Do you have extensive summary notes for chapters 9 and 10 of the book Tuck Everlasting?

Chapter nine begins right after the Tucks have told Winnie that they are immortal. Jesse is very excited to finally have someone to confide in, and acts as though they have a great gift by being immortal. Miles is much more hesitant and serious. Mae decides to take Winnie home with them and knows that Tuck will want to discuss the whole situation with her. Winnie feels very important; for the first time in her life, she is treated as an adult, as someone important, and her thoughts and actions really matter. This is huge for Winnie -- she has been treated this way before. She realizes the Tucks are her friends, and feels a real connection to them. She also realizes the possibilities that the world holds. It is so different than anything she's ever realized before. Unfortunately, the man in yellow has heard the story, and is following the family. 

In chapter ten, Winnie arrives at the Tuck's house and meets Angus Tuck. They live in a sort of magical place, with gorgeous pines and a pond that the boys immediately jump into. Once again Winnie feels really special and important, because of the way Tuck greets her. He says that she is the finest thing that has happened in the past eighty years, making her feel like she is significant. 

These two chapters really focusing on Winnie's newfound self -- she has always just been a girl, a child, someone who must do as others tell her. She has felt trapped and insignificant. By knowing the Tucks, and their secret, Winnie is important and confident for the first time in her life. 

What are two factors causing decrease in the supply of petrol?What two factors have lead to the decrease in the supply of petrol?

There are many factors. Some of these are:
1.There are many concerns about the Middle East: is it stable enough politically to assume that petro will be supplied regularly.

2.The Russians are cutting the supply of oil, to hurt the US economy, and at the same time helping their economy by keeping their own oil

3.There is competition from the Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilians since they are needing more petro.  They're making big deals with Venezuela and Sudan to get a bigger piece of the petro for themsleves.

4.The big oil companies are having problems uncovering more fields.

5. Companies are having problems getting money to fund looking for more oil. For example Cheetah Oil recently stated to Reuters that their funding sources are making it difficult for them to go ahead with their search for more oil reserves.

What is Autism?

The term autism is used in a large sense of disorders from autism spectrum. When we refer to autism as a specific disorder of the spectrum, we use the term classical autism or typical.

Autism is a disorder of development of neurobiological origin and is considered one of the most severe neuropsychiatric disorders of  the childhood.

Autism is a central disorder from the  full spectrum of developmental disorders known as autism spectrum disorders  or abutting development disorders (pervasive developmental disorders), the official term used in international classification systems (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, DSM IV, International Classification of Diseases-ICD 10). These disorders show a wide variety of clinical manifestations, presumed to be the result of development multifactorial disorders of central nervous system or genetic.

Causes - specific causes are still unknown.

Disorder manifests itself in early childhood, between 1.6 and 3 years. It can be diagnosed at birth for signs (behavioral patterns based on which diagnosis is made) are not or can not be easily identified before 18 months.In recent years researchers increasingly recognize that may be observed certain precursors of these behavioral patterns in the earlier stages of child development,number of tools that try to detect autism at the age of 18 months growing also.

Sometimes there is a period of seemingly normal development, after which the child will be isolated and lose skills gained. This may be a loss of use of the words used by child until then, the loss of eye contact, interest in play or social withdrawal.

Usually, autism is diagnosed earlier especially if it is accompanied by mental retardation and less diagnosed among children and adolescents with average or above average intelligence.

What role does a decision tree play in business decision making?illustrate the choice between two investment projects with help of a decision tree...

Decision in bussiness shouldn't be made without charting a "Decision Tree" (also known as Classification Tree), whose aim is to illustrate the results of various kinds of decisions.

Charting the Decision Tree is proper when the bussiness process is involving a succession of decisions, where the next decision is based on the former one, more precisely, the result of the former one.

The decision tree is showing very clear which are the hazards , also the benefits resulted after making a peculiar decision.

As example of usefulness of such a decision tree is in making a choice between developping a new line of batteries or maintaining the old ones.

Each time when starting a chart decision tree type, we'll start with a square placed on the left side of the paper, almost at the edge. From this square we'll draw lines, so many as how many possibilities are in discussion, lines having a radial disposing. Above each line the solution proposed will be written, as detailed as can be. At the end of each line will be displayed the result of the solution. If the result has a degree of uncertainty, the result will be shown i a small circle.

The legend of the diagram:

square- decision needed to be made

circle-uncertain result

Always the results are also called "state of nature" because, due to a lot of environment variables, the result is unpredictible, most of the time.

After charting the decision tree, the decision which worth for the bussiness process can be calculated. Values can be assigned to the possible results.

In a decision tree, the use of objectives variables it's a must. The character of the objectives variables is to be agreed at general level. Object life, Production Volume, Profit/product, all of these can represent objectives variables. The variable has to be chosen if it is possible to be maximized or minimized.

Can you write down 3 themes that are clearly presented in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

I'd add to those three themes the age-old one of "loving your neighbor." "Prejudice and tolerance" might be another way to phrase this theme.

The novel is published in the Civil Rights Era and addresses racial prejudice, so it seems very much a statement (even if not, to my taste, not an entirely progressive one) that all people should be treated fairly, regardless of skin color.

The plot lines involving Tom Robinson (an innocent man who's tried and convicted because he's black and his accuser is a white woman claiming rape) and Boo Radley (a neighborhood shut-in) seem to me to be structured entirely around this theme of "loving your neighbor."

What month does "The Raven" by Edger Allan Poe take place?

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December

This is the first line of the second stanza. By setting the poem in December, Poe takes advantage of the long periods of darkness at that time of the year, as well as the "dreary" weather. He aims to make the tone of the poem one of darkness and desolation; setting it in the middle of June would not have had quite the same effect!

The full text is available at the link I have posted below.

Paano nabubuo ang bagyo?mga impormasyon tungkol sa bagyo

If I understand correctly, this question asks how typhoons develop.  I will answer based on this assumption.

Typhoons start from tropical depressions.  These are areas with low pressure and thunderstorms.

Typhoon winds develop as the warm water (the water has to be warm) vapor comes up into the sky and condenses to form rain clouds.  This releases energy and that helps make the winds stronger.

After a typhoon forms out in the middle of the Pacific, it is moved generally west and north because of the Coriolis Effect caused by the Earth's rotation.  That's why typhoons come out of the area of Micronesia and then go hit the Philippines and Japan and places like that.

What are three examples of verbal irony in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" that does not directly involve Fortunato?

    Although there is verbal irony throughout Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Cask of Amontillado," examples excluding the antagonist Fortunato are quite limited. As Montressor leads his intended victim deeper into the catacombs, he decides to ply Fortunato with more wine.

Here I knocked off the neck of a bottle which I drew from a long row of its fellows that lay upon the mould.

The phrasing of "knocked off" and "fellows that lay" are ironic in that soon Fortunato will also be killed by Montressor and rest upon the mouldy floor. Montressor drinks also and begins to feel the effect of the drink.

My own fancy grew warm with the Medoc.

It is ironic that Montressor's cold heart is now being warmed by the same ingredient that will seal Fortunato's fate. Similarly, in the example below, Montressor's heartlessness shows life:

My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.

However, it is not the evil nature of the murder that sickens his heart or pity that awakens its sympathies; instead, it is the wet nature of the catacombs.

What does "per diem" mean in regards to salary for employment? I'm looking for a job. I need to know what a job ad means when they say the position...

The phrase "per diem" means "per day" or "by the day."

In terms of jobs, if the position itself is "per diem" it probably means that it is not steady work.  Instead, they will, at best, be hiring you on days when they need you (sort of like substitute teaching would be).

Per diem can also refer to payments that you get in addition to your regular pay.  For example, if you go off to an assignment somewhere out of town, your employer might give you a per diem for food and lodging.

But it sounds like the first definition is more applicable in your case.

Can a girl get pregnant by kissing a guy's mouth?

No, a girl can't get pregnant by kissing.  The only way for a woman to get pregnant is to have sperm enter her vagina, go up through her cervix into her fallopian tubes, and fertilize an egg, if there happens to be one there.

Conception almost always occurs when a man ejaculates his sperm into a woman while they are having sexual intercourse.  It is possible for a woman to get pregnant even if a man does not actually ejaculate inside her.  This is because sperm may leak out of his penis even before he actually ejaculates.

What does it mean when the apartment is well-ordered but weariness has "won in this room:" What details show this?

In Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun, there is an early and extended description of the interior of the Younger family's apartment. This description is where, if I remember correctly, we encounter the statement that the apartment is well-order but full of weariness. These two, somewhat conflicting moods -- ordered and weary -- can be seen in details in that same description. The whole space is cramped but organized. The couch and other furniture are heavily worn and almost entirely covered by materials to conceal the wear. The wallpaper also shows the wear (again, if I remember correctly); when the pictures come down off the walls in one of the final scenes of the play, we're told that dark spots remain where the pictures had kept the wallpaper from fading. A related set of moods or themes -- e.g. hope and oppression -- are also expressed in part through the details of the apartment, such as the small kitchen window.

A Raisin in the Sun is a great play, and the reader (or viewer) certainly gets more out of it when looking carefully not just at the story but also at the setting.

What are Octavius' strengths and weaknesses in "Julius Caesar"?William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"

In Act IV Octavius demonstrates judiciousness.  As Antony dismisses Lepidus as "a slight unmeritable man" not worth to share their power, Octabius defends Lepidus, questioning Antony:

You may do your will;/But he's [Lepidus] a tried and valiant soldier. (Iv,i,28-29)

Likewise, in his judgments that are superior to Antony's, Octavius argues against another limited assessment of Antony:  his concept of the battle.  In Act V, he tells Antony,

Now, Antony, our hopes are answered;/You said the enemy would not come down,/But keep the hills and upper regions./It proves not so; their battles are at hand;/They mean to warn us at Philippi here,/Answering before we do demand of them. (V,i,1-6)

Antony counters that the army of Brutus wants to make a show of braver to convince them.  But, Octavius is not a man of words, but of action.  He calls the bluff of Brutus and Cassius saying,

Defiance, traitors, hurl we in your teeth./If you dare fight today, come to the field;/If not, when you have stomachs. (V,i,64-66)

Yet, Octavius is not without respect.  For, when Brutus dies, it is Octavius who summons the armies from the field, directing that the day's "glories" be shared:

According to his virtue, let us use him/With all respect and rites of burial./Within my tent his bones tonight shall lie,/Most like a soldier ordered honorably./So call the field to rest, and let's away/To part the glories of this happy day. (V,v,76-81).

While Octavius recognizes honor in other men, he is like his relative, Caesar and does love power.  He follows the example of his adopted father and emerges as an authoritative figure of Rome.

Why does the average variable costs curve first rise then fall?why is it shaped like a u?

The shape of the average variable cost curve is related to the idea of diminishing marginal return. This assumes that we are talking about the short term.

In the short term, at least one of your inputs is fixed.  So imagine a factory with a limited amount of machinery.

As you hire your first few workers, they use all the machines that you have.  With each hire, you increase your production a lot and that makes the AVC go down because AVC = TVC/Q and when Q goes up a lot, AVC goes down.

But later, you hire more people than you have machines.  When you do this, production doesn't go up as much because the extra workers can't work all the time so each worker doesn't produce as much marginal product as before.  So now Q doesn't go up as much and AVC starts going back up.

True or false, Buddy takes his "friend" to the movies most Saturdays?

In Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory," his "friend" is an elderly cousin. Buddy tells the reader that they save their money all year to buy the ingredients to make fruitcakes. He says that the only time money is take out of the collection is when she give him a dime every Saturday so he can go to the movies. He asks her to go with him but she tells him that she doesn't want to waste her eyesight and that she would much rather hear him tell her the stories after he has seen the movie. They do the same ritual every year until he is sent away to school. The answer to your question would be false.

"At this time the narrator, grown now and relating the story in flashback, reveals more facts about his cousin. She has never seen a movie or eaten in a restaurant, but she knows how to tame hummingbirds, tell chilling ghost stories, and create elixirs to cure a variety of ills."

How is Odysseus' bow in the Odyssey described exactly? What is its origin?

The Great Bow of Odysseus is characterized by its immensity and power. It is extremely difficult to string the bow, never mind even shooting an arrow with it. In fact, Odysseus is the only person who has ever successfully strung it. 

He got a long time ago from a fellow hero named Iphitus. It was special to him, but he didn't take it to the Trojan War with him. It rests on a peg in the treasure chamber of Odysseus's house. It also comes with a quiver full of bronze weighted arrows. 

Although the bow is not described physically, we know that it is extremely powerful. It was always described by the epithet "great." It is small and lightweight enough that everyone is able to pick it up, even Penelope. However, its string is extremely tough and it is not pliable. 

Who are Brent's apprentices in Chapter 7 of the book Whirligig by Paul Fleischman?

Brent's apprentices in Chapter 7 are a group of young children who happen to come around as he is constructing his whirligig on the beach near the small town of Beale Beach, Florida.  At first there are "seven or eight of them, all black, all grammar-school-aged except for one older girl."  When they first arrive, they are just playing in the water nearby, then one of the notices him, "call(s) to the others, and (leads) a noisy charge to investigate."  The kids basically create havoc, blowing on Brent's harmonica, playing with his saw, and asking a lot of questions.  Brent, feeling like "a substitute kindergarten teacher," lets them take turns hammering nails into a chunk of driftwood in an effort to keep them under control.  Eventually, they drift away into the surrounding woods.

When Brent returns to the beach the next day, the children do not appear.  The day after that, however, four of them come by.  Brent takes a break that day and goes swimming with the children.  He finds that he can actually learn a lot from them, as they teach him about the birds that frequent the area and the different shells that lie along the beach.  Brent does not mind at all "apprenticing himself to a third grader," and in gratitude for what the children have shared with him, he lets them drill holes into a piece of plywood.  As Brent finishes his whirligig, he notices one of the children imitating him, making a makeshift one of his own out of scrap material.  Even though Brent knows that his whirligig will probably be destroyed by one of the ferocious Gulf storms which are endemic to the area, he rests secure in the knowledge that the children, his little apprentices, will make new ones, carrying on the spirit of his mission (Chapter 7).

When Amir and Baba move to the US their relationship changes, What are the changes in their relationship?In Hosseni's novel 'The Kite Runner.'

Under the stress and precarity of immigration, Amir sees his father in a new light. He realizes his father's weaknesses and vulnerability, and the very absence of the aura of omnipotence brings father and son together in a new way.

Baba, too, changes for the better. He is more approachable, he spends more time with Amir, and when Amir takes an interest in Soraya, Baba goes the second mile to see that the courtship and ensuing marriage are done "properly," the Afghan way. Even when he is so weakened because of his cancer, he sees to it that all goes well for the new couple, even though he could have rejected Soraya because of her tainted past.

Adversity of cirumstance unites the two in a way that would probably have not happened otherwise.  Baba never breaks down to confide to Amir about Hassan also being his son, but he does everything else possible to make ammends for the errors of his youth, including his shortcomings as a father.

From Into the Wild, why does the author cite letters and postcards written by Chris?

Reproducing Chris's letters and postcards serves two major purposes in the text. First, it allows a better insight into Chris's mind; since he is not around to explain his motivations, the only knowledge of Chris anyone has is their personal memories or what they can glean from the letters. These are in Chris's own hand, straight from his own thoughts, and so they are the clearest representation of his ideals and goals that can be shown.

The second purpose is to form a better time-line of Chris's journeys. His only explicit goal was the wilderness of Alaska; otherwise, he had no fixed travel plan. Because of this, his travels are sketchy and without the letters explaining how long he stayed in a place there would be little idea of where he spent the time between locations.

From a letter McCandless sent to Jan Burres, we know he spent July and August on the Oregon coast, probably in the vicinity of Astoria, where he complained that "the fog and rain was often intolerable."
(Krakauer, Into the Wild, Amazon.com)

These snippets of Chris's writing show both his own intelligence, his deeply considered thoughts about the state of society and his own growth, and the emotional connections with others that he tried to deny, but undeniably shared.

What happens if you break out of the prison?

I assume that you're asking what happens if you get caught.  Of course, if you break out of prison the first thing that happens is that law enforcement officials try to track you down.  If they catch you, you are generally (this can vary by state in the United States) charged with the crime of escape.

The punishment for this varies by state also.  But for example, in Virginia, if you escape by "force or violence" (other than by setting fire to the prison) you are guilty of a Class 6 felony.  A Class 6 felony is punishable by a term of at least 1 year in prison but not more than 5 years.  That term in prison starts after your original term ends.

But again, it varies by state.

Is that what you're asking?

In Copenhagen by Frayn, why did Heisenberg visit Bohr; what was his reason?

The reason for Heisenberg's visit to Bohr is revealed in the first act after they reminisce about skiing and agree to a walk as in past times. Margrethe had predicted that Heisenberg might want to talk about nuclear fission reactions, but Bohr dismissed the topic as having been fully settled by himself and Wheeler in 1939: uranium 238 takes too long to separate into pure 235 for there to be any practicality of applying fission to weapon making.  

Bohr: ... 238 is not only impossible to fission by fast neutrons - it also absorbs them. So, very soon after the chain reaction starts, there aren't enough fast neutrons left to fission the 235. [...] What all this means is that an explosive chain reaction will never occur in natural uranium. To make an explosion you will have to separate out pure 235.

In Germany, Heisenberg's subsequent work on fission revealed that the slow nuclear reaction of uranium 238 would actually produce the new chemical called Plutonium, and Plutonium would accelerate the slow nuclear reaction to a fast nuclear reaction, substituting for 235. The addition of Plutonium to fission made fission applicable to weaponry; to nuclear bombs.

Heisenberg knew himself to be in a moral dilemma and wanted his mentor's and friend's opinion on whether work in physics could be justified if the known result would be complete and utter annihilation of a government's enemies; if the result would be a nuclear bomb. In other words, he longed for advice about the morality of continuing with his work in fission. He longed for this advice so earnestly that he was willing to risk being executed as a traitor if his conversation with Bohr were discovered.

Heisenberg:  ... I remember it absolutely clearly, because my life was at stake, and I chose my words very carefully. I simply asked you if as a physicist one had the moral right to work on the practical exploitation of atomic energy. Yes?

Sadly, since Bohr instantly understood the meaning and implications as soon as Heisenberg asked his first question, Heisenberg never received the counsel he craved; Bohr stopped in mid-step and they returned to the house.

Heisenberg:  You don't recall, no, because you immediately became alarmed. You stopped dead in your tracks.

Bohr:  I was horrified.

Heisenberg:  Horrified. Good, you remember that. You stood there gazing at me, horrified. [...] ... at this point you stopped listening The bomb had already gone off inside your head. I realised we were heading back towards the house. Our walk was over. Our one chance to talk had gone forever.

Describe the trade that took place between Pumpkin and Johnny in Johnny Tremain.

Johnny gets Pumpkin the items he needs to attempt an escape from the British Army. In return, Pumpkin gives Johnny his musket.

Pumpkin, who is a private in the British Army, has little heart for fighting the Americans. All he wants out of life is to have a little land of his own and to be a farmer. Pumpkin tells Johnny that, although if it comes to fighting, they will "fight like hell," in reality a lot of the British regulars sympathize with the rebels. There has been a huge problem with desertions in the British Army, and Pumpkin himself plans to make his own escape,

When (he can get him) a smock such as farmers wear. When (he can get him) an old hat with black hair sewed in it, hanging down...when (he can get) a farmer who'll swear (he's) his hired man and can take (him) out past (the) guard on the Neck.

Johnny tells Pumpkin that he can get all those things for him, and that in exchange, he wants the young British soldier's musket. An agreement is made whereby Johnny will secure the items Pumpkin has requested and hide them in the hay in the Lyte's barn, as well as arrange for a Lexington farmer to smuggle him out. Pumpkin will leave the musket hidden in the hay when he picks up the smock, hat, and wig, and meet the farmer on Thursday when he comes in for market.

The trade goes as planned, but Pumpkin does not appear at the appointed time to make his escape with the Lexington farmer. Johnny worries about him for awhile, then concluded that he must have gotten away by some other means. Sometime later, Johnny learns that Pumpkin has been captured, and witnesses his execution at the hands of a British firing squad (Chapter 9).

Why is Holden Caulfield so contemptuous of D.B. in The Catcher in the Rye?

Holden considers that his older brother has sold himself out by sacrificing his artistic talent to acquire bourgeois status and a comfortable life. The reader cannot know, though, if this is really true or not since Holden is not exactly a reliable narrator. To him most everybody is "phony" and it seems as if Holden is subconsciously jealous of the success he himself has not attained. Since success is beyond his reach (or at least for the time being), he give it and most everybody associated with it "the sour grapes treatment."

Describe in great detail the encounter between Hester and Chillingworth in the prison cell.What do we learn? Who is chillingworth? What does he...

While Hester Prynne stands on the scaffold in Chapter III, she is asked by Reverend Wilson to name the man who fathered her child. Responding in the negative, she gazes into the eyes of Reverend Dimmesdale, but while doing so, she hears another voice,

coldly and sternly, proceeding from the crowd about the scaffold. 'Speak, and give your child a father!'

'I will not speak,' answered Hester, turning pale as death, but responding to this voice, which she too surely recognised.

This voice which Hester recognizes is the voice of her husband, returned from the dead.  Because of this recognition, Hester, being returned to the prison, is in a very nervous state, terrified at the prospect of this new knowledge being discovered by the Puritan leaders.

When the jailer calls in a physician to attend to the distraught young woman who has had to endure such ignominy on the scaffold and within her own heart, this physician is the owner of the voice that Hester has recognized.  Hester is "as still as death."  Roger Chillingworth, as he calls himself, has been boarded in the prison while the town officials decide on a ransom with the Indians who have held him captive. While a captive, Chillingworth has learned much of medicinal herbs; with this knowledge and his knowledge of alchemy, he attends to the unsettled child, and then the mother.  Naturally, Hester is apprehensive about having her child or herself imbibe anything conjured by Chillingworth.

Chillingworth tells her he would not be so "shallow" as to poison her.  He wants her to live so that she will

'bear about thy doom with thee, in the eyes of men and women--in the eyes of him thou didst call husband--in the eyes of yonder child!'

As Hester sits on the bed, Chillingworth sits beside her in the only chair in the cell.  He tells her that he should have foreseen "all this," for he was too old and misshapen for one of her young beauty.  Hester retorts that she was honest with him, revealing that she had no love for him.  True, Chillingworth replies, but he had hoped that the warmth that she brought to his heart would be enough for them both.

'I have greatly wrong thee,' murmured Hester.

'We have wronged each other,' answered he...

Chillingworth tells Hester that he seeks no vengeance against her, as the

'scale hangs fairly balanced.  But, Hester, the man lives who has wronged us both!  Who is he?'

When Hester refuses him, the physician reminds her that he is more prescient that others and will "see him tremble....Sooner or later, he must needs be mine!"  At this threat, Hester covers her heart, lest it reveal anything.  With dramatic irony, Chillingworth promises Hester that although the man bears no letter on his chest, he "will read it on his heart."

Let him live!  Let him hide himself in outward honour, if he may! Not the less he shall be mine!

'Thy acts are like mercy,' said Hester...'But thy words interpret thee as a terror!

Chillingworth makes Hester promise not to reveal his identity because he does not wish to endure the "dishonour that besmirches the husband of a faithless woman"--Chillingworth does not wish to be known as a cuckold.  As he smiles at Hester, she asks him (again with dramatic irony) if he is like the Black Man

that haunts the forest round about us.  Hast thou enticed me into a bond that will prove the ruin of my soul?

Eerily, Chillingworth tells Hester "Not thy soul...Not thine!"

This chapter has almost gothic horror to it. The reader is reminded of Poe's narrators who vows an insidious revenge as redress for "injuries."

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson is accused of rape. What is rape?

In the context of this novel, rape is when a man forces himself on a woman sexually.  In other words, Tom Robinson is accused of having sex with Mayelle Ewell against her will.  It is clear that the two did kiss, but there was no actual sexual contact.  Kissing is not considered rape, and Mayella initiated the kiss.  In the South at this time there was no crime more terrible than a black man raping a white woman. Innocent men were often accused of rape, because they were black.  Sometimes this was just because they were there, and sometimes it was because they were in a relationship with a white woman, which society would view as wrong.

What role does the buckle that scraped the ear play in "My Papa's Waltz"?

In Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz," the speaker mentions the buckle in the third stanza of the poem.  In the context of the poem, the buckle is a helpful indicator of the speaker's height, and the reader infers that if the speaker's ear hits the buckle, then he must be relatively short and hence young.  Further, the speaker says that he hits the buckle every time his father misses a step in their "dance," indicating that the father is drunkenly dancing.

Some readers interpret the buckle as an indicator that the father is abusive to the son.  In times when disciplining children was common practice, parents might use a belt when punishing their children.  So some readers see the buckle as a symbol for this type of punishment taken a step too far when the father is drunk.

What vaules does the book's society embrace and encourage?Please name 4 values.

The society is The Giver has the appearance of a utopia, but throughout the narrative, is revealed as dystopic.

1) The society encourages homogeny.  It is expected that each child will accept the lot in life they are given without question.  It is when Jonas' begins to deviate from his role that problems arise.  Also, the reader learns the world is seen in grayscale by almost all of society, meaning everyone looks the same.  Another example is that each family is given the same number and gendered children.

2) The society encourages hard work.  Each person is given a job.  There are no homeless or out-of-work people in the society.  It is expected that each person will do their job to the utmost of their ability--that is why the jobs are assigned specific to personality.

3) The society embraces prudence and chastity.  At the beginning of the novel, when Jonas has the sexualized dream about Fiona that signals the onset of puberty, he is given a pill to suppress these feelings.  He is not to have uncontrolled feelings towards others.  Similarly, it is forbidden to see anyone naked except for infants and the elderly.  Chastity is shown by the fact that because the adults in the society take pills to suppress sexual urges, there is no sexual intercourse between married couples.  Babies are birthed by woman who are given this as their job, and adopted out to families accordingly.

4) Practicality.  Nothing is done in the society that does not have a practical purpose.  All jobs have a specific meaning, and almost all the unpredictable aspects of society--pain, pleasure, memory, sexual attraction, etc.--have been eliminated from the culture.  Frivolity is severely frowned upon, as is failure, which is why a winsome character such as Jonas's friend Asher has such difficulties in the society at times.  This encouraging of practicality could also be seen as embracing discipline.

In "Dover Beach" what "reality" is a subjective projection of the speaker and his own anguish? What seems to cause his melancholy? Does he find hope?

Matthew Arnold projects his anguished viewpoint of the world upon the beautiful scene from his window, and he does it primarily through the connections he makes with what he sees to the melancholy that he feels about the world.  To him, the sound of the ocean waves on the beach is not a calm, soothing, serene sound as many people often find it; rather, he thinks that it brings in "the eternal note of sadness" and the "turbid ebb and flow of human misery."  So whereas other people might connect that peaceful scene to a calming, happy feeling, Arnold connects it to sadness and misery.  This is him projecting his own worldview on the scene before him.

Also, he picks his words carefully as he describes the scene, using words that reflect his own emotional state about the world.  Note the harsh, negative word choices:  "grating roar," "fling," "tremulous," "vast edges," "naked shingles," "darkling plain," "confused alarms" and "clash".  All of these words reflect Arnold's reality of anguish and despair that he feels over the state of the world, which taints even a serene view from a window.  He feels that any beauty and goodness have disappeared from the world--in the last stanza, he goes through an entire list of things he feels are no longer in the world.  He feels that all of those things, and faith, have departed, leaving only violence, darkness, exposure and misery behind.

The only possible hope he sees is if he and his love are "true to one another."  By forging meaningful, loving and honest relationships, he feels that he can at least protect himself from the awful darkness descending on the world.  It's not much hope, but a little tiny flare of it.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

Describe the structure of the sentences in the first two paragraphs in A Separate Peace. Why are they effective? Use quotes from the book to explain.

The first two paragraphs of the book are marked by a first person narrator, who speaks in long, complex sentences. This establishes one point of view from which the story will be told. It also constructs a stream-of-consciousness technique, in which the audience is witness to Gene's thoughts as they occur. For example:

I went back to the Devon School not long ago, and found it looking oddly newer than when I was a student there fifteen years before. It seemed more sedate than I remembered it, more perpendicular and straight-laced, with narrower windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of varnish had been put on everything for better preservation. But, of course, fifteen years before there had been a war going on. Perhaps the school wasn’t as well kept up in those days; perhaps varnish, along with everything else, had gone to war.

In this first paragraph, Gene is reflecting on his experiences at the school through the technique of description. The length of the sentences shows how he is thinking through each detail, building a picture of Devon in his mind to contrast what he sees before him. He also personifies the school, which suggests that it too may act as a character in the novel.

The next paragraph carries this length, while contrasting with the picture in the first:

I didn't entirely like this glossy new surface, because it made the school look like a museum, and that's exactly what it was to me, and what I did not want it to be. In the deep, tacit way in which feeling becomes stronger than thought, I had always felt that the Devon School came into existence the day I entered it, was vibrantly real while I was a student there, and then blinked out like a candle the day I left.

These sentences are almost run-on, like Gene's thoughts are tripping over themselves as he struggles to explain what the school meant to him. The simile of "blinked out like a candle" implies some kind of sudden change or transformation in the school, and foreshadows Finny's sudden death. Overall, these two paragraphs establish Gene's style of narration, and clue the audience into the fact that he may not be telling the complete truth.

Where is there suspense in Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

Suspense starts to build in this story as we wonder where the family is, and when they are going to appear, if at all.  The first infusion of suspense is after the breakfast food that is prepared so fastidiously by the machines is not eaten.  All of that food is thrown away, after sitting there for quite some time.  At this point, the reader has to wonder to oneself, where is the family?  Why didn't they eat the breakfast?  From then on, any noticable absence of the family members builds on that initial suspense; the garage opens but no car leaves.  Reminders are given, but echo down empty hallways.  All of this builds and builds until we are taken outside, and the imprints of people are described on the blackened wall of the house.  Then, we realize that the family, mid-play, was completely decimated, as was much of their city.

After we realize what happened to the family, the suspense lessens a bit; we already know that they died, now we are just hanging in there for the ride, to see how Bradbury is going to end the story.  Our suspense flares up again as the poor, sick dog comes in the house.  We rally around it, hoping it will survive, and are sorely disappointed and depressed when it doesn't.  Another flare of suspense occurs when the house freaks out and sets itself on fire--this is an interesting development, and we wonder if it will really burn itself down.

The suspense in "There Will Come Soft Rains" is mainly evident as the audience realizes that the family is not there, and that something is awfully wrong as a result of it.  The absence of human life in a world that is filled with technology is a strange and discomfiting one indeed, and that is why it is so suspenseful.  I hope that helped; good luck!

What affect does the setting have on the thoughts, actions, and choices made by the character(s) in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood?

The setting drives pretty much everything in this novel. The Handmaid's Tale is set in a time when extreme religious fundamentalists have taken over the US. They have even changed the name of the country to The Republic of Gilead. It is a theocracy; it gives all power to the men who adhere to the very strict religious constraints that are not only legal, but required. The powers that be cannot control the thoughts of the people, but they do control virtually everything else. The choices of the characters are dictated by the new government. Women have no say whatsoever in their fate, even the women who supported the theocracy. The main character, now known as Offred (of Fred; her own name was stripped from her) has had her husband and daughter taken from her. She now has no option but to serve in the Commander and Serena Joy's household, being a handmaid. This entails not only servitude, but, because she is fertile and the couple she lives with is not, forced sex in order to give the couple a child. Offred has no choices or actions open to her, legally. The actions and choices of the Commander and Serena Joy are also limited. Serena Joy appears to have a former career as a televangelist; this is no longer permitted, as women are not allowed to work. The Commander, though seemingly the one in charge, is also limited to choices and actions permitted by the theocracy--at least in theory. It turns out that even the people who wanted to establish Gilead got more than they bargained for, and there is an underground of illicit activity that exists.

The government, though it does not now control the thoughts of the people, hopes to in the future. It is trying to eliminate the memory of pre-Gilead culture by not allowing contact between the servants. The servants at this time remember pre-Gilead times; in the future, that will not be so.

What are some companies,stores, and modern day places named after Hephaestus?(He was the God of Fire) How dso they relate to him and why are they...

 We can find many companies that take their names from ancient mythology. Trojan, Argus, Amazon and Ajax are just a few.  As far as the god Hephaestus is concerned there are a few major companies named for him and some named for the Roman name of the same god, Vulcan.    Hephaestus Consulting Inc.  is located in Pennsylvania.  It is named after the lame god Hephaestus, who was the god of fire.  He is also widely recognized as the patron deity of the metal workers.   Being from the Steel City of Pittsburgh, I am very familiar with Hephaestus and his place in the steelworker’s culture.   Hephaestus Consulting is a corporation involved in the reheating and heat treating furnace business.

There is also the famous Hephaestus Holdings, Inc. ("HHI”).  This company is a subsidiary of Impact Forge Group, Inc. and Kyklos Bearing International, Inc. (“KBI”) subsidiaries.  These companies combine to create the largest independent manufacturer of forged parts and a leading manufacturer of wheel bearings for the North American automotive industry.

In Daniel Keye's short story Flowers for Algernon, how does Charlie's personality/values change as he becomes a genius?

When the story started, Charley was innocent.  He loved animals, cared for people, didn't realize when he was the target of jokes, and just wanted to make others happy.  As he became more intelligent, he focused more on making himself happy.  He judged others, did things he wanted, and didn't really care about how his actions affected those around him.  He did have some tender moments, like when he visited his sister and father but, for the most part, he cared more about himself and his needs where initially, his needs were irrelevant.

What is the importance of the setting of "Winter Dreams" and how does it create atmosphere or mood in the story?Give examples of the settings and...

Part of the way that the author uses setting in this story to create a pensive, melancholic mood is the way that seasons are used. From the title of the story it is clear that the seasons are crucial both to the development of the protagonist, Dexter Fletcher, and his ambitions in life, his "winter dreams." Note how from the first opening section of this great short story, the setting is used to create this melancholic mood which acts as a commentary on the hopelessness of Dexter's "winter dreams":

In the fall when the days became crisp and grey, and the long Minnesota winter shut down like the white lid of a box, Dexter' skis moved over the snow that hid the fairways of the golf course. At these times the country gave him a feeling of profound melancholy--it often reminded him that the links should lie in enforced fallowness, haunted by ragged sparrows for the long season. It was dreary, to, that on the tees where the gay colours fluttered in summer there were now only the desolate sandboxes knee-deep in crusted ice.

Clearly, the setting here plays a powerful role in establishing what kind of character Dexter is, but also creates the pensive, melancholic tone that hints at the futility of Dexter's "winter dreams."

What were Hitler's first three territorial objectives? Describe whether they were taken politically or militarily.

I guess this sort of depends on what you count as a territorial objective -- whether you are thinking about things within Germany or only things outside the country.

Hitler's first actions that could be seen as territorial expansion were:

• 1935, return of the Saar land to Germany.  It had been controlled by France under the Treaty of Versailles, but it had been part of Germany.  Its return was accomplished by a plebiscite -- a vote.


• Remilitarization of the Rhineland.  This was also part of Germany but Germany was not allowed to put troops there.  The remilitarization was accomplished by sending troops in.

These were both within Germany.  Things outside of Germany:

• The "Anschluss" with Austria.  March 1938  This was accomplished by a vote of Austrians, though there was pressure on them by the Germans.


• The taking of the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia with a large German population.  This was accomplished diplomatically in September 1938


• Occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia.  This was done in March 1939.  It was accomplished by troops moving into the region, but there was not actually a war.

What does Ode 1 of Sophocles's "Oedipus Rex" contribute to the play?I'm in need of a thesis, but I do not really understand the ode.

The chorus in this play, who chant the song or ode, represent the elders of the city of Thebes.  These choral odes and dances serve to separate one scene from another as there was no curtain in the Greek theatre.  They also comment on the action, reinforce the emotion, and interpret the situation.  Sometimes the chorus even participates in dialogue with other characters; when they do, their lines are spoken by the Coragos, or leader.

Thus, the first Ode of "Oedipus Rex" presents the dilemma of the people of Thebes who suffer from endless "afflictions."  There is a plague on the town, and the people pray that the "besieger" will be "plunged from our homes/Into the vast sea-room of the Atlantic/Or into the waves that foam eastward of Thrace/...Destroy our enemy,lord of the thunder![Apollo] (STROPHE 3)

As Oedipus the King enters, he asks the people, "Is this your prayer?"  Then, he tells the people to listen to him, for he will provide relief from their evils, he promises.  In the scope of the tragedy of "Oedipus Rex," the first Ode provides the problem of the play, while contributing to the irony of the prophecy against Oedipus.  In other words, all the conflicts are set in motion after the introduction of this Ode.  The hamartia, or arrogance of Oedipus is apparent as he summarily promises that he will solve this problem.  Later, his tragic downfall comes as a result of his pride and failure to realize that he is the cause of this very problem.  In short, the PARODOS (Ode 1) is pivotal to the plot and tragedy of Oedipus Rex.

In detail, what allowed the Europeans to achieve dominance in the New World but remain marginal, except as naval powers, in the east?

This is a interesting question...

First, you would have to define a time period.  I would hardly call Europe's influence of the far east to be marginal during the 1800's...though they didn't supplant the local population their colonial efforts helped shape places like India, China, Vietnam, and the middle east.

I am guessing that the question is relating more toward the colonial period in America's history, a time when the "new world" was the focus of Europe's exploitive efforts.

I would imagine that one of the reason that the Europeans were successful at dominating North and South America was the fact that much of the local populations were killed through either the upheaval that ruined their societal base or disease.  Large numbers of natives simply died due to germs, leaving chunks of New England sparsely populated.  All the Europeans had to do was to insert their own settlers and presto change-o...the land took on a European flavor.

Technology played a part as well...the natives of North and South America had advanced cultures but not as much as the Europeans (never having had the opportunity to acquire their technology through trade.)  Europe had trading ties to the East and therefore shared technological advances with them (and vice-versa.)

Distance would have been a factor...land travel was very slow and the route to get to the East overland was dangerous, long, and crossed many hostile areas.  Travel to the new world was done by ship which was, comparatively, faster and safer.  But to get to the East from Europe one either had to sail around Africa or around South America...both daunting prospects.  For this reason it would have been more expedient and cost effective to concentrate colonial efforts on the Americas.  The question itself kind of supports this..."except as naval powers."  The only way they wanted to get there was by ship, and no country is able to suppress another by naval power alone.

Lastly, you could make an argument that after the colonization of North and South America the Europeans were not so keen on trying to transplant the populations necessary to "dominate" another culture.  I mean, look what happened to the American colonies...they broke away!  And the Spanish lost most of South America.  It became simpler for the Europeans to run their colonies with the minimum number of people needed to exploit a regions resources rather than try to achieve absolute "dominance" over other parts of the world.

Does the historical cost convention make the going concern convention unnecessary? I'd be very obliged for a clear answer.I'm very confused about a...

According to going concern convention of accounting, transactions are recorded assuming that the business will continue to exist and do business for a long time to come. One implication of this convention is that it becomes meaningful to distinguish between transactions that will continue to yield benefit over a long period of time, and other expenditures whose benefits is consumed or used up in short-term within an accounting period. For examples it is assumed expenses incurred on plant and machinery is expected to provide service to the firm for a long period, and therefore the total cost of such assets is not charged to expenses immediately when the assets are acquired. Rather the total cost is charged to business expenditure over a long period in the form of depreciation.

The historical convention of accounting emphasizes that the accounts are intended to record, analyse and present impact of transactions that have already occurred. An accounting system does not attempt to forecast events in future. Adherence to this convention ensures that unrealistic and incorrect picture of firms financial position is not presented based on expectations rather than facts. It may appear that this convention is conflicting with the going concern convention which allows, or even requires long term impact of some transactions to be taken into consideration. But there is a fine difference between forecasting based on assumptions and recognizing the physical continuity and utility of some assets created by the firm. For example, an accounting system cannot assume that its turnover will continue to grow at the rate of 20 percent per year, and based on that apportion some of its cost to future sales. However, it can assume that a machinery installed by it will continue to be in working order for some specific number of years. And based on this the full cost of the machinery need not be charged to expenses immediately.

Is this story about an inward psychological journey where Goodman Brown discovers evil in himself but refuses to acknowledge it?

I respectfully disagree with the previous poster.

In my view, Young Goodman Brown does not exhibit the ability to confront the evil and hypocrisy around him and, for all his troubles, does not emerge any stronger or wiser at the end of the story.

Rather than confront the evil and hypocrisy around him, the title character hides from that very confrontation. See, for example, this instance of an encounter in the woods:

"Goodman Brown heard the tramp of horses along the road, and deemed it advisable to conceal himself within the verge of the forest, conscious of the guilty purpose that had brought him thither, though now so happily turned from it."

As I see the matter, at the end of the story Young Goodman Brown is much worse off than he was at the beginning. He has gained knowledge (e.g. he now knows that all humans, even the best of them, are not perfect), but he has failed to integrate that new knowledge into his world view and thus lives out the last of his days in despair and gloom.

Even in the certainty of evil all around, Young Goodman Brown fails to take any meaningful action. To his death, he continues to hide or pull back. When "the good old minister" passes by, what is Young Goodman Brown's reaction? "He shrank from the venerable saint, as if to avoid an anathema." And when he continues to share a bed with his wife? "Often, awaking suddenly at midnight, he shrank from the bosom of Faith..."

This protagonist in this story dies a defeated man, not a victorious one.

Do you think that the people that don’t have or can’t get money the right way so they want to steal or kill for it?

So are you just asking whether this is what causes crime?  If so, that's a huge argument.  There are generally two sides to this.

Liberals tend to argue that people commit crimes largely for the reasons you gave.  They say that people commit crimes out of desperation because they don't have the opportunity to make a good living in a legal way.

Conservatives tend to argue that people commit crimes out of choice.  People commit crimes essentially because they are bad people and/or because the punishments don't scare them enough.

No one really KNOWS why people commit crimes, but these are two major theories.

What is multiplication table of decimals?e1

A multiplication table defines the mutiplication for any two numbers. For children it is necessary to understand and memorise the table from 1*1=1 till 9*9=81, though the real mutilication table could be  any big table .

The same table can be used for multiplication of any numbers in decimal system includibg decimal fractional numbers also.

Here is a typical multiplication table from which you can find out the product any two numbers fro 1 to 9

01   02   03     04   05   06     07   08     09

02   04   06    08    10   12     14   16     18

03   06   09    12    15    18     21   24    27

04   08   12    16    20    24     28   32    36

05  10    15    20    25    30     35   40    45

06  12    18    24    30    36     42    48    54

07  14    21    28    35    42     49    56    63

08  16    24    32    40    48     56    64    72

09  18   27     36   45     54     63   72     81

From the above we can see, for example, that 6*5=30 i.e  6th row's first number  multiplied  by 5 (5th column's first number)  is  30 which is at 6th row's 5th number. Or  6th column's first element multiplied by 5th rows first element is at 6th comn's 5 number which is 30.

The table could be used to  multiply a decimal  number fractions also: example 0.7*0.008= 0.0056 is as good as multiplying 7*8 and choosing the decimal point as sum of decimals in multiplier and multiplied numbers.

I would like to know more information about "Arnica Montana," such as where it is found, its uses, and its contraindications.

The plant is met in the mountain, hence its name. It prefers moist and cool climate, and blooms from June to August. The flowers are yellow. Flowers without stalks are used for medical purposes but also cosmetics (rarely plant roots or rest). It is harvested when flowering.

 Arnica montana has in its composition, silicon, in large quantities, camphor, potassium, calcium, tannins. The flowers contain volatile oil, choline, alcohols and dye substances .Active Principles of flowers have anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, healing and antifungal. In the form of essential oils it has anti-inflammatory role and disinfectant.

Internal use:

- Flowers - pneumopathies, bronchitis, whooping cough, cystitis, pyelonephritis, urinary retention, uterine bleeding

- in the form of tincture, laryngitis

- in the form of gargle, nausea, neurological disorders, asthenia, arterioscreloza, infarction, rheumatic diseases, parazitoza, smoking, dysentery.

Internal use should be cautious and only do at the doctor's recommendation  as it can cause gastrointestinal irritability and hypertension.

External use:

- Flowers - bruising, acne, furunculosis, leucorrhea, wounds or abscess whose cure is difficult, keloid scars, bruises and other injuries, burns, also cosmetic uses.

Contraindications:

- It is recommended to use plant if only  physician advices it, as consumption of Arnica montana may cause irritation, vomiting, gastroenteritis, dizziness, palpitations, hypertension or central nervous paralysis . The plant is forbiden to pregnant or nursing women.

At the end of the story, do you think Rainsford feels relief or pleasure?

The conflict that Rainsford goes through in “The Most Dangerous Game” would lead one to think at the end of the story he has seen what it felt like to be hunted. Like Zaroff, he was a skilled hunter too, and he had always felt superior to his prey. However, being on the other side of the hunt, Rainsford came to see what it was like to be tracked down like an animal, and he now understands and feels all the horror and helplessness that the hunted feels.

However, once Rainsford gains the advantage and is able to kill Zaroff, all the lessons he previously learned are forgotten, and he reverts back to the hunter mentality again. He feels no remorse at killing Zaroof, and once again he has become the superior hunter. The relief he initially felt has now turned to pleasure.

What is the moral lesson of "The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs"?

Of course, the moral is stated at the end of Aesop's fable of The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: "Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have."

Attacus Greeb's main fault is his indolence and false pride, not his greed. He is unwilling to work to maintain the large farm that has been a profitable venture for his father. Instead, he wants to have things without earning them.

“I’m far too good to be milking cows,” he said. “I should be Lord of the Manor with servants and footmen...and heaps of silver and gold.”

Unrealistic about himself, Greeb imagines that he is deserving of a higher life without any reason. So, in addition to the theme of greed and dissatisfaction, there is also the moral that people should be grateful for the blessings that they have, and count these each day. In the beginning, Greeb owns a prosperous farm on which all he has to do is work, but he is too lazy; so, he sells off his "blessings." Soon, he has nothing left because he has been short-sighted in his indolent desire for a quick way to make money. 

What is significant about the way Caesar opens the senatorial session?

Caesar opens the senatorial session in Act III Scene I by saying, "Are we all ready?  What is now amiss that Caesar and his Senate must redress?"  The significance of this bit of dialogue is that Caesar is referring to the senate as belonging to him.  This is an indirect way of saying that he believes himself to be above the Republic of Rome and, therefore, more powerful than the body of senators who assist him.  This very attitude is what the conspirators fear most about Caesar.  They believe his ambition will eventually cause him to become a tyrant, and that particular phrase almost foreshadows what may come if Caesar were to remain in power.

From the earliest times American Colonists believed in Freedom and Democracy. True or False? Explain.

The answer is essentially yes, but with caveats. Democracy, by which in this case I mean the electorate voting a representative parliament, was and had been for a long time the practice in England.  The earliest British settlers in the New World were not Puritans but adventurers looking for land, their fortunes and a new life away from the strictures of life in Britain.  These people founded Roanoke and Jamestown, the Puritans came some 14 years later.  The earliest settlers certainly were looking for freedom from the rigid social structure of Great Britain, and obviously believed in democracy as can be seen from their various documents.  Of course, they were somewhat restricted in their status as de facto employees of the trading company which financed the settlement.

The Puritans had a more complex situation.  Non-members of the Anglican Church were forbidden to hold office in Britain, but since the settlers of Massachusetts were not Anglican the Crown was allowing them to function in their colony as if that restriction did not exist.  They certainly sought freedom for themselves in their new home, and established a democratic colonial government.  They did, however, intend their particular colony for themselves and not other religious groups.  They could not exclude Anglicans, but they did exclude Quakers as time went by.  So the answer is yes, the earliest settlers believed in freedom and democracy, but perhaps not entirely in the way Americans view these terms today.

To what is Mr. Wemmick compared to and why in Chapter 21 in Great Expectations?

Dickens compares Wemmick to a wooden block and a mail box or "post office."  All of Dickens' "mechanical" references in regards to Wemmick demonstrate that this eccentric character is in tight control of his opinion and emotions.  Of course, later Pip discovers that Wemmick is kindhearted, compassionate, and savvy.  However, in this chapter, the only keen observation Pip makes of Wemmick is that

"his mouth was such a post office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling. We had got to the top of Holborn Hill before I knew that it was merely a mechanical appearance, and that he was not smiling at all" (188).

Wemmick has to control himself to avoid any suspicion on Jaggers' part because he knows that his boss has a tendency to take advantage of whatever he knows about his "clients" or employees.

What role (literal and figurative) does the forest play in Anthem by Ayn Rand?

The literal role that the forest plays in Anthem is one of an uncharted territory. In chapter two, Equality 7-2521 says of the forest, "Men never enter the Uncharted Forest, for there is no power to explore it and no path to lead among its ancient trees which stand as guards of fearful secrets."

This introduction in chapter two sets up the figurative role that the forest plays in the story. Often in literature, the forest symbolizes a place of darkness where people get lost or succomb to danger, but Rand flips this symbol in Anthem. She turns the forest into the only place the people of this dark future society can run to in order to rediscover their past and create an identity of their own. Of course, because "there is no power to explore it and no path to lead among its ancient trees," it is only the true misfits who long for something more that run to the forest.

In chapter eight, Rand illustrates the power of the forest to help Equality 7-2521 begin his life anew as an individual and a thinker. "It has been a day of wonder, this, our first day in the forest." As Equality 7-2521 continues his trek through the forest, he learns many things from his surroudings such as hunger, providing for himself, hunting, the beauty of his own body, and doubt. All of these things first discovered in the forest will later lead him to his future ponderings of ego and individuality, proving that the forest figuratively is a wellspring of knowledge for the displaced Equality 7-2521.

What has Lady Macbeth done to the grooms?

I agree with the above, but perhaps you are asking about something that came before the murder. While Macbeth is about to do the deed, Lady Macbeth is alone and says (again Act 2, Scene 2):

LADY MACBETH:

That which hath made them drunk hath

made me bold;

What hath quench'd them hath given me fire. Hark! Peace!

It was the owl that shriek'd, the fatal bellman,

Which gives the stern'st good-night. He is about it:

The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms

Do mock their charge with snores: I have drugg'd their possets,

That death and nature do contend about them,

Whether they live or die.

What she says she has done is this: she has put some kind of powerful sleeping potion into their spiced drinks (possets), so that they are not only asleep but in a kind of drugged stupor.

Here's her full plan, that was hatched back in Act 1 , Scene 7:

LADY MACBETH:

When Duncan is asleep—

Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey

Soundly invite him—his two chamberlains

Will I with wine and wassail so convince,

That memory, the warder of the brain,

Shall be a fume and the receipt of reason

A limbec only. When in swinish sleep

Their drenched natures lie as in a death,

What cannot you and I perform upon

The unguarded Duncan?

What are some similarities and differences that King Arthur, Gilgamesh, Beowulf, and Achilles share?

All these heroes share the idea of a quest, a long jouirney or a voyage of some kind - whether that be a personal voyage of discovery of self or a physical travelling voyage. Two of the heroes at least share a quest for a particular reason, an ambition which they need to hunt down. Beowulf on the other hand already knows where his intended target lies - but still has a long sea journey or voyage to reach the monster Grendel. No matter - each hero has a goal. Each one also has 'something to face up to - even if that is themselves. In Beowulf's case, he must step up to the plate and face the bloodthirsty monster alone. King Arthur and Beowulf are similar in that they have a band of loyal acolytes to follow them and defend them. Achilles has a weakness he must overcome - and each of the others also has obstacles or hurdles, whether of their making or personality or external.Each one is to a greater or lesser degree - a saga.

Why, in economic terms, are brown eggs more expensive than white eggs?

The prices of any product is determined primarily by two factors - the cost of production and demand for product. Higher the cost of the product higher is the minimum price charged by the manufactures. No manufacturer will produce and sell a product if the product has to be sold at a price lower than its cost.

The demand of a product, the other factor determining price, is itself determined by the utility offered by the product. And when we talk of utility, we need to consider the utility to individual consumer as well as the number of consumer who derive the utility. For example, in India, brown eggs are considered more nutritious and also less allergic. Because of this brown eggs are considered more suitable for people suffering from some specific medical problems. Among general public, only people with lot of money are willing to pay the extra price for the brown eggs. People with limited financial resources prefer to by the more economical variety. Thus some people are willing to pay considerably higher price for brown eggs, but the total demand is quite low.

From the above discussion it is clear that brown eggs are priced higher becaause the cost of production of these eggs is higher, at the same time some people believe that they derive higher utility from them and, therefore are willing to pay higher price.

It is interesting to note that if the total demand for brown eggs was considerably higher, it may have induced producers to produce much larger quantities of brown eggs at lower unit cost, resulting from economy of scale. This in the end could have led to the prices coming down, rather than increase, with increasing demand. We can see phenomenon like this in many industries. For example in India, the prices of mobile phones has been coming down steadily with increasing demand.

Who are the magi?

In English the term 'magi' refers to the wise men from the East who visited and worshiped our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ at his birth and offered him precious gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. We read of this in the Gospel according to St. Matthew Chapter 2, verse 11:

11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

Since the magi offered three gifts it is traditionally believed that they were three in number.

The Greeks considered Zoroaster to be the founder and the figurehead of the magi. The magi were considered to be 'wise' because they specialized in both astronomy and astrology and were able to foretell the future.

In Matthew Ch:2 verse 2 the magi (singular: 'magus') visit King Herod thinking that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was born in the king's palace and ask King Herod,

Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Thesis statement to "Lies my teacher told me" by James Loewen

It is not quite clear to me whether you are asking for a thesis statement for an essay you would write about this book or if you are looking for what the book's thesis is.

The book's thesis is that American history is taught poorly.  This is because the books are filled with facts rather than ideas and because the books are too, essentially, conservative.

If I were writing an essay about this book, my thesis statement would be something like this:

Although James Loewen is right that history is taught poorly, I do not believe that the solution is to replace what he sees as conservative excess with his own excessively liberal ideas.

What happened to Maniac's parents?

Lionel Magee (aka Maniac) lost his parents when they died in a traffic accident in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania.  The trolley they were on ran into the Schulkill River.  Everyone on board drowned. He was three years old when he became an orphan, and he lives for the next eight years with his Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan, who  hate each other.  Their constant bickering led Lionel/Maniac to run away.  This caused him to be not only an orphan, but homeless too.    He begins a quest to find a place where he feels at home, where he can be happy and loved.

In "The Crucible", what role does Parris play during the testimony? Why does he lie about the dancing in the woods?

In act three, we really see how Parris works in the courts.  He insinuates himself into everything that the court does--he offers opinions, he offers background information about everyone that comes forward, he asks the people questions, and even seems to act like an unofficial judge. He has become quite the busy-body, holding himself above others, feeling very spiffy in his special role as a little helper to the courts and the judges.  Unfortunately, he doesn't really present a fair and balanced perspective; his entire purpose in being there is to cover up any potential reputation-ruining blame on himself, to protect his own welfare, and, it seems, to vent his frustrations against anyone that has ever slighted him.

When Giles Corey comes to the courts, and the judges ask who he is, Parris doesn't just introduce Giles, he throws in that Giles is the most "contentious" person that they will ever come across.  Right away, he is setting the judges against Giles--not coincindentally, Giles is one of the men that Parris has argued with in the past.  When John Proctor comes, Parris immediately asserts, "They're trying to overthrow the courts!" before John has barely even had time to speak.  This automatically sets the courts against John, and sure enough, the are constantly suspicious of his intentions there.  Parris and John have argued vehemently in the past, and, John holds potential evidence to prove Abby, Parris's niece, a liar, and to prove they were doing evil deeds in the forest.  If Mary's testimony in this regards gets out, Parris's reputation will be ruined--witchcraft in his own house, from his own niece!  He'll be finished.

So, when the dancing is brought up by John, Parris immediately and defensively jumps in, saying, "since I came to Salem this man is blackening my name," and then tries to shimmy out of having any knowledge about the dancing.  He doesn't want that being attached to his "good" reputation in the town.

Parris goads, questions, pries, insinuates, taints and noses about in all of the questionings, inserting his own viewpoints, and nudging things in a direction favorable only to himself and his pride.  Even Danforth is a bit irritated with him; at one point he bursts forth, "Mr. Parris I bid you be quiet!"  Parris fancies himself an unofficial judge, and uses that position to his own advantage.  I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

In what way has Ponyboy matured in The Outsiders?

In the beginning of the novel "The Outsiders" Pony Boy is rebellious of his older brother's, Darry's, authority over him.  He believes that Darry is picking on him.

 "Me and Darry just didn't dig each other." (13)

Darry has had to step in the parental role since the death of the boy's parents.  Pony Boy is resistive to Darry taking on his new role and thinks Darry doesn't care about him.

Pony Boy only identifies himself as a Greaser.  He does not understand that there is another way of life than fighting and hating the Socs.  When he meets Cherry he becomes aware that there are poeple on "the other side" who he can talk with and relate to.  The lines between the Socs and the Greasers is beginning to thin. 

After the incident with Bob's death, his running away, the fire, and Johnny's death , Pony Boy matures.  He becomes aware that his Brother, Darry, is only trying to protect and take care of him.  He also begins to realize that Johnny was right about fighting not being worthwhile.  He also begins to realize that there is a possibility for change and that there is more to life than what he is experiencing in the neighborhood. 

Why where the first 10 amendments to the Constitution added?

The first ten amendments to the Constitution, better known as the Bill of Rights, were added to the Constitution to allay the fears of opponents of the Constitution, commonly known as Anti-Federalists.

The Anti-Federalists feared that the national government, if given more power the way the Constitution proposed, would abuse the rights of the people.

The Federalists, who favored the Constitution, needed Anti-Federalist votes to ensure that the Constitution would get ratified.  So they added the Bill of Rights to guarantee that the new stronger federal government would not be able to trample people's rights.

Describe the character of Joe Keller at the beginning of All My Sons, and what he has become as the play progresses.

At the beginning of All My Sons, Joe Keller asserts himself as a strong, confident, charismatic character.  Although some of the characters question whether Joe appears innocent in the eyes of the neighbors, he assures them that once he was proven innocent by the courts, the neighbors understood that the court was right.  Joe claims that the neighbors now play cards with him and have forgotten any ill feelings that they have had in the past.  At this point, Joe is confident that the past is behind him.

As the play progresses, Joe's confidence wavers and he tries to cover up any references that may suggest that he is guilty.  When he learns that George is going to visit Herbert in prison, he becomes anxious but he still tries to keep calm in front of his family.  When George arrives and picks up on the mistake that Kate makes about Joe's never being sick, Joe demands that Kate retract her statement and immediately gets busy trying to smooth things over.

At the end of the play, Joe is forced by Chris to admit his wrongs, but Joe claims that he ordered the shipping of the parts to save the business for the family.  Although he tries to hold on the the confidence he has felt in both his lie and bad decision, he releases himself to the fact that he was wrong.

What was Shakespeare's intention when writing Twelfth Night?What's the mysterious important point he wanted to demonstrate;what's the background of...

Romantic comedy had a history in Italy before Shakespeare popularized it in England. Just like Chaucer before him, Shakespeare drew upon sophisticated Italian sources and some French sources for his inspirations and plots. In the case of Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's source was the prose story "Apolonius and Silla" by Barnabe Riche (which also drew on earlier sources).

Shakespeare's literary intention in writing Twelfth Night was to present a romantic comedy that explored the theme of love as excessive; madness; short-lived; true; and inspired by first sight, music and beauty by use of classic character types such as romantic hero, romantic heroine and a "sour character." Malvolio's misfortunes may very well be the culmination of the love as madness theme.

The mood in Act 1 changes from relaxed to tense. Explore the ways Priestley transforms the tone throughout Act 1 of An Inspector Calls.

At the beginning of Act 1, there is a mood of celebration as the group celebrates Sheila and Gerald’s engagement. There are hints of tension; for example when Sheila refers to the fact that Gerald was curiously absent

 all last summer

The members of the party congratulate each other for their successes. Mr. Birling notes when toasting the couple-

Sheila’s a lucky girl – and I think you’re a pretty fortunate young man too, Gerald.

The tone begins to change with Birling’s speech. His words on the prospect of

 steadily increasing prosperity

is littered with errors which the audience would clearly note. He discusses how there

 isn’t a chance of war

and how the Titanic is

 absolutely unsinkable

From this point we realize that Birling is an unreliable judge of events and character, but is convinced of his point of view. When he is giving manly guidance to Gerald and Eric, we realize that these words will be similarly misguided-

a man has to make his own way--look after himself

The arrival of the inspector quickly dampens the spirits of the party as he reveals the horrific death of a young woman. The tone changes as the inspector takes charge of the situation, questioning each member of the party to reveal their social failings in respect of the young woman. By the end of Act 1, Sheila no longer feels “lucky”, and she is devastated by her own cruelty.

In chapter 9, What did the prisoners do when they were freed?

At the end of Night, the prisoners were not concerned about anything but food. They had not been fed often and were starving. Once the liberation took place, all the prisoners wanted was to eat. Elie recounts the events that happened after they were freed.

Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. That's all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents, only of bread.

These people had suffered terrible loses and unspeakable torture at the hands of the SS, but they weren't consumed with revenge or hatred. They were consumed with eating. They didn't give a thought to what they had lost or the people they had lost while in captivity, all that mattered to them in that moment was to get enough food. Later on Elie gets sick from something in the food. As he is lying in the hospital he thinks about his time in Auschwitz. He sees a mirror across the wall from him and realizes it has been ages since he has seen his own reflection. He decides to look at himself and this is where the story ends.

One day when I was able to get up, I decided to look at myself in the mirror on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto.

From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me.

The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me. 

Please elaborate on this idea: Infinitely keener than Lady Macbeth is Macbeth's suffering.

While both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have minds that become unhinged, Macbeth's actions compound his suffering which is longer-lived than Lady Macbeth's. Lady Macbeth gives way to mental instability relatively early in the tragedy of Macbeth and her symptoms of instability render her obsessed and void of the power to act outside the confines of her obsession. This means that she is limited in the extend of further harm that she can do, either by way of direct action or indirect influence. Her mental disordered state soon leads to her demise.

Macbeth, on the other hand, though he becomes unhinged upon receiving the news that Fleance has escaped has, for all intents and purposes, the appearance of normality and can still act and precipitate events, which he does with a vengeance. Macbeth's unhinged mental condition isn't of the sort to bring relief in death and thus he goes on to add atrocity to atrocity. On top of which, his desperation leads him to turn to those who unleashed the havoc in the first place, the witches, who give him information that he receives as being for his betterment but which really is, as their first sets of prophesies were, only for his destruction. Since woe upon woe and evil deed upon evil deed are heaped on Macbeth's heart like coal in a furnace, Macbeth's suffering is infinitely keener than Lady Macbeth's.

What are D.H. Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner " comments on parenting?I'm doing a research paper on the parenting and i need to develop a...

I don't have a very high opinion of the parents in "The Rocking-Horse Winner."  Both of them are pretty selfish, petty, and cold.  We hear more about the mother; not very much is mentioned of the father.  All we know is that

"The father, who was always very handsome and expensive in his tastes, seemed as if he never would be able to do anything worth doing,"

and, as the mother bitterly puts to her son Paul, "He hasn't any luck."  She has the bad taste to talk very badly about their father in front of the children, and that distaste for him can only be catching.  The mother herself is selfish and cold.  Lawrence states bluntly of her lack of affection for her children,

"yet she felt they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them."

Even later when Paul makes his mother all of that money, in order to earn the love that she doesn't feel for him, she does not appreciate it or use it wisely.  She squanders it, and still shows no love for her son.  At the end of the story we see her display anxiety over Paul's strange behavior, but still no love.  After his death, there is no display of emotion, and she had no idea that her own son had been betting on horses.  Even the gardner knew that for pete's sake.

So, both parents are overly materialistic, to the detriment of their family.  Their shallowness and greed come before everything, including their children, which drives their children away from them, and to do dangerous things to win their affection. They are unaware of the activities of their kids, and try to buy their affection with toys.  All of these things make them pretty lousy parents.

For a thesis, try going with something from the above paragraph, and tying it to Lawrence's themes of greed and vanity.  It could go as follows:  "The parenting of the adults in the story reflects the harm that greed can have upon the human spirit."  Then you could use examples of how the parents are all of the above (what I mentioned in the above parent), and how that reflected greed, and led to the destruction of Paul.  I hope that those thoughts helped a bit; good luck!

Why did the European scramble to annex Cameroon in the last quarters of the 19th century?i want the reasons for the scramble impart of the scramble...

The reasons for European annexation of Cameroon were generally the same as the reasons for the Scramble for Africa in general.  Some major reasons:

1.  Resources.  The African continent had many resources, especially mineral and agricultural, that were not available to the various European countries that participated in the Scramble.

2.  Markets.  It was hoped that having colonies would give each "mother country" a captive market for its goods -- one where only it could sell.  This would help the European country's economy.

3.  Strategic positioning.  In these days, warships needed to be refueled relatively often and there were, of course, no airplanes, missiles, etc.  So the only way for a country to be able to use military force in faraway regions was to have bases around the globe.  Having colonies in Africa allowed this.

4.  (And this may be the most important.)  Prestige.  If one country has a lot of colonies, then any country that doesn't have them looks weak (or at least weaker than those that did have them).  As the previous answer indicates, this was a major reason for German annexation of Cameroon.  Historians believe that this psychological need to keep up with the other countries was a huge factor in causing the Scramble.

As far as impacts go the colonization that followed the Scramble:

1.  Hurt the colonies' economies.  That's because their resources were being used to help the European countries rather than themselves.

2.  Made it harder for them to do well once they became independent.  One reason for this is that their economies were set up only for the benefit of the Europeans and this made them poorer than they might otherwise be.  Second, the Europeans weren't interested in educating the Africans or in setting up democratic institutions.  This is part of the reason why most African countries have had a hard time becoming stable and democratic.

In The Scarlet Letter, what does the color red symbolize?

The history of the symbolic meaning of red attaches it to a variety of things from the life-giving sun to blood spilled in war to anger. The common thread behind all the symbolic meanings for red is generally understood to be that of passionate and sensual urges. In Chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter, we see that the symbolic meaning of red falls precisely into this commonality of meaning for it symbolizes the passion and sensuality between Hester and Dimmesdale, as well as symbolizing the life that arose from that passion in the person of Pearl. The letter "A" itself symbolizes Hester's crime of adultery. The red color of the "A" enhances the understanding of her crime by the addition of the symbolic representation of sensuality and passion, just as Pearl herself enhances the understanding of her crime by the addition of a life. Red also symbolizes the passion with which Hester and Pearl together work out their punishment.

What scares Miss Caronline? What is another name for this creature?This question takes place in chapter three of To Kill a Mockingbird

Ms. Caroline sees a "cootie" in Burris Ewell's hair.  This is undoubtedly lice.  She is terrified, particularly since she has very little experience with country folk.  Burris has traditionally only come to school on the first day, so he exits after this embarrassment and makes comments to Ms. Caroline that are so harsh she begins to cry.  While Scout does feel some degree of empathy for her teacher, she soon loses respect for her when Ms. Caroline tells her that Atticus should not read to her from the newspaper anymore.  Scout also learns just how harsh and abrasive the Ewell clan can be, which foreshadows the climactic events later in the novel.

What does governor bellingham symbolize?

Governor Bellingham symbolizes the law, in it's crudest form. In Massachusetts within the colony of Puritans, law was viewed as morality and had the authority of God's law. It was combined with religion. The people thought that the simplicity of good versus evil was the highest moral order. They felt compelled to separate the sinners from the righteous. This, they believed, was the law.

Why does the play open with a mention of the tragedy of Oedipus?

The play opens with the mention of the Oedipal tragedy in order to situate Antigone's experience in the larger context of the family history. Audiences in Sophocles' time would be familiar with the Oedipus story, and immediately connect the conflict in this third play of the trilogy (which was actually written first).

Placing the events in the context of the entire Oedipal tragedy establishes Antigone in the Greek tragic tradition, as well as reminding the audience of the catharsis they experienced at the end of the first two plays. It also serves to extend the curse upon the house of Oedipus, which connects to the ideas of both free will and fate. It essentially considers the concept of the sins of the parents being visited upon the children. Also, it heightens the tragedy of Antigone, Creon, Hamon, & Ismene, in that they are the only remaining members of this family. Each death becomes yet another blow to the already reeling relatives.

Finally, the mention of Oedipus may serve as Sophocles' warning to the historical leader Pericles, cautioning against authoritarian rule. This also connects to the character of Creon in Antigone, suggesting that Sophocles wanted to establish a pattern of destruction amongst leaders who rule inflexibly.

Write a critical appreciation of "Delight In Disorder" by Robert Herrick.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)  is classified as a 'Cavalier Poet,' that is, he belonged to a group of poets who supported King Charles I during the Civil War. During the Civil War on account of  his support to  the Royalist cause he fell out of favour with the government, but after King Charles II was restored to the throne the King honored him and made him the Vicar at Dean Prior at Devonshire.

During his student days at Cambridge and as a budding poet he was a great admirer of the Jacobean dramatist and lyricist Ben Jonson (1572-1637) and was a member of the group of admirers of Ben Jonson  called the Sons of Ben. At the same time he was a contemporary of the Metaphysical Poets like George Herbert (1593–1633).

The lyric "Delight in Disorder" is from his collection of lyrics "Hesperides" published in 1648.  The gist of the poem is that the poet narrator finds a woman who has dressed carelessly more attractive and seductive than a woman who has dressed very correctly. The following adjectives foreground the lack of attention by the woman to the various articles of her dress: "disorder,"  "distraction,"  "erring,"  "neglectful,"  "confusedly," "tempestuous"  and "careless." She has worn every article of her dress carelessly, however it is this complete lack of attention to her dress which makes her look sexy ["wantonness"]  and "bewitches" him all the more.

What is more important is to realize how the three influences-Cavalier poetry, Metaphysical poetry and Ben Jonson's lyricism-are amalgamated in this exquisite lyric "Delight in Disorder." Cavalier poetry is secular and its language and imagery are simple and direct unlike Metaphysical poetry which is characterized by complicated imagery which renders the poem ambiguous. The ambiguity in this poem is, whether Herrick is describing a woman who has dressed carelessly or a painting of a woman who has dressed carelessly - "than when art/Is too precise in every part."  A lyric is  an expression of the poet's own feelings as a response to an external stimulus and Ben Jonson's lyrical influence can best be seen in the last three  lines of the poem:

"I see a wild civility;--
Do more bewitch me, than when art
Is too precise in every part."

In "The Crucible" in Act Three, what evidence IS accepted and why? What evidence is NOT accepted and why?

The evidence that is and is not accepted might seem to us, these days, a bit backwards.  Every single piece of logical, sensical, confirmable evidence is rejected, while any displays of hysteria, acting and theatrics from the girls is.

Rejected evidence:  A petition of close to 100 people attesting to the righteous nature of the accused women (all 100 arrested for questioning); a statement from Corey who had a witness who heard Thomas Putnam say he was "killing his neighbors for their land" (Corey is arrested); Mary Warren's claim that the girls are faking their hysterics to cover their own skins over the dancing incident (Mary is harassed and questioned and commanded to faint instead); and Proctor's assertion that Abigail is an adulteress (not believed because Elizabeth understandably lied to cover her husband's reputation).

Accepted "evidence":  Abigail's hysterical assertion that Mary was a yellow bird who, filled with envy over Abby's beauty, had come to tear her eyes out; Mary's quick turn-around to accuse John of being "the Devil's man," even though she was on his side but minutes before.

As you can see, the tables seem to be a bit turned on what we might deem acceptable evidence today.  Why were they so ridiculous?  Well, they'd already convicted hundreds of people of witchcraft; to listen to the rational evidence would prove that they had accused those people wrongly.  That would ruin the judge's reputations forever.  If the judges were known to have erroneously charged hundreds of people with witchcraft, because of the antics of some silly girls, they would be ruined.  Also, the hysterics are much more dramatic, intense, and bizarre--it's almost impossible to believe the girls would knowingly behave in such ways, knowing that they were sending innocent people to their deaths.  The improbability and their naive trust in the girls, along with their own desire to protect their reputations, kept the judges from accepting more rational evidence in the courts.  I hope that helped; good luck.

Can I have detail explanation of the poem "Blowing in the Wind" by Bob Dylan?

It is a beautiful song/poem that mingles romanticism and genuine political discourse. It is a very philosophical piece of work, operating almost entirely on the level of the generic or the universal. It has a strong ethical core, which charges it with a bond of political responsibility.

It invites us into an ironic reconsideration of 'man'. What does it take to be a man in terms of human experience? That is the initial question. The essential question is always about time--the time of action, the time of giving it bak in turn , the time of the plunge and so on. The poem is like a clarion-call for making that time of revolution and change possible.

The images of the poem are not loudly political at all. The time of the white ducks (peace!) sleeping in the sand or the time of man looking at the sky, trying to see things clearly, for a change are all highly contemplative images.

The philosophical implication of the poem, apart from its political message, is the unfathomability of life's mystery. The answer blowing in the wind like a war-whistle is a very ambivalent image. It may imply the obviousness of the answer. Alternatively, it may also indicate the unanswerable quality of the question. All basic questions of life are like that. The answer is basic but unknowable or at least indeterminate. It changes with the ever-changing wind.

Bengali singer Kabir Suman has come up with a brilliant bangla version of it. It is available on the net. Do listen to it, if you can.

What are some examples of two environmental mutagens that can cause mutations in humans?This is for Biology 11.

Genes, chromosomes also, are usually constant, however  it was found that it occurs from time to time, at the various bodies, sudden variations, more or less obvious. These variations, called mutations, are due either to  a single gene change or entire chromosome change or segments of it. Some of these abrupt changes, immediately became hereditary to direct descendants, have been observed since long time.

There are not known so far causes that have caused and continue to cause the appearance of mutations in nature, but many researchers have struggled to find their means of artificial generating .

Thus, in 1927 Muller managed to rise artificially in Drosophila, the occurrence of mutations, namely by the action of Roentgen rays. The radiation amounted to Drosophila the mutation rate of 0.2% (spontaneous) to over 13%. He thus introduced a new method in genetic work, start a new branch of genetics, called radiogenetics.

Provocative of mutations of Roentgen rays were confirmed shortly afterwards by Gager and Blakeslee in Datura and Stadler (1928) in maize.

After a while, after the execution of these experiences,he managed to cause mutations  by ultraviolet light and ionizing radiation, other than Roentgen rays, ie rays, neutrons, etc. and by temperature.

Among physical mutagenic factors,ionizing radiations have a most effective action (corpuscular radiation - electrons, protons, neutrons, deutroni, alpha particles - as well as high-energy electromagnetic radiation - gamma rays and X-ray). Gamma rays are met in nature: they are similar to X rays, but far more penetrating, with smaller wavelength, having a strong physiological action.

Irradiation has been proven that exercises two kinds of actions, namely:
- A primary physical action, direct to the gene, changing or destroying  a part of the genetic material.
- A secondary action, radiochemical, indirect, by converting water into hydrogen peroxide, which in turn, acts on the genetic material.

Exposure to X-rays and other forms of high energy particles can cause both the appearance of mutations complete   similar to gene mutations, which are obtained in nature, and the structural-chromosomal mutations, the latter are due to either inhibition of cell division or chromosome breakage, which causes chromosome rearrangements and abnormalities in mitosis and meiosis .

Factors that influence the most number of mutations occurring by the action of radiation are the following:

- The dose of irradiation. Number of mutations increases generally proportional to the radiation dose applied.

- The type of radiation, neutrons compared with gamma radiation having an efficiency five times higher, and fast neutrons, to 10-20 times higher, in some plants they can overcome even 100 times.

- Species, respectively radiated variety. Plants that possess a small number of chromosomes, are more radiosensitive  while plants with a large number of chromosomes are more radio resistant.

- Water content of tissue irradiated, mutation rate is much higher, eg damp seeds than the dried seeds, which demonstrates the role of water in an indirect mutagenic action.

 - Temperature,  high temperatures, reducing the action of X-rays.

 - The content of oxygen, a high concentration of oxygen significantly increasing the number of mutations and chromosomal aberrations.

How does Victor Frankenstein's lack of personal responsibility lead to tragedy? I have chosen the decisions of making the monster, not clearing...

The first two supporting events--Victor's decision to make the monster and not clearing Justine's name--work well for Victor's lack of responsibility.  A third example, that might be better than not making the female monster, is Victor's seeming disregard for Elizabeth's safety until it is too late.  Here are some suggestions for each of your points.

1. Victor's decision to make the monster and then doing nothing to take care of him demonstrates his selfishness and unwillingness to accept that what he does has consequences not just for him but also for many others.  He creates the monster to bring himself glory, and during the process thinks nothing of those souls' whose corpses he descecrates or what he should do to help this new "human being" that he will unleash on the world.

2. When Victor realizes that his creation has brought destruction to his family and town through the murder of William and false arrest of Justine, he cowardly comforts Justine but is unwilling to take responsibility publicly for William's murder (by telling about the monster).  He thinks that others will think he is crazy; so he selfishly allows Justine to be executed.

3. While Victor's decision to destroy the female monster might be seen as a lack of personal responsibility, one could also argue that he has finally taken responsibility because he does not want to unleash another monster upon the world.  So, if you focus on Victor's misinterpreting the monster's warning about being with Victor on his wedding night, you will have more proof for your thesis.  Victor thinks so much of himself that when the monster makes his "wedding night" threat, Victor assumes that the monster will kill him.  He never even considers that the threat is toward Elizabeth.  He carelessly marries Elizabeth without telling her or her father to be on guard and what to look for, and he leaves her alone on their wedding night.

In regards to starting your paper, if you have to write a normal five paragraph essay, a good introduction for yours could discuss personal and corporate responsibility in general and narrow down to your thesis about Victor.  Victor's "product" (the monster) is similar to defective items produced by companies which cause injury or death.  You could also focus on the lack of personal responsibility in the world today and how that leads to problems for others.

Good luck--it sounds like you have chosen your topic and supports well!