List three of the legal rulings that ended segregation in the United States.

There were several rulings that ended segregation in the United States. One of these rulings occurred in 1946. It was the case of Morgan v Virginia. This Supreme Court ruling said it was illegal to segregate on buses that crossed state lines. Another Supreme Court ruling that ended segregation was Norris v Alabama. In this ruling, the Supreme Court said it was illegal to exclude African-Americans from being considered for serving on juries.

One of the most famous cases that ended segregation was Brown v The Board of Education. In this case, the father of Linda Brown sued because his daughter couldn’t go to the same school as other kids who lived in her neighborhood. Linda Brown was African-American and had to attend a school for African-Americans. The Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal schools were not legal in the United States. This led to a series of desegregation cases throughout the country, at first in the South and then in the North. These were three cases that ended some aspect of segregation in our country.

Which is more powerful, a person's love of country or a person's love of family?

Of course this would depend on the person but I would argue that for most people the love of family would be stronger. Even in a situation like the sniper finds himself when he comes face to face with what his commitment to his country has cost him, I would guess that his heart was broken. 

Here was a young man who had shown extraordinary dedication to the Republican cause in the Irish Civil War. He was willing to endure hunger and willing to risk his own life in order to accomplish his mission. He was willing to kill civilians because they were helping the other side.

And of course O'Flaherty ends the story before the reader can get a glimpse of the sniper's reaction to finding that he killed his brother. But my guess would be that he would immediately question the value of his cause in a way and with an urgency he didn't before. Even if he'd known that his brother was fighting for the other side, the reality of it could perhaps be avoided until this moment when it stared him directly in the face.

What perspective is The Old Man and Sea narrated from?

The Old Man and the Sea is narrated in third person, but the narrator focuses primarily on the thoughts and actions of the old man, Santiago. One of the first things we learn about him is his optimism. He has faith that things will get better when they are hard, and the fortitude to work through his struggles. He does not despair even though he hasn't caught a fish in 85 days, and cannot afford his own dinner. He is good friends with Manolin, a young boy who he has mentored since Manolin was five. We get to see Manolin's perspective briefly at the end of the book, when Manolin finds Santiago asleep after his unsuccessful return. Manolin's chief qualities are his loyalty, his faith and his gratitude to Santiago. Some of Santiago's main traits are his pride in his trade, his optimism, and his love of the sea.

Does Charles Dickens sympathize with revolutionaries?

Dickens makes it clear that, while he does sympathize with the horrible conditions of the common people and deplores the attitudes of entitlement of the nobility, he does not approve of the reactions of the revolutionaries, embodied in the characters of Monsier and Madame Defarge. The vast difference in economic stability between the classes is made clear, especially in the actions of Monseigneur de Evremont when he runs over the peasant child. Dickens sees the Monseigneur’s death as well deserved and the imprisonment of his killer Gaspard as inhuman. These individual actions are understandable. It is the overthrow of the monarchy and the whole of French society that earns his condemnation. The fear of the mob was very real in this period of history (even in America) as an uncontrollable animal. Seeing it from the distance of two generations, Dickens can look beyond the fear that the same might have happened in England. As always, his heart is with the common people and reform of society, but he does not seem to advocate a complete overthrow of the government or British monarchy.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what are some quotes that show Atticus as wise, honest, sympathetic, and courageous?

Atticus is characterized as possessing a great deal of wisdom all throughout Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. One classic example is seen in his speech about viewing things from others' perspectives, given earlier in the book.

In Chapter 3, Scout confides in Atticus about her disappointing first day of school. Atticus explains that one reason why Scout got into trouble on her first day is because she was unable to see things from Miss Caroline's perspective and that both Scout and Miss Caroline had learned valuable lessons. He further gives Scout the following famous speech that serves as an underlying moral throughout the entire book:

First of all ... if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along much better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-- ... --until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. (Ch. 3)

This is a wise moral of Atticus's because it allows him to love all the people around him and feel a sense of compassion for them, just as he is able to express love and feel compassion for Tom Robinson through defending him in court. Atticus's wise words about understanding others' points of view influence Scout all throughout the book as she tries to understand the concept; she is finally able to do so when standing on the porch with Arthur (Boo) Radley at the end of the book, after having escorted him home.

How is the theme of conflict shown in the poem "The Voice" by Thomas Hardy?

The conflict in the poem is the speaker's grief. He misses his wife. In the context of the poem, she is simply gone. But as this is most likely Hardy's way of expressing grief after his wife had died, the woman in the poem is deceased. Hardy was known for intellectualism and avoiding blunt sentimentality. He manages to showcase this but allows for some sentimental notions.

The poem also shows a secondary conflict within the grief itself. The speaker (for all intents and purposes, Hardy) clearly was more in love with his wife at an earlier time. He and she had become estranged, their love fading over time. This estrangement is why the speaker uses "woman" instead of something like "darling" or "beloved." Despite the estrangement, the speaker still does miss her. He misses her in the earlier part of their relationship when things were better and more loving. This is the secondary conflict. He is grieving but grieving more for a former, older version of her. 

In the first stanza, he imagines her calling to him, saying she is not like she was when they fell out of love (so to speak). He imagines her telling him that she is now (in death/spirit) like she was when they first were in love, "when our day was fair." 

In the second stanza, he wonders if he hears her, then asks to see her. In the third stanza, he adds that this willed hallucination might simply be the wind. He is left with only an imagined woman calling him. He mourns her death; this is the first conflict. The secondary conflict is the fact that he mourns her even though they had drifted apart. He grieves more for the earlier version of her. He wants this "version" (for lack of a better term) to be the one "calling" to him. 

I need a summary for chapters 4 and 6; can you help me with this?

Chapter Four summary:

In this chapter, the Adventure Club members are hoping to hike along Levy or Levart Lake at night. To get there, they have to make their way through Tony's woods. As they walk, Q pipes up that he is afraid the woods might contain spiders, and Hooter is sure that the place is crawling with snakes. Tony assures them that they have far more to fear from the legend of the lake.

He contends that the lake has the reputation of being haunted and that people would often disappear at the lake, never to be heard from again. Tony admits that some people did return after their disappearance, but they were never the same again, often exhibiting strange habits upon their return. Many of them also had fantastic stories to relate about their disappearance. Tony cites his grandfather's best friend, Adam Hibbs, who disappeared during a camping trip. 

Accordingly, Tony's grandfather awakened one night to find Adam in a rowboat on the lake. Although he called to his friend, Adam never gave any indication that he heard the call. After Adam's disappearance, five more people disappeared within the space of fifty years. The story was the same each time: a strange rowboat was always involved, and all disappearances occurred under a three-quarter moon.

Chapter Six summary:

This chapter finds all the children in the middle of the lake in a strange rowboat. In the previous chapter, Katie disappears without warning. When the boys find her climbing into a strange boat, they frantically call out to her. However, she does not hear them, and the boys, caught in the same trance, soon follow her into the same boat.

All are soon awakened to find themselves in the middle of a raging river during a snowstorm. While everyone is holding on for dear life, Katie suddenly stands up in the middle of the boat.

Matt and Hooter try to grab on to Katie, but she soon disappears completely. When the boys' desperate cries yield no answer, Matt fears the worst. Visibility is almost non-existent, as they drift dangerously along the icy river. Matt worries about how he will break the news to his parents. Meanwhile, Q's flashlight illuminates the inscription on the inside of the boat: Emit Levart. Tony reminds the other boys of his grandfather's words, that this name is tied up in the mystery of Levart or Levy Lake.

Discuss how one of Huong’s female characters is a means by which the author offers a critique of the male-dominated culture around her. Include a...

In the novel, Que is Hang's mother, a woman who is deeply committed to the Vietnamese Confucian values of her society. Because Vietnam spent almost 1000 years under its Chinese overlords, Confucian ethics permeated every sector of Vietnamese culture during the ancient era. Please refer to the link below to read more about this.

Confucianism holds that five primary relationships are inherently important in any society. These are the relationships between a ruler and his subject; a husband and his wife; a parent and his child; a brother and his sister; and a senior and his junior acquaintance. Confucianism essentially favors a male-dominated and patriarchal societal structure. In such a society, social expectations are rigid and uncompromising. As the older sister to her only brother, Chinh, Que must fulfill her social obligations without complaint. Failure to comply would result in dishonor in the present life as well as for all eternity.

So strong are these Confucian values that Que sacrifices her health and life to meet the needs of her self-absorbed brother. Since Chinh is the only male heir in the family, Que feels that she is responsible for her brother's well-being and happiness. In the story, Chinh, a communist, forbids Que to continue associating with her husband Ton (a schoolteacher); Chinh asserts that there are only two types of respectable people in the world: the proletariat, who he calls the "beacon of the revolution," and the peasants, "faithful ally of the proletariat in its struggle for the construction of socialism." Since the professional class is what Chinh considers the "exploiter" class or "parasites," Ton must be persecuted and held accountable for his "crime" of dismissing communist values.

In the novel, Chinh is responsible for Ton having to flee his village, in fear for his life. During the communist occupation, the land reforms, led by men like Chinh, caused great anguish and suffering to the Vietnamese people. Yet, despite her brother's cruelty, Que persists in placating him and catering to his selfish desires. For example, Chinh demands his share of the profits from the sale of their parents' home. Despite her own poverty, Que makes sure that Chinh has his share, although there is no indication that she has allocated any money for her own share. In the novel, Que and her daughter, Hang, live in extreme poverty.

However, Que doesn't feel that she can readily dismiss her brother's demands. Chinh wants her to work in a factory and essentially position herself so that she can ascend the communist hierarchy. He accuses Que of denying him a right to a promotion and tries to shame her into submission. Accordingly, one of Chinh's colleagues supposedly has a sister who has been a militant since 1945 and who works at the Central Commission for the Women's Union. This colleague, despite his inferiority to Chinh, has supposedly been promoted to region deputy in the last year (all due to his connections to his sister).

Chastened, Que submits to her brother's draconian whims. At one stage, despite being near starvation, she uses her meager income (and money that Aunt Tam has left for Hang's welfare) to purchase lavish banquets for Chinh, his wife, and their two children. Que's groveling capitulation to her brother's will and her extreme preference for her brother's family causes her and her daughter Hang to suffer greatly from want of food. Not content with this state of affairs, Que even turns against Hang for refusing to support her martyred desire to sacrifice their lives on the altar of Confucian ethics.

Que's inability to respect her own right to personal agency or self-realization inspires the author's call (through Hang) for the "reinvention of hope and the rediscovery of human dignity." As the novel ends, Hang's Aunt Tam dies and leaves all her wealth to Hang. Despite this, Hang resolves not to carry on the traditions and societal obligations of her ancestors. She decides to chart her own path through life:

Forgive me my aunt: I'm going to sell this house and leave all this behind. We can honor the wishes of the dead with a few flowers on a grave somewhere. I can't squander my life tending these faded flowers, these shadows, the legacy of past crimes.

How has the president's power as the chief executive grown?

The powers of the President have grown much over the years. The Constitution originally gave the president powers in several areas. It appointed him Commander in Chief of the military. The founders wanted a civilian military leader, so as to check the power of the military. The Constitution also gave the President several diplomatic powers: the power to make treaties (with the advice and consent of the Senate), ceremonial duties of representing the United States at home and abroad, and the power of recognizing new and existing countries by receiving their ambassadors. The President was given wide powers to appoint various positions in the government. S/he can appoint: "ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States." (Constitution, Article II, Section 2).

Over the years, via practical exercise of powers not specifically given to him, the powers of the president have grown. Expansion of presidential powers began early on, with George Washington, who invented the idea of "executive privilege" when he refused to turn over notes about treaty negotiations for a controversial treaty. Washington also began the tradition of Executive Orders, which are orders issued by the President that have the force of law without having to be approved by Congress. All following presidents have engaged in issuing Executive Orders, some more than others. 

Indeed, many of the abuses/expansion of presidential power began in the early days of the republic. Andrew Jackson liked to engage in a bit of nepotism by appointing his friends and people who were loyal to him to various governmental posts. Abraham Lincoln greatly expanded presidential powers during the Civil War by assuming emergency powers. The largest expansion of presidential power by Lincoln was the suspension of habeus corpus, which is the right to appear in court for a trial when accused of a crime. 

However, the main example of the expansion of presidential powers is the ability to make war. While the Constitution allocates the power to declare and fund war to Congress, the President has often sent troops into battle without first consulting with Congress. Lincoln ordered the military to blockade Southern ports while Congress was not in session in response to an attack by the South, effectively engaging in warfare without Congressional approval. Lincoln knew he had overstepped his constitutional powers, and he asked Congress to retroactively approve by declaring war when they returned, and they did so. Teddy Roosevelt took military action in Panama and the Dominican Republic sans Congressional approval. Harry Truman sent troops to Korea to what would eventually be known as the Korean War without prior authorization from Congress. Kennedy used the CIA and the military to execute the ill-fated Bay of Pigs operation in Cuba, without authorization. Johnson and Nixon engaged in the Vietnam War without a formal declaration of war from Congress. Many presidents have flouted the war powers of Congress.

Congress obviously did not like these actions, and in 1973, it passed the War Powers Resolution, a law intended to limit the power of the President to deploy troops without a formal declaration of war. However, while it did provide some limits on presidential warmaking powers, such as a limit to the length of time the military can be deployed and a veto for Congress that allows the legislative branch to force the President to immediately recall deployed military, it codified the right of the President to engage in military action in law. The War Powers Resolution stipulated that the President can send troops without notifying Congress, but he must notify Congress within 48 hours of the military deployment. This in effect gave the President permission to deploy the military without first consulting with Congress. 

George H. Bush engaged in the first Gulf War because Iraq invaded Kuwait, taking advantage of the ability to send troops without prior approval. Congress granted an unprecedented amount of warmaking power to George W. Bush in 2002, when Bush got Congress to approve a resolution giving him the power to declare war, when he wanted to, without prior consultation with Congress. As a result, Bush declared war on Iraq in 2003. 

War has often been used as an excuse to exceed the powers given to the President in the Constitution, even from the earliest days of the United States. In 1798, John Adams had Congress pass the Alien and Sedition Acts, which granted the executive the power to jail political dissenters and deport any noncitizens he deemed to be a threat to the U.S. Franklin Delano Roosevelt demonstrated one of the most egregious unjust expansions of presidential power when he insisted that U.S. citizens of Japanese descent be put into internment camps, in order to protect the country during World War II. 

War has not been the only expansion of powers, however. FDR created many new agencies under the New Deal, all of which fell under the control of the Executive Branch. FDR also tried to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court in order to pack the court with judges more favorable to his initiatives (he failed). Harry Truman seized steel mills in the U.S. because of a steel workers' strike, an unprecedented move. Richard Nixon was eventually caught engaging in illegal activity with the Watergate scandal. Nixon and his operatives engaged in spying on political opponents via electronic surveillance, and they used the FBI, CIA, and the IRS to harass political figures who opposed Nixon and activist groups. Nixon tried to use executive privilege to avoid releasing incriminating audio tapes, but was unsuccessful. 

Thus, presidential powers have expanded in many areas since the founding of the United States. These are a few examples of the main areas of expansion. 

In what ways is "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" a humorous story?

One of the ways that Twain sets up the story to be humorous is by making Simon Wheeler into a sort of straight man. The narrator describes him as telling this rather ridiculous tale about Leonidas Smiley and his penchant for betting but never once changing his tone, varying in his enthusiasm for telling the tale, or any other sort of change. He is the very definition of the straight man except perhaps for his rambling and at times almost incoherent style of story telling.

The story that Wheeler tells is funny in that it continues to grow more and more absurd with every animal that the Reverend Smiley had. He had a "fifteen minute nag" that was so slow-looking that it would be given a head start and then find a ridiculous way to come out of nowhere to challenge for the win at the end of the race. He had a bulldog with no hind legs named Andrew Jackson that could out-fight any able bodied dog by out-witting them and then laying hold of them with his mighty jaws. And he had the famous jumping frog that could out-jump any frog around.

The New York Stock Exchange is a in New York City. Where is the NASDAQ Exchange located? What city can we find it in? After all, these...

The NASDAQ exchange is also in New York City, a couple of blocks from the New York Stock Exchange. In fact, a huge portion of all financial service activity in the United States---which is in fact a significant fraction of all financial service activity in the world---is concentrated in New York City.

Normally I wouldn't cite Wikipedia, but they actually have an entire category "Financial services companies based in New York City." That's how many there are.

Financial services often seem to clump together in this way, for reasons that are not fully understood. Financial centers or "hubs" form in particular cities, such as New York City, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Zurich. Actually, of the top 10 financial center cities worldwide, 3 are in the United States---New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

The author James Hurst said that he considered the setting to be a character in "The Scarlet Ibis." Explain what Hurst means and how he uses...

It is evident that James Hurst considers the setting of “The Scarlet Ibis” to be a character in the story.

In the opening paragraph he puts a time stamp on the story by personifying the changing seasons saying, “Summer was dead, but autumn had not yet been born when the ibis came to the bleeding tree.” In this paragraph he continues in this vain when he speaks of the five o’clock flowers as still “keeping time” while the smell of the flowers on the graves across the cotton fields filled the house with their smell. By immediately giving the time and place human qualities, Hurst creates the connotation that the setting is a character in the story.

Each setting in the story acts as a character when the other characters interact with it. Let me provide some examples.

The narrator, who was six years old when Doodle was born, wanted a brother to share his adventures with. One of the places he wanted to take him was “Old Woman Swamp.” The swamp is described as one of the most beautiful places around the house that is surrounded by dry cotton fields. The first time Brother takes Doodle to the swamp, the little boy cries when he is overcome by her beauty. As the boys spend hours in the swamp, it becomes an integral part of the their lives. They work on Doodles’ physical skills and dream of their futures living on the edge of the swamp. Old Woman Swamp is where Doodle learns to walk, she gives him life.

Hurst brings the Scarlet Ibis to the bleeding tree which is another important setting because it portends bad luck. Aunt Nicey reminds the family that red birds are bad luck. Hurst uses the death of the Scarlet Ibis in the bleeding tree as symbol for Doodles' impending death.

The boys are in the stream at Horsehead Landing when this storm arrives and Brother leaves the petrified Doodle behind. Doodle bleeds to death under one of the red nightshade bushes along the road. Again, the name and color of the bush bring it into the story as a character.

Each one of these settings takes on personal qualities either through personification or through the connotations the author applies to their names or descriptions.

In Shakespeare's Othello, what are some examples of why Othello is not a noble character?

In Shakespeare's Othello, Othello is a noble general based on his performance in battle.  The play's villain Iago, however, is able to take advantage of Othello's vulnerabilities to make him behave in ignoble ways.  Because Othello is of Moorish descent who now lives in Italy, he feels out of place and others discriminate against him.  Brabantio is furious that his daughter Desdemona has fallen in love with Othello, and he uses racially-charged language to voice his feelings.  Thus, Iago recognizes Othello's feelings of inferiority and takes advantage of them by making Othello think that Desdemona is really in love with Michael Cassio.  Othello's rage causes him to do ignoble things such as plotting against Cassio and eventually killing Desdemona.  So, Iago masterminds a plot to use Othello's vulnerabilities against him so that he behaves in an ignoble manner in the play.

In "Everyday Use" by Alice Waller, who gains the most emotionally and symbolically by the end of the story?

By the end of "Everyday Use," Maggie is the sister who gains the most emotionally and symbolically.

In order to see which sister gains the most by the end of the story, it is important to note their starting points.  Maggie is shy and introverted.  Mrs. Johnson's initial descriptions of Maggie reflect her withdrawn condition:  

Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind to him? That is the way my Maggie walks. She has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle, ever since the fire that burned the other house to the ground.

Maggie is wounded, both symbolically and emotionally.  This is in stark contrast to Dee, who is "pretty" and described as always wanting "nice things."  The contrast between both sisters is clearly displayed when Mrs. Johnson describes their reaction to their house burning down.  Maggie was scarred emotionally and physically, while Dee stood at a distance with a "concentrated" look on her face because of disdain for the house.  Dee has moved from this even, finding other people and establishing herself, while Maggie has remained with her mother.

When Dee visits, her desire for the quilts forces the choice that Mrs. Johnson has to make. It is also where we see Maggie gain the most.  Mrs. Johnson chooses to give the quilts to Maggie because she would put them to "everyday use."  When Dee protests, Mrs. Johnson offers a profound endorsement of Maggie: "I reckon she would,' I said. 'God knows I been saving 'em for long enough with nobody using 'em. I hope she will!" As a result,  Maggie has gained the most because her loyalty has been validated. In Mrs. Johnson's decision, Maggie has gained emotionally because it shows how she has gained her mother's support.  This validation is also symbolic because it recognizes the value of Maggie being loyal to her familial identity, a quality that Dee has not shown. 

Which is more important, liberty or freedom, and why?

There are various ways of distinguishing between liberty and freedom.  I will answer this question using the distinction discussed in the link below as it is the distinction with which I am most familiar.  In my view, freedom is more important than liberty because our freedom protects our liberty and makes it possible.

According to this definition of the two words, freedom can be seen as the state of being free from control by an outside source.  By contrast, liberty is more positive in that it grants you the right to do something in particular.  For example, if you have the freedom of speech, it means that you are free from attempts by the government to prevent you from expressing yourself.  On the other hand, if you have the liberty to say things that are offensive to other people, it means that you have the right to say those specific kinds of things.  Freedom, then, is a negative thing in the sense that it is the absence of outside control over you.  Liberty is a more positive thing in the sense that it is the affirmative right to do specific things.

Of course, both of these are very important things.  However, I would argue that freedom is more important because we would not have liberties if we did not first have freedom.  Our liberties are very important.  They include our liberty to speak our minds in public and our liberty to worship as we wish.  They include our liberty to disapprove of our government and to speak out against our leaders.  These are things that we should and do value greatly.

However, it is our freedom that makes these liberties possible.  We have freedom from excessive government control of our lives.  This is the most important thing because it means that we live in a society where we can expect the government to leave us alone in many ways.  Before we can exercise our liberty to say that President Obama is a socialist or that Donald Trump is a fascist, we need to have freedom.  Before we can exercise our liberty to belong to our particular churches and worship in our particular ways, we need to have freedom.  Freedom is the overarching condition of being free from control by an external power.  We have to have this freedom before we can have our specific liberties.  Therefore, freedom is the more important of these two things.

What can be a theme statement for the story "Games at Twilight"?

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by theme statement.  I think that you might be asking for a theme that is stated or present within the story.  One theme that I think is clearly illustrated by "Games at Twilight" is the theme of alienation.  Ravi is bound and determined to be a part of the group.  He doesn't only want to be a part of the group though, he desperately wants to be accepted as a "cool" kid within the group.  In order to do that, Ravi believes that winning the hide and seek game is tantamount to his success.  

To defeat Raghu—that hirsute, hoarse-voiced football champion—and to be the winner in a circle of older, bigger, luckier children—that would be thrilling beyond imagination.

Unfortunately, his victory doesn't get Ravi any more credibility than he had before.  He was so alienated at the beginning of the story that all of the other kids forgot that he was even playing.  Then at the end of the story, he is still alienated, because none of the other children are willing to accept his supposed victory.  

"Don’t be a fool,'' Raghu said roughly, pushing him aside, and even Mira said, "Stop howling, Ravi. If you want to play, you can stand at the end of the line,'' and she put him there very firmly.

Which theory maintains that new organs arise according to the needs of an organism and that the size of the organs is determined by the size they...

The idea of "use and disuse", that is, new organs arise as per the needs of the organism and unused organs are discarded, was proposed by Jean Baptiste Lamarck, a french naturalist, in 1801. And hence the theory is known as Lamarckian Theory or Lamarckism. This was one of the first theories of evolution of species and was later discarded in favor of Darwin's theory. Lamarck stated that organs will change as per the needs of the organisms and those that are not used would shrink. He used the example of giraffes and stated that their necks are longer because they have to reach leaves on tall plants. He also postulated that organisms will become more and more complex over time, as their environment changed. 

There are a number of differences between Lamarckism and Darwin's theory of evolution. 

Hope this helps. 

What does it mean when people mistake Raymond for Squeaky's little brother?

In "Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara, many people think Raymond is Squeaky's little brother even though he is bigger and definitely older than she is. The reason for this is Raymond has a condition called hydrocephalus which means he has fluid around his brain, giving him an enlarged head. In his case, as in many, it has also caused him to be mentally handicapped, so he behaves much like a young child would. Squeaky has to watch him constantly because he gets into things and cannot think things through like an older child. He depends on Squeaky to take care of him. Squeaky not only looks after Raymond, but she also defends him when other kids are cruel to him or make fun of him because of his large head. 

What are three fears that Jem Finch experienced?

Three occasions in which Jem has experienced fear are the following:

1. Jem is fearful of going onto the Radley porch in order to peek through the window with the broken shutter.


2. He is afraid that Atticus will find out that he has lied to him about playing with matches.


3. He is certainly frightened when he is attacked by Bob Ewell.

1. In Chapter 6, Jem takes a dare from Dill and steps onto the porch of the Radley house, trying to leave a note for Boo, but it keeps falling. Scout and Dill see a shadow on the porch, moving toward Jem. When Jem sees it, he "put his arms over his head and went rigid" in fear. After the shadow moves, Jem runs and shoos Scout and Dill along with him as they hear a shotgun fire. Jem's breath "came in sobs."

2. Later in the chapter, Jem tells Scout that he must go back for his pants which were caught on the Radley fence. He was forced to climb out of them in order to make his getaway; however, he has lied to his father, saying he lost them to Dill as they were playing with matches for each other's clothing. 
In the privacy of the porch where they sleep in the summertime, Jem explains to Scout that despite his fear of returning to the Radleys, he must retrieve his pants lest Atticus find out that he has lied. So, his fear of losing his father's respect is greater than his fear of Boo Radley and his house.

3. In Chapter 29 as Jem and Scout return from the Halloween program, they hear someone following them, but believe it to be Cecil Jacobs. All of a sudden, Scout hears a scuffle; she hears a scream come from her brother, and then she is attacked. 
Fortunately, they are rescued by Boo Radley, but both Jem and Scout have been frightened by the attack from the hateful Bob Ewell who has vowed revenge upon Atticus.

What sort of person is Dolphus Raymond in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Dolphus Raymond is a sad character who, like the blacks in the community of Maycomb, is oppressed by the values and beliefs of white society.  Raymond comes from a well-known wealthy family; however, he has a black mistress and several mixed children with his mistress.  He prefers to live and socialize with blacks in the community.  This would have been taboo in the South.  The mixing of races was something not accepted by white people.  In order to survive in the white world, Raymond pretends he is an alcoholic to explain his “scandalous” behavior.  He is seen carrying a brown bag with a bottle in it.  We later learn that it contains Coca-Cola, and he is really not an alcoholic.  It’s sad to think that it was more permissible to be an alcoholic than to fraternize with blacks at this time. 

In some ways, Raymond’s deception is cowardly.  He is so oppressed by what other people in the community think that he can’t live the life he really wants to live.  He does not speak up for justice and equality like Atticus does. Perhaps Raymond is so disgusted with the white society that he rebels in any way he can to survive, or maybe he just doesn't have the strength to stand up and fight the unfair system.  

How do global factors influence the economy in the US?

This question is a bit ironic, because the United States is almost certainly the one country in the world that is least influenced by the global economy. As the world's technological, military and economic hegemon (not to mention sovereign of the world reserve currency), the United States is one of a handful of countries that actually could afford to shut out other countries and ignore them if we chose to. Other countries depend upon us; but we do not depend upon them.

Actually we might be the only one; while China has as large a GDP as we do and a much larger population, they are more dependent on trade than we are. The European Union as a whole might be able to function closed off from the world, but no individual country within it could afford to do so. The US has one of the lowest ratios of trade to GDP of any country in the world (about 25%, compared to the world average of 60%), which makes sense in terms of the gravity equation because we have a huge GDP and are very far from most other countries.

That said, we are still significantly affected by global events.

The one most people know about is oil prices; because we are so dependent on imported oil, the international price of oil has a strong effect on the US economy in the short run. Actually this is less true than ever; I've linked a graph of our oil imports showing that they have been falling recently due to a combination of reduced consumption (more efficient cars, solar and wind power) and increased production (largely fracking). Yet we are still highly dependent on foreign oil, and have been for decades. Many economists believe that the US recession in the 1970s was caused by OPEC fixing international oil prices.

We also produce an enormous amount of exports and purchase an enormous amount of imports, and if people stop buying our exports or stop selling our imports we would have a problem until we adapted our domestic production accordingly. But again, one of the reasons we are so independent is that we actually could adapt our domestic production (with some loss in efficiency) in a way that a country like Nicaragua or Bangladesh cannot.

The US financial system is also tightly linked with many other financial systems around the world, such that a stock market crash in China or Russia can also cause a drop in markets in the US and slow growth in Europe can also create a drag on US industries.

This is the reason why it's so aggravating to economists when people talk about "shipping our jobs to China" or "staying competitive with Europe"; nations are not in competition with one another. When one nation prospers, others around it do as well. When one nation suffers, we all suffer. We're all in this together.

Please write a hypothesis for the following purpose: To apply the concepts of the properties of matter and determine the density of a variety of...

A hypothesis is an educated guess or proposed explanation Some research or limited evidence is usually taken into account prior to the development of a hypothesis.

In order to make a reasonable hypothesis for your given situation, the term “density” needs to be understood. Density is defined as the mass within a given volume of a substance. Thus, grams per cubic centimeter is the preferred unit used for the density of a substance.  

Therefore, if the screws are of equal size, I would propose within my hypothesis that the screw that is the heaviest to the touch has the highest density.

The actual density of the screws can be found using water displacement and a balance. Penn State provides directions to a similar lab that may be helpful.

I hope this helps!

Why does Mr. Summers call the names so quickly in "The Lottery"?

The haste with which Mr. Summers acts and calls out the families' names suggests that his is a duty which he does not relish, nor does he want to allow any time for disputation.

Mr. Summers's reluctance to perform his "civic activity" is also indicated by his being slightly late for the town ritual. Even after he arrives, Mr. Summers is described as resting his hand "carelessly on the black box" and talking "interminably to Mr. Graves and the Martins." When he must finally begin the ritual, Mr. Summers speaks "soberly": 

"Well, now...guess we better get started, get this over with, so's we can go back to work. Anybody ain't here?" 

After everyone draws from the black box, Mr. Summers again has a sense of urgency: ..."now we've got to hurry a little more to get done." With these words, Mr. Summers hopes to quell any arguments or disagreements with the procedures and be finished with his compulsory assignment. Then, when Tessie's slip of paper reveals the black mark that indicates her as the victim, Mr. Summers again says dispassionately, "Let's finish quickly." Too weak to protest this savage ritual, Mr. Summers represents blind, unthinking adherence to tradition even though he perceives flaws in this tradition. He merely tries to hasten its end so that he can put it out of his mind for another year.

Why does Daniel feel uneasy while waiting for the man Rosh had sent him to rob in The Bronze Bow?

Daniel had lost his father, uncle and later his mother, attributing their deaths to unjust Roman rule. His only sister seemed to have lost her mind, and his grandmother lived in abject penury. These unfortunate events forced his grandmother to sell him into slavery.Daniel escaped slavery and joined Rosh’s rebellion headquartered in the mountains around Galilee.

Daniel and Rosh shared the same resentment for the Romans and only wished death upon them. However, Rosh was not forthright in his endeavors and often robbed the Jews claiming it was necessary to support their rebellion. To some extent Daniel believed him until he met Jesus and encountered the different message he preached.

Rosh sent Daniel on an errand to rob an old Jewish traveler known to carry gold on his journey. Daniel felt uneasy because of the conflict between what he had learned from Rosh and what he knew about right and wrong. With regards to the robbery, Daniel felt it was the wrong thing to do, but he justified his actions based on Rosh’s ideas. Further, the mission required that he kill the man he robbed.

What literary techniques does Frost employ in "The Road Not Taken?"

The poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is a narrative poem that uses the literary elements of first person narration, the story arc, symbolism, and analogy. The poem tells a story in the voice of its only character. The poem's story arc consists of the following:

Inciting incident: the narrator comes to a fork in the road.

Conflict: the narrator must decide which way to go.

Rising action: the narrator evaluates both paths.

Climax: the narrator decides: "Oh, I kept the first for another day!"

Falling action/denouement: narrator doubts if he will ever come back and reflects on his decision.

Theme: taking the route less traveled can impact one's life immensely.

The symbol (or metaphor) of the poem is the diverging path; it represents decision points in life. 

The symbol actually becomes an analogy, which is an extended metaphor with corresponding parts. The diverging paths represent a decision point, evaluating the pros and cons of each path is the decision-making process, and proceeding down one path is the choice a person makes which makes it unlikely that he or she "should ever come back." After a decision is made, there is often a "sigh" where one wonders if the correct action was chosen. Years later a person can look back and see how that one decision affected many things in his or her life.

By telling a simple story that is an analogy for the decision-making process we all are familiar with, Frost created a memorable and meaningful poem that has been touching the hearts of readers for 100 years.

What's the meaning behind the poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends"?

"Where the Sidewalk Ends" is a poem about getting to a place outside of the city.  Stanza two narrates details about the negative parts of city life.  

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.

The sidewalk is a symbolic roadway to getting out of the city.  When a person has reached the end of the sidewalk, he has reached the outside of the city.  What's outside of the city?  Great happiness, beautiful scenery, and a peaceful aura.  

And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Now, whether or not Silverstein is writing about a real location outside of cities or an imaginary one is up for some debate.  Personally, I think it's an imaginary location.  If you have a copy of the book, the cover has a picture of where the sidewalk ends.  It's basically the edge of the known world.  I've linked a picture below.  I think Silverstein is reminding and encouraging readers to return to the joys of having a child-like imagination.  It's a form of escapism, and Silverstein wants to remind his readers how great those imaginary adventures were to those great places that had nothing to do with city streets, traffic, deadlines, etc.  I think the meaning of the poem is its encouragement to readers to remember to have some child-like fun and imagination.  

What aspects of capitalism do you think the stockyard and the animals symbolize in The Jungle?

The stockyard and the animals in it symbolize the dehumanization that Sinclair saw as intrinsic to capitalism.  

When Jurgis comes to America, he marvels at what he sees in the meat producing factories in Packingtown.  He is struck by the the rationality and precision with which it operated.  Sinclair describes it as "porkmaking by machinery, porkmaking by applied mathematics."  The stockyards and animals were conceived out of rationality and a sense of purpose.

However, over time, Jurgis recognizes that the plight of the humans and the animals are similar.  Sinclair writes that "... somehow the most matter-of-fact person could not help thinking of the hogs; they were so innocent, they came so very trustingly; and they were so very human in their protests—and so perfectly within their rights!"  In emphasizing the humanity in the animals, Sinclair asserts their link to workers.  Human beings were seen as essential to the capitalist scheme of the packers.  They entered "so innocent and so perfectly within their rights," yet were reduced to being cogs in a machine. Sinclair further describes how the animals were ground up "in this cold-blooded, impersonal way, without a pretense of apology, without the homage of a tear. Now and then a visitor wept, to be sure; but this slaughtering machine ran on, visitors or no visitors. It was like some horrible crime committed in a dungeon, all unseen and unheeded, buried out of sight and of memory."  The violation of the animals' rights is very similar to how workers were treated in the desire to make money.  Their rights as workers and as human beings were violated "without a pretense of apology." In the way that the animals were used as a means to an end, they symbolize the workers who toiled in Packingtown.

The stockyards were the backdrop for misdeeds to both animals and humans. Jurgis recognizes this when he sees how his labor is not valued.  The working conditions to which he is subjected and unfair compensation he receives represents the essence of inequality:  

All this was bad; and yet it was not the worst. For after all the hard work a man did, he was paid for only part of it. Jurgis had once been among those who scoffed at the idea of these huge concerns cheating; and so now he could appreciate the bitter irony of the fact that it was precisely their size which enabled them to do it with impunity.

The stockyard symbolizes where the worst in human interactions take place. It is where a person works and experiences mistreatment as a result.  Sinclair creates the stockyard as the setting where capitalism strips animals and humans of their dignity

Why do we call a civilization a civilization?

There are two ways in which we use the word 'civilisation' to refer to society. 

The first simply refers to a particular society at a particular point in time. For example the Ancient Egyptian civilisation, future civilisations, or early Mayan civilisation. Here we don't refer to the "level" of civilisation within that society, rather just that the society existed. 

The second way in which we use the word is for when a society achieves civilisation. That is, when a large society has reached an advanced state of organisation and has a distinct cultural identity.

The word comes from the Latin, "civis", meaning citizen. To have citizens, there must be a government. This sets a requirement for organisational and economic structure.

Here are a set of text-book definitions:

Civilization is a form of human culture in which many people live in urban centers, have mastered the art of smelting metals, and have developed a method of writing.

The first civilizations began in cities, which were larger, more populated, and more complex in their political, economic and social structure than Neolithic villages.

One definition of civilization requires that a civilized people have a sense of history -- meaning that the past counts in the present.

Overall, it is much easier to describe what a civilisation entails, rather than define it. What for example, is the definition of an 'advanced' society. 

Of course you can use the word more widely. For example, describing a person as civilised means they are polite and have manners - advanced socially.

Or, if you are lost in the woods, you would be seeking any form of civilisation. Here that could mean a basic hut, or just another human, or a way to point you to safety.

In the book, The Bronze Bow, why did Daniel leave his village?

Daniel, the protagonist of The Bronze Bow, is living on a mountain in a camp with some bandits as the book opens. We know he hates the Romans and believes that Rosh, the head of the bandits, is the savior who will deliver the Jews from Roman rule. Later, in a flashback, we find out how Daniel came to live on the mountain and why he hates the Romans; both stem from the same events. Five years previous to the action of the book, Daniel's father was crucified by the Romans. Daniel's father was trying to rescue Daniel's uncle, who had been arrested by Romans for not paying taxes. As the uncle is being taken to the quarries by Roman troops, Daniel's father and some friends attempt a rescue, but it fails, and all those involved in the rebellion are crucified. Daniel's mother becomes ill from grief and dies shortly after. Now an orphan, Daniel is cared for only by his grandmother, who, for financial reasons, sells him as a slave for ten years to the village blacksmith. After serving only three years of his term, Daniel cannot stand it any longer--his owner is unkind and Daniel's hatred for Romans for destroying his family is consuming him. He runs away from his master and joins Rosh's band on the mountain, hoping to be part of a movement that will ultimately overcome the Romans so the Jews can at last be free.

What quote from To Kill a Mockingbird discusses not harming innocent things?

Scout and Jem receive rifles for Christmas in chapter 9 and Atticus tells them not to point or shoot them in the house. When Uncle Jack suggests that Atticus should teach them to shoot, he defers to his brother for that lesson. However, Scout tells Miss Maudie in chapter 10 the rest of what Atticus said, which is as follows:

"I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go  after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (90).

Miss Maudie confirms what Scout's father said by teaching her that mockingbirds don't harm anyone or anything; therefore, they should be left alone to sing their own sweet songs.

Boo Radley is like a mockingbird because he doesn't hurt anyone, either. No one in chapter 30 directly says that hurting Boo Radley would be like shooting a mockingbird, but the implication is there when Sheriff Heck Tate says the following:

"I never heard tell that it's against the law for a citizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being committed, which is exactly what he (Boo) did, but maybe you'll say it's my duty to tell the town all about it and not hush it up. Know what'd happen then? All the ladies in Maycomb includin' my wife'd be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes. To my way of thinkin', Mr. Finch, taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight--to me, that's a sin. It's a sin and I'm not about to have it on my head. If it was any other man it'd be different. But not this man, Mr. Finch" (276).

Again, Boo Radley does represent a mockingbird in this scenario, but no one comes out and says that directly--it is implied. Hurting the innocent is a sin and the saying not to kill a mockingbird because it is innocent and harmless applies to Boo Radley. Since the town just witnessed what happens when an innocent man faces the town through the Tom Robinson trial, the Sheriff is not about to put Boo Radley or the children through another dramatic saga. Even if Boo Radley did something heroic, publicizing it is not worth the hype that it would create for such an innocent man. Boo Radley should be left alone to sing his own sweet song.

What are two reasons why the Americans won the American Revolution? How did foreign individuals help the United States during the American...

While there were many factors that influenced the American Revolution, I think two in particular stand out as important in securing victory for the colonists despite their large economic and military disadvantage:

1. Home-field advantage
2. Support from France

(1) It may seem obvious, but it's quite important that the colonists were defending their own home turf, while the British were forced to cross the Atlantic Ocean. While the Americans had local sources of food, ammunition, and equipment, the British had to maintain supply lines thousands of miles long. While the Americans knew the terrain and could execute guerilla warfare, the British were on unfamiliar ground and trained only in conventional military tactics.

(2) Yet even this would not have been enough without the support of France. In 1778, France and the colonies signed the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, uniting their interests in both military and economic terms. Benjamin Franklin was particularly important in securing the alliance with France. The colonies still had quite limited production capacity, so they were unable to supply sufficient amounts of weapons, ammunition, and even uniforms by themselves---the French made up the gap. American naval forces were nowhere near as powerful as the British Navy; France's navy was also not quite as powerful, but it was at least able to hold its own. French naval forces were vital in undermining Britain's supply lines across the Atlantic.

What is the role of the ocean in the formation of weather systems?

The oceans play a role in the earth's weather systems through interactions with the atmosphere and the sun. First, the ocean, especially near the equator, which is the part of the earth closest to the sun, absorbs most of the sunlight. As water heats up, it evaporates into water vapor into the atmosphere. Again, this occurs the most in the tropics, near the equator. The evaporated water vapor condenses back into water droplets and eventually precipitates as rain. The process of condensation releases heat, which warms the air and draws more warm, wet air in. This drawing of air, due to the difference in air pressure, causes winds, which can carry weather systems away from where the water originally evaporated. 

Water and land receiving the same amount of sunlight heat up differently. Water is better at storing heat, meaning a lot of sunlight is required to cause a change in water temperature. This is what drives monsoons. In the summer, the land is much warmer than water, causing moist air to be drawn inland and heavy rains to occur.

In what way is the nightingale's song "welcome" and the cuckoo's song "thrilling?"

The "weary bands" of travelers would be pleasantly surprised and would welcome a nightingale's song simply because they are tired (weary) from their long journey. Also note that they are in a "shady" place. This probably means it is in the evening or at night since it is in a desert. Nightingales sing during the nights as well as during the day. That's where the name (nightingale) comes from. The song would be a nice surprise for a group of weary travelers in a dark place. 

It would be thrilling for sailors to hear the cuckoo because it would mean they are getting closer to land. The Hebrides are an archipelago off the coast of Scotland. The cuckoo would break the "silence of the seas" and its song would indicate proximity to land. Both the nightingale and the cuckoo tend to sing alone. This makes both bird songs fitting to compare with the "solitary" reaper. 

Note that the speaker in the poem is saying that the solitary reaper has a song that is more welcome and more thrilling than either of these examples. The speaker does not understand the reaper's language. For him, the music is so beautiful that he can only imagine what the subject is. 

What war occurs while Van Winkle is asleep in "Rip van Winkle"?

While Rip van Winkle is sleeping, the American Revolution occurs. This revolutionary war took place from 1765-1783, so when Rip awakens the war has been over for two years.

This American War of Independence, as the British termed it, was waged after Americans began to feel oppressed by taxation without any representation and by British rulers--the king and the aristocracy--who did not exercise their authority for the "good of human society." The need to establish republican values of the inalienable rights of man and liberty and the necessity of protecting virtue formed the ideals of the American Revolution.

However, when Rip van Winkle returns to his village after twenty years, he is disturbed by the radical changes in social customs and political ideas. When he is accosted by some men, Rip becomes dismayed and declares,

"I am a poor quiet man, a native of the place, and a loyal subject of the King--God bless him!"

Of course, the anachronistic Rip does not realize the faux pas he has committed since before his sleep, King George III was in power. When the people hear this, they shout that Rip is "A Tory! a spy! a Refugee!" and they want to be rid of him.

Interestingly, however, through his character of van Winkle, Irving expresses a certain nostalgia for Colonial times. For, when Rip van Winkle observes those around him, he notices that people seem greatly changed in character.

There was a busy, bustling disputatious tone about it (the inn) instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquility.

Rip van Winkle wishes for the days when he sat and conversed at the Inn, but it is not long before he takes his old place once more on the bench by the inn door.

What is a summary of the book Hornet Flight?

Ken Follett's Hornet Flight is a historical thriller that retells a true story. Follett was inspired by a story written by former Special Operations Executive worker Leo Marks, in which two Danish teenagers found and repaired a biplane to fly to England. He combined this concept with the story of Danish Flight Lieutenant Thomas Sneum, who also flew to England in a rebuilt biplane along with pictures of a German radar station.

The novel begins in 1941, a time in World War II where Germany was consistently shooting down British planes. The story follows Danish 18-year-old Harald Olufsen, who discovers a radar installation by the Germans on his home island and photographs it to aid the Allies. He decides to go to England to deliver the information, but fears for his life and how this decision may harm his brother, Danish Air Force pilot Arne, and Arne's intelligence analyst fiance, Hermia. However, Harald is determined to deliver the film negatives himself, and enlists his friend Karen to help repair a ruined biplane in a nearby church to make the trip to England alone.

What is the significance of the title of Shaw's Pygmalion?

The title of Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is drawn from classical mythology. Shaw's actual source was a story found in Ovid's Metamorphoses about the sculptor Pygmalion who had forsworn love of women. He worked on a statue of a woman that was so beautiful that he fell in love with it. He named the statue Galatea. One day he made a sacrifice to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and she took pity on him and made the statue come alive as a real woman. Pygmalion married Galatea and they had a son, Paphos. They remained devoted worshipers of Aphrodite and the family was favored by her.

Professor Higgins treats Eliza Doolittle as though he were Pygmalion and she were Galatea, attempting to mold her into the image of the perfect aristocratic woman. Eliza, however, is not a lump of ivory or marble, but a smart, strong-willed woman with a mind of her own, who resents being treated as if she were simply the inanimate object of Higgins' craft. 

Higgins expresses this concept when discussing Eliza with his mother:

You will jolly soon see whether she has an idea that I haven't put into her head or a word that I haven't put into her mouth. I tell you I have created this thing out of the squashed cabbage leaves of Covent Garden;...

What does this quote in Housekeeping mean? Fingerbone was never an impressive town. It was chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant...

To understand this quote, let us take it line by line.

• “Fingerbone was never an impressive town.” The meaning of this line is rather clear.  Fingerbone is not an important place.  It is a backwater town where we should not expect important things to happen.


• “It was chastened.”  First, we need to know what “chastened” means.  It means “humbled,” or “subdued.”  If something happens to chasten you, it makes you feel less important.  We are now going to be told what things make Fingerbone feel unimportant and unimpressive.


• “By an outsized landscape and extravagant weather.”  This means that Fingerbone is a little town in a big landscape.  The part of Idaho where Marilynne Robinson grew up is not the potato-growing area.  Her part of Idaho (Northern Idaho), is full of mountains and forests and lakes.  A town like Fingerbone would seem lost among that “outsized” landscape.  It would also feel unimportant because of the “extravagant” weather.  “Extravagant,” means something like “unrestrained.”  There is a lot of snow in the winter in this part of Idaho and the summers get hot.  The weather is not mild.  Between the landscape and the climate, Fingerbone seems unimportant and small.


• “And chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere.”  This means that nothing important ever happened in Fingerbone.  All of the things that have changed human history happened somewhere else.  Impressive towns are towns where things happen.  They are towns where rich and important people live.  These towns matter.  Fingerbone does not because rich and important people do not live there and world-changing events do not happen there.

Thus, this quote is emphasizing how Housekeeping is set in an unimportant, backwater town in the middle of nowhere.  It is a town that is overshadowed by its environment.  It is a town where nothing important ever happens.  This is what the passage that you quote is conveying to us.

In the poem "London" by William Blake, why do you think the speaker never actually says the word "London" in the poem itself? Could this poem be...

While it is possible that the poem could be about other cities, at the time of writing (1794, contained in Blake's collection Songs of Experience), London was one of the largest cities in the world, and certainly one of the largest cities in Europe. Unlike many of the poems written for the collection Songs of Experience, the poem "London" does not have a corresponding poem in Songs of Innocence, suggesting the poet could not bring himself to write about London from that perspective.

Since the poem's title names the city he writes about, it is not necessary to mention it within the poem itself. But it's plausible to suggest that even without that title identifying the city, most readers would understand that Blake is describing London. The imagery is specific to London, including the Thames (the river that flows through the city that makes up a significant portion of its landscape), and the capitalization of the word "Palace" suggesting Buckingham Palace. As well, the reference to "every blackning church appalls" suggest a major industrial city where soot would blacken stone walls, and at the time London was the center of industry in Europe.

The poem could certainly serve to reflect the horror and drudgery of living in a large city during the time period at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, which took place between 1760 and 1840, beginning in Great Britain.

Consider how the text "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" says what it does, how it represents its contents. In doing so we recognize genre, structure,...

Considering the rhetorical strategies that Hurston uses in "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" to appeal to logos, pathos, and/or ethos, the reader could focus on Hurston's use of metaphors throughout the essay.  For example, Hurston uses the metaphor of "a sharp white background" to pose herself as a person of color in the midst of a majority of white people.  The metaphor creates an image of her standing out against a "background" that is much different from herself.  Hurston wants the reader to understand how out of place she is made to feel in the racial divide, so using the metaphor and imagery appeals to both the reader's sense of logic and emotion.  Later in the essay, Hurston uses the metaphor of the "Great Stuffer of Bags" (the Creator or God) following her extended metaphor of the colored bags to represent people.  Hurston tells the reader that likely the "Stuffer" randomly filled the bags with all the same contents to suggest that no matter what race, people are essentially the same.  Again, Hurston appeals to the reader and asks him or her to consider the values of humanity that we hold.

Why, when his sister and his nieces were visiting, would Uncle Henrik spend the whole night on his boat?

Uncle Henrik spent the night on his boat so that he could help the Rosen family and several other Jews escape from Denmark. Uncle Henrik left early to go to his boat while everyone else remained at his house. They pretended to mourn the loss of an aunt. This funeral was staged in order to explain why a large group of people (including the Jews who were trying to escape) had gathered at Uncle Henrik's house. After soldiers came to investigate the gathering, Peter and Mama led the group to the water in order to board Uncle Henrik's fishing boat. He planned to lead them to freedom in Sweden across the water. When they dropped an important package by mistake, Annemarie ran down to the water to give it to Uncle Henrik. Then he left with the small group on the boat to Sweden. 

how can i understand the Equivalent Fractions

What is an equivalent fraction?

Equivalent Fractions are fractions that have the same value, despite they look different at times.

How does one find an equivalent fraction?

In order to find or determine an equivalent fraction, you need to multiply both the numerator and denominator by the same non-zero whole number.

VERY IMPORTANT: Please note that you have to use the same non-zero whole number for the numerator and denominator, otherwise you will not obtain an equivalent fraction.

Let's look at am example:

Question: Are the following fractions equivalent? 

Answer: The question is asking if the above fractions are equal in value. We can determine this by multiplying a non-zero whole number to the numerator and denominator of the first fraction `2/4`

Let's multiply '2' to the numerator and denominator:

`(2/4) * (2/2) = 4/8`

From above it can be seen that `2/4 = 4/8`

Now let's multiply '4' to the numerator and denominator:

`(2/4) * (4/4) = 8/16`

From  above it can be seen `2/4 = 8/16`

SUMMARY: 

• Equivalent Fractions are fractions that have the same value,


• In order to find or determine an equivalent fraction, you need to multiply both the numerator and denominator by the same non-zero whole number.