Can someone just list the memories for me? And do we know anything about the appearance of The Giver? Thanks! ~really appreciated

The Giver looks old, although not as old as he appears.  He has "pale eyes", and is "wrinkled, and his eyes, though piercing in their unusual lightness, (seem) tired...the flesh around them darkened into shadowed circles" (Ch.11).

The first memory the Giver transfers to Jonas is "snow", followed by "sunshine" and "sunburn" (Ch.11).

He then shows him "color", a memory that Jonas has actually begun to experience a little on his own, and "rainbows" (Ch.12).

In Chapter 13, Jonas feels the pain of loss through the grief of an elephant whose companion is slaughtered. This is followed in Chapter 14 by the discovery of physical pain through the experience of a broken leg.  The Giver balances the trauma of hurt with the gift of peaceful exposures, such as riding a sailboat, watching a sunset, and running through a meadow.  At the end of Chapter 14, Jonas finds out what hunger is like, and in Chapter 15, war.

Although Jonas learns to deal with "loss and loneliness", he is given the memories of "solitude and joy" as well.  By sharing a birthday party, the Giver shows Jonas what it is like to be an individual, and he gives Jonas memories of museums, paintings, animals, and camping.  In the memory of Christmas the Giver bestows the gifts of family, grandparents, and love (Chapter 16).  Finally, to help him on his journey, the Giver transfers memories of courage and strength (Ch.20).

Are there any poetic devices in the poem "After Apple Picking"?

There are several poetic devices in the poem. I'll give you a few examples to help you get started on finding more.

One device Frost uses is rhyme. Look at the first four lines. Line 1 ends with "tree," line 2 with "still," line 3 with "fill," and line 4 with "three." This makes and ABBA rhyme scheme. Line 5 ends with a new sound, "bough," so we assign a new letter, C, to that line. See if you can figure out the rhyme scheme for the entire poem.

Another device he uses is imagery, which is the mental pictures evoked by the poem. I imagine a chilly late-fall afternoon when I read the poem. What images does it evoke in you?

Another device is alliteration, which is the repetition of sounds. Around the middle of the poem, Frost keeps repeating the "s" sound:

Stem end and blossom end,
And every fleck of russet showing clear.  
My instep arch not only keeps the ache,
It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round.
I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.

Toward the end of the poem, Frost uses personification: "Were he not gone,/ The woodchuck could say whether it's like his/ Long sleep, as I describe its coming on,/ Or just some human sleep."

According to the Masterplots commentary, the entire poem is an extended metaphor "in which the activity of harvesting apples represents other kinds of activity."

Why does Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt?

This is because he made her "start off on the wrong foot
with her first grade teacher, Miss Caroline.

Scout got in
trouble with Miss Caroline partly because she was trying to explain to the teacher why
Walter did not have any lunch.  Scout was trying to explain to the teacher that Walter
was too poor to have lunch.  Miss Caroline got mad at Scout because of
this.

Miss Caroline is mad because (in my opinion) Scout
makes her feel like she does not know what she is doing on her first day at this new
school.

Why does Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt?

This is because he made her "start off on the wrong foot with her first grade teacher, Miss Caroline.

Scout got in trouble with Miss Caroline partly because she was trying to explain to the teacher why Walter did not have any lunch.  Scout was trying to explain to the teacher that Walter was too poor to have lunch.  Miss Caroline got mad at Scout because of this.

Miss Caroline is mad because (in my opinion) Scout makes her feel like she does not know what she is doing on her first day at this new school.

What is the Summary of the steps that Axis powers took to achieve world power prior to WWI?

I assume that you mean WWII and not WWI, since the Axis
powers are a WWII thing.

In general, what the Axis did was
that Germany rearmed and started to expand while Japan continued to build its military
and to try to expand in China.

The Treaty of Versailles had
badly weakened Germany and had essentially destroyed its military.  Germany, under
Hitler, started working to remake the military.  It also took Austria and
Czechoslovakia.  Finally, it made peace with the USSR as a way to secure its eastern
flank.

Japan was on the winning side in WWI so it did not
have to disarm and it got various German possessions.  It tried to expand its influence
in China during the 1930s.

What is the Summary of the steps that Axis powers took to achieve world power prior to WWI?

I assume that you mean WWII and not WWI, since the Axis powers are a WWII thing.

In general, what the Axis did was that Germany rearmed and started to expand while Japan continued to build its military and to try to expand in China.

The Treaty of Versailles had badly weakened Germany and had essentially destroyed its military.  Germany, under Hitler, started working to remake the military.  It also took Austria and Czechoslovakia.  Finally, it made peace with the USSR as a way to secure its eastern flank.

Japan was on the winning side in WWI so it did not have to disarm and it got various German possessions.  It tried to expand its influence in China during the 1930s.

What is the purpose of the short story "Shooting an Elephant"?

The purpose is to convey the fact that doing what is legally acceptable and doing what is morally or ethically correct are not always compatible.

The narrator finds himself in the situation of looking like a cowardly fool in front of the Burmese if he does not shoot the elephant, but his conscience is weighing on him because he realizes that the elephant no longer poses a threat. Because the Burmese despise the British for their presence, the narrator feels the need to go against his conscience and shoot the elephant to save face.

After seeing the dead Burmese man that had been trampled by the elephant, his conscience is overcome with guilt. He realizes that like the dead man, the elephant was crucified, as well. While acting within legal limits, he realizes that it was not an ethical choice.

What hints does the name "J. Alfred Prufrock" give us about the character of the "hero"?

Concerning Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,"
the name Eliot uses is considered to be highly stylized.  This is probably the most
important aspect of the name.

The name does suggest a
businessman, also, but this is probably not so vital.

The
name, J. Alfred Prufrock, being so formal, contrasts with what one usually thinks of
with the words:  love song.  And that's the point.  In other words, the connotations, or
word associations, of "J. Alfred Prufrock," contrast with the connotations of "love
song."

That is the speaker's state of existence.  He
contrasts with anything that can be termed a love song.  He is socially inept.  He is on
his way to ask a woman some vital question during tea, and he never even makes it
there. 

He is isolated and alienated and socially
ineffective.  His love song is not much of one. 

This
contrast, by extension, is also the state of modern man.  Humans are alienated and
isolated, and the speaker represents all of us.   

What hints does the name "J. Alfred Prufrock" give us about the character of the "hero"?

Concerning Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," the name Eliot uses is considered to be highly stylized.  This is probably the most important aspect of the name.

The name does suggest a businessman, also, but this is probably not so vital.

The name, J. Alfred Prufrock, being so formal, contrasts with what one usually thinks of with the words:  love song.  And that's the point.  In other words, the connotations, or word associations, of "J. Alfred Prufrock," contrast with the connotations of "love song."

That is the speaker's state of existence.  He contrasts with anything that can be termed a love song.  He is socially inept.  He is on his way to ask a woman some vital question during tea, and he never even makes it there. 

He is isolated and alienated and socially ineffective.  His love song is not much of one. 

This contrast, by extension, is also the state of modern man.  Humans are alienated and isolated, and the speaker represents all of us.   

How is the testing of faith a major theme in All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy?

Cormac McCarthy has said that each of his novels is a
wrestling with the God problem.  While McCarthy, like John Grady, is an ethical, even
religious man, he is too smart to reveal his hand in his novels.  He no doubt believes
that the God problem is intensely personal and, as such, he would never divulge an
ideology in his books.

In his latest book, The
Road, McCarthy gives a few more details about his stance on God.  He says,
"There is no God, and we are his prophets," a kind of paradoxical both-ways belief in
non-belief.

In Chapter IV, Part I of All the
Pretty Horses, Rawlins and Grady have frank discussions about belief and
doubt in their quests.  John Grady has been raised a Christian, but just as he is
coming-of-age as a man, he is coming-of-age as a believer too.  As such, he is open to
doubt.

Rawlins is more forth-giving.  He thinks that God
looks out for him:

readability="10">

Way the world is. Somebody can wake up and
sneeze somewhere in Arkansas or some damn place and before you're done there's wars and
ruination and all hell. You dont know what's goin to happen. I'd say
He's just about got to. I dont believe we'd make it a day
otherwisetening to the water drip in the woods. Bedrock, this. The cold and the silence.
The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the
void. Carried forth and scattered and carried forth again. Everything uncoupled from its
shoring. Unsupported in the ashen air. Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief. If
only my heart were stone.
 (92)

Later,
John Grady and Antonio discuss God in Chapter 2:

readability="7">

But there were two things they agreed upon wholly
and that were never spoken and that was that God had put
horses on earth to work cattle and that other than cattle there was no wealth proper to
a man.

Here, God seems like a
natural Prime Mover who puts all living things into a natural
order.

Still later, in Chapter 4 Alphonsa says this to John
Grady:

There
is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been, but there
is no might have been. There never was. It is supposed to be true that those who do not
know history are condemned to repeat it. I dont believe knowing can save us. What is
constant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and this is a thing
that even God - who knows all that can be known - seems
powerless to
change.

So,
there seems to a divide as to the power of God and the power of fate.  Alphonsa is both
"devout and heretical" according to one critic.  She believes that God is all powerful
and yet powerless in the face of passional human will, another paradox that shows the
duality of belief and doubt.

In the end, faith and manhood
are intertwined in the novel.  Whereas both seem easy to prove in childhood, they become
problematic when one crosses the threshold into adulthood.  Whereas manhood is measured
in blood and sweat, belief and faith may very well be measured in doubt and questioning.
 It is all part of a quest: it is the search that matters.

How is the testing of faith a major theme in All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy?

Cormac McCarthy has said that each of his novels is a wrestling with the God problem.  While McCarthy, like John Grady, is an ethical, even religious man, he is too smart to reveal his hand in his novels.  He no doubt believes that the God problem is intensely personal and, as such, he would never divulge an ideology in his books.

In his latest book, The Road, McCarthy gives a few more details about his stance on God.  He says, "There is no God, and we are his prophets," a kind of paradoxical both-ways belief in non-belief.

In Chapter IV, Part I of All the Pretty Horses, Rawlins and Grady have frank discussions about belief and doubt in their quests.  John Grady has been raised a Christian, but just as he is coming-of-age as a man, he is coming-of-age as a believer too.  As such, he is open to doubt.

Rawlins is more forth-giving.  He thinks that God looks out for him:

Way the world is. Somebody can wake up and sneeze somewhere in Arkansas or some damn place and before you're done there's wars and ruination and all hell. You dont know what's goin to happen. I'd say He's just about got to. I dont believe we'd make it a day otherwisetening to the water drip in the woods. Bedrock, this. The cold and the silence. The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void. Carried forth and scattered and carried forth again. Everything uncoupled from its shoring. Unsupported in the ashen air. Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief. If only my heart were stone.  (92)

Later, John Grady and Antonio discuss God in Chapter 2:

But there were two things they agreed upon wholly and that were never spoken and that was that God had put horses on earth to work cattle and that other than cattle there was no wealth proper to a man.

Here, God seems like a natural Prime Mover who puts all living things into a natural order.

Still later, in Chapter 4 Alphonsa says this to John Grady:

There is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been, but there is no might have been. There never was. It is supposed to be true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I dont believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and this is a thing that even God - who knows all that can be known - seems powerless to change.

So, there seems to a divide as to the power of God and the power of fate.  Alphonsa is both "devout and heretical" according to one critic.  She believes that God is all powerful and yet powerless in the face of passional human will, another paradox that shows the duality of belief and doubt.

In the end, faith and manhood are intertwined in the novel.  Whereas both seem easy to prove in childhood, they become problematic when one crosses the threshold into adulthood.  Whereas manhood is measured in blood and sweat, belief and faith may very well be measured in doubt and questioning.  It is all part of a quest: it is the search that matters.

Why does Clarisse have to die in "Fahrenheit 451"?Why did the author make Clarisse die?

Each character in a story is included to serve a purpose, whether it is to move the plot forward or to serve as an antagonist to the main character. Clarisse serves several purposes in this novel. She is a teenager, representing innocence and imagination, and is the antithesis of what Montag's society is all about. She provides Montag with the motivation to question his society and his own role in furthering the goals of that society. Clarisse and her family represent what Montag's society could and should be. They talk to one another and care about each other. They aren't lonely or alienated from one another.

Why does Clarisse have to die? Her death emphasizes all that is wrong with Montag's conformist society. Bradbury uses her to show the inhumanity of the society in his novel. If a society would kill a sweet, innocent girl, what does this say about it? Her death intensifies Bradbury's message to the reader.

CollisionTwo blocks of masses, m1 = 2.00kg and m2 = 4.00kg, are each released from rest at a height of 5.00 meters on a frictionless track and...

To have an ahead on collision the blocks should traverse
in opposite directions. The speed gained by each of the blocks in opposite directions
under gravity through the frictionless smooth track  is given by
:

v^2  = 2gs = 2*9.81*5.
Or

(i) v = 9.904544412m/s is the speed in opposite
directions before impact. m2 has +9.90..m/s anticlocwise  and m1 has -9.90..m/s  clock
wise say.

ii) The velocities of the blocks after collision
is given by:

v1f (final velocity of m1 ) =
 [2m2b+(m1-m2)a]/(m1+m2) where a and b are the initial velocities of the blocks m1 and
m2, in this case -v and +v

=[2*4v+(2-4)(-v)]/(2+4) = 10v/6
= 5v/3 = (5*9.904544412m/s)/3 = +16.5076 m/s anti
clockwise.

v2f (final velocity v) =
 [2m1a+(m2-m1)a]/(m1+m2)=2*2(-v)+(4-2)V]/(2+4) = (-4+2)v/6 = -v/3 =
-9.904544412m/3 m/s =
3.3015 clockwise.

iii)

The
first block with speed 16.5076m/s could move a height h meter, given by 2gh =
16.5076..^2 Or h = 16.5076^2/(2g) = 13.8889 meter of height , where g is the
acceleration due to gravity and is assumed  9.81m/s^2

The
second block could go as high as  3.3015^2/(2g) = 0.5556 meter of
height.

CollisionTwo blocks of masses, m1 = 2.00kg and m2 = 4.00kg, are each released from rest at a height of 5.00 meters on a frictionless track and...

To have an ahead on collision the blocks should traverse in opposite directions. The speed gained by each of the blocks in opposite directions under gravity through the frictionless smooth track  is given by :

v^2  = 2gs = 2*9.81*5. Or

(i) v = 9.904544412m/s is the speed in opposite directions before impact. m2 has +9.90..m/s anticlocwise  and m1 has -9.90..m/s  clock wise say.

ii) The velocities of the blocks after collision is given by:

v1f (final velocity of m1 ) =  [2m2b+(m1-m2)a]/(m1+m2) where a and b are the initial velocities of the blocks m1 and m2, in this case -v and +v

=[2*4v+(2-4)(-v)]/(2+4) = 10v/6 = 5v/3 = (5*9.904544412m/s)/3 = +16.5076 m/s anti clockwise.

v2f (final velocity v) =  [2m1a+(m2-m1)a]/(m1+m2)=2*2(-v)+(4-2)V]/(2+4) = (-4+2)v/6 = -v/3 = -9.904544412m/3 m/s = 3.3015 clockwise.

iii)

The first block with speed 16.5076m/s could move a height h meter, given by 2gh = 16.5076..^2 Or h = 16.5076^2/(2g) = 13.8889 meter of height , where g is the acceleration due to gravity and is assumed  9.81m/s^2

The second block could go as high as  3.3015^2/(2g) = 0.5556 meter of height.

In Into the Wild, what did Chris's boss at the wheat fields get arrested for? There's reference to "black boxes".

"Black boxes" are devices which unscramble satellite-television transmissions illegally.  They allow people to watch encrypted cable programming without paying for it.  Chris's boss at the wheat fields, Wayne Westerberg, had been in on a scheme to manufacture and sell these boxes, and was arrested in an FBI sting.  Westerberg pleaded guilty to a single felony count, and served a four-month sentence in prison (Chapter 3).

Could you please analyze John Donne's "Holy Sonnet IV" also known as "Oh My Black Soul?"

In Sonnet IV Donne is aware of death coming in the form of illness.  He rails at mankinds weakness and sinful nature and speaks of being lost to the joy of Heaven.  He ends this sonnet by saying you can die as you are and be lost, or you can be washed in the blood of the Lamb (Jesus) which will turn you white again (pure, redeemed, forgiven) and spend eternity with the Lord.

What is the tone of Kate Chopin's "The Storm"? I was going to say sympathetic, however I don't have enough info to back that up.

I agree with you that the tone of Chopin's "The Storm" is
sympathetic. 

One place to find evidence to support your
conclusion about tone is in the description.  A speaker's description of characters will
usually reveal his/her attitude toward those characters.

In
paragraph twelve, the speaker describes Calixta as
follows:

She
was a little fuller of figure than five years before when she married; but she had lost
nothing of her vivacity.  Her blue eyes still retained their melting quality;  and her
yellow hair, dishevelled by the wind and rain, kinked more stubbornly than ever about
her ears and temples.

The
speaker describes her character as vivacious, and the character's eyes melt.  The
speaker uses specific detail--"about her ears and temples"--to give her character
verisimilitude, or realism, and to create imagery; to make the face concrete.  The
speaker encourages the reader to imagine Calixta in her
vivaciousness.

In paragraph twenty, when Calixta staggers
backward, she is "encircled" by Alcee's arm--a protective, tender motion.  When
she cannot compose herself,

readability="9">

Alcee clasped her shoulders and looked into her
face.  The contact of her warm, palpitating body when he had unthinkingly drawn her into
his arms, had aroused all the one-time infatuation and desire for her
flesh.

The moment is
described positively.  Again, specific detail creates imagery--Alcee "looked into her
face"; her body is "warm" and "palpitating"; his infatuation and desire are "aroused." 
The imagery makes the movement concrete, as well as adding verisimilitude.  And the
images are positive and tender.

This is the moment that
leads directly into what society calls adultery, but the speaker considers fulfillment
and necessary passion. 

The speaker's description reveals
the tone to be sympathetic.

What is the tone of Kate Chopin's "The Storm"? I was going to say sympathetic, however I don't have enough info to back that up.

I agree with you that the tone of Chopin's "The Storm" is sympathetic. 

One place to find evidence to support your conclusion about tone is in the description.  A speaker's description of characters will usually reveal his/her attitude toward those characters.

In paragraph twelve, the speaker describes Calixta as follows:

She was a little fuller of figure than five years before when she married; but she had lost nothing of her vivacity.  Her blue eyes still retained their melting quality;  and her yellow hair, dishevelled by the wind and rain, kinked more stubbornly than ever about her ears and temples.

The speaker describes her character as vivacious, and the character's eyes melt.  The speaker uses specific detail--"about her ears and temples"--to give her character verisimilitude, or realism, and to create imagery; to make the face concrete.  The speaker encourages the reader to imagine Calixta in her vivaciousness.

In paragraph twenty, when Calixta staggers backward, she is "encircled" by Alcee's arm--a protective, tender motion.  When she cannot compose herself,

Alcee clasped her shoulders and looked into her face.  The contact of her warm, palpitating body when he had unthinkingly drawn her into his arms, had aroused all the one-time infatuation and desire for her flesh.

The moment is described positively.  Again, specific detail creates imagery--Alcee "looked into her face"; her body is "warm" and "palpitating"; his infatuation and desire are "aroused."  The imagery makes the movement concrete, as well as adding verisimilitude.  And the images are positive and tender.

This is the moment that leads directly into what society calls adultery, but the speaker considers fulfillment and necessary passion. 

The speaker's description reveals the tone to be sympathetic.

How do I structure a paragraph reflecting shifting values & contextual focus (while definining King Lear's C. F. simultaneously?King Lear...

Your essay must be many paragraphs, so your question is a
bit incorrect and may be blocking you from thinking logically about how to approach your
assignment.  For a complex writing assignment, it's often helpful to begin with a
bulleted list.  I often use PowerPoint to begin with because it automatically bullets
the information, is easy to move items around, and lets me create subbullets or change a
subbullet to a main bullet, etc.  When the outline is done, you are organized and the
hardest part of your essay is done.  

One suggestion is to identify
all the character's values in King Lear in one bulleted list.  You don't say in your
question to us whether you are selecting one character or several but based on your
punctuation I am assuming it is just one character.  Copy that list to a new page,
identify which values shift, and review for yourself how many shifting values you'll
need to discuss in your essay.  This up front research is very important because you'll
want to zero in on the major shifting values for discussion in your essay, but also
reference the other values, both those that shift and those that don't, so your
instructor knows that you know what they are.  Also, it will help you avoid putting too
much emphasis in your essay on only one or two items, or on the wrong items, when you
should be discussing more items or something else.

Once you identify
where your major emphasis should be, you should have a clearer idea of how many major
shifting values you'll need to discuss.  This will help you figure out how long your
essay will be, what your opening paragraphs will be, and whether it will take one, two,
or even more paragraphs to discuss each of the major shifting values. 
 

Now you can begin writing.  Use your opening paragraph to identify
your character and your premise; that is, the values you identified and that certain
ones seem to shift throughout the play.  You'll use the remaining paragraphs to discuss
each of the major value shifts you found, with your closing paragraph to summarize.
 

Keep in mind that it is sometimes helpful to use other characters as
part of the "evidence" in your argument.  For example, if you identify a particular
value as shifting, is there another character with that same value that does not shift,
and is there a point where the two characters diverge because of the firstt one's
shift?

How do I structure a paragraph reflecting shifting values & contextual focus (while definining King Lear's C. F. simultaneously?King Lear...

Your essay must be many paragraphs, so your question is a bit incorrect and may be blocking you from thinking logically about how to approach your assignment.  For a complex writing assignment, it's often helpful to begin with a bulleted list.  I often use PowerPoint to begin with because it automatically bullets the information, is easy to move items around, and lets me create subbullets or change a subbullet to a main bullet, etc.  When the outline is done, you are organized and the hardest part of your essay is done.  

One suggestion is to identify all the character's values in King Lear in one bulleted list.  You don't say in your question to us whether you are selecting one character or several but based on your punctuation I am assuming it is just one character.  Copy that list to a new page, identify which values shift, and review for yourself how many shifting values you'll need to discuss in your essay.  This up front research is very important because you'll want to zero in on the major shifting values for discussion in your essay, but also reference the other values, both those that shift and those that don't, so your instructor knows that you know what they are.  Also, it will help you avoid putting too much emphasis in your essay on only one or two items, or on the wrong items, when you should be discussing more items or something else.

Once you identify where your major emphasis should be, you should have a clearer idea of how many major shifting values you'll need to discuss.  This will help you figure out how long your essay will be, what your opening paragraphs will be, and whether it will take one, two, or even more paragraphs to discuss each of the major shifting values.   

Now you can begin writing.  Use your opening paragraph to identify your character and your premise; that is, the values you identified and that certain ones seem to shift throughout the play.  You'll use the remaining paragraphs to discuss each of the major value shifts you found, with your closing paragraph to summarize.  

Keep in mind that it is sometimes helpful to use other characters as part of the "evidence" in your argument.  For example, if you identify a particular value as shifting, is there another character with that same value that does not shift, and is there a point where the two characters diverge because of the firstt one's shift?

What does Macbeth do to try to bring the prophecy of his becoming "king hereafter" to reality?

Macbeth's first course of action--suggested and supported by Lady Macbeth--is to kill King Duncan and Duncan's two guards in order to create the opportunity for obtaining the title.  When Macbeth becomes aware that Banquo suspects he is the assassin, he arranges to have Banquo and his son Fleance killed as well.  Fortunately, Fleance escapes, foiling Macbeth's attempt to subvert the witches' prophecy that Banquo would be the father of kings and solidifying his claim and his potential heirs' claim to the crown.  After consulting with the witches a second time, Macbeth decides to have Macduff and his family killed, but to no avail.  Macduff joins with Malcolm to defeat Macbeth.

In chapter 11, what do you think is going on with Ponyboy when he says, "Johnny didn't have anything to do with Bob's getting killed"?

Ponyboy is still not well when Randy comes to visit him to discuss the hearing. Ponyboy keeps saying that he had the knife and killed the Soc and that Johnny is not dead. He is still in shock and sick physically, mentally, and emotionally. He will heal, but it will take time.

Ponyboy's mind is protecting him from anymore pain and in turn he is trying to protect his friend Johnny.

For a lot more on the subject of The Outsiders check out the link provided.

In "The Crucible", how do relationships in the play enhance the plot, create mood and add complexity? Relationships including specific people and...

The Crucible includes many complex characters and background knowledge that the reader gradually becomes aware of as conversations take place.  Had Reverend Hale been aware of all the bad blood among the members of the community, he would have never called for court proceedings.  In fact, he is the first of the ministers to doubt the girls' integrity.

The most obvious relationship is that of Abigail Williams with John Proctor.  They had a fling, and Elizabeth had her fired from her job to protect her marriage.  Abigail points the finger at Elizabeth for witchcraft because she wants to take Elizabeth's place as the new "Mrs. Proctor".

Another relationship that we become aware of is Thomas Putnam's desire to acquire more land. Both Giles Corey and John Proctor mention that the Putnams (dated back to Thomas' grandfather) had a habit of claiming land that didn't actually belong to them. They are accused of putting Ruth, their daughter, up to claiming witchcraft on those whose land the Putnams' covet.

We also know that the Putnams blame the midwife for all their stillborn children.  Looking for someone other than themselves to blame for these dead children, they point the fingers at her for murdering their children.

Another heated relationship is that of John Proctor and Reverend Parris.  Proctor dislikes Parris since he sees the Reverend as a greedy, ungodly man--Parris complains of candlesticks and low salary. 

What are some types of prejudices that may be identified in "The Cay"?

The Cay is dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality. King's dream and the novel focus on race relations between blacks and whites. Yet the author transcends this specific focus by setting his story against the backdrop of World War II. The Germans who threaten the waters around Curacao have gone down in history for their violent, systematic murdering of the Jewish people.

Germany's actions were founded on extreme racial prejudice, which permeated their entire society. This backdrop serves as a warning against all prejudice everywhere, and in context of the story, it highlights the social prejudice against black people. Phillip's mother is from Virginia, which was once a slave-holding state.

At the time of the story, black people were still segregated in Virginia. This segregation leads to fear of the unknown, expressed as prejudice. Phillip's mother does not like black people, because she does not know them; she is afraid of their cultural differences

what is the conflict of the play "the intruder"?what's the problem of the characters of the intruder?

Maeterlinck felt that man's inner emotions were subordinate to the powerful external forces like fate and that man was pushed and pulled and controlled by these external forces like a puppet would be by a puppeteer. So when analysing the conflict in "The Intruder" what is more important is not the human emotions of the characters but the external forces which control them.

The dramatic tension is a result of an ailling mother who has given birth to a child and is not expected to live long. Much of the  tension and the conflict arises because the blind grandfather-the father of the the dying mother-is able to perceive correctly the imminent death of his daughter, which the other sighted members of the family can't.

In fact, at the beginning of the play we expect the new born infant to die and not the mother. The uncle remarks, "It is now several weeks since he was born, and he has scarcely stirred. He has not cried once all the time! He is like a wax doll."

Throughout the play, the blind grandfather senses the ghost like presence of an intruder in the house: "It seems to me as if he were mowing inside the house." The reference is to the soud of someone sharpening a scythe to mow the grass with. It is late in the night and this is an obvious reference to the scythe which 'FatherTime' is sharpening to cut the thread of life of the ailing mother in the next room.

The play ends with the child crying and the announcement of the mother's death.

In lines 66-67 of "The Seafarer," how do I explain “the wealth/ Of the world neither reaches to Heaven nor remains”?

This means, "You can't take it with you."  It does not matter how wealthy, successful, or famous one has been on earth.  All the money and prestige in the world will be useless on Judgment Day (if indeed, the speaker suggests, such a fate awaits us.  The only certainty is death.) Or, think of the mummified Pharoahs of Egypt, so sure their goods would follow them beyond the grave. 

As for Earth, whatever accumulations we have managed during our brief lives is not permananent.  Eventually, all will be dispersed and our fleeting time here will be, if we are lucky, unconvered in shards by zealous archeaologists.  But for most of us, the "remains of the day" will be shortlived, indeed. 

Could I have an explanation for every stanza of "The Chimney Sweeper"?

here your explanation for every stanza of "The Chimney Sweeper"

The poem is written by william blake .

In the first stanza the narrator tells about a young boy named tom dacre who lost his mother at a very young age and his father sold him as an apprentice to a man who orders that tom should become a chimney sweeper at a very young age.He could not even pronounce SWEEP yet.toms hair must be shaved and this makes him upset.the narrator tells him this is really a comfort so that his hair does not get covered with soot.

In the next stanza the narrator tells that tom dreams about thousands of sweeper who have died due to profession .They were lying in coffins and were locked in.then an angel comes and opened all of the thousands of coffins and set them all free.They were all laughing leaping and runningi an green plain .They all were placed in a river to clean themselves.

In the next stanza they all get naked and left annd left their bags which consists of brush and other material which were useed for cleaning the chimney were all left behind and they all played joyfully in the sky .Next an angel tells that if tom would do his duty properly he will be rewarded and he would have god as his father.

In the final stanza tom awoke early in the morning and the narrator must go cleaning chimneys .Though the morning was cold but tom was happy and warm because he remebered the pleasant dream and the narrator tells that if they keep simply doing their work and obey others ,they will rewarded and tom dacre could have god as his father.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

written by,

-------------------

manoranjan ghadei.

-------------------

What does Jem do that shocks Dill and Scout?

There are several times in To Kill a
Mockingbird where Jem shocks Scout and Dill. One of them comes in Chapter 1
when Jem finally accepts Dill's dare and rushes to the Radley house where
he

... threw
open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm and ran past
us... Dill and I followed on his
heels.

Jem does it again in
Chapter 4 when he rolls Scout--who is curled up in an old tire--right up to the steps of
the Radley house.

Jem saves another surprise for Scout and
Dill--and a group of neighbors as well--when he shows up at the Radley front gate in his
underwear. Jem had to discard his pants earlier when he got them caught in the Radley
fence and had apparently forgotten this when he joins the
crowd. 

What does Jem do that shocks Dill and Scout?

There are several times in To Kill a Mockingbird where Jem shocks Scout and Dill. One of them comes in Chapter 1 when Jem finally accepts Dill's dare and rushes to the Radley house where he

... threw open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm and ran past us... Dill and I followed on his heels.

Jem does it again in Chapter 4 when he rolls Scout--who is curled up in an old tire--right up to the steps of the Radley house.

Jem saves another surprise for Scout and Dill--and a group of neighbors as well--when he shows up at the Radley front gate in his underwear. Jem had to discard his pants earlier when he got them caught in the Radley fence and had apparently forgotten this when he joins the crowd. 

How important is the setting of "The Lovely Bones," and what specifically does it influence?

In this novel, the setting, the time and place of the events, is very important, and this setting is one of the most unusual I've seen. Most of the events happen on earth, but Susie tells what is happening from heaven. There are a few scenes that occur in heaven, but they expand the story rather than propel the plot forward. The events that occur on earth move the plot forward.

As far as the time of the novel, we immediately know it takes place in the 1970s because we are given the specific date of December 6, 1973. In telling the story, Susie flashes back into the past to bring the reader important information we need to understand what happened prior to the December 6th date. Susie also refers to the future and throughout the book, she shifts among the past, present, and future.

The setting is tied to the theme of loss and grief that Susie's family feels after her death. It also refers to the coming-of-age of the characters in the novel. Susie can't move on in heaven until she knows her family is going to be all right. Her sister and brother must come to terms with Susie's death as well as her father and mother.

What is the significance of rain in "The Great Gatsby"?

Great question.Setting and related elements--such as weather--can often express the mood of a work or foreshadow elements to come (see previous response). Here are a few ways to think about the question:

1) Put yourself in Fitzgerald's shoes: what is added to the story if by making it rain? What changes if it is, for example, sunny and warm?

2) How does the rainy weather here compare to other important  chapters and events in the book? It is extremely hot in both chapters 2 & 7, for example. Think about how the reunion of Daisy and Jay in chapter 5 contrasts with the memory of their first kiss at the end of chapter six. How do these scenes differ?

3) Think about Nick: what is he both feeling and describing in Chapters 5 & 9? How might rainy weather reflect these emotions and descriptions?

4) Use a reader response approach and think about your own feelings about rain: what mood does it put you in? How does it change your behavior? What senses--touch? smell? etc.--does it evoke in you?

Many have written about the patterns Fitzgerald used throughout the book, so it really is all connected!  Think about the use of time in this chapter, like when Gatsby stumbles into the clock: the rain has driven them into the house where they attempt to reconnect and return to their past. Is the rain, then, a symbol of the their love escaping the outside world and time, or are they trapped and unable to confront the deluge of the outside world?

What is Hermes known for in The Lightning Thief?

In Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the
Olympians: The Lightning Thief, like in all of Greek mythology, Hermes plays
the role of messenger. This is particularly important in this book because there are
humans (more accurately, part-humans) who need to be communicated to by the gods. Hermes
is the one to whom they all turn.

Even for Percy to be able
to communicate with his father, Poseiden, god of the sea, Hermes must be called upon to
bring messages back and forth. Hermes is also particularly helpful to Percy during his
defeat of Procrustes.

What is Hermes known for in The Lightning Thief?

In Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, like in all of Greek mythology, Hermes plays the role of messenger. This is particularly important in this book because there are humans (more accurately, part-humans) who need to be communicated to by the gods. Hermes is the one to whom they all turn.

Even for Percy to be able to communicate with his father, Poseiden, god of the sea, Hermes must be called upon to bring messages back and forth. Hermes is also particularly helpful to Percy during his defeat of Procrustes.

In the last stanza of "To a Skylark," the speaker refers to "hormonioius madness." What does that mean?

The skylark ,to Shelly is the poet of the poets .It has its oneness with ultimate reality .Again Shelly's vision finds reflection in the external world ,and  when his mind-born symbol echoes with the skylark ,it begins to  form the clear-sighted vision through a series of imagery .

Harmonious madness means , -poet possessed .Shelly wishes to bear the mantle of the skylark .This is because , if he is bestowed with the spirit of the skylark , in that case ,his lyrics will be powerful and penetrating .People of this world with arrested attention listen to his music , and they would translate into reality their forgotten hopes and fears .They will feel the same kind of thrilling , as the poet is now getting haunted with the lyric of the skylark .

Subrata Ray .Mousumipara .Uluberia .West Bengal .India .

Describe Slim in three ways (with quotes) and indicate what his importance is to Of Mice and Men.

Slim must be a hard-working leader among the guys. He is
described as being out with his team and Candy says of
him:

Slim's a
jerkline skinner. Hell of a nice fella. p.
28

Later, some of the guys
note that Curley's wife has the eye for Slim. But Slim keeps her in line and makes sure
there is nothing inappropriate going on between them. She comes into the bunkhouse
apparently looking for Curley and then Slim enters. The way he deals with her shows his
integrity:

"Hi
good-lookin."

"I'm trying to find Curley,
Slim."

"Well, you ain't trying very hard. I seen him goin'
in your house."

Finally, in
the end, Slim is the only loyal and encouraging friend George has. We see this when Slim
says of Lennie's sacrifice,

readability="7">

You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on,
with me.

 Slim is the voice
of reason and integrity in this book. His purpose is to help show the error of other
people's ways and to confirm the right actions of folks as well.

Describe Slim in three ways (with quotes) and indicate what his importance is to Of Mice and Men.

Slim must be a hard-working leader among the guys. He is described as being out with his team and Candy says of him:

Slim's a jerkline skinner. Hell of a nice fella. p. 28

Later, some of the guys note that Curley's wife has the eye for Slim. But Slim keeps her in line and makes sure there is nothing inappropriate going on between them. She comes into the bunkhouse apparently looking for Curley and then Slim enters. The way he deals with her shows his integrity:

"Hi good-lookin."

"I'm trying to find Curley, Slim."

"Well, you ain't trying very hard. I seen him goin' in your house."

Finally, in the end, Slim is the only loyal and encouraging friend George has. We see this when Slim says of Lennie's sacrifice,

You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on, with me.

 Slim is the voice of reason and integrity in this book. His purpose is to help show the error of other people's ways and to confirm the right actions of folks as well.

What effect does Pearl have on Arthur Dimmesdale in "The Scarlet Letter"?

Pearl effects the Reverend in many ways.  She is his child, so he feels affection toward her, but she acts so strangely that he is alienated from him.  She is suspicious of him and notices things that a child normally would not.  She asks him why he holds his heart in the the same way her mother touchs her scarlet letter.  She asks him to stand on the scaffold in the daylight when everyone can see the three of them there instead of in the dead of night when only the three of them (and Roger Chillingworth) know they're there.  She refuses to come near them in the woods when her mother's hair is down and the letter is not on her breast.  It is almost as if the child is forcing them both to face the grief and guilt they have brought on themselves by committing adultery.  She is the mixed blessing...she can be a sweet child, but more often she is like the child of the earth.  Grounded in her sinful conception and birth and determined to be the constant reminder of the sin her parents committed.

Arthur is never truly comfortable around Pearl because she seems so much older and wiser than her years.  She seems to have knowledge beyond what she should have, and Arthur feels that each time they meet, he is being judged.  His guilt gets the best of him aside from the poison that Roger Chillingworth is giving him.

What are the similarties and the differences between the play Trifles and the short story "A Jury of Her Peers"?

There is more authorial intrusion in the
short story "A Jury of Her Peer" than in the play
Trifles.
As such, Glaspell reveals many more of her characters' feelings in the
short story.  She leaves the emotional subtext for the actors to reveal on
stage.

So says one
critic:

For
example, on page 275 the writer explains how Mrs. Hale first met Mrs. Peters, “the year
before at the county fair”. Mrs. Hale’s opinion of Mrs. Peters is brought to the surface
on page 276 when the writer reveals that she felt Mrs. Peters “didn’t seem like a
sheriff’s wife”. Whereas in the play Trifles, the reader is left with no insight of this
nature since the dialogue is so central (all you know is what you see and hear).
Feelings are left out of the play, and revealed in the short
story.

Another
obvious difference is the title. The play's title
Trifles is more subtle, whereas the short story's title "A Jury of
Her Peers" basically reveals two major themes from the start: feminist community ("her
Peers") and legalism ("Jury").  Trifles is wonderfully ironic: it
is what the men think of women's work.  As such, its title better reveals the little
things (the clues and subtext), which drives this psychological
play.

The women are marginalized more in the
play. They are physically segregated from the men, and their presence on
stage keeps them--as a community--front and center.  No one woman is more important than
the other.  Even though it is titled Trifles and not "A Jury of Her
Peers," the play's grouping of the women allows them to be more of a physical jury.
 This is more symbolic and
meaningful.

Audience participation, I feel,
is the biggest difference. Quite frankly, the short story gives too much
away.  It's too easy, too seamless.  The play, even if it is read and not seen, is much
more like a detective story.  As a reader or viewer of the play, we have to use more
deductive reasoning and fill in the pieces to the mystery.

What are the similarties and the differences between the play Trifles and the short story "A Jury of Her Peers"?

There is more authorial intrusion in the short story "A Jury of Her Peer" than in the play Trifles. As such, Glaspell reveals many more of her characters' feelings in the short story.  She leaves the emotional subtext for the actors to reveal on stage.

So says one critic:

For example, on page 275 the writer explains how Mrs. Hale first met Mrs. Peters, “the year before at the county fair”. Mrs. Hale’s opinion of Mrs. Peters is brought to the surface on page 276 when the writer reveals that she felt Mrs. Peters “didn’t seem like a sheriff’s wife”. Whereas in the play Trifles, the reader is left with no insight of this nature since the dialogue is so central (all you know is what you see and hear). Feelings are left out of the play, and revealed in the short story.

Another obvious difference is the title. The play's title Trifles is more subtle, whereas the short story's title "A Jury of Her Peers" basically reveals two major themes from the start: feminist community ("her Peers") and legalism ("Jury").  Trifles is wonderfully ironic: it is what the men think of women's work.  As such, its title better reveals the little things (the clues and subtext), which drives this psychological play.

The women are marginalized more in the play. They are physically segregated from the men, and their presence on stage keeps them--as a community--front and center.  No one woman is more important than the other.  Even though it is titled Trifles and not "A Jury of Her Peers," the play's grouping of the women allows them to be more of a physical jury.  This is more symbolic and meaningful.

Audience participation, I feel, is the biggest difference. Quite frankly, the short story gives too much away.  It's too easy, too seamless.  The play, even if it is read and not seen, is much more like a detective story.  As a reader or viewer of the play, we have to use more deductive reasoning and fill in the pieces to the mystery.

What are some examples of psychoanalytical perspective in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

First, let's define what psychoanalysis is.  According to www.dictionary.com, it is:

The method of psychological therapy originated by Sigmund Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts, in order to free psychic energy for mature love and work.

The narrator of this story is the murderer, so we get a very personal look inside the mind of a crazed killer.  The narrator relates much of the story in a stream of consciousness style, meaning it is written as the thoughts might go through the narrator's head at the time.  The story is sometimes fragmented and it changes focus, just as the narrator's mind is fragmented and chaotic.  An example of this is when the narrator is telling the story and relaying the plan he made to sneak into the boarding house owner's bedroom and kill him...then, suddenly, the narrator points out how clever he is for thinking of how to do this.

How can Truman Capote be compared to Perry Edward Smith in the book In Cold Blood?

There are a few similarities between Truman Capote and Perry Smith. They were both children of divorced parents. Capote spoke with an odd, childlike voice. Smith was said to still suck his thumb and wet the bed into adulthood. Capote described himself in a letter to Smith as spending much of his childhood "wandering around the South" with his father. Smith idolized his father and followed him wherever he went. Smith's mother was an alcoholic who died while he was a child. Capote's mother committed suicide during his childhood.

Capote himself noted that he and Perry Smith were like brothers: "Truman says it's as if they both grew up in the same household, except Perry went out the back door and Capote went out the front door."

Why did the U.S and Britain invade Afghanistan in 2001?

There are several clarifications that need to be made to
your question.

1.  The U.S. and England were not the only
countries to send troops to Afghanistan in 2001/2002--to this day, there are many NATO
countries with troops in the region.

2.  The U.S. did not
attack Afghanistan.  It attacked Al Qaeda--a global terrorist organization which had its
base in Afghanistan at the time--and the Taliban, the radical ruling group of the
country which oppressed its own people and willingly gave shelter to Osama bin Laden and
Al Qaeda.

3.  In 2001, the United States and England began
working with many native Afghans to rid their country of terrorists and to place the
decision-making process back in the hands of the Afghan people not in the hands of an
elite few who terrorized their own countrymen.  Many of the Afghans who assisted and who
still assist U.S. forces were followers of Massoud (an Afghan leader who fought against
the Taliban until he was assassinated two days before 9/11), and they would not see the
U.S. and England as attacking their country.

Why did the U.S and Britain invade Afghanistan in 2001?

There are several clarifications that need to be made to your question.

1.  The U.S. and England were not the only countries to send troops to Afghanistan in 2001/2002--to this day, there are many NATO countries with troops in the region.

2.  The U.S. did not attack Afghanistan.  It attacked Al Qaeda--a global terrorist organization which had its base in Afghanistan at the time--and the Taliban, the radical ruling group of the country which oppressed its own people and willingly gave shelter to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda.

3.  In 2001, the United States and England began working with many native Afghans to rid their country of terrorists and to place the decision-making process back in the hands of the Afghan people not in the hands of an elite few who terrorized their own countrymen.  Many of the Afghans who assisted and who still assist U.S. forces were followers of Massoud (an Afghan leader who fought against the Taliban until he was assassinated two days before 9/11), and they would not see the U.S. and England as attacking their country.

In "The Cask of Amontillado," explain the double meaning of the trowel and its significance in the story.

A trowel, which is the tool Montresor shows to Fortunato, has a triangular flat shape with a handle that curves above. A mason is a skilled workman who lays brick or stone by using this tool to place mortar or cement between the bricks or stones and to move the mortar and smooth it.

The masons that Fortunato refers to are a secret organization that has nothing to do with bricks and mortar. The secret sign that he shows to Montresor is one only members would recognize.

Therefore, when Montresor does not recognize the sign and Fortunato responds by declaring, "You are not of the masons," Montresor pulls out his trowel because he is indeed a mason. Although Fortunato is too confused to realize the significance of this action, Montresor has provided a devious hint of what is to come.

What might have influenced Cassius to accept Pindarus’s report?

Cassius has had a complete character shift since the beginning of the play.  Previously, he was bold, defiant of the gods and omens, and confident he knew what was right for Rome.

In Act Four, the reader can see that Cassius's boldness and bravery are wavering.  He resorts to tactics like guilt and pity to make Brutus feel sorry for him when they are fighting  He is no longer convincing Brutus to follow him, but begging Brutus to like him and allow him to be his equal.

Cassius also doesn't agree with Brutus' plan to march to Philippi.  Cassius would rather wait for the opposing army to meet them in Sardis.  Again, Cassius is overruled by Brutus.

In the beginning of Act Five, Cassius is anxious and nervous regarding the battle.  He has seen scavenger birds (like vultures) replace eagles, and he takes this as a bad omen.  He and Brutus also say goodbye, in case they never meet again.

Cassius is in utter defeat when he receives Pindarus's report.  Men have deserted him and even his flag bearer was killed.  In such a negative state of mind, it only makes sense that Cassius takes Pindarus' report as truth.  It also gives Cassius a reason to give up (commit suicide) without looking cowardly.  Since he feels the entire battle is lost, he would rather kill himself than be taken as a slave by Antony and Octavius.

How are the porch gatherings here different from the ones in Eatonville? Please give specific details from the text to support your response.

I assume by "here" you are referring to the portion of the
novel when Tea Cake and Janie move onto the muck, the
Everglades.

On the porches of Eatonville, and in particular
on the store's porch, Janie was never allowed to be a participant in the bantering and
storytelling that when on among men. She was allowed to listen and to witness, but Joe
does not allow her to participate. It is no coincidence, then, that it is upon the
store's porch that Janie finally "finds her voice" to stand up to Joe and emasculate him
with her "when you pull down your britches, you look like the change of life" insult.
Even with Joe gone, when Janie plays checkers on the store's porch most of Eatonville is
left feeling very uncomfortable with the situation.

The
porches in the Everglades are similar in one way but overall are very different. Just
like in Eatonville, Janie's porch is a gathering
spot:

Tea
Cake's house was a magnet, the unauthorized center of the "job." The way he would sit in
the doorway and play his guitar made people stop and listen and maybe disappoint the
jook for that night. He was always laughing and full of fun
too.

In most other ways,
however, the porches are very different because of the attitudes of the people who
occupy them. In Eatonville, Janie was a listener and a witness; on the muck, she is an
active participant. Janie's memories of the store in Eatonville--and the actions on its
porch from which she was prohibited--are central to her self-actualization.  As she
says, in Eatonville:

readability="8">

The men held big arguments [...] like they used
to do on the store porch. Only here [on the muck], she could listen and laugh and even
talk some herself if she wanted to. She got so she could tell big storied herself from
listening to the rest.

It is
in the Everglades that Janie finally finds her voice and realizes her
dreams.

How are the porch gatherings here different from the ones in Eatonville? Please give specific details from the text to support your response.

I assume by "here" you are referring to the portion of the novel when Tea Cake and Janie move onto the muck, the Everglades.

On the porches of Eatonville, and in particular on the store's porch, Janie was never allowed to be a participant in the bantering and storytelling that when on among men. She was allowed to listen and to witness, but Joe does not allow her to participate. It is no coincidence, then, that it is upon the store's porch that Janie finally "finds her voice" to stand up to Joe and emasculate him with her "when you pull down your britches, you look like the change of life" insult. Even with Joe gone, when Janie plays checkers on the store's porch most of Eatonville is left feeling very uncomfortable with the situation.

The porches in the Everglades are similar in one way but overall are very different. Just like in Eatonville, Janie's porch is a gathering spot:

Tea Cake's house was a magnet, the unauthorized center of the "job." The way he would sit in the doorway and play his guitar made people stop and listen and maybe disappoint the jook for that night. He was always laughing and full of fun too.

In most other ways, however, the porches are very different because of the attitudes of the people who occupy them. In Eatonville, Janie was a listener and a witness; on the muck, she is an active participant. Janie's memories of the store in Eatonville--and the actions on its porch from which she was prohibited--are central to her self-actualization.  As she says, in Eatonville:

The men held big arguments [...] like they used to do on the store porch. Only here [on the muck], she could listen and laugh and even talk some herself if she wanted to. She got so she could tell big storied herself from listening to the rest.

It is in the Everglades that Janie finally finds her voice and realizes her dreams.

Find the domain of 1/sqrt(3x-2) for the expression to produce a real number?

First, we have to notice that the domain for 1/sqrt (3x-2)
is the same with the domain for sqrt (3x-2), excepting the values for x which is
cancelling the denominator.

Let's find this excepted value
for x (we've considered from the beginning that it's just a single value, based on the
fact that the expression is a linear equation, with a single
solution).

3x-2 = 0

We'll add
2, both sides of the
equation:

3x-2+2=2

3x=2

We'll
divide by3, both sides:

x =
2/3.

So, the excluded value for x =
2/3.

Now, let's find the domain for
sqrt(3x-2).

For sqrt(3x-2) to exists, the expression
(3x-2)>0

So, reiterating the same steps to find the
excepted value for x, we'll find that
x>2/3.

So the domain of definition is
the ineterval (2/3, inf).

Find the domain of 1/sqrt(3x-2) for the expression to produce a real number?

First, we have to notice that the domain for 1/sqrt (3x-2) is the same with the domain for sqrt (3x-2), excepting the values for x which is cancelling the denominator.

Let's find this excepted value for x (we've considered from the beginning that it's just a single value, based on the fact that the expression is a linear equation, with a single solution).

3x-2 = 0

We'll add 2, both sides of the equation:

3x-2+2=2

3x=2

We'll divide by3, both sides:

x = 2/3.

So, the excluded value for x = 2/3.

Now, let's find the domain for sqrt(3x-2).

For sqrt(3x-2) to exists, the expression (3x-2)>0

So, reiterating the same steps to find the excepted value for x, we'll find that x>2/3.

So the domain of definition is the ineterval (2/3, inf).

What is the tone of Tagore's short story, "The Postmaster?"

In order to find the tone of the short story, I would pull
from one of Tagore’s poems.  Tagore’s poem, “Passing Time in the Rain,” features a
moment where I think some insight into his tone of “The Postmaster” is
relevant:

readability="10">

Small lives, humble distress/ Tales of humdrum
grief and pain/Simple, clear straightforwardness;/ of the thousands of tears streaming
daily/A few saved from oblivion;/No elaborate description,/Plain steady
narration...

This might help
to bring out the tone of the story.  The tone, or the attitude of the author, created is
one where Tagore assumes the third person, but does not shy away from bringing out
Ratan’s emotional pain.  For Tagore, what Ratan experiences is similar to idea of “small
lives, humble distress.”  The tone created in the story is one where the tale of an
orphan is painful, but a part of the natural condition that is expressed in the world. 
Tagore’s tone does not steer past one of “humdrum grief.”  There is little “elaborate
description,” for even the ending is one where the experience of Ratan is dwarfed by a
condition where “snares of delusion” impact human consciousness.  Finally, with the
“plain steady narration,” Tagore’s tone brings light to Ratan’s predicament, but only
does so as an internal light is shone within our own state of being in sensing whether
we are more like the postmaster, who breaks her heart, or Ratan, who must endure the
broken heart.

What is the tone of Tagore's short story, "The Postmaster?"

In order to find the tone of the short story, I would pull from one of Tagore’s poems.  Tagore’s poem, “Passing Time in the Rain,” features a moment where I think some insight into his tone of “The Postmaster” is relevant:

Small lives, humble distress/ Tales of humdrum grief and pain/Simple, clear straightforwardness;/ of the thousands of tears streaming daily/A few saved from oblivion;/No elaborate description,/Plain steady narration...

This might help to bring out the tone of the story.  The tone, or the attitude of the author, created is one where Tagore assumes the third person, but does not shy away from bringing out Ratan’s emotional pain.  For Tagore, what Ratan experiences is similar to idea of “small lives, humble distress.”  The tone created in the story is one where the tale of an orphan is painful, but a part of the natural condition that is expressed in the world.  Tagore’s tone does not steer past one of “humdrum grief.”  There is little “elaborate description,” for even the ending is one where the experience of Ratan is dwarfed by a condition where “snares of delusion” impact human consciousness.  Finally, with the “plain steady narration,” Tagore’s tone brings light to Ratan’s predicament, but only does so as an internal light is shone within our own state of being in sensing whether we are more like the postmaster, who breaks her heart, or Ratan, who must endure the broken heart.

Why is the ending in the movie Speak different from the one in the book?

The most obvious answer to your question is a director has the right to manipulate a text.  Unfortunately, this happens a lot and angers many readers.  That being said, your question could be answered differently by any one person given interpretation of why the director chose to end the movie is subjective.  Here is my reasoning.

At the end of the Speak text, Melinda is speaking to Mr. Anderson.

The last bell rings. Mr. Freeman comes to my table.

Mr. Freeman: "TImes up, Melinda. Are you ready?"

I hand over the picture. He takes it in his hands. and studies it. I sniff again and wipe my eyes on my arm. The bruises are vivid, but they will fade.

Mr. Freeman: "No crying in my studio. It ruins the supplies. Salt, you know, saline. Etches like acid." He sits on the stool next to me and hands back the tree. "You got an A+. You worked hard at this." He hands me the box of tissues. "You've been through a lot, haven't you?"

The tears dissolve the last block of ice in my throat. I feel the frozen stillness melt down through the inside of me, dripping shards of ice that vanish in a puddle of sunlight on the stained floor. Words float up.

Me: "Let me tell you about it."

At the end of the movie, Melinda is talking to her mother.  Perhaps the reason behind the difference is that the director of the movie was trying to encourage open communication between mothers and daughters, instead of the realtionship between a teacher and a student.  While the text obviously makes more sense, Melinda was much closer to Mr. Anderson, it could be construed in today's society to be inappropriate.

In the end, the importance lies in the fact that Melinda talked to somebody.  After all that she had been through, the ostrization, the bullying, and the scandles, Melinda was, and is, a survivor.  So, how the novel and movie's ending differ is a wonderful observation, it is much more important to realize that she opened up in the end.  The real message behind the text in the first place.

In Brave New World, how are Bernard and John similar? How are they different?

John and Bernard share quite a few similarities. First, they are both conditioned (albeit in vastly different ways). Bernard is a product of the World State and therefore a product of World State conditioning--everything from biological and physical conditioning that starts within the London Hatchery, guaranteeing that whether your are an Alpha or an Epsilon, you will be satisfied within your station. Bernard's conditioning continues with his education, with the various World State mottoes/sayings that are repeated throughout the book (Community, Identity, Stability; Ending is better than Mending; Orgy Porgy). He is conditioned to use soma whenever life becomes slightly unpalatable, to believe that viviparous reproduction is taboo, and to see death as being nothing more than a means to an end for a community member who is no longer useful. Sure, Bernard may rail against some of his conditioning because of being an Alpha who doesn't fit it in because of his small stature, but he is conditioned nonetheless.

John's conditioning is less conventional, but it does exist. He's conditioned by his mother, Linda, to believe that the World State is some utopia worth returning to (though his opinion quickly changes once he gets there). He's conditioned by the savage tribe with whom he lives that promiscuity is abhorrent. This is evident when he sees the other savages' violent reaction to Linda sleeping with their mates. John also reads the complete works of Shakespeare without any guidance, using it as basically a tome by which he judges all human behavior. This "conditioning," so to speak, again solidifies his belief in monogamy and that a woman who strays from this is "an impudent strumpet." Finally, his life with the savage tribe conditions him to believe that physical suffering equates to purification, hence his behavior toward the end of the novel when he whips himself for his impure thoughts and desires for Lenina.

The biggest difference between Bernard and John is that John does strive to stand out from what is considered acceptable or normal, both in the savage reservation and within the World State. On the reservation John is ostracized because he is not of the same ethnic background as the rest of the savages. He doesn't get to take place in their rituals, yet he does so on his own. When he gets to London and realizes the "Brave New World with such people in it" is more horrifying than utopian, he questions it at every turn. Bernard, on the other hand, only questions or fights against the World State because it doesn't suit him to comply. He's an Alpha who isn't accepted by other Alphas because he is small. He's teased and talked about behind his back. Because of this he acts like a petulant teenager, breaking minor rules like not taking soma and wanting to have alone time with Lenina. Yet, when he brings John and Lina back to London, he uses Linda's connection to the Director to send him packing and save himself from being exiled, and he uses his connection to John to gain instant popularity. After that he's more than happy to be Bernard, the World State Alpha. 

Why did te white men colonize the Igbo society in Things Fall Apart?

Short of being able to ask those specific white men
themselves, you can look at a variety of historical reasons put forth for
colonization:

One is the constant desire to expand,
demonstrated throughout history by any nation or group of nations grown strong enough to
do so.  The desire for more land, more resources, more labor, etc., has driven countries
to expand and colonize and continues to do so though it isn't always through direct
colonization as it was in the case of Nigeria.

Another has
been the drive of missionaries and others involved with religions to feel that they can
help to "save" ignorant or backwards people from their wrong traditions and that drove
some of the people who went to Africa, they felt they were spreading the gospel which
would help to save the souls of all these people.

Why did te white men colonize the Igbo society in Things Fall Apart?

Short of being able to ask those specific white men themselves, you can look at a variety of historical reasons put forth for colonization:

One is the constant desire to expand, demonstrated throughout history by any nation or group of nations grown strong enough to do so.  The desire for more land, more resources, more labor, etc., has driven countries to expand and colonize and continues to do so though it isn't always through direct colonization as it was in the case of Nigeria.

Another has been the drive of missionaries and others involved with religions to feel that they can help to "save" ignorant or backwards people from their wrong traditions and that drove some of the people who went to Africa, they felt they were spreading the gospel which would help to save the souls of all these people.

In "To Kill a Mockingbird", what is the significance of the items that Scout and Jem find in the knot hole?

I agree with the first post but I'd like to add the the items in the knothole are Boo's attempts to make contact with the children. The first, a piece of gum, is something that every child likes and indicates Boo has thought carefully about what his first attempt at contact should be. The two Indian head pennies may have a duel meaning. First, the children could spend the money on candy ( remember the story is set in the 1930's) plus Indians were outcasts just as Boo. The third present seems most symbolic. They are images of the children carved out of soap. This may be Boo's way of telling the children "This is how I see you." This could be another attempt to get the children to see him in reality by showing them that soap images aren't particularly realistic. The yarn can be used to bind things together, like Boo and the children and the other things seem to be items Boo might have cherished in his childhood. All these things are meant to establish contact with the children but, ironically, just when the children are about to establish contact by writing a thank-you note, they find Nathan Radley has filled the knothole with cement,

In "The Cask of Amontillado," how does Montressor's family motto relate to the way Montressor treats Fortunato?Montresor's family motto translates...

The Cask of Amontillado is a story about how Montresor
avenged his anger at Fortunato. His family motto contributes a lot to the whole of the
story.

"Nobody provokes me with impunity", or simply,
"Nobody insults me without punishment". This is motto reflects on Montresor's character
in the story.

Montresor's anger towards Fortunato is not
only based on a one time happening, he saved up a lot of things that Fortunato did that
provoked his anger. Motresor was like a jar, slowly filling up with anguish and when
that anguish overflowed, he decided to take action for his
revenge.

In the beginning of the story, Motresor described
his fleeting anger, his undefined emotion, his wish to be an avenger. He slowly created
a plan on somewhat called a perfect crime. Having this "crime" planned, he proceeded to
do it. He treated Fortunato with irony. We all know what he's planning yet he used sweet
words to lure Fortunato into the catacombs. He devised a plan to send Fortunato to
death. This treatment is vastly related to his family motto. Never being silenced when
punishment was not done to those people who trespassed them.

In "The Cask of Amontillado," how does Montressor's family motto relate to the way Montressor treats Fortunato?Montresor's family motto translates...

The Cask of Amontillado is a story about how Montresor avenged his anger at Fortunato. His family motto contributes a lot to the whole of the story.

"Nobody provokes me with impunity", or simply, "Nobody insults me without punishment". This is motto reflects on Montresor's character in the story.

Montresor's anger towards Fortunato is not only based on a one time happening, he saved up a lot of things that Fortunato did that provoked his anger. Motresor was like a jar, slowly filling up with anguish and when that anguish overflowed, he decided to take action for his revenge.

In the beginning of the story, Motresor described his fleeting anger, his undefined emotion, his wish to be an avenger. He slowly created a plan on somewhat called a perfect crime. Having this "crime" planned, he proceeded to do it. He treated Fortunato with irony. We all know what he's planning yet he used sweet words to lure Fortunato into the catacombs. He devised a plan to send Fortunato to death. This treatment is vastly related to his family motto. Never being silenced when punishment was not done to those people who trespassed them.

What is the overall theme of power in Lord of the Flies? What huge lesson learned is related to the use/abuse of power?

In Lord of the Flies the idea of power is expressed this way.  Imagine a world where there were no rules, no laws, no government to oversee the running of the country.  People lived according to how they could survive and how they defined that survival.  In Lord of the Flies, the boys are challenged to survive. A question of which idea of human behavior and human relationships will dominate their existence is addressed in the book. 

The author wants to explore whether men are basically savages at heart.  When given a chance to obtain power, would most use it to control and suppress others or will individuals act with compassion and integrity?  In the absence of authority will men act with integrity or will greed and selfishness rule?

The book emphasizes the power struggle between order and chaos that occurs between the different personalities of the boys and who ultimately takes control or has the power to rule and command others.  In their efforts to survive, will the boys succumb to the forces of evil and submit to savage behavior or will they retain their learned civilized behavior?  Unfortunately, chaos defeats order and savagery ensues.

Why is Connie’s sister June included in the story and how does her characterization serve to highlight Connie’s?

June represents everything Connie despises. June is responsible; Connie is careless. Connie notices the dishes that were left in the sink and thinks that maybe she was supposed to wash them. June would have washed them without giving it a thought. June wears a dress and high heels to a barbeque and socializes with her parents and relatives. Connie dresses to attract boys at the local hangout spot. June serves "as the standard to which Connie's own behavior is always compared and found wanting. Connie believes she is better than her sister because she is more beautiful."

I don't think Oates meant to say that Connie's behavior and manner of dress caused what happened to her. Connie is just a typical teenager, and the differences between her and June show just how typical Connie is. What ends up happening to her could happen to any girl.

What are the important entrances/exits of charcters in "Macbeth"?

In Act I, Sc 1, the three witches plotting to meet Macbeth in order to give him the prophecy.

In Act I, Sc 2  King Duncan decides to bestow the title Thane of Cawdor on Macbeth.

Act I, Sc 3 Macbeth and Banquo, the witches, both receive prophecies.

Act I, Sc 5  Lady Macbeth, reading her husband's letter regarding the witches prophecy and his title of Thane of  Cawdor.

Act II, Sc 2 Lady Macbeth takes care of Duncan's guards,  Macbeth murders King.

Act II, Scene 3 Macduff discovers the murdered King.

Act II, Sc 3 Malcolm and Donalbain, the kings sons, decide to leave the country, Donalbain to Ireland and Malcolm to England.

Act III, Sc 1 Macbeth as King of Scotland. Banquo, who he has already decided to have murdered.

Act III, Sc 4 Banquo's ghost, which sets Macbeth on a path to madness.

Act III, Sc 5  Hecate, the goddess of the witches who will now control Macbeth's fate.

Act IV, Sc 1 the witches and Macbeth meet for the second time. This prophecy spurs Macbeth to murder Macduff's family.

Act IV, Sc 2  murderers, Lady Macduff and family murdered

Act IV, Sc 3  Ross tells Macduff of the murder of his family.

Act V, Sc 1  Doctor who finds Lady Macbeth insane.

Act V, Sc 3 Seyton, servant tells Macbeth great army approaching.

Act V, Sc 5 messenger Birnam Wood has come to Dunsinane. Seyton Queen is dead.

Act V, Sc 7 Macduff kills Macbeth.

What symbols could reflect Scout, Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia, Miss Maudie, Aunt Alexandra and Dill besides the Mockingbird?

Any answer to this question should not provide specific information given the very nature of meaning within symbols. Look to items particularly associated with each character. A symbol of Atticus may be his glasses, his favourite chair, even the rifle. Calpurnia may be symbolized by her association to the family through food and through her church. There are, in other words, as wide variety of symbols which may be associated with each character, but it is their interaction with these items, and how these items play out in light of the rest of the story, and in light of how these characters are perceived by other characters. Symbols only have meaning that we, the reader, attatch to them, even when that meaning is an assumed one "meant" by the author.

How many grams of CaCl2 would be dissolved in 1.0 L of a .10M solution of Cacl2

The gram molecular weight of the Cacl2 ( or the mass of
1Mole of Cacl2) = gram molecular weight of Ca(or a mass of1 mole of Ca) +2 gram
molecular weight of cl (or a mass of 2 moles of Cl ) = 132.90gram+2*35.45 gram = 203.8gm
of CaCl2

Therefore 0.1M  of the substance of Cacl2 has the
mass of 203.8*0.1 grams of CaCl2 = 20.38 gram of CaCl2

How many grams of CaCl2 would be dissolved in 1.0 L of a .10M solution of Cacl2

The gram molecular weight of the Cacl2 ( or the mass of 1Mole of Cacl2) = gram molecular weight of Ca(or a mass of1 mole of Ca) +2 gram molecular weight of cl (or a mass of 2 moles of Cl ) = 132.90gram+2*35.45 gram = 203.8gm of CaCl2

Therefore 0.1M  of the substance of Cacl2 has the mass of 203.8*0.1 grams of CaCl2 = 20.38 gram of CaCl2

What is the message of "The Masque of the Red Death"?

The message of Poe's story is that no artifice can prevent the inevitability of Fate.

While death inevitably comes to all mortals, there are many who seek to defy this fate. As one of the many who do, Prince Prospero takes measures to stop the approach of the Red Death by creating a bulwark against its advances. In order to arrest the linear movement of time, Prospero creates an intricate pattern of geometric space, a distinct departure from the traditional arrangement in palaces that is linear so that when walls are folded "the whole extent is scarcely impeded." Prospero's arrangement does not allow for any linear view; instead, the rooms are positioned irregularly so that no one can see farther than what is in that room. There is an intricate geometric pattern created by "a sharp turn at every twenty or thirty yards, and at each turn, a novel effect." Then, in the middle of each wall, there is a Gothic window that looked upon only a closed corridor. In addition, there is no light in any of the rooms; light emanates only from these corridors outside the rooms. With such an arrangement, Prospero hopes to further fortify his guests from the Red Death's ability to pass from room to room. 

Despite all these "bold and fiery" plans against the Red Death and the "multitude of dreams" created by the glare and glitter, arabesque figures, and bizarre and "delirious fancies," Time yet imposes itself as a huge ebony clock, whose pendulum swings with a monotonous and heavy sound. When it strikes the hour, its "brazen lungs" cause the musicians to arrest their performance, and all the guests grow pale, trembling in their apprehension. And, when the final hour bellows from this clock, there appears the horrific figure dressed in the "habiliments of the grave." Despite Prospero's "the immutable realm of art," nothing can prevent the advance of time and Death that makes its way "uninterruptedly" through all the rooms, killing everyone.

In "Macbeth," what has Lady Macbeth done to the guards in Act 2 Scene 2?

Lady Macbeth does a couple of things in this scene:

LADY MACBETH.
That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold:
What hath quench'd them hath given me fire.--Hark!--Peace!
It was the owl that shriek'd, the fatal bellman,
Which gives the stern'st good night. He is about it:
The doors are open; and the surfeited grooms
Do mock their charge with snores: I have drugg'd their possets
That death and nature do contend about them,
Whether they live or die.

The lines above show that she has drunk to gain courage and then drugged the drinks of the guards who are to watch over King Duncan. Later in the scene she helps to frame the guards for Duncan's murder. Macbeth has killed the king, but still has the bloody dagger. She says the following:

LADY MACBETH.
Infirm of purpose!
Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead
Are but as pictures: 'tis the eye of childhood
That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed,
I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal,
For it must seem their guilt.

Basically she is telling her husband that he is foolish to be afraid of the dead body--to think of it as a picture, not real. She then takes the daggers and smears the king's blood on the sleeping guards to make them seem like the murderers and leaves the daggers with them. Ironically, it is she who later has difficulty dealing with the blood on her hands.

For a great side by side original and modern translation of Macbeth, see the link below

Description of author's style

When thinking about style, first consider the clothes people wear. Do you know someone who always dresses in black or who never wears plaid? Maybe the clothes are pure vintage (from the local thrift shop, perhaps) or very modern and straight from the most fashion-forward stores. Whatever they wear, people choose clothes to express themselves and their individual "style."

Authors have style, too, but it's called literary style or the writer's voice. Writers express their ideas in specific ways by using just the right word and putting it in just the right place. A literary style reflects the author's personality and the purpose for the writing (that is, the idea to be expressed). For example, you might have two writing assignments — a short story for 10-year-olds and a research paper for your doctorate degree. The purpose of each assignment requires a different tone, word selection, and sentence structure. Which one would be casual and conversational? Formal and academic?

Other elements that contribute to writing style include the rhythm of the language, figures of speech, punctuation, and character development.

How did the blokova lose her third finger in "Devil's Arithmetic"?

The blokova lost her third finger because of the escape attempt led by Shmuel and Yitzchak.  Even though the attempt was a failure, the fact that it occurred at all showed that, in the twisted hierarchy of camp organization, she had lost control of the prisoners under her watch.

The blokova is a Jewess who is put in charge of other Jews in the camp by the Germans.  Her responsibility is to keep the Jews in line, and "if she loses control of her zugangi", the inmates in her care, she is punished by having a finger chopped off.  The blokova had lost her first finger awhile back, when a group of zugangi rioted, and her second finger sometime later, when six zugangi hanged themselves one night.  These incidents, like the escape attempt, were interpreted as a lack of leadership on her part by the Germans, and the consequence of such lapses in responsibility is the barbaric practice of removing one of her fingers for every lapse (Chapter 16-17).

In "The Enormous Radio", how does Cheever use radio as a plot device, as a symbol, and as a conveyer of themes or ideas?

Cheever introduces the reader to a typical, ordinary couple, the Westcotts, gives us background information about their lives. They appear to have a well balanced, happy life.  Then the new radio comes into the story, by way of Jim.  And the Westcott's reality is turned upside down. 

There is an element of the supernatural introduced into the plot with the radio.  The Westcotts now exist in two worlds, the real world and the murky world created by the radio. 

As a symbol, the radio is a corrupter of morals, luring one into an addiction to listening to the intimate secrets of others.  Its like being a peeping Tom, looking in the windows of other while they dress and undress. 

It suggests voyerism, or watching the actions of others, like through binoculars, while not interacting with them, is a problem that can happen to anyone.

One theme that is expressed in this story is the lure of addiction.  And, how, the most ordinary looking people, can be hiding a secret life.  

Things are not always what they appear, the author tries to tell us, the most innocent, upstanding, proper individuals, can be serial killers, drug users, or domestic abusers, or voyeurs.      

What type of conflict is the main conflict in "The Giver"? Discuss the theme.JUST HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

To me, the main conflict in this book is man vs. society. 
In this case, the "man" is Jonas.  Most of the conflict in the book comes as he tries to
come to grips with what his society is like.  He eventually resolves the conflict by
leaving the society.

I think that the main theme of the
book ties in with this.  The theme, to me, is that people need to be allowed to be
human.  They have to be allowed to have real feelings and make decisions for
themselves.  The author is saying that it is really bad for people to always be
protected and told what to do.

What type of conflict is the main conflict in "The Giver"? Discuss the theme.JUST HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

To me, the main conflict in this book is man vs. society.  In this case, the "man" is Jonas.  Most of the conflict in the book comes as he tries to come to grips with what his society is like.  He eventually resolves the conflict by leaving the society.

I think that the main theme of the book ties in with this.  The theme, to me, is that people need to be allowed to be human.  They have to be allowed to have real feelings and make decisions for themselves.  The author is saying that it is really bad for people to always be protected and told what to do.

Does Young Goodman Brown dream the Black Mass or actually see it? How do you know? Does it make a difference in your interpretation of the story?

Whether Young Goodman Brown dreamed the night in the forest is a question the reader must decide for himself. To me, it doesn't matter whether it's a dream or not because Young Goodman Brown believes in his heart and soul that it did happen, and this changes the rest of his life. Brown makes the decision to give up on humankind and believe his wife and friends are evil, and he spends the remainder of his life alone, feeling that evil has won out over good. The Puritans believed that all people are evil because of the "original sin" committed by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. It is only through belief in God and living a pure life that man can overcome evil. Brown's night in the forest, whether a dream or reality, takes away his belief in humanity. The Black Mass in the forest forces Brown to see himself as just one evil part of a corrupt race of sinners.

What six items does George put on his shelf?

In Chapter Two of Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" George and Lennie enter the bunk house where George is suspicious of bugs when he finds insect repellent.  But, after the old swamper reassures him that the last occupant was clean, George sets his possessions on a shelf:  razor, bar of soap, comb, bottle of pills, liniment, and a leather wristband. These are his simple, bare necessities.

What is the role of "the smell" incident in the story "A Rose for Emily"?

The role of the smell that emanates from Emily's home after the disappearance of Homer Barron has two functions. The first is to alert the reader that Emily has probably killed Homer and the smell is Homer's rotting body. The "smell incident" also tells the reader a lot about the Southern society Emily inhabits. The townspeople have no idea what the smell could be or, at least they won't admit it to themselves. In addition, they refuse to confront Emily directly because she comes from such a distinguished family. Judge Stevens, the town’s mayor, won't do anything about it for fear of offending Emily (‘‘Dammit, sir … will you accuse a lady to her face of smelling bad?’’). The ladies accuse Tobe, Emily's manservant, of poor housekeeping. Four men finally sneak up to Emily's home at midnight and sprinkle lime around it. When they are done, they see that ‘‘a window that had been dark was lighted and Miss Emily sat in it, the light behind her, and her upright torso motionless as that of an idol.” This "idol" is probably Homer's body, not Emily. But, as this incident has shown, the men are blinded by tradition and can't see the obvious even though it is right in front of their eyes.

Discuss the symbolism and meaning in The Metamorphosis and explain what Kafka is suggesting by writing it.

Gregor does a lot of thinking as he attempts to get himself out of bed after the change--he thinks of how he is the only one who really works in the family--no one else earns money.  His mother works in the home, his father is sickly, and his sister plays the violin.  Perhaps the first symbol, then, is the fact that he is "changed" into a roach-like being (it never says exactly what kind of bug he is, but he is very roach-like...yuck!)  He is working for everyone else and he loathes/resents it, so it is fitting that he is morphed into a creature that most people loathe. 

Another symbol is the picture of the lady on the wall.  His sister removes all the furniture in the room so Gregor will have more room to move and not hurt himself.  He fights to keep the picture as it is symbolic of the only human elements left to him and of him.

Gregor himself is a symbol.  Before he "changed" he was the only one working and making a living.  After the change, all the members of the family become workers and in a sense, valued.  Had he not gone through his metamorphosis, the family may never have discovered the hidden talents and worth they had simply because they had Gregor to depend upon for all they needed.

Kafka is sending a message of hidden worth.  It's great to have people to depend on, but never give up on your own dreams to do something wonderful with your life.  Also, working in a job you hate will kill you.

Who is telling the story in Hemingway's "Soldier's Home"?What impact does this have on the story? Is this first person narration, third person...

The story is told from the point of view of an unnamed, third person, omniscient narrator.  From his vantage point the narrator can recount the sequence of events in the story, give insight into how the characters react and what they are thinking and feeling, and digress to provide background and supplementary information.  This allows the reader to see the whole picture and enables him to develop an understanding of multiple aspects of the story simultaneously.

Why must Meg go alone to Camazotz? How is her relationship with Charles Wallace important to her ability to free him?

Meg must go alone for two reasons. First, she has been depending on others, such as the three "witches," and they see it as time for her to act on her own, and to gain maturity. At the same time, they want her to see how connected she is to her family. She acts as if she is isolated and weak; they want to show her she is strong and connected, and that her connections— and specifically her love for her brother—are very real sources of strength.

What is an archetype? My teacher keeps talking about it, but I am stumped. Could you please give a couple of examples?

An archetype is an original or fundamental imaginative pattern that is repeated through the ages.

For example, in Star Wars, you've got:

*the evil villain (Darth Maul, Darth Vader, the Emperor)

*the damsel in distress (Princess Leia)

*the hero (Hans Solo, Luke Skywalker)

*the sage or wise man (Yoda, the Jedi Counsel)

By now, you're probably getting the idea.  There are the Mom characters, the people who sell their souls to the Devil characters, the rebels, the people who never do anything wrong. 

These are the character types who show up over and over again in literature no matter what era.

Hope this helps!