How are the characters Slim and Curley lonely in the novel Of Mice and Men?detail reference with quotes if possible please...

Although Slim can be viewed as the hero of the story, he is still lonely because he is more of a doer than a dreamer.  He is a hard working ranch hand who does an excellent job. Loneliness is typical of men like Slim who chose this life as a means to make money because they travel alone and move around quite often whenever a job is complete.  A quote by George helps to understand the loneliness of ranch hands:

"Guys like us," George says, "that work on the ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong noplace."

On the otherhand, because Curley's family owns the ranch, one would think that he is not lonely.  This is far from the truth.  Curley is a lonely character because he is a coward.  He has no friends, and he is married to a woman that does not love him.  In fact, his loneliness is further realized because he cannot love his wife; he can only possess her.

What is the summary of "Casey at the Bat"?

I can summarize "Casey at the Bat" for you; for a summary of "The Highwayman," try submitting another question tomorrow, as the format of this website allows for one question a day.

"Casey at the Bat" is a classic and well-loved baseball poem.  It is about a baseball game, where one team is down.  In fact, in a town called Mudville, Thayer states, "The Outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day," setting up a scene where the Mudville team has 2 outs in the last inning, and they were 2 behind.  The crowed is discouraged; in fact, "A straggling few got up to go in deep despair" to leave because they had no hope for their team.  The fans pin all of their hopes on a player named Casey, who apparently has a good batting record and who they feel can save the game.  But, two players are up before him, who they don't have hope in.  To everyone's surprise, the two players before Casey get on base, on 2nd and 3rd, so there is hope of winning when Casey steps up.  But, Casey lets 2 strikes go by him because ""That ain't my style," said Casey.'"  He's waiting for a better pitch.  The crowd, infuriated, yells at the umpire, crying fraud, but Casey calms them down.  Then, for the last pitch:

"They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain, And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by again...

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty Casey has struck out."

So, the poem ends with Thayer have set up all of our expectations for Casey to blow the ball out of the park, but, in reality, he strikes out.  It's a great poem, that has a really cool ending that surprises the reader and makes for a good chuckle.  I hope that those thoughts help; if you haven't read the poem yourself, give it a go.  It's an easy read, and very entertaining.

Elaborate on any 3 different conflicts in the story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker.

The three conflicts which structure Alice Walker's moving short story "Everyday Use" are:

1. Fantasy and reality: The story begins with the mother dreaming and fantasizing about how she would like her relationship with Dee to be:"You've no doubt seen those TV shows where the child who has "made it" is confronted..........But that is a mistake. I know even before I wake up." The mother desires to have a sentimental relationship with Dee whom she expects to be overwhelmingly and eternally grateful towards her for all the sacrifices she had made to give her a prosperous life style. Hence the difference between the mother's dream and expectations and the reality of the situation where Dee has scant regard or respect for her mother's expectations.

2. Conservative and progressive attitude: Dee has changed her name into the African Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo, because her old name "Dee" reminded her of her white colonial masters. Outwardly her reason for changing her name might be politically correct but its certainly not culturally correct.  Her entire past is negated because of this name change. Dee's mother traces the family history of that name saying, "though, in fact, I probably could have carried it back beyond the Civil War through the branches."  Thus the conservative attitude of the mother clashes with the progressive attitude of Dee.

3. Education: Dee was the intelligent girl who graduated from high school in Augusta unlike Maggie who "knows that she is not bright" and only semi literate;  the mother of course confesses, "I never had an education myself." Thus education and a lack of education is also a source of conflict in the mother - daughter relationship and sister - sister relationship:

"Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eying her sister with a mixture of envy and awe."

What do Blore, Lombard, and Armstrong uncover as they search the island for this lunatic? **And then there were none**

Blore, Lombard, and Armstrong search the island from top to bottom in search of the murderer.  Unfortunately for them, they find absolutely nothing.  They disocver that they are completely alone on the island and the only possibility is that one of the remaining guests is the murderer.  This is an important part of the novel, because it's the moment when we realize that the situation is utterly hopeless.  There isn't anyone coming to help and the murderer is playing off of everyone's fear.  Some may consider this the climax or turning point of the novel since it is a scene of maximum intensity.

How is a vacuole different from a vesicle?

The difference would be due to its contents and its construction.  A vacuole is typical of plant cells and is fluid-filled with an aqueous solution of salts and sugars.  Vesicles occur in both animal and plant cells, and have different contents.  For example, lysosomes contain enzymes whereas phagosomes will contain contents from outside the cell or breakdown products of the cell.  Some vesicles have complex protein coats on the cellular side of the membrane and are known as "coated vesicles" (no surprise there then!).

Is the title "Hills Like White Elephants" symbolism or a metaphor?

Because this title contains the word "like," it is technically a simile. Any comparison using like or as qualifies as a simile. On a deeper level, however, the "white elephants" within the title are actually symbols.

They represent anything that is not wanted, be that a pregnancy, a child, or something else entirely. Inasmuch as the white elephants represent an abstract concept, they qualify as symbols: one concrete thing standing for something less tangible.

Who is the best orator in Inherit the Wind and what made their words so powerful? Can we analyze this person's speech for diction, figurative...

There are some distinct choices to this answer.  The most evident would be having to choose between Matthew Brady and Henry Drummond.  The reasons they are both so powerful of oration is that both speak from a fundamentally persuasive point of view.  Brady speaks from a spiritually driven perspective rooted in the traditional interpretation of Biblical ideology.  When analyzing his syntax and content, it is Scripture based, sometimes being able to identify specific book and verse.  Brady speaks for those who have no voice, in particular the individuals who are poor or of moderate means and believe in the power of Scripture and established religion.  His tone is reflective of this, in its authoritative and driven nature, one that shows a man who believes in the authenticity of his convictions and the passion of his beliefs.  Brady speaks for a view of the world that craves for order, unity, and symmetry and there are many a passage in the text which reflect this.

Henry Drummond speaks from the intellectual frame of reference.  Whereas Brady professes and demands that he is confident of "the answer," Drummond speaks of "the question."  His point of view is the ability to think and to reason.  Brady's source of beliefs is the Bible and the supposed word of God.  Henry Drummon's source of his belief system is the human mind and its ability to address problems and predicament through rational thought.  In his tone and diction, Drummond features a questioning, almost a quizzical approach to speak.  Rarely, does Drummond reach the fevered pitches of Brady.  Whereas the latter demonstrates "sound and fury" from start to finish, Drummond's oratorical approach is percolating, almost bubbling underneath the ground, building and swelling with logic and reason, until an intellectual groundswell gives way to a powerfully compelling display of "the ability to think, just like a sponge." This is demonstrated in the cross examination of Brady, where both styles of oration are evident and in full display.

If we were examining oration in other characters, one could examine the styles of Reverend Jeremiah Brown and Bert Cates.  The former is an orator in the fundamentalist religious approach and represents this in both style and demeanor, while the latter is reflective of the intellectual.  Their contrast would be set against one another because, unlike Brady and Drummond, there is little that one appreciates in the other.  Finally, a comparison of oration in terms of analyzing the conflict between modern and traditional conceptions of womanhood can be seen in the characters of Rachel Brown and Sarah Brady, characters whose words reflect their fundamentally changing beliefs of the demands women place on both themselves, their significant others, and their societies.