How were the ideas of Democritus and Dalton similar?

Democritus and Dalton has similar ideas about the atom, but Democritus based his theory more on reason than science. Democritus lived from 460 AD to 370 AD. He reasoned that because a rock can be cut in half to produce two pieces of the same material, one could continue to cut the rock into smaller and smaller pieces until eventually ending up a tiny indivisible particle that's the smallest quantity possible for the the material. Democritus believed that all materials were composed of these tiny particles that he called "atomos". He thought that these particles existed permanently without changing and that the particles that made up different materials were different.

John Dalton, who lived from 1766-1844, is considered the father of the modern atomic theory. He was the first scientist to offer evidence that matter exists as tiny particles. He called the particles "atoms" from Democritus' "atomos". His ideas were similar to those of Democrites in that he believed that atoms were indivisible and that atoms of one substance are all alike but are different from atoms of another substance.

Dalton, unlike Democritus, thought that atoms of one element could change into atoms of another element. His evidence for atoms came from experiments with evaporation. Dalton's ideas that atoms were indivisible and that all atoms of one element have the same mass were later invalidated by new evidence. 

How did love play a role in keeping Holden sane in The Catcher in the Rye?

Holden goes to see Phoebe one last time before he takes off and leaves New York City to go out west.  Holden is physically sick and mentally exhausted.  Phoebe is Holden’s one last hope to connect with someone who he feels isn’t “phony”.  Holden loves Phoebe’s innocence and wants to keep her that way.  However, Holden doesn’t realize that it is impossible to keep children young and innocent in the world he lives in.  He is still stuck in his grief over his brother, Allie, who died at a young age of leukemia.  Phoebe scolds Holden for the things he does wrong, and it is then that Holden begins to realize that he has been spiraling out of control. 

Finally, when Holden sees all of the cuss words written on the outside of the Museum of Natural History, he realizes he can’t protect Phoebe forever because he can’t erase all the graffiti in the world.  He takes Phoebe to a carousel in Central Park and hopes that she goes for the brass ring, a symbol of achievement and success.  This epiphany of Holden’s shows his readiness to get better and try to reconcile the past he so painfully grieves.  Holden’s acceptance of getting psychiatric help as seen at the beginning of the book shows that the love he had for Phoebe causes him to get the help he needs.

At what time does Fahrenheit 451 take place?

The setting of the novel is in a large city in the United States in the 24th century.  Although the story takes place far in the future, Bradbury’s many predictions hold true for today.  He predicted the decline of reading and use of books, inventions such as ear buds, and the decline of a society who places fun and enjoyment over knowledge and learning.  Even the size of TV’s was predicted by Bradbury when he wrote Fahrenheit 451 in the early 50’s.  Wall-size TV’s entertain Mildred and the population of this society much like our big screen televisions do today.  More importantly, Bradbury predicts the decay of society due to political correctness, censorship, and war.  In the book, there are two nuclear wars before the book takes place, and as we know, Montag witnesses the bombing of the city at the end of the novel.  Society has declined into a dystopia that gives up freedom and individuality for fast cars, advanced technology, and the thrill of entertainment.  It is interesting that Bradbury looked far into the future but predicted things throughout the novel that we see today. 

Evaluate the indefinite integral.

You need to use the following substitution  , such that:

Replacing back  for t yields:

Hence, evaluating the indefinite integral, yields

I have to do a scientific report for biology and I have been given a range of topics from which I am to select one. I have narrowed it down to two...

Hello, I would like to suggest for you to choose cloning research rather stem cell research. Stem cell research is more specific than cloning, since stem cell research can be discussed as a subset of cloning. Cloning has a longer established history than stem cell research and there are a number of publications and demonstrations of cloning science, specifically in genetics and biotechnology, starting in the 1880s. There are lot of interesting topics under cloning with useful information for those in the field of genetics and other branches of biological science. 

If the Earth's rotation slowed down until there were only 180 days in a year, how would I compare the length of a sidereal and solar day in this...

The solar day is the one we usually think of as a "day"; it's the time it takes for the apparent position of the Sun in the sky to complete one cycle and return to its original position.

The sidereal day, on the other hand, is the time it takes for the apparent position of the stars to complete one cycle.

Why are these different? Because the Earth is moving around the Sun. The stars are so far away that their position can be effectively taken as fixed; but the Earth's position is definitely not fixed.

As a result, there is always exactly one more sidereal day per year than there are solar days. Relative to the stars, we rotate slightly faster because our total rotation is the sum of our rotation and our orbit around the Sun.

Thus, we have 365 (plus some decimals) solar days in a year, but 366 sidereal days in a year. A solar day is 24 hours, but a sidereal day is 23 hours and 56 minutes.

This might be easiest to see with the very extreme example of tidal locking, in which a planet's rotation is so slow that it aligns perfectly with the planet's orbit, and one side of the planet always faces the Sun. In this situation, the sidereal day is equal to one year---and the solar day is infinite. The Sun never moves from its current position in the sky. A tidally locked planet has 1 sidereal day per year, and 0 solar days per year.

If our rotation were slowed so that we only had 180 days in a year instead of 365, this would mean that our solar day is a bit more than twice as long. It would mean that our sidereal day is also a bit more than twice as long, but it will increase by a smaller ratio because the part of the rotation that is due to our orbital motion is unchanged. We would have 180 solar days in a year, each 48 hours and 40 minutes long. We would have 181 sidereal days in a year, each 48 hours and 24 minutes long. While the solar day expanded by 102.78%, the sidereal day only expanded by 102.23%. A small difference, to be sure, but it adds up.

How does his congregation regard Mr. Hooper before he began wearing the veil? How does the veil reflect his relationship with his congregation?

Before he began to wear the black veil, Mr. Hooper's congregation regarded him as "a good preacher, but not an energetic one: he strove to win his people heavenward by mild, persuasive influences, rather than to drive them thither by the thunders of the Word."  In other words, Mr. Hooper was never a fire-and-brimstone type of preacher; he was more gentle than that, and he was thought of as being rather easygoing and placid.  Now, however, all that's changed.  the first sermon he gave wearing the veil, was "greatly the most powerful effort that [his congregation] had ever heard from their pastor's lips."  Mr. Hooper suddenly seems a great deal more sober, and less peaceful, than before.

Further it used to be that Old Squire Saunders would "invite Mr. Hooper to his table, where the good clergyman had been wont to bless the food, almost every Sunday since his settlement," but no more.  His parishioners' sense of awe and wonder and even fright now overshadows all of their dealings with their minister.  Where once he seemed like a kindly man one might ask to dinner, he now inspires a sense of dread as a result of the "terrible thing" on his face.

Solve this logic number sequence puzzle by the correct digit 8080 = 6 1357 = 0 2022 = 1 1999 = 3 6666 = ?

This logic is about finding the number of loops or holes (or let's say circles in general) in the given values. Our guide now will be:

1 = no holes; hence 0. Same goes with 2,3,5,7

6 = 1 hole; hence 1. Same goes with 0,9

8 = 2 holes, hence 2.

I'm not sure though if the trick counts 4 as part of the "holed" group. 

Finally

8080 = 6 

1357 = 0

2022 = 1

1999 = 3 

6666 = 4 -> answer 

How were Lincoln and Johnson's views on slavery and Reconstruction similar? How were they different? What might have happened differently if...

President Lincoln and President Johnson addressed the slavery question in their plans for Reconstruction. They also had views on slavery.

President Lincoln was against slavery. He believed it was morally wrong. He also was pragmatic and knew he couldn’t end slavery when he got elected because that would lead to the secession of more southern states. He had said he would maintain slavery where it already existed if it would keep the country unified. However, he certainly didn’t want slavery to spread. In his Reconstruction plan, President Lincoln required states to ban slavery. However, he only encouraged the southern states to give the former slaves the right to vote.

President Johnson owned a few slaves, unlike President Lincoln. However, he never supported the call for secession from the Union. Lincoln chose him as his running mate because Lincoln wanted to get support in the South. President Johnson didn’t think highly of African Americans. While his Reconstruction plan called for ratification of the 13th amendment, he didn’t provide many rights for the former slaves. He preferred to let the state governments handle this issue. He also pardoned many white southerners, and under his plan, many of the former Confederate leaders would have gone back to serve in Congress. There was no mention of voting rights for the former slaves in President Johnson’s plan.

It is hard to speculate what would have happened if President Lincoln would have not been killed. President Lincoln was a skillful leader, and it is fair to assume he would have avoided the conflict with Congress that President Johnson faced. Thus, Reconstruction probably would have had a softer tone to it, and may not have been as divisive, if Abraham Lincoln would have been able to complete his second term in office. It is very likely there would have been no attempt to impeach President Lincoln, as he would have been able to work with Congress to reach a plan that would have satisfied his needs and the needs of Congress.

Fluorine has an atomic number of 9. What can you conclude about an atom of fluorine from this fact?

A number of things can be concluded about the characteristics of an atom, if we know the atomic number of the element in question. In the given case, the element is fluorine and its atomic number is given as 9. The very first thing we can do, is write the electronic configuration of a fluorine atom (containing 9 electrons). The electronic configuration of fluorine is . From the electronic configuration, we can see that fluorine will achieve a noble gas configuration by accessing one more electron. This can be done either by accepting or sharing an electron. In either case, fluorine is a non-metal, since it has a higher tendency to accept electron than donate them. It will have the properties of non-metals. In fact, it is one of the halogen elements, similar to chlorine and bromine, since it requires only one more electron to complete its octet. 

Thus, the atomic number has provided us with a lot of information about the atoms of this element.

Hope this helps.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, why did Harper Lee choose not to put Atticus's lecture in direct address in chapter five?

By not having Atticus's lecture about Boo Radley and proper neighborly etiquette directly quoted, the perspective shifts to the children's reception of it. Rather than have the reader read the lecture from an adult's condemning or lecturing state of mind, we participate with Scout and Jem on the receiving end. Since the story is written from Scout's first-person perspective, this device falls in line with the rest of the novel. It also shows the reader the points Scout soaked in and learned best. For example, Scout seems to remember the lecture quite vividly. The reader can picture Scout and Jem standing there, guiltily looking up at their father and taking in all of the points of respect to be learned.

"How would we like it if Atticus barged in on us without knocking, when we were in our rooms at night? We were, in effect, doing the same thing to Mr. Radley. . . Furthermore, had it never occurred to us that the civil way to communicate with another being was by the front door instead of a side window? Lastly, we were to stay away from that house until we were invited there" (49).

This technique of not directly quoting Atticus in this situation, again, places the reader in Scout's shoes. Another way to look at is that Lee is able to drive the message home by Scout using the first-person plural "we," which shows the act of receiving the message. If the passage were from Atticus's perspective, the reader would see the use of second-person plural--"you." Had Lee used the second-person plural, Atticus may have come off mean and abrasive. Atticus is the adult hero who stands up for what's right in the story. Lee's device saves the reader from thinking he is too mean to his kids, when in fact, he is taking the opportunity to teach his children a valuable lesson about respect.

Why were the middle class public hostile to allowing workers to organize?

First, the term "middle class" must be specified, because it has meant different things at different times. During the early years of the Industrial Revolution, the term meant something like "bourgeoisie": the people who owned and profited from the means of production as opposed to working class people or titled nobility. Later, it took on a different meaning, and indeed many members of the middle class by the twentieth century were themselves union members. Business owners were opposed to the organization of workers because they felt unions took away their right to run and to profit from their businesses in any way they pleased. Unions also raised costs for business owners by demanding higher wages, better working conditions, and so on. So as the Industrial Revolution emerged, middle classes--the people who owned businesses, were opposed to unions. Later, as the term middle classes came to be associated more with income and lifestyle, many middle class people joined unions. But some middle class people, even those who did not own their own businesses, were still uneasy about unions. In many cases, this had to do with the success of wealthy Americans in associating unions with radicalism, especially early in the twentieth century. 

If density of water and any object is same, then will that object sink in water? What will happen to it?

Any object, when immersed in a liquid, will displace certain quantity of that liquid. The object will encounter an upward force (also known as buoyant force) equivalent to the weight of the fluid it displace. If the weight of the object is more than this upward force of liquid, it will sink (till it displaces more liquid to support its weight). If, on the other hand, the object has less weight than the displaced liquid, it will float.

In this case, the object has the same density as the water. This object, when immersed in water, will displace a certain amount of water. Since the densities of the object and water are same, the buoyant force will be exactly equal to the weight of the object and this will be a case of neutral buoyancy. The object will neither float nor sink and will be perfectly balanced by the displaced water. In fact, the object will not move unless another force acts on it or it was already moving. 

Hope this helps. 

What is the importance of public opinion in a representative democracy?

Public opinion is very important in a representative democracy. In a representative democracy, we elect leaders to represent us. In an ideal world, the leaders will do what a majority of the people they represent want them to do. The job of an elected official is to know the views of the people in his or her district. Therefore, public opinion is very important to the elected official so he or she can do what the majority of his or her constituents want to be done.

Our elected officials are constantly seeking the public’s opinion. They send surveys to their constituents to get their feedback. They go door-to-door to visit with people in their district. They develop polls and questionnaires to find out what the public thinks about issues and to find out what issues are important to the people. This is why it is important that people respond to these surveys, contact their elected officials, and share their thoughts on issues. If only a small number of people do this, the elected official may represent that small group or may vote on an issue based on what he or she thinks should be done. We need to take our responsibility seriously in a representative democracy by communicating with our elected leaders.

Why does Waverly start winning more chess games?

Waverly starts to win more chess games because of three reasons. 

First, Waverly was eager to learn; she was an apt pupil.  She learned well from Lau Po.  Po was a decent player, and she soon exhausted his knowledge.  Here is what the text says:

By the end of the summer, Lau Po had taught me all he knew, and I had become a better chess player.

Second, Waverly learned the art of invisible strength from her mother as a little girl, and more importantly she applied this knowledge to chess to her advantage.  Because of this, she became very clever. Waverly admits this right from the beginning of the story. She says:

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength. It was a strategy for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually, though neither of us knew it at the time, chess games.

Finally, Waverly was obsessed with chess. This is probably the greatest reason why she began to win more.  In one section of the story, she says that she drew a chessboard and pinned it next to her bed.  From this board she would think about chess and create mock battles in her mind. Again she admits:

I loved the secrets I found within the sixty-four black and white squares. I carefully drew a handmade chessboard and pinned it to the wall next to my bed, where I would stare for hours at imaginary battles.

How will servant leadership style positively impact the following variables: managers behavior towards subordinates communication motivating...

The concept of a servant leadership style in business management was first articulated in modern times by mathematician and AT&T management trainer, Robert Greenleaf. Though articulated by Greenleaf for modern business management in 1970 in his essay "The Servant as Leader," the idea of a servant leader is an ancient one, with the earliest recorded roots in the thinking of the Indian and Chinese leaders Chanakya and Lao-Tzu. Jesus of Nazareth followed later in expressing the same concept of the servant-leader, a concept powerfully illustrated in the New Testament in Mark 10.

The power of servant leadership is that it is focused on caring about and attending to the needs of employees as much as on executing the goals and needs of the business. Greenleaf described this concept of mutuality by saying: "The organization exists for the person as much as the person exists for the organization." With this understanding of the servant leadership style, the ten characteristics of a servant-leader, as identified by Larry Spears, can be applied to management variables to predict positive impacts.

The ten characteristics Spears extracted from the writings of Greenleaf are:

listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of others, and building community. (Larry Spears, "Character and Servant Leadership: Ten Characteristics")

Managers behavior towards subordinates: The positive impact of servant leadership on managerial behavior will, ideally, be that managers act with understanding and compassion, listening with empathy, resolving negative issues with even-handed interventions instead of retributive or punitive interventions; and certainly all managerial interactions with subordinates will reflect respect for the other's dignity and humanity (which will be reciprocated by the subordinate to the manager because of the absence of intimidation or careless disregard of human or personal needs).

Communication: Communication will be a fruitful exercise in listening to a genuine exchange of ideas, opinions, concerns, goals and objectives with a mutual aim expressed and sought after for the positive impact of the advancement of the business (which provides employment, inspiration and opportunity) through the development and growth of all parties communicating.

Motivating subordinates: A combination of employee aspirations plus persuasive goals and aims for the business, the department and the individual employee, serves as the optimal motivational factors when augmented by foresight and by caring stewardship of resources and relationships. The positive impact of motivation stemming from servant leadership is that individuals and the company mutually reach goals and achieve aspirations.

Group and team behavior and culture: Group and team behavior are integrally related to the company culture. The best of collaborative cooperation derives from servant leadership because respect and caring through empathetic understanding and insightful listening provides the positive impact of efficiently, creatively and effectively run and completed projects. These dynamics are the result of a culture of acceptance, tolerance, patience, forgiveness (who doesn't make mistakes or where are there not personal conflicts?), respect and acknowledgement of human dignity that derive from a servant leadership style.

Decision making: When company culture, group and team behavior, goal and project dynamics, motivation and communication are optimally operating under the insightful, intuitive care of a servant-leader, then decision making can develop more efficiently and effectively because not distracted or disturbed by miscommunication, contentiousness, self-serving rivalry, under-appreciation, disrespect, hostility or disregard. Decision making can proceed along ethical lines that are defined by a servant culture and that, ideally, envision an expansion of the company culture to encompass the larger consumer culture affected by the company. 

Are Bill & Sam villains or not?

Bill and Sam were villains, their entire plot to kidnap the Dorset boy was aimed at funding another fraudulent venture in Western Illinois. The two men had raised six hundred dollars in funding but required an extra 2000 dollars to cover their cost for the venture. It was at that point that they had an idea to kidnap the Dorset boy in order to raise the amount.

Their initial research led them to believe that Mr. Dorset was capable of paying the amount because he was a prominent citizen and held a good job as a mortgage fancier. They kidnapped his son, the Red Chief. Little did they know that the boy was a menace, the Young Dorset terrorized Bill endlessly. The boy did this to a point that Bill conceded to botch the mission and hand over the child. However, at Sam’s insistence, he held on to the hope that they would make money out of their mission. Things did not go as planned, and the two kidnappers had to pay Mr. Dorset a sum of 250 dollars so he could take his son back.

'You know, Sam,' says Bill, 'I've stood by you without batting an eye in earthquakes, fire and flood--in poker games, dynamite outrages, police raids, train robberies and cyclones.

Bill and me had a joint capital of about six hundred dollars, and we needed just two thousand dollars more to pull off a fraudulent town-lot scheme in Western Illinois with.

Describe two themes prominent in chapter 19 of The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Many of the themes of The Giver are apparent in Chapter 19. In this chapter, Jonas comes face-to-face with the truth about his community. This plays into both the theme of reality versus the official story, and the theme of "sameness" being valued over differences.

In Chapter 19, the Giver shows Jonas a video of what really happens when his father "releases" a baby. Jonas had believed the tale told to the citizens, that "released" babies are sent "elsewhere"--presumably to another community. Instead, he watches as his father takes a set of twins, weighs them, and immediately judges the twin who is lighter by two ounces to be a "shrimp" and refers to the baby in the same "special tone" he uses when referring to Gabriel. Instead of being comforted and sent "elsewhere", Jonas' father injects the twin with a poison that kills it. The infant is then discarded like garbage. In this scene, Jonas learns two main truths about his community--that what is said to be real is not, and that differences are not tolerated.

Why did the Annales school of history have no lasting effect?

It is far from certain that the Annales school of history has not had a lasting effect. In fact, one can more easily, and persuasively argue that this early-20th century product of French scholarship remains very influential. A noted rejection of the so-called "great man" theory of history that posits that history is shaped primarily by the influences of major figures such as presidents, prime ministers, kings, etc. The Annales school, founded by French scholars Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre, emphasized the study of history through a much broader prism that included demographic trends, the evolution of means of communication and transportation -- in effect, the influence on history of the vast expansions in interactions among diverse peoples allowed courtesy of new means of communicating and interacting, including through trade, invasion, migrations, and so on. Technological innovations, from the steam engine to the internal combustion engine to air travel to social networking via cell phones and computers have all had a massive and enduring impact on the course of human history. By incorporating such topics into the study of history, the presumed influence of "great men" is diminished and the influence of natural and evolutionary trends emphasized.

If the Annales school is presumed to have disappeared or underperformed relative to other more or less traditional schools of history, it is a product of the Annales school's identification with individuals, mainly Bloch, who perished at the hands of the ultimate personification of the "great man" theory: Adolf Hitler. It's survival as a legitimate school, however, is perhaps best exemplified in the studies of Jared Diamond, whose Guns, Germs, and Steel, and, more importantly, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, emphasize the roles of natural phenomena and demographic transformations in determining outcomes. It is misleading, however, to suggest that the Annales school has not continued to influence the study of history. It survives in various forms today, but it has evolved.

Why did the civil rights movement happen? I am so confused because some people say different things. Can you tell me the real reason?

The Civil Rights Movement gained attention in the 1950s and the 1960s. African-American were tired of being treated differently than whites. Since the end of the Civil War, they had endured discrimination, harassment, and lynching. Opportunities presented themselves in the 1950s to bring about changes.

When the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v Board of Education that separate but equal schools were illegal, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People began to file lawsuits to desegregate schools. When Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was established. The black people of Montgomery refused to ride the buses for 381 days until segregation on buses was ruled to be illegal. The success of these actions led to more actions of nonviolent protests. When white people responded with violent actions toward the nonviolent protesters, as with attempts to protest restaurant segregation and to protest the lack of voting rights, the whole country was able to see what African-Americans were facing. This led to calls for action at the federal level to end segregation and to end the restricting of voting rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplished these goals.

Thus, African-Americans being willing to protest and the violent response by some whites were some factors that led to actions that brought about significant changes in the area of Civil Rights in the 1950s and the 1960s.

In the story "There Will Come Soft Rains," what unusual qualities and appliances does the house have?

The clock in the house has a voice which calls out the morning wake up call as well as breakfast and other events and reminders. This is not very unusual to us because these reminders are given to us in the form of emails and notifications on social media. But the difference here is that the program is built into the house itself. The voice also reminds the family of birthdays, anniversaries, and bills to be paid. 

The kitchen is automated. It cooks breakfast itself. There is a "weather box" outside the front door that gives the family weather updates. 

One of the more interesting appliances or devices are the robotic mice, the automated cleanup crew. These mice even get rid of the dog after it has died. 

The door of the house would also address people (or animals) who happened to be near the front door. In the nursery, the children's area, the walls come alive with virtual films of animals and landscapes. Even the floor transforms to resemble a meadow. The entire room is a virtual world. This is the center of another of Bradbury's futuristic short stories. It is called "The Veldt." 

The house is equipped to fight a fire, but it is futile by the end of this story. The chaos rises to a climax with the cacophony of the house's different voices giving warnings and generally malfunctioning as the house breaks down. 

What does the story "By the Waters of Babylon" suggest is the future of humanity?

The story “By the Waters of Babylon” suggests that the human future is bleak, at least in the medium term.  It may be better in the long term, but then again it may not be.

When I use the phrase “in the medium term,” I am referring to the time at which the story takes place.  Up to this point, the human future is clearly rather bleak.  At the time that this story takes place, something terrible has happened to what we would think of as modern civilization.  There has been some sort of terrible war that has destroyed New York City and all of the other towns and cities in the vicinity.  The people who are still alive live as if they were in the Stone Age.  They do have metal, but only because they can scavenge it from the “dead places.”  They do not have much technology or much knowledge.  What this shows is that a terrible war has essentially destroyed all of civilization and set people back thousands of years in technological terms.  This has presumably happened because we human beings were too greedy for knowledge and power and we destroyed ourselves by having more power than we were morally ready to handle.

It is possible that in the long term the human future will be brighter.  John has resolved that he and his people will “build” again.  They will reclaim some of the knowledge that the ancients had.  If they can do this, human society might once again be civilized and technologically advanced.  This is the best case scenario.  However, even that future may be bleak.  For all we know, there is something fundamentally flawed about human nature and John’s people will eventually destroy themselves again. In that case, the human future is bleak for the foreseeable future.

How did industrialization alter the societies that began to industrialize during this time, and what impact did this process have on the...

The Industrial Revolution, which started in England in the 1700s, had an significant impact on both the environment and society. While the impacts of industrialization on the environment were immediate, the effects of such impacts could not be seen until generations later.

Industrialization is the employment of factories and machinery for mass production. Mass production leads to the expedited depletion of natural resources, which permanently alters and endangers the environment. Deforestation is one effect of the mass production of paper goods and building materials. Deforestation leads to the endangerment of wildlife as well as to major climate changes. Trees help block damages to the environment that can be created by wind, rain, and other weather conditions. Most importantly, trees emit oxygen needed to purify the air. As factory production grew and the number of trees were depleted, air pollution increased as a result of factory emissions, and the increased emission of CO2 is recognized as the primary cause of global warming.

There are disagreements among historians as to how much the Industrial Revolution increased the women's labor force. However, we do know that within certain occupations, gender roles changed. We also know that the gender role changes were different for working-class women as opposed to women in the bourgeoisie.

One of those occupations in which gender roles were changed for working-class women is the textile industry. Prior to industrialization, hand spinning to create textiles was a dominantly female occupation. However, with the creation of new textile machinery during the revolution, hand spinning was no longer used, leaving many women unemployed. With the development of textile factories, textile machinery gave many women employment opportunities again, but such machinery further created gender divisions. Women were considered strong enough to be able to use the spinning jenny and water frame, but only men participated in mule spinning. Historians believe that 57% of women worked in factories, mostly in the textile industry. In addition to transitions in gender roles among the textile industry, the medical industry is a second industry in which roles significantly changed. Women had been primarily responsible for medical care over the centuries. However, during the Industrial Revolution, medical care became a professionalized occupation, and only men were admitted into the study of medicine; therefore, medicine became a dominantly male occupation.

Industrialization also increased the need for women to work since, though industrialization produced significant profits, business owners paid very low wages in order to get the most out of their profits. Low earnings led to an increased number of both women and children working. Married women were needed to work as well as unmarried women in order to help provide enough income for their families. Historians report that 66% of married working-class women worked outside of the home in England between 1787 and 1815.

The bourgeoisie also experienced changes in gender roles, but those changes were the exact opposite of those in the working class. In the working class, married women needed to work alongside men to support their families. Among the bourgeoisie, at the very start of industrialization, women had been encouraged to help their husbands run their enterprises, and women left childcare to nannies and wet-nurses. However, as industrialization became more mechanized and dangerous, bourgeoisie women were encouraged to remain at home while the men went off to work, thereby creating the gender roles fought against by the women's liberation movement.

Hence, industrialization changed society in many ways. It impacted the environment and created changes in gender roles among both the working class and the bourgeoisie.

Calculate the average speed of a train which covers a distance of 624 km in 13 hours.

Hello!

The average speed of something is defined as the total length of the path travelled divided by the time spent. The sense of this definition is that if a body travel the given path during the given time with the constant speed, this speed would be the same as the average speed.

But this definition allows any instantaneous speed, for example a train can accelerate, then move with some constant speed, then decelerate and finally stay at a station.

In our case, the path is 624 km and the time is 13 hours. The average speed is

624/13 = 48 (km/h).

This speed may be also expressed in other units. For example, one kilometer is 1000 meters and one hour is 3600 seconds, therefore this speed is equal to

48*1000/3600 approx 13.3 (m/s).

What passages in chapter 16-27 of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird concern the topic of injustice?

The presence of injustice in the world is certainly a very dominant theme all throughout Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. One example of injustice can be seen the moment Atticus describes Tom Robinson's death.

Tom Robinson's trial is a clear example of injustice. As Atticus states in his closing remarks, his "case should never have come to trial" due to lack of evidence that the crime of rape even took place (Ch. 20). As a result of the unfairness and even unlawfulness of the trial, Robinson's guilty verdict and death sentence are equally unjust. That being the case, Robinson should never have been sent to prison. Though Atticus tried to calm him by asserting they stood a good chance of overturning the case upon appeal, as Atticus phrases it, Tom got "tired of white men's chances and preferred to take one of his own," which he exercised by trying to escape prison (Ch. 24). As a result of his unjust prison sentence, Robinson's death was equally unjust. Atticus states that the prison guards shot Robinson 17 times when Robinson did not stop attempting to climb the prison gate; Atticus expresses the injustice of shooting him so many times in the following:

Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn't have to shoot him that much. (Ch. 24)

Hence, all in all, Atticus is asserting that Robinson's treatment, including the "seventeen bullet holes," is a prime example of injustice.

Who are the outcasts of Poker Flat?

In Bret Harte's western story, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," the title characters are four people, two men and two women, who are exiled from a small Nevada mining town in the wake of a crime wave.

Individually, they are a stoical gambler named Oakhurst, two prostitutes, one who is young and nicknamed "Duchess," and the other older and affectionately called Mother Shipton, and a known drunk and thief named Uncle Billy. An ad hoc and  "secret committee" of upright citizens, has designated them as undesirable after horses and money and even as Harte puts it, "one prominent citizen", have gone missing.

Even though two men have been hanged for these crimes, seemingly without the benefit of due process, and none of the outcasts has been specifically accused of any of them, the town's sense of justice, which apparently includes purging itself of those elements that would pollute it, must be appeased.

In the opening paragraphs of the story then, Harte not only establishes the story's setting and central conflict, but also gives us a vivid impression of the "outcasts'" dilemma. In the process he illustrates the arbitrary and unreasonable nature of frontier justice.

Throughout the story the reader will find evidence that the outcasts are victims and the do-gooding townspeople are more interested in protecting their pockets than they are in living decent, just and compassionate lives.

What is the message of the book of Zephaniah?

The book of Zephaniah in the bible consists of three chapters.  The main message of the first chapter in the book of Zephaniah is the Day of the Lord. Zephaniah prophesied about the wrath of the Lord that would come to Judah, Jerusalem, surrounding areas, and all nations that are disobedient to the Lord (Belkum).

 Zephaniah 1:14-16 says:

''The great day of the Lord is near—
near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
That day will be a day of wrath—
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of trouble and ruin,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness—
a day of trumpet and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the corner towers'' (biblegateway)

The second chapter of the book of Zephaniah continues to warn of the upcoming judgment, and angry wrath of the Lord, as shown in Zephaniah 2:1-2.

''Gather together, gather yourselves together,
you shameful nation,
before the decree takes effect
and that day passes like windblown chaff,
before the Lord’s fierce anger
comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath
comes upon you'' (biblegateway)

Another important part of the second chapter of the book of Zephaniah is the commanding of Judah to repent of their evil ways.  Those who repent, Zephaniah explains in Zephaniah 2:3, may be spared and saved from the anger of the Lord.

''Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the Lord’s anger'' (biblegateway)

Zephaniah is letting the people know that those who follow the Lord's commands, those who remain humble and seek to be righteous, may be protected on the day of judgment (Belkum).

The third and final chapter in the book of Zephaniah talks about the deliverance of the Lord, and how His people will be restored.  It is told in Zephaniah 3:9 that the Lord will ''Purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him shoulder to shoulder'' (biblegateway).  The Lord will give the people a new, pure language, chapter 3 says.  And it is also promised, in Zephaniah 3:14-15, that the Lord will dwell with his people. 

''Sing, Daughter Zion;
shout aloud, Israel!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
Daughter Jerusalem!
The Lord has taken away your punishment,
he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;
never again will you fear any harm'' (biblegateway)

Those who are pure and follow the Lord are promised the destruction of their enemies, safety from the wrath of the Lord, and peace in His presence (Belkum).

While a very small book, the book of Zephaniah covers a lot of information about the Day of the Lord, the punishment and wrath from the Lord that the world will face, and the importance of obeying and following the Lord if His protection from destruction is to be obtained.

In "Paul's Case" why does it always repeat things about Paul's smile? in other words, what is the significance of the smile?

When Paul goes in to face the school faculty, he is smiling in order to present himself as "suave" and confident. He continues smiling. When other, older boys had to face the faculty in similar ordeals, some would break down crying or at least give the appearance of expressing remorse or humility. But Paul smiles to convey that he is above it all. He wants them to know that their disapproval means nothing to him. He wants them, and everyone, to know that he doesn't belong in this school; his real home is somewhere else. He smiles out of defiance and they recognize this, interpreting it as arrogance or some mental problem: 

Paul was always smiling, always glancing about him, seeming to feel that people might be watching him and trying to detect something. This conscious expression, since it was as far as possible from boyish mirthfulness, was usually attributed to insolence or "smartness." 

When Paul is in the theater, his smile is genuine. There, he is genuinely happy. This is ironic because in other aspects of his life, his smile is fake. It is a means to convey his confidence and defiance. It is an act. In these instances, it is a "nervous" smile or a "frightened" smile. But in the theater, where people are always "acting," his smile and his behavior are real and genuine. It is only in the theater or social situations connected with the arts, that Paul feels comfortable and happy enough to smile genuinely. Paul's "case" (in medical or psychological connotations) is that the only feels happy and "real" when he is in situations associated with the theater and the arts. In other words, he only feels natural in situations associated with acting and the realms of creativity and fiction. 

How can I turn my question into a paragraph how to blow up a balloon whithout using a single breath ?

Two ways in which questions are lengthened are by giving a prompt or background information prior to asking the question. An example of how your question may be turned into a paragraph is below.

Gas properties can be explained using the kinetic molecular theory and gas laws.

Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. The kinetic molecular theory is used to describe the properties of gases based on the movement of the gas particles. The main ideas of the kinetic molecular theory are:

1. Gases are made of particles (atom or molecules) that are considered matter.


2. Gas particles are very small when compared to the space between them. Therefore, the volume of a gas is considered to be mostly empty space.


3. All gases are constantly in motion.


4. Gas particles move in a straight line until they hit something.


5. When gas particles collide, the collisions are considered to be elastic. This means that no energy is lost nor gained.


6. There intermolecular forces between gas particles are considered to be little to nonexistent.


7. The kinetic energy of gas particles is directly proportional to temperature.

The gas laws use relationships between temperature, volume, and pressure in order to explain the properties of gases. Essentially, the gas laws state that the volume of a gas is directly proportional to the temperature of the gas and inversely proportional to the pressure placed on the gas particles.

Using the information provided above, please explain how to blow up a balloon without using a single breath.

Plot the complex number and find its absolute value.

You need to find the absolute value of the complex number, using the formula , hence, you need to determine a and b.

a = -7, b = 0

Replacing -7 for a and 0 for b in formula of absolute value, yields:

Hence, the distance of the complex number from the origin is given by the aboslute value |z| = 7.

The complex number z = -7 + 0i is displayed as the point (-7,0) in a coordinate plane, or as a vector from the origin to the point (-7,0).

Examples of artificial breeding?

Artificial breeding is the purposeful manipulation by man to select two organisms with desired traits and mating them, hoping to produce offspring with a desired set of traits.  Examples of this abound in the animal world, for example, all the purebred dog breeds are examples of specific sets of traits or skill sets that were prized, valued, and developed by dog breeders.  Race horses are another example in the animal world, where a champion race horse can charge quite a price for stud fees, all in the hopes of birthing the next Kentucky Derby winner.  In the plant world, corn is a good example.  The native Mexican plant corn was artificially bred from would be unrecognizable in most grocery stores today.  It was a smaller eared plant, about the size of a mans little finger, with small kernels that fell from the cob easily.  All the different types of roses are another example of artificial breeding, bred for their structure and color.

A controlled burn is when plants in an area are burned while being closely ____________________?

A controlled burn is when plants in an area are burned while being closely monitored.

Controlled burns are used by fire fighters, farmers, and those involved in prairie restoration. When used correctly, controlled burns have many benefits to an ecosystem. Some of these benefits are identified below.

• Controlled burns are a means of preventing natural forest fires. As leaf litter and organic matter builds on a forest’s floor, the likelihood of a natural forest fire of large proportions increases. Controlled burns help to reduce the risk of huge fires that can be devastating to an ecosystem.


• Controlled burns add nutrients back to the soil, making the soil more fertile.


• Controlled burns stimulate the germination of some plants. Therefore, controlled burns can help start the regrowth and regeneration of a forest.


• Some seeds require heat to break their outer covering in order to start growing.

What was the weather like after Easter?

After Easter Sunday, when Leslie went to church with Jesse and his family, the rains start up again, which makes the ground very muddy:

"On Easter Monday the rain began again in earnest. It was as though the elements were conspiring to ruin their short week of freedom. Jess and Leslie sat cross-legged on the porch at the Burkes', watching the wheels of a passing truck shoot huge sprays of muddy water to its rear."

This is important to note because the rains affect whether or not Jesse and Leslie can play safely in Terabithia. And in fact, it was raining a lot before Easter, it was just cloudy on Easter Sunday, and now it's raining again. But the kids are determined to go out and play in their special spot, and this is what they see: 

"When they got to the bank of the creek, they stopped. It was an awesome sight. Like in The Ten Commandments on TV when the water came rushing into the dry path Moses had made and swept all the Egyptians away, the long dry bed of the creek was a roaring eight-foot-wide sea, sweeping before it great branches of trees, logs, and trash, swirling them about..."

At this point, readers should notice that it's very dangerous to play around a creek that's this active due to the rains, and it's also very dangerous to swing across the creek on the rope. The author is laying down some foreshadowing here, giving us a glimpse of what might happen if someone wasn't careful while playing around the creek. As the chapter continues, we learn that the rains keep on for at least two more days, and that the creek continues to rise. Yet the kids keep on pushing the boundaries, swinging across the creek on the rope and going to their preferred spot to play. It's extremely dangerous, and all that tension and description of the bad weather are preparing us for what happens to Leslie when she goes to Terabithia alone.

How does DDT affect animals?

DDT stands for dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane. DDT is an insecticide/pesticide previously used on crops. DDT was also used during World War II in order to control malaria by controlling the mosquito population.

DDT has an adverse impact on many organisms such as crayfish, fish, shrimp, and other marine animals. The effect of eggshell thinning has the largest impact on birds. The thinning of the bird’s eggs causes the eggs to crack before the young birds have a change to mature inside the egg and hatch fully developed. Thus, the thinning of the bird’s shells decreases the bird’s reproduction rate and population. Examples of birds that have been affected by this include the brown eagle, bald eagle, and osprey.

DDT affects humans as well. In humans, DDT is considered an endocrine disruptor and carcinogen.

In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, what are Kit's first impressions of America and what do they reveal about her background and character?

Kit is initially unimpressed with America. She finds the towns of Saybrook and Wetherfield to be small and dreary. She had expected to see established and bustling towns, with large buildings made of stone. Instead, she finds unpaved streets and small wooden structures. Kit is disappointed in America, which reveals that she came from an older and more established area. In Barbados, life had resembled the lifestyles of England, and things had been more "civilized." The culture in Puritan America is rigid and serious, while it was much more relaxed in her island home. Back at home, Kit swam in the water and walked around barefoot. This also reveals that Kit has more sophisticated tastes. In Barbados she wore more expensive fabrics, such as silk and satin. In her new home, most women wear homespun dresses. Kit's lively personality and free spirit are at odds with the rigid Puritan lifestyle.

What are the differences between infrastructure and superstructure?

"Superstructure" is an aspect of Marxist theory that refers to cultural norms and beliefs. It includes cultural institutions such as religion and the state. The "infrastructure," also referred to as the base or substructure, refers to the workings of the economy. Infrastructure is defined as the forces and relations of production, or in other words, the relations and labor divisions between employees and employers. Marxist analysis understands society as the exploitation of the working class, or proletariat, by those who own the means of production, or the bourgeoisie. The infrastructure is, essentially, the set of forces that maintain the domination of the working class by the owning class.

According to Marx, the superstructure and infrastructure maintain and support each other, with the infrastructure serving as a more dominant force in the creation of social relations. The ideologies of the superstructure naturalize and support the economic workings of the infrastructure. In return, the infrastructure shapes and maintains the superstructure.

In the short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, what type of sentences does she use to influence the story's pacing?

Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find," as does most of her writing, employs simple sentences that offset the colorful speech of the characters and highlight the climactic end. This writing allows for the story's smooth pace in the beginning and dramatic crescendo at the end.

The writing in this short story contains as few elements as possible–subject, predicate, a modifier or two. The simplicity of her writing therefore allows character's dialogue to shine with their regional variances. Consider this paragraph:

"Red Sam came in and told his wife to quit lounging on the counter and hurry up with these people's order... He came over and sat down at a table nearby and let out a combination sigh and yodel. "You can't win," he said. "You can't win," and he wiped his sweating red face off with a gray handkerchief. "These days you don't know who to trust," he said. "Ain't that the truth?" (O'Connor).

The change in writing to include colorful dialogue is especially apparent when the family encounters The Misfit. At this point, the story has progressed in a steady pace, but the sudden encounter pits O'Connor's simplistic writing with The Misfit's rough speech:

"I wasn't there so I can't say He didn't," The Misfit said. "I wisht I had of been there," he said, hitting the ground with his fist... His voice seemed about to crack and the grandmother's head cleared for an instant. She saw the man's face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured, "Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!" She reached out and touched him on the shoulder. The Misfit sprang back as if a snake had bitten him and shot her three times through the chest. Then he put his gun down on the ground and took off his glasses and began to clean them" (O'Connor).

These two types of sentences, simple descriptions and colorful dialogue, work together to create a predictable flow of the story's buildup that ends in a dramatic close.

Why art is not essential to life?

That's an interesting question, and very subjective, because there are many possible answers and opinions. Some people would argue that art is essential to life, while others would say that it's not, that it's unnecessary and superfluous. While you could argue either way, there are some possible reasons for why art is not essential to life.

First of all, if we define essential by what we actually need to breathe and survive, then only the basics would fall under that category: food, water, shelter, clothing. Those four things are arguably the only things we actually need, that are essential to our survival. Since art is not one of those things, it could be said to be unessential.

Secondly, we could say that art is not essential to life because humans are the only creatures who create art, and in the animal and plant kingdoms, they do not have art and they continue to survive just fine. If there were no humans, the lives of plants and animals would continue and perhaps even flourish in the absence of humans and art. Life would go on, even if that life were not human.

Principally, the point is that art is not part of the basic needs of life. To argue from the other side, however, while art may not nourish the body it certainly nourishes the soul.

On what page number does Link Deas say, "I just want the whole lot of you to know one thing right now. That boy's worked for me eight years an' I...

In Chapter 19, Tom Robinson testifies that he is married and works for Mr. Link Deas. Tom tells the court that he passes Mayella's house every day to get to and from work, and she often asks him for help doing chores around her yard. Tom elaborates on the events that took place on November 21st and tells the jury that Mayella tried to seduce him and even kissed him on the cheek. As Tom ran out of the house, he heard Bob Ewell call his daughter a whore and threaten to kill her. Tom Robinson tells Atticus that the reason he ran was because he was scared. As Atticus sits down and the prosecutor, Mr. Glimer stands up to cross-examine Tom, and Link Deas yells from the audience,

"I just want the whole lot of you to know one thing right now. That boy's worked for me eight years an' I ain't had a speck o'trouble outa him. Not a speck." (Lee 261)

Mr. Link Deas testifies to Tom Robinson's character in front of the entire Maycomb community. Tom's wrongful conviction is a result of the prevalent racist attitudes the jury members have towards African Americans. After Tom is shot trying to escape from prison, Mr. Link Deas gives his wife Helen a job.

What theme is highlighted in this excerpt from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell? Rainsford remembered the shots. They had come from...

Quote:  “Rainsford remembered the shots. They had come from the right, and doggedly he swam in that direction, swimming with slow, deliberate strokes, conserving his strength. For a seemingly endless time he fought the sea.”

The answer would be, B, perseverance.  Perseverance means “steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success” (dictionary.com).  If you look at some of the context clues or some of the other words the author uses in the excerpt, you can determine the main theme or an important characteristic to describe Rainsford’s behavior. 

First of all, Rainsford “doggedly” swam.  According to vocabulary.com, doggedly means “tenaciously or with strong determination.”  This one word shows that the theme is perseverance and that Rainsford doesn’t give up despite the difficult task of swimming to shore.  He also swims slowly with “deliberate strokes” showing that he is pacing himself to conserve his energy.  He is focused on the goal of reaching shore and knows that if he panics, he will probably drown.  And finally, “For a seemingly endless time he fought the sea.”  Again, this shows his perseverance in not giving up despite the difficulty of swimming in the sea.  All of these context clues gives us the theme, perseverance. 

Throughout the story, we see that Rainsford has survived many dangerous situations.  He fought in WWI, is a big game hunter stalking dangerous animals, and of course, the “dangerous game” he plays with Zaroff solidifies that Rainsford is a man who perseveres and doesn’t give up easily. 

What do the responses to Piggy's plea to join the expedition tell us about both Jack and Ralph?

From the beginning, Ralph shows a certain amount of callousness to Piggy. When it is just the two of them, Ralph frequently ignores him and then reacts cruelly when Piggy shares the secret of his nickname with him. Ralph goes on to immediately tell everyone his nickname, which is perhaps the reason why Piggy votes for Jack as chief. Even though Ralph sees and acknowledges early on that Piggy sees things clearly, he points to his physical stature and asthma as disqualifying him for the expedition. At least Ralph's dismissal focuses on the practical when he says that Piggy is "no good on a job like this."

Jack quickly dismisses Piggy but flatly says that they don't want him. As was noticed by many of the boys, Jack is more willing to be simply mean and he shows this by saying that they don't want Piggy instead of making an excuse or pointing to a valid reason why he cannot join them.

Where did Leslie ask Jesse to take her that surprised him?

Jesse is surprised when Leslie wants to come to church with him. This happens in Chapter 8, titled "Easter." Here's their conversation as they're milking the cow together:

"I never knew you went to church."

"Just Easter." He concentrated on the warm udders. "I guess you think that's dumb or something."

She didn't answer for a minute. "I was thinking I'd like to go."

He stopped milking. "I don't understand you sometimes, Leslie."

"Well, I've never been to a church before. It would be a new experience for me."

He went back to work. "You'd hate it."

"Why?"

"It's boring."

"Well, I'd just like to see for myself. Do you think your parents would let me go with you?"

As the conversation shows, Leslie has never been to church before, and she thinks it'd be an interesting new experience. Even though Jesse assures her she'll be really bored, Leslie isn't put off--she isn't afraid of having nothing to do or having nothing to think about, apparently. And look at how she says that she wants to see for herself whether it's boring! She doesn't just take Jess's word for it; she likes to explore things and discover them for herself.

The issue, then, reveals Leslie's curiosity, and it also shows us another way in which she and her family are different compared to Jess and his family. Because she has never been to church at all before, you can tell that her upbringing has been different from Jess's. And when Leslie willingly puts on fancier clothes and fancier manners than she normally has, you can also see how she's willing to be flexible (and even willing to be uncomfortable) in order to learn something or have a new experience. 

How does Clarisse's death help Montag strive to understand the banning of books?

When Montag meets Clarisse, something in him is awakened; then, when he learns that she is gone, possibly run down by a speeding automobile, he becomes distraught. He feels a loss that he tries to heal by examining books in the hope that they might provide some succor and answers to her questions which have ignited an intellectual hunger in him. 

During his encounter with Clarisse, Montag's experience of seeing himself in her eyes makes him feel comfortable and unique. Her cheerful teasing of his failure to have intellectual curiosity has stirred something in Montag. In addition, her ebullient and stimulating personality causes Montag to wonder what has wrought such a difference in her as compared to his dull and distant wife Mildred. It is this marked difference in Clarisse who has pointedly asked him, "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" that ignites Montag's curiosity about books. Because of this curiosity, Montag steals some of the books from a fire and brings them home to examine them with Mildred in the hope that they will stimulate feelings long dead in his wife. 

In To Kill A Mockingbird, what is the key turning point or climax in the plot?

Every good story has a strong climax which gets the reader's heart racing and fulfills the the promises and expectations of the rising action. Because To Kill a Mockingbird uses nonlinear plot through flashback storytelling, it has two key and equally important turning points: the outcome of Tom Robinson's trial and the face-to-face encounter with the elusive Boo Radley.

One of the main storylines in To Kill a Mockingbird is Atticus's client Tom Robinson's trial. Tom has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Because of the setting, a trial seems pointless. Alabama in the 1930's was segregated, and society would never accept a black man's word over that of a white woman. However, the reader sees a glimmer of hope due to Attcus's strong defense and the obvious evidence pointing to Tom's innocence. The reader and main characters all expect the end result to be an acquittal. At one point Jem says to his sister, "We got him," referring to the obvious guilt of the Ewells and Tom's innocence. Jem is very emotional during the trial, and "his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail," which helps the reader feel the intensity of the moments leading up to the climax: "Guilty...guilty...guilty...guilty." The reader doubly feels the effect of the climax when Scout describes Jem's reaction as "his shoulders jerk(ing) as if each “guilty” was a separate stab between them."

Another equally important plot line in To Kill a Mockingbird is the children's fascination with Boo Radley which finally climaxes with Boo rescuing the siblings and Scout finally getting to see his face. Throughout the novel, Scout, Jem, and Dill devise ways to see the elusive Boo, but nothing ever pans out. Equally as frustrating, their ghostlike neighbor makes himself a part of their lives, but never appears to them. From the mending of Jem's pants to the blanket on Scout's shoulders during the burning of Miss Maudie's house, the children and the reader narrowly fail to catch a glimpse of the benevolent neighbor. It isn't until the end of the novel after the children experience their "longest journey together" that Scout is lucky enough to finally see her rescuer, and during this climactic scene. She "gazed at him in wonder", and "the fear slowly drained from his face." Scout then tearfully utters the iconic words, "Hey, Boo."

Because of the multiple fascinating plot lines in To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader is lucky enough to experience two exciting climaxes, making this novel one of the most beloved books in American literature.