In Lord of the Flies, how does Ralph manage to survive once the hunt begins?

In the final chapter of the novel, Ralph is forced to run and hide from Jack and his savage group of hunters in order to survive. At first, Samneric give Ralph a piece of meat to help him before the hunt begins. Ralph starts off by hiding in a thicket close to Castle Rock because he thinks that the boys won't expect him to be hiding so close to their headquarters. Ralph crawls into the twisted vines and foliage next to Castle Rock, covering himself with ferns and leaves to wait for the search party to pass him. The next morning he sees several savages near his hiding spot attempting to find him. Ralph wiggles his way further into the ticket and finds a small space to hide in the spot where the boulder had smashed into the forest. Ralph hears Samneric tell Jack where he is hiding, but feels secure that they won't enter the thicket. All of a sudden Ralph hears crashing through the forest as the boys roll boulders down from Castle Rock's hill. The final boulder rolls straight towards Ralph's hiding spot, and he is flung into the air as the massive rock rolls past him.

Ralph then smells smoke. He begins to crawl through the forest beneath the smoke. Ralph spots a savage standing in between him and the rest of the forest. He launches himself at the savage and stabs him with his spear. Ralph then sprints a hundred yards down a pig-run before swerving off the path. Ralph debates on what to do next. He could climb a tree, break the line, or hide and the let the group pass him. Ralph decides to hide in a small crevice about a foot from the ground and lays flat, facing the opening with his spear. As the fire rapidly spreads through the forest, a savage approaches Ralph's hiding spot and crouches down to peer into the crevice. Ralph leaps out and stabs the boy. Then, he dodges the spears thrown by the other savages. He races through the burning forest and stumbles upon the sand where he encounters a naval officer. The boys stop chasing him and stand in silence looking at the naval officer who thinks they are playing a game. Ralph is lucky to be alive and narrowly escapes Jack's band of savages.

What is the contrast of Okonkwo's opinion of his son, Nwoye, with the opinion of his daughter, Ezinma?

Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart revolves around the actions and relationships of the protagonist Okonkwo. Okonkwo, an Igbo man, defines himself by a set of values that many modern American readers might find surprising in the emphasis that they place on a gendered lens. However, for Okonkwo, to evaluate people and make judgments based on a gendered expectations is not only normal, it is in fact encouraged. 

This gendered perspective has a significant influence on the relationships that Okonkwo has with his daughter Ezinma and his son Nwoye, respectively. 

Okonkwo constantly wishes that Ezinma had been born a boy because her major personality traits are all those of the ideal Igbo boy. As a result, Okonkwo is fond of Ezinma, who in the male-oriented Igbo society, exceeds expectations. 

On the other hand, his relationship Nwoye is quite strained because Nwoye fails all of the expectations Igbo men have for their sons. This is a huge issue because Igbo society revolves around male power, and so Nwoye's behavior is a constant disappointment for Okonkwo.

Which social groups tended to agree with the Federalist position and the Anti-federalist position?

The Federalist party started with the supporters of the U.S. Constitution and a strong federal government. In the 1790s, Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, became the party's leader. He advocated a national financial program that included a strong federal government. He also advocated the creation of a national bank (the Bank of the United States) and high tariffs, which are taxes on imported goods intended to promote domestic industry. Hamilton's followers, who became the Federalists, were also in favor of Great Britain over France in international affairs. Many Federalists were from urban areas and states along the coast, including New England, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, and they often were bankers and industrialists. They tended to come from higher socio-economic levels, and they were often Quaker, Congregationalist, or Anglican in religion. While most Federalists were from the north, some elite planters in coastal South Carolina also supported the party.

The Anti-Federalists coalesced around opposition to Hamilton, and their leader became Thomas Jefferson. Eventually, the Anti-Federalist party became the Democratic-Republicans. Their party believed in states' rights (and a weaker federal government), lower tariffs, and an agrarian system of economic development, rather than the industrial development favored by the Federalists. They were also opposed to the Bank of the United States and favored the French in international affairs. Many of their followers came from rural areas, including along the frontier and in the south and southwest. Many Democratic-Republicans were small farmers, artisans, or shopkeepers.  

How did the English attempt to recoup their losses from the French and Indian War?

The English doubled their debt as a result of the French and Indian War. They did not feel that the colonists were sharing the burden of management and protection of the colonies. England decided that it was time for the colonists to ante up. Laws were in place for decades that would have guaranteed that the colonists were paying their fair share of taxes. The problem was, that the colonists simply ignored them. They smuggled goods to the colonies to avoid taxation as an example.  The colonists even traded with France when England was involved in the war with them.  

The British were too preoccupied with war to worry about enforcement of their laws for the colonies. The British decided to start enforcing the laws in an effort to pay off some of their debt. Parliament created the Sugar Act and Stamp Act in an attempt to raise money. They decided that they would be more active in enforcing the laws and kept troops in the colonies. These attempts to recoup losses from the French and Indian War obviously caused the tensions that led to the Revolutionary War. 

How does Scout's view of Boo Radley change from the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird to the end?

When the novel begins, Scout is terrified of Boo Radley. She views him as a sort of legendary monster who lurks around in the night. She listens with fear to the many rumors about the man. She has never seen him, which adds to the suspense.

As time goes on, Scout's fear turns into curiosity. She wonders why Boo stays inside his house. He covers her with a blanket, mends Jem's pants, and leaves gifts in the knot-hole of the old tree. She eventually realizes that these are gestures of friendship. Scout begins to understand that Boo is a kind person and not a monster.

At the end of the novel, Scout meets Boo in the flesh. She sees him for who he really is. He is a quiet, timid man who saves her and Jem from Bob Ewell. For the first time, Scout calls Boo "Mr. Arthur." Scout walks Boo home at his request. She realizes she has never given him anything:

Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad (Chapter 31).

What does To Kill a Mockingbird have to do with Harper Lee's personal life?

Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a work of fiction, but draws heavily on her own childhood experiences. The character of Scout Finch is based on Lee herself, who used to watch her father testify in court from a balcony in the courthouse. The novel is set in a small Alabama town much like the one Lee grew up in. In fact, it has been suggested that Maycomb is a false name for Lee's hometown of Monroeville. The character Dill is based on Lee's childhood friend and fellow author, Truman Capote. Similarly, the Radleys are based on a reclusive family who lived in the town Lee grew up in.

Having grown up in the pre-Civil Rights era South, Lee was certainly no stranger to the kind of racial injustice Black Americans faced. One of the major plot arcs-- the case of Tom Robinson and Mayella Ewell-- is presumed to have been based on a similar case which occurred near Monroeville when Lee was a child. 

Though To Kill a Mockingbird is a work of fiction, Lee has stated that she believes authors should write about things they know to be true, which is why she drew so heavily from her own experiences and feelings.

What are three reasons The Canterbury Tales were and are important?

First, The Canterbury Tales are the most extensive example of Middle English literature in existence. At the time Chaucer wrote the tales, most literature in Britain was written in French. This was during the Norman period in English history, when Norman French was the language of government and most of the nobility. The Canterbury Tales are important because they give us an example of literature in Middle English. Further, they also give us an extensive and varied text that has allowed modern scholars to learn more about the English of that period, as well as how it changed over the next several decades following the writing of The Canterbury Tales.  

Second, that The Canterbury Tales were written in Middle English was important politically. Chaucer, who was capable of writing in French, chose to write in Middle English as his way of supporting a growing movement to make Middle English the language of government. This movement was driven primarily by the desire of the English, even those of Norman descent, to separate themselves from the French, with whom they were at war.

Third, The Canterbury Tales served as a social commentary on the nature of the nobility and the church in Norman England. At the time, the views Chaucer expressed through his characters and stories were controversial enough that he recanted them before he died. However, this does not diminish the value of their social commentary during Chaucer’s time. Further, his daring in writing about the issues of his society gives modern readers an un-romanticized look at Medieval English society.  

In "A Jury of Her Peers," what significance do you see in the womens' names?

The names of the women in "A Jury of Her Peers" give insight into how Susan Glaspell wants readers to view them. Martha Hale, the neighbor to the suspected murderer, seems to be a "hale and hearty" type of woman, straightforward and capable. "Martha" is a strong name, perhaps bringing to mind "Martha Washington," our country's first first lady. Mrs. Peters, on the other hand, tends toward weakness, as if she is about to "peter out." Unlike Martha, Mrs. Peters does not receive a first name, but is only called Mrs. Peters or "the sheriff's wife." Mr. Peters even says of her, "she's one of us," implying that she does not have her own identity as a woman. We can see it is harder for her to make a decision to protect Mrs. Wright than it is for Mrs. Hale.

Mrs. Wright's names are also revealing. First, she is "Wright," suggesting that the murder she probably committed was not as wrong as it might appear at first glance. Also, the issue of her "rights" is an important theme of the story. When she married Mr. Wright, she subjugated her own rights to his, and as a woman, she did not merit the same "rights" that men did at that time, namely, the right to a "jury of her peers." (Women did not serve on juries at that time, so a trial for Mrs. Wright would not have been completely just under that standard.) Her first name was "Minnie," again indicating that she was a lesser creature, a "mini" person, not entitled to full human rights. Her maiden name was Foster. When she was single, she sang in the choir and had a voice of her own, so evidently her parents had "fostered" her individuality to some degree. But when she married, that became a thing of the past. When she tried to regain her individuality by "fostering" the canary, Mr. Wright again usurped his authority over her--breaking the canary's neck and silencing it as he had squelched Minnie's individuality. 

We can see that the names of Martha Hale, Mrs. Peters, and Minnie Foster Wright all give us meaningful insights into these characters.

Why are the novel and the movie named The Silence of the Lambs?

The novel, The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris, and the film adaptation tell the story of Clarice Starling and her investigation of a series of murders. Throughout the story, Clarice visits with the famous serial killer Hannibal Lecter- who is the main character in several other of Harris' works. Clarice recognizes Lecter's intelligence and despite his criminal status, hopes that his work as a forensic psychiatrist can be of some help in her current, perplexing case.

Both the book and film earn their title from some events in Clarice's childhood. After her father's death, she went to live on her uncle's farm and was traumatized by the sounds of the slaughter of lambs. During the duration of the story, Lecter references this part of her childhood with a double meaning. In a letter, he asks her if the lambs have stopped screaming yet. This question may be interpreted two ways. First, Lecter may be asking whether Starling feels she has recovered  from her childhood traumas. An alternate interpretation may be that Lecter is asking whether Starling has any real power in her job as an FBI agent, as she was able to rescue a potential victim from "slaughter" by a serial killer.

What does Romeo mean by the line "I am not a pilot" in Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo is comparing himself to the pilot of a ship.

Juliet asks Romeo how he found her, and he explains that he found her by love.  He explains that even though he is not a pilot, he would find her even on a vast sea.

By love, who first did prompt me to inquire;
He lent me counsel and I lent him eyes.
I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far
As that vast shore wash'd with the farthest sea,
I would adventure for such merchandise. (Act 2, Scene 2)

Romeo’s metaphor is intended to show Juliet how far he will go to be with her.  She comments that he is risking his life just to be there, because her family will murder him if they find him.  He doesn’t care.  All he cares about is being with her.  Even if she were adrift on the ocean, he would risk anything to find her.  That is how much he loves her.

Juliet is not impressed.  She wants him to convince her that he loves her, not with pretty words but with simple proclamations.  She basically tells him, “If you love me, say so.”

O gentle Romeo,
If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully:
Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won,
I'll frown and be perverse an say thee nay,
So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. (Act 2, Scene 2)

Romeo and Juliet are at a crossroads.  She has decided that his name is not a part of him, and therefore she can love him even if he is a Montague.  He has decided that he will give up his name if he needs to.  He will do anything to be with her.

Juliet agrees to marry Romeo, but will not make love to him until they get married.  The two have to marry in secret, because their families would not take kindly to their relationship. Of course, the secret marriage causes no end to problems, and they both would have been better off going separate ways.

`a = 12.32, b = 8.46, c = 15.05` Use Heron's Area Formula to find the area of the triangle.

When the three sides of the triangle are known,  its area can be solved using the Heron's formula.

`A =sqrt(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))`

where a, b and c are the length of the three sides and s  is  half of the triangle's perimeter.

The value of s will be:

`s= (a+b+c)/2= (12.32+8.46+15.05)/2=35.83/2=17.915`

Plugging the values of s, a, b and c to the Heron's formula yields:

`A=sqrt(17.915(17.915-12.32)(17.915-8.46)(17.915-15.05))`

`A=52.11`

Therefore, the area of the triangle is 52.11 square units.

Why does Bob Ewell say he didn't run after Tom Robinson after he caught him raping his daughter?

When questioned, Bob Ewell claimed that he didn't run after Tom Robinson because he was too distracted by Mayella's screaming to do so.

Accordingly, Bob Ewell testified that he saw Tom raping his daughter, Mayella, when he came home. When questioned by Mr. Gilmer, the prosecuting attorney, Bob Ewell stated that he had to drop his load of kindling when he heard his daughter's screams. Supposedly, Bob went to check on Mayella but accidentally ran into the fence in the process. After he disentangled himself, Bob Ewell mentioned that he looked in at the window. That's when he apparently saw Tom Robinson raping his daughter.

However, Bob Ewell also testified that he ran round the house in order to get in. Interestingly, he didn't bother to try to stop Tom when he saw Tom run out the front door. Later on, Bob Ewell's story starts to fall apart when Atticus reveals that Bob is left-handed. As Mayella's injuries were sustained on the right side of her face, Atticus was trying to show the court that Bob Ewell could have beaten up his own daughter and blamed it on Tom Robinson. The fact that Tom's left arm is disabled (due to an injury) further solidifies Atticus' skillful portrayal of Bob Ewell as an unreliable witness.

What could be a reader's first impression of Freak the Mighty?

Well, keep in mind that this is an opinion question so your "first impressions" might be different from my "first impressions" of Freak the Mighty.  That being said, I am happy to share my own ideas. My first impression is one of sadness for both of the boys.

Kevin is immediately presented as being incredibly intelligent, but made fun of because of his birth defect (which has resulted in him needing braces on his legs). In fact, Kevin has earned the nickname of “Freak,” even as a very young child due to his deformity.  I am saddened by the cruelty of the other children towards Kevin.

Max is immediately presented as being very strong, but lacking in self-confidence. We know this because he uses mild violence to get his way and to cover up what he thinks is lower intelligence. In fact, Max has earned the nickname of “Kicker,” even as a very young child.  I am further saddened by the thoughtlessness of the other children towards Max.

It is only after the two join together and become the unified character of "Freak the Mighty" that my sadness switches to happiness at seeing the blossoming friendship between the two boys. It is this friendship that boosts both of their self-confidence levels and allows them to achieve many of their goals.

In "Araby," what does the Araby bazaar symbolize or represent to the narrator?

In James Joyce's short story "Araby," the unnamed adolescent narrator sees the Araby bazaar being held in Dublin as a chance to undertake a quest (or a crusade?) in order to woo his friend Mangan's sister. The name of this bazaar is indicative of this quest into foreign lands. To the narrator, he sees his trip to Araby the equivalent of questing to the Holy Land to fight for Christianity. In his imaginings about traveling to the bazaar, the narrator says, "I imagined that I bore my chalice safely through a throng of foes."

In order to understand how this is a quest, I'll briefly explain how Thomas C. Foster explains quests in his book How to Read Literature Like a Professor. In his book, Foster explains a quest must have five things:

1. A quester


2. A place to go


3. A stated reason to go on this quest


4. Challenges and trials


5. The real reason to go.

"Araby" has each of these present. The unnamed narrator is the quester, he wants to go to the Araby bazaar, he wants to go so he can bring Mangan's sister something back, he faces trials (his drunk uncle and the flirty girl at the bazaar), and he realizes his immature attitude regarding love, romance and women. 

What does the author foreshadow will happen to Carlé in the beginning of the story "And of Clay Are We Created"?

This is a fairly straightforward question, alluding to the final line of the first paragraph of the story:

“And every time we saw her on the screen, right behind her was Rolf Carlé, who had gone there on assignment, never suspecting that he would find a fragment of his past, lost thirty years before.”

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which an author hints at events that will occur later on in a narrative – here, Allende gives the reader a hint at Carlé’s transformation over the course of the story.  This particular line makes us aware that Rolf’s time spent with Azucena will awaken memories of his own life at her age.  In addition, his struggle to keep her happy during the last days of her life, and his obstinate denial that they are indeed the last days of her life, will forever change him – it will draw him closer to an understanding of himself, of how and why he became the man he is.

Near the end of the story the narrator confirms this suggestion as she watches the story unfold on the news:

“On the evening news broadcast, he was still in the same position; and I, glued to the screen like a fortuneteller to her crystal ball, could tell that something fundamental had changed in him. I knew somehow that during the night his defenses had crumbled and he had given in to grief; finally he was vulnerable. The girl had touched a part of him that he himself had no access to, a part he had never shared with me. Rolf had wanted to console her, but it was Azucena who had given him consolation.”

As he told Azucena stories of his own life and fairy tales from his homeland, the memory of old traumas and broken relationships flooded back to him in an overwhelming tide.  Things that he had forcibly forgotten were remembered, and he realized that his own occupation as a reporter was merely a way to distance himself from the intense drama of living, to hide behind a camera lens and view the world once-removed.  These realizations and recollections brought on by his desperate relationship with Azucena forced the transformation foreshadowed in the first paragraph, and establish him as a dynamic character; the persona he has created to shield himself from the past becomes a secondary casualty amid the fallout of the catastrophic earthquake that serves as the setting for the story.

What is one quote that illustrates the process of Jem growing up in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Since much of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on growing up and the loss of innocence, quotes depicting this process abound. Here is one that opens Part 2 of the novel and shows how much Jem is growing up and how it affects his relationship with his sister:

Overnight, it seemed, Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on me: several times he went so far as to tell me what to do. After one altercation when Jem hollered, "It's time you started bein' a girl and acting right!" I burst into tears and fled to Calpurnia. (117)

This quote shows us the rift growing between the two siblings as Jem grows up. As Jem grows older, he begins to adopt the traditional, patriarchal gender roles that govern Maycomb. Rather than seeing his sister as an equal as he once did, he's beginning to see it as his manly duty to control her. Jem seems to grow out of this phase as the novel progresses and begin to regard Scout as an equal once again, but this quote represents an interesting point in his growth in which he's trying to navigate the confusing gender roles that govern the adult world. 

In To Kill a Mockingbird, how and when does Jem Finch show that he is understanding?

Jem is a sensitive and understanding young man. Although he is only twelve years old when the novel ends, he is intelligent and precocious. Jem and Scout do not always get along, but he is always complex and is a good big brother. 

Jem is a good brother most of the time, and a good friend. He is compassionate toward Dill, the fatherless boy who comes to Maycomb every summer. Dill is younger than Jem, but Jem still enjoys his company. An example of Jem being understanding is when Dill is self-conscious about his father when Scout asks about him. 

I asked Dill where his father was: “You ain’t said anything about him.”

“I haven’t got one.”

“Is he dead?”

“No. . . ”

“Then if he’s not dead you’ve got one, haven’t you?”

Dill blushed and Jem told me to hush, a sure sign that Dill had been studied and found acceptable (Chapter 1).

Dill doesn’t talk about his father because he is long gone. It is a sore spot with Dill. He longs for a regular family. It is something he thinks he will have when his mother remarries, only to find his new stepfather ignores him. 

Another example of Jem’s maturity and compassion is his reaction to Boo Radley. At first, he finds the legend of their reclusive neighbor as a way to pass time. The more interactions the children have with Boo, though, the more Jem realizes Boo is a sensitive and caring individual. When Boo places a blanket on Scout’s shoulders during Miss Maudie’s fire, Jem tries to make sure Atticus does not tell Nathan Radley because he doesn’t want Boo to get in trouble. Jem says,

Mr. Nathan put cement in that tree, Atticus, an‘ he did it to stop us findin’ things—he’s crazy, I reckon, like they say, but Atticus, I swear to God he ain’t ever harmed us, he ain’t ever hurt us, he coulda cut my throat from ear to ear that night but he tried to mend my pants instead. . . he ain’t ever hurt us, Atticus— (Chapter 8)

Since Nathan Radley put cement in the tree hollow where Boo was leaving them presents, Jem is pretty sure Nathan will not understand Boo’s relationship with the kids. He knows Nathan Radley would not approve of the blanket. In telling Atticus to keep the blanket a secret, Jem is showing empathy for Boo.

Jem is particularly affected by the Tom Robinson trial. He sees the case based on facts, not skin color and social conventions. He is therefore horrified when there is a guilty verdict.

It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. “It ain’t right,” he muttered, all the way to the corner of the square where we found Atticus waiting (Chapter 22).

Jem was convinced that his father built his case. He thinks his father proved Tom Robinson could not have physically committed the crime. There was no rape. Mayella's father beat her because he found her with a black man. Jem is horrified and saddened by the injustice. It shows he is naive, but also that he is compassionate. He understands how the world should work.

Why does a monopolist prefer specific tax to an ad valorem tax (all other things being equal)?

When the government levies a specific tax, it imposes a certain amount of tax on each unit of a good or service that is sold. By contrast, an ad valorem tax is a tax in which the government takes a certain percentage of the sale price of each unit that is sold. For example, imagine that a monopolist sells cable TV subscriptions.  If the government levies a specific tax, it might require the monopolist to pay $2 for every subscription sold.  By contrast, if the government imposes an ad valorem tax it might take 5% of the cost of each subscription. This means that, if the monopolist sold a subscription for $50 per month, it would have to pay $2.50 of that in tax.

A monopolist will like the specific tax better. The monopolist only has to pay that flat rate for each unit sold.  This means that, when the monopolist raises the price of the good or service, they do not have to share that new revenue with the government.  In our example, if the monopolist raises the price of the subscription from $50 to $55, they still pay the government only $2 and they are able to keep the further $5 per subscription.  If there is an ad valorem tax and the monopolist raises prices by this same amount, the government will take $.25 of the $5 increase. Therefore, a monopolist will prefer a specific tax where they can keep all of the marginal revenue gained when they raise prices.

Why is the courthouse separated the way it is in To Kill A Mockingbird? What does the structure of the courthouse suggest?

Scout describes the courthouse in chapter 16 as the county heads towards it on the morning of the Tom Robinson trial. She explains a little bit of the building's history by mentioning that the original courthouse burned down in 1856. The concrete pillars were all that remained, so they built a new one around them. She goes on to say that it looks Victorian from the north side, but "Greek revival columns clashed with a big nineteenth-century clock tower housing a rusty unreliable instrument" (162).

The description then shifts inwards as one would take in order to reach the courtroom which is on the second floor. She catalogs all of the tax collectors and county clerks offices one must pass before entering the main floor of the courtroom. Then Scout describes the courtroom's structure as follows:

"There we went up a covered staircase and waited at the door. . . The Colored balcony ran along three walls of the courtroom like a second-story veranda, and from it we could see everything.

"The Jury sat to the left, under long windows. . . Just inside the railing that divided the spectators from the court, the witnesses sat on cowhide-bottomed chairs. Their backs were to us" (164).

The picture that Scout paints for the inside structure of the courtroom is objective in nature, but it points out that African Americans must sit in the balcony and White people sit on the main floor. Clearly, the set up shows discrimination, prejudice, and segregation. It also shows how African Americans treated white people. For example, three people in the balcony gave up their seats for Jem, Scout, and Dill. The African Americans even waited to enter the courtroom until after all of the White people entered the main floor. This gives the reader a glimpse into the South's status quo; that is to say, what they were all expected to do to keep the peace and exist together, they did. On the day of the trial, everyone acted according to the expectations of their society, which was segregation.

In Act 3, scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet becomes enraged when Juliet says she will not marry Paris. In what way are his words and...

The similarity in Lord Capulet's words and actions to those of Romeo and Juliet lies primarily in the fact that what both parties say and do is born out of passion and is impetuous. In both instances, neither Romeo and Juliet nor Lord Capulet has spent much thought on what they do or say. The two lovers have fallen for each other, hook, lie and sinker and declare their commitment to each other.

They also quickly decide to be married, without considering the consequences of their actions. They are so overwhelmed by their shared passion that the world seems to exist solely for them. Nothing else matters. The topmost thought in their minds is to be with one another and the sooner they can achieve this, the better. Although they acknowledge the fact that they come from feuding families, they prefer to ignore this fact and plan to rush headlong into making a permanent commitment. They do not exercise due diligence and are engulfed by their zeal. Their actions and words are therefore idealistic and irrational.   

Similarly, it is Lord Capulet's passion, driven by his rage at Juliet's refusal to appreciate the favour that he assumes he has done for her that drives him. His words and actions are irrational. He allows his anger to rule his thoughts and because he is fueled by this, he forgets what he is saying and makes a number of rash and provocative statements. He is brutally harsh in his reaction and denounces Juliet.

So passionate is Lord Capulet that he seems oblivious to the fact that Juliet is his only child and that she deserves some consideration. He, however, refuses to rationalize and verbally lashes out at her and even threatens to punish her physically. He is overwhelmed by his anger, just as much as Romeo and Juliet were overpowered by their infatuation, which they believed was love.

The result of Lord Capulet's outburst is that he threatens to disinherit Juliet and deny her entry into his house. He is intent on throwing her out and does not care how she survives. He feels that she is ungrateful and, therefore, does not deserve his continued support and generosity. He demands that she should leave and fend for herself since he is not prepared to take care of her. He states that it is not in his nature to jest and that he is serious. He states that he will never acknowledge her and that he will not be denied his wish that she marry the county Paris.

But, as you will not wed, I'll pardon you:
Graze where you will you shall not house with me:
Look to't, think on't, I do not use to jest.
Thursday is near; lay hand on heart, advise:
An you be mine, I'll give you to my friend;
And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in
the streets,
For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee,
Nor what is mine shall never do thee good:
Trust to't, bethink you; I'll not be forsworn.

It is clear that Romeo and Juliet as well as Lord Capulet, are befuddled in their thinking because they are driven by a frenzy created and fired by their passion. All rational thought is abandoned since the issues at hand do not require reason, they are wholly emotional. It is, tragically, these heightened emotional states that eventually result in the unfortunate outcomes for our two doomed protagonists later.

What are some things that Romeo did in the play Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo is the son of Lord Montague, who has been engaged in a long-running family feud with Lord Capulet. Romeo, in disguise, sneaks into a ball given by Lord Capulet. He sees Juliet, the beautiful young daughter of Lord Capulet, and immediately falls in love with her on first sight. Romeo then goes to the Capulet house and stands in the garden beneath Juliet's window and has a long talk with her in which they pledge their love to one another. 

Romeo goes to Friar Laurence and arranges to be wed secretly to Juliet. Romeo is challenged to a duel by Tybalt, Juliet's cousin. He initially refuses to fight him, but when Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo's friend, Romeo then fights with and kills Tybalt. 

On hearing that Juliet is dead (which is actually not the case), Romeo buys poison in order to commit suicide. He goes to Juliet's tomb where he meets and kills Paris. He then drinks the poison and dies. 

Does how many mitochondria are in the cell depend on where the cell is located in the body?

The amount of mitochondria in a cell changes depending on the type and function of the cell. One of the main functions of mitochondria is the creation of the energy source for cell activity, ATP. Cells that require vast amounts of energy, such as those in muscle fibers, have large quantities of mitochondria for this reason. Red blood cells have no mitochondria. Also, mitochondria have other functions such as the storage and regulation of calcium, steroid synthesis and also a roll in hormone based signaling and controls. The brain and heart have receptors for the hormones that are part of the system that the mitochondria are active in, so it makes sense that they also have an increased amount of mitochondria. 

Mitochondria serve a variety of functions in the body. The cells that have the most need of these functions, whether it be energy production or a different type of regulation, have a larger quantity of mitochondria. 

In the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, what does the the junk dealer's shop look like?

The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come shows Scrooge a junk shop in a dirty, tucked away part of London.  This area is known for crime and other unsavory activity.  The shop is "below a pent-house roof, where iron, old rags, bottles, [and] bones" are sold.  Piles of junk and scraps fill the dirty shop.  Men and women enter the shop, bringing in sacks full of junk to sell.  The reader soon learns that three people have brought sacks full of the possessions of a wealthy dead man.  We then find out that this man was selfish in life and therefore was alone and forgotten in death.  No one cared for this man on his death bed, so he died alone.  The two women and one man have come to the shop to sell the rich man's valuable possessions.  One woman says that she took a high quality shirt off the dead man's body to sell at the junk shop.  The small group happily speaks of how they will profit from the man's death.

If the federal reserve changes the reserve ratio in the economy from 10% to 5% explain the effect this will have on the broader economy (GDP) in...

The quantity theory of money says quite simply that the amount of money in the economy is the amount of money spent in the economy. (When you put it that way, it sounds kind of obvious.)

M is the supply of money.
V is the velocity at which money is spent; if the average dollar circulates three times a year, V = 3/year.

P is the price level, an abstract aggregate of all prices in the economy.
Q is the quantity of goods sold, the real GDP.

MV = PQ

The money multiplier is a simple way of expressing the way that fractional-reserve banking constrains the money supply. It says that the total money supply is equal to the monetary base divided by the reserve requirement.

M1 = M0/R

This comes from the fact that as banks lend, they can lend up to 1 - R of what they have. The first bank has M0, and lends M0*(1-R), which ends up in the second bank, which lends out M0*(1-R)^2, and so on. As you add up this geometric sum, it converges to M0/R. This is actually an upper bound on the money supply---if banks don't lend out everything they can, the real money supply can be less than this.

Thus, if the Fed drops the reserve requirement from 10% to 5%, the reserve requirement has been cut in half, which means that the money supply can potentially double.

Going back to the quantity theory of money:

MV = PQ

We just made M bigger (potentially twice as big, in fact). If people's spending habits don't change, V will remain the same. If prices take awhile to adjust, in the short run P will not change much either. That means that the increase in M must cause an increase in Q in direct proportion.

In this example, if we assume that V and P really do remain fixed and banks immediately lend everything, we can double GDP overnight. The reason this doesn't happen in real life is that banks don't lend everything out immediately, and very large changes in money supply like that are transferred over to changes in V and P, particularly once Q approaches its maximum potential.

What is a personality trait that both Okeke and Nnaemeka share?

Nnaemeka and his father are both determined individuals throughout the short story. Nnaemeka understands the significance of his decision to choose his own wife by purposely rejecting the Ibo tradition. He also understands the consequences attached to marrying Nene. Nnaemeka knows that his father will be upset. Despite the fact that Nnaemeka risks losing his relationship with his father, he is determined to marry the love his life regardless of Okeke's reaction. Upon learning that Nnaemeka has already chosen a wife, Okeke shuns him by refusing to have a relationship with his son. Although he loves Nnaemeka, Okeke takes an uncompromising stance towards his son's decision to marry Nene. Okeke does not have anything to do with his son for eight years. His determination to reject Nnaemeka does not waiver until he reads Nene's letter describing his grandsons. Both Okeke and Nnaemeka are determined individuals who accept the consequences of their actions.

Who are camera man and smilin man in Toni Cade Bambara's "Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird"?

"Camera man" and "smilin man" are the names the narrator gives the two strange men trespassing on the Cains' property in Toni Cade Bambara's short story "Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird."

As the story unfolds, the narrator is playing outside her Granny's house on a winter's day, soon before Christmas. She is playing on the tire swing with her third cousin Cathy, and their twin next-door neighbors, Tyrone and Terry. While the narrator is waiting for her turn on the swing, Granny comes out to the porch and orders the narrator to "tell that man we ain't a bunch of trees." It's then that the narrator and the rest of the children notice a man with a camera walking through the meadow, heading towards the Cains' house. Camera man approaches Granny, explains his desires to film her house, and compliments her possessions, directing the camera around the yard to take in "the pecan barrels, the sled, me and Cathy, the flowers, the printed stones along the driveway, the trees, the twins, the toolshed." When Granny gives camera man a hard time, a second man approaches, who the narrator calls smilin man.

The narrator calls him smilin man because he is "smilin up a storm" as he explains they are filming for the county for the sake of the food stamp campaign. He continues to smile as he notices Granny's vegetable garden and asserts that, if other people in Granny's social class grew their own vegetables, "there'd be no need" for food stamps.

In short, camera man and smilin man are there to film Granny's state of poverty and how she handles it in order to convince the county not to spend money on food stamps. They are there to make a mockery of Granny's poverty and the poverty in her social class.

What do vacuoles look like?

A vacuole is an example of a eukaryotic organelle. Vacuoles act as storage tanks within cells. Vacuoles may store water, nutrients, or wastes. Therefore, vacuoles may be described as looking like “bubbles”.

In order to fully understand the explanation provided above, one needs a clear understanding of the terms “eukaryotic” and “organelle”. Therefore, these terms are defined below.

- Eukaryotic cells are cells that contain a nucleus and organelles.

- Organelles are membrane-bound compartments within eukaryotic cells that have specialized purposes to aid in the survival of the cell.

Plant and animal cells are both eukaryotic. The vacuoles within plant cells tend to be larger than the vacuoles of animal cells. This is because the water that is stored in a vacuole of a plant cell causes the vacuole to expand and push against the cell wall of the plant cell. The resulting pressure is what helps to support and hold a plant upright. As the water inside the vacuoles a plant’s cells lessens, the plant may begin to wilt.

What kind of questions or concerns did Delaware have about the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

Under the Articles of Confederation, all states were represented equally in the legislature, under a "one state, one vote" concept. Thus, smaller states had just as much effect on legislation as larger states with more population. The founders sought to fix this issue during the Constitutional Convention in 1787, by allocating each state representatives in Congress proportionally, according to population. This meant that larger states would have more representatives, and thus, more influence over legislation.

Obviously, the smaller states did not care for this proposal, and fought it during the Constitutional Convention. Delaware vehemently objected to the elimination of the "one state, one vote" principle. They believed that proportional representation in Congress would give the larger states too much power, and they also feared the influence of the rapidly growing Southern states. The delegates from Delaware were given very strong instructions in this regard,

"They foresaw the annexation of small, ineffective states as the populations of the large states continued to grow and their influence waned. Some, like the Delaware delegation, were instructed to leave the Convention if equal suffrage in the legislature was compromised." (www.usconstitution.net)

Motivated by the fear of the growth of the Southern states voiced by Delaware and other smaller states, the Connecticut Plan proposed counting slaves as 3/5ths of a person for purposes of representation in Congress. 

Can Nuclear Power be used by a school?

The most common application of nuclear power, for civilian purposes, is electricity generation. There are a number of countries, around the world, who have operational nuclear power plants (based on nuclear fission process) that generate and supply electricity. Thus, the easiest way for a school to use nuclear power is by using the electricity generated by a nuclear power plant. 

However, a nuclear power plant can not be built exclusively for a school. This is because of the size of nuclear power facility, security risks involved, etc. There are few university campuses in United States (Oregon State University at Corvallis, Oregon is one such example) that maintain an operational nuclear reactor for research purposes. However, miniaturization for exclusive application of a small community or school or a small installation is not yet feasible.

Hope this helps. 

In Act III, how did the messenger (who delivered the packet of letters) know he could find Bluntschli at Petkoff's house?

We are left to make our own inferences, and it may seem puzzling to the modern reader. Nowadays we are used to fast travel, cell phones, and electronic communication. How did people manage without them? But if Shaw's audiences considered this question, I don't think they'd have had much trouble with it. They'd have assumed that Bluntschli left instructions with his military contacts about where to find him.

In the stage directions, Shaw has emphasized the relative backwardness of his setting. There are no mentions of telephones, or even of a train; under conditions like these, a professional officer like Bluntschli would be accustomed to having a rider deliver important messages to him. It would have been essential for efficient communication, and if Bluntschli is still in the army (which seems to be the case), he may even have been required to tell his superiors where he could be reached.

Petkoff's village is small and Petkoff a prominent citizen, so Bluntschli wouldn't have had to leave a detailed address of his whereabouts. He might simply have left word that he'd be in that particular village, and the messenger would have been able to locate him there by asking around. For instance, the messenger might have asked at the local inn, if one existed, and been directed to Petkoff's house.

Do we have reason to think the village is far enough away to make all this necessary? The contemporary British audience probably didn't have an idea how far the village (near Dragoman Pass) was from Bluntschli's last known location (in "Peerot," or what is now called Piro, Serbia). But I don't think they would have been surprised if it represented a distance that implied many hours of travel. And actually it did. Google maps calculates the distance between the two places as about 46 km or 28 miles -- a sizable journey back then if it meant rugged terrain and limited or no train access. This, then, is consistent with the possibility that Bluntschli had anticipated spending the night in or near the village.

In short, I don't think Shaw saw the arrival of the messenger at Petkoff's house as a mystery or a loose end in his plot. He was operating with the background assumptions of how communication typically worked for a man of Bluntschli's status and situation.

Describe Romeo's personality.

Early in the play, Romeo is lovelorn and devastated by the news that Rosaline, a young woman for whom he has openly declared his love, has decided to remain chaste, and will not return his affections. He is completely lovesick, wandering alone and refusing to interact with anyone. This changes when he attends the Capulet family masque, where he immediately falls in love with Juliet. The fact that he switches his total infatuation from Rosaline to Juliet so quickly suggests that Romeo is impetuous; indeed, the Friar accuses him of exactly this. Emotional and sometimes irrational, Romeo wears his heart on his sleeve. His love for Juliet is sincere, and much of his apparent impetuosity, especially late in the play when he believes Juliet is dead, comes from his love. Romeo could also be said to be immature, childish, and self-absorbed early in the play, but after meeting Juliet (even if his reaction to his banishment is not exactly dignified), all of his actions must be viewed in light of his love for her.

When do Max and Kevin meet Loretta Lee in Freak the Mighty?

Max and Kevin meet Loretta Lee in Chapter 11, titled “The Damsel of Distress,” in Freak the Mighty.

In the previous chapters, while on one of their quests, Max and Kevin spot what Max refers to as “junk” and Freak refers to as “fabulous wealth” (60). They eventually fish this item up with a kite string and it through to find that it is a purse. While there is no money inside of the purse, they do find an identification card with Loretta Lee’s name on it. Freak says, “I’ll bet you anything she’s a damsel in distress” (62).

After finding the purse, Max and Kevin debate a bit whether or not to go and return it to her, and eventually they do. When they knock on her door, all they hear is cursing, and both Max and Freak feel very uncomfortable. On page 65, Loretta Lee opens the door and says, “Iggy, come here and tell me is the circus in town or what?”

She is obviously referring to both Max’s and Freak’s physical appearances. To say the least, Max and Freak end up regretting this quest.

What is a thesis statement for an essay about the book "One Good Turn"?

Writing a thesis statement is a valuable skill that you will use over and over for the duration of your academic career. While I can't tell you the thesis statement for an essay I haven't read, I can tell you how to come up with a thesis statement, and then you can write a thesis statement for an essay about the book "One Good Turn" and any other essay that comes your way.

A thesis statement includes the statement you intend to prove in your essay (which is actually called the 'thesis'). It then usually includes the main points you will be exploring to prove your thesis.

So before you can write a thesis statement, you have to figure out what your thesis, or main idea, is. To do this, you should begin by asking a question. Since your essay is about the book "One Good Turn," you need to begin by jotting down all the questions you had while reading the book. For example, you might ask yourself, "What is the meaning of the wordplay in the title?" After you've jotted down a few questions, you must select one to answer in your essay.

Then you need to try to figure out the answer to your question. You should be able to find the answer as you read the book, but you might need to do further research to find the answer. Since my example is for a literary essay, there is probably a complex answer with several strands, and you will have to find it by inferencing, or reading between the lines. For the above question, you might decide the answer is, "The wordplay in One Good Turn refers to tools that need to be turned." If you decide to write a research essay, you will have to come up with a question that CANNOT be answered by reading the book, and requires further research. You might ask, "Who invented the auger?" You will need to look beyond the pages of Rybcynski's book to find more information about the origin of the auger.

As you read, research, and inference, write down all the ways you can find to answer your question. These are going to be your main points in your essay. For example, you might notice that the book is based on an essay about screwdrivers, finds the origin of the word "screwdriver," and has several illustrations of early screwdrivers. These are your main points that you will use to explain the wordplay in the title, "One Good Turn." For each main point, you're going to need to write a full paragraph to explain how it supports your thesis, with reference to the book.

So your thesis, for the example above, would read something like: "In the book, One Good Turn, the wordplay in the title refers to the turn of a screwdriver and the turns in the historical development of the screwdriver, which is evidenced by Rybczynski's earlier essay on screwdrivers also entitled "One Good Turn," his explanation of the origins of the word screwdriver, and many illustrations of early screwdrivers."

If you need to write a research essay, your main points will have to come from your research.

I hope this helps! Good luck with your thesis statement, and your essay!

What are the settings in Walk Two Moons?

There are three distinct settings in Walk Two Moons. The first setting is the route of the road trip Sal goes on with her grandparents from Euclid, Ohio to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She tells them the story of her experiences as they go to Idaho so Sal (as she tells herself) can reach her mother before her birthday and bring her home. At each stop, Sal’s adventures with her beloved grandparents give insight into Sal’s family. The other settings are within the story that Sal tells. Bybanks, Kentucky is where Sal lived with her mother and father before her mother left. Sal considers this place her real home. It is a rural setting, with many trees and open spaces. This is where Sal is at peace. At the time of the novel, however, Sal and her father have moved to the small town of Euclid, where her father finds a job so he can be near Margaret Cadaver. In Euclid, Sal goes to school and makes friends, but Euclid is not where she wants to be. These three settings work together to reveal the different aspects of Sal’s life, as well as the pieces she must put together after her mother left.

The play Macbeth has been praised for its symmetry. In what ways is the play's structure symmetrical?

One way in which the play is symmetrical is that it begins and ends with a war brought on by a rebellion. In the opening act, Macbeth defends Duncan, the king of Scotland, against the rebel Macdonwald, killing the traitor. This act elevates him to the position of Thane of Cawdor. The play ends with another battle, again involving Macbeth. This time Macbeth is king, and he faces a rebellion led by Malcolm (Duncan's son,) and Macduff. Macduff now plays the role of loyal thane, killing Macbeth and restoring the legitimate monarch to the throne. Another interesting symmetry in the play is the way that Lady Macbeth assumes, in a way, Macbeth's guilt. At first it is Macbeth who is consumed by guilt at the murder of Duncan. His visions are manifestations of his guilt. By the end of the play it is Lady Macbeth who is tormented by visions, and by the time she takes her own life, he is a remorseless monster, just as she was at the beginning of the play. These symmetries are reasons that Macbeth is such a compelling play.

In some country the average annual growth rate of GDP was 5% in each of the first 42 years, and in each of the next 35 years was 6%. By how much...

Hello!

If a constant annual growth rate `p%` of GDP is known, the rule of 70 gives an approximation of how many years `n` it will take to double GDP. Specifically,

`n approx 70/p.`

As you understand, actually `(1+p/100)^n=2,` take `ln` of both sides and obtain `n ln(1+p/100)=ln2,` or  `n=(ln2)/ln(1+p/100).`  For small `p`'s it is approximately `(ln2)/((p/100))=(100 ln2)/p approx 70/p.`

In our problem, `p_1=5%,` so GDP will double after about `70/5=14` years. It will double `42/14=3` times, i.e. will be multiplied by `2*2*2=8.`

After that, `p_2=6%` and GDP will double after about `70/6=35/3` years. Thus GDP will double `35/((35/3))=3` times and will be also multiplied by `8.`

The combined growth will be `8*8` = 64 times (using the 70 rule). Actually it will be `(1+5/100)^42*(1+6/100)^35 approx` 60 times.

And putting this in terms of percents we get growth by 64 times equals:

`(64-1)*100% =`   6300%.

Or growth by 60 times is 5900%

Who does Maniac begin running with every morning?

Mars Bar became Maniac Magee's running partner.  One evening, "Maniac thought he heard footsteps other than his own" while he was out running. He looked all around, but he did not see anyone else. This happened again, and then again. Maniac began to sense that someone else was running near by. Finally, one morning Maniac turned a corner and collided with another runner. He was surprised to find that it was Mars Bar Thompson!

Maniac and Mars Bar had gotten in an argument not long before. After their running collision, they both ran off in different directions.  For awhile, the two boys had random mergings while on their separate daily runs. Eventually, they began running together for a block or two. One day, they started running together the whole time. They followed each other's lead on their runs:

If Mars Bar cranked up the pace just a notch, Maniac would pick it up within a stride; if Maniac inched ahead, Mars Bar was there.  If one veered to the left or right, the other followed like a shadow.  One day one was the leader, the next day the other.

The two boys continued their morning runs each day. They never spoke to each other while they ran. They never even looked at each other intentionally. They just ran.

What are some historical events in "The Sign of the Beaver"?

"The Sign of the Beaver" takes place in 1769 in Maine. It is during this time in Colonial America that conflict between the British and colonists begins to escalate. The French and Indian War had ended five years prior. The British needed to raise money to keep troops in America. At the time of this story, various tax acts were imposed on the colonists to raise the money to keep the troops in America, which further escalated the conflict between the two groups. 

In addition to a time of conflict between the British and colonists, and more central to the novel's storyline, there is the ongoing conflict between Native Americans and the white settlers who continue to expand their territory. As the white move into Native American lands, they take land from the Native Americans using unfair treaties the Native Americans cannot read. In the novel, one reason Saknis wants Matt to teach Attean to read is so that Attean can read the white treaties and avoid Native Americans being cheated.

Discuss the positive and negative aspects of conformity.

There are positive and negative aspects of conformity. Conformity is when a person or group follows behaviors associated with standards that are considered normal or acceptable. An advantage of conformity is it easier to know what to expect from people in certain situations. If people follow a pattern of behavior that is usual and customary, it is easier to predict what will happen in a given situation. Strategies can be developed to deal with situations if people have a good idea knowing how a person or a group will respond in a given circumstance. This usually helps to maintain law and order or develop strategies to restore it if needed. People also know how they should act if most people follow an acceptable pattern of behavior or decision-making. It becomes easier to know what is acceptable and what isn’t acceptable.

A disadvantage of conformity is that people may feel they can’t be themselves. They might hesitate to dress differently than what is usually accepted. They might hesitate to share an opinion that the majority doesn’t share. New ideas may get stifled if conformity is the norm. It also may be easier to bully somebody for being different if most people think and act only in a certain way.

Conformity has its advantages and its disadvantages. It is up to us to determine how much conformity is to be expected and how much individuality is to be tolerated.

If the current is 0.26 A and the potential difference (voltage) is 6.0 V, then what is the resistance?

You can solve this problem using Ohm's Law, which states that the electrical current through a conductor is proportional to the voltage drop across the conductor and inversely proportional to the resistance of the conductor. Mathematically, Ohm's law is V=IR, where V = potential difference or voltage drop, I is current and R is resistance. 

Rearranging the equation, we get:

R = V/I

R = 6 V/0.26 A = 23 ohms 

The ohm is the S.I unit of electrical resistance. One ohm is defined as the resistance between two points in a circuit when a potential difference of one volt across the resistance produces a current of one amp. An ohm is one volt/amp.

Resistance is the amount by which the electrical current through a device is reduced. A common analogy is that of water running through a pipe. If the pipe narrows the flow of water decreases, just as the flow of electricity in a circuit decreases when resisitance increases. Some factors that influence resistance in a conductor are its thickness, length and type of material.

In the story A Christmas Carol, why are Caroline and her husband relieved to hear about Scrooge's death?

As Scrooge tours various scenes with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, he sees varied negative reactions to his own death.  Former servants of his sell his belongings at a pawn shop and businessmen discuss his great riches.  Caroline and her husband, however, have a much more personal response to Scrooge's death.  They are deeply relieved to hear that Ebenezer has died.  

Scrooge was a money-lender, and a merciless one at that.  Caroline and her husband had not only borrowed money from Scrooge, but were struggling to make payments.  With his death, their debts will either be forgiven or will, at least, be transferred to another money lender.  Not only might the new money lender be more forgiving, but the time needed for the transfer might give the duo enough time to pay off the debt.  Thus, they feel intense relief at the news of Scrooge's death.

List three phonemes that both English and Chinese have (exact matches) and three phonemes that Chinese has that English doesn't have, or that...

Before answering your question, I would like you to note that a language can have many dialects, and the phonology, or the sound system of a language, can change from one dialect to another. For instance, different dialects of English spoken in different parts of America and England often make use of different variants of the rhotic consonants or the class of r-sounds (the letter r as represented in the roman script). Also, sometimes this difference in phonology is so striking that, over time, it makes different dialects of the same language mutually unintelligible, although this is rare.  Since you are looking for “exact” phonemic matches and differences, I feel this distinction becomes important here. Nevertheless, for this answer, we can consider Mandarin Chinese and the standard British English dialect.

The following are some of the phonemes that are present in English, but not in Mandarin Chinese:

Voiced bilabial plosive /b/

Voiced alveolar plosive /d/

Voiced Velar plosive /ɡ/

Voiceless Dental Fricative /θ/

The following phonemes in Mandarin Chinese are not present in English:

Voiceless post-alveolar affricate (彳 chì) /ʈʂʰ/

Voiced post-alveolar affricate (之 zhī ) /ʈʂ/

Voiceless velar fricative (厂 hàn) /x/

The bilabial nasal /m/, voiceless labio-dental fricative (匚 fāng) /f/ and lateral approximant (力 lì) /l/ are present in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

Note that the symbols in round brackets are the "bopomofo" symbols. Their IPA equivalents are written within slanting lines, which is the conventional notation system of writing phonemic symbols in IPA.

What happens when the Baptist minister called on Miss Emily?

If only we knew! Faulkner writes this piece of the story enigmatically, so we can guess that the conversation between the Baptist minister and Miss Emily would make so very juicy gossip for the townspeople of Jefferson. All we know is that the minister

 "would never divulge what happened during that interview, but he refused to go back again. The next Sunday they again drove about the streets, and the following day the minister's wife wrote to Miss Emily's relations in Alabama."

Recall that the women of the town persuaded the minister to visit Miss Emily after she had done several things to rebel against the antebellum spinster role the townspeople had fit her into: she was cavorting with a man, a Northern day laborer beneath her station at that! They also assumed that she had had sex with him: "She carried her head high enough--even when we believed that she was fallen." The Baptist minister is then sent to visit her, presumably to convince her to get herself married or stop riding around in a carriage with Homer Barron. 

How Miss Emily took such a request is impossible to say for certain, but not hard to imagine, having seen her reaction to the alderman who came for her taxes. Certainly she would have been haughty and rude. Likely she would have been offended at the presumption of the minister (not even of her denomination – remember, "her people" are Episcopal) and not afraid to voice her outrage at his visit and the subject. For a man who was not inclined to broach the subject at all with her, it wouldn't take much to scare off the minister and have him outsource the problem to her Alabama relations.   

What crime has the Arab committed?

In "The Guest," the Arab has murdered his cousin. Though the details of this crime are sketchy, Balducci states that the Arab killed his cousin as a result of a "family squabble" in which one man owed some grain to the other. In the ensuing conflict, the Arab killed the man with a billhook, a tool that has a sickle-shaped blade.

While the story contains no formal admission of his guilt, the Arab does not deny the murder to Daru nor does he provide much information about his motivation. When asked why he did it, for instance, the Arab simply states:

"He ran away. I ran after him."

After hiding for one month, the Arab was arrested and this is how he came to be in the custody of Balducci and, later, of Daru.

What are the pueblo traditions in "The Man to Send Rain Clouds"?

In Silko’s “The Man to Send Rain Clouds,” the majority of the funerary rites performed for the deceased, Teofilio, appear to be traditional in the pueblo. However, it is also possible that some of the rites are a mixture of traditional practices and European-American practices. Further, at the end of the story we see an aspect of a Catholic rite being modified to fit the Puebloan worldview.

In preparing the old man for burial, his family ties a feather in his hair and paints his face. They also dress him in new clothes and in his new moccasins that he had made for the ceremonial dances. Finally, they wrap him in a red blanket. The reader is not provided an account of the funeral itself, but the narrator mentions that candles and medicine bags were involved. Also, the reader is told that Louise, one of Teofilio’s family members, had sprinkled cornmeal around him, some of which remained on the blanket in which he was wrapped.

The reader can likely safely conclude that the feather, the face painting, the cornmeal, and the use of medicine bags during the funeral are traditional rites. The inclusion of the new moccasins that were made for the ceremonial dances and the wrapping of the body may be traditional as well. However, the dressing of the old man in new clothes may be traditional or it may be an adoption of the similar practice from the surrounding European-American culture. The use of candles in the funeral may also be an adoption from European-American practices, perhaps even from the Catholic Church.

The aspect of the burial that the reader can safely conclude is not traditional to the pueblo is the sprinkling of holy water on the body before burial. This part of the Catholic rite is requested by the family so that Teofilio would have water and might be more likely to send rain clouds. The priest knows that the family is requesting the holy water for reasons other than its function in the Catholic rite, but he agrees to their request. In this way, the family is incorporating an aspect of an outside practice into their worldview, with the hope the water will help the old man bring them rain clouds.

Give two examples of how George and Lydia raise their children poorly.

George and Lydia do not discipline their children very well. After being frightened by the lions, Lydia asks George to lock up the nursery for a few days until she settles down. George protests, saying that the last time he locked it up for a few hours, Peter and Wendy through fits. He only reluctantly locks it up when he is suspicious that the children are lying about conjuring Africa. This seems similar to contemporary children and cell phones, video games, and/or iPads. George and Lydia let the children play in the nursery too much. George wonders if their strategy of parenting is wrong. He says, "We've given the children everything they ever wanted." This is the definition of spoiling children. How can they respect their parents if they get anything they want and a tantrum overrides any attempts at discipline? Then George admits this is what's happened: 

Who was it said, 'Children are carpets, they should be stepped on occasionally'? We've never lifted a hand. They're insufferable—let's admit it. They come and go when they like; they treat us as if we were offspring. They're spoiled and we're spoiled. 

Both the children and the parents are spoiled by technology. The psychologist agrees that the children have been spoiled and that the nursery should be torn down. The psychologist adds that George and Lydia have let the nursery become the children's parents. The only real enjoyment and affection they get is from the nursery. This is why the children are so scared of being locked out of the nursery. They're not just addicted to the passive entertainment of the nursery's technology. They are also addicted to the sense of belonging that they get from it. The psychologists explains: 

You've let this room and this house replace you and your wife in your children's affections. This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents. And now you come along and want to shut it off. No wonder there's hatred here. You can feel it coming out of the sky. 

Animal Farm by George Orwell is known as an allegory for the Soviet Union, each animal representing a person or group of people. Who does the cat...

Much discussion has been had over the cat's role in Animal Farm by George Orwell. Some think she represented the wealthy, educated class because, like them, the cat did not work other than, perhaps, catching mice, for which she received benefits--milk and a home. The cat does not seem to have any real interest in Animalism and disappears whenever there is real work to be done. She is above manual labor.

Another possibility is that the cat represents the problems inherent in Communism. She is somewhat of a shady character, who tries to convince the birds to come closer, using Animalism as a reason she "cannot" harm them, though the reader gets the feeling that given the opportunity, she'll devour the birds in a heartbeat. She has not bought into the idea of Animalism, like so many people who did not buy into Communism. In order for it to work, everyone had to participate. The cat used Animalism to further her own life, but she never cared about any of the others.

Explain how energy in ATP molecules is transferred there from its original source.

Cells require an energy source to perform work including transport, mechanical work and chemical reactions necessary for life to continue. Sugars like glucose can be used by cells during respiration as a fuel which can provide energy for cellular processes. Glucose contains potential energy stored in its chemical bonds. Once respiration occurs, the energy in glucose becomes available to perform cellular work and the waste products carbon dioxide and water are formed.

Respiration is a catabolic pathway because the more complex molecule glucose is broken down to simpler compounds. Catabolic pathways release energy.

The Principle of Conservation of Energy explains that energy can be transferred and transformed from one form to another but cannot be created or destroyed. The chemical energy in glucose originated as light energy that was captured by the chlorophyll of green plants in order to produce the glucose (chemical energy). Some heat was also released. As the glucose is consumed and cellular respiration takes place, ATP is formed.

ATP contains the sugar ribose, the base adenine and three phosphate groups.  ATP is an immediate source of energy for cellular work. It has a high amount of energy which is stored in the phosphate tail. Once the last phosphate group is removed from the ATP molecule by hydrolysis, it will form ADP plus inorganic phosphate. ADP is a lower energy molecule. The release of energy during hydrolysis of ATP can be harnessed by the cell to do work. 

Living things continuously use ATP but it is renewable and can be recycled. As other catabolic reactions occur in a living cell, the release of energy can be used to regenerate more ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. 

To summarize, the energy in the ATP molecule comes from energy that is released by catabolic reactions like cellular respiration which occurs in the mitochondria. The energy was originally in the glucose molecule. This energy can be used to join ADP plus inorganic phosphate to form the high energy ATP molecule.

Can you please give me information about three germ layers and a list of organs formed by them?

In the development of a fetus, the original fertilized egg cell divides; each of those cells divide until the embryo reaches a stage where it is a hollow ball of cells--the blastula. An indentation forms in one end; pushing your thumbs into a balloon helps visualize this process, called gastrulation. At this point the cells of the embryo begin to differentiate (specialize).

If we keep the balloon analogy, the cells that are still on the outside are what is called the exoderm. It becomes the skin, parts of the nervous system including the brain, the cornea of the eye, and mammary glands.

The indentation around your thumbs, which eventually extends to create a tube all the way through, is referred to as the endoderm. It becomes the lining of the digestive tract, and organs including the stomach, liver, pancreas, and intestines as well as parts of the respiratory system such as the lungs. It also forms part of the urinary system and the thyroid gland.

The layer in between the exoderm and endoderm is the mesoderm. It becomes the circulatory system (including the heart), the muscles, the bones, the lymphatic system, and parts of the reproductive system.

The information I've given you applies to mammals, including humans (as well as other types of animals). See the second link below for information about other types of development.

Why do Atticus' eyes fill with tears when he sees the food offerings from the African American community?

The African American community experienced something miraculous when they witnessed Atticus defend a black man to the best of his ability.  That was why they all stood up for him in the courtroom when he passed under the balcony where they were sitting.  They knew that no other lawyer would have defended a black man like Atticus did.  He prepared a logical defense that should have set Tom free, and in a just court system, Tom would have been found innocent.  Unfortunately, the jury condemned Tom to prison simply because he was a black man.  This was something the black community would have been used to; the justice system of the South often convicted black men without a fair trial. 

Atticus cried because he was not only touched by the respect they showed him, but because he also knew that it was probably a hardship for them to bring him food.  The rural black community was very poor in Maycomb, and their offering of food to Atticus showed their thankfulness and their respect for the one white man who defended Tom with integrity and honesty. 

In the U.S. individuals are exposed to the stereotypes of what constitutes masculinity and femininity at a very young age. There are differences...

The social construction of gender is a sociological concept by which one's understanding of how one should act is based on cultural ideas rather than pure biology. In other words, as one ages, one is exposed to cultural ideas of the way in which a boy/man or girl/woman should act, and society stresses that these actions or definitions are part of one's gender, while these ideas about gender have nothing to do with biological reality.

As the art critic John Berger wrote in Ways of Seeing, one's gender influences the way one is taught to look at the world. In Western society, men are taught to grow up looking at women, while women are made conscious of being looked at. Berger writes, "men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at" (page 47). In other words, society teaches women to monitor how they look to others, specifically men, while men are taught to regard women as objects. 

This social construction of gender, meaning the way in which society teaches us to behave and think based on our biological sex, starts early. Girls' rooms are decorated in pink and purple, thought to be feminine colors, and their traditional toys celebrate or focus on nurturing children (dolls and stuffed animals) or making food (tea sets, kitchens, etc.). Boys are encouraged to wear traditionally masculine colors such as blue or green and engage in active pursuits (sports, games) and even to be violent through the use of toy guns or other activities. Girls are taught to be conscious of their looks at a young age, following Berger's idea that they are objects to be regarded by men. There are beauty and fashion products on the market that target even young girls, while boys are not generally taught to focus on all aspects of their look so intently. A perusal of the toys and products available to children at any toy store or website reinforces these traditional ideas about gender. 

Why do people like themselves too much?

There is no consensus on the issue of narcissism--an inflated sense of self-importance and lack of empathy for the plight of others--among the American public. It can also be difficult to reconcile the perception of an increase in narcissism among American youth with the nation's suicide and substance abuse rates, the former being a certain indicator of dissatisfaction with one's lot in life. If the data presented by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, which states that over 42,000 Americans commit suicide every year, is accurate, and it probably is, then concerns about inflated senses of self-importance could either be misplaced, or reveal a serious emotional gulf among Americans between those who tend towards narcissism and those who choose death over the status quo.

Potential conflicts between data sets aside, one could easily conclude that people think too highly of themselves, especially the nation's youth, and that the cause of that inflated sense of self-importance is the growing rejection among many Americans, especially on the left-side of the political spectrum, of competition as a means of selecting "winners" and "losers." In other words, the "nobody loses, everybody wins" mentality that tends to dominate athletic and social competitions these days has succeeded in convincing children and teenagers that they are successful just for showing up. Such an approach may boost self-esteem, but carried to extremes, as tends to happen with such phenomena, the ramifications for mental maturation can be profound. Americans today are more socially withdrawn into their own little worlds, with unlimited forms of electronic entertainment available. While social networking would seem to obviate that suggestion, the downside of social networking, such as the pervasive online bullying that occurs among teenagers, may very well be offsetting any attributes associated with online social interactions.

As noted, there is no consensus as to whether Americans think too highly of themselves and, if so, what might be the cause of such a development. Coddling of children and teenagers and the elimination of any sense of social Darwinism might be part of the problem. As Psychology Professor Jean Twenge was quoted as stating:

“There’s a common perception that self-esteem is key to success, but it turns out it isn’t," she [Professor Twenge] said. Nonetheless, “young people are just completely convinced that in order to succeed they have to believe in themselves or go all the way to being narcissistic.” [See: "Seeing Narcissists Everywhere," New York Times, August 5, 2013]

If Professor Twenge is correct, and this "educator" believes that she is, then the answer to the student's question is the culture in which children are being raised today.

What are the similarities and differences between the water cycle and the nitrogen cycle?

Similarities: Both the water cycle (or hydrological cycle) and nitrogen cycle are global biogeochemical cycles. That is, both the cycles represent nutrient (which is essential for living organisms) movement at global scale and this movement takes place through the biological components (living beings, such as plants, animals, etc.) and geological components (soil, rocks, etc.) of our environment.

Differences: In water cycle, water changes its state as it cycles through various components of our environment. It converts from liquid water to solid ice through freezing and converts back through melting. Water also converts from liquid water to water vapor (gas phase) through the process of evaporation and converts back through precipitation. No bacterial action is involved. 

In comparison, the nitrogen cycle represents the conversion of nitrogen into its various chemical forms, such as ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, etc. Many of these conversions take place with the help of bacteria (nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria). 

Hope this helps. 

Examine Shylock's rhetoric. Pay attention to the quality of his language-his use of metaphor & repetition, for instance. How do his speeches...

Shylock does have a distinctive speaking style. When Bassanio asks to borrow three thousand ducats, Shylock repeats, “Three thousand ducats; well.” He continues to copy Bassanio’s words, adding “well” to the end of each sentence: “For three months; well.” Shylock does not answer Bassanio right away, suggesting that he is contemplating this business deal before making a decision. This indicates that Shylock is a calculated individual.

Shylock also uses much repetitive and colorful language, referring to pirates as “land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves,” again indicating that he thinks as he speaks and spins a web of language for listeners to figure out. He draws from the Bible to justify his actions, such as why usury should be allowed. Shylock explains in detail why Jacob actually profited from interest by breeding his sheep and thus increasing his fold. His measured, systematic speeches not only make Shylock a gripping storyteller, they make his arguments difficult to dispute.

Shylock’s most famous monologue defends his existence as a Jewish man. He asks a series of questions leading up to an answer: “Hath not a Jew eyes?” he asks, listing the similarities between Christians and Jews until he gets to his point, “If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge.” His rationalization for his revenge is that Jews and Christians are alike in both good and bad ways, so of course they both seek vengeance when they are wronged.

It is important to note that many of Shylock’s qualities arise from antisemitic stereotypes. He represents the crafty, clever Jew, sinister but well-versed in religious texts. His language, which differs from other characters’ more straightforward syntax, suggests that he is an outsider, an “alien,” as Portia observes. Interestingly, Shylock’s use of rhetoric makes him perhaps the most compelling character in the play, and it makes his speech about Jews so powerful.

How does the traveler describe the road he finally choses in The Road Not Taken?

The traveler describes the road he takes as the one "less traveled by." He also describes it as "grassy" and says that it "wanted wear," meaning that it is not worn out by people using it. The fact that it is "grassy" also means it is not well traveled, because if it were--if many feet and horses' hooves had trod on it--the grass would be stamped down and killed. 

He says that the road he takes, like the road he doesn't, was covered with "leaves no step had trodden black." Like the grass, the untrampled leaves indicate that few people have gone down this particular road. 

We also are told this road is in a woods, meaning the narrator is going down a path that is shady and a bit mysterious: he can't be quite sure what is to come. 

How did Tom's wife react to the news of his death, according to Dill?

Jem, Dill, Calpurnia, and Atticus all ride out past the dump and "down the narrow lane to the Negro cabins" (To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 25).  Tom Robinson has died and Atticus needs to break the tragic news to his wife, Helen.  Atticus brings Calpurnia along to comfort Helen.

Helen greets them politely, but then she realizes why they have come.  She does not speak anymore.  Dill explains to Scout how Helen reacts:

"Scout," said Dill, "she just fell down in the dirt.  Just fell down in the dirt, like a giant with a big foot just came along and stepped on her. Just ump—"  Dill’s fat foot hit the ground. "Like you’d step on an ant."

Helen's reaction is one of utter devastation.  She has already suffered the emotional turmoil of having her husband imprisoned and convicted of a crime when he is innocent.  She also faces financial difficulties, as she has been the only one able to make money while her husband is in jail.  The news of her husband's death comes as the final blow.

Calpurnia and Atticus help Helen into her house.  They stay in the house to talk to her.  Atticus finally emerges, but Calpurnia stays inside the house to comfort Helen.