In "The Outsiders", how did Dally help divert the police in their search for Johnny and Ponyboy?

As the town's resident troublemaker, Dallas naturally got called down to the police station once the police discovered Bob. Luckily, he was at Buck's house that night, so his alibi checked out.

When the police asked Dally about Johnny and Soda's whereabouts, he told them that they were headed for Texas. Five days after the incident with Bob, Dally comes to visit the boys at the abandoned church in Windrixville, he tells them:

"The fuzz won't e lookin' for you around here. They think you've lit out for texas."

Seeing as how the police weren't looking for them in Windrixville, they figured it was okay that they leave their hideout at the church and go out for a real meal at the Dairy Queen.

What function do the Hoboes in the wilderness provide? Can you think of any historical precedence to compare them to? I'm a bit stuck.

The men in the wilderness are Montag's way station-a point of rest between 2 halves of his journey. They become his surrogate family, offering his more acceptance than he's ever known. After Montag's escape, he comes across the group of men outside the city. Granger gives him a drink that changes the chemistry of his perspiration, he can elude the Mechanical Hound. They also watch the televised pursuit of
Montag, which puzzles him, because the man they are chasing is not him. He watches his own supposed capture on the viewer, and is horrified that an innocent man died so that the Government could say they captured him.

Granger then introduces Montag to a number of the book people and explains to him how they keep the books alive by memorizing books or parts of them in order to preserve them for posterity. In fact, he introduces the men according to which book they've memorized. By using this oral tradition, the book people feel the content will not be lost, even if all the books are burned. At this point, war breaks out and the city is annihilated.

My suggestion for historical precedence would be the underground railroad. Members of this society offered food and shelter for those escaping slavery until they passed on to the next point. The escapees would spend one or two nights at each point, slowly making their way north through the country. The "railroad" itself stretched from the Deep South into Canada. We have something very similar here. The men offer Montag food and shelter before he passes on to his next destination. In one way, Montag is escaping slavery too. They also teach him the importance of keeping the books in their minds, and the skills he'll need to survive on his own. They become merely one stop for him on his journey.

What is Linda's role as a mother and wife in the family?a little more details will help me understand more, instead of a one sentence answear.

As a wife linda protects her husband's emotions and dreams. She refuses to see through Willy's lies. She accepts the american ideal that success is possible for everyone. Linda shows substanically more preoccupation than her husand with talent, dedication, and basic ethics which reach beyond simply being well-liked. As a mmother she expresses her concern over biff's poor performance in maths, his growing aggression, and his tendancy to steal everything. 

When Biff complains about his father's erratic behaviour Linda proves her devotic to her husband by telling her son " Biff dear, if you don't have any feelings for him, then you don't have any feelings to me", and "He's the dearest man in the world to me, and I won't have anyone making him feel blue. " As a mo ther she knows that her son Biff is atleast one source of agony to Willy , but throughout act one, Linda chastises her son for not being attentive and understanding towards Willy. 

Linda believes that if her sons become successful then Willy's pysche will heal itself. She expects her sons to manifest the corporate dreams of thei father not because she believes in Willy's american dream, ,but because she belives in her son are the only hpe for Willy's sanity.

She behaves as a perfect wife and mother throughout the play. However, this lifestyleof hers ultimately leads to downfall of her husband. 

I need to know what Mrs. Laurencin does for a job in View from Saturday.Also, I need to know any other person and their jobs that you can think of.

Mrs. Laurencin is the principal at Epiphany Middle School.  She is only one of the many "educators" mentioned in the book.  Others include Mrs. Reynolds, the drama director, Mrs. Sharkey, who teaches sixth grade math, and of course, Mrs. Olinski, the sixth grade homeroom teacher who moderates the Academic Decathlon.  Mrs. Korshak is the bus driver for Epiphany Middle School.  Margaret Draper, who marries Nadia's Grandpa Izzy, is a former principal from the elementary school where Mrs. Olinski worked before her accident.  Dr. Roy Clayton Rohmer is the District Superintendent for Clarion County Schools.

The parents of many of the students at Epiphany Middle School have interesting occupations as well.  Mrs. Gershom, Noah's mother, is in real estate, and Mr. Gershom, his father, is a dentist.  Nadia's mother, Mrs. Diamondstein, is a dental hygienist, and works for Noah's dad.  Hamilton Knapp's mother, Pat Knapp, DVM, is a veterinarian.  Julian's father, Mr. Singh, is a chef and the owner of a Bed and Breakfast, and his mother, who is deceased, was a "chanteuse", or singer, on a cruise ship. 

A number of the residents at Century Village, though now retired, had former occupations which were varied and unique.  Mr. Cantor was formerly a postman, Bella Dubinsky was an artist, Noah's Grandma Sadie and Grandpa Nate once owned a bakery, and Rabbi Friedman, obviously, is a retired Rabbi.

In terms of employment, basic human needs, education, living conditions, what was life like in the USSR between 1917 and 1991?What was life like...

I can generally summarize the conditions over time in the Soviet Union, although they did vary to  a great degree depending on the time and the crises involved. Because this was a communist country (actually, the original one), the economy was centrally planned by the government.  Where you worked, how much you produced, how much that would cost were all decisions by the central government and not the businesses themselves.  You would hardly ever get a raise, but prices for gods would not rise either.

There was no freedom of speech, you had to be very careful what you said in public or you could be "denounced" by anyone else, and this would mean you could get imprisoned or even killed. That was more true in the first three decades of the republic than later.

Education was free, all the way through college.  If you tested high enough and your career choice was approved, they would pay for your schooling all the way through graduate school.  While there was propaganda and bias in the humanities and arts, math and science education was among the best in the world.  The literacy rate skyrocketed.

It was difficult to always get the things you needed to survive on.  There were constant shortages at the stores, and long lines waiting for bread, meat or soap.  There might be a five year wait for an apartment or a car.

In the book Devil's Arithmetic, what character said this quote?"Mama...why does he bother with it? It's all in the past. There aren't any...

It is the main character, Hannah, who says,

Mama...why does he bother with it?  It's all in the past.  There aren't any concentration camps now."

Hannah is talking about her Uncle Will.  It is Passover, and the family is celebrating the first day's Seder with Hannah's paternal grandparents.  Hannah is a embarrassed and annoyed by her Grandpa Will, who is prone to throwing "strange fits, showing off the tattoo on his left arm and screaming in both English and Yiddish".  This year, when they arrive at the house, Grandpa Will is watching a television broadcast showing "old photos of Nazi concentration camp victims, corpses stacked like cordwood, and dead-eyed survivors".  Grandpa Will is quite agitated by what he is watching, "waving his fist and screaming at the screen".

Although Hannah has heard about the concentration camps her grandfather survived many times, she does not really understand what they were like and why their memory seems to, even now, influence Grandpa Will as it does.  Hannah is twelve, and to her the happenings her grandparents tell about are just stories, history, part of a past she cannot relate to.  It is only after she goes back in time and experiences what they experienced herself that Hannah is able to understand the full monstrosity of what occurred, to appreciate why Grandpa will acts as he does, and why it is so important for her to "remember" (Chapter 3). 

What happened to Biff, from "Death of a Salesman" in high school that suggested he would not likely succeed in his life as an adult?

The big thing that happened in high school is the fact that Biff did not graduate high school.  Biff was failing math in his senior year.  He had many opportunities to get tutored and improve his grade, but Biff was influenced by Willy's attitude.  This attitude was that Biff's athletic ability and good looks were going to guarantee Biff's success.  Biff has geared up to have a college scholarship, and Willy had filled his head with the idea that he (Biff) would go to college and be a great athlete and have much success.  Why worry about math?

So Biff doesn't worry about math - and then he finds out he is going to fail math, and therefore flunk out of high school and not have a chance to go to college and become a sucess.  Rather than accepting the consequence of his behavior, Biff rushes off to Boston to find Willy and to ask Willy to intervene with the teacher.  Willy's skewed sense of reality has affected Biff, who believes that sweet talking will get the job done.  However, he discovers his father's adultery in Boston, and loses interest in having his father speak for him.  Biff becomes disillusioned, and drifts on from this point, confused and unfocused.

This lack of hard work and this inability to accept the consequences of his action are exactly what are holding Biff back as an adult.  He is still looking for "the big idea", the "big plan" that will make him rich quick.  As a result, he jumps from job to job, gaining little wealth, little independence, and little happiness.  As an added detail to reinforce the lifetime of trying to get things quick, Biff was also a petty thief in high school - he steals things like footballs from the school, and thinks nothing of it.  He doesn't understand that this attitude is what is holding him back - and it continues to hold him back as an adult.  Even Willy finally shows Biff the truth of it, however, when he yells out, "“If you hadn’t flunked you’d’ve been set by now!”  Although Willy is still thinking about the sports and the "million-dollar" ideas, it is important that he places some of the blame on Biff - showing that Biff needs to accept consequences.

Who is the young man in Hamlet who best illustrates a balance between emotion and reason?

Horatio seems to be the man that best illustrates a balance between emotion and reason. That is why Hamlet asks Horatio to watch the play "The Mousetrap" where Hamlet plans to trap Claudius into revealing his role in the ghost's murder. Hamlet asks Horatio to watch because he want

". . . that man

That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him

In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart,

As I do thee."( III,ii, 67-70)

When Hamlet is able to get back to Denmark after being attacked by Pirates, it is Horatio he first notifies, knowing he can trust Horatio to act with discretion. Horatio is the first person to greet Hamlet on his return just before the funeral of Ophelia. When Hamlet runs away, distraught, it is Horatio that Claudius sends after him. Later, Hamlet confides to Horatio that he is ready for for whatever comes. Hamlet says:

"there's a special

Providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to

come, if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now,

yet it will come. The readiness is all."

( V,ii,211-214)

When Horatio does threaten to kill himself after he sees that Hamlet is dying, Hamlet gives Horatio the job of telling his story to others. And so, it is Horatio who says:

"And let me speak to the yet unknowing world

How these things came about. So shall you hear(395)

Of carnal, bloody and unnatural acts;

Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters;

Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause;

And, in this upshot, purposes mistook

Fall'n on the inventors' heads.( V, ii, 394-400)

What did the winner of the hunt receive in Where the Red Fern Grows?Who went with Billy's father to recover Rubin's body? What was the headline of...

The grand prize which is to be given to the winner of the championship coon hunt is a gold cup.

Billy's dogs are the winners of the championship coon hunt, and they receive two other awards in addition to the promised cup.  Little Ann wins the competition for the "best-looking hound", and receives a small silver cup for her victory.  And when Billy's hounds win the grand prize, they receive an extra award in addition to the championship cup, which will have their names engraved on it.  That extra award, the best of all, is a box of money, over three hundred dollars, collected from the contestants as a jackpot prize.  With that money, Billy's mother and father are able to achieve their dream of moving to town so that the children can go to school (Chapter 18).

Grandpa goes with Billy's father to recover Rubin's body.

Papa says that Grandpa "is the only man in the country that has authority to move the body".  As he sets off to get Grandpa, he tells Billy to fetch Old Man Lowery and the Bufords, and to have them meet at Grandpa's place.  After Papa and Grandpa have retrieved Rubin's body, they are on their way to the Pritchard's house when they run into the Pritchards, who have begun to search for Rubin.  Rubin's brother had been incoherent with terror when he had come home, and had been unable to tell the family exactly what had happened or where Rubin's body was (Chapter 8).

The headline of the newspaper that Grandpa showed Billy read "CHAMPIONSHIP COON HUNT TO BE HELD". 

Grandpa has always wanted to take part in "one of those big coon hunts", and has been keeping records of Billy's hounds' accomplishments.  He believes that Old Dan and Little Ann will be able to hold their own with the best dogs around, and has already paid the entry fee so that they will be able to compete (Chapter 14).

Please help me with my thesis statement on horror.I need a thesis statement on horror as a literary genre! I really need your ideas. Thanks.

In Jackson's "The Lottery" amidst laughter and gossip, a cheerful well-dressed business-man directs a ritualist act in which an entire town unthinkingly engages.  Like stories such as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" of Edgar Allan Poe, the horror arises from the skewered perception of what is considered ordinary or normal.  It is  often this twist of events and point of view which make the stories horrific. In "The Lottery," for instance, the people who have just conversed with Tessie Hutchinson are able to hurl stones at her simply because it is her lot to die; the reasons why she is being stoned have long been forgotten by the people.  That people can be so inured to another person's victimization and to the horrible consequences of an act for which they have forgotten the reason, is truly horrific.

Think of other stories that you may have read that fall into the genre of "gothic literature," and isolate what makes them horrifying.  Then, base your thesis on a general statement (with three specific points that you can support) formed from this idea.  Perception on the part of character(s) often seems to be the key.

Hope this helps you!

How does Camus' The Stranger (L'Etrange) develop his philosophy of existentialism?

Existentialism is the philosophy that we are living in a senseless universe without any reason or logic. What happens in this world is therefore incomprehensible and often absurd. Man has no meaning in his life - he is purposeless - except for the simple fact of his existence. In his work The Stranger, Camus conveys this philosophy through the character of Mersault and his experiences, in particular with the death of his mother, his relationship with Marie and his own trial and execution.

When he hears about the death of his mother, Mersault is without emotion, despite the tears and grief of others during the vigil. He appears to be very vague about his mother's life and death, not knowing how old she was. He also is very unsure about when his mother died: "Mamam died today or yesterday maybe. I don't know. I got a telegram from the home. "Mother deceased funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours." That doesn't mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday." The significant line "that doesn't mean anything" should be read as his reaction to death as a whole, rather than just the truncated form of the telegram.

It is clear that Mersault is indifferent at best to his relationship with Marie, but this is most clearly stated at the end, when he relates:

In the evening, Marie came to pick me up and asked me if I wanted to marry her. I said that it made no difference to me and that we could if she wanted to.She wanted to know if I loved her. I answered as I already had before, that all that meant nothing but that undoubtedly I didn't love her. 'Then why marry me?' she said. I explained to her that marriage was of no importance and that if she wanted, we could get married. Besides, she was the one asking and I was just agreeing to say yes. She then remarked that marriage was a serious thing. 'No' I said. She was quiet for a moment and looked at me in silence. Then she spoke. She simply wanted to know if I would have accepted the same proposal coming from another woman for whom I would have held a similar affection. 'Of course' I said. She then wondered if she loved me. For my part, I could know nothing about it.

For Mersault, with his existentialist perspective, marriage and his relationship to Marie is absolutely meaningless.

Lastly, the unforgettable last lines of the novel express Mersault's desire that "there be a large crowd of spectators the day of [his] execution and that they greet [him] with cries of hate." This final statement reflects the absurdity of life for Mersault and for existentialism - all that can be counted on is birth, and of course, death.

In Romeo and Juliet who are the dynamic characters? I need four characters and why they are dynamic.

I think dneshan is correct in identifying Lord Capulet as a dynamic character, but way off the mark as to why.  Lord Capulet shows himself to be a fairly enlightened individual when it comes to marriage.  He tells Paris straight out that he must win the favor of his daughter, that his will is only a part of the deal.  Many have speculated that his own match to Lady Capulet was enforced and that as such, it is not a happy marriage.  Regardless, Capulet puts his daughter's happiness first.  That goes out the window once Tybalt is killed and Juliet begins grieving (grieving for Romeo's banishment and not her cousin's death).  Capulet decides the best remedy for this is to marry her off to Paris, an event which he assumes which will make her happy but which badly backfires.  Yes, he changes again when he believes his daughter has died, but that is the backwards way around this argument.  If you need further proof of his benevolent nature, look at the way he deals with Tybalt during the party scene.

As to Montague, he is too minor a character to consider for this problem.  Romeo, Juliet, Nurse, Capulet and the Friar are the only characters you can consider for this problem.  Tybalt never changes, nor does Lady Capulet, and for that matter neither does Mercutio.  Benvolio is steady throughout; a nice character, but without change.  The Prince only regrets his leniancy in the first place.  I would put my work into Romeo (the most fully detailed character in the play and the one who has most growth) Capulet, the Friar and Juliet.  The Friar is a great character.  He's trying to do good, he's trying to bring peace and fix a problem which has long plagued this city, but he royally screws up.

As a back up plan I would look at the Nurse.

Can you give me a character analysis of Mark Antony in Julius Caesar?

Interestingly, the character of Mark Antony is a minor one at the beginning of Julius Caesar, but he rises in prominence, especially in Act III. Other characters regard him as a bit of a "lad" or a playboy, and his habit for keeping wild company and partying is something that prevents other characters from taking him seriously. His first appearance in the play is in the games in honour of Lupercal, and Caesar states that Antony "revels long o'nights."

Antony is led away from the assassination and after the deed has been committed he asks to meet with the murderers. There, he laments the death of Caesar and praises him. Brutus and the other conspirators are unsure of his motives, but Antony assures them that they have acted in wisdom before praising Caesar again. Antony is allowed to address the crowds at Caesar's funeral.

It is after the conspirators leave that Antony delivers his first soliloquy of the play, where he states his intention to have his revenge on the conspirators. Because this is a soliloquy, critics have argued that this shows he was motivated by grief and love of Caesar rather than any power-mongering intention, but this is one of the questions you will need to ask yourself about Antony's motivations. It is during his oration that Antony clearly manipulates the crowd and stirs them into a frenzy against the killers of Caesar. He displays his impressive rhetoric skill and wins his objective of turning the mob against the conspirators.

The last Act further confuses the picture we have of Antony. At one stage he coldly agrees to the death of his nephew in exchange for the death of the brother of Lepidus, but then, when Brutus is captured, ensures that he is taken care of and states that Brutus, alone of the conspirators, acted for what he believed to be the general good. Thus the question has to be asked about whether Antony is self-serving and a political opportunist, or whether he is a genuinely good man, provoked into taking power by the assassination of Caesar, a man he loved and admired.

In Surrey's "The Soote Season", how did he use rhythm, meter, tropes and figures?

Surrey (1517 to 1547)  revived the principles of Chaucer's versification, which his predecessors had failed to grasp, perhaps because the value of the final e was lost. He never allowed the accent to fall on a weak syllable, nor did he permit weak syllables as rhymes. Surrey's poem although published in 1557 still retains a medieval flavour, "soote" reminds us of Chaucer's opening lines of the "prologue" to his "Canterbury Tales."

Surrey's sonnet has the following rhyme scheme:ababababababaa. Syllabic monotony results because there are only two rhymes, 'a' and 'b.' In fact, lines 5 and 14 are not rhymes at all because "springs" is merely repeated . This monotony is further enhanced by the repetition of the same argument in every single line throughout the poem: everything in Nature has changed for the better but the poet's personal "sorrow" remains the same.

The poem is a picturesque description of the English countryside just when winter is over and spring has begun. Each item symbolises the shedding of the old and the regeneration of the new: the green vegetation of the hills and the vales, the new feathers on the nightingale, the turtle dove making love to its mate, the hart has a new pair of antlers and the buck a new coat, the fishes new scales and the snake a new skin, and the bee is busy collecting honey from the newly blossomed flowers.

All these symbols are in sharp contrast to the sorrow of the poet who has not been able to win the love and affection of his lover.

Explain the nature of management functions and their importance at different levels of management.

Management can be described as a process encompassing several core functions of management. The list of functions that constitutes total management prepared by different authors and experts may differ to some extent from each other, but the basic the overall nature of management implicit in these different lists remains the same. The most common classification of management function includes the following four functions.

1.       Planning

2.      Organizing

3.      Leading

4.      Controlling

Planning covers the process of objectives and deciding on actions to be taken to achieve these objectives. Organizing is the process of designing and developing structure of relationships between members of the team or group assigned to carry out the planned tasks, and filling and keeping filled the positions in the organization. Leading refers to motivating, directing and guiding people in the organization It involves ensuring that the people in the organization are willing and capable of performing the required tasks. Controlling involves  ascertaining the actual results and situation of the organization and taking corrective action when significant deviations from expectations occur.

These management functions are common to all the managers irrespective of the business activity managed by them – for example, procurement, manufacturing, marketing, finance, human resources management, and so on, or their  level in organizational. However, the total time and effort devoted by individual managers to each of the management function as well as the total effort spent on all the management function in proportion to other non-managerial, technical and operational, tasks depends on many factors such as nature of business and organizations structure.

A manager’s level within the organizational hierarchy has major influence on the proportion of efforts spent on managerial and non-managerial activities, and the proportion of different functions within managerial activities.

Depending on size and structure, an organization may have half a dozen or more levels in the management hierarchy. However, for ease of understanding these are often grouped in three levels.

1.      Top-management: This refers to the top one or two  hierarchical levels in the organization structure. Managers at these levels have responsibilities for the total organizational performance covering multiple business activities.

2.      Middle-management: These are the managers between the top- and first-level management. They generally do not have the responsibility for more than one type of business activity, and even within that may be responsible for only a segment of the total work in the organization.

3.      First-level-management: They are at the lowest one or two levels of management hierarchy. They are the people responsible for directly supervising the work of operational staff, and form a link between them and the management.

As we move from top to the first-level managers, the total proportion of effort on management work tends to decrease. Within management work, the effort spent on planning and controlling functions tends to decrease, and on leading function tends to increase, as we move down the organizational hierarchy. There is a drop in amount of organizing effort requirement also with decreasing level of organization hierarchy, but much less pronounced drop in comparison to that for planning and leading.

I want a critical analysis on Rabindranath Tagore's poems. Can anybody tell me where I can find this?summary or analysis will do

Rabindranath Tagore has written many poems. The most well known collection of his poems is Gitanjali, for which he received a Nobel Price in literature in 1913. I am not sure, how many different poems by Rabindranath you need for your analysis. I am reproducing below one of his very popular poem written in English.

Let My Country Awake

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;

Where knowledge is free;

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;

Where the words come out from the depth of truth;

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;

Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action -

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

In Macbeth, how does Macbeth treat his servants [5.3.11-17], and how does this fit with Banquo's comment about ill fitting robes?

In Act I Sc.3 on seeing Macbeth surprised at being hailed as the 'thane of Cawdor' and thus the withches' prophecies being fulfilled instantaneously Banquo remarks:

"New honours come upon him,

Like our strange garments cleave not to their mould

But with the aid of use."

Macbeth is only a general, a military officer, in King Duncan's army.  But after the treacherous aristocrat the Thane of Cawdor has been killed, King Duncan rewards Macbeth and elevates him to the position of an aristorcrat and gives him the title Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is shocked and surprised that the the withches' prediction has been fulfilled so quickly and he finds it difficult to adjust his behavior and lifestyle to that of an aristocrat, leading Banquo to remark that just like a person needs some time and usage to get used to his new clothes so also Macbeth will gradually get used to his new elevated status of an aristocratic Thane. The description of the purpose of clothing in Macbeth is the fact that these garments are not his.  Therefore, Macbeth is uncomfortable in them because he is continually conscious of the fact that they do not belong to him.

His rude behaviour to his servants who report that his castle has been besieged by the English soldiers is proof enough that Macbeth who is now the King of Scotland has not yet got used to his new and elevated position as the king.  The soldier is frightened and fears the worst, but Macbeth who has now come to believe only what the witches say and is completely under their spell is foolhardy enough to believe that he is safe, because Malcolm had been delivered as a normal baby. He foolishly believes the witches' prophecy that Birnam wood will never come to Dunsinane and dismisses the servant very harshly:

"Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear. What's the boy Malcolm?
Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know
All mortal consequences have pronounced me thus:
'Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman
Shall e'er have power upon thee.' "

This irrational outburst is clear proof that Macbeth has not got used to his new status and position as an aristocratic ruler who instead of checking the truth in the soldier's statement dismisses him rudely.

In Chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby, how does Fitzgerald foreshadow George Wilson's plan?

Fitzgerald provides numerous examples of foreshadowing in Chapter 8 which make it obvious to the reader that George Wilson is going to kill Gatsby.

1. After Myrtle's death, George's frame of mind deteriorates rapidly, and his illogical behavior hints that he is unable to control himself.  He is unresponsive to many of Michaelis's questions. He mutters incoherently.  He dwells on the events surrounding his wife's death and has a "bewildered look" in his eyes.

2. He blames Myrtle's death on her lover because he believes that her lover was driving the car that struck her.  He shows Michaelis the dog leash and then says that "he murdered her" (166).  George then mentions that he has a way of finding out who the man driving the car is and will not be swayed from his desire to find the man.

3.  Finally, after George sets out on his quest to find the man, Fitzgerald writes that he went from garage to garage until he had found out Gatsby's name.

I need 3 examples of metaphors from Lord of the Flies.

William Golding sprinkles metaphors throughout his writing, and the other answers give some good examples. Here are three more.

In Chapter 5, as Ralph follows a narrow path to the meeting place, Golding writes,

"He found himself understanding the wearismomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet." 

Here Golding draws a comparison between the careful way Ralph has to walk along the jungle path to the careful way the boys have to think about and make decisions in order to not fall into danger. He realizes they are not doing a good job of "staying on course," or "walking the straight and narrow path" of civilized society.

Golding describes Ralph's lack of clear thinking in a variety of ways. In Chapter 7, he relates the conflicting voices Ralph hears in his head and says "the darkness and desperate enterprise gave the night a kind of dentist's chair unreality." It is a stark comparison to bring in such a distant image from the far removed, technologically advanced society they used to live in, but it shows that Ralph's thinking is numbed or drugged with fear in this scene.

In the final chapter, Golding describes Ralph's wavering sense of sanity and logic as "the curtain that might waver in his brain, blacking out the sense of danger, making a simpleton of him." In this way he compares Ralph's inability to think clearly to a curtain that can hide one's view and blind one to necessary information. 

All three of these metaphors make intangible thought processes easier to understand by comparing them with physical objects and experiences.

Describe Miss Maudie's personality in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Oh Miss Maudie, what a personality!  Miss Maudie Atkinson is the epitome of strength.  Living across the street from Jem and Scout, Miss Maudie is brave enough to look forward to the future even in the event that her house burns down.  (Miss Maudie explains that now she can build a smaller one with more room for flowers.)  No doubt, though, that Miss Maudie has a bit of mischief in her yet.  She does tease the children with her intellect and spit back Bible verses to those who would go so far as to defame her garden.  Probably one of the most important aspects of Miss Maudie's personality is that she confirms Atticus' idea that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because "they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us."  This, as well as the fact that she doesn't talk down to the Finch children and treats them like equals, places her in the same moral plane as Atticus in the mind of the reader.  There can be no higher moral plane than that.

Can you tell whether the story, The Monkey's Paw, uses mainly direct or indirect characterization? Use specific reference form the story.

The author mainly uses indirect characterization.  In the story, Mr. & Mrs. White's personalities, are revealed through their actions, speech and thoughts. For example when Mr. White acquires the monkey's paw from Sergeant Major Morris, he believes that he will be able to handle it and produce positive results.

"Mr. White dropped it back into his pocket, and placing chairs, motioned his friend to the table. In the business of supper the talisman was partly forgotten, and afterward the three sat listening in an enthralled fashion to a second instalment of the soldier's adventures in India."

  "If the tale about the monkey paw is not more truthful than those he has been telling us," said Herbert, as the door closed behind their guest, just in time for him to catch the last train, "we shan't make much out of it." (Jacobs)

Even Herbert's personality reveals that he doesn't believe the stories that the Sergeant Major has told, he is eager to try out the wishing process.

When Mr. White makes his first wish, he gets a taste of the evil nature of the monkey's paw, but it does not stop him from using it again.

 "I wish for two hundred pounds," said the old man distinctly.  A fine crash from the piano greeted the words, interrupted by a shuddering cry from the old man. His wife and son ran toward him. "It moved, he cried, with a glance of disgust at the object as it lay on the floor. "As I wished it twisted in my hands like a snake."   "Well, I don't see the money," said his son, as he picked it up and placed it on the table, "and I bet I never shall."   "It must have been your fancy, father," said his wife, regarding him anxiously." (Jacobs) 

Even Mrs. White's character is revealed through her speech, she does not believe that her husband actually felt the monkey's paw move when he wished, she tells him that he imagined it.

Clearly, the Whites take on the mystical powers of the monkey's paw with a degree of arrogance regarding their ability to control the outcomes and the potential consequences.  They learn the hard way through great loss that the Sergeant Major was actually right!

What does the signal fire represent in Lord of the Flies?

The signal fire in the story is a symbol of hope of the boys' return to civilisation. By keeping the signal fire going they hope to attract the attention of a passing boat or aircraft who will then rescue them. It starts off on the mountain but then later moves to the beach. Because it is linked so closely with the boys' return to civilisation, it becomes an indicator of the boys' connection to civilisation. For example, in the early parts of the novel the boys want to maintain the fire and keep it going which is a good sign as it shows they want to be returned to civilisation. However, when the fire is allowed to burn low or even goes out, it is highly symbolic of their rejection of civilisation in place of the barbaric savagery that runs amok on the island. It is highly ironic that at the end of the novel a fire does attract a ship, but it is not the signal fire, instead it is the fire that Jack and his mob start to hunt and kill Ralph.

One key passage that demonstrates this is in Chapter 4 when Jack and his hunters neglect their responsibility to keep the signal fire going and go and hunt and kill a pig instead. Ironically, this is when Ralph and Piggy can see a ship on the horizon, who of course does not know they are there because the signal fire has gone out. We see here that Jack and his hunters are more interested in hunting and savagery and satisfying their blood instinct than they are with rescue and return to civilisation.

How does the book Sounder begin, and what conflicts are introduced right away?

The author begins the book by describing the setting of the story, outlining immediately the conditions which lie behind the primary conflicts which form the basis of the narrative.  Poverty is a predominant theme, as is isolation and a society in which racism is prevalent.

From the second sentence in Chapter 1, the author communicates the desolate poverty in which the family lives by describing the sagging roof of the cabin.  At least six people live in the tiny, shabby dwelling with "loose windowpanes"; a father, a mother, the narrator, and three younger children.  It is winter, and "the hunting is getting worse and worse"; the family is "hungry for solid food...corn mush (has) to take the place of stewed possum, dumplings, and potatoes".  The author conveys a sense of the desperation with which the parents try to keep the family fed.  The father is preoccupied with hunting, but with little success, and the mother picks walnut kernels, trying to gather at least two pounds a night, for which the man at the store will pay thirty cents "if they're mostly half-kernels and dry".

The family's cabin is located in an isolated area, and "the closeness of (their)...(lonely)...world" is defined in the night as "the place where the lamp light end(s), at the edge of the cabin walls".  In an indication of the racist social structure that exists at the time, the author notes that "the whilte man who own(s) the vast endless fields (has) scattered the cabins of his Negro sharecroppers far apart, like flyspecks on a whitewashed ceiling".  Neighbors are distant, and the school is "far away at the edge of town".  The young narrator has attempted to go to school for "two successive Octobers", but is as yet too small to have been able to handle "walking the eight miles morning and evening...when cold winds and winter sickness (comes)" (Chapter 1).

What is the mood of "The Ranson of Red Chief"?im looking for the mood, not the tone, but the mood and i need evidence

The mood for "The Ransom of Red Chief" seems light or humorous. As the kidnappers take the boy in hopes of a big payout for his return, he turns out being more of a burden than the ransom is even worth.

The mischievous youth winds up being a bigger problem than the kidnappers had ever imagined, and the tone of the story conveys the humor in the situation. Whether it's the dialectic dialogue of the kidnappers, or the constant dilemmas made by "Red Chief" himself, this ironic story keeps readers smiling and laughing.

In Flowers for Algernon, what is Charlie's relationship with his family after his operation versus how it was in the past?

Before the operation, Charlie was more a victim to his family than in any sort of "relationship."  He was more of someone who had to be dealt with versus someone who could hold conversations and show love, etc...  Rose, his mother, was in denial for most of Charlie's "early years" as to Charlie having any sort of problem at all.  She constantly scolded him for not living up to unrealistic expectations and then was scared of him and his disability.  Norma was just a child when Charlie was around her.  She resented his presence because she would be the "responsible one" at home and at school.  Matt meant well, but couldn't handle Charlie's disability nor his wife's attitude towards him.

After the surgery, when Charlie revisited the characters, Norma showed the most change.  She had grown up and probably realized how childish and immature she was.  After all, she was a child too when all of Charlie's problems were at the forefront.  She was kind and I believe, if Charlie's surgery would have had a more lasting effect, the two would have develped a successful relationship.

As for Rose, by the time Charlie revisited her, she was going senile and was living in the past, assuming that nothing had changed with Charlie -- including his age.  There was essentially no change in their relationship excepting the fact that Charlie realized how cruel and ignorant she was.

When Charlie visited Matt at the barbershop, he realized that Matt never meant anything wrong by any of his actions towards Charlie.  Matt was simply stuck in the middle, trying to survive.  Since Matt didn't even recognize Charlie, Charlie made the decision to not even tell Matt who he was.  I believe he was trying to save Matt any guilty feelings for how things were when he was a child.

What main points do I need to know for 10th grade Cold War exam?

Cold war refers to the intense rivalry that developed between communist and non-communist countries after World War II. The communist countries, led by U.S.S.R. are also called East Block while non-communist countries, led by U.S.A. are also called West Block. Countries that did not wish to get entangled with these rivalry between communist and non-communist and formed a separate group called referred as non-aligned countries.

Towards the close of World War II, in 1945 the allied countries entered into an agreement to hold independent democratic election in liberated countries. However, after the war, U.S.S.R. under the leadership of Stalin did not honour this agreement. Stalin wanted to establish communist government in all liberated territories under its control and to achieve this objective effectively cut-off all relationship of these countries under its control. As a result, by 1948 countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Albania and Yugoslavia had communist governments.

U.S.A, and other democratic countries in Europe were determined not to let communism spread to their countries, and were suspicious of intentions of U.S.S.R.. They also collaborated to ward of the threat posed by communism and U.S.S.R.. President Harry Trueman of U.S.A. promised in 1947 to help any free nation resist communist attack. Separate groups of West and East blocks countries were formed in United Nations Organization also. Further the Western Block countries formed the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in 1949.

The cold war rivalry became more intense with each of the two blocks trying to outdo each other in field of development of nuclear weapons capable of striking targets over long distances. This rivalry is often called the Arms Race.

After death of Stalin in 1953 the cold war activities became more intense with U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. opposing separate government and groups in different regions such as Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. The support sometimes took the form of direct military interventions.

However by 1970's a realization slowly came over both the group that in an all out nuclear war there will be no victors, and the cold war rivalry is not in the interest of either side. Also there were growing splits within both the groups. For example U.S.S.R. and China developed differences and France Withdrew its troops from NATO command.

As a result agreements such as Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) and Missile Reduction Agreement were reached between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. in 1972 and1987 respectively. In 1989 communist rule came to end in many east European Countries. East and West Germany were unified in 1990. In 1991 the Communist Party lost control over U.S.S.R. government, and the country itself divided in different countries. This event is generally considered by many as the point marking end of the Cold War.

In "The Open Window," what actions or thoughts can be considered a flashback?

A flashback is a structure technique writers sometimes choose to include incidents that occurred before the point when the story or novel begins. With a flashback, the setting of the story changes to an earlier time and sometimes to a different place.

There is another way, however, that a writer can include information about events that occurred before the beginning of the story. The writer can just tell us what happened before, or the writer can have a character tell what happened before, without actually changing the setting of the story. This structure technique is called "antecedent action."

In "The Open Window," there is no flashback; the setting of the story does not change. However, we learn the antecedent action from Vera as she talks to Mr. Nuttel. According to Vera, Mrs. Sappleton experienced a terrible tragedy when her husband and brothers went hunting and never returned. Furthermore, she continues to wait for them to come home. As the story develops and Mr. Nuttel runs away terrified, Vera explains to her aunt and uncle that Mr. Nuttel is a nervous man for once having spent the night in an open grave after being hunted by wild dogs in an Indian cemetery.

So, the antecedent action in the story consists of Vera's two stories, the disappearance of Mrs. Sappleton's family and Mr. Nuttel's horrifying night in a cemetery. It is at the conclusion of the story that we find out Mrs. Sappleton's "tragedy" never happened, and we know she is making up another wild story about Mr. Nuttel. None of the antecedent action included in the story actually happened, but Vera is a great story teller.

Why are the prisoners so angry with the newly arrived Jewish individuals?

The struggle for survival and how it creates a lack of solidarity amongst individuals who had to endure the Holocaust is a critical element in Wiesel's work.  One of the most powerful aspects of the narrative that unfolds is that the reader is able to see the absolutely horrific condition inside the camps and what it is like to have to struggle to live, to merely exist.  Wiesel exposes this in many ways.  He depicts it in the fighting for a scrap of bread, where people beat one another for an extra piece.  He demonstrates this in the man who is shot for wanting another bowl of soup.  He shows this in how individuals lose sight of solidarity for one another in their overwhelmingly difficult to survive, in a situation where sons forget their mothers and daughters, and children abandon their fathers.  We, as readers, find it awful and possess a natural tendency to criticize the behavior we are witnessing.  Yet, here is where Wiesel possesses a sense of moral and ethical genius.  In speaking out against such behavior, Wiesel demands that we do this in all of our actions, criticizing the behavior that seeks to demean and dehumanize another.  He also does a masterful job of creating a portrait where criticism is virtually impossible because such actions that reflect anti- solidarity are done for one purpose:  Survival.  What Eliezer sees and experiences helps to forge his identity within such a setting where coming of age involves grasping the most dark elements of human consciousness.

This might be why there is anger for newly incarcerated individuals of Jewish persuasion.  Existing people do not see these new entries as fellow victims, but rather as competitors for the mere subsistence of life that exists.  When the newly arrived people enter, greater competition for living is present.  It would be ideal to observe that this forges greater human community and bonds between one another.  Yet, this is where Wiesel demonstrates that the real inhumanity of the Nazis resided in how their demeaning behavior that robbed people of dignity and collective identity was duplicated in the relationships that victims had towards one another.

After Christopher Columbus' first trip, he returned to Europe. How many more places in America did he travel to?

On November 3, 1493, Columbus' second voyage reached an island he named Dominica, the most northerly of the Windward Islands, now a small independent nation in the Caribbean. He then proceeded to visit several islands in the Guadeloupe Archipelago and the Lesser and Greater Antilles. He landed at Puerto Rico on November 19th. On the 22nd he discovered that Fuerte de la Navidad on the north coast of Haiti, which he had founded on his first voyage, had been destroyed by native people, so he moved about 100 km east and set up another settlement in what is now the Dominican Republic. On April 30th of the next year, 1494, he visited and explored Cuba, and on May 5 he landed in Jamaica. He returned to Spain in the autumn of that year.
On his third voyage in 1498, Columbus first made landfall in Trinidad, on July 31. After exploring the island of Trinidad and part of the neighbouring South American coast and its islands, including Tobago and Grenada, he went back to his base in Haiti (Hispaniola), reaching there August 19th and from there sailing back to Europe.
On his fourth and last voyage, Columbus first landed in Martinique on June 15, 1502. On June 29, he reached Santo Domingo, and after being delayed by a huge storm, went briefly to Jamaica and then on July 30th to Guanaja, one of the Bay Islands off the coast of the present Honduras. He made landfall in Honduras on August 14th, and spent the next two months exploring Central America, visiting parts of the present Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. He did not attempt to return to Hispaniola until April 16th of the following year, 1503, sighting the Cayman Islands on May 10 and finally reaching Jamacia on June 25, 1503, where his damaged ships had to be beached. Due to the intense hostility of the local Spanish governor to Columbus, he did not succeed in arranging his return to Spain for a year, finally arriving there on November 7, 1504.
The list of places discovered or visited by Columbus in his three later voyages would thus run something like this (all names are modern):

• Bay Islands (off Honduras)


• Cayman Islands


• Costa Rica


• Cuba


• Dominican Republic


• Grenada


• Guadeloupe Archipelago


• Honduras


• Jamaica


• Lesser and Greater Antilles Islands


• Nicaragua


• Panama


• Puerto Rico


• Tobago


• Trinidad


• Venezuala


• Windward Islands

In "The Reader" why did Michael not tell of his relationship with Hanna to his family, even to his best friends?

He did not tell his parents because they most likely would disapprove.  Hanna was more than twice his age; he enjoyed his relationship with her so much that he was afraid that if his parents found out, they would forbid him from going to see her.  He probably also didn't want her to get into any trouble, so keeping it from them seemed the best thing at the time.  Also, I don't know if you noticed, but Michael isn't super close to his parents.  He seems to be a bit contentious with his father, and both of them are rather distant.  They have a very aloof relationship, so it isn't like they are all best pals or anything.

The reason he didn't tell his friends was probably because he enjoyed having a separate, secret life away from them.  Also, word would spread, and it could get back to his parents.  If they, or his teachers, knew he was often skipping school to be with Hannah, there would have been serious consequences.  Telling one friend would have ended up in lots of people knowing; girls his age would think it was weird and wrong, and parents and teachers would have gotten him in trouble and ended the relationship.

I hope that those thoughts help; good luck!

What are the main personality traits of different characters in Pride and Prejudice?Personality of different characters: The Bennets, the Bingleys,...

The Bennets

Mr. Bennet has a quick wit.  He is reserved, quietly observant, and tolerant.  He seems to be constantly at odds with his wife, and favors Elizabeth above all his daughters.

Mrs. Bennet is nervous and has an unsteady temperament.  She is singularly obsessed with her daughters’ marriage prospects, and loves receiving visitors so she can hear the latest gossip.

Jane is the oldest of the Bennet daughters, and considered to be the prettiest.  She is agreeable, sweet-natured, modest and tolerant.

Elizabeth always says what she thinks, to the point where some may find her insolent.  She is lively, witty and clever.

Mary is plain and very pious.  She is not as accomplished musically as she claims to be.

Kitty is often described as silly, along with her sister, Lydia. Both are giggly, flirtatious, superficial, and love parties.

Lydia is the youngest daughter at age fifteen, but is clearly Mrs. Bennet’s favorite.  She is much like her sister Kitty, although perhaps a bit competitive with her as well.

The Bingleys

Charles Bingley is obviously very rich, but his agreeable looks, friendliness, modesty and kindness endear him immediately to the Bennets, particularly Jane.

Louisa Bingley is the eldest of the two sisters.  Like Caroline, she is described as handsome, but is proud and conceited.  Even though she is married, she spends a lot of time with her sister and brother.

Caroline Bingley is like Louisa, in that she is proud and conceited.  She likes to tease Darcy a lot, and although she is never openly rude to the Bennets, her hostility toward them is quite apparent.

The Darcys

Fitzwilliam Darcy is thought at first to be proud, haughty, anti-social, and ill-tempered.  As the story progresses, the real Darcy is revealed to be compassionate, tender, and deeply caring, although very conflicted between his feelings for Elizabeth and his duty to make a good match.  Once he falls in love with her, he wears his heart on his sleeve.

Georgiana Darcy is very accomplished.  She is pretty, well-mannered and has a sweet disposition.

The Collinses

Mr. Collins is a walking contradiction, simultaneously self-important and humble.  The Bennets, with the exception of the mother, all find him a bit ridiculous and stupid.  He is constantly bragging about his patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, as if his association with her should elevate everyone’s opinion of him.

Charlotte Lucas, who marries Mr. Collins, is Elizabeth’s best friend.  She is at the age (mid to late 20’s) considered to be an old maid by the time she marries.  She is sensible and intelligent, but marries more for security and comfort than for love.

George Wickham at first charms all of the Bennets, particularly Elizabeth, with his good looks, manners, and amiable nature (the officer's uniform probably helps too).  Their good opinion of him is changed when he elopes with Lydia and brings scandal to the Bennet family.  Darcy, who is well acquainted with Wickham, explains his sordid past to Elizabeth, and she realizes that he’s a scoundrel and a gold-digger.

Explain your views on the following "improving productivity results in the loss of jobs".It is a question from the subject"PRINCIPLES OF...

What is productivity?  It is the measure of the output of an employee, whether in goods or services, or both.  If productivity increases, each employee is making more products or providing more services.  If I have 10 employees, each of whom makes 25 widgets per day, what happens if their productivity doubles? They make 50 widgets per day, right? When this happens, there are several possible scenarios.  First, I might have a company that has a market for 500 widgets a day, have the space to warehouse them, the drivers to deliver them, and the ability to purchase the raw materials to double my widget production.  But I might not. That would be the second scenario.  I might be able to sell only 250 widgets per day, have no room to store them, have insufficient cash or credit to purchase the raw materials to create the widgets, and so on.  In that event, what should I do?  The logical step to take is to eliminate five employees, since I can maintain the production I want and need with only five employees.  My profits increase because my costs have decreased.

I need to know what the theme of "In Time of Silver Rain" by Langston Hughes is.

Have you read the poem?  If not, I recommend it; it is very short and easy to understand.  I have provided a link to it below, and encourage you to read it for yourself if you haven't already.

The main theme of this poem is springtime.  It is how in the spring, the earth is given new life.  New grass, flowers, birds, and new growth and beauty are all around.  Hughes states that "earth puts forth new life again," and that all of the new growth-the trees, grass, birds-seem to shout "Of life, of life,  of life!"  Even people are impacted by nature's rebirth; "passing boys and girls go singing too," and everyone is happier and filled with rejuvenation and hope.

I hope that those thoughts help a bit; take a look at the poem itself too.  Good luck!

Describe Christmas at Jess' house in Bridge to Terabithia.How does this scene compare to the gift exchange with Leslie in Terabithia?

Christmas at Jess' house is chaotic, as everything else there seems to be.  Ellie and Brenda both have boyfriends this year, and there is much haggling in the house over finding the money to buy the boys gifts when there is little enough to get the little girls what they want.  On Christmas Eve, there is much squabbling among the sisters about when gifts will be opened, and Joyce Ann ends up bawling because there is no fireplace, so Santa will not be able to find his way.  Christmas morning is no better.  Although May Belle receives the Barbie she so desperately wanted, Joyce Ann quickly breaks the talking doll that is given to her.  Brenda is jealous because Ellie had gotten something she wanted in her stocking, and Ellie feels compelled to flaunt the coveted gift in Brenda's face.  With all good intentions, Mr. Aarons gets Jess an expensive toy car set which Jess didn't want and Mr. Aarons really couldn't afford.  The family's Christmas experience is miserable, because each member misguidedly values money so highly, and there is so little of it to go around.

In contrast, Jess' gift exchange with Leslie on Christmas Eve Day is simple, sincere, and meaningful.  Jess gives Leslie a puppy that some people were giving away for free, and Leslie gives Jess a lovely box of watercolors with brushes and a pad of heavy art paper.  It does not matter that Leslie's gift is expensive and that Jess' is not; what is important is that both children have chosen their gifts with love and a true understanding of what would please the other.  Jess and Leslie exchange their gifts in the peaceful sanctity of Terabithia, and the "glow" of the experience stays with Jess so that the chaos of his own family's celebration does not affect him (Chapter 6).

In chapter 6 of "Night," what happened to anyone who could not keep up with the march?

In Chapter 6 of Night, those who could not keep up with the forced march were killed by the SS. The officers were given orders to shoot at those who slowed down or showed signs of weakness. These orders were still in keeping with the Nazi agenda of the "Final Solution." The Germans did not care how many died because, at the core of the holocaust, death for all Jews was the final objective.

In Chapter 5, the Red Army was approaching Buna, and the SS had no choice but to abandon the camp together with the prisoners. At the time, Elie was recovering from a surgery on his foot, but he decided to go with his father on the march out of Buna. On the march, which begins in Chapter 6, the prisoners were forced to increase their pace, and some fell behind. Those who failed to keep up were shot.

The night was pitch-black. From time to time, a shot exploded in the darkness. They had orders to shoot anyone who could not sustain the pace. Their fingers on the triggers, they did not deprive themselves of the pleasure. If one of us stopped for a second, a quick shot eliminated the filthy dog.

I need help to find the theme for each poem and highlight all figurative language and explain them. I am very bad at doing this with poetry. The...

As the guidelines of this website allow for one question a day, I can help you with one of those poems; for the others, I suggest submitting them separately.

The main theme of "The Best is Yet to Be" is love, and how love is the most important thing in a marriage, and how it will sustain you no matter what happens.  It has an A/B rhyme pattern, which means that in each stanza of 4 lines, every other line rhymes.  As far as figurative language goes, it is a pretty straight-forward poem without too many techniques.  There is a metaphor, where you compare two things, and that is "but love is the real treasure."  The author is comparing love to a treasure there, which is a metaphor.  Personification, where you give inanimate ideas human-like traits also exists when she describes when "life hands you challenges".  Life does not have hands, so cannot hand you a challenge, so that is personification.  We see it again when she states that "love will hold you steady."  That personification indicates that love has arms to hold one up.

I hope that those thoughts help, at least with this poem; good luck!

How is Lizzy embarrassed by her family at the Netherfield ball?

The Netherfield ball (C.18), one of the most important incidents in the novel, takes place on Tuesday, 26th November. Lizzy and her whole family including her father and her sister Mary attend the ball. Elizabeth enters the drawing room of Bingley's house hoping to spend a pleasant evening with Wickham but to her disappointment she learns that he is not present.

This initial disappointment is compounded by her family members serially embarrassing her one after another by behaving in the most indecorous manner possible.

First, it was Mr.Collins who inspite of her admonishing him against it introduces himself to Darcy who treats him with contempt prompting Lizzy's vexation: "it vexed her to see him expose himself to such a man."

Afterwards when they sat down to dinner her mother caused her acute embarrassment and shame by constantly harping upon to Lady Lucas, the advantages of Jane marrying such a rich man like Bingley. Mr.Darcy sat opposite them and he was able to observe Mrs. Bennet's boorish behaviour and overhear all what she was saying and when Lizzy tries to caution her mother not to speak loudly for Mr. Darcy will be able to overhear all that she is saying, Mrs. Bennet loudly remarks, "What is Mr. Darcy to me, pray, that I should be afraid of him?" All Elizabeth could do was to "blush and blush again with shame and vexation."

After supper Mary who was not a competent singer took it upon herself to entertain the company with her songs. As Jane Austen observes, "Mary's powers were by no means fitted for such a display; her voice was weak, and manner affected. Elizabeth was in agonies." Finally her father had to ask Mary to stop.

Next, Mr. Collins exposed himself once again by making a long speech in which he boasted about his abilities and competency as a clergy man in a very vain manner forcing Jane Austen to observe:

"to Elizabeth it appeared, that had her family made an agrement to expose themselves as much as they could during the evening, it would have been impossible for them to play their parts with more spiriti, or finer success."

How is Gregor wounded? What symbolic significance might the incident or even the object that wounds him have?

"Now, as he lurched about in his efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion."

From this portion of the text, it is easier to tell how Gregor was injured.  His father was on one of his rampages and took it out on Gregor.  He started throwing food at his son, and an apple hit him squarely in the back.  I see this symbolizing the disdain the family had for Gregor.  The fact that it hit him in the back shows how they were unwilling to let him see that disdain clearly.

Does anyone know how to spell "paripetia" or "anagnorous"?

Both of these terms refer to elements of tradedy according to Aristotle.

Anagnorisis occurs first.  It is a character's realization of his or someone else's real identity or character.  For example, this occurs when Oedipus learns that he unwittingly murdered his father and married his mother.

Aristotle felt that paripeteia arises from anagnorisis. Paripeteia (peripety in English) is a reversal of circumstances, or a turning point. So, for example, as a result of the anagnorisis, Oedipus' mother commits suicide and Oedipus blinds himself and goes into exile.

In Tuck Everlasting, how have Winnie's feelings changed form chapters 12-18?

In the beginning of this section, Winnie's emotions are uncertain and doubtful.  She is upset over being kidnapped, and even though she somewhat likes the Tucks, she has difficulty reconciling their kidnapper status.  She thinks their mannerisms are amusing at first, but then longs for the comfort of her own home and customs.  When she goes on the pond with Tuck, she can't quite understand everything he wants to explain to her about their secret.  She feels torn in her loyalties and strained to figure it all out.  Later that night, when each Tuck visits her in turn, she begins to care for them.  She realizes that she loves them, and that she will keep their secret.  The more time she spends with the Tucks, though she still misses her home, she wishes she could stay with them.  By the time the man in the yellow suit arrives to arrest them, she has made up her mind that she will do what she can to keep their secret and protect them.  She loves them all deeply by that point.

When chickens are young/babies how do you tell male from female?

This explanation is from the Mississippi State University Extension Service.  The bottom line is that unless you are highly trained or have a particular genetic strain of chickens, you're out of luck until the birds reach 4 to 6 weeks of age.

Sexing of day-old chicks

Sexing day-old chicks can be accomplished by one of two methods: 1) vent sexing or 2) feather sexing. Each method has difficulties that make it unsuitable for use by the small flock owner. Vent sexing relys on the visual identification of sex based on appearance of sexual organs. Feather sexing is based on differences in feather characteristics at hatch time. A brief explanation of each method is as follows.

Vent sexing of chicks at hatching has complications that make it more difficult than sex determination of most other animals. The reason is that the sexual organs of birds are located within the body and are not easily distinguishable. The copulatory organ of chickens can be identified as male or female by shape, but there are over fifteen different different shapes to consider. Therefore, few people have experience with determining the sex of birds because of the difficult nature of the process. Most of these highly trained individuals are employed by large commercial hatcheries. The training to be a chick sexer is so difficult and lengthy that the average poultry owner finds it unjustifiable.

Feather sexing is based on feather characteristics that differ between male and female chicks. The method is very easy to learn by the poultryman, but the feather appearances are determined by specially selected genetic traits that must be present in the chick strain. Most strains (breeds) of chickens do not have these feather sexing characteristics and feathering of both sexes appear identical.

The most convenient method of sexing chickens by the small flock owner is to care for the birds until they begin showing the natural secondary characteristics of their sex. In males, the combs and wattles will become larger than those on females and the head will become more angular and masculine looking. The female will remain smaller than the male and is more refined or feminine looking. In some varieties the feathers of each sex will develop a characteristic color pattern that identifies it. These varieties of birds are similar to the feather-sex strains of chickens discussed above. Sexing based on secondary sex characteristics can usually be performed after chicks attain 4 to 6 weeks of age.

How is Ben Franklin shown to be a child of the Atomic Age?

I imagine that the connection exists in the understanding of what it means to be an child of the Atomic Age.  Franklin was certainly a child of the Enlightenment, and many in his time began to quantify the world into rational understanding.  Modern science began to hit its stride.  Franklin as one of the early scientists interested in the phenonmena of electricity exemplified these characteristics of his era.  He's the reason we denote the poles of a battery as positive and negative, describing 2 different kinds of dynamic electricity, and the reason lightning rods are installed on buildings.  As Enrico Fermi split the atom and began to discover the properties within the atomic nucleus, so Franklin explored the characteristics of the movement of electrons around those nucleii.  In his day, his greatest scientific accomplishment was most likely that he proved what was once the domain of the gods in heaven (lightning) was nothing more than intense packets of electricty moving through the skies.

In chapter 4 of Lord of the Flies, what literary term is used in the following quotation: "The sun gazed down like an angry eye"?

There are two literary devices found throughout this quote. Golding employs personification to describe the way that the sun beat down upon the island. Personification is when a non-human thing, object, or idea is given human attributes. The sun is given the human attribute of "gazing." The sun is an inanimate object that cannot look, see, or view anything. The aforementioned phrase also includes a simile. A simile is a comparison using the words "like" or "as." Golding compares the way the sun shines and radiates heat, to that of an "angry eye." Golding's use of both personification and similes builds imagery and establishes the mood and tone of the scene. The reader can imagine the scorching heat and overwhelming brightness that the sun radiates onto the island. By comparing the sun to an "angry eye," Golding conveys how the menacing rays are viewed negatively by the boys. The heat from the sun was so extreme that boys began to see mirages on the surface of the island and remained in the shade most of the day.

What was the public reaction about the Presidential Election in Chapter 11 of Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt?

The Presidential Election of 1864 was notable for the vehemence of public opinion on both sides.  Abraham Lincoln, who was running for reelection for the Republican Party, had, in the months before the election, issued

"a proclamation of amnesty, in which he promised pardon and full rights to any individual Confederate who would swear to protect the Constitution...(and) to abide by the government's pronouncements against slavery...he promised, too, that a Confederate state could return to the Union whenever ten per cent of its voters should reestablish a loyal Union government within that state". 

His detractors regarded his offer as "little better than treason", and, partly in response, the Democrats nominated General George B. McClellan as their candidate.  McClellan defined as his party's platform the declaration that

"the North was not to offer peace on any terms short of the reestablishment of the Union, that to accept anything else would be an insult and an affront to the thousands of soldiers who had died in battle".

Despite McClellan's unyielding stance, many in the nation believed that, since the Republicans had not been able to effect a cessation of hostilities, a change of leadership was in order.  The country was sick to death of war, and things did not look good for Lincoln.  Public rage at the human cost of the seemingly endless fighting was at a high, and a series of Northern defeats made victory seem, at times, almost unattainable.  Fortunately for the President, in the weeks before the citizens went to the polls, the tide of battle began to turn.  Decisive Union victories made it appear that "the prize was almost within its grasp...the goal for which its thousands of boys had died or suffered the agony of prison camps was almost won...it would have been folly to give up with victory so near...so men went to the polls that November and reelected Abraham Lincoln" (Chapter 11).

If Willy is the protagonist , who or what constitutes the antagonist force? Is the antagonist the same as if one considers Biff as the...

It would not be the same.

If Willy is the protagonist, the antagonist would be the force that wrecks him: The fake ideal of the American Dream and its assumption that hard work earns you the happiness that you deserve.

If Biff is considered the protagonist, his antagonist would have been his own father. He was the character who changed Biff's life and sent it spiraling down. It was his Dad's infidelity what made Biff change the image of greatness that he had of his father, and eventually what made his life lose meaning.

Why does John ultimately mount the scaffold in "The Crucible"?Act 4 scene 4 "He have his goodnees now God forbid I take him" (Elizabeth)

By the time that John Proctor is facing the hangman's noose, he has recovered his integrity and feels that he has cleansed his soul, in addition to protecting himself from being tempted to engage in an even more evil act than his adultery.  Proctor decides that the court, the judges, are trying to force him to surrender his name so that it can be used to justify their actions.  

Their actions included the execution of innocent people, at least 12 by the time Proctor is set to be hung.  The court pleads with Proctor to sign a written confession that Reverend Parris intends on posting on the church door.  This document, singed by John Proctor, who is a respected member of the community, will carry a great weight in convincing the people of Salem that a witchcraft epidemic really did exist and that the court, the judges, the legal authorities, actually got rid of it.

The court officials are afraid that there is going to be a revolt in the town because it has happened in another town.  

"During a similar situation in Andover, the town banded together and threw out the court, saying they wanted no part of witchcraft. While the hangings in Salem have gone smoothly so far, Parris fears that the hanging of Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor the next morning will change public sentiment. Unlike the others who have hung, these two are good people who hold great weight in Salem."

Proctor decides that he is better off dying than participating in the phony sham of helping to justify the Salem witch trials, he holds onto his dignity, his name and goes to his death feeling like a faithful Christian. 

In Ten Little Indians, does Macarthur want to leave the island? Why or why not?

Macarthur vascillates back and forth about whether he wants to leave the island or not.  He is at first is "interested" to see Indian Island, and to "enjoy a chat about old times" with the "one or two of (his) old cronies" whom he had been informed would be there too.  Although he does not quite remember "this fellow Owen", from whom the invitation has come, he is looking forward to visiting the island, which he has heard has been built by an American millionaire, and affords "every mortal luxury" (Chapter 1, Part 5). 

By the time the guests are settled in their rooms on the island, however, Macarthur is uneasy enough about the whole situation to want to leave the island.  He says to himself, "For two pins he'd make an excuse and get away...throw up the whole business" (Chapter 2, Part 11).

Later, after the really strange happenings on the island begin, Macarthur realizes suddenly that "he (doesn't) want to leave the island".  He has experienced a good deal of sorrow in his life; his wife had earlier left him for another man, a soldier under Macarthur's command whom Macarthur had subsequently sent to his death, and since then, Macarthur had lived a life of loneliness and fear that his deed would be exposed.  Macarthur finds that, despite the strange and sinister goings-on there, the isolation of the island affords him a kind of refuge from "all the troubles and worries".  With a sense of resignation and acceptance of impending doom, Macarthur decides that he no longer "want(s) much to get away from the island" (Chapter 3, Part 5).

Vera Claythorne had fallen in love with a man named Hugo in the past.  Hugo had told her he loved her, but had said that he could not ask her to marry him because he had no money.  His nephew Cyril, with whose care Vera was charged, stood in the way of Hugo being able to inherit a fortune.  Apparently, Hugo's professed love for Vera was false, however.  After Cyril's death by drowning, Hugo had disappeared, and Vera realized that she never knew whom he really was (Chapter 5, Part 6).

Why does Drummle almost come to blows with Startop at Jaggers' house in Great Expectations?

Bentley Drummle is a ponderous unpleasant character who is rude and sulky, seldom having anything good to say about anyone.  Startop is younger and generally more amiable than Drummle; both men, along with Pip, are students of Mr. Herbert Pocket.

One evening, Pip, Drummel, and Startop are invited to dinner at Mr. Jaggers' home.  During a conversation about the young men's rowing feats, Drummle becomes extremely agiatated, arrogantly asserting that "as to skill (in this area) he (is) more than (the others') master, and that as to strength he could scatter (them) like chaff".  Drummle is quickly "wound...up to a pitch little short of ferocity about this trifle, and he (falls) to baring and spanning his arm to show how muscular it (is)", with Pip and Startop feverishly and foolishly showing off their muscles as well.  Under the influence of a little "too much...drink", the boys' conversation then turns to the subject of money.  Drummle scornfully accuses the others of beign "too free with (theirs)", to which Pip counters by reminding him that he had borrowed money from Startop only a week or two earlier.  Drummle retorts bluntly that Startop would be paid back, and adds insolently that, Startop's generosity notwithstanding, he himself would never lower himself to lend even sixpence to anyone, and he dismisses them as "asses all".

At this point, Startop gently exhorts Drummle to be "a little more agreeable".  Drummle, resentful that Startop is such "a lively bright young fellow" in contrast to himself, responds "in a coarse lumpish way".  Startop then tactfully tries to change the subject, but Drummle, "without any threat or warning, pull(s) his hands out of his pockets, drop(s) his round shoulders, (swears), (takes) up a large glass, and would have flung it at his adversary's head, but for (their) entertainer's dexterously seizing it at the instant when it was raised for that purpose".  A fight having narrowly been avoided, Mr. Jaggers wisely announces that it is time to call their repast to an end (Chapter 26).

Where is there irony in "The Monkey's Paw"?

In the story "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs, the irony, or difference between what the Whites think will happen and what actually happens, is that the monkey's paw, an object of their desires to have wishes fulfilled, becomes a curse rather than a blessing.

This ironic outcome is foreshadowed in the words of Sergeant Major Morris, a guest of the Whites whose demeanor is nervous when he recounts his possession of the monkey's paw which was passed on to him.  For instance, he admits to the paw's giving of three wishes, but his face whitens and his teeth tap against the glass from which he drinks; then, he replies to the query as to what the third wish was, "I don't know what the first two were, but the third was for death.  That's how I got the paw."  Solemnly, he urges the Whites not to keep the paw, but to "let it burn." 

Of course, the greed of the Whites supercedes the fear of the magic of the paw.  They make a wish for a grand sum of money, a wish they receive; however, ironically, Mr. and Mrs. White lose their son Herbert in the fulfillment of the wish.  For, the two hundred pounds is the amount of payment due on the life insurance policy for Herbert, who is killed in an accident at work.  In another dramatic ironic twist, the lonely parents wish for their son back, but he returns a mangled, hideous creature; so, Mr. White must wish him dead to spare Herbert and his wife the agony of his living a tortured life.

What happens in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" is a short story about what happens when murder is committed and what happens in the mind of the murderer. It is a classic psychological story. The narrator is driven to his act of murder by an unstable mind and by the fact that man's cloudy blue eye constantly seemed to be staring at him. The narrator kills the old man, dismembers the corpse, then buries it beneath the floorboards in his house. The narrator suffers guilt, his conscience is toxic, and he cries out. When the police come to check out his house, they find nothing. Still, the narrator hears the rhythmic beating of the old man's heart until he can stand it no more. He admits the deed and screams for the floorboards to be torn up.

In Chapter 5 of Night, why did the camp evacuate, and what happened to those who stayed behind at the hospital?

In Chapter 5, the camp was to be evacuated because the Russians were approaching.  Those who stayed behind in the hospital "were quite simply liberated by the Russians two days after the evacuation".

Elie had actually been in the hospital recuperating from surgery on his foot when a rumor went around the camp that "the front had suddenly drawn nearer...the Red ARmy...was advancing on Buna, it was only a matter of hours now".  In the chaos that ensued, Elie ran outside to look for his father.  When he found him, the two of them weighed whether their chances of survival would be greater if they stayed at the hospital or if they ran with the others.  After some deliberation, Elie decides that they would be better off being evacuated with the rest of the prisoners.  It seemed unthinkable that the patients at the hospitals would be left unmolested to await their liberators; rumor had it that "all the invalids "would be summarily killed...and sent to the crematory in a final batch".

Elie learned later that had he and his father stayed behind at the hospital, they would have been liberated when the Russians came.  As it is, the two are forced on a grueling march to another camp at Gleiwitz, and then on to Buchenwald (Chapter 5).

Why does Odysseus not want his presence revealed even to his family and household?

Odysseus has to plan carefully so that he will be able to exact his revenge against the suitors who outnumber him enormously. If his identity were known, they would quickly kill him so that one of them could become king. Telemachus knows who the old beggar is, and Odysseus eventually reveals himself to Eumaeus and Philoetius because he needs some assistance. Athena, however, will be his greatest source of aid when he and his team slaughters the suitors. Secrecy is essential.

How could you use a wrench to explain why a x b = - (b x a) for any vectors a and b?

Let P be the point at which the nut is fixed on this plane of the paper which moves perpendicular to the plane of paper on rotation obeying right hand system.

PA be the wrench on the plane of paper .

Let AB be the line on the  plane of paper you apply a force F   on the wrench making an angle PAB =  x  , which is measured  in the sense of PAB (anti clock wise.)

Then the the moment of the force  T about the point P

= PA X F= ( Perpedicular distance from the point P to the line AB)*|F|= PA*|F| sin(anglePAB)  -> the bolt moves in a direction perpendicular to the plane of paper towards us. This similar to aXb =|a|*|b|sin (angle measured from a to b)

Now the bolt is made to rotate in BAP direction. The angle measured in this sense is  oppsite of ABP. Hence angle BAP =-x.

b X a  is similar to  keeping the same magnitude of the force, the same lenth of PA but the sense direction  of movement of the wrench is BAP . So the angle is BAP  as opposed to the ABP. This makes nut move away  in a direction perpendicular to the plane of paper.

Therefore bXa = |b||a| sin (angle measured from b to a)

Can you summarize and analyze "Miss Brill"?

"Miss Brill" is about an English spinster living in France, where she supports herself precariously teaching English. We are shown her regular Sunday outing to the park. It is clear from the tone of the description that Miss Brill tends to fantasize her surroundings, as a way of escaping from the dull reality of her solitary life in a "little dark room... like a cupboard" in a foreign country. On this particular Sunday, her fantasties mount higher and higher, until she begins to see the entire spectacle of the Sunday in the park as a gigantic stage play and herself as an important participant:

....Miss Brill discovered what it was that made it so exciting. They were all on the stage. They weren't only the audience, not only looking on, they were acting. Even she had a part and came every Sunday.

However, just as she has established this flattering framing narrative, it is shattered by the careless remarks of a young couple who do not know they are being overheard:

"...Because of that stupid old thing at the end there?" asked the boy. "Why does she come here at all -- who wants her? Why doesn't she keep her silly old mug at home?"

She hurries home, foregoing the rest of her Sunday rituals, and sits on her bed in her dark room, too stunned even to realize that the sound she hears is her own weeping.

The themes of the story seem to be the contingency of happiness and the consequences of careless actions and living in a fantasy world. Miss Brill is happy, but her happiness is based on a fantasy as delicate as a bubble. When the careless couple stupidly allow her to overhear their criticisms of her, she is shattered and driven into a distracted trance. She has been brought face to face with her own insignificance, what she has originally been trying to escape through fantasy, and she cannot handle it.

In Of Mice and Men, George says that if he were really smart he would be doing what?

In Chapter 1, George tells Lennie that if he were really smart he would leave Lennie and go his own way.  He could get a job and keep it while doing whatever he wants to do, even if it means "blowing all his money at the cathouse."  This scene between George and Lennie sets up George's love-hate attitude toward Lennie.  While he often becomes frustrated with Lennie, George also cares deeply for Lennie.  He knows that the companionship that Lennie and he share is worth more than transient jobs.  He reminds Lennie of this by telling him that they are different from the other migrant workers because "they have each other."

Moreover, even though George makes the seemingly cruel comment to Lennie, George knows that his dream would be worth nothing with Lennie.  In fact, at the end of the book, that is why Candy and he don't go ahead with the dream.  It's not truly George's dream.

So, yes, if George were solely logical and wanted only to prosper materialistically in life, he would leave Lennie behind. But doing the "smart" thing often does not satisfy one's human longings.

In "To Kill a Mockingbird," with whom do the children sit in the courtroom?

Significantly, the children sit in the balcony, reserved for the Negroe population of the town.  This action ties to the previous one of Calpurnia's having taken the children to her church one Sunday.  But, while some of the congregation resent Jem and Scout's attendance at their private church, they do not express any negative feelings towards the children who sit in their place in the Maycomb courtroom.

The significance of the children's being seated in this section is that they are separated from the prejudiced audience and are elevated and distanced from the people involved in the trial.  This perspective allows Scout to observe her father's actions and words with a maturing objectivity and analysis. (developing the theme of maturation in the novel as bildungsroman).  In Chapter 17, for instance, Scout observes, "Something had been made plain to Atticus also, and it brought him to his feet" when the Sherriff testifies.  Then, in Chapter 19 when Tom Robinson answers the questions of Atticus, Scout remarks,

Atticus sometimes said that one way to tell whether a witness was lying or telling the truth was to listen rather than watch:  I applied his test--Tom denied it three times in one breath, but quietly, with no hint of whining in his voice, and I found myself believing him in spite of his protesting too much.

Later, as Atticus leaves the courtroom, someone touches Scout, "Mis Jean Louise, stand up Your father's passin'."  Indeed, from their position in the balcony, Scout and Jem both learn much of those with whom they sit as well as of life.

What is business entrepreneurship?Where is it mostly used?

Entrepreneurship refers to qualities and actions of individuals that involve taking the risks of venturing in to new and unknown areas of work. It generally involves creating or setting up new enterprises that engage in kind of activities that are significantly different in some way from those of other enterprises around it.

Business entrepreneurship is simply entrepreneurship practiced in business. Business entrepreneurship is simply entrepreneurship practiced in business, and one who practices entrepreneurship in business is called an entrepreneur. Joseph Schumpeter defines entrepreneur as individuals who develop and implement new combinations of the means of production. He believed entrepreneurship to be fundamental to economic development. Similarly, Peter F. Drucker also considers innovation and entrepreneurship very important for promoting well being in a society. He suggests that managers must make innovation and entrepreneurship an ongoing activity in their own work and in that of their organization. This kind of entrepreneurship practiced within the sphere of existing organizations is some times referred as intrapreneurship.

Successful entrepreneurship is frequently associated with certain individual characteristics. Characteristics of the economic environment within which an entrepreneur operates also has major impact on development and success of entrepreneurship. The individual characteristics associated with successful entrepreneurs include innovative approach, will and energy to persist in face of difficulties, and the vision of desired achievements.

What is the general reaction of Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Paris after they discover Juliet dead in Act 4, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet?

The general reaction of Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Paris is the same:  to grieve loudly and wildly at the discovery of Juliet dead on her wedding day.  According to the Capulets, Juliet has repented of her disobedience, gone to Confession, agreed to marry Paris, and gotten ready the evening before.  When they discover Juliet dead on the morning of the wedding, they share similar sentiments.  First, Juliet's mother discovers Juliet:

Accursed, unhappy, wretched, hateful day! / . . . But one, poor one, one poor and loving child, / But one thing to rejoice and solace in, /And cruel Death hath catched it from my sight!  (4.5.49-54)

Then it is Paris' turn to lament:

Beguiled, divorced, wronged, spited, slain!  Most detestable Death, by thee beguiled, / By cruel cruel thee quite over thrown! / O love!  O life!  not life, but love in death!  (4.5.61-64)

And finally, Lord Capulet joins in:

O child!  O child!  my soul, and not my child! / Dead art thou, dead! alack, my child is dead, / And with  my child my joys are buried!  (4.5.68-70)

Apart from the fact that all of them personify death in the midst of their grief, all of them proclaim loudly and with such force that it's difficult to tell their responses apart.  I find this incredibly ironic, considering the last argument where the parents threaten to disown their daughter for her lack of desire to marry Paris.  Suddenly, now that death has been the reason behind the divorce, they lament their daughter.  Even Friar Laurence chides them for this action:

The most you sought was her promotion, / For 'twas your heaven she should be advanced; / And weep ye now, seeing she is advanced / Above the clouds, as high as heaven itself?  (4.5.77-80)

Although it is not customary to consider a young girl's desires at the time, it is the parents' obstinate behavior that leads her to this "death."  This leads me to wonder whether the parents are more upset that their plans are disrupted than that their daughter is dead.  The Friar's response, of course, attests to this.  Of course, Friar Laurence has the knowledge that Juliet will wake in the arms of her true love, Romeo.  Little does the Friar know how things will vastly go awry.

Why did Trevor and Blackie burn Old Misery's money instead of just keeping it?

Your question relates to the motivation of the boys for doing what they are doing. Repeatedly, the boys show that they aren't destroying Old Misery's house to steal or to do anything that they think is "illegal" from their point of view. Note what Trevor says to Blackie concerning the money:

"We aren't thieves," T. said. "Nobody's going to steal anything from this house. I kept these for you and me - a celebration." He knelt down on the floor and counted them out - there were seventy in all. "We'll burn them," he said, "one by one," and taking it in turns they held a note upward and lit the top corner, so that the flame burnt slowly toward their fingers.

A word that strongly defines the attitude and motivation of Trevor is nihilism. Trevor just doesn't care about the things the world finds valuable, and this is perhaps a further example of Trevor's philosophy of life. Also, we can infer from Trevor's family background that since his parents have gone down in the world, burning Old Misery's money rather than stealing it is another form of sending a message that he rejects the values of the world. This is why it is a special "celebration" that Trevor shares with Blackie alone.

What is the theme in "And of Clay Are We Created"?

This highly interesting story seems to have many themes, not just one. Clearly one of the key topics of the story concerns the relationship between Azucena and Rolf Carle, and the way in which this experience enables Rolf to face certain memories of his past and childhood. If you are interested, these are featured in Isabel Allende's novel, Eva Luna. The traumatic experience of watching Azucena slowly die breaks down the barriers within Rolf Carle:

That night, imperceptibly, the unyielding floodgates that had contained Rolf Carle's past for so many years began to open, and the torrent of all that had lain hidden in the deepest and most secret layers of memory poured out, leveling before it hte obstacles that had blocked his consciousness for so long.

The connection between them and the intimacy which they are forced into means that Rolf recognises how his past resembles Azucena's present:

He was Azucena; he was buried in the clayey mud; his terror was not the distant emotion of an almost forgotten childhood, it was a claw sunk in his throat.

As Rolf says to Azucena after this night of revelation, he is not crying for Azucena, but for himself, for he hurts all over.

The title seems to suggest that for individuals like Rolf, tragedies such as that of Azucena confront us with our own fragility - we are made of clay - a breakable, fragile substance, even though so often we try to live our lives as if we are unbreakable and stronger.

Why does the duchess want to sell the pearls?

The Duchess is an inveterate gambler who keeps her addiction to gambling and the huge financial losses she incurs because of her addiction to gambling a secret from her husband.

She is selling ten pearls secretly to Oliver for twenty thousand pounds to pay a debt which she had incurred to pay off her gambling losses.

Quotes on racism on the book The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.I need quotes on racism from The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd.

Here is a good quote that establishes how much racism is a part of Lily’s life.

“…It washed over me for the first time in my life how much importance the world had ascribed to skin pigment, how lately it seemed that skin pigment was the sun and everything else in the universe was the orbiting planets. Ever since school let out this summer, it had been nothing but skin pigment every livelong day. I was sick of it” (pg 154-55)

Lily has racism ingrained in her from her family and what society has taught her.

“T. Ray did not think colored women were smart. Since I want to tell the whole truth, which means the worst parts, I thought they could be smart, but not as smart as me, me being white. Lying on the cot in the honey house, though, all I could think was August is so intelligent, so cultured, and I was surprised by this. That’s what let me know I had some prejudice buried inside me” (pg 78).

Even though Lily is trying not to be, she has some racism inside her.

When Lily first meets Zach, she is shocked that he is attractive, because in her mind, black people were not supposed to be attractive. She says,

“If he was shocked over me being white, I was shocked over him being handsome. At my school they made fun of colored people’s lips and noses. I myself had laughed at these jokes, hoping to fit in. Now I wished I could pen a letter to my school to be read at opening assembly that would tell them how wrong we’d all been” (pg 116).

Eventually, Lily has experienced so much racism that she begins to ponder if the world would be better without defining races.

“They (the Daughters of Mary) didn’t even think of me being different. Up until then I’d thought that white people and colored people getting along was the big aim, but after that I decided everybody being colorless together was a better plan. I thought of that policeman, Eddie Hazelwurst, saying I lowered myself to be in this house of colored women, and for the very life of me I couldn’t understand how it got to be this way, how colored women had become the lowest ones on the totem pole. You only had to look at them to see how special they were, like hidden royalty among us” (pg 209).

Zach says it all when he says “We can’t think of changing our skin… Change the world – that’s how we gotta think” (pg 216)