Who goes to college at the end of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief?

None of the characters goes to college at the end of the book. Luke disappears, with his new sword Backbiter, to continue to assist Kronos as best he can. He, presumably, would not see the point of a college education given his plans to help Kronos overthrow the Olympians and establish a “golden age” in the West. Grover has finally been granted his searcher’s license, and so he leaves to go in search of Pan, a quest from which no satyr has ever returned. In addition, by the time Percy wakes up from the pit scorpion venom, Annabeth has contacted her father and told him that she’s sorry and that she’d like to come home with him and his family for the school year (until next summer, when she’ll return to Camp Half-Blood). He responded quite positively, and so they agreed that she would come back to stay with them for a while; he and his family are waiting for her just outside the magical boundary of the camp. Finally, after being unsure of whether or not he would stay at camp for the year or return home to be with his mother, Percy opts to go home, but he will not be going to college, as he hasn’t even started high school yet.

How does Atticus relate Mayella's "crime" to the lives of children? Why would he try to simplify her offense?

In Chapter 20, Atticus is giving his closing speech explaining Mayella's crime and says,

"She did something every child has done—she tried to put the evidence of her offense away from her. But in this case she was no child hiding stolen contraband: she struck out at her victim—of necessity she must put him away from her—he must be removed from her presence, from this world. She must destroy the evidence of her offense. What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being." (Lee 272)

Atticus relates Mayella's crime of perjury to a child attempting to discard evidence because her motivation to get rid of Tom Robinson is similar to the way children are motivated to get rid of evidence when they are about to get caught. When a child does something wrong, like steal a toy, they get scared that they will be caught and end up throwing the toy away out of fear. The idea behind Mayella's choice to "get rid" of Tom Robinson is similar to a child's choice to throw away evidence. However, the major difference is that Tom Robinson is a human and one cannot simply "discard" a human being. I believe that Atticus chooses to simplify Mayella's crime so that the jury can understand her motivation for committing perjury. Most people can relate to discarding evidence as a child out of fear that they will be caught, and Mayella's decision to falsely accuse Tom Robinson is no different.

What was Madame Zeroni's opinion of Myra as well as the strategy she suggested in Holes?

Madame Zeroni believes that Mayra is dumb and worthless and tells him to carry a pig up a mountain.

The book Holes involves interrelated plots that take place in the present and in the past.  In the past, Madame Zeroni councils Elya about his choice of wife.  Madame Zeroni does not believe that Myra is the best wife for him.  She tells him that "Myra's head is as empty as a flowerpot."  He tells Madame Zeroni that she is beautiful, but Madame Zeroni is not impressed.

"So is a flowerpot. Can she push a plow? Can she milk a goat? No, she is too delicate. Can she have an intelligent conversation? No, she is silly and foolish. Will she take care of you when you are sick? No, she is spoiled and will only want you to take care of her. …” (Ch. 7)

Madame Zeroni seeks to convince Elya that Myra is a bad choice.  She tells Elya to carry a pig up a mountain every day.  He will get stronger and be more desirable.  Then he is to carry her up the mountain.  Myra has to choose between two pigs.  The pigs represent Elya and Igor, a man that Elya has no respect for.

"Myra," said her father. "Elya and Igor have each offered a pig for your hand in marriage. It doesn't matter to me. A pig is a pig. So I will let you make the choice. Whom do you wish to marry?” (Ch. 7)

Myra proves to be as empty-headed as Madame Zeroni said.  She says that she can’t choose between the pigs or the men.  The pigs weigh the same.  She asks them to pick a number.  Elya is sad.  He feels that she does not really love him.

Elya tells Myra to marry Igor and keep his pig as a wedding present.  He sees a sign on a ship advertising for deck hand jobs.  He has no sailing experience, but heading to America seems like the perfect cure for a broken heart.  Unfortunately, he does not get to carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain and she curses him and his descendants.

Stanley's family believes that it is cursed.  Elya's descendant Stanley breaks the family curse by carrying Zero, Madame Zeroni's descendant, up a mountain in America in the present.

In what time period is Romeo and Juliet set?

William Shakespeare's most famous play, Romeo and Juliet, is set in Renaissance Italy. Shakespeare was writing during the Elizabethan (or Tudor) period, which is contemporary to the Italian Renaissance. English culture of the time did bear some influence from the intellectual and artistic shifts of the mainland, and Shakespeare had likely read about Italian life or possibly even visited. Shakespeare does not mention a particular year for the setting of his play, but based on context clues, we can assume it to have been set around the time of his writing. For example, noble families played a large part in the development of the Renaissance. These families were wealthy enough that they could sway government and commission buildings or works of art to further their social standing. Of course, rivalries sprung up and often lasted for many generations. The feud between the Montagues and Capulets fits perfectly into the culture of Renaissance Italy.

Compare the poetry in the Romantic Era to modern poetry.

First, to define terms, we will say that the Romantic Era of English poetry encompassed the years 1785 to 1830 and the "modern" era encompasses anything written after 1900. This division fails to distinguish between modernism and post-modernism, but as far as poetry goes, modernist qualities carry into the post-modern (after 1950) era. 

Romantic poetry is characterized by the use of traditional verse forms and Romantic themes. Traditional verse forms such as sonnets, ballads, and odes as well as other forms such as ottava rima and Alexandrine verse have in common that they use consistent rhythm and meter throughout the poem and have a regular rhyme scheme or follow blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) forms. The topics and themes of Romantic poetry were individualism, awe of nature, importance of imagination, strong emotions, and an interest in the common man and childhood. Representative examples are Wordsworth's sonnet "The World Is Too Much with Us," Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn," Shelley's "Adonais," Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and Byron's "Don Juan." In addition, the lyrical ballad, introduced by Wordsworth and Coleridge, redirected poetry during the Romantic era to be more accessible to everyday readers.

In the Modern era, the most notable change is the replacement of traditional verse forms by the rhythms and language of normal speech. Imagism, a movement started by Ezra Pound, tended toward minimalism in poetry, and while not all modern poets were Imagists, many adopted the free verse format and the sparse wording of that movement. "Oread" by H.D. is an example of an Imagist poem. T. S. Eliot is representative of modern poetry in "The Wasteland" and "The Hollow Men." Not only do these poems use modernist language in using irregular rhythms, rhyme schemes, and stanzas, but they also reflect the pessimistic or uncertain outlook of the 20th century. Poetry became deliberately obscure, as with Wallace Stevens' "The Emperor of Ice Cream," and experimented with capitalization and punctuation, as with E. E. Cummings' "In Just-." Fragmented thoughts and disjointed perspectives are common in Modernist poetry as well. Poetry in this era favors questions over pat answers, as in Yeats' "Second Coming." 

The major differences in Romantic and Modernist poetry are their forms and the preferred subject matter and perspective. 

Discuss the implications of Maslow's hierarchy of needs in ensuring effective teaching and learning.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs posits that humans need to have the most basic life needs met before they can achieve anything in life beyond those basic needs. So, for example, we must be able to be fed, clothed, and sheltered before we are able to work on being part of a community or society, meeting our social needs, which are higher on Maslow's pyramid.  This hierarchy has profound implications in the educational setting because unless and until students' most basic needs are met, they are simply unable to attend to higher order tasks such as learning.  Teachers must have an awareness of the unmet needs of students, since teaching and learning occur at the higher parts of the pyramid, with social gratification, self-esteem, and self-actualization. These are what learning is meant to achieve.  A student who is homeless or unsafe cannot focus on learning anything properly.  A student who is hungry or tired cannot, either.  Learning implies that one's brain is clear of the dreadful disruption of problems such as these.  If you have ever tried to prepare for an exam while tired or hungry, you might have experienced just a little of this.  So, while teachers sometimes complain that they are not social workers, it is incumbent upon us to understand Maslow's dynamic and do our very best to ameliorate the appalling conditions under which students often are trying to learn.  I know many teachers who keep food handy, for example, or just take time out to listen and offer their best advice on solving students' most basic needs.  It would be wonderful if the rest of society would understand this hierarchy and be willing to ensure that the most basic needs of all students were met. If that were the case, every student could be a success.

What are some examples of Jonas's father in The Giver doing something that was valued in pre-Sameness societies?

Jonas’s father exhibits compassion, a rare trait in the community but one prized by us.

Jonas’s father is unique in the community because he actually cares about others.  This is not common for them because they believe in Sameness.  This means that emotions of any kind are a rarity for these people.  Their society has carefully designed the rules so that no one ever thinks too much about anything or anyone else.  This way, no one will ever be uncomfortable.

An example of Jonas’s father’s compassion is his treatment of Gabriel.  Most people in the community do not consider releasing babies unusual.  It is disappointing, but a fact of life.  If a baby does not meet the growth targets, he or she is released.  That’s just the way it is.  Jonas’s father, who is a nurturer, gets attached to a young male Newchild named Gabriel and decides to intervene before he can be released.  This is just not done, normally.

But I did go in this afternoon and looked to see if this year's Naming list had been made yet. … I looked up number Thirty-six--that's the little guy I've been concerned about--because it occurred to me that it might enhance his nurturing if I could call him by a name. (Ch. 2)

First, Jonas’s father breaks a rule and looks up Gabriel’s name because even though all babies are just called by numbers, he thinks that the baby will grow better if he has a name (which he can only use when no one else is around).  He also goes even further, and arranges a special extension for Gabriel.

He had been given an unusual and special reprieve from the committee, and granted an additional year of nurturing before his Naming and Placement. Father had gone before the committee with a plea on behalf of Gabriel … (Ch. 6)

Jonas’s father cares enough about the baby, and has grown attached to it enough, to save its life.  Normally he would be labeled “Inadequate” and released.  Jonas’s father has done two unusual things—checking the name list, and asking for an extension.  It shows that he has a unique ability to relate to and care for others.

Eventually, even Jonas’s father’s compassion has its limits.  Jonas, with the benefit of the memories, understands the way life and death works, and appreciates love.  Jonas’s father has grown up in the community, where Sameness stifles emotions.  Eventually he votes to release Gabriel along with the others.  He also seems to have no qualms about killing the smaller newborn twin.  Jonas and The Giver alone understand why that is wrong.

How does capitalism affect industry?

The system of capitalism affects industries in several ways. In a capitalist economy, businesses and industries are relatively free to make their own decisions with little interference from the government. As a result, the owners of business and industry know the government won’t interfere much in the decisions they make. Under the capitalist system, the laws of supply and demand determine prices and wages. Business owners are free to take risks in the hope of making a lot of money. By being free of government control and/or many government restrictions, businesses and industries are willing to invest money in order to expand and to try new techniques. They are willing to try new, innovative ideas knowing that if they are successful, they may be able to reap significant profits. They also know there won’t be many artificial barriers to running the business. This will allow the business or the industry owner to maximize profits. This profit incentive is very strong in a capitalist economy. This is one factor that encourages economic and business growth, development, and innovation, and it has a very significant impact on the businesses and industries within the economy.

Why does Sam watch to see what the birds are eating in Jean George's My Side of the Mountain?

In the book My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, Sam watches the birds to see what they are eating. Although this behavior might seem unusual to some readers, Sam does this to determine what would be edible for humans.

Because Sam is an avid reader, he discovers in a book that watching birds eat could help determine what is edible for humans. Consequently, Sam spends time ascertaining what might be beneficial for him to eat as well. As the book states:

One manual I had read said to watch what the birds and animals were eating in order to learn what is edible and nonedible in the forest.

Thus, Sam applies this knowledge to his survival skills. As a result, Sam is able to determine which foods might be beneficial for him to consume. Furthermore, Sam even realizes that raccoons have similar taste to humans! Consequently, this knowledge helps Sam to survive in the wilderness.

What does the transport of substances mean?

Transport is a very broadly used term and generally means the movement of substances from one location to another. There are a number of processes that can cause the transport of substances, including advection, dispersion, etc. The transport of some substances, such as seeds can also be done by biological agents, such as birds. The transport of contaminants such as pathogens can take place through direct contact, food, water or air. The exhaust from our car engines gets transported through air. The transport of oxygen into our blood takes place through osmosis. The transport of materials in and out of cell is controlled by cell membrane and can be either active or passive.

As one can see, transport is a very broad term and its actual mechanism depends on the material under consideration.

Hope this helps.

What is the plot of the story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson?

Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" is a classic story of what could happen when people follow a tradition for no other reason than it is a tradition. Blindly following what has been done in the past without questioning why leads to one horrible death every year in a fictional town in New England. 

At the beginning of the story, the nature of the lottery that is to be held that day is not revealed to the reader. It is a special day in the town. Everyone gathers in the town square as conversations happen that show that this is an event that has been happening for many years, long enough for some of the older citizens to complain that changes have happened in the way the lottery is done. Children are excited, but some people are nervous. When it is time for the lottery the two men in charge, Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves, make sure that each family from the town is present or represented. The head of each family then comes forward and draws a slip of paper from a black box. Bill Hutchinson has drawn the one slip with a black spot. His wife, Tessie, complains that the drawing was not fair, but the townspeople tell her to be a good sport. All the members of the Hutchinson family then have to select slips, and Tessie draws the one with the black spot. The townspeople then proceed to stone her to death. No concrete explanation is given for why this is done; it is just something the towns in the area have been doing for a long time, and it is not questioned. It is a chilling story as it is such an ordinary day in an ordinary town until the citizens brutally murder an innocent woman.

Comparing confederacy and union venn diagram

For your Venn diagram, let's fill out the middle part first.  Both sides had poorly trained armies, at least at first.  A large majority of the soldiers were not fighting for or against the cause of slavery.  Both sides used Napoleonic tactics in war, meaning that they fought in lines in order to maximize the firepower of smooth-bore weapons.  Both armies were hit hard by disease--you were more likely to die of disease or infection than you were due to bullet in the Civil War.  On the Confederate side, say that their fight was to protect states' rights.  Their military leadership was initially better due to the defection of Robert E. Lee to their side.  Fewer men than the North, but better trained.  Also, the South held out the possibility of getting European intervention because of Europe's dependence on cotton.  The South was also fighting a defensive war.  On the Union side, say that they had more people and a flood of immigrants to boost those numbers.  The North had to invade the South in order to win the war.  The North was fighting for the preservation of the Union.  The North had a sizable advantage with railroads and industry.  The North also put in a naval blockade of the South.  The North had better political leadership, as Lincoln managed to isolate the South diplomatically and he kept the nation focused on the war even as casualties mounted.  Northern soldiers were typically better supplied and fed than their Southern counterparts.  

What was the purpose of Sonnet 1?

Shakespeare used the English sonnet form to develop a metaphor in three quatrains (groupings of four lines) and then an outcome in the final couplet (two lines).  

The speaker in sonnet 1 addresses a person of remarkable beauty, observing in the first stanza that we want beautiful people to have children so that their beauty can have a sort of immortality by being passed down.

Beginning in the second quatrain, the speaker directly addresses the person (thou) and urges him or her not to let his/her beauty die out by keeping it all to himself/herself.

In the final couplet, the speaker observes what a tragedy it would be if the person opted not to reproduce, implying that it would be an act of greed that would ultimately feed only "the grave." 

In "The Black Cat," what or who is the conflict between? How does the conflict have an effect on the reader?

The main conflict of The Black Cat is between the narrator and the titular black cat, named Pluto by the narrator. The two start out as being very close, but as the narrator grows older and becomes an alcoholic, he removes one of the cat's eyes and eventually hangs the cat from a tree. This is the start of the major conflict of the story. Although other characters come into play during this story, it is alluded that all the problems come from Pluto. The night after hanging the cat, the narrator's house burns down completely, leaving only the wall where the head of the narrator's bed had been. Upon that wall was a shadow in the shape of a cat with a rope around its neck. The conflict continues when the narrator gets a new cat that is almost exactly like Pluto, with one exception: it has a white spot on it. The spot grows more distinct eventually and becomes the shape of the gallows. Then, when she stopped him from trying to kill the new cat, the narrator killed his wife; and he is only found out because he had accidentally walled the cat in with his wife's body and it was meowing when the police came to investigate. All of the trouble, all of the events that happened, can be traced back to the narrator's conflict with Pluto.

In what year did the Little Rock Nine graduate?

The integration of Little Rock Central High School is a dramatic story of nine African-American students that were forced to the front lines of the fight for school integration in the American South. A little over three years after the Supreme Court ruled segregation in schools unconstitutional, the issue garnered national attention again when Arkansas's governor refused to integrate. Under the direction of Dwight D. Eisenhower, National Guard troops were sent to Little Rock, Arkansas to force the integration of Central High School. The date was September 25, 1957.

Getting up in the morning to go to school is a task for any adolescent. Imagine getting ready for school in the morning with the knowledge that physical harm could come to you when you arrive. Such was the challenge for these nine students in Arkansas. Despite the obstacles placed in front of them, the students prospered and graduated with a diploma. Because the nine students were different ages, and the Little Rock schools were closed the next school year, the students graduated in different years. Below are the nine students and the years they graduated.

• Ernest Green, 1958


• Elizabeth Eckford, 1959


• Jefferson Thomas, 1960


• Terrence Roberts, 1959


• Carlotta Walls LaNier, 1960


• Minnijean Brown, 1959


• Gloria Ray Karlmark, 1959


• Thelma Mothershed, 1959


• Melba Patillo Beals, 1959

Define first-person, third-person omniscient, and third-person objective points of view.

There are two types of first-person perspective: 1) first-person subjective: this is when the narrator is a participant in the story (usually they will use the first-person pronoun "I") and they narrate while the story is taking place (usually they will use present-tense verbs); 2) first-person objective: this narrator is also a participant in the story but they narrate after the events have taken place (usually using past-tense verbs).

There are three types of third-person perspective: 1) third-person omniscient: this is when the narrator is not a participant in the story but knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters; 2) third-person limited omniscient: this narrator is also not a participant in the story but knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character; 3) third-person objective: this non-participant narrator can only report what is visible and cannot report the thoughts and feelings of any character.

This story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," is written from the perspective of a third-person limited omniscient narrator. The narrator is not a participant in the events of the story and they know the thoughts and feelings of Peyton Farquhar (but no one else).

On what page of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird did Atticus point out that Bob Ewell was left-handed?

On pages 179 and 180 of the edition of Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, consulted for this purpose -- a paperback edition "Published by arrangement with McIntosh and Otis, Inc." -- Atticus Finch observes for the benefit of the jury in the rape trial of the African American defendant Tom Robinson that the father of Tom's accuser, Bob Ewell, is left-handed. Bob is a virulently racist and eternally bitter personification of 'poor white trash' who was clearly the individual who inflicted the wounds on his daughter Mayella that have been blamed on Tom. In Chapter 17 of Lee's novel, Atticus, attempting to defend his African American client in this racially-segregated society, seeks to implicate Bob Ewell for his daughter's injuries by demonstrating that Tom, whose left arm is crippled, could not have physically inflicted those wounds, but that Bob, who is left-handed, was the one most likely to have been guilty. In the following passage, Atticus tricks Bob into displaying his left-handedness:

“Would you write your name for us?” he asked. “Clearly now, so the jury can see you do it.”

Mr. Ewell wrote on the back of the envelope and looked up complacently to see Judge Taylor staring at him as if he were some fragrant gardenia in full bloom on the witness stand, to see Mr. Gilmer half-sitting, half-standing at his table. The jury was watching him, one man was leaning forward with his hands over the railing.

“What’s so interestin‘?” he asked.

“You’re left-handed, Mr. Ewell,” said Judge Taylor.

Having now established for the jury and for the judge that Bob Ewell is left-handed, Atticus will next, in Chapter 18, display for the courtroom Tom's infirmity while implicating Mayella Ewell in a conspiracy to frame Tom for a rape that didn't occur -- at least a rape that wasn't carried out by Tom. The wounds to Mayella's face are on the right-side, consistent with a beating meted out by somebody with the left-hand. Implication: Tom could not have committed the crime, and Bob almost certainly did.

How might gender, body size, and health account for some of the differences in breathing rates between students?

Gender: Males have larger airways than females, even after differences in body size (height) are taken into account. Thus, males can move more air per breath than females. We can expect males to have slightly lower breathing rates than females of similar size and fitness.

Body size: We will use height as our measure of body size. An increase in height is usually accompanied by an increase in chest volume and lung volume. Thus, we can expect taller individuals to have slightly decreased breathing rates than short individuals of the same gender and similar fitness levels.

Health: We will use physical fitness as our measure of health. An increase in physical fitness results in a more efficient cardiovascular system. Thus, we can expect the heart rate of a physically fit individual to be lower than that of a physically unfit individual of the same height and gender.

You will likely find that the students in your class will have a wide range of heights and physical fitness, in addition to different genders. This will likely complicate your analysis, as you will find it hard to find truly matched pairs (e.g., two male students of the same height and different fitness levels, two female students of the same fitness level but different heights, etc.). Nevertheless, you may be able to see some of these trends in your data.

How does Capote feel about the other members of the household?

In this short memoir piece, Truman Capote recalls his relationship with his elderly cousin with whom he lived as a child. Capote's mother committed suicide when he was young, and he was sent to live with relatives. He is closest to his cousin he describes in the story as his "friend" (in reality she was an aunt). He says the two of them were somewhat apart from the rest of the household: 

Other people inhabit the house, relatives; and though they have power over us, and frequently make us cry, we are not, on the whole, too much aware of them. We are each other's best friend.

There is an antagonistic and adversarial tone to this description. The "relatives" are not described as individuals, or named; they are seen as a group apart from Buddy and his friend. The relatives are also a source of stress and fear: they have "power" over Buddy and his friend, and "frequently" make them cry. But Buddy's close friendship with his cousin and the camaraderie they share helps to bolster them from the unpleasantness that comes from dealing with the other relatives.

We see an example of this after Buddy and his cousin enjoy a small amount of whiskey after they finish baking their fruitcakes. They are discovered giggling and a bit tipsy by the relatives:

Enter: two relatives. Very angry. Potent with eyes that scold, tongues that scald. Listen to what they have to say, the words tumbling together into a wrathful tune: "A child of seven! whiskey on his breath! are you out of your mind? feeding a child of seven! must be loony! road to ruination! remember Cousin Kate? Uncle Charlie? Uncle Charlie's brother-inlaw? shame! scandal! humiliation! kneel, pray, beg the Lord!"

We see here also that the attitudes about God and religion are quite different from those expressed by Buddy or his friend, who later says she understands that God is not to be found in the afterlife but in the blessings, beauty and small pleasures of everyday living.

In "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, the story is told from the daughter's point of view. How does that change the way we see the characters? Who do you...

Amy Tan's short story "Two Kinds" is told from the point of view of June, the daughter of a Chinese immigrant to San Francisco. The daughter's narration at first helps the reader understand her point of view and sympathize with her, though at the end of the story, her perspective shifts so that the reader can sympathize with the mother too.

At the beginning of the story, the mother's constant pestering of her daughter makes the reader sympathize with the daughter. For example, the daughter thinks, "And after seeing, once again, my mother's disappointed face, something inside me began to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations" (pages 2-3). The reader feels sorry for the daughter for having to endure the tests and exercises her mother makes her go through. When the daughter decides to rebel, the reader is on her side. The daughter says, "I won't let her change me, I promised myself. I won't be what I'm not" (page 3). As the daughter is narrating, we know her side of the issue. Although we know that the mother suffered a great deal in China and lost her family, we don't really know why she is pushing her daughter to succeed until the end of the story.

At the story's conclusion, however, the mother has died, and the daughter comes to realize that she is thankful for the trust and belief the mother invested in her. The daughter starts playing the piano she hasn't touched in years: "I played a few bars, surprised at how easily the notes came back to me" (page 9). She plays two songs--"Pleading Child" and "Perfectly Contented," and she "realized that they were halves of the same song" (page 9). In other words, in the end, the daughter realizes that she has more in common with her mother than she thought, and she is thankful that her mother believed in her for all those years. After all, the daughter still has the ability to play the piano because the mother forced her to do so. It is only at the end of the story that we as readers sympathize with the mother's point of view because the daughter finally does. We understand that the mother always believed in the daughter, and the daughter only understands this reality at the end of the story.

` ` The below figure shows 3 metallic balls. Charge of ball A is Q coulomb and uncharged. What are the charges on balls B and C when S1 & S2 are...

First we must describe the process that occurs in this situation:

Firstly, the electric charge of sphere A will induce by influence, an electric charge on B and C, so both surfaces acquire an electric potential. When the spheres B and C are conected to the ground, through the switches, the potential of its surfaces is made equal to zero.

The field and the potential of the charged sphere, for points on the surface and the outside, is equal to the field and the potential of an electric charge which is located in the Centre of the sphere. So, the resulting potential due to the electric charges of A and B, at the intersection of the surface of the sphere B with the side of the triangle is as follow:

V = VQ + Vq = 0

VQ, is the potential due to charge Q

Vq, is the potential due to charge q, induced in the sphere B.

The expression of the electric potential of a charge is as follows:

V = q/4πԐ0r

r,  is the distance between the charge and the point.

So we can write the following equation:

Q/4πԐ0(5a - 2a) + q/4πԐ0(2a) = 0

Q/4πԐ0(3a) = -[q/4πԐ0(2a)]

Q/3a  = - q/2a

q = - (2/3)Q

So the sphere B acquires 2/3 of the electric charge of the sphere A, with opposite sign.

The same analysis can be performed for the sphere C and in this case, at the point of intersection between the surface of the sphere and the side of the triangle we have:

V = VQ + Vq = 0

Q/4πԐ0(5a - a) + q/4πԐ0(a) = 0

Q/4πԐ0(4a) = - [q/4πԐ0(a)]

Q/(4a) = - q/a

q = - (1/4)Q

So the sphere C acquires 1/4 of the electric charge of the sphere A, with opposite sign.

Compare shakespeare's presentation of love in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Macbeth."

Romeo and Juliet experience the type of young romantic love that many of us experience in adolescence. The relationship is based on physical attraction and somewhat unrealistic ideals of love. Notice that both of the young lovers have recently left relationships where they also claimed to have been in love. The feelings they experience are real and powerful, but they are unlikely to last in this way for long. That is part of the tragedy of the play. It explores the folly of passion and romance while also showing its beauty.

Love is very different in "Macbeth." Most of the characters are part of marriages. An interesting thing about Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is that unlike most married couples in Shakespeare there is clearly still passion in their relationship. This is a stronger, more companionate form of love--the kind of love that lasts. The similarity is that Shakespeare shows how this love can be equally dangerous. Lady Macbeth continually pressures her husband to commit the crimes that lead him to becoming king and destroying his own life. In this sense, even though they have more of an adult relationship they are no more capable of escaping tragedy. 

Just because love is beautiful does not mean it is not also destructive. This is a theme in many of Shakespeare's plays.

How can enjoying freedoms lead to social progress?

Many people would consider increased freedoms in and of themselves an element of social progress. On another level, one can argue that wealthier nations tend to measure high on both freedom and on social progress indicators, having lower levels of corruption, extreme poverty, infant mortality, and other social problems. 

In general, in freer societies, people are more able to discuss and protest various forms of injustice, leading to politicians focusing more on those problems. In free, democratic societies, voters can also turf out politicians who impede social progress. 

As women, for example, have increased amounts of freedom, they are more able to leave marriages in which they suffer spousal abuse or refuse genital mutilation. More oppressive countries which limit the freedoms of women have a greater incidence of abuse of women. 

However, freedom and democracy are not a complete path to social progress as freedom can also mean, for example, freedom to impose upon a nation laws that discriminate against homosexuals.

How does Harper Lee use language and imagery (in the description of the Ewell property in Chapter 17) to convey a sense of the Ewell family life?

Harper Lee employs words that denote poverty and other words and images that connote slovenliness and dirt as she describes the Ewell dwelling. 

That the Ewell home is a "former Negro cabin" situated near the town dump indicates the lowly lives of the Ewells. There are no panes in the windows to keep out the bad weather or any of the "varmints" that might wander inside. In the summer the Ewells put "greasy strips of cheesecloth" to keep these varmits out. The exterior of the building is covered with corrugated iron, and the roof is formed out of tin cans from the dump, cans that have been hammered flat by hand. There is no foundation; the house sits merely on "lumps of limestone."

The debris from the dump makes the yard, a mere plot of bare ground where no grass will grow, look "like the playhouse of an insane child." To denote the appearance of the yard, Lee employs images such as "snaggle-toothed rake heads"and all sorts of broken garden tools, and from around all this some "scrawny orange chickens pecked hopefully." Most noticeable, however, is one corner of the yard where bright red geraniums  sit. These geraniums evince a tender hand having cared for them, one as experienced as Miss Maudie. Rumors in town are that these anachronistic beauties belong to Mayella Ewell.

The children of Bob Ewell are neglected. No one knows how many children Ewell has; some say six, others nine. Social pariahs, no one has occasion to go to their shack by the dump except after Christmas when they discard their Christmas trees. In contrast to this slovenly house and yard, the "small Negro settlement" is neat and comfortable with pale smoke billowing from their chimneys and delicious odors emanating from their doorways.

What does Maria advise Bruno to do about his dissatisfaction at "Out-With" in Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?

The reader learns the answer to this question in Chapter Six, called "The Overpaid Maid."  In this chapter, Maria talks about how Bruno's father once helped Maria's mother in her hardest moments of life.  (Bruno's father even paid out-of-pocket hospital expenses when Maria's mother became seriously ill.)  Later, (after Maria is rudely ordered around by Gretel), Maria advises Bruno to "stay quiet" both about his negative feelings about Auschwitz and any kind of insolence in regards to Bruno's father.  Although Maria's reasoning is not meant to be clear, the reader should definitely sense great fear in the character of Maria.  In fact, when Maria speaks to Bruno about these things, she seems to be in a continual state of "frenzied worry."  Hearing all of this information in such fearful tones confuses Bruno.  As a result, he runs away close to tears and feels even more bewildered.

In "The Tell-Tale Heart," what prevents the narrator from killing the old man during one of the first seven nights?

The narrator says that his reason for killing the old man is that he does not like the old man's "pale blue eye, with a film over it" - he calls it a "vulture eye" and an "Evil Eye". For the first seven nights, the narrator goes through his elaborate measures to sneak into the old man's room at midnight without the old man noticing: he carefully unlatches the door and opens it, puts in a lantern and then pokes in his head, and then undoes the lantern so that a ray of light falls upon the old man. There was only one reason why the narrator did not kill the old man those first seven nights: the old man's eye was closed, so the narrator could not see it, which he claimed made it "impossible to do the work" because he had no problem with the old man, but with his blue eye. On the eighth night, the narrator accidentally awakened the old man, and after the old man had fallen back asleep, his blue eye was still open, and it infuriated the narrator enough to make him kill the old man.

I must write an essay comparing the use of space in "Musee des Beaux Arts" and "Ode to a Nightengale." I completely understand the two poems...

In "Musee des Beaux Arts," by Auden, the speaker of the poem is looking at famous paintings by the "old Masters." In these artworks, he notes that while miraculous things are occurring, other people simply go about their lives. When older people are waiting for the birth of Christ, children go about playing without noticing. While a martyr is being tortured, a horse scratches its behind. In the second stanza, while Icarus falls into the sea, the people (ploughman and those on the ship) take notice but then go about their business as if nothing shocking has happened. This suggests that when people see suffering, it is understood as a necessary part of life. Therefore, it is not a big deal when it happens, so they take notice but then go about their business.

It doesn't seem that Auden is making a critical statement about people's insensitivity in general. But one can clearly suggest that interpretation. It is the space between the spectator and the sufferer that makes it okay or acceptable for the spectator to watch and then move on. This is paralleled with the space between the speaker of the poem and the paintings he sees. He recognizes suffering and then moves on to the next painting. The space between spectator and suffering person/object creates this gap into which acceptance, understanding, tolerance, or even indifference can fill the void. 

Whereas the speaker in "Musee" is separated from suffering, the speaker in "Ode to a Nightingale" is encompassed by it. He longs to get away from the existential and mortal worries of life and death. He dreams of being away from these "Earthly" cares and therefore desires to be up, away from the Earth like the Nightingale.

The best he can do is to escape through his imagination and his poetry ("poesy"). The speaker wants to lull himself or even drink himself into another (mental) place. He wants to distance himself from his worries; he wants to distance himself from himself. These are the metaphoric and/or figurative notions of creating space or transcending to some other space/place in which suffering is eased or eliminated.

The Nightingale is born without knowledge of death and is therefore on a different plain, so to speak. This is what Keats/the speaker is after. In the end, he can not completely escape or be where the Nightingale is: "Forlorn! the very word is like a bell / To toll me back from thee to my sole self!" He knows that this way of imagining himself in this other place is not real (a "fancy"). He returns to himself, his own "space." He can then only put his thoughts and worries into poetry. This might also be considered a kind of therapeutic or cathartic putting his worries in another place. Then, we might think of someone reading about Keats' suffering in reading this poem, similar to the speaker in Auden's poem reflecting upon the paintings of suffering. Once again, space is created between the reader and the poem, just like the space between the paintings and the observer or Icarus and the onlookers. 

How did industrialization change society?

Industrialization changed society in many ways. This response will focus on four of these many changes.

First, industrialization changed the nature of work for most people, especially skilled craftsmen. The production of goods that had formerly been performed from start to completion by people who had been trained for many years gave way to a regimented division of labor. Production was broken into small tasks, each of which could be completed with relatively little expertise. The use of machinery in many industries accelerated this result. 

Second, workers who had formerly sold the products of their labor now sold their labor itself. This meant that they were paid for their time, rather than the tasks they performed. As a result, the worklives of many people became far more disciplined, with factory owners and supervisors closely monitoring workers to ensure that they spent their workdays actually working. This new, tighter work-discipline was often accompanied by poor and even dangerous working conditions. 

Third, as production became more and more dependent on machinery and shifted to large-scale production in factories, it became more capital-intensive. In other words, it cost more money to produce things, which encouraged the rise of big businesses and the development of new and more complex business models, like corporations and trusts, that could raise the capital necessary to produce goods competitively. It also led to the accumulation of wealth in the hands of a relatively small group of business owners. 

Finally, the rise of industry led to rapid urbanization. Workers moved, in short, where the jobs were, and they were located in both older urban areas, like London in Great Britain and New York in the United States, and newer ones that developed with the rise of industry, like Manchester and Chicago. Urbanization included a whole array of social problems, like poverty, crime, and overcrowding. 

How can you analyze the poem "To the doctor who treated the raped baby and who felt such despair" by Finuala Dowling?

The poem in question is written by Finuala Dowling, a South African poet. Let's take a look at it.

From the beginning, we see that this poem describes a dichotomy of opposites; throughout the poem, the suffering endured by an infant who has been raped is juxtaposed against statements about the normal lives of other infants and children. As the doctor tends to the pitiful specimen before her, someone, somewhere, has left the light on for a 'nervous little sleeper.' Yet 'faraway, a Karoo shepherd crooned a ramkietjie lullaby in the veld.' The veld in South Africa is equivalent to the pampas in South America: both are fertile, low-level plains, often covered in grass. The Karoo in South Africa is a wide expanse of land which includes impressive mountain ranges and national parks. Life continues on the plains of South Africa despite the results of horrific brutality that the doctor encounters in the hospital. Normalcy is juxtaposed against aberration.

As the poem continues, the doctor works to staunch the flow of blood from the suffering infant and to administer an infant-sized dose of opiates or painkillers. While she concentrates on her grim task, a young 'night walker' somewhere else is comforted when he/she is able to bask in 'mother-warmed sheets,' secure in the knowledge that all is well. Yet in another venue, there are 'luxuriant dark nipples/for fist clenching babes.' Dowling juxtaposes scenes of normalcy with the horrific imagery of an infant fighting for her life after a brutal rape. Bolded words below are mine:

when you called for more blood (the baby has lost much blood)
a bleary-eyed uncle got up to make a feed ( somewhere else, an uncle has woken up to feed his baby niece or nephew)
and while you stitched (the implication is that the doctor is stitching up torn skin sustained from the rape).
there was another chapter of a favorite story ( in another venue, one more story is read to a child from his/her favorite book)
and while you cleaned (the doctor cleans up after surgery)
a grandpa’s thin legs walked up and down for a colicky crier (elsewhere, a grandfather tries to calm a colicky baby)
and when finally you stood exhausted at the end of her cot
and asked, “Where is God?”,
a father sat watch (this father sits watch over an infant. By all indications everything seems normal; the father's watchfulness over his infant is not the sort of anguished laboring the doctor displays over the brutalized infant).

The last few lines are indicative of the grateful trust we place in doctors who can and will labor to do what many of us cannot: to save a life in the most desperate of circumstances. The poet maintains that we are all thankful that we can sleep well, trusting that such doctors exist.

And for the rest of us, we all slept in trust
that you would do what you did,
that you could do what you did.
We slept in trust that you lived.

What are 2 adjectives to describe Catherine in the book Rules by Cynthia Lord? Explain.

When choosing adjectives to describe a character, we can turn to the text and see what the author has to say about someone. What adjectives (descriptive words) does the author use to tell us about a character? We can look for clues about their personality, their physical appearance, their manners and their hobbies. Does the author say someone is tall, kind, busy, old, stinky, or impatient? These are just a few ways an author may describe a character.

We can also make our own judgments based on how the character acts in different situations. If someone likes to sleep or sit around even when there is work to be done, we might say they are lazy. If a person feels very frightened about what might happen during different situations in their day, we could say they are nervous.

I would describe Catherine as very patient. Her little brother David has autism spectrum disorder, and Catherine has to help remind him of rules for appropriate behavior. Even though Catherine is often left in charge of her brother and may have to remind him of the same rule over and over again, she stays calm and helps her brother.

I would also say that Catherine is creative or artistic. Catherine brings her sketchbook with her everywhere and loves to draw. She even offers to make some new word-pages to help her friend Jason communicate.

I hope this has been helpful. 

What is the message in "The Nightingale and the Rose" by Oscar Wilde?

In "The Nightingale and the Rose," Wilde argues love is not always a pleasant and idyllic experience. We see this through the experiences of the student who first undergoes great distress when he realizes his garden does not contain a red rose. Even when he finally obtains one, he is rejected by the Professor's daughter, the girl he loves, because she found someone richer and in possession of fine jewels.

In fact, for Wilde, true love often involves sacrifice and loss. This is illustrated through the character of the nightingale, who sacrifices her life in the pursuit of a red rose for the student. In a tragic twist, however, the student does not realize her sacrifice produced the red rose because he cannot understand her song. Moreover, when the young girl rejects him, he turns his back on the idea of love, which further sullies the nightingale's sacrifice.

What are three reasons why George and Lennie have a true friendship in Of Mice and Men?

Assuming that you are asking for evidence showing that George and Lennie's friendship is "true", here are three determining factors. 

1) George is loyal to Lennie

Regardless of how angry George gets with Lennie, or how much heat he gives him everyday, George is determined to keep Lennie by his side until the end. Notice that George has spend his entire life next to Lennie. While the men knew one another since childhood, the only solid evidence in the story that shows a reason why George decided to become Lennie's keeper is that the latter's aunt died, and George decided to take care of him. 

I knowed his Aunt Clara. She took him when he was a baby and raised him up. When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin'.Got kinda used to each other after a little while."

This is a demonstration of true loyalty. Sure, George has his days when he even acknowledges being mean to Lennie. However, he always calms down and, even when he kills Lennie out of mercy, he is clear in telling him that he is not mad at him. 

2) Their friendship has withstood obstacles

George has every excuse to run away from Lennie. What can Lennie do? Chase after him? Hardly. Tell his aunt? Impossible. Therefore, what has stopped George from running away every time he and Lennie get into trouble? We know that the two men have had issues with the law before. Most of these issues are caused by Lennie, whose size and body strength are inversely proportional to his cognitive skills.

Therefore, Lennie often ends up doing things that are as inappropriate as they are downright wrong. In the town of Weed, for example, he touched a girl's dress in a way that made the girl think that he was going to rape her. Lennie has also been known by George to accidentally kill animals and other things, inadvertently. Still, fights and all, the two have remained together and did stay together until Lennie's death. 

3. They have made plans for the future

The previous two examples show evidence from the past and the present. Lennie and George have come a long way since childhood and, at the start of the novel, continue to be together against all odds. One more evidence about the true nature of their friendship is the fact that they plan together.

Their plan, which eventually is shared with Candy and Crooks, is to "live off the fat of the land", that is, to get a farm, tend to it, and reap its benefits. They do keep this dream alive throughout the novel, and right until Lennie's death. The American Dream is shared by these two men, and they do not falter; they continue to dream and, in this dream, they also remain together. 

Therefore, the true nature of the friendship of Lennie and George is based on the fact that they share a history and plan to establish a future together as well. They find strength in their unity, and they will continue to stay together until they can no longer be. 

What state capitals did the Watsons go through?

This is a difficult question because one must think of all the places the Watsons passed through on their way to Birmingham. The Watsons begin their trip in Flint, Michigan. Momma has created a notebook entitled "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" that contains all the plans for the trip.

Momma's schedule for the trip begins with the family driving from Flint, Michigan, to Cincinnati, Ohio. Wilona planned for them to stay overnight in Cincinnati and then continue on to Knoxville, Tennessee. Following this, she intended them to drive from Tennessee to Birmingham, Alabama. If Daddy had followed her plans, it would bring the Watsons through Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and then Alabama. Although Momma has planned their route and stops very carefully, she doesn't count on Daddy deciding to drive the whole way through to save money on motels. Momma is angry when she finds out that Daddy has altered her plans, as she put a lot of effort into planning out the whole trip in her notebook.

There are no specific state capitals mentioned in the text. The capital of Michigan is Lansing, but the text only mentions the family driving through Flint. The capital of Ohio is Columbus, but only Cincinnati is mentioned. The capital of Tennessee is Nashville, but only Knoxville is mentioned. Finally, the capital of Alabama is Montgomery, but only the titular city of Birmingham is mentioned. There are no other specific cities mentioned in the other states along the Watsons's route.

How has Darwinism affected American ideologies? How does it relate to government, education, and literature today?

There are really two broad kinds of "Darwinism" we must consider here.

The first is the scientific theory of evolution by Darwinian natural selection. This theory is absolutely unassailable. It is one of the most brilliant, predictive, and well-supported scientific theories ever devised. This kind of "Darwinism" forms the foundation of biology, neuroscience, and psychology as we know it, and a growing movement among economists seeks to apply it to economics as well. In this sense, it is Darwinism that tells us the nature of what it is to be human and our place in the web of life and the cosmos itself.

The second is the social ideology of Social Darwinism. This is an ideology that emerged in the early 20th century which sought to use the theory of Darwinian evolution to justify various social policies, nearly all of them slanted toward rich White males just as social policies had been slanted toward rich White males for centuries prior. Pseudoscientific theories were devised to justify starving the poor, oppressing women, and discriminating against racial minorities. Some of these theories even contributed to the ideology of "racial superiority" that the Nazis used to rationalize the Holocaust.

It is my personal opinion that Darwinism in the scientific sense actually contributed very little to Social Darwinism. Most of the oppressive and discriminatory policies were similar to those already in place, and simply sought new "scientific" (pseudoscientific) justifications. It is unfortunate that a shallow reading of concepts like "survival of the fittest" can be used in this way, but it isn't really the fault of Darwin or evolutionary biology that a deep and powerful scientific truth can be abused by those in power to oppress others.

What does Dylan Thomas mean in line 17 of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night?"

The speaker of the poem (Thomas) implores the reader to fight and resist death even if it is inevitable. "Wise men" and philosophers will rage against death because their wise words may not have had the effect they had wished. Good men rage against the "dying of the light" (death) because even though they had been good, their lives were not as exciting as they could have been. Wild men rage because they had lived full lives, had not worried about death, and were therefore not prepared or ready to die. Blind men see death perhaps more acutely than those with sight. They have some experience with the darkness associated with death. Thomas's father was blind and this is significant here. 

In this last stanza, Thomas is addressing his father particularly. He notes that his father is on a "sad height" - on the precipice of death. He also wants his father to rage against death. This is not necessarily because of regret or being unprepared. He simply wants his father to fight. So, he wants his father to curse (fight) and bless him (making him feel better) with fierce tears. In crying fierce tears, he shows that he is fighting (fierce) against his own sorrow (tears). Thomas will feel blessed that his father is also raging against the dying of the light. To rage against death is to show one's love for life and reluctance to leave his loved ones. 

In The Miracle Worker, how is Annie Sullivan like Christ in her relationship with Helen Keller?

Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker did something that others thought was impossible.  She helped Helen Keller to "see" the world through words and language.  The play is called The Miracle Worker because Annie transformed Helen's entire life in a way that was like a miracle.  Annie taught Helen that every object and thing in life has a name.  She taught her the names of these things by spelling into her hand.

In the Bible, Jesus Christ healed a man who had been born blind.  Jesus created a mixture of mud and His own saliva and placed it on the man's eyes.  He then spoke to the blind man and instructed him to go "wash in the Pool of Siloam."  The blind man followed the instructions.  When he came out of the water, he could see again.  

In this story, Jesus performed a literal miracle by giving a blind man sight.  In The Miracle Worker, Annie performed a figurative miracle by giving Helen the gift of knowledge about the world around her.

In the Bible, Jesus was known as a teacher.  He taught people through parables and instructions.  He also was a companion to His disciples and close followers.  In The Miracle Worker, Annie was a teacher to Helen.  She was also a friend and companion to her.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, What is the importance of Atticus? How is he linked to Scout. Use themes from the novels.

Atticus is important in the novel in many ways.  First, he is the lawyer who defends Tom Robinson against pressure, racism, and persecution.  By doing so, he is the exemplar of courage and justice. This point must be underlined, because it is his courage that drives the novel. Miss Maudie says it best when she says that Atticus was born to do our unpleasant jobs, that is, what is difficult to do. Here are Miss Maudie's words:

“I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.”

“Oh,” said Jem. “Well.”

Atticus also is important, because he is the father of Jem and Scout.  This point also ties in nicely with your second question of how Atticus relates to Scout.  All throughout the novel Atticus seeks to guide his children to become good citizen and good people in the world.  He approach to parenting is masterful as he lead by example. In the end, both Jem and Scout become better people. 

In conclusion, Atticus is important as a citizen of Maycomb, the lawyer of Tom Robinson, and the father of Jem and Scout. 

I need to talk about sexuality and women in the book I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Boucolon for a paper and I don't know where to...

The book I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Boucolon is loosely based on an historical figure, Tituba, a woman possibly of Native American, African, or mixed descent. She was a slave owned by Samuel Parris, probably purchased in Barbados, and accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. After being beaten by her owner, she confessed to practicing witchcraft, but we have no notion of whether this represents an actual practice of some non-Christian ritual tradition, what sort of rituals those may actually have been, or whether the confession was purely fictional, something she simply made up to make the beatings stop. While our historical accounts see the Salem Witch Trials through the eyes of white Christian men, Boucolon uses the character of Tituba to imaginatively reconstruct how that may have been viewed from the perspective of a non-Christian non-white woman. 

You might start your paper with the point that the voices of non-white non-Christian women are suppressed in our existing histories and thus the only way they can be recaptured is through an act of the imagination. Thus even though this work is fictional, in reading it, we have one of our few opportunities to reach back in time and try to empathize with Tituba. Maryse Boucolon, who was born in 1934, in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, in the French West Indies, shares the ethnic and cultural heritage of her heroine and in her writing often explores her cultural heritage, especially the clash between colonization and religious oppression and native traditions.

Next, after setting the historical stage, you should explore the intersections of race, class, and gender oppression, particularly the way in which Tituba is born of rape and suffers both rape and beatings as a slave. While sexuality is regarded as a dangerous force for white women in the novel, to be domesticated within the bonds of Christian marriage, when it escapes those bonds, as is the case with Hester, who rebels deliberately, or Tituba who suffers rape, a double standard exists, with women but not their male partners suffering for their transgressions. 

Your conclusion should address the way that gender and class oppression work together with colonialism as forces to oppress Tituba, but her own cultural and religious traditions give her strength. Love, seen as occurring authentically between the marginalized outsiders Benjamin and Tituba becomes a liberatory force in the novel, opposed to the oppressive forces of rape, hegemony, and patriarchy. 

`165^@ = 135^@ + 30^@` Find the exact values of the sine, cosine, and tangent of the angle.

`sin(u+v)=sin(u)cos(v)+cos(u)sin(v)`

`sin(135+30)=sin(135)cos(30)+cos(135)sin(30)`

`sin(135+30)=(sqrt2/2)(sqrt3/2)+(-sqrt2/2)(1/2)`

`sin(135+30)=sqrt6/4-sqrt2/4=sqrt2/4(sqrt3-1)`

`cos(u+v)=cos(u)cos(v)-sin(u)sin(v)`

`cos(135+30)=cos(135)cos(30)-sin(135)sin(30)`

`cos(135+30)=(-sqrt2/2)(sqrt3/2)-(sqrt2/2)(1/2)`

`cos(135+30)=-sqrt6/4-sqrt2/4=-sqrt2/4(sqrt3+1)`

`tan(135+30)=(tan(u)+tan(v))/(1-tan(u)tan(v))`

` ` `tan(135+30)=(tan(135)+tan(30))/(1-tan(135)tan(30))`

`tan(135+30)=(-1+sqrt3/3)/(1-(-1)sqrt3/3)=((-3+sqrt3)/3)/((3+sqrt3)/3)=(-3+sqrt3)/(3+sqrt3)`

After rationalizing the denominator the answer is `-2+sqrt3`

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What are the descriptions of each important place on the island in Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

There are four main locations where important events take place in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.  The meeting place, referred to by Golding as “the palm terrace,” represents the boys’ attempts to form a civilized society, since this is where they initially gather and where they hold their meetings.  It is “roughly a triangle; but irregular and sketchy, like everything they made.”  Located on a sandy, grassy ledge, it faces the lagoon, near the bathing pool. Past storms have toppled palm trees, which the boys use to sit on. The chief’s log sits nearest the edge, so that Ralph faces the reality of the jungle during meetings, and the boys face the immense antagonist, the ocean.

The next important spot is the mountain top.  It is a place that always seems to give the boys a dose of reality, from the first time Ralph and Jack climb it and discover that they’re on an island, to the time Piggy scolds them for acting “Like a pack of kids!” when they burn down part of the island and a littlun goes missing, to their failed signal fire and the first real argument between their leaders. The mountain rises out of the jungle in roughly the middle of the boat-shaped island.  The back side of it angles down sharply into jungle.  The front side is rocky, which the boys use to climb up.  On top there is one area that is rather flat, on which they build their signal fire. The mountain, like the rocky ledge on the beach, is made of pink-toned granite. It is very beautiful, but also looms over the boys as though mocking their attempts at rescue.

Less seen but equally important is Simon’s hiding place in the jungle.  He goes there to escape the other boys when he feels overwhelmed by their mocking or all the arguing and dissension.  In chapter three we get a detailed description of it.  “[T]he creepers had woven a great mat that hung at the side of an open space in the jungle; for here a patch of rock came close to the surface…The whole space was walled with dark aromatic bushes.” The fact that Simon goes here sometimes at night shows his deep intuition that it isn’t the jungle they should fear, but each other. It is from within this little nook that Simon witnesses Jack and his hunters savagely murder the mother pig, hack off her head, and put it on a stick as a sacrifice to the beast, resulting in Simon's famous interview with the Lord of the Flies in chapter 8.

A final place of importance in the novel is Castle Rock. The boys first discover it while searching the island for the beast. Jack describes it as “’The tail-end part, where the rocks are all piled up…The rocks make sort of a bridge.  There’s only one way up.’” It is located on the very tip of the island, a 15-foot rock ledge that sticks out into the ocean. On one side is the calm lagoon; on the other is the violent Pacific Ocean, crashing into the rocks below.  Such a contrast is perhaps symbolic of the good and evil we see in the boys themselves.  This outcropping becomes the convenient location for Jack’s tribe, since it is easy to defend.  It’s where Piggy dies when Roger levers a rock down onto him, and it's the place where the murderous hunt for Ralph begins.  This “castle,” then, represents the lair for the evil inside the boys, which savagely spills out during their time on the island.

`x = y^2 + 1, x = 2` Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume generated by rotating the region bounded by the given curves...

The shell has the radius `-2 - y` , the cricumference is `2pi*(-2 - y)` and the height is `2 - x` , hence, the volume can be evaluated, using the method of cylindrical shells, such that:

`V = 2pi*int_(y_1)^(y_2) (-2 - y)*(2-x) dy`

You need to evaluate the endpoints from equation `y^2+1=2 => y^2 = 1 => y_(1,2) = +-1`

`V = 2pi*int_(-1)^1 (-2 - y)*(2 - y^2 - 1) dy`

`V = 2pi*int_(-1)^1 (-2 - y)*(1 - y^2) dy`

`V = 2pi*int_(-1)^1 (-2 + 2y^2 - y + y^3)dy`

`V = 2pi*(int_(-1)^1 (-2 dy) + int_(-1)^1 2y^2 dy - int_(-1)^1 ydy + int_(-1)^1 y^3 dy)`

Using the formula `int x^n dx = (x^(n+1))/(n+1)` yields:

`V = 2pi*(-2y + 2y^3/3 - y^2/2 +y^4/4)|_(-1)^1`

`V = 2pi*(-2 + 2/3 - 1/2 + 1/4 + 2 +2/3 + 1/2 - 1/4)|_(-1)^1`

`V = 2pi*(+ 4/3)`

`V = (8pi)/3`

Hence, evaluating the volume, using the method of cylindrical shells, yields `V = (8pi)/3.`

Do animals have human qualities?

This first and foremost a philosophical/linguistic question:  first, "Human qualities" must be circumscribed by some limitations.  Is locomotion a human quality?  How about thinking?  How about actions for the collective good? etc.  The question of "human nature" often reduces to a discussion of whether altruism (thinking and acting for others) has contributed more to the survival of the species "homo sapiens" or whether pure self-consideration "(let us say "selfishness") is more conducive to our survival.

Secondly, the term "qualities" is ambiguous at best.  Are we speaking of social "persona" or ethical/moral "values," etc.? What are "human qualities, then?  In the Grerman language, the word "Eigenshaften" is used to denote those features of our actions and choices that give us our "personality," our distinct persona.

However, after this sort of erudite discussion, your real inquiry is about whether animals share human "emotions" such as disappointment, loneliness, worry, joy, anticipation, etc. -- those emotions that we call "feelings" Does my dog "miss" me when I'm gone?  Does my cat "wish" I would fill up her bowl?  Is my parakeet singing because he's happy the sun is shining? etc.  Scientists would divide these responses to outward stimuli into two kinds:  Shared mental phenomena (a subject on which there is very little research), and the human "quality" of personifing the outside world:  We imagine our dog is smiling when he quivers his muzzle; we take our cat's haughty posture as disdain for our pets, we see a face in the moon, etc.  Consequently, our own human imagination accounts for much of what appears to be "human qualities" in the animals near us.   

In Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, how does Holden show that he has a major depression disorder?

Holden seems like a normal teenager with normal problems. He's jealous of other boys, he thinks about girls, he swears a lot, and the list goes on. Many teenagers think about running away from their problems, too. Holden's problems, however, are deeper than the average American kid's; and, it becomes clearer as the story goes on that he must have anxiety as well as depression. Usually, people without a mental disorder have and apply coping skills when they are faced with a difficult situation. For example, one skill might be to find solutions to problems rather than running away. Many people might fantasize about running away, but Holden actually does it! 

"All of a sudden, I decided what I'd really do, I'd get the hell out of Pencey--right that same night and all. . . I just didn't want to hang around any more. It made me too sad and lonesome. . . Besides, I sort of needed a little vacation. My nerves were shot. They really were" (51).

The above quote shows Holden deciding to run away as well a admitting to his sadness and unbalanced nerves. This is a perfect example of depression and anxiety. Holden also says this near the beginning of the book. By the end of the book, though, he has completely gone over the edge and really starts freaking out because he hasn't received the help that he needs.

"Then all of a sudden, something very spooky started happening. Every time I came to the end of a block and stepped off the goddam curb, I had this feeling that I'd never get to the other side of the street. I thought I'd just go down, down, down, and nobody'd ever see me again. Boy did it scare me" (197-198).

Life on the run does not help Holden's anxiety and depression. He starts talking to his dead brother for help and really can't cope properly. It's a good thing that he decides to go home for his sister's sake because that's when he finally gets professional help.

Which do you think is the best among sociological perspective?

The three major sociological perspectives are symbolic interactionism, functionalism, and conflict theory. Each perspective can be relevant in different contexts, depending on what social phenomenon is being examined. Symbolic interactionism is a micro-level perspective that focuses on how individuals interact and develop symbolic understandings of other people. Functionalism is a macro-level analysis that examines the utility of societal relationships and structures. Lastly, conflict theory is a macro-level understanding that defines society as conflict between different groups for limited resources and power, and understands how hierarchies form and dominant groups oppress subordinate groups.

Deciding which theory is subjectively the "best" can also be determined by which classical theorist each theory aligns with. Those who agree with the conclusions of theorists like Max Weber may prefer interactionism. Durkheimian sociologists align with functionalist theory, while Marxists may find conflict theory the most relevant to society.

What does each member of Gregor's family urge him to do?

In the story “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, each member of Gregor’s family urged him to get out of bed and open his door on the morning of Gregor’s transformation. Because his family does not yet realize that Gregor has been transformed into a bug, they all urge him to get out of bed. However, they all seem to have different approaches.

For example, his mother gently reminds Gregor of the time to encourage him. As shown in the story:

“Gregor,’ a voice called (it was his mother!) ‘it’s quarter to seven. Don’t you want to be on your way?’ The soft voice!”

On the other hand, his father uses a more abrasive and stubborn tone while beseeching Gregor to get out of bed. He continues to call out Gregor’s name and refuses to give up.  As the story illustrates:

“‘Gregor, Gregor,’ he called out, ‘what’s going on?’ And after a short while he urged him on again in a deeper voice. ‘Gregor!’ Gregor!’”

Lastly, his sister also comes to urge Gregor to get up. However, her turn is much more gentle. She also seems to be concerned about his well-being and what has caused him not to get up already. As the story shows:

"At the other side door, however, his sister knocked lightly. ‘Gregor? Are you all right? Do you need anything?’"

Thus, all of his family members urge him to get out of bed and come out of his room. However, they all seem to have different methods and motivations for their requests, which is shown in how they ask their questions.

Why were European countries interested in exploring the New World?

There are several reasons European nations wanted to explore the New World, but for the most part they can be summed up by economic motivations. 

Exploration of the seas and eventually the New World (the North and South Americas) was initially an attempt to find a sea route for trade with Asia. Asian countries offered valuable goods that Europeans wanted to have access to like spices, silk, and precious metals. Transporting these goods over land was labor intensive and often dangerous as it required long trips through deserts and mountains. A sea route would be both quicker and easier for transporting goods back and forth. 

After Europeans traveled to the New World, they saw much potential for economic (and possibly spiritual) gain. The Americas had a number of animals and resources Europeans hadn't encountered before, and these became very hot commodities on the continent. Colonies were established to exploit the land and resources of the Americas with a secondary intention of Westernizing the native people. Westernization included conversion to Christianity, learning to speak one of the colonial languages, and taking up European customs. Many Europeans felt that it was their duty to Westernize Indigenous Americans because their traditional cultures were savagery and that they lived unhappy lives and would not be safe in the afterlife. 

Europeans also had a sense of wonder and mystery at the unknown lands of the Americas and believed that there may be supernatural places or beings waiting to be discovered. Most famously, many searched for a Fountain of Youth in the Americas, but to no avail. However, some plant, animal, and mineral materials were believed to have special qualities for health and were transported back to Europe for use as medicine.

How does the story's point of view change at the end of paragraph 7 of the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?"

Ambrose Bierce uses a variety of points of view within the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." The story begins with a third person limited point of view. The narration focuses on what is outwardly observable without entering into the minds or thoughts of any of the characters that are described. Thus the motions, positions, and appearance of the captain, the sentinels, the civilian, and the sergeant are described in an objective fashion. Toward the end of the fourth paragraph, the perspective changes, and the narration becomes third person limited omniscient and begins to describe what the civilian, who is about to be hanged, is seeing and even thinking. This perspective holds throughout paragraphs five and six, with paragraph five detailing the man's physical sensations and paragraph six disclosing his thoughts. The last sentence of paragraph seven returns to the detached, objective third person limited narration by reporting matter-of-factly, "The sergeant stepped aside." 

The vacillating points of view that Bierce uses allow him to set up the fantastical action of the story without giving away the twist ending, namely, that the action occurs only in Peyton Farquhar's head. Because he uses a third person limited perspective at times at the beginning of the story, the reader is drawn into the realism of the story and assumes that Farquhar's surprising escape is also real. Tracking the shifts in point of view are helpful in understanding how Bierce is able to pull off his trickery so effectively. 

What is a possible thesis for an argumentative essay on The Great Gatsby in response to the question of what kind of space Manhattan represents for...

This is a great basis for a thesis for an essay!  As I read through The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald),what strikes me is that Manhattan represents power and dominance to the males in the novel, which one might think of as the American dream on testosterone. This is true, I think, of Tom Buchanan, Nick Carraway, Gatsby, and even possibly George Wilson.  A thesis statement expressing this, listing the characters as your means of support, would get you off to a good and organized start to your content. 

Tom is able to exert his power over his mistress in their Manhattan apartment, to play lord of the manor in a way he cannot at home because Daisy sees him as he truly is, an unintelligent bully.  The scene in which he triumphs against Gatsby and keeps Daisy takes place in the Plaza Hotel. 

Nick is from a well-established midwestern family that has a hardware business. After he returns from World War I, he is restless, wanting something beyond that life.  He plans to make his fortune in bonds, which requires that he succeed in Wall Street, so Manhattan is where the power is.

Gatsby encounters a criminal mentor in a Manhattan restaurant on 42nd Street, and introduces him to Nick.   Meyer Wolfshiem is a gambler who had fixed the 1919 World Series.  Wolfshiem spends his time with Gatsby and Nick fondly reminiscing about a restaurant across the street at which one of his cronies had been gunned down. He represents a certain kind of power and dominance in the criminal world.  Gatsby also tries to make his power grab for Daisy at the Plaza Hotel.  For Gatsby, also a product of the midwest, his dreams of success and power coalesce in Daisy and Manhattan. 

George Wilson never gets to Manhattan, being stuck at the edge of an ash heap, the valley of ashes, on the road to Manhattan. The train passes him up every day, as do those driving into the city. He is shown to be a weak, ineffectual man, powerless, poor, and cuckolded.  Manhattan is not for men like Wilson.

There are other examples of the connection between Manhattan and male power in the novel.  These are a good way to start you thinking, I hope.  I have added a link with photos and discussion of the places in the novel in which New York is featured, which might give you even more ideas. 

What happens when Jack, Ralph, and Simon encounter the pig in "Lord of the Flies"? What does this tell you about Jack so far?

In Chapter 1, Jack, Ralph, and Simon set off on an expedition to explore the island. While they are returning to base camp, they hear the sound of a squealing pig. They follow the noise and find a piglet caught in a group of vines and branches. The piglet is violently thrashing in an attempt to free itself. The three boys surround the squealing pig, and Jack takes his knife out. Jack holds his knife in the air but hesitates to bring it down to kill the pig. Jack pauses long enough for the piglet to escape from the vines. As the boys laugh, Jack claims that he was trying to pick a right place to stab the pig. Ralph asks, "Why didn't you---?" (Golding 31). The reason Jack didn't kill the pig was because of the blood and sheer brutality necessary to take the life of an animal. Jack's hesitation and decision not to kill the piglet tells the reader that he is still heavily influenced by society. Jack is still a civil character at this point in the novel and has a conscious. Killing an animal would be a traumatic experience for Jack. He is still innocent and has not yet become a ruthless tyrant. As the novel progresses, Jack descends into barbarism and becomes the leader of his own tribe of savages.

What expressed powers are exercised by which branches of the federal government?

Expressed powers are those that are specifically written in the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution grants Congress the most power with over twenty-seven specific expressed powers. Some of the more important expressed powers of Congress include the power to make laws and levy taxes. The expressed powers of the legislature are contained in Article I, Section 8 and include policies for citizenship, granting copyright or patents, and the ability to declare war. The Congress also has the power to approve treaties.

Much of the power of the President of the United States has been created by precedence and not constitutional law. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution states the powers of the president. In this part of the Constitution, the president is made the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and is given the rights to negotiate treaties. The president is also permitted to appoint members and the department heads of his executive departments and cabinet, subject to the approval of Congress.

The judicial branch of the federal government is given very few expressed powers. They are charged with interpreting and hearing court cases that deal with the federal law. Much of the power of the Supreme Court was established through precedence, with the Marbury v. Madison case creating the principle of judicial review for the Court.

How does the narrator describe Carlé in "And of Clay Are We Created"?

In “And of Clay Are We Created,” the narrator at first describes Carlé as a very calm and levelheaded news reporter.  “Fear seemed never to touch him,” she says, though this is not necessarily true.  She realizes that he maintains a “fictive distance” from the events he reports on, using the camera lens to disassociate himself with the gravity of reality.  The narrator says this distance “seemed to protect him from his own emotions,” suggesting that there exists something volatile in him, something repressed and emotionally taut.

Later in the story, the narrator describes Rolfe physically, as the situation with Azucena is beginning to take its toll:  he is totally fatigued, with dark circles under his eyes and stubble on his chin.  The narrator notices that this is “different from the fatigue of other adventures,” and that “he could not look at the girl through a lens any longer.”  Here we see a physical and emotional change coming over Carlé:  he no longer has that distance to protect him, and due to his emotional investment in Azucena’s story his own emotions soon will out.

At the end of the story the narrator describes him as “vulnerable,” finally, and paints him as both relieved and resigned, to his own acknowledgement of his past and to Azucena’s inevitable fate.  The final paragraph of the story is addressed to Rolfe, and the narrator here describes him as a man forever changed by his experience, “freed from the clay.”

What literary devices have been used in "The Black Cat" and how do they explain the themes?

"The Black Cat" incorporates a number of literary devices, including an unreliable narrator, symbolism, and irony, to reinforce its theme that wicked people cannot feel remorse because they do not take responsibility for their actions. 

The unreliable narrator in this story is one of its most ingenious techniques. From the first sentence of the story, we are told by the first-person narrator, "I neither expect nor solicit belief." Mad we would be indeed to give it to him then! Therefore the reader must carefully study the narrator's words and read between the lines to find the truth of the tale. The narrator's effusive descriptions of himself in the second paragraph certainly must be taken with a grain of salt; we can see already that before the narrator degenerated into a violent man, he was already incapable of being honest with himself. Throughout the story, every time the narrator has a chance to take full responsibility for what he has done, he either blames something else (alcohol, his "disease," the cat) or he can't quite bring himself to be fully remorseful. Hence we have statements such as, "I blush to confess it," where he doesn't blush at the deed itself, but only at having to confess it, and "I experienced a sentiment half of horror, half of remorse," where he admits he does not feel the full weight of his guilt. Even in the very last line of the narrator's "confession," he notes that it was the cat who "seduced me into murder." Poe expects the reader to see through the narrator's biased interpretation of events and to understand that this wicked man, despite his evil deeds, is still unwilling to fully take responsibility for what he did.

The symbols in the story also point to the man's guilt and the way he continues to explain it away. The bas relief of Pluto that appears after the fire is a symbol of the depravity of the narrator, and that it needs to come to light. However, the narrator is able to come up with an explanation that "readily accounted to my reason, if not altogether to my conscience" of how the relic was created. He is unable to feel complete remorse, indicating he does not accept full responsibility. The second black cat is a symbol, like the first, of the man's guilt and seared conscience. The cat has a blind eye reminiscent of Pluto, and it has a marking on its chest that begins to look more and more like gallows. The narrator despises the cat, showing he has not come to terms with his past sins.

Finally, the narrator seeks to kill the cat, and instead murders his wife. Typical of his inability to own his actions, he hides the body by walling it up in his cellar. But just when it seems that he will once and for all get rid of his conscience and all reminders of his depravity, the cat calls out from behind the brick wall. The irony is  that, although the narrator tried to kill the cat, he doesn't succeed, and the cat ends up giving away the narrator's guilt and sending him to the gallows. This irony reinforces the theme that a wicked person never takes responsibility for his actions, thus requiring outside forces to come into play to hold the person accountable for his evil deeds.

What is the theme of Gimpel the Fool?

In a very broad sense, a prominent theme of "Gimpel the Fool" is trying to reconcile one's beliefs with the truth of world around them (beliefs vs. reality).

On the surface, "Gimpel the Fool" tells readers a tale of what seems to be a very foolish man, one who is disrespected by his wife, his community, and employees. Yet through all of Gimpel's misfortunes, he retains belief in God and in the truth that could potentially be on other's lips ("In the first place, everything is possible, as it is written in the Wisdom of the Fathers," Gimpel the Fool, p. 1). Gimpel's beliefs frequently cause him to be made a fool of in the reality of his social sphere, although Gimpel's ending epiphany informs readers that his beliefs triumph: "No doubt the world is the imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world" (Gimpel the Fool, p. 10).

Thinking more symbolically, the theme of beliefs vs. reality is realized when you read the short story as a symbol of the Jewish experience post-WWII. Gimpel and the people of Frampol are Jews themselves, struggling with what seems real in the natural world and what is true in the spiritual realm. When this story was written in 1953, many Jews had been displaced and affected by the horrors of the Holocaust. Many could find pieces of themselves in Gimpel's story; they, like Gimpel, were asked to hold on to the "truth" that they were still the chosen people of God despite the trauma they as a whole had gone through.

What incidents occur after the Otis family move into Canterville Chase?

There are a number of incidents which occur after the Otis family move into their new home, Canterville Chase:

• The Otis family learn the dark history of the blood-stain in the library and discover that it reappears every time it is cleaned.


• The Canterville ghost appears on four occasions but is unable to scare the Otis family. On one occasion, he attempts to wear his old antique suit of armour but falls over while climbing into it. The noise sends the family running to the hallway and the twins unleash their pea-shooters on the injured ghost. 


• In another incident, the ghost visits the twins in their bedroom but is greeted by a jug of cold water which they pour over his head. 


• At the end of Chapter Five, Virginia goes missing, prompting widespread concern among her family. She returns in Chapter Six and reveals that she has been with the Canterville ghost. He has died and gone to the Garden of Death, bringing a permanent end to all supernatural incidents at Canterville Chase. 

Which process contributes maximally to phenotypic difference between 2 siblings? Is it recombination or independent assortment?

Two siblings will have acquired their genes from their parents in specialized sex cells called gametes, which are sperm or eggs. The combinations of these genes are very unique which explains the differences noticed between siblings. Therefore, offspring vary from each other as well as from each parent.

Meiosis is a special type of cell division resulting in haploid gametes, or sex cells. These will fuse to form the fertilized egg which is diploid. Since a person has diploid cells, which contain chromosomes from both their mother and father, when they produce haploid gametes, there are many million possibilities of how their genes are organized into sex cells.

During meiosis which is a reduction division, a process known as crossing over occurs in prophase I of meiosis which helps to exchange genes between the maternal and paternal chromosomes in a corresponding pair known as nonsister chromatids. When this occurs, individuals chromosomes that will be placed in a gamete contain genes that originated from each parent. It shuffles the DNA in unique combinations. Crossing over results in recombinant chromosomes which helps to make unique combinations of traits in gametes.

Another reason siblings are unique is due to a stage of meiosis in metaphase II where nonidentical sister chromatids sort independently from each other, which increases the possible gene combinations in the gametes even more. 

When fertilization occurs, because it is a random event it adds to more genetic variation in the possible offspring because any sperm can fuse with any egg with each containing several million possibilities of traits due to crossing over and independent assortment. 

It is the recombination that occurs during meiosis after crossing over that shuffles the DNA into millions of unique combinations that has the greatest impact on why siblings are unique from each other with independent assortment and later fertilization adding to the genetic variability of an individual.