How is the Catholic Church represented in the story "Eveline"?James Joyce's Dubliners

As Eveline sits at the window, watching "the evening
invade the avenue, she reflects upon how the neighborhood once was. Considering her
departure, she recalls that she has never learned the name of the priest whose yellowing
photograph hangs on the wall next to the colored print of the promises she has made to
Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque.  This beatified French nun (one of the steps to
sainthood) who was canonized as a saint in 1920, introduced devotion to the Sacred Heart
of Jesus.  Most Catholic homes, then, had pictures of the Sacred Heart, and a list of
promises of domestic security and blessings in life for those who maintain devotion to
it and attend Mass regularly. 

With the yellowing
photograph of the unknown priest, Joyce indicates that the Catholic Church is not a
living, thriving part of Eveline's life. Furthermore, since she is the victim of abuse
from her father and worries what will become of her little brother if she leaves, there
is anything but domestic security and blessings in her life.  Therefore, the Catholic
religion lack viability and relevance to Eveline.  Yet, as a child raised in the
rigidity of this religion that Joyce felt caused Irish stagnation, Eveline clings to her
Catholic prayer, aware of the promises that she has made to the Blessed Margaret
Mary. When she does accompany Frank to the station at the North Wall, she
desperately "prayed to God to direct her, to show her what was her duty."  But, her
religion is no thriving part of her life, and Eveline receives no inspiration.  Instead,
she is psychologically paralyzed with the pull of "all those commonplace sacrifices"
which are part of her tragic Irish-Catholic life. 

How do the pocket watch, drawing of a bird, crayon, harmonica, pearl necklace, marble, whistle and toys in To Kill a Mockingbird symbolize... ......

Although some of these items were left in the secret
knothole as gifts for Jem and Scout by Boo Radley, several of them were not. Instead,
they appeared in the background of the opening credits of the film version of
To Kill a Mockingbird--meant, no doubt, as symbols of the time
period. The pocket watch, for example, was "our biggest prize," according to Scout. Jem
carried the watch proudly, even though it didn't run; it was a way of emulating Atticus,
who also brandished a pocket watch. It also signifies the passage of time. The drawing
of the bird (which was not a gift from Boo), symbolizes the title of the story, and the
crayon illustrates a child's drawing tool. The harmonica, pearl necklace and
whistle were not gifts from Boo, but they seem to represent possessions that a boy and
girl might treasure. The soap dolls, probably carved by Boo himself, were
representations of Jem and Scout.

What comparison is implied at the end of the novel Lord of the Flies?

Lord of the Flies ends abruptly with
a frantic Ralph fleeing the burning jungle, only to be promptly rescued by the arrival
of a naval officer in a crisp white uniform; his sudden presence represents a return to
order and the sanctity of civilization.  Only seconds later, the savages with spears in
hand stumble onto the beach, and the officer comments that it looks like they have been
"having a war or something" (201). 

Golding makes a timely
comparison between the immaculate naval officer and his "trim cruiser" and the boys' own
manhunt for Ralph (202).  Golding himself had this to say about the significance of his
novel's ending:

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"The officer, having interrupted a man-hunt,
prepares to take the children off the island in a cruiser, which will presently be
hunting its enemy in the same implacable way.  And who will rescue the adult and his
cruiser?" ("Notes on Lord of the Flies"
204).

Golding cleverly uses
the boys' fallen society to parallel the epic struggle of World War II.  The novel's
ending reaffirms that the boys' downfall on the island did not occur just because they
were young or because of their environment; by slyly hinting at the drama of World War
II, Golding suggests that his theme of destruction has universal meaning for all of
humanity.

"Notes on Lord of the Flies" by E.L.
Epstein--

Golding, William.  Lord of the
Flies.  New York: Perigee, 2006. 

In To Kill a Mockingbird, can you give an example of an odd/unusual/uncharacteristic tone or theme anywhere in the novel?Harper Lee's To Kill a...

It is rather curious that Harper Lee includes in her novel
certain allusions to the hypocrisy and incompetence of those in the teaching profession.
In Chapter 2, for instance, the neophyte teacher, Miss Caroline, represents those
educators who adhere to whatever theory of education is popular because they do not know
how to teach themselves.  In her case, it is supposedly the teachings of John Dewey--Jem
mistakenly calls these teachings the "the Dewey Decimal System," which is the
arrangement of books in the school library. While John Dewey believed that education's
purpose does not revolve around the acquisition of a pre-determined set of skills, but
that these skills are better acquired as the student interacts in the social context,
Miss Caroline reveals her lack of understanding of Dewey's philosophy as she contradicts
Dewey's very principles when she chastises Scout for reading The
Mobile Register and for saying her father "does not know how to teach" when,
Atticus, is actually following Dewy's principles. 

Further
in the narrative in Chapter 20, Atticus himself alludes to the incompetence
and delusions of teachers as he inveighs against the educational system in his closing
arguments in the courtroom:

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"The most ridiculous example I can think of is
that people who run public education promote the stupid and idle along with the
industrious--because all men are created equal, educators will gravely tell you, the
children left behind suffer terrible feelings of inferiority. We all know that all
people are not created equal in the sense some people would have us
believe...." 

Later in the
novel in Chapter 26, there is mention of the hypocrisy of one of the teachers, Miss
Gates, discussing the racial prejudices the Nazis had against the Jews, but she later
expresses her own racial prejudice against the Negroes in Maycomb--"It's time somebody
taught 'em a lesson...."  

These allusions to teachers and
their profession seem to indicate a rather acrimonious tone on the part of the author,
Harper Lee.

How can Daisy's first words be interpreted in The Great Gatsby?

Daisy's first words
are:

"I'm
p-paralyzed with
happiness!"

She says this to
Nick, taking his hand and making him feel as if he is the only person there by the way
she gazes into his eyes. This occurs in chapter 1 about 5 pages into the
book.

Of course she is not literally paralyzed because she
walked over to see him, but she uses the word to utter her great sense of surprise and
excitement as if his presence has stunned her.

Happiness or
contentment in the 20s was not just a momentary idea when a friend or relative came to
town. It was a regular attitude or pursuit because entertainment was booming and fun was
everywhere. So, her words could be indicative of the era, and therefore less meaningful
to their personal relationship, or she could genuinely be excited beyond belief to see a
beloved face from her past.

Many authors used first words
to reveal something yet to come. Watch throughout the novel as you continue reading for
Daisy to be stopped in her tracks by the gift of happiness. About chapters 7-8,
everything changes for her.

From the "The Parable of the Prodigal Son," briefly characterize the older brother."The Parable of the Prodigal Son"

The older brother is noted for his self-righteous and
unforgiving attitude toward his younger brother. He reminds his father that he never
strayed as did the younger son, had remained faithful throughout his life; yet the
younger brother's return is accompanied by great rejoicing. He finds this both unfair
and unjust. His attitude is exemplified in his haughty reference to "this son of yours"
rather than to the younger as his brother.

The older
brother represents the Jews who followed the Law and expected to be rewarded for their
faithfulness; they criticized Jesus for eating with "publicans and sinners." The essence
of the parable is one of grace: unmerited favor. The younger son certainly received more
than he deserved; yet the point of the story is that all people who return to God the
Father receive more than they deserve. The older brother's resentment is typical of
those whose "holier than thou" attitude causes them to feel that those less diligent
should receive less than they.

What is the overall theme of Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee?

I think that one of the fundamental themes of Mukherjee's
novel is that women can redefine themselves.  This is demonstrated in Jasmine, herself. 
The idea of a woman being locked into a role where freedom and autonomy are absent is
something that is challenged from the start of the novel.  Jasmine is not contextually
challenged.  She is able to use her freedom at different points to reimage her own life
in what she feels as desirable.  She is able to escape an impoverished condition in
India, brought about by Partition riots that claimed the lives of millions, escapes to
America, survives harrowing conditions of economic and social challenge in a new world,
and finds herself in situations where physical and emotional hurdles present
themselves.  In each of these contexts, the constant is Jasmine's sense of autonomy and
freedom.  She is able to use freedom to define herself and her life.  This becomes a
major theme in the work because it shows that Jasmine is not going to be victimized. 
Whether it is through cultural means of silencing voice, physical threat of violence, or
emotional challenges, Jasmine is able to utilize freedom in all settings in order to
define herself and seek what she wishes in her life.

What is the depiction of familial relationships in Go Down, Moses?

William Faulkner's "Go Down Moses" is a group of related
short stories or an episodic novel dealing with the McCaslin family. As in many of
Faulkner's works, the southern system of family is inextricably tied with the system of
slavery and the ubiquity of misegenation. Uncharacteristically, Native American
traditions are invoked in the relationship of the family to the
land.

One of the central points about the McCaslin family
is that after generations of affairs between masters and slaves, blood and kinship ties
are blended across racial boundaries. There are actually two families, one black and one
white bearing McCaslin blood, and only in the final chapters are the two brought back
into tentative harmony. The question of what it is to be a McCaslin is complicated by
the fact that the people who display the most characteristic McCaslin traits are
partially black.

In A People's History of the United States is there any parallel between Bacon's Rebellion and the Indian wars preceeding the War of 1812?

The major connection between these two is that in both
cases there was tension between poor whites and rich whites even as both white groups
were willing to abuse and exploit Indians.

In both cases,
the poor whites were not happy with the way that the elites were behaving.  Bacon's
Rebellion was largely about class.  Zinn portrays common soldiers as being unhappy with
Jackson's wars against the Indians.

However, in both cases,
both poor and rich whites were happy to abuse the Indians.  Bacon's rebels killed
friendly Indians.  Jackson used friendly Indians to defeat hostile Indians, only to
betray them later.

In these ways, there are similarities
between the two.

Why was witchcraft banned or illegal at the time of Shakespeare or during the Elizabethan Era?

The last accused witch was executed in England in 1682,
almost eighty years after the death of Elizabeth; however during her reign, trials and
convictions for witchcraft had declined dramatically. The reason had little to do with
Elizabeth, but rather was due to the influence of more modern thinking about causes and
events. Supernatural explanations were no longer accepted on face
value.

Witchcraft trials in Europe expanded after Pope
Innocent III believed that witches had caused him to become impotent. As a result, he
issued a Papal Bull which read in part:

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It has indeed lately come to Our ears, not
without afflicting Us with bitter sorrow, that in some parts of Northern Germany, as
well as in the provinces, townships, territories, districts, and dioceses of Mainz,
Cologne, Tréves, Salzburg, and Bremen, many persons of both sexes, unmindful of their
own salvation and straying from the Catholic Faith, have abandoned themselves to devils,
incubi and succubi, and by their incantations, spells, conjurations, and other accursed
charms and crafts, enormities and horrid offences...they blasphemously renounce that
Faith which is theirs by the Sacrament of Baptism, and at the instigation of the Enemy
of Mankind they do not shrink from committing and perpetrating the foulest abominations
and filthiest excesses to the deadly peril of their own souls, whereby they outrage the
Divine Majesty and are a cause of scandal and danger to very
many.

Those primarily accused
were women, who were considered the source of all evil (the word derives from "Eve," who
was first tempted by the Serpent) and were generally keepers of oral tradition. Large
numbers were hanged or burned at the stake, generally after having confessed under
torture.

Over time, the more educated began seeking natural
rather than supernatural explanations for events. The fact that confessions were
accepted under torture made them more suspect; and it was believed that secular courts
should not meddle in religious matters. Cyrano de Bergerac once
commented:

No
I do not believe in witches, even though several important people do not agree with me,
and I defer to no man’s authority unless it is accompanied by reason and comes from
God.

Elizabeth I was much
more accommodating than had been her half sister, Mary I. Executions and burnings for
religious matters declined dramatically under her reign, including those for witchcraft.
The decline of witchcraft trials was part of her more humane method of rule, in which
she sought to compromise with all religious groups. Still, the timing for the end of
witchcraft is largely coincidental to her reign.

What is a Table D Hote Menu and give an exampleHomework Help

"Table d hote" is a French title for one approach to the
process of designing menus for a restaurant. The phrase literally translates to mean
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_d'h%C3%B4te">"host's table" and
refers to the practice of providing a limited number of standardized meals. Guests
coming to a restaurant for a table d hote meal will be served whatever the restaurant
has already determined will be the entree and other courses for that meal. They will
probably not be able to order substitutions for any of the items on the menu for the
meal.

For the restaurant, the table d hote philosophy of
service simplifies food preparation by reducing the number of dishes that need to be
prepared at one time. Because the food to be served is predetermined, table settings
with the appropriate cutlery can be set ahead of time. Because there are no
substitutions to the meal, the pricing is also established ahead of time and can
frequently give the guest a good meal for a very reasonable
price.

Please give an explanation of these lines from "Ode to the West Wind."Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams The blue Mediterranean, where he...

You have quoted the third stanza from this terrific poem
in its entirety. Of course, there is always a danger of just looking at specific parts
of a poem separately and not in the context of the poem as a whole, so when you have
finished reading my response I suggest you go back and see how this stanza fits in to
the poem as a whole.

This stanza begins with the poet
addressing the West Wind (what is known as an apostrophe), and talking about the wind's
impact on the sea. The wind is shown to stir up massive waves, disturbing the ocean as
if it was waking somebody from a dream. The Mediterranean is pictured as a man asleep
who is woken up by the wind's power. A much more violent picture of the wind is
presented later on in the stanza, especially when the wind's impact on the Atlantic is
described. The "Atlantic's level powers / Cleave themselves into chasms" in response to
the wind, and its power is so great that even the "sea-blooms and the oozy woods" of the
ocean "suddenly grow grey with fear" when they hear the wind coming. This stanza
therefore serves to reinforce the power and majesty of the wind by focusing on how it
impacts the sea.

Where are some examples of diction in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men?

I think that one can find a great many examples of diction
and peculiarities in speech patterns in Steinbeck's work.  One of the elements that
makes his work so intensely powerful is that it captures the smallest nuances of
individuals, right down to their speech patterns.  Lennie would be one such example. 
His manner of speech is reflective of his character.  One does not see him speaking in a
fast or accelerated manner, unless he is talking about rabbits.  The way in which he
says, "George" or asks a question is one where diction is slow and deliberate, almost
like a child worried about being disciplined.  Contrast this with George's intensity and
use of dismissive diction patterns like "Awwww," to reflect displeasure with the
temporary state.  When speaking with others, his diction is more guarded, almost
reflective of his being calculating probability with terms like "Reckon."  Curley's
wife's use of "pitchers" to reflect her desire to be in movies is another such example. 
Curley's diction is laced with "sunuvabitch" and other slang that are laced together
with speed and haste, in order to create a threatening persona that goes along with his
pugilistic, and small, tendencies.

Discuss prejudice in the story, Rules, by Cynthia Lord.

The most significant kind of prejudice in Cynthia Lord's
book, Rules, is that directed toward the physically or mentally
impaired. The book gets its title from the rules Catherine makes up for her autistic
brother to help him better assimilate into society. For
instance:

A
boy can take off his shirt to swim, but not his
shorts.

Catherine spends a
great deal of time taking care of her brother. Life is not the same for her as it is for
other people. For instance, she goes with her mother and David to his occupational
therapy appointments, mostly so she can spend some private time with her
mother.

The prejudice she experiences comes from the way
people look at David. His actions (though he doesn't understand it)
embarrass Catherine.

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Dad says, "No one cares, Catherine. Don't be so
sensitive," but he's wrong. People do
care.

Catherine's mother also
tries to put their life with David into perspective where Catherine's friends are
concerned.

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"Real friend understand," Mom had said...But
here's what I understand: Sometimes everyone gets invited except us, and it's because of
David.

Catherine is afraid
her new neighbor Kristi will not want to be friends because of David. And of course,
Ryan, who comes to hang out with Kristi had once called David a "retard." When David
sees Ryan again, the other boy makes fun of him and Catherine tries to defend her
brother. Life is hard when the world is not always fair.

At
one point while going with David to OT, she meets Jason who is wheelchair-bound; though
he cannot speak himself, he clearly understands others. Catherine and Jason strike up a
friendship as Catherine volunteers to make up "word" cards with which Jason can better
express
himself.

Jason
and Catherine go for a walk and Catherine hides so Kristi won't see her with Jason.
Jason invites Catherine to his birthday party. While there, the topic of the dance comes
up and Jason "tells" Catherine she should go, but she is afraid what people will think
and makes an excuse. Ultimately, as the friendship between Catherine and Jason seems
like it might end because of her fears, Catherine decides to do what she wants and not
worry about others. She goes to the dance with
Jason.

Catherine has to make a choice: to let the prejudice
of others rule her life, or to decide that she will do as she chooses, regardless of how
others see her...or think they see her:

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Some people think they know who you are, when
they really don't.

Catherine
comes to an important conclusion: she knows that the relationships she shares with her
brother David and even Jason...

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...will never fit the world’s definition of
“normal.”

However, these
relationships are important enough to her that she decides that she will find the best
in each person, and concentrate on the love that they share and be satisfied. As one her
rules states:

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Sometimes you've gotta work with what you've
got.

In Mark Twain's novel Pudd'nhead Wilson, what does Tom take pride in in chapter 20?

In Chapter 20 of Mark Twain’s novel Pudd’nhead
Wilson, Tom, a character born to a light-skinned black mother, has been
“passing” for more than twenty years as white. He had been adopted by a wealthy judge
and has recently (while dressed as a woman) murdered the judge during an attempted
robbery.  An Italian twin, Luigi, has been falsely arrested for the murder, and during
and after Luigi’s trial (described in Chapter 20), Tom has several reasons to feel proud
of himself.  It seems inevitable that Luigi will be convicted of the crime, that Tom
himself will escape scot free, and that Pudd’nhead Wilson, Luigi’s defense attorney,
will suffer a major and very public legal defeat.

Tom,
therefore, feels proud for a number of reasons, including the
following:

• After sitting in court and listening
  to Pudd’nhead’s apparently doomed attempt to defend Luigi, Tom feels “comfortable . . .
  , even jubilant.”


• He also feels proud of his apparent
  triumph over Wilson: “He left the courtroom sarcastically sorry for
  Wilson.”


• He also feels proud that his disguise as a woman
  seems to have worked, and he feels proud that Wilson is unlikely ever to discover the
  disguise: “I'll give him a century to find her in -- a couple of them if he
  likes.”


• He also feels proud of the fact that he has even
  disposed of his disguise: “the clothes that gave her her sex burnt up and the ashes
  thrown away -- oh, certainly, he'll find HER easy
  enough!”


• He feels especially proud of his own general
  cleverness: “This reflection set him to admiring, for the hundredth time, the shrewd
  ingenuities by which he had insured himself against detection -- more, against even
  suspicion.”


• He feels proud of the fact that his plan has
  apparently been absolutely flawless: “Nearly always in cases like this there is some
  little detail or other overlooked, some wee little track or trace left behind, and
  detection follows; but here there's not even the faintest suggestion of a trace
  left.”


• He feels proud of his apparent intellectual
  superiority over the seemingly dim-witted Pudd’nhead Wilson: “The man that can track a
  bird through the air in the dark and find that bird is the man to track me out and find
  the judge's assassin -- no other need apply. And that is the job that has been laid out
  for poor Pudd'nhead Wilson, of all people in the
  world!”


• He feels proud of the apparent fact that he will
  be able to torment Pudd’nhead about losing the case for as long as the two will know
  each other: "I'll never let him hear the last of that woman. Every time I catch him in
  company, to his dying day, I'll ask him in the guileless affectionate way that used to
  gravel him so when I inquired how his unborn law business was coming along, 'Got on her
  track yet -- hey, Pudd'nhead?'"


• He feels proud of the
  fact that he can begin tormenting Pudd’nhead almost immediately: “He made up his mind
  that it would be good entertainment to look in on Wilson that night and watch him worry
  over his barren law case and goad him with an exasperating word or two of sympathy and
  commiseration now and then.”


• He feels proud of the
  apparent fact that one of the Italian twins will pay for a crime Tom knows that he
  himself committed: "I owe them no good will, considering the brunet one's treatment of
  me that night. Prejudice or no prejudice, Pudd'nhead, I don't like them, and when they
  get their deserts you're not going to find me sitting on the mourner's
  bench."

A 40 X 40 white sware is divided into 1 X 1 squares by lines parallel to its sides.Some of these 1 X 1 squares are coloured red so that...

I began by drawing a 10x10 white square and divided it
into 1x1 squares.  This was much more manageable than a 40x40
square.

Going from left to
right:

a column of 10 white

a
column of 2 red, 2 white, 2 red, 2 white, 2 red

a column of
10 white

a column of 2 white, 2 red, 2 white, 2 red, 2
white

a column of 10 white

a
column of 2 red, 2 white, 2 red, 2 white, 2 red

a column of
10 white

a column of 2 white, 2 red, 2 white, 2 red, 2
white

a column of 10 white

a
column of 2 red, 2 white, 2 red, 2 white, 2 red

This made
26 red small squares in the 10x10 square.  Multiply that by 4, and you get 104 red small
squares in the 40x40 square.

The largest
possible number of red squares is 104.

Discuss the characters of "The Darling" by Anton Chekhov

An example Anton Chekhov's depiction of the place of women
in Russian society, "The Darling," has elicited varied interpretation from its
critics. The story is a character sketch of Olenka Plemyanniakov, who assumes her
persona from whomever she marries. In his parody of this character who "was always fond
of some one and could not exist without loving," some critics feel that Chekhov
inadvertently develops her into a worthy personage in her final devotion to the boy
Sasha as a mother, a true woman.

Ivan
Petrovitch Kukinis a boarder at Olenka's lodge.  He is the perennial
pessimist, throwing his arms up whenever it is going to rain as he is the owner of an
outdoor amphitheatre.  As Olenka listens to him, tears of sympathy form in her eyes, and
his despair arouses a "deep and genuine" affection in Olenka's heart.  After their
marriage, Olenka mimics everything that her husband says and feels.  When he despises
the public for their ignorance, she, too, despises them.  Kukin loves her for her accord
with him, calling her his pet. But, when he goes to Moscow to collect a new troupe, he
suddenly dies.

Vassily Andreitch
Pustovalov. the manager at the timber merchant's, accompanies Olenka from
the funeral of her husband.  However, he appears more as a country gentleman than a
tradesman.   With a sense of fate, he consoles Olenka, "it is the will of God, so we
ought to have fortitude and bear it submissively."  After he leaves, his image remains
with Olenka.  Shortly thereafter, an elderly lady came to have coffee with Olenka; this
woman tells Olenka that Pustavalov is an excellent man.  When he comes to visit, Olenka
he only stays ten minutes, but when he leaves "Olenka loved him so much that she lay
awake all night in a perfect fever."  In the morning, she sends for the elderly lady and
the marriage is arranged.  He and Olenka get on well and Olenka takes his place in the
office when he is gone, discussing the timber as though she is the merchant.
"Vassitchka's" ideas are hers, and she abandons her interest in the theatre that she has
had with her first husband. However, after six years, Pustovalov goes out to the yard
one day, caught cold and becomes fatally ill and
dies.

Vladimir Platonitch
Smirninis a veterinary surgeon whom Olenda meets after having lived an
isolated life with her cook, Mavra. Unlike the other men in
her life, Smirnin does not want Olenda talking with the other veterinarians when they
visit. She asks, "What will I talk about then?"  Unhappy because she desires "a love
that would absorb her whole being," Olenka is discontent. Smirnin is called to his
regiment and is gone for years. But, one night Smirnin comes dressed as a civilian and
says that he has reconciled with his wife.  Olenka gives them lodging; however, it is
not long before the wife leaves
again.

Sasha Smirnin is the
son of the surgeon. While his father is away, Olenka cares for him, but she smothers him
with attention.  When he goes to high school, Olenka finds that she "has opinions of her
own" as she can discuss the school.  Later, when Sasha's mother sends for him, Olenka is
in despair. 

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But another minute would pass, voices would be
heard:  it would turn out to be the veterinary surgeon coming home from the
club.

"Well, thank God!" she would
think. 

Olga
Semyonovna, referred to as Olenka, has life only by attaching hers to
whomever she is married and to Sasha, whom she smothers. (Her characterization is
included with the husbands')

Do new cars being transported on a car carrier have kinetic energy; when a car is being towed does it have Kinetic energy?

The short answer to your question is yes, they do. The
explanation of that answer involves relative frames of reference. Kinetic energy is the
energy of a moving body, and is usually calculated as KE = 1/2 mass x velocity^2. In the
case of the cars, each would have kinetic energy equal to 1/2 of the car's mass times
the car's velocity squared, regardless of how the velocity is being
reached.

Whether something is moving and how fast it is
going is actually a complex question, since the entire universe is expanding and
therefore everything in it is moving somehow. In order to simplify physical mechanics,
the surface of the Earth is generally regarded as a fixed plane for the purpose of
calculation. The common physics convention is that you should use the Earth as a fixed
frame of reference unless there is a stated reason to do
otherwise.

Key quotes in Jubilee?

There are many key quotes in the novel Jubilee by Margaret
Walker. Perhaps the most moving quotes are made regarding hatred and
love.

1. "Keeping hatred inside makes you git mean and evil
inside."

2. "We supposen to love everybody like God loves
us."

3. "Folks with a loving heart don't never need no
doctor."

Given that the text speaks to issues such as
family, deliverance, duty, and religion the quotes above show the importance of love and
the letting go of hate. In the end, letting go of hate insures one can forgo the
physical stress hate places on the heart, "shrinks you up inside...and squeezes your
heart tight", and allows one to "don't never need no doctor."

How to find derivative of function y=(3x-e^x)/(3x+e^x)?

We'll just have to apply the quotient rule to find out the
derivative of the given function:

(f/g)' = (f'*g -
f*g')/`g^(2)`

Let f(x) = 3x - `e^(x)` => f'(x) = 3 -
`e^(x)`

Let g(x) = 3x + `e^(x)` => g'(x) = 3 +
`e^(x)`

dy/dx = [(3-`e^(x)` )(3x+`e^(x)`)- (3x-`e^(x)`
)(3+`e^(x)` )]/`(3x+e^(x))^(2)`

dy/dx = (9x + 3`e^(x)` -
3x`e^(x)`- `e^(2x)`- 9x-3x`e^(x)`+ 3`e^(x)` + `e^(2x)` )/
`(3x+e^(x))^(2)`

We'll combine and eliminate like
terms:

dy/dx = (6`e^(x)` - 6x`e^(x)`
)/`(3x+e^(x))^(2)`

dy/dx = 6`e^(x)` (1 -
x)/`(3x+e^(x))^(2)`

The requested derivative
of the function is dy/dx = 6`e^(x)` (1-x)/`(3x+e^(x))^(2)`
.

In Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Gir, why does Anne describe herself as a "bundle of contradictions"?

This is part of Anne Frank's final diary entry only a few
days before she and her family were betrayed and deported to concentration camps.  In
it, Anne reveals and describes the two sides to
herself:

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I'm split in two. One side contains my
exuberant cheerfulness, my flippancy, my joy in life and, above all, my ability to
appreciate the lighter side of things. […] This side of me is usually lying in wait to
ambush the other one, which is much purer, deeper and finer. No one knows Anne's better
side, and that's why most people can't stand me.

This can be taken
many ways, but the contradictions are discussed less directly in the rest of her diary,
and often include the difference between the little girl she is and the adult this
horrible situation forces her to be.  There is the contradiction between the young and
innocent girl, and the beginnings of a young woman who is beginning to discover her
sexuality and to ask questions as adults would.  And finally, the contradiction between
the two sides of her personality: the side that is joyful, young and happy, and the
pensive, moody deeper side to herself.  These two parts of her were often in conflict
with each other.

What is gained or lost by Harper Lee using Scout's point of view to tell the story?Examples please.

The main adavantage Harper Lee gains from using Scout, a
6-8 year old girl, as a narrator, is that her perspective reamins untainted by society's
prejudices.  Many other people in Maycomb, especially the adults, would not have given
such an unbiased report of what was happening with Tom Robinson.  Also, Scout's
misunderstandings can be a source of humor. 

The main
disadvantage is that, as a young child, Scout doesn't understand a lot of what's going
on around her.  A reader needs to read between the lines often to understand what is
going on. 

What is the origin of Virginie's first name in A Simple Heart?

Flaubert does not give a specific reason as to why the
child is named how she is.  Seeing this as well as the emphasis on Christianity that is
present in the story, I think that we can draw some religious allusions to the name's
origin.  The idea of "Virginie" helps to bring out the notion of the "Virgin Mary, " a
symbol of incorruptible purity in the Christian faith.  To a great extent, Virginie
represents this.  She has a pure love for Felicite, as she is the younger of the two
children.  At the same time, it is Virginie, this "Virgin Mary" symbol, who brings the
religious element of Felicite's identity into full view.  Felicite has never received
any sort of formal religious education.  The first time that she does is when she
studies with Virginie for her catechism classes.  In this setting, Virginie brings
religious worship to Felicite, in much the same way that the Virgin Mary's presence
helps to deliver religious fervor and belief to many.  Virginie's incorruptible nature,
in stark contrast to her brother, is evident when she dies early, becoming a symbol of
unity as Madame Aubain and Felicite bond over the shared mourning of the
girl.

Why is Primrose Everdeen important in "The Hunger Games"?

There are a few reasons as to why Primrose (or Prim) is
important in the novel The Hunger
Games.

First, Prim was the initial Everdeen to
be called for District 12's tribute. If Prim would not have been called, Katniss would
never had needed to volunteer to be a part of the Hunger Games in order to save her
sister's life.

Second, the relationship between Katniss and
Rue (District 11) would never have happened if Rue had not reminded Katniss of Prim.The
relationship between Katniss and Rue proved to Katniss that Careers were not the only
ones entitled to alliances.

Lastly, the fact that both Rue
and Katniss (given Prim was the reason this relationship existed in the first place)
have embraced the mockingjay is important because it, eventually, becomes Katniss'
symbol and her unending tie to Rue.

What are the themes in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

The idea of adventure is central to this novel in a number
of ways, as pointed out by bullgatortail. Adventure, in The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer, is both a literal and a literary
theme. 

Tom Sawyer is a thrill seeker, driven by
imagination and a highly specific sense of nobility. The fact that he experiences some
very high-stakes situations is a by-product of another fact -- his quite literary
imagination. The novel's title is the first indication of the referential nature of the
book, as Twain implies with the title a knowledge of the adventure story as a genre and,
more subtly, suggests that his book will participate in that genre in a tongue-and-cheek
manner.  

Repeated references to other tales of high
adventure demonstrate the narrative's awareness of the adventure
genre.

"Injun
Joe's cup stands first in the list of the cavern's marvels; even “Aladdin's Palace”
cannot rival
it."

Additionally, the novel
is indeed crafted with many references to the author (Twain) and to the fact of
authorship in ways that create a basic sense of contingency or ironic self-awareness
throughout the text. This is a story being told that knows it is a story being told.
This self-reflexive style is nicely aligned with the sarcastic tone of the novel and the
overt social commentary offered in the text. 

Tom's
adventures, given this stylistic context, become part of a commentary on adventure
stories. More specifically, Tom and his story come to make a comment on the role of
imagination in the very premise of adventure -- the particular sense of put-on nobility
of romantic "swashbuckling" that connects Tom Sawyer to Don Quixote, another ironic
hero. 

As a story-teller and as a boy enraptured by tales
and folklore, Tom is the inveterate self-made man, almost as much made up as he is real,
very muck akin to Don Quixote of La Mancha.

Tom is
introduced as a liar and story-teller and lover of fiction, as we see here in a passage
from the first
chapter. 

"[...] and Tom
said:

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“You're a coward and a pup. I'll tell my big
brother on you, and he can thrash you with his little finger, and I'll make him do it,
too.”

“What do I care for your big brother? I've got a
brother that's bigger than he is—and what's more, he can throw him over that fence,
too.” [Both brothers were
imaginary.]

“That's
a lie.”

The coupling of
imaginative power (e.g., untruth) and action
can be argued to characterize the nature of this novel. The resulting thematic
suggestion is that adventure is not only what might befall an individual. Adventure is a
state of mind. Taken as a thematic idea, this view of adventure goes a long way to
explaining the charm of the novel and the sly, referential nature of the text as
well. 

Looking at a country currently affected by poverty, what are the factors that cause them to be this way?

This is a question that can be answered in many different
ways since different people have different opinions about the main causes of
poverty.

By some measures, the poorest country in the world
is Tanzania.  Almost 90% of its people are below the most recognized standard for
poverty, which is that they live on less than $1.25 per day.  One can look at at least
two factors that have caused this.

First, Tanzania was a
colony of various European countries until 1964.  Colonization is often blamed for
poverty.  The idea is that a colonizing country does not try to create a strong economy
in a colony.  Instead, it runs the economy only for the benefit of the "mother
country."

Second, Tanzania does not have all that much in
the way of resources.  It has very little that it can export to other countries.  It has
a very primitive (in terms of technology) agricultural sector, which makes it harder for
it to create surpluses of food.

In the case of Tanzania,
then, we can cite colonization and a lack of valuable resources as two factors that
cause high rates of poverty.