In "The Story of My Life," what was the incident of "The Frost King?" What was the controversy?

Helen Keller's "The Story of My Life" gives an account of many of Helen's experiences up to the age of twenty two. It includes the highlights, such as Helen's first word- W-A-T-E-R and Miss Sullivan's inspiring teaching methods which allow Helen to "learn from life itself," (chapter 7). It also includes some of the worst experiences imaginable and which changed Helen's life forever. Helen feels that it is necessary to include challenging and saddening events because she grasps every opportunity to learn, and even painful memories can be beneficial to learning.

"The Frost King" is one such opportunity. When Helen is twelve, she writes a story and sends it to Mr Anagnos for his birthday. Mr Anagnos is so delighted and impressed by it that he publishes it in The Perkins' Institute report. Before long, it is being compared to "The Frost Fairies" which is a published story by Miss Margaret T. Canby from her book "Birdie and His Friends" and Helen is accused of plagiarism.

Helen vows that she has no recollection of ever having had the story told to her and Mr Anagnos believes Helen at first but when Helen says something about Jack Frost she rouses suspicion and loses the trust of her beloved Mr Anagnos. There is an inquiry and Helen and Miss Sullivan are questioned vigorously. Unfortunately, the controversy remains and Helen is never able to regain Mr Anagnos's trust and she says, "I felt so cold, I imagined I should die before morning." Helen is cleared of any wrongdoing but the loss of her friendship with Mr Anagnos leaves Helen full of regret. 

In the movie To Kill a Mockingbird, how does the plot develop so that the children eventually change their perception of Boo Radley?

At the beginning of the film To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, Jem, and Dill view their neighbor, Boo Radley, with fear and suspicion.  They had heard many rumors about Boo, like that he stays chained to his bed most of the time and that he only comes out at night.  They believe that Boo is over six feet tall, eats animals raw, and has a large scar on his face.  Dill's aunt tells a story of when Boo stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors.  She feeds the children's fear of Boo.  

Later, the children find gifts in the knot hole of an old tree.  They find two carved figurines that resemble themselves.  Jem confesses to Scout that he has been finding gifts in the knot hole for awhile.  He shows her the gifts and they realize that the gifts are from Boo.  Jem also tells her that the night his pants got stuck on the fence, someone folded them and set them out for him.  This is a turning point in the plot as their opinion on Boo shifts.  They start to view him more as a mysterious friend and a person who is probably lonely.  

Near the end, Jem and Scout are walking home together through the woods at night.  Bob Ewell attacks them, but Boo Radley appears and kills him.  Boo carries an injured Jem home.  Scout notices Boo at the house and takes his hand.  They realize that Boo is a true friend.

How does the style of "Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara express Squeaky's personality?

The narrative style of "Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara effectively expresses Squeaky's personality because it is written in Squeaky's voice. The story is told from her point of view, and in reading it, the reader begins to feel like he/she personally knows Squeaky. Readers find out right away what kind of person Squeaky is. She introduces herself in the beginning, saying that her only responsibility outside of school is to take care of her brother, Raymond. She then describes her brother and what is involved in taking care of him. The reader also finds out that Squeaky is proud of her ability to run and knows she is good at it. Furthermore, she quickly stands up to people who say mean things to her about Raymond as well as those who think they are better than she. Squeaky's personality comes through in "Raymond's Run" because the story is written through her eyes.

Two balls, each with a mass of 0.845 kg, exert a gravitational force of 8.43 × 10−11 N on each other. How far apart are the balls? The value...

The Universal Gravitation Law states that the gravitational force between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.  The proportionality constant is the universal gravitational constant G. The equation for this law is:

`F = G (m_1 m_2)/d^2`

You need to solve for d, the distance between the two objects. Here's the data you've provided:

F = 8.43 x10^(-11) N

m1 = m2 = 0.85 kg

G = 6.673 x 10^(-11) N (m^2)/(kg^2

Now we'll substitute these values into the equation:

`d^2 = G(m_1 m_2)/F = 6.673 x 10^(-11)(N m^2/(kg)^2)(0.85kg)^2/(8.43x10^(-11)N`  

`d=sqrt(0.57m^2) = 0.75 m`

The distance between the objects is 0.75 meters. 

What is the importance of education in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw?

There is no doubt that education is a central theme in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. In the beginning of the play, Eliza Dolittle is introduced as an ignorant and illiterate child.  She speaks a type of Cockney that is considered low-class and uneducated.  She is also characterized as rude, sassy, and having no manners!

While she is selling flowers in Covent Garden, Eliza has a chance encounter with Colonel Pickering, who has come to London to study Phonetics (the sounds of human speech)  with Professor Higgins. Eliza then decides to seek out Professor Higgins to take lessons in Phonetics in order to improve her speech. She wants to learn how to speak correctly so that one day she can achieve her dream of becoming a sales girl in a flower shop.

This is where the importance of education comes in: not only does Eliza eventually learn how to speak properly, she also begins to seek out the deeper meaning of life.  As Dr. D. Prasad says in the The Criterion, 

Education is enlightenment...in Pygmalion, education is used as a tool for [freeing] working class individuals.

In other words, not only does education teach Eliza how to speak, it also allows her to leave her lower class life and make social progress! Additionally, Eliza gains spiritual enlightenment through education.  

She rises from ignorance and darkness to spiritual light (Prasad). 

So, education is important in Pygmalion because Eliza Dolittle learns how to speak correctly, which helps her attain social mobility that she would not have had before.  Additionally, education gives Eliza a new spiritual understanding of herself and the world around her.  

How do I find mood in a piece of writing?

One of the most efficient way to determine the mood of a piece of writing is to examine the word choices of the author. Many descriptive terms have a definite connotation, and by examining the additional meanings and looking for trends throughout the work we may begin to determine the mood.

For example, in Pickwick Papers by Dickens, the author writes the following:

“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.”

The terms "clear blue", "glistened", "sparkled", and "noiselessly" convey a sense of calm beauty. Compare this to a description of waters that are "rough" or "roaring" and note that these latter violent descriptions would be used to convey a tense or potentially violent mood.

As another example, we may look to Wuthering Heights by Bronte:

“There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness..."

With only a small number of words, the author effectively sets a mood of mystery. We are told twice over about the darkness of the scene, once directly and once by announcing the absence of moonlight. The description of mist help to further this mood by establishing a lack of vision and clarity.

What's a summary of "Once Upon a Time"?

"Once Upon a Time" begins with the author somewhat irritated by a presumption that she "ought" to write a children's book. That night, she awakens from a sound sleep, disturbed by something unknown, and she fears that it is a burglar. This is where historical context is needed: Gordimer lived in South Africa during apartheid and frequently wrote about how the nation could work toward a post-apartheid future. Violence was not uncommon; she fears that she will be murdered, a fate that has befallen neighbors.

She realizes that the sound was not derived from footsteps, but was rather a result of the mine underneath her house that shifts the structure around her. Still, she is unable to sleep, and so she tells herself a bedtime story. 

There was a family who was living "happily ever after" in a suburb: a husband, a wife, and their small son. They began to follow the advice of the husband's mother, an "old witch," who warned them not to take people in off the street. They acquiesced and implemented security measures such as insurance, a gate around the pool, and a neighborhood watch program which came with a YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED sign to be hung on the gate. The sign also contained a picture of a masked burglar, and it is said that because it is masked, it could not possibly be racist.

Soon, the family no longer felt that this was enough and riots outside the suburb convinced them to install electronically controlled gates with an intercom system. The maid was still concerned about the security, and so they had burglar bars installed on all the windows and put in sensitive burglar alarms. The alarms were not particularly useful: they were so sensitive that the cat could set them off, and thieves used the cover of the noise to break into the houses.

The wife stopped supplying the people outside the gates with food after the housemaid warned her against it. They decided to build the wall higher, and the mother-in-law supplied them with the extra bricks and a book of fairy tales for the son. Eventually, they decided to add security measures to the top of the fence, and chose a coil of vicious wire to be installed by a company called Dragon's Teeth.

One day, inspired by the tale of Sleeping Beauty, the little boy decided to make his way through the thicket of thorns. He took a ladder over to the wall and climbed into the razor-sharp coil of wire. It is heavily implied that he died, as the parents, the gardener, and the housemaid hacked the "bleeding mass of the little boy" out of the security wire with saws.