in a rural village that lacks the amenities Maureen has grown used to in Johannesburg. In the bush, she has no access to electricity or modern plumbing. It is this stark change in surroundings that sparks a conscious awakening in Maureen. You can find an example of this idea in the line, "It pressed in upon her and filled her as someone's breath fills a balloon's shape." This line refers to Maureen's feeling of being taken over by or becoming one with the nature that suddenly surrounds her. Prominent Examples In Chapters 18 and 19, you can find multiple examples of Maureen's oneness with nature. This is not always a positive experience for Maureen, as seen when she travels into the woods in search of July. She begins to dissociate, feeling as if she is not present in the physical world and that the bush...

While there does not appear to be any substantial analysis online about Rich and Humble: Or The Mission of Bertha Grant by William Taylor Adams writing as Oliver Optic, at least one book has written about the novel and analyzed it a bit. One such book is In the Company of Books: Literature and Its Classes in Nineteenth-Century America by Sarah Wadsworth. Wadsworth discusses the novel in the context of the foreword written by Adams, saying the most interesting thing about the book is "the explicit claim it makes to target a female audience."  Wadsworth goes on to say that the novel does fulfill that description: it charts Bertha Grant's journey from luxury to poverty and back to luxury. However, she points out that James had written primarily for boys before Rich and Humble. There is also evidence in the text showing he wanted boys to have an entry point into the book—going so far as to address them in the foreword as well. She also points out that he includes multiple mal...

"Leda and the Swan" is a difficult poem on a difficult topic. First of all, to read it productively, you should familiarize yourself with the ancient Greek myth it is inspired by and what events it precipitated. Yeats chose to write in one of the most codified forms of English poetry, which became heavily associated with Romanticism: the Petrarchan sonnet. Yet, far from respecting it to the letter, he takes a lot of liberties. The rhyme pattern should be ABBA ABBA CDDECE (although the sestet is traditionally more flexible), yet here it is ABAB CDCD EFGEFG; and even then, the pattern is successful only when slant rhymes are taken into account, like "push"/"rush" and "up"/"drop." Usually, the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet supports a logical progression: the first quartet sets up a conflict or problem, the second one explores it in more detail, and the sestet brings up what we call the volta, a logical pivot or shift. To what extent is ...

Thank you so much for your answer. it will assist me with my assignment. I have a much better understanding of the story. Thank you so much. One of the lessons in Love Medicine is the power of tradition and the interconnectedness of the different Native American families in the book. In the chapter entitled "Love Medicine (1982)," Lipsha Morissey learns about the power of Chippewa tradition when his grandmother, Marie, tells him about "love medicine," a kind of Chippewa ritual. Though his attempt to use love medicine fails miserably at first, Lipsha realizes the power of his tradition and heritage. His grandfather dies when Lipsha tries to use a form of love medicine to bring his grandfather and grandmother back together; however, after death, Lipsha's grandfather visits Lipsha's grandmother. She then realizes that she and her deceased husband are still connected, so Lipsha's form of Chippewa faith and religious practice actually unites his grandparents....

Differentiate $\displaystyle w = \frac{u}{\sqrt{1 + u^2}}$ By applying Quotient Rule and Chain Rule, we get $ \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} w'(u) &= \frac{(1 + u^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} \cdot \frac{d}{du} (u) - (u) \cdot \frac{d}{du} (1 + u^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} }{\left[(1 + u^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} \right]^2}\\ \\ w'(u) &= \frac{(1 + u^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}(1) - (u) \cdot \frac{1}{2} (1 + u^2)^{\frac{1}{2}-1} \cdot \frac{d}{du} ( 1 + u^2) }{1 + u^2}\\ \\ w'(u) &= \frac{(1 + u^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} - u \cdot \frac{1}{2} ( 1 + u^2)^{-\frac{1}{2}} (2u) }{1 + u^2}\\ \\ w'(u) &= \frac{(1 + u^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} - \frac{u^2}{(1 + u^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}} }{1 + u^2}\\ \\ w'(u) &= \frac{1 + u^2 - u^2}{(1 + u^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} (1 + u^2) }\\ \\ &= \frac{1}{(1 + u^2)^{\frac{3}{2}}} \end{aligned} \end{equation} $

George H.W. Bush, the forty-first president of the United States, delivered the most consequential speech of his presidency on January 16, 1991 just a few hours after the United States attacked Iraqi forces who had occupied the sovereign nation of Kuwait. Labeled Operation Desert Storm, the US actions in Kuwait were coordinated with the approval and participation of some 35 other nations, including, most notably, the Soviet Union, in a worldwide coalition condemning the actions of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the invasion of Kuwait. In the beginning of his speech, Bush lays out the case against Iraq, including the coalition's attempts at forging a bloodless peace. He makes clear the coalition's goal was to force Hussein's forces out of Kuwait. He speaks of diplomatic attempts at bringing Hussein to the table, especially the meeting in Geneva between US secretary of state James Baker and emissaries of Hussein. Unfortunately, diplomatic solutions proved unsuccessful as H...

Biochemical reactions, in simple terms, are the chemical reactions that take place inside cells, that is (we can also say) living organisms. These reactions are the key to the maintenance and propagation of life. However, like many other chemical reactions, these reactions are also very slow and will take a long time to complete, unless they are catalyzed by catalysts. A catalyst is a substance that speeds up the rate of a reaction or allows it to take place under a different set of conditions without being changed by the differences. Enzymes are the catalysts in biochemical reactions. These are proteins that enable the biochemical reactions to complete at faster rates. Enzymes are able to do that because of their ability to reduce the activation energy of a given reaction. Enzymes can also allow the reaction to be completed through an alternate reaction pathway which has lower activation energy. In either case, the products of the reaction will be the same. Interestingly, the enzymes ...

Two Years Before the Mast is a true record of the author Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s experiences when he worked as an ordinary seaman on a sailing vessel named the Pilgrim and aboard a different sailing vessel, the Alert, on his return from California to Massachusetts. Both ships were involved in a single trading voyage, bringing manufactured goods from Boston and returning to Massachusetts with a cargo of cow hides, where they could be turned into luggage, shoes, and other leather goods. The "two years" were from 1834 to 1836, and in those days there was very little in California to trade for the manufactured goods brought from Boston except cow hides. The Pilgrim stopped at small ports all along the California coast. These little ports have all become major cities--San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Francisco. In those days, ships from the East Coast had to sail all the way down the Atlantic to the southern tip of South America, around the turbulent ...

The clue to this one is in the name. A forest that is "evergreen" is one that remains, as the name suggests, green all year round. The trees in an evergreen forest will not lose their leaves in autumn, and as a result the forest will remain thick and a viable habitat for its animal inhabitants during the winter months. Trees typically found in an evergreen forest would include pine, cedar, holly, and so on. Evergreen forests will also be likely to contain evergreen shrubs and plants at ground level, meaning a thickly carpeted forest floor in midwinter. By contrast, a deciduous forest will be largely made up of trees that lose their leaves completely in the winter months. Fruit-bearing trees will lose their fruit in the autumn, at the same time as the leaves of trees begin to fall off; likewise, flowers and other plants in deciduous forests will lose their petals. Deciduous forests are generally very bare in the wintertime.

Lady Macbeth is hugely influential in the early stages of the plot's development. As the the driving force behind the murder of Duncan, she's arguably the most important character in the first two acts. She dominates events on stage, constantly cajoling her reluctant husband to act out his destiny and claim the throne for himself. She's also responsible for planning the logistics of Duncan's killing and its subsequent cover-up down to the very last detail. Once Macbeth becomes king, however, Lady Macbeth gradually fades from view. The power relationship she enjoyed with her husband changes completely. Macbeth becomes obsessed with fulfilling the terms of the witches' prophecy. He no longer feels that he needs to have Lady Macbeth by his side; he can rely upon the forces of darkness instead. That's why he embarks upon a series of senseless murders, which would never have been carried out had Lady Macbeth still been there to guide him. After Duncan's murder, t...

This is an opinion based question, and different readers are going to defend it differently. Yes, Lev is a monster. He's been fooled into thinking that being a tithe makes him special, but after meeting Connor, Risa, and other unwinds, Lev comes to believe that unwinding is a horrible thing to do to a teenager. He so firmly believes this that he turns himself into a clapper. He believes that an act of terrorism that kills people will somehow improve the unwind situation. He's a monster for seeking out violence in order to somehow stop an impossible societal problem. No, Lev is not a monster. Although he turns himself into a clapper, he doesn't go through with his plan. Instead, Lev saves Connor and never has the chance to finish the clapper plan. While that might not have been intentional, Lev's actions make him famous and he becomes known as the "clapper who didn't clap." Pastor Dan tells him that Lev's actions have gotten a lot of people talking abou...

Explain using theorems of continuity why the function $\displaystyle F(x) = \frac{x}{x^2 + 5x + 6}$ is continuous at every number in its domain. State the domain. The function $F(x)$ is a rational function that is continuous on its domain according to the definition. The function is defined for all values of $x$ except for the value that will make denominator equal to 0. So, $x^2 + 5x + 6 = 0$ Using Quadratic Formula, $ \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} x_{(1,2)} & = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4 ac }}{2a}\\ x_{(1,2)} & = \frac{-5 \pm \sqrt{(5)^2 - 4(1)(6)}}{2(1)} \end{aligned} \end{equation} $ $x = -2 \quad \text{ and } \quad x = -3$ Therefore, Domain: $(-\infty, -3) \bigcup (-3, -2) \bigcup (-2, \infty)$

The irony in this passage is primarily situational.  The opposite happens from what is expected.  The quotation you cite occurs in Chapter 9 when Ralph and Piggy join Jack's group in the feast, the re-enactment of the pig hunt, and ultimately in the murder of Simon.   Part of the irony lies in the characterization of Ralph and Piggy.  These two characters along with Simon are the sanest and most moral characters in the novel. Yet they are "eager" and "glad" to participate in a cruel and barbaric ceremony.   The theme that is presented here involves the need to belong.  Because of their fear of the storm and the darkness, Piggy and Ralph would rather be part of a society--any society--than be alone. So when they willingly join the group, they take on the characteristics of the group and become savage murderers.   Further situational occurs in the reversal of order and disorder.  The fact that there is  a type of order in this "demented" society is not e...

Jay Gatsby is a sympathetic character because his intentions were pure and his pursuit of the American Dream was solely motivated by his love for Daisy Buchanan. Jay Gatsby was born James Gatz and grew up in a working-class family. After briefly courting the wealthy Daisy Fay and working for Dan Cody, James transformed himself and entered the illegal bootlegging industry to attain wealth. While Gatsby's pursuit of wealth was corrupt, his intentions were admirable and pure. He understood that he would never have a chance of being with the woman he loved since she came from an upper-class family and he was extremely poor. Instead of lamenting his situation, Gatsby successfully attained the American Dream to improve his chances of marrying her. As a citizen of the West Egg, Gatsby is portrayed as rather naive and innocent in comparison to the debased, arrogant citizens of the East Egg. Unfortunately, Gatsby surrounds himself with shady, selfish individuals, who do not genuinely care a...