Describe each of the characters and their relationship with one another.only the characters introduced from the first chapter

PONYBOY CURTIS. The youngest of the Curtis brothers, Pony is an avid reader, writer and movie goer. He worships Soda but fights constantly with Darry. Johnny is his best pal, and he is fairly close with Two-Bit.

DARRY CURTIS.  The eldest Curtis brother, he is a roofer who works two jobs to support his other brothers. Tall and muscular, he is a former football star who gave up college ambitions to work instead.

SODAPOP CURTIS.  Handsome Soda is a high school dropout who works in a gas station. He gets along well with everyone, though his best friend is Steve Randle.

JOHNNY CADE.  Quiet and introspective, Johnny was beaten by Socs and is wary of strangers. He is the "mascot" of the gang, liked by all. He is closest with Pony and Dallas.

DALLAS WINSTON.  A tough New York native, Dallas is proud of his street savvy and past criminal record. He is closest to Johnny, who he treats like a kid brother.

STEVE RANDLE.  A minor character, Steve is best friends with Soda; they work together at the same gas station. His specialty is cars--working on them and stealing parts from them.

TWO-BIT MATHEWS.  Two-Bit is close friends with Pony and Johnny and is the second oldest (next to Darry). Likable and talkative, Two-Bit shoplifts regularly and always carries a switchblade.

In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, who has the light and who has the darkness?

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness represents an ironic reinterpretation of who holds the qualities of light and dark. The speaker, Marlowe, has all the standard belief of an Englishman of his time in London as the greatest city on Earth; in real work being done in giving the advantages of civilization to the native peoples of Africa; and in the superiority of European intelligence and virtue over the primitive ways of those whao are native to the African continent. In an ironic twist of fate, Marlowe comes to compare the integrity and dignified behavior of the cannibals traveling on his ship to the behavior of the Europeans on his ship for the same journey. He also comes to compare his work and self-seeking to the work and indolence of the Europeans in the settlement where he is repairing his broken ship. Finally, he compares the reputation of Kurtz to the reality of Kurtz. These comparisons further generalize to London and then to European civilization.

The end result is that Marlowe perceives a true inner integrity in the cannibals that is shockingly missing in the Europeans; this assigns "light" to the cannibals on the ship and "dark" to their European co-passengers. The result of Marlowe's comparison of his work, which opens his soul to him and constructs his sense of self and worth, to the indolent greedy attitude of the Europeans running the settlement is that Marlowe, and what he stands for, which is personal integrity and devotion to a factually beneficial cause, is "light" while the ivory collectors and labor exploiters are "dark." When he discovers the truth of Kurtz's condition and stands by his side as Kurtz dies, the vapor of Kurtz's image as a bringer of "light" evaporates and Kurtz is shown to be "dark" after all. Finally, London, and by extension European civilization, which is touted as being "light" is revealed to be in fact "dark," as is proved by the results of England's and other European missions and actions.

I am having trouble writing an essay using a flow chart. Can anyone help me, or give me advice on how I should work with this?I have my thesis, but...

I suppose my first question for you would be: "Is there a reason why you have to use a flowchart to organize your writing?"  Unless you have to for some reason, I would consider another organizational tool. Flowcharts are generally used to demonstrate a process. They show the steps that are taken to achieve a goal, or (like a "Choose Your Own Adventure Story") they show the result of different choices that could be made.  Based on your thesis idea I don't see that a flowchart style graphic organizer is going to be of much use to you.

Much better, in your case, would have been a standard Star, Cloud, or Spider diagram. Of course, these are mostly useful when developing your thesis statement and the points you want to illustrate. You already have passed that step.  Your goal now is mostly in organizing what you are going to be writing about.

In your case, you want to write about the song "Question Existing" by Rihanna. Your perspective seems to be that you think it is a good song.  This, though, is not a very strong statement.  It is enough to go with for an essay, but probably a real snoozer of one.  You need a bit more "punch."  Try something like this: "The lyrics of the song 'Question Existing' by Rihanna set a good example for today's young women."  In this example, you would quote examples from the lyrics that support this thesis.  You would need three examples from the song (one for each paragraph of your essay) and you would spend each paragraph explaining the meaning of the lyric.

Don't like that one?  Try this: "The lyrics, rhythm, and tempo of Rihanna's song 'Question Existing' blend together to form an example of excellent songwriting."  This is more in line with the spirit of your original thesis, but personally, I would shy away from this one.  Unless you have an extensive background in music, quantifying and explaining terms like "rhythm" and "tone" and "tempo" can be very difficult.

So, in short, my advice to you would be to ditch the flowchart as an organizational tool and focus your thesis on an aspect of the song that you can easily discuss.  Best of luck to you, and let me know (or post another question) if you need more help!

Can you state a theme for the poem "Because I Could Not Stop For Death...?"

Alright!  Great!  Another poem question...I love these!  In order to understand the theme of the poem we have to look at what this point is about.  I am using a particular translation of the poem but it should be fairly similar to yours:

"Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality."

Life just sort of keeps going...nobody plans to "stop for death."  This is a bit of dark humor.  Death will come for you when it is your time, ready or not.  Apparently, you get some personal time with Death to boot.

"We slowly drove, he knew no haste, 
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility."

Death feels no need to move quickly once it has you.  In death there is no need for work or fun activities.  Those things are done and in the past.

We passed the school, where children strove
At recess, in the ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.

Children are a good symbol for the future, that is, they are young and have a long future ahead of them.  Fields of "gazing grain," perhaps representing middle age, and the sunset, symbolizing the end of one's life.

Or rather, he passed us;
The dews grew quivering and chill,
For only gossamer my gown,
My tippet only tulle.

The sun moves past them.  It's getting chilly.  She is wearing a gown made of cobwebs and a scarf that was made of netting.

We paused before a house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.

It's not really a house, it's a tomb.  That's why it is so close to the ground. She's headed for the grave.

Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.

Death really isn't so bad, at least it doesn't seem.  Centuries have passed but each feels like less than a day.

The theme seems to be that Death is not something to be feared but is a natural part of life.  The character in the poem does not fight or run from death.  She does not attempt to stop the carriage nor does she react to seeing the schoolchildren.  Her tomb (she must have known what it was) looked like a home to her.  Death, indeed, treats her very civilly and is not something to be afraid of.

How does the Battle of the Cowshed ultimately serve to inaugurate a series of rituals that help solidify the growing totalitarian state?

Great question (though it is a bit of a mouthful!).

Rituals often help a community to build a sense of "togetherness."  When people all do the same action, in the same way, or at the same time, it makes people feel like they are part of the same group.  Think about funerals or weddings, fireworks at fourth of July or the inauguration of the president.

The battle of Cowshed provides the pigs with an opportunity to create rituals that strengthen their "state" (the farm.)  The singing of a national anthem, the farm flag, the firing of the rifle, going past Old Major's skull, the awarding of medals...these are all ways that the the new "government" of pigs can get the animals to feel like they are part of a community and also exert control over them (like when they come up with the new anthem and force it on the animals.)  The rituals, in the end, solidify the fact that the pigs are in charge and the repetition of the rituals helps drive that fact home to the other animals.

List and analyze the four most common approaches judges employ in interpreting the Constitution?

I don't know what four you'd pick as most common.  Here are mine:

• Originalist.  This makes sense in that the Constitution is the basis of our system and so it makes sense that we should try to figure out what the people who wrote it meant when they wrote it.  Lots of drawbacks: which writers count?  Is it the writers, or the people who voted to accept it whose opinions we shold look at?  How do we determine those opinions?  Do we want to follow them anyway?

All other approaches can be pretty much evaluated in terms opposite to this.

• Contextualist


• Developmentalist


• Doctrinalist

All of these are problematic because they do not stick with what the framers said and, therefore, you can argue that they allow judges (rather than legislatures or "the people") to make law.

But each of them tries in some way to get beyond the problems that I identified with the orignialist approach.

How does the play Othello relate to a modern audience in today's society?

Another element in Shakespeare's Othello to which modern audiences can relate is the concept of jealousy. Indeed, the words jealous or jealousy occur 21 times in the play. Additionally, Othello contains the famous image of jealousy as "the green-eyed monster."

Surely anyone who has had a boyfriend, girlfriend, partner, or spouse knows what it is like to feel jealous when someone else pays perhaps a bit too much attention to that person's special someone or sends that person's special someone a flirty note on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

In Othello, it is jealousy that leads to the title character's downfall. Othello is married to Desdemona, which Othello's enemy Iago will use to put Othello "into a jealousy so strong / That judgment cannot cure." In the course of the play, Iago leads Othello to believe that Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona. Eventually, Othello will call his wife a "whore" and ultimately kill her. After Othello learns of his mistake, he kills himself. Before doing so, however, he hopes that he would be remembered as "One not easily jealous." Alas, though, Othello will be remembered as a person synonymous with jealousy.

Why did Melville insert the detail about Bartleby working in the Dead Letter Office at the end of "Bartleby the Scrivener, A Tale of Wall...

There is some critical debate as to whether Melville added the epilogic story about the Dead Letter Office at Washington as an afterthought or whether it was part of his original story plan for "Bartleby the Scrivener, A Tale of Wall Street." The opening paragraph, which mentions something, a rumor, that will be revealed in the "sequel" doesn't really shed light on Melville's intentions, as the statement in the opening paragraph could itself been an afterthought.

One thing is clear, however, whether as part of the original intention or as an afterthought, had Melville put the entire "sequel," as he called it, earlier in the story, the moralizing and philosophizing would have made it unnecessary to read the story (except out of curiosity) because the import of Melville's interpretation of his story is all contained right there in the sequel and reveals that Melville intended Bartleby to be the representative of those whom circumstances have cut off from the love and aid of others, even though love and aid have been sent.

In this interpretation, Bartleby symbolizes the despairing ones Melville lists in the sequel and the lawyer represents the letters that carry hope, relief, love, relief, charity, and good tidings. Just as the letters are never successful in administering their love and aid--being waylaid as they are in the Dead Letter Office--so the lawyer was unsuccessful in delivering his love and aid to Bartleby though he did try to do just that an more than one occasion.

In reflection, it seems that had Melville mention only the fact of the Dead Letter Office earlier in the story, understanding of the story would have come a lot easier, but a disadvantage of easier understanding would be that Bartleby would lose a good deal of his mystique and the reader would attend less closely. Further, the sense of mystery and suspense would be instantly dissolved rendering the story a simple reminiscent narrative instead of a suspenseful philosophical discourse. This also means that what critics call the ambiguity (uncertainty of meaning) of the story would be eliminated; for some critics, loss of ambiguity would be an improvement, while for others, it would be the loss of one of the story's greatest assets.

Explain how the plots of Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are related in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The most obvious.... They are the Mocking birds.

Both are outcasts from society.

Tom is a black man living in an era when being black meant being less then, not believed an outcast. (He is also handicapped).  Yet despite all, his actions always show a very good person making the right choices. In doing the right thing he is being punished and in prison.

Boo Radley is a social outcast, because of misconceptions and problems he is thought of as a monster (thought to be mentally handicapped). To all he is the town “Boogie man” which is a label society has placed on him. Again His actions always show the heart of a good person making the right choices. He is the protector of the children ...The exact opposite of his public perception.

The title of the book is to “Kill a Mocking Bird”. Boo and Tom are the Mocking birds.

According to Orwell, what was life in 1984?

From Orwell's conception, life at the time was defined by government control.  The vision of the state was the personification of authoritarian and intrusive, where the government was able to possess knowledge and control over what people felt and thought.  The need for constant intrusion and encroachment helped to consolidate the state's power over individuals and the nation of Oceania.  Big Brother's need to ensure complete and total submission negates the idea of free will and individual choice. The life featured is one where identity is submerged into that of the state.  With this vision of reality, Orwell developed "the worst case scenario" of what happens in a world absent of personal freedom.

What are the powers and function of the Monarchy in the British Constitution?

Ever since the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215, the power of the British Monarchy has been transferred to Parliament, the legislative body. (The two Houses of Parliament are the House of Lords and the House of Commons.) This arrangement is called a "constitutional monarchy," (although even here the term 'monarchy' very relative.)

The 'Queen' or 'King' nevertheless has an important representative function, which should not be underestimated.  For example, Queen Elizabeth formally opens and closes all sessions of Parliament, and she is often called upon to represent Britain in diplomatic ceremonies, both at home and abroad.

The Queen does indeed have some political sway in foreign affairs, but her power is limited. For example, her "vote" to have native populations in the Indian Ocean displaced (in order to accord an American military base a more strategic location) was vetoed in an international court.

In his essay "Brave New World Revisited," Aldous Huxley observes that for all practical purposes, the current constitutional monarchy in Britain is actually more democratic in function than Congress in the United States!

What do you mean by dynamic anthropometry? Explain. This question is related with ergonomics.

Anthropometry is the study of dimensions of human body and some other related measures to help in design of equipments, facilities and work systems to suit the size of human body and its various parts. Anthropometry is divided in two branches static and dynamic anthropometry. Static anthropometry deals with the measurement when the body is in a fixed position or static.

Dynamic anthropometry deals with measurement that relate to the measurement of range or reach of various types of body movements. Usually when people work more than one body part move in concert to give the body the desired nature and reach of movement. For example when a person may stretches out to reach an object by bending towards the object as well as extending the arm. It may further involve twisting of the back and waist. Perhaps the person may also raise one leg to extend the reach.

Dynamic anthropometry data is used in designing systems that take into account the limits to the reach of such body movement. For example, the shape of a work bench for assembly of a part requirements may be designed so that all the parts and tools used during the assembly are can be reached by the operator most conveniently.

Can you start a sentence with 'then'?

Of course you can, especially for narrative effect (storytelling).

Grammatically speaking, 'then' is a sentence adverbial - that is to say an adverb which describes a whole clause instead of just a word or phrase (sentence fragment functioning as one part of speech). Since it introduces the idea of 'what happens next,' it is clearly connected to whatever has been stated in the preceding sentence.

Incidentally, adverbs which express chronology (first, next, then, afterwards, finally, etc...) are called sequence adverbs since they indicate order of events.

In Night, what does it mean that Elie's mother and sister moved to the right?

In Night, when Elie's mother and sister moved to the right, they were going through the process of selection. Selection was the process by which the Nazi's determined who was healthy enough to work and who was not. The Jews went through selection many times. When Elie's mother and sister moved to the right, they were being separated by male and female and were sent to different concentration camps.

It is also significant to note that when they moved to the right, it was the last time Elie saw his mother and sister. At the moment he does not place importance on the event since he was not cognizant of the fact that he would never see them again. This serves as a demonstration of how seemingly mundane events can change the course of a life.

Why is Harrison Bergeron such a threat to society?

A good question. First, let me refer you to the earlier answer by ask966. It makes good points about why Harrison Bergeron threatens his society so intensely.

I would add several other points, though. The first is a variation on the points ask966 made. Harrison is not just above the enforced equality that defines his society. He is in many ways impervious to the restrictions they society places on him. He is weighed down and disrupted, and he still rises above the restrictions, limits, and other handicaps. He literally rises above the handicapped state in the final dance scene.

Second, by demonstrating that he is not equal, he provides a living example of his society's limits. He's like an infection. Everyone who sees him dance will know in a vivid, dramatic, and beautiful fashion that people are not equal.

Because he is heroic, he will inspire others to rebel. He has died, yes, but who knows how many people will be inspired by the memory of his actions.

The memory will also show that the society was unable to anticipate his actions and capabilities. This shows there are limits to the government's power, something that should also nudge people to rebel.

Why would a firm stay open if it's losing money?If price is above average variable cost and below average total cost and the firm is losing money...

The reason a firm stays open if price is above AVC but below ATC is because the firm is losing LESS money by staying open than it is by closing down.  If they can charge more than AVC, they can pay all their variable costs and still have a bit to put towards their fixed costs.  If they shut down, they still have to pay all the fixed costs.

BUT: the second part of your question brings up something very important.

The above answer ONLY applies in the short term.  If a firm finds that it is not going to be able to do anything to get prices above ATC, it should, in the long term, shut down.  In the long term it can get rid of its fixed costs by doing something like selling its machinery and buildings.

Can anyone explain the themes of John Keats's poem "To Autumn"? Why did Keats write this poem and used many imagery, motifs from nature?. I...

In a letter to a friend named Reynolds, Keats explained that he composed "To Autumn" because

Somehow a stubble plain looks warm--in the same way that some pictures look warm--this struck me so much on my sunday's [sic] walk, that I composed upon it.

"To Autumn," the " perfect embodiment of poetic form, intent, and effect," is an ode, a serious and dignified lyric poem that adheres to a stanzaic form and is fairly long.  Keats's ode is divided into three eleven-line stanzas with the rhyme scheme of abab  cdecdde.  Autumn is personified by Keats, and he employs apostrophe, addressing Autumn as a woman:

Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?..../thee sitting careless on a granary floor,/Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind/....And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep/Steady thy laden head across a brook/Or by a cider-press, with patient look,/Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.

There is splendid imagery in this ode.  The "mellow fruitfulness" of the vines and apples, the "mossed cottage-trees," the "plump hazel shells," and "sweet kernel" along with "fume of poppies" suggest the sights and smells of the harvest of fall. In the third stanza as autumn nears its end, the "barred clouds bloom" and "touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue" while gnats mourn "in a wailful choir."  Other sound imagery is found in the bleating of the lambs, the singing of the crickes, the whistling of the "red-breast," and the twittering of the swallows. 

As the stanzas are arranged in the order of the progression of the season of autumn. The first stanza describes the early stages of the season with images of fruit ripening, the "maturing sun," the gourds, the vines, and the hazel nuts all ripen. In the second stanza, the ripening process of the fruit is complete and the fruit is stored as Autumn falls asleep.  But, she awakens to watch "the last oozings [of the cider-press] hours by hours.  It is as if Autumn wishes to capture Time and halt the coming of Winter. Here Keats expresses the theme of the transience of time.  Finally, in the third stanza, winter approaches.  When Keats asks Autumn

Where are the songs of spring?.../Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,--

he suggests that Autumn has her own beauty, albeit a passing beauty [theme].  And, again, the theme of the transience of time is implicit in the third stanza as Autum comes to completion:

Thn in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn/Among the river sallows, borne aloft/Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;...The red -breast whistles from a garden-croft; And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

What is 'DECLAMATION' with example? How many kinds are there.

That is a good question. I can see your confusion, since many people do not use this word anymore. It has sort of fallen out of our vocabulary, but a few generations ago, declamations were an important part of society. Basically declamation is the art of public speaking. It is sometimes called, oratory. In terms of kinds of declamations, there are both fuzzy borders and differences based upon time period and place. For example, if you were in the Greek and Roman worlds, there were funeral orations, panegyrics, invectives, persuasive speeches and more. Some famous orators are: Demosthenes and Cicero. In our day, the categories are different. Usually speeches are found in political and religious contexts.

Can "mumps" be transmitted from a human to a cat?

Good question...I hope you aren't asking because your own pet is ill!

Anyhow, the answer to your question is: No, cats (and dogs) do not catch "the Mumps."  Mumps is a virus that only affects humans.  Like most diseases that affect people, cats and dogs cannot catch them.  If you have an animal showing mump-like symptoms, you really should take it to the vet because it has got to be a sign of some other illness.  It could be an abscess, an infected bug bite, or a tumor.  At any rate, it should be diagnosed by someone qualified.

On sort of a sick and horrible note, there have been some experiments in laboratories with cats and mumps viruses.  I have posted a link if you want to read anything about that.

Name one dynamic character in "The Pit and the Pendulum" and describe some changes that take place in his behavior as the story progresses.

In "The Pit and the Pendulum," there really is only one main character, and that is the narrator.  The "judges" make brief appearances, mostly as hovering sources of evil that inflict torture on him, but they don't change throughout the course of the tale.  The only other character is the french lieutenant at the end that saves the narrator from certain doom at the end.  These extra characters are not dynamic; rather, they are static and unchanging, and represent the forces of good and evil in the tale.  So, unless you want to consider the rats a character, the narrator is the remaining choice as the dynamic character in this story.

Dynamic characters undergo changes throughout the story, growing and evolving their personalities and responses according to what happens in the story.  The narrator, at the beginning of the story, is a very fearful, confused and timid.  He submits to the judges, and doesn't fight much in his circumstances.  After he is tossed into the dungeon, he is still paralyzed with fear, unsure of what to do, and allows himself to be inactive and give into his terror.  However, as time progresses, he gains courage and starts to explore.  This shows his personality change, that he is adapting and living up to his circumstances.  He very deftly explores in the dark, being very calculated and courageous as he does so.  After he falls in the pit and finds himself bound as an eventual victim to the pendulum, he evolves further by not just awaiting death.  Instead, he formulates a plan, and enacts it very courageously.  His dynamic change of character allows him to escape the ropes.

Throughout the story, the narrator gains strength and courage, wheras at the beginning he was fearful and submissive.  This shows the dynamic nature of his character.  I hope that helped; good luck!

For a thesis titled "A study of the viewpoints of the eminent principals & teachers about powerful schools with the purpose of presenting a model,"...

The adage 'A stitch in time saves nine ',comes to my mind when I look at the commercialization of education, a bane  of our   times.The system needs to undergo a sea change.In terms of redressal of major issues  like  hyper-activity in kids, diminishing attention span,an out pouring of negative energy through bullying, violence and finally, acceptance of the under average child in the classroom;pre-allotment of time on the playground with a Physical trainer, incorporation of the Play-way method instead of coercive learning to stimulate both interest and active learning, introducing art through object drawing and painting, making usage of activity  based learning are  few ways by which learning can be made fun .

What are the strengths in Brutus and Antony's speeches? What are the techniques and tricks that each orator uses at Caesar's funeral?the art of...

In the two speechs, Brutus misjudges Antony and speaks first. Brutus, a highly competent orator, giving reasons that are his explanations of why Caesar was killed. He states that Caesar was ambitious and that ambition would lead to the downfall of Rome and the society which they loved so much. He does an admirable job convincing the crowd, fickle as they are, that Caesar had to be killed. After the convincing speech is completed, Antony convinces Brutus that he should be allowed to speak and agrees that he will speak no ill will of the conspirators. Under his breath, Antony allows the audience to hear of his plan to use his powers of persuasion to state, "That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!" This quote lets the audience know that he realizes the treachery of their acts.

True to his word, Antony, speaks of personal stories of Caesar. The web of deception that he weaves uses Brutus' own words against the conspirators. Brutus stated that all the conspirators were "honorable men". Antony states of all the good and love that Caesar had for Rome. He then says the acts of the conspirators were warranted because "They are all honorable men." This use of selected verbage and using Brutus's own words against the conspirators, once again incites the crowd to action against the men who took their beloved Caesar from them. This artful manner of manipulation was skillful and masterfully created. Antony's use of persuasive devices proved to be a more power use of articulation than that of Brutus.

How did Sherlock Holmes know Jabez Wilson went to China in "The Red-Headed League" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

Sherlock Holmes uses his famous "method" of picking up on tiny clues, usually of appearance, to make far-reaching correct deductions about people.  With Jabez Wilson, Holmes is able to make a very clear picture of the pawnbroker's life before the man ever said a word. 

When Watson first sees Mr. Wilson, he is unable to draw many conclusions about the man or his life.

I did not gain very much, however, by my inspection. Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow. He wore rather baggy grey shepherd's check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat, unbuttoned in the front, and a drab waistcoat with a heavy brassy Albert chain, and a square pierced bit of metal dangling down as an ornament. A frayed top-hat and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet collar lay upon a chair beside him. Altogether, look as I would, there was nothing remarkable about the man save his blazing red head, and the expression of extreme chagrin and discontent upon his features.

But Holmes, presented with the same information, finds plenty of fodder for his deductions.

Sherlock Holmes' quick eye took in my occupation, and he shook his head with a smile as he noticed my questioning glances. “Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.”

Jabez Wilson is flabberghasted, and he cannot figure out how Holmes has discovered all of these details about him.  But, upon explanation, it becomes perfectly clear how Holmes knows all these things.

The fish that you have tattooed immediately above your right wrist could only have been done in China. I have made a small study of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature of the subject. That trick of staining the fishes' scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China. When, in addition, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch-chain, the matter becomes even more simple.”

The reaction of Jabez Wilson is rather comic, for he has the effrontery to say that Holmes's deduction wasn't clever.  The fact that it could be explained took the mystery out of the trick.

Why is Urban Goth Literature considered Gothic?What is it about the "urban" setting that makes it Gothic? What is urban Gothic Literature? How...

I think you're already on your way to answering your own question, but I'll take my shot at helping to explain the concept.

Urban gothic isn't a new term, as far as I know, and was used to describe some late nineteenth-century novels in which, for examples, young women who came to a big city for work ended up imprisoned by an evil man in some beautiful-appearing home. As I understand the term, gothic often refers to decay, decline, confinement, fear, irrationality, and a number of other dark elements. These elements can be found in cities at least as easily as in the countryside.

When I think of gothic literature, my first thought is of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher." The house -- with its vacant windows and cracked foundation -- is out in the country. The abandoned warehouses that you mention in your question seem very much like the urban equivalent of that decaying estate.

When it comes to psychology and the gothic, my first thought is of Sigmund Freud, who famously attempted to explore the dark, irrational elements in the human mind. Freud's concept of "the return of the repressed" seems to me to be clearly manifested in gothic literature of all sorts: insanity takes over characters despite their struggles to remain sane, people you though were dead smash their way out of crypts, etc.

Would you expect cartel formation to be more likely in industries comprised of a few firms or in those that include many firms? Explain your answer.

The practice of cartel formation is illegal in most of the countries, and the primary condition for cartel formation is the existence of company to indulge in such illegal, or at least unethical practices. Also, because of the illegality and immorality involved, the cartel formation and operation activities can not be carried out in the open. For these reasons, it is not possible to operate a cartel with too many members in it. Therefore cartels are likely to be formed between limited number of firms. Each of these firms is not likely to be big or dominant enough to impact the market prices or supplies substantially, at the same time the all the firms in the market, acing together should be able to do so. Firms of this type and size exist only in an oligopolistic market. Therefore, cartels exist only in industry characterised by oligopolistic market with a few firms, each with limited power to influence the market supplies and prices.

What do the conspirators believe they have accomplished by killing Caesar?

The conspirators believed that by killing Caesar they would be able to restore the Republic. They felt that Caesar was becoming dangerously close to a monarch. They had some warrant to think this, because Caesar took the title of dictator for life. In Roman society, the position of dictator was used only for a short period of time in emergencies. So, when Caesar became dictator for life, he was breaking with Republican customs, which were important to the Romans. In the end, they were mistaken. The death of Caesar did not establish the Republic, but ushered in an Empire under the leadership of Octavian.

Why does Keisha mention Andy in her essay about friendship?

Keisha understands that Andy's depression is so deep because he lost such a good friend.  Having to write an essay about friendship, thinking about her own friends and the fun things they do together, and imagining how her life would be different if she didn't have friends has made her look at Andy's situation differently.  She says that she and Andy are "having a rough time" and comments that she thinks "it's because he lost his best friend and it's hard for him to get over the guilt and the pain."  Keisha has been so concerned for Andy that it would be impossible for her to write an essay about friendship that did not include him.  She wants to stand by him and see him through his grief, but it is becoming more and more difficult to deal with his depression.

What does Grendel want in the poem Beowulf?

Grendel simply wants to be left alone.  He visits Herot because the noise from the celebrations and libations of the warriors is unbearable.  It hurts his ears.  Therefore, he goes there to seek revenge for the suffering they have forced upon him.  Of course, his revenge might be more deeply seated since he is said to be descended of Cain, the first murderer on earth.  As the Anglo-Saxons value loyalty to family above all else and Cain killed his own brother, Cain would be considered guilty of the worst possible crime.  As a descendent, Grendel would have lived a miserable life.  Grendel may blame all mankind for this rejection and life as an outcast.  Their joy is in direct contrast to his misery and suffering, and therefore warrants his wrath.

Is there a clear protagonist and antagonist in "The Interlopers"?

No, there is no clear protagonist and antagonist in "The Interlopers."  The two main characters, Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, are equals in nearly every way.  Both men are products of their environments, and both men harbor the same feelings of hatred toward one another.  Each of the men hestitates to kill the other, which seems to indicate that neither is purely evil; each man also makes known to the other that he is capable of doing away with the other when he is rescued from his entrapment under the beech tree.  However, each man also comes to the realization that he was mistaken in his hatred of the other.

What is a parallel between Last of the Mohicans and David from the Bible?

One clear parallel or connection between the novel and the character David is the relationship that Natty Bumppo shares with Chingachgook and his son Uncas and the relationship that David originally shares with King Saul and his son Jonathan.  Chingachgook cares for Natty as he does his own son, and Natty and Uncas are loyal friends.  Similarly, King Saul initially accepted David into his home and was pleased with the close friendship between David and Jonathan.

Additionally, the chief (Chingachgook) loses his son just as King Saul loses his son Jonathan.  Both young men die in battle, leaving behind their grieving fathers and best friends (Natty and David).

A key difference, of course, is in how the two leaders Chingachgook and Saul, handle their grief.  In the novel, the truly last Mohican continues his good relationship with his "adopted" son, while in the Bible King Saul hunts David in an attempt to kill him.

How can I start my essay with a topic sentence with or about this quote "We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us?" by Thoreau.

I agree with the previous poster. I would also add that an important part of Thoreau's philosophy is reflection. He encourages us to withdraw along with him, at least for a short time, and reevaluate what is important in life.

You might be able to use this quotation as an introduction to a very personal essay, one in which you talk about how you find some things in life to be distracting and perhaps difficult to resist (e.g. worrying all the time about doing the right things to be popular or preparing to study a subject that you don't really find interesting but expect to be able to earn good money with) and other things being more important, although they might be more easily overlooked. Thoreau's own solution, of course, is not to completely withdraw into the woods for the rest of his life. He praises the "half-cultivated bean field" and returns to civillization after just a short time in the woods.

In Act 4, Scene 2, why doesn't Desdemona react more strongly when Othello accuses her of infidelity?

This scene is particularly powerful because Othello has become violently angry with Desdemona, taking Desdemona completely by surprise.    In the previous scene, Othello slapped Desdemona in front of Lodovico.  She has no idea why she is being treated this way.  In Act 4, scene 2, Othello treats her like a harlot, calling her whore, accusing her of being false, and weeping as he makes these accusations.  Desdemona can hardly defend herself because Othello has named no names. He has yet to mention the fact that he thinks she is sleeping with Cassio.  She can only repeat that she is his true and faithful wife.  It is not Desdemona's nature to return anger with anger.  And these accusations are so surprising, so unlike the way Othello has treated her in the past, that she reacts with disbelief, almost trance-like.  She tells Emilia that she is half-asleep, and that she no longer has a lord (or husband).  For Othello has changed.

  I don't think Desdemona is necessarily passive.  She goes to Iago to find out why Othello is angry, and believes Iago when he tells her that some "business of the state" is the cause.  She can only hope that this fit of anger is temporary and that Othello will once more become the man she married.  The idea that Othello is plotting to kill her has never crossed her mind.  

The play’s title, The Crucible, means a severe trial or test. More than one character was being tested during the course of the Salem witch...

If I were writing this, I'd look at John Proctor.  I'd look at how he was a bit unsure of himself -- his goodness and morality -- at the start of the play.

He undergoes tests -- his wife's somewhat cold attitude early on, his need to defend her from the accusations, and then his own struggle to decide whether he is going to live or die.  I think he's being tested on his integrity and belief in himself.

I'd say he passes.  At the end of the play, he is able to feel good enough about himself, feel he's important enough, to think that his honor and good name are worth dying for.

That's what I'd write about.  Good luck...

I am writing a research paper on swine flu, My mind has gone blank could anyone help me with my introduction?It's my first time writing a...

Here are some suggestion:

1. Why don't you start general at first and speak of epidemics in the past and how it has been deadly - bubonic plague, small pox, etc. You might be able to grab a person's attention.

2. You could also mention that these epidemics may come in cycles. We might be due for an epidemic.

3. You could also talk about globalization and how diseases travel pretty fast due to transportation.

4. Or you could take a different perspective altogether and tie the swine flu to an already weak economy, and what that might do.

Formulate a decision criterion and then solve the decision problem for under given situation Suppose in a battery manufacturing plant 20 batteries...

Statistical quality control is a method which makes it possible to estimate the likely quality of a large lot of products or components on the basis of inspection of just a small sample. Mathematical techniques of statistical analysis are used to to determine the sampling plans that result in assuring that the conclusions drawn about the quality of the whole lot based on the quality of the sample. The sample plans are designed to achieve a specified permissible level of maximum defective percentage, and a level of confidence about the conclusion based on samples being correct. The sample plans specifies the size of the sample to be drawn, how the sample is to be drawn, the maximum level of defective that a sample may have without the whole lot being rejected. The sampling plan also specifies the action being taken in case quality based on sample is found to be unacceptable. These may include alternatives such as rejecting the whole lot, or inspecting the whole. The design of such sampling plans is best done by a qualified statistician. Actually, sampling plans to suit a variety of different requirements fave been worked out by experts and are available for use by others in form of standard tables of sampling plans.

I do not intend to provide a sampling plan for the situation described in question. However, I would like to point out that a sample of 20 is too small to make meaningful estimate about quality of lot for which maximum permissible defective probability is 0.01. With this sample size even if the the actual probability 2.5 times the maximum permissible, a sample of 20 will show no defective in about 50 percents of such samples drawn.

How does Malthace's opinion about the Roman occupation compare to Joel and Daniel's view in Bronze Bow? How does it contrast?

In the beginning of the story in particular, Malthace's opinion on the Roman occupation differs greatly from that of Joel and Daniel. Although Malthace agrees with Joel and Daniel that the occupation is hateful, she is much more willing than they are to enjoy life as much as she can, as long as the Romans don't harass her specifically. She asks Joel,

"Do they have to bother us...what use is it to be always making yourself miserable? The Romans won't be here forever. We know that deliverance will come."

Malthace shares with Joel and Daniel the belief that Israel will be freed from Roman rule, but she is comparatively content to wait until that deliverance arrives, living life to the fullest as best she can. Joel and Daniel, on the other hand, are consumed by hatred for the Romans, and long to have a hand in effecting their demise. Daniel has devoted his life to fight for Israel's freedom, and Joel feels that the coming of the promised Messiah is near. Joel believes that the Messiah will lead an army to overthrow the Romans, and dreads being sent to Caparnaum for fear that he will miss out and not be there to follow Him (Chapter 1).

When was "The Waste Land" by Alan Paton written and what was it about?

"The Wasteland" was published as part of Alan Paton's collection "Tales from a Troubled Land."  This collection was published in 1961.

In this very short story, a man gets off a bus and is mugged by a group of young men.  He manages to hit one of them over the head with a large stick.  He then hides under a truck.

The rest of the gang come panting up soon afterward.  From their conversation, it soon becomes clear that the person the mugging victim hit over the head was his own son, Freddy.  Freddy is dead, and his friends take his body and throw it in under the truck, next to his father.

How are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern characterized? How are we supposed to feel about them?

In Act 2, Sceene 2, when Hamlet sees them coming, he refers to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as, "These tedious fools." They have been sent for by the King to spy on Hamlet and report back to him, and Hamlet knows it.

They are, just as Hamlet characterizes them: tedious fools, meaning that they are dull, boring, monotonous nonentities, and they're none too smart.

They are such nonentities, so interchangeable as individuals that this is exchange is usually interpreted so that the King is corrected by the Queen as to who is who:

KING:

Thanks, Rosencrantz and gentle Guildenstern.

QUEEN:

Thanks, Guildenstern and gentle Rosencrantz.

Even by their own admission, they don't amount to much:

HAMLET:

My excellent good friends! How dost thou,

Guildenstern? Ah, Rosencrantz! Good lads, how do ye both?

ROSENCRANTZ:

As the indifferent children of the earth.

GUILDENSTERN:

Happy, in that we are not over-happy.

On Fortune's cap we are not the very button.

HAMLET:

Nor the soles of her shoe?

ROSENCRANTZ:

Neither, my lord.

They are nothing but tools to be used as other people wish them to be used. First they are used by the King, and then they are used by Hamlet. And as all tools, when they are no longer useful, they are easily discarded.

How many kids did Vincent Van Gogh have?

Van Gogh had no children of his own.

However, in 1882, after he had to leave his home in Etten, he moved to The Hague and lived in a small studio with a prostitute named Sien Hoornik. She already had a four-year-old child named Maria. Later that same year, Sien gave birth to a boy named Willem. Although, like Maria, Willem was not Van Gogh's biological offspring, he was happy to have these two children. But by 1883, the relationship between Sien and Vincent deteriorated and fell apart. There is no further evidence that Van Gogh had any other children.

Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

It's all relative.

We only know something to be something if it's given a name and one can categorize it within it's category.

If I know it to be a chicken and it has the qualities of chicken it therefore must be a chicken.

If I know it to be an egg and it has the qualities of the egg it therefore must be an egg.

Because we are egocentric man if we identify something, label it, categorize it, and familiarize it, it therefore is something.

When we are absent we might say it doesn't exist. ( We are that arrogant!)

So, if we can go back in time, look at linguistics, decide if man figured out if a chicken or egg was identified first in language, we have an answer.

Saki's "The Storyteller' 's summary, climax, falling action and rising action.

This story is "a story within a story." A young man on a train by chance shares his coach with a woman with two children who are bored and fretful. When she is unsuccessful at entertaining them with a conventional and moralistic story, he mentions this, meaning no harm. The woman (actually the aunt of the two children) takes offense, however, and challenges him to try and do a better job of it.

The bachelor does so with bravado by telling the children an unconventional tale in which a "horribly good little girl" is gobbled up by a wolf because her three medals of honour clink against one another and reveal where she is hiding. The chidren an entranced by a tale which goes against the grain of "a decent story," (once again, much to the irritation of the disgruntled aunt). Before saying goodbye, he reminds her that he did indeed keep the children quiet, which was more than she could do.

The climax of the story within the story is of course when the good little girl almost (but not quite) escapes from the jaws of the ravenous wolf; the second one on "real time" is no real climax at all - just another appropriate retort made by the young man before parting company. This rather deflated ending is done on purpose as an anti-climax to take a bit of hot air out of the fuddy-duddy aunt's inflated ego (which it does).

Saki shows by this that understatement can often be more powerful than exaggeration when employed the right way.

What impression(s) did Europeans form of Native Americans, and how did that influence how they dealt with Native Americans?How did Cortes and the...

Different groups had different impressions of the Native Americans.  It depended a lot on which country in Europe they were from, what their religion was, and what their goals were in the new world.  For example, the French tended to have a more sympathetic view of the natives because of the fact that a major goal of colonization was to profit from trade with the natives.  This forced the French to have more contact with and develop a greater appreciation for them.

The Catholic church had also forbid turning the natives into slaves and took a great interest in them as "souls to convert."

English settlers seem to have viewed the natives largely as obstacles...they were more interested in cultivating the land that the natives lived on and came in greater numbers than the French, so it was more natural that they would come into conflict with them.  Of course, certain Puritan groups developed local, hospitable relations with certain Native groups, but over time those natives had to be pushed out of the way.

The Spanish also were not allowed to practice slavery, but saw the natives as a resource to exploit.  Men like Cortes saw the natives as tools to get what he wanted: gold.  He would make allies with some groups, destroy others, and generally rampage through their lands in search of the precious metal.  Though he was undoubtably impressed by the Aztecs capital city and their ability to oppress their neighbors, he found it hard to respect a culture that was so technologically (at least in terms of military hardware and metallurgy) inferior to his own.

I think you have to keep in mind, though, with a question like this, that it is very easy to get caught up in generalizations.  There were quite a few people who appreciated the native's help, saw them as "noble savages," and were happy to live in harmony with them as much as possible.  Unfortunately, these people seem to have been in the minority and the Native Americans were not given much respect by the European cultures as a whole.

How did women and children contribute to WW1?

Women and children added to the war effort in crucial ways. There is some overlap here, the lines were not too distinct. Children were involved in "victory" or "liberty" gardens, growing food to supplement the family and allow more to be directed toward the war effort. Women rolled bandages and created packages to give to the men. Some women also took advantage of loosening restrictions to become involved in the Red Cross as nurses.

Arvin the ant is on a picnic table. He travels 30cm eastward, then 25cm northward, and finally 15cm westward.what is the magnitude of arvin's net...

Let the starting point be O  and E , N an W be the three postion the ant moves,  Then OE=30cm east , EN = 25 cm and NW = 30.

Therefore, if we take the OX  towards east as X coordinate, and OY towards north as Y cordinates, then the coordinates of the postion of O is (0,0), E is ( 30, 0), N is (30 , 25) and W = ( 30-15 , 25) = (15, 25)

Therefore, the final postion  of  W =(15,25)

The distance,d  between two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) is given by d= sqrt[(x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2]

Therefore, OW = sqrt[(15-0)^2+(25-0^2)]= sqrt(225+625)=sqrt(850)= 5sqrt34

What is the meaning of the poem "Last Answers" by Carl Sandburg?

In the poem "Last Answers", Carl Sandburg ruminates about the essence of all things.  His thinking is instigated when a woman asks him what the meaning is of a poem he has written about the mist.  The poem in question had apparently been an appreciation of

"the beauty of mist, how pearl and gray of it mix and reel, and change the drab shanties with lighted lamps at evening into points of mystery quivering with color".

In writing his poem originally, Sandburg had addressed the beauty of mist as a part of nature, and he had tried to highlight its loveliness in a physical, especially visual, sense.  Upon further reflection, however, he realizes that mist has much more significance than its ability to please the eye.  It is the essence of all life, and all being; it is the raw material of the universe, like dust.  Sandburg says that

"The whole world was mist once long ago and some day it will all go back to mist...our skulls and lungs are more water than bone and tissue".

When the entities of the natural world are broken down to their smallest components, everything goes "running back to dust and mist".  According to Sandburg, "all poets love dust and mist" because ultimately, everything is made out of these two things; "all the last answers go running back to dust and mist".

What role does the media play in modern day hospitals?Generally- any info regarding hospital relationships with public relations/media in local...

The media can serve as a subjective check-and-balance for hospitals throughout the country. Media outlets can also provide praise or condemnation on hospitals in times of crisis or sensational events. Each hospital has a media or public relations spokesperson whose job is to provide media with information related to their facility. Given regulations of privacy and confidentiality (HIPAA & FERPA), the hospital must remain vigilant that only accurate, permissible information is conveyed to the media markets.

In times of crisis or during specific events that are news-worthy, the hospital's administration must act quickly to present themselves in a positive light. They need immediate information on patient status, patient count, and how the hospital plans to deal with the crisis at hand. Given the sensationalism surrounding horrific events such as school shootings or trapped miners, these hospitals must be dutiful to their patients' trust and privacy and reveal only information that does not identify key characteristics of any patient's identity. On the other hand, the media will expect answers in order to satiate their demand for news coverage.

Two forces, one with a magnitude of 16 N and the other with a magnitude of 29 N are the only forces acting on a 8.5 kg object.What is the maximum...

When two forces act on an object simultaneously:

The magnitude of resultant force is maximum when the two force act in the same direction. The magnitude of this resultant force is equal to the sum of magnitude these two forces.

And the magnitude of resultant force is minimum when the two force act in the opposite direction. The magnitude of this resultant force is equal to the difference in magnitude of these two forces.

Given:

Magnitude of two forces acting on the object are:

f1 = 16 N and f2 = 29 N

Mass of the object = m =8.5 kg

Maximum resultant force acting on object = F(max) = f1 + f2 = 16 + 29 = 45 N

Minimum resultant force acting on object = F(min) = f2 - f1 = 16 - 29 = - 13 N

Maximum acceleration = F(max)/m = 45/8.5 = 5.2941 m/s^2

Maximum accleration = F(max)/m = -13/8.5 = -1.5294 m/s^2

Calculating angle (A) between forces when the acceleration is 3.6 m/s^2

when the acceleration = a = 3.6 m/s^2

resultant force = f = a*m = 3.6*8.5 = 30.6

But: f = (f1^2 + f2^2 + 2f1*f2*Cos A)^1/2

Therefore: 30.6 = (16^2 + 29^2 + 2*16*29*Cos A)^1/2

Therefore: (30.6)^2 = (256 + 841 + 928*Cos A)

Therefore: 936 = (1097 + 928*Cos A)

Therefore Cos A = (936 - 1097)/928 = -0.17349

Therefore A = 170 degrees

Answer:

Magnitude of maximum possible acceleration = 5.2941 m/s^2

Magnitude of minimum possible acceleration = 1.5294 m/s^2 (in opposite direction)

Angle between forces when acceleration is 3.3 m/s^2 = 170 degrees.

Discuss Doctor Faustus as a study of ambition and despair.

Christopher Marlowe's Faustus mirrors itself as a study of ambition and despair. In the beginning of the story, Marlow presents his protagonist in all airs of sad self grandiosity. The story begins with Faustus expressing his huge ambitions, his vision of the present and future, and his plans to attempt a form of complete domination. Sadly, as the beginning Choir predicts, we already know that he is going to set himself for failure, but still the reader marvels at this man's hunger for power.

Meanwhile, as the story develops, we get to know the real Dr. Faustus. A petty and empty, hollow man with a dim wit, who is impulsive, and we could almost classify him as imprudent. Yet, considering the time when the character of Faustus was conceived, Marlow clearly wants to demonstrate the social characteristics of the Renaissance's break with the medieval mentality of a God that controls the fate of man: As a Renaissance man, Faustus demonstrates the feeling of want to control one's own fate.

With the contract that he makes with the Devil, he is basically uncovering his own weaknesses. He denies that hell exists even after he made the pact because we know he is in constant fear. He is tempted to repent, but continues to deny himself to do so. He is a staunch and stubborn character who got too much, and knew not what to do with it.

The only part when Faustus moves the reader to compassion is when, in his final hours, as he is about to be taken to eternal damnation, the best of him comes out, and he can see clearly where he stands. And it is then when his best words are expressed, and his more clear thinking is evident. As his end comes, despair sets in, yet, despair is a silent ghost that involves Faustus's entire existence, and his view of who he is and where he is going.

How does Hardy demonstrate constantly in his works that man is destined to suffer?

Hardy, though he lived a very normal, contented life, promotes the idea of fatalism or determinism in all his works.  While there is almost always a "higher power" in his works (referred to as Providence in a true Victorian sense), that higher power does not intervene in humans' lives; thus, they are forced to wander around aimlessly, suffer meaninglessly, and usually die amidst cruel circumstances.  No matter what Hardy's heroes and heroines do; they are fated to suffer.  Here are several examples:

1. Far from the Madding Crowd: Gabriel Oak is a decent man who "happens" to spot Bathsheba, a woman around whom the rest of the novel revolves and who becomes inextricably linked with Oak despite her own wishes.  No matter how much Oak tries to help Bathsheba, Fanny, or others, circumstances just do not turn out right.  Bathsheba loses her husband after finding out that he has fathered a child with Fanny, and the wealthy man who longs to marry her loses his mind.  She ends up marrying Oak who asked her at the beginning of the novel despite her statement that she would not do so.  Fanny, is trapped in her poor circumstances, and it seems that no matter how much she chases happiness, the weather and society clash with her desires, and she ends up dying pennyless and loveless.

2. The Return of the Native--Beautiful Eustacia desires more than anything else to escape the heath which entraps her. She lies, cheats, and does whatever she thinks is necessary to marry Clym so that he will take her away, but he ends up marrying her and staying at the heath.  Even when she tries to run away with Wildeve, she ends up dying along with the innkeeper.  Clym, who tries to do good for his community, loses his mother, wife, and sight, and lives out his life in the same small area where he grew up.

3. Tess of the D'Urbervilles--Tess is the most literal example of Hardy's belief that man's destiny includes suffering.  Unlike the women in Hardy's other novels, Tess does nothing to bring about her suffering.  She follows her parents wishes, works hard, tries to please her "relative" Alex, all to no avail.  She loses the one man she loves, and just as they meet again, she has killed her husband and is soon after executed.

How I can remove temporary files and cookies permanently from my system?

As for cookies, go to whatever browser that you are using and look for the cookies tab. For example, I am an apple user and I use safari as my web browser. So, I go to (1) safari, (2) there is an option for me to clear the cache and everything else. If I do this, then I erase everything. Your browser may be different, but the principle is the same.

Also there is a preference tab where you can set your computer to never take cookies or ask you when the website wants to give you one.

As for temporary folders, follow these steps. This time I will give you instructions from a PC, to be fair. (1) Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Options. (2) On the General tab, click Delete Files under Temporary Internet Files. That's it!

Who are the major characters in Little Green Men?Who are the main people in the book?

There are two primary characters in Little Green Men:  John Oliver Banion and Nathan Scrubbs.  Both of them are involved with governmental programs regarding extra-terrestrial visits to earth, but both of them are quite different. 

John Oliver Banion, often referred to as simply "Banion," feels himself to be very powerful politically both through his weekly talk show and through his intellectual prowess.  He prides himself on tearing into his guests and cutting them down to size.  On the golf course one day (and as a result of Scrubbs previous devastation) Banion sees a space ship as well as aliens who he is unable to communicate with.  Because he loses consciousness at various times during the encounter and because of the advice of his wife, Banion eventually denies the claims that he has been "abducted."  Banion is abducted yet again on the way to give a speech.  When released, his abduction becomes the focus of this speech as well as his life.  This causes him to lose his TV show and start another focusing on aliens.  After being contacted by Scrubbs, Banion finally learns the truth; however, he is eventually blamed for the explosion of the new space station.  Charges against him are finally dropped when a fake photo appears of "aliens" destroying the station.

On the other hand, Scrubbs has worked for the governmental abductions unit for the Majestic Twelve (a classified program) for a couple of years.  Scrubbs is sick of working in the Majestic Twelve (as he originally wanted a spot in the CIA) and asks for a transfer from the alien abductions unit.  After being rejected, Scrubbs is devastated.  At this point, Scrubbs sees Banion tearing apart one of of his guests on TV and decides that Banion deserves to be "abducted."  After Banion's first abduction is unsuccessful, Scrubbs plans another.  This second abduction makes UFOs the focus of television and gets Scrubbs in trouble.  Scrubbs finally contacts Banion in order to stop the madness that ensues. 

What details reveal the importance of pagan warrior values, such as a belief in fate, a taste for boasting, a pride in loyalty and a desire for...

Since the Anglo-Saxons did not believe in an afterlife, the only way they saw to achieve immortality was, as you said, to achieve fame.  This would ensure that their stories of heroism would be sung in the mead halls for future generations--as indeed Beowulf's is, or you wouldn't find his tale in your textbook.  This desire is what leads Beowulf to leave his home to challenge Grendel, and it is what leads his fourteen men to accompany him. 

In Chapter XXI, Beowulf says, "Each of us must await the end of his path in this world, and he who can, should achieve renown before death! That is the best memorial when life is past and a warrior's days are recounted," reflecting his belief in fate as well as his beliefs about immortality. 

Beowulf's vocal joust with Unferth is evidence of his love of boasting.  He proves in this section that he is as equally skilled as an orator as he is as a warrior.  He exaggerates his feats almost to the point of humor; for example, he claims he swam for many hours under water in chain mail armor.  This boasting only adds to Beowulf's mystique and further promotes his legendary status among the Geats and the Danes. 

How does Ray Bradbury want the audience to respond to Fahrenheit 451?

Ray Bradbury wrote about the dangers of censorship in this book, and his replies to his critics and editors of his work demonstrates just how deeply his passion ran.

The "Critical Overview" section in the links below has a number of strong quotes supporting the idea that Bradbury's primary goal was to make his readers aware of how culture without literature eventually loses everything that makes it humane.

Bradbury himself wrote in his 1979 Coda:

...Every story, slederized, starved, bluepenciled, leeched and bled white, resembled every other story. Twain read like Poe read like Shakespeare read like Dostoevsky read like--in the finale--Edgar Guest...Do you begin to get the damned and incredible picture?

...The point in obvious. There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches...

The thing that makes Fahrenheit 451 so relevant today is that things haven't changed. People are still running about with lit matches looking for ways to burn books by dumbing down the literature and filling American minds with stuff and nonsense.

Explain the attitudes of the old waiter in relation to those of the old man.Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place."

As one grows old and death draws near, one becomes more and more painfully aware of the meaninglessness, the nothingness-nada-of life. Religion which is meant to be a source of strength and comfort proves ineffective in the present situation. This is the tragic situation of the old waiter and the old drunken customer in Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place."

Hemingway reveals the thoughts of the older waiter through an interior monologue:"What did he fear? It was not a fear or a dread, it was a nothing he knew too well. It was all nothing and a man was a nothing too." A feeling of numbness which is worse than the fear of death overwhelms the older waiter and in a desperate attempt to overcome this feeling of numbness he tries to repeat the Lord's Prayer and Hail Mary but ends up repeatedly using the word 'nada' and 'nothing,' thus foregrounding the ineffectiveness of these two prayers.

It is this overwhelming feeling of 'nothingness' which makes the older waiter sympathise with the old drunken customer. The well lighted cafe offers a temporary refuge from this cruel nothingness which has already driven the old man to attempt suicide.

Hemingway witnessed two world wars and lived in a time when people had lost faith in organised religion as a solution to their problems. One of the popular schools of philosophy during this time was 'Existentialism,' - which encouraged a cynical and pessimistic way of understanding the reason and purpose for one's existence on this earth. The existentialists believed that life had little or no meaning at all. This notion is best expressed in the thoughts of the waiter: "It was all nothing and a man was a nothing too."

Hemingway, by portraying very poignantly the existentialist angst of the two old men in his short story reveals the tragedy and loneliness of old age in general.

Did Hitler have any kind of an illness?

It is difficult to find authoritative studies that clearly define and distill Hitler's mental condition. This might be due to the time period and the fact that little open and authentic study could have been undertaken at the time given the extraordinary set of circumstances.  We can piece together a couple of items regarding Hitler's physical and mental conditions.  Psychologically, Hitler's condition must have been somewhat fragile, as he did attempt suicide as a young man, and suffered from what we could call now a form of "manic depression," with intense extremes in emotions experienced.  Hitler's fear of Jewish individuals and the entire notion of "enemies of the state" could have been fueled by intense paranoia.  This is especially valid in the early days of his ascent to power, where scapegoating others as well as constructing elaborate conspiracies that helped to explain the condition of Germany became the norm for him.  There is also some delusion in how Hitler viewed himself, in terms of the modern version of Napoleon as well as the idea that he could stand to unify the entire world under his philosophical ideology.  There is also footage of Hitler, though not entirely and absolutely reliable, which shows Hitler rocking back and forth, indicating some type of physical disorder was present in him, but was kept quiet.

What happened in Chapter 16 of Nothing but the Truth?

Chapter 16 recounts the events of the day Philip returns to school in chronological order, through the use of memos, letters, and conversations. The Chapter opens with copies of condemnatory letters sent to Margaret Narwin. A conversation between the Superintendant and the Principal reveals that political considerations will influence whether the district will support Ms. Narwin. Philip Malloy gets a pep talk from his parents at breakfast, and tells his running partner that he is going to talk to Ms. Narwin to see if he can do extra work so he can raise his grade in English and try out for track.

Ms. Narwin is informed that Philip has been removed from her classes, and Philip meets friends before school who are angry at what he has done. Philip's new homeroom teacher makes his first day uncomfortable for him, and the Principal is confronted by a very aggressive reporter. Copies of letters Philip has received from supporters are shown.

The Superintendant talks with a candidate for the school board, insinuating that the district will not support Ms. Narwin. This exchange and a faculty lunchroom conversation reveal that Ms. Narwin is being sacrificed so that budget issues will not be adversely affected. Philip approaches Ms. Narwin about raising his grade, but she tells him he is no longer in her class and asks him to leave. Ms. Narwin is called in before the Principal and it is suggested that she take a sabbatical. Philip, after enduring more teasing at the hands of his schoolmates, goes home close to tears and resolves that he is never going back to the school. His diary entry indicates that he still blames all his problems on everyone else, refusing to take responsibility for his own actions. Ms. Narwin is contacted by a reporter, and agrees to give her side of the story (Chapter 16).

What is the climax of Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener, A Tale of Wall Street"?

A literary climax is defined as that moment or event at which the final outcome of the story is determined. This may be the most emotional and exciting moment in the story but that is not a defining characteristic of a literary climax, which means that a climax may also be a moment at which a quiet decision is made or a revelation occurs or a moral or mental dilemma is solved. In "Bartleby the Scrivener, A Tale of Wall Street," the climax occurs when the lawyer runs out of his old office having failed to extract from Bartleby any idea of what he would want to do and failing equally to convince to do something for the interim since the building landlord was requiring he vacate the premises of the lawyer's old office.

Before this moment, unable to convince Bartleby to act reasonably, the lawyer had circumvented the peculiar problem of Bartleby by escaping to new law offices, leaving Bartleby behind, trespassing on the landlord's property. After this moment, when the lawyer runs out and away from Bartleby, he takes a small vacation. The resolution of the story is hereby set. Events are now out of the lawyers hands and equally out of Bartleby's hands because the lawyer is Bartleby's agent for activity (such as it is) and the lawyer is gone. When the lawyer returns, he learns that society (the landlord in particular) had no choice but to imprison Bartleby as he was trespassing and was without visible means of support. From the climax the resolution is unalterably set and Bartleby's demise, the result of his peculiar form of freedom at the end of his personal Wall Street, is set.

I heard about the Jatropha tree as an innovative biofuel. Why is that?

The jatropha tree is coming to be seen as a major hope for those searching for better sources of biofuel.

One of the major factors that makes jatropha a likely candidate for exploitation is the fact that it is relatively easy to cultivate.  It grows naturally in rather harsh conditions.  Therefore, it can grow in poor soils.

It is also hoped that growing jatropha can be a source of income for poor farmers in areas that have a hard time growing cash crops.

One current project using jatropha is currently underway in Chhatisgarh state in India.

How many types of Memory are in the Brain?

Memory can be classified into different types namely:

1. Sensory memory

2. Primary memory

3. Secondary memory.

1. Sensory memory

This is the ability to retain sensory signals in the sensory areas of brain.

The sensory signals are retained only for a short period after the actual

sensory experience i.e. few hundred milliseconds. But, the signals can be

replaced by new sensory signals in less than one second.

This is the initial stage of memory.

2. Primary memory

It is the memory of facts, words, numbers, letters or other information

received for a few seconds to few minutes at a time. For example, after

searching for a telephone number in the directory, we remember the number

for a short while. After appreciating a beautiful scenery, the details could be

recalled for sometime or days. Afterwards it disappears from the memory.

The characteristic feature of this type of memory is that the information is

available for recall easily from memory store itself. One need not search or

squeeze through the mind and, this memory can be easily replaced by new

bits of memory i.e.. by looking into another telephone number, the first one

might disappear.

3. Secondary Memory

This is the storage of information in the brain for a longer period. The

information could be recalled after hours, days, months or years. This is also

called fixed memory or permanent memory.

What are the causes for brain abscesses?

Brain abscesses occur due to canton of bacteria or fungi within lung parenchyma, a place that is normally sterile. Infectious contamination will cause an immediate defensive reaction from the brain, which tries to preserve its integrity and functions and is trying to fight this aggression. As a result, local it will appear an inflammatory reaction, whose intensity varies with the reactivity of the immune system.

The more it is relevant,the more infection will be located and neutralized quickly. The inflammation will cause swelling of brain parenchyma and meningeal irritation, which will clinically yield by characteristic symptoms. In an attempt to control the infection, this area will be delimited by the remaining intact parenchyma , with a capsule (or membrane) fibrous  of inflammatory nature, of which presence is defining for abscess.

Despite the fact that inflammation is aimed to limit the attack, most times she comes to do more harm than good. All this perpetual inflammation will result in cerebral edema.For the brain, an organ located in a very narrow space, which is not expansible, if for some reason intracerebral pressure becomes increased , edema is a real tragedy. Bone walls of the skull cavity  do not allow any change adaptation, so that very high pressure will even get to compress  parenchyma.

In addition, there is real danger that intracerebral vessels to be blocked by infectious embolism, which will further aggravate cerebral edema.There have been identified three major ways by which pathogens, regardless of their type, can reach the brain parenchyma and may lead to abscess development.

1. Direct extension of suppuration of an outbreak nearby: represents 45-50% of all cases. Such extension occurs in necrosis areas of frontal sinuses, sphenoid or ethmoid and is frequently associated with chronic otitis and mastoiditis and less with sinusitis. Dental infections can spread also in intracranial space either directly or by marrow. In general, infections that extend direct can cause   other local complications, such as cavernous sinus thrombosis, retrograde meningitis  and even the formation of abscesses, especially epidural, subdural.

2. Marrow enlargement from an outbreak in remote locations: is incriminated in 25% of cases.Abscesses are usually released by  endocarditis complications, lung infections, skin infections, abdominal infections and / or pelvic, HIV infection or intravenous drug use.

3. Trauma: are responsible for 10% of infections which are underlying brain abscess formation. Injuries are dangerous because they create a solution of continuity between the skin (and the external environment) and brain parenchyma. So is permitted direct passage of bacteria from outside, inside the brain.

If the girl in the movie's newsreel had not been Mary Dalton, what would Bigger's feelings toward the scene have been and why? In other words, if...

If the white girl in the movie newsreel had been anyone other than Mary Dalton, Bigger's reaction would have been different. Certainly Jack and Bigger find Mary Dalton and the other girls on the newsreel attractive; they refer to them as "babies" and Mary specifically as a "hot-looking number." However, it is the commentator's narration that identifies Mary Dalton as the daughter of Henry Dalton of Chicago that really grabs Bigger's attention. When the commentator also identifies Jan as Mary's "well-known radical" and "Communist friend," both Jack and Bigger begin to imagine the leverage Bigger might have over the Dalton's for knowing so much about their daughter.

Of course, even more important in this scene is the woman who passes Bigger in the movie theater and later identifies him in court. The prosecutor is able to use this information as evidence that Bigger's murder of Mary was pre-meditated.

Why did Timothy slap Phillip in The Cay?

Young Phillip's impudence finally becomes too much for old Timothy in Theodore Taylor's novel, The Cay. After arriving on the island, Timothy attempts to teach the now blind Phillip about self-reliance, beginning with how to weave a palm mat, but the boy's frustrations about their situation overcomes him.

    I tried again, but it didn't work. I stod up, threw the palm fibers at him, and screamed, "You ugly black man! I won't do it! You're stupid, you can't even spell..."
    Timothy's heavy hand struck my face sharply.

The young boy's rudeness causes Timothy to temporarily lose his temper, but the old man is soon his normal self again, singing "that fungee and feesh song in a low voice." After some reflection, Phillip realizes his own mistake in overestimating Timothy's lack of intelligence, and he tells the old man that "I want to be your friend."

    He said softly, "Young bahss, you 'ave always been my friend." 

What is an example from modern history that can be connected to themes in The Crucible?I don't want to use McCarthyism.

The previous post focuses on theme of politically-minded persecutions such as happened in the McCarthy era.  In these cases, people are persecuted for being associated with a real problem.  McCarthyism falls under this category because the people being persecuted had some connection, however tenuous, to communism, which could fairly have been seen as a threat in those days.

However, I would argue that it is at least important to think about another theme mentioned in the link: that of using "political persecution as a tool for deflecting attention away from difficult problem areas."  In other words, sometimes people who really have nothing to do with a particular problem end up being persecuted.

Some examples of this could be:

Hitler's persecution of the Jews.  They had nothing to do with Germany's problems but were used as scapegoats -- someone to blame for Germany's problems.

Possibly, China's persecution of Tibetans.  This can be seen as an attempt to draw attention away from real quality of life issues faced by the mass of Chinese people.

What is the climax of the story "Good Country People" by Flannery O' Connor?

The climax comes during the scene where the wandering salesman, Manley Pointer, steals Hulga's leg. The irony in his evil, and her reflective innocence, reveals that Hulga has been trapped by her physical incapacity, as well as her spiritual.

This is the moment when Hulga's carefully built defense of nihilism breaks down. Instead of being the temptress, soiling a God-fearing man as she supposed, she finds herself the victim of an act of violence and cruelty. All of her supposed intellect and crafted belief in nothing is revealed to be just that: nothing. She finds that someone else has essentially come to the same conclusions, with none of the advantages. Instead of rejecting her roots, and transforming herself into something ugly, she should have kept the spirituality of the "good country folk."

There is a chance at redemption, however. Having lost her leg, she has lost her outward symbol of defiance and denial. She can now explore the possibility of returning to a relationship with those around her, including the spirituality needed to be whole. 

What is Gatsby's transformation in "The Great Gatsby"?F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," Jay Gatsby's greatness lies in his capacity for illusion.  When this illusion is destroyed, then, Gatsby "transforms" into a tragic character.  Thus, through his character Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald develops his theme of Appearance vs. Reality as well as his criticism of the "American Dream" as the desire of mere materialism.

Representative of the American Dream, Gatsby is a self-made man who came from humble beginnings to wealth and position.  He is youthful and resourceful.  However, accompanying this American Dream of Gatsby is the underlying corruption which leads to his tragic demise.  For, Gatsby allows himself to be exploited in several ways.  First of all, he is exploited as he allows the fashionable people to partake of his parties, food, and home; however Gatsby tragically believes that he is rising in society.  That this is but an illusion is suggested by Nick's alluding to Gatsby as the mythological character Trimalchio, the giver of lavish parties. Then, he is further exploited by Daisy who does not truly love him; she simply has been infatuated with his appearance that is different from what she has known.  Of course, the final exploitation of Gatsby is his being implicated by the villainous Tom Buchanan as the murderer of Myrtle Wilson by manipulating Wilson's conviction that Gatsby is the lover of his wife.

While all the others are guilty of malfeasance in their pursuit of the American Dream--Meyer Wolfsheim's design for wealth is criminal, the Buchanans desire for the good life victimizes others to the point of murder, Jordan Baker cheats to achieve her fame--Gatsby is the only idealistic, unselfish character in the novel.  And, for this reason, he becomes tragic as his dreams are naive illusions.

What is the man vs. nature conflict of the short story "The Necklace"?

"The Necklace" short story by Guy De Maupassant is also concerned with humanity and spirituality and nature on a deeper level.

The necklace was thought to have value, but turned out to be fake and valueless, possibly like the ambitions of shallow social climbers who value the materialistic things of this life over spiritual aesthetic ones.

Man, and humanity,is flawed - as the necklace turned out to be.

Nature can be stunningly beautiful and awesome when it is genuine such as the elements of a genuine priceless diamond. When it is copied,or imitated, it suddenly becomes "paste" - cheap and worthless and tacky, maybe like the morals of the superficial "nouveau riche."

The Loisels risked everything of integrity that they had, even though it didn't seem much to them, for nothing.

Write about ways the author tells the story in Chapter 1 of The Kite Runner.This is my English homework - please help out! Thanks!

In Chapter 1 of The Kite Runner, the author gives the reader an amazing amount of information, quickly and succinctly.  In just three short paragraphs, he establishes the setting, gives an overview of the characters, and introduces the central themes of his story.

Chapter 1, which is told from a vantage point in December 2001, begins with a sentence which takes the reader back to "a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975".  The timeframe of the story is thus delineated; the narrator was twelve in 1975, and in that year, something happened which had a pivotal effect on his life.  The narrator also mentions that he lives currently in San Francisco, but that he was called back to Pakistan during the past summer.  The setting of the story has now been revealed - the story will take place in both Pakistan and the United States, between the years of 1975 and 2001.

The narrator, who will be the central character in the story, reveals himself to be a man haunted by his past.  He did something terrible, for which he still carries an enormous burden of guilt, back in 1975 when he was just a boy, and as an adult in middle age, he was offered the chance to make things right.  Other characters who will play important roles in the narrative are also introduced.  Rahim Khan, the man who calls the narrator back to Pakistan as an adult, will be an important character, as will Hassan, who is described as "the harelipped kite runner" who apparently loved the narrator deeply, and whose love the narrator somehow betrayed.  Other characters who are named include Baba and Ali.

It is clear from the first chapter that the narrator will be telling a story whose central themes are failure and second chances, or, more generally, sin and redemption.  The narrator is a man who doesn't like himself very much and who is ashamed of "what (he is) today".  Something terrible happened in an "alley near (a) frozen creek" many years ago, and the memory of that incident haunts him into adulthood.  Then he receives a phone call from his past, offering him "a way to be good again" (Chapter 1).

Relationship between circumference of the circle and diametre.no nothing.

TT (often written pi) is a mathematical constant whose value is the ratio between circumference and diameter of any circle in a Euclidean space, is the same value as the ratio of area of a circle and square of its radius.

pi=2*pi*R/2*R, where 2*pi*R=circumference of any circle  and 2*R=D=diameter of any circle.

The symbol "pi" was first proposed by Welsh mathematician William Jones, in 1706. Constant value is equal to approximately 3.14159, in an ordinary decimal notation. 

Pi is one of the most important constants in mathematics and physics: many formula of mathematics, engineering and other sciences involving pi.

Since pi is an irrational number, it has an infinite number of decimals that do not contain sequences that are repeated. The infinite string of digits has fascinated mathematicians and many have made significant efforts over the past several centuries to calculate decimal places and to investigate properties of this number. Despite the analytical work and calculations performed on supercomputers have calculated 10 thousand billion digits of π, there appeared no identifiable pattern in the digits found.

Where can I find critical articles or essays about Arnold Friend representing Satan in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"? I am writing a...

Your best bet is to go to a library with subscriptions to databases and journals; a lot of information is on the internet, but most of the best information out there isn't free.

Having said that, you can also still seach on the internet. Rather than using a simple Google seach, use Google Scholar. It's an opton in the pull down item "More," the last item along the row of links along the top of the page. (I've also put the URL in the first link; see below.) If, in Google Scholar, you type in some key words, such as

"arnold friend" satan

you'll come up with some good results that you can probably access from any computer, for free. (The quotation marks around the character's name tells the search engine to look for those two words occuring together.)

The first item that comes up (see the second link below) may be especially useful to you. This article "Connie's Tambourine Man..." is a response to Wegs' article about Arnold Friend being Satan. Check the other results that come up, as many of them may prove useful to you, too.

So what's the good in finding an article that contradicts what you want to argue? Well, this new information may encourage you to reevaluate your argument. You may also choose to continue with your original argument and, in your essay, meet some of the opponents' main arguments with counter-arguments of your own. Or you may find some sort of compromise between the two positions.

And as for Joyce Wegs? She's very well known in academic publications on Joyce Carol Oates. Her name comes up again and again in bibliographies and her publications are frequently quoted. You can search Google Scholar for her name; if you do, though, either don't put quotation marks around her name or do two searches, one with "joyce wegs" and one with "joyce m. wegs" (she uses her middle initial in at least some publications).

Good luck! Let me know if you have any further questions about locating online resources!

What quotes in Wuthering Heights show that Nelly is reading Isabella's letter to Lockwood?This is to help with essay on intertextuality in particular.

Two examples in the text of Wuthering Heights that show that Nelly is reading Isabella's letter to Mr. Lockwood are in Chapters 13 and 14. In Chapter 13 Nelly tells Lockwood about a note Isabella sent to her brother announcing her marriage to Heathcliff and asking forgiveness and reconciliation. Then Nelly says that she herself received a long letter about two weeks later (a fortnight, or fourteen days).

Nelly goes on the say that she still values it and says, "I'll read it: for I keep it yet." Nelly goes on to say, "'Dear Ellen, it begins, - I came last night to Wuthering Heights...." In Bronte's construction, Nelly's voice blends in with Isabella's own voice because it is Nelly's voice that says "it begins," but there is no textual punctuation orother signification that this is so.

In Chapter 14, Nelly steps out of the reading and tells Mr. Lockwood, "As soon as I had perused this epistle I went to the master." These steppings in and out of the epistle (1) in her own discourse and (2) in her conversation with Lockwood, are demonstration of the mechanics of intertextuality in which separate texts influence each other.

What does a speech look like and how does it start out?It is a speech about a donation that was given to our high school and we have to choose a...

There are many ways to start off a speech.  The most important element would be to ensure that your speech's opening has a focus and some type of introduction that is able to connect with the audience, allowing them to actively listen and persuade them to your point of view.  In your particular setting, I would think that there are couple of avenues you can pursue to accomplish your end.  Perhaps, opening with an explanation of the importance of the extracurricular activity you think should receive the donation might help.  Talking about the activity by putting the reader in the middle of it, or expressing its importance to the school community and character would be appropriate.  When you describe your opening, language should be vibrant and I would even suggest that it take place in a manner that the listener can envision what is happening and they can "see" themselves within the setting.  In expressing its overall importance, you might be ready to justify why the donation should go to that organization.  This might be a good way to open or start a speech whose primary purpose is to enhance the imagination and convince the reader of your assertion.

How did Scrooge get rid of the ghost?

The only ghost Scrooge attempts to vanquish is the Ghost of Christmas Past, and he attempts to get rid of it by placing the "extinguisher" over the top of it and pressing it down to the ground, "but though Scrooge pressed it down with all his force, he could not hide the light; which streamed from under it." This image of Scrooge pressing down on the Ghost of Christmas Past clearly reveals that it is made up of light, and in this case light symbolizes the truth, which Scrooge does not want to see as revealed in his actions of trying to extinguish it, but hard as he tries, he cannot conceal the truth.

After Scrooge is successful in getting rid of the Ghost of Christmas Past, he is overcome with "an irresistible drowsiness" and falls to sleep. The sleepiness is indicative of the incredible release of emotions Scrooge experiences when he witnesses the truth of his past.

Why does Baba hate Carter in The Kite Runner?

Baba "loathed Jimmy Carter" because he thought he was a weak President who did next to nothing to help Afghanistan in the face of Soviet invasion and occupation.  With undisguised hostility and disgust, Baba called Carter "a 'big-toothed cretin'", and scoffed at his gesture of boycotting the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980.  Baba said,

"'Brezhnev is massacring Afghans and all that peanut eater can say is I won't come swim in your pool'".

Baba believed that Carter had "unwittingly done more for communism than Leonid Brezhnev".  He much preferred a man like Ronald Reagan, who succeeded Carter as President of the United States.  Baba recognized Reagan as "a hard man...a man to be reckoned with, someone who took action instead of wringing his hands".  When Reagan, with a much more aggressive stance, labeled the Soviet Union "the Evil Empire", Baba was thrilled.  He went out and bought a picture of Ronald Reagan, framed it, and hung it in the hallway of his home (Chapter 11).

What are some telling details from the story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets"?Jack Finney's "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets"

In the exposition of Jack Finney's story, "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets," there are two settings.  In the first setting, Tom Benecke is at his living-room desk, rolling paper into his typewriter when he glances at a yellow paper on which he has written.  "Hot--no guilty conscience" (he is wearing a pullover sweater) causes him to rise, shoving his hands into the back pockets of his gray slacks and go to the window that he subsequently opens.  Here are three details that play an essential role in the story:  the yellow paper, the opened window, and Tom's pockets.

When Tom's wife leaves, the draft caused by the open window sends the yellow paper outside to the stone ledge of the building, "stopped by the projecting blank wall of the next apartment."  Nothing in the apartment is long enough to reach the paper wedged between the projection and an ornate corner.  Incredulous that this yellow paper has to be the one thing that has blown outside, Tom recalls all the statistics written upon it, gleaned over hours and hours--all his support for a "new grocery-store display method...out there on the ledge."

When Tom decides to retrieve this sheet and go out on the ledge, he studies every brick, and determines that he can go out onto this ledge.  He puts on a tweed jacket, he lowers himself with infinite care, "his mind concentrating on what he does."  The wooden edge is great gripping surface for his fingers.  Against the cold brick, he inches along in the cold.  Moving on the balls of his feet, he hears the buttons of his jacket scraping.  Finally reaching the paper, Tom has to struggle to reach it; he sees Lexington Avenue "stretch out" beneath him.  For an instant, Tom sees himself "externally," panics and in a "spasmodic jerk" he rises so quickly that he scrapes his head against the wall.  He clings desperately, shaking with terror.  The cold has made his agility leave him.  He scream, "Help!" feeling the pressure of the wind.

At last, Tom realizes that he has no choice but to move, for he is cognizant that he will fall if he has to wait until Clare, his wife returns.  He lights envelopes, hoping people will look out their windows and see him; he tosses coins onto the street, hoping they will strike someone who will look up. Tom empties the contents of his pockets except for the yellow paper.  What will people think if they find him dead on the street?

Tom Benecke contemplates his poor decision to not accompany his wife; he feels guilty and regrets not spending more time with her. He decides that he must break the window, but realizes that if he fails, he will probably fall. Determined, he drives his arm successfully through the window, crying "Clare."  Glad to be alive, Tom places the yellow paper where it had been.  He goes to the closet for his tophat and coat, opens the door, turns to close it only to watch the yellow paper sail back out the window.  "Tom Beneck burst into laughter and then closed the door behind him."

Why are there no fixed costs in the long run ? I mean companies still have to pay rent and stuff. Those are fixed costs. Right?

"Fixed costs" are only "fixed" to a certain degree. Investments in land, buildings, equipment, and people -- and this latter category, people, is subject to numerous variables -- represent fixed costs to the extent that they constitute productive components, but productivity declines with aging equipment, buildings need to be maintained (and old buildings with equally old heating and cooling systems and plumbing and electrical systems are all expensive to maintain and/or replace), and the retirement of senior-level (i.e., experienced) employees necessitates the hiring and training of replacement personnel. In short, "fixed costs" are "fixed" only for a limited period of time. Property taxes alone can change "fixed" costs associated with real estate. Recapitalization of a factory represents an enormous long-term expense that will, for a certain period of time, establish new sunken or fixed costs. Rent, the question suggests, represents a "fixed cost," but rent is anything but fixed, as rents are generically increased at a minimum to reflect the rate of inflation lest the land or property's owner begin to suffer financial losses from rent levels that represent diminished value due to inflation. Investments in physical plant, in short, represent fixed costs only to the degree that the buildings and equipment remain adequate to the task and, as importantly, remain consistent with environmental and other regulations imposed over time by state and federal governments. Imposition of new regulations pertaining to factory emissions, for example, can translate to new financial investments in equipment and processes necessary to be in compliance with those regulations.

There are, as others pointed out, numerous variables involved in determining "fixed costs" at specific points in time. Suffice to say, it is a fluid situation, termination notwithstanding.